--- Chapter 3 ---
Tonight is a restless night.
After three years of accumulation, I can deduce three techniques and cultivate my spirit, body, and essence.
Most of it came from my past life's memory, though.
After all, Douluo Dalu's systematic knowledge about cultivation was at the bottom floor compared to other cultivation worlds.
Anyway, back to the "training" techniques.
I have watched a lot of anime, and drawing references and knowledge from them allowed me to create a breathing exercise.
I called it Insect Vibrato Breathing!
This breathing technique allowed me to imitate the unique vibrations of insects through a series of focused breaths, which expanded my lung capacity and strengthened my body due to the continuous exposure to vibration.
It's not the best technique out there, but hey? I made it with my own effort and deduce.
At least I don't leech from Tang San.
God, that would be miserable.
After making the "Insect Vibrato Breathing" Technique, I trained my body intensely. Running? That's for beginners. Even ordinary push-ups, sit-ups, and squats felt tedious while using this breathing technique. However, I managed to do one hundred of each exercise "every day" for an entire year.
It's rewardful, and even some adults can't beat me in stamina.
Unfortunately, I don't have a benchmark on how strong my physique is.
Then, there are techniques for cultivating Spirit and Essence.
Spirit here means one's soul, spirituality, and mental power.
Using many cultivation novels as a reference and my acute sense of the world, I created the "Mental Palace Technique."
The "Mental Palace Technique" involves simulating a mental space, which enhances mental defenses, memory, and thought speed. After cultivating the Mental Palace Technique for a year, my mind became sharper and more refined.
But just like my physique, I don't have a standard for my mental power.
After all, only villagers live in this village.
If the children want to awaken their Martial Soul, they must go to the nearby town where Spirit Hall's branch is 'strategically' located.
Last but not least is the essence.
The essence here is spirit energy, birthed by heaven and earth.
Although I couldn't create something grand like "Mysterious Heaven Skill" in Tang San, I can develop a cultivation technique that draws heaven and earth energy in to nourish my body, energy pathways (meridians), and aperture (vital energy center).
I called this technique the Earthly Nourishment Technique.
Of course, this is only possible because of my "extreme" sense of the world, which allowed me to perceive heaven and earth's energy in the surroundings.
A "normal" person doesn't have such a sensitive sense of their environment.
The Insect Vibrato Technique, Mental Palace technique, and Earthly Nourishment Technique complement each other, which helped me improve myself rapidly.
I also knew a lot of things to improve in each technique.
And tonight.
I felt a "breakthrough" in my techniques.
They synchronize with each other, drawing me back to the "void" I have been waiting for. I was lying on my bed earlier, and "familiar" darkness greeted me.
"Hello, darkness, my old friend~!"
Several balls of light slowly entered my vision. Each light ball is distinct, with various sizes and intensities. I also felt a tug in my chest, telling me I could only choose two light balls.
I'm not disappointed.
After all, I didn't expect much.
I only hope the "cheats" I got are practical.
I stared at the light balls patiently and was 'naturally' drawn by four light balls. They are green, white, blue, and black colors.
After thinking deeply, I decided to pick the green and blue lights. My left hand grabbed the green light ball, and the other grabbed the blue light ball.
"This is..." My eyes looked at the items in my hand in shock.
"Hahaha~!"
"My cheats are on, baby!"
"Just wait for me, Tang San, Asura!"
...
...
I opened my eyes and saw the familiar bedroom.
My lips curved into a smile.
Opening my palms, a green pearl with a mysterious aura appeared on his left hand and a blue crystal on his right.
I crushed the blue crystal, and a blue screen appeared in my vision.
[Ding!]
[Congratulations on awakening the Task Master System V.69]
[Do you want to bind the system?]
"Yes," I chuckled to myself.
[Binding the system with the Owner's soul]
[10%]
[35%]
[69%]
[100%]
[Success]
[The Task Master System Version 69 has successfully bonded to the new Owner]
[Currently, the Task Master System only has three functions]
[Status, Task Creation, and World Travel (locked)]
"Introduce each function."
[Understood]
[The Status mainly records the Owner's conditions, life, power, and state with numerical measurements]
[The Task Creation permitted the Owner to create a task only he could finish. The system will reward the Owner based on the difficulty level of the Task]
[For example, using this world's rules, once the Owner made a task to kill someone, he was entitled to gain 10% of that person's fortune]
[Killing a level 11 Soul Master will grant the Owner one level of Spirit Energy]
[Of course, such a task has limitations]
[Some unique tasks will yield a unique reward]
[Killing without reasoning will cause an imbalance in the world]
[Lastly, there is the World Travelling Function, which was locked until the Owner reached the met standard of World Traveler]
"What is the standard for World Traveler?" I was too excited, asking my question immediately.
[Using "Douluo Dalu" as standard, the Owner must be a Soul Emperor before he could travel to another world]
[Please reach Soul Emperor to unlock this function, Owner]
I nodded, "Okay..."
"Since I can issue a task, let's do this."
"I want to issue a task to bind this green pearl to myself."
[Ding! You have created a task]
[Task: Bind the "Mysterious Green Pearl" with your soul]
[Reward: Unknown]
I bit my finger and dropped my blood on the green pearl but found no reaction. Annoyed, I transferred my minuscule "mental energy" into the pearl, hoping to gain a reaction.
Seconds become minutes.
And minutes become hours.
I bled profusely as all my fingers became bloody. The green pearl was 'thoroughly' bathed in my blood.
My complexion becomes pale but preserved throughout this painful process.
This pain is nothing compared to my hatred of Asura.
If I failed just because of this, then I deserve to die!
"Come on, come on!"
"COME ON!" I cut my left palm open and put the green pearl inside, which left me breathless.
My consciousness was on the verge of breaking.
Then, a miraculous sight of a woman appeared in my head.
The woman is a "devilish" beauty with an enchanting figure and heroic face that put many models in my previous life to shame.
A cold voice echoed in my consciousness, "If you had a choice to betray heaven or yourself, which would you choose?"
"Fuck the heaven! It is better to betray the heavens than it is to ever betray myself!" I roared in anger toward Asura and Tang San. After all, Asura is from the Divine Realm.
"I'd rather become the devil than betray myself!"
"Haha, good answer!" The voice was satisfied.
"Boy, from now on..."
"The Sky Poison Pearl will be in your care!"
After hearing the voice's last words, I fainted on the spot, not realizing a green, circular mark appearing on my left palm.