Chapter 49 - Give a Fish a Man, It Will Be Fed for a While. Teach a Fish to Be a Man, It Will Start a Fishy Business And Drown in Debt.
Primary Cultivation Methods
Mind: Eight Thousand Drops of Purity (Saint Grade) (Mastery 40%)
- Increase Maximum Mind Points by 400,000
- Automatically activate a Free Training Mode during sleep. Existing heart demons and heart demon seeds spawn in the training space. You cannot leave the free training mode until all heart demons are conquered. Defeating heart demons increases your maximum mind point bonus.
- Grant Immunity to brainwashing spells, mind control spells, memory reading spells, and charm curses.
- Automatically reflects 40% of soul attack damage to the caster if attacked.
Equipped Martial Arts
Combat Style:Imperial Flying General (Immortal Grade) (Mastery Max)
- Increase Strength, Vitality, Dexterity, and Agility Attribute by 7,000.
- During combat, increase health restoration speed by 200%.
- If any attack may inflict less final damage than 1% HP of the player, it inflicts 1 damage instead.
Combat Stance:War God Stance (Immortal Grade) (Mastery Max)
- Automatically heighten the player’s perception by 300% during combat. Can be activated manually.
- All polearms in possession become semi-sentient and will act independently to assist the player.
Specialized Weapon:Twin Crescent Halberds (Immortal Grade) (Mastery Max)
- Increase Strength and Vitality Attribute by 1,500.
- Ignore weapon restrictions for halberds.
- Attack damage increases by 50% when wielding two halberds.
Health: 262,485 / 262,485
Mind: 99,990 / 430,000
Strength: 9999 + 8500
Vitality: 9999 + 8500
Dexterity: 9999 + 7000
These stats were supposed to be kept secret from players as they revealed the true mechanics behind the game.
Cultivators didn’t just learn martial arts, cultivation methods, and miscellaneous techniques. Unknowingly, they EQUIPPED them as though they were equipment to gain various bonuses.
Immortal-grade martial arts techniques and cultivation methods offered two or three perks, and the attribute bonuses were limited to under 10,000 per stat. On the other hand, saint-grade could grant 5-digit bonus points. But when it was related to HP or MP, it added one more digit, giving a big number boost.
Fu Tong looked around and found a teenage outer disciple, who had just acquired a cultivation rank recently. He narrowed his eyes and stared at the person’s name for a moment. A second later, a new panel showed him the person’s status attributes.
Qi Condensation Level 1
The differences were obvious. Seeing this, Fu Tong felt a lot better. He would rather be a shameless cheater than an honest gamer. Going through this harsh world with those weak attributes was like begging a monster to end his miserable life.
’Nothing is wrong with me cheating. I did nothing wrong!’
Fu Tong stopped comparing himself with the others. Returning his attention to his attributes, he stared at his LUCK.
Something was wrong with it. It should have been set to 100, but it was now 0. Curious, he pressed on it.
Additional information appeared on a sub-window.
Debt Curse of Causality
- Temporarily decrease the player’s Luck to 0.
- MP of the player cannot be recovered beyond 99,990.
- The curse is automatically removed when the player’s karma is clear.
He had been feeling unwell since the encounter with Long Hao. From his point of view, the protagonist was too lucky. Without the abbot Kong Xuan, Long Hao would have been dead, and his life would have been on a smooth sailing.
Since Fu Tong couldn’t undo the past, he accepted the consequences of his actions and moved on. Sitting on the bench, he secretly transferred spirit stones and his belongings to his system inventory.
As Fu Tong didn’t go far, some people from the contribution hall who had seen his transaction earlier found him. Like hungry beggars, they dashed toward him and crawled on all fours, lowering their heads.
"Young Master Fu! Please share some spirit stones with us!"
"Great sir! You’re so rich! Please spare some changes for this poor soul!"
"My mom hasn’t eaten anything for a month. Please give me a spirit stone, so I can eat it!"
As if their action was contiguous, more people flocked around Fu Tong and begged for money or spirit stones without knowing the truth. The guide, who escorted Fu Tong to the hall earlier, also joined them.
It only took two minutes for the crowd to fill the street. Deacons and elders in charge of the buildings also observed the commotion from afar.
Fu Tong stopped transferring his items and rolled his eyes. He wanted to toss some karma coins at these people to chase them away, but they were too valuable to be distributed among these weaklings. He hated the idea of increasing the strength of local villains.
Getting up and patting his clothes, he lectured them.
"Have you heard? Give a fish a man, it will be fed for a while. Teach the fish a cultivation method, and he will be fed for a lifetime! Do you know why? It will mutate into a monster and hunt humans for food!"
The crowd had never heard of the proverb before. They looked at each other and pondered.
"Now, look at y’all." Fu Tong paused and glared at everybody. "If I give you a spirit stone, what will you do with it? Use it? Spend it? Shove it up your anus and give it to the guy to your left?"
Everybody looked left and right by reflex. Although they were insulted, they suppressed their laughter.
"Look, you lazy bastards. I will not give you a single dime, but I’ll teach you a freaking breathing method... a heaven-grade breathing method!"
The elders were stunned. The crowd erupted in astonishment and disbelief. Before the elders could do anything, Fu Tong started the public lecture.
"Memorize it well, you lazy idiots! I’ll only recite it once. If you don’t shut up or pay attention, you can blame yourself for ruining this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
All mouths were closed, and the silence was deafening. Elders and deacons changed their locations, standing on top of the trees and buildings to hear better.
Fu Tong took a deep breath and chanted a mnemonic verse of a heaven-grade breathing method.