Chapter 5
In this triangular relationship, Lu Yuan didn’t suffer any losses and even gained something.
However, Lu Yuan did not think that he could maintain his gains.
Since Meng Ruyan had the courage to sneak into the Qingyun Sect, she naturally had reasons for her confidence.
Moreover, the other party couldn’t have come to Qingyun Sect for a vacation. She must have some other purpose.
Lu Yuan had no idea what this purpose was, but this did not stop him from trying his best to escape from this demoness’ grasp.
In just one night of “cultivation”, Lu Yuan’s spiritual root aptitude had temporarily dropped by 20 points.
God knows how weak he would be if they did it a few more times.
Although his overall spiritual root aptitude was a full 150 points and the temporary loss of 20 points would not affect him much, Lu Yuan could not guarantee that every “cultivation” in the future would only result in a temporary drop in his spiritual root aptitude.
If Meng Ruyan were to go all out and suck him dry, he would be nailed on the pillar of shame as a transmigrator, and become the first transmigrator to be sucked dry.
Lu Yuan’s thoughts were right. The reason why his spiritual roots’ aptitude was only temporarily lowered was that Meng Ruyan was not confident that she could stay out of the matter after “sucking” Lu Yuan dry. As such, she had been very restrained in the process.
The main reason why Meng Ruyan had taken a fancy to Lu Yuan and not the Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator Chen Yan was related to Lu Yuan’s outstanding spiritual root aptitude.
With a total spiritual root aptitude of 150 points, if not for the poor allocation, Lu Yuan would definitely be regarded as a great genius.
As a dual cultivation technique, the Demonic Desire Ice Heart Transcript’s function was very simple. It allowed one to slowly absorb the other party’s spiritual root aptitude through dual cultivation.
It was one of the rare cultivation techniques that could change the quality of one’s spiritual root aptitude.
Of course, this cultivation technique was not without flaws.
The first flaw was that although the Demonic Desire Ice Heart Transcript could absorb the spiritual roots of a dual cultivation partner, the cultivator would develop feelings for the person he or she was cultivating due to the influence of the cultivation technique.
Once the feelings accumulated to a certain extent, it was even possible that Meng Ruyan would become completely obedient to the person she was cultivating with.
In other words, she would turn from a high and mighty goddess to a lowly bootlicker.
The best way to deal with this was to directly kill the other party after sucking them dry.
This process was undoubtedly very painful for Meng Ruyan.
However, if she could complete all of this, not only would her spiritual root aptitude be greatly improved, but her Dao heart would also become firmer.
The principle was very similar to the female mantis eating the male mantis in the insect world.
The second flaw of this cultivation technique was that the cultivator could only absorb the spiritual root aptitude of those who were weaker than him or her.
No matter which point it was, Lu Yuan was undoubtedly very fitting.
With low cultivation and outstanding spiritual roots, he was the best partner for dual cultivation no matter how one looked at it.
That was why Meng Ruyan had gone to Lu Yuan and coerced him.
As Meng Ruyan’s dual cultivation partner, no matter how Lu Yuan tried to please her, the result would be the same.
This was because Meng Ruyan would never allow her state of mind to be affected, which meant that she would never allow Lu Yuan to live.
Once Lu Yuan lost his value, it was almost certain that he would be sucked dry.
Although Lu Yuan didn’t know this, it did not stop him from seeking self-preservation.
After all, even though the demoness Meng Ruyan was a good sex partner, Lu Yuan still valued his own life more.
No matter how he looked at it, following a spy was a very dangerous thing.
He had to find a way to get away from this demoness or even find a chance to expose her.
The best way for Lu Yuan to get away from Meng Ruyan was to reach the Foundation Establishment Stage as soon as possible.
As long as he reached the Foundation Establishment Stage, not only would he be able to obtain a certain status in the sect, but he would also have the ability to protect himself.
Perhaps in the future, he would be able to turn the tables and reverse his and Meng Ruyan’s position!
When he thought of this, Lu Yuan immediately became excited.
Demoness, just wait. One day, he would make her kneel and be conquered!
At the thought of this, Lu Yuan forced himself to sit up with his aching back.
Due to the sudden situation yesterday, he didn’t have the time to look at his system in detail.
Now that the sucker Senior Brother Chen and the demoness Meng Ruyan had left, he finally had the time to take a good look at his cheat.
[Name: Lu Yuan]
[Cultivation: Qi Cultivation Stage, level 5]
[Spiritual Root Aptitude: 130 (150)]
[Lifespan: 20/100]
[Luck Talent: Destined Lucky Star]
[Cultivation Technique: Qingyun Technique (level 5, Qi Cultivation chapter)]
[Skills: Item Manipulation (level 3), Swordsmanship (level 2), Fire Manipulation (level 5)]
[Luck: 120 points]
[EXP: 0]
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Skill proficiency
[Qingyun Technique (level 5, Qi Cultivation chapter):153/500]
[Item Manipulation (level 3): 210/300 ]
[Swordsmanship (level 2): 93/200 ]
[Fire Manipulation (level 5):310/500 ]
…
Other than the basic attribute interface, Lu Yuan’s cheat allowed him to his skill proficiency interface as well.
If he remembered correctly, the Tale of Immortal did not have the concept of EXP points.
In other words, there was no such thing as killing monsters to level up, only the concept of proficiency.
As long as a character’s proficiency reached a certain level, his skills would improve.
This principle was the same no matter if it was a cultivation technique or a divine ability.
This was because both could be considered skills in the Tale of Immortal.
Apart from that, when a skill reached level 10, an “advancement” option would appear.
That was with the exception of cultivation technique-type skills. For example, Lu Yuan currently had the Qingyun Technique (Qi Cultivation chapter). Only after obtaining the Qingyun Technique (Foundation Establishment chapter) could he continue cultivating.
The divine ability-type skills were different. Even if he didn’t have the subsequent cultivation method, he could obtain new skills through advancement.
In detail, other than the requirement of reaching 100% proficiency at level 10, there was also the problem of the success rate for advancement.
Once the advancement failed, the proficiency would return to zero at level 10, and one would have to repeat the process until the skill advancement was successful.
If one could not find a suitable advancement method, then the skill would not be able to advance.
This was the unique skill system of the Tale of Immortal.
The problem before Lu Yuan now was how to reach the Foundation Establishment Stage before the two sect assessments.
In terms of divine ability-type skills, it wasn’t that important.
Rather, due to the distribution of spiritual root aptitude, Lu Yuan’s cultivation speed was slower than the others.
If he could not think of a way to overcome this, it would be very difficult for him to reach the Foundation Establishment Stage before the two sect assessments.
Fortunately, Lu Yuan, or rather, the body’s original owner, had already thought of a solution.
On the bed was a “Pharmacist Valley’s disciple” waist token.
With this waist token, Lu Yuan could enter the Pharmacist Valley of the Qingyun Sect and become an outer disciple of the pill-refining branch.
There was no need to elaborate on the benefits of becoming a disciple of the Pharmacist Valley.
The whole reason why the body’s original owner was willing to live off Meng Ruyan was because of this waist token.
Lu Yuan clutched the waist token, his feelings very complicated.
Why did this scene look so much like the scene in a romance novel where an overbearing female CEO left a stack of cash on the bed the next day?
He didn’t expect that there would be a day when he would be forced to live off a demoness. How detestable!
Although he wanted to be strong-willed and throw away the waist token, when he thought of everything he had done for this, Lu Yuan still “unyieldingly” picked up the waist token and left the room, heading in the direction of the Pharmacist Valley.
The first step of celestial cultivation was to live off a woman… No, he had to start with pill refinement!