Jiang Chen returned home and lay on his bed. Of course, he rejected Tojo Nozomi's suggestion. After all, his main priority now was to become stronger using the AFK system, not to do other things. Anything that stood in the way of his path to strength had to temporarily make way.
Jiang Chen silently recited, “Open the panel:”
【Beginner System Panel】 (0 / 10000)
AFK Slots: □ □
Host: Jiang Chen
Source Power: 0
Skills:
1. High School Knowledge (5634 / 10000 Beginner)
2. Cooking (2415 / 10000 Beginner)
3. Network Technology (3129 / 10000 Beginner)
4. Sun Moon Breathing Method (21 / 1000 Entry)
5. Asura Body Tempering Art (4 / 1000 Entry)
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His High School Knowledge and Cooking had both increased, which was due to his studies today and his Cooking last night. The Sun Moon Breathing Method was his own cultivation, but why did the Asura Body Tempering Art also increase by 3? Could walking also count as physical exercise?
The book described the cultivation of the Asura Body Tempering Art as incredibly painful, requiring constant self-flagellation and then using the energy generated by the Sun Moon Breathing Method to repair the body. The entire process felt like being cut into a thousand pieces. Nine out of ten people died on the spot, and the remaining one was perfectly intact Õ_Õ (because he went mad). It was precisely because of this that his father had not cultivated the Asura Body Tempering Art, only the Sun Moon Breathing Method.
However, if one succeeded in cultivating it, the results were also very powerful. It was said that when the Asura Body Tempering Art was cultivated to a high level, a normal blow from an A-level expert would only leave a cut on the body, and then nothing else would happen.
For example, a normal slash from an A-level swordsman could cut a heavy tank in half.
If normal exercise could increase the growth of the Asura Body Tempering Art, then training would have to be increased.
“Normal AFK cultivation is still too slow; I must speed it up.”
Today, after lunch in the cafeteria, he ran into Yotsuya Miko from “Mieruko-chan.” Although her expression was well-controlled, Jiang Chen clearly saw the fear she occasionally revealed. Although he couldn't see the “weird entity” that had scared his predecessor to death in his home now, Jiang Chen believed that this thing was definitely still in this house. He now needed strength to get rid of the “weird entity” in the house. He didn't want to wake up and encounter this “thing.” He wasn't like Yotsuya Miko, who could react immediately. If he didn't react, only death awaited him.
“System, end AFK, reclaim experience, then restart AFK.”
System: “Daily skill AFK experience has been reclaimed. Sun Moon Breathing Method and Asura Body Tempering Art experience each increased by 240. AFK has been restarted.”
【Beginner System Panel】 (0 / 10000)
AFK Slots: □ □
Host: Jiang Chen
Source Power: 0
Skills:
1. High School Knowledge (5634 / 10000 Beginner)
2. Cooking (2415 / 10000 Beginner)
3. Network Technology (3129 / 10000 Beginner)
4. Sun Moon Breathing Method (261 / 1000 Entry)
5. Asura Body Tempering Art (244 / 1000 Entry)
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As his experience increased, Jiang Chen felt a noticeable enhancement in his physique, and a surge of energy generated within his body, but it wasn't very obvious.
“It seems I still need to conquer secret realms and slay 'weird entities.' Otherwise, leveling up will still be slow.”
“System, investigate if there are any secret realms nearby today,” Jiang Chen asked with a serious expression.
“Host, there is a C-rank secret realm. It shouldn't be difficult, but the system recommends that the Host reach beginner level in skills before attempting to conquer it, otherwise it's very easy to encounter danger.”
“To put it simply, I need to lie low before I become strong and not stick my neck out. I'm best at this. After all, I've read so many novels about 'Gou Sheng' (the art of lying low); how could I not have learned anything?” Jiang Chen said confidently.
“It seems the next period of time will be spent waiting. Once my skills reach beginner level, that will be the time for me to avenge my predecessor.” Jiang Chen had a determined look, with a burning flame in his eyes. He slowly clenched his fists, his knuckles turning white from the effort.
“For now, I should eat and do my homework. If I don't hand in my homework tomorrow, Hiratsuka Sensei will definitely not let me off,” Jiang Chen reluctantly got up and slowly walked towards the kitchen.
After Jiang Yang finished dinner, he took out the homework he had missed today and in the past few days and started writing. Jiang Chen sat at his desk, the soft light of the lamp illuminating his open homework book.
However, Jiang Yang's mind was not on this homework at all. He stopped after writing for a short while. No, he couldn't calm down. After thinking about it, Jiang Yang took out the “Inner world must know” that his parents had left him and started reading it.
Jiang Yang opened the “Inner world must know.” The pages were yellowed, with a worn texture, as if carrying countless untold secrets. The opening was a bold warning: “The Inner World is not a manifestation of reality. Those who enter, their life and death are up to fate. Proceed with extreme caution.”
His gaze was drawn, and he couldn't help but continue reading. The book described the Inner World as existing in the cracks of the real world, with its own unique operating rules. It contained strange creatures, some capable of concealing their forms, others able to manipulate human minds. Each page was accompanied by blurred, hand-drawn images, those oddly shaped creatures seemingly ready to break free from the pages at any moment.
As Jiang Chen read, he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, his mind already sketching out bizarre and strange scenes of the Inner World described in the book.
Just as he was engrossed, a sudden chilling wind seeped through the window crack, making the pages rustle. Jiang Yang's heart skipped a beat, and he instinctively reached out to press down the pages, only to find that the moment the wind stopped, the page had turned to a chapter he had never seen before.
The title of that chapter was written in blood-red letters: “The Price of Intruders.” Jiang Yang frowned, hesitated for a moment, but curiosity ultimately won out, and he continued to read. It stated that if someone rashly entered the Inner World without permission, they would not only face attacks from Inner World creatures but also fall into a predicament of spatio-temporal disorder, losing themselves in endless illusions and never being able to return to the real world.
Jiang Yang's heart tightened. He closed the book and looked out at the dark environment outside the window, his mind filled with thoughts. He was originally a person full of curiosity about the unknown, but now, seeing such a terrifying warning in the book, he couldn't help but hesitate. Yet, the descriptions of those strange creatures and the narratives of mysterious rules in the book seemed to be pulling him with an invisible force.
“Do I still have a choice now? If I don't step in, the 'weird entity' in the house alone could kill him.” Jiang Chen took a deep breath, trying to calm his wildly beating heart.