Volume One, Chapter One: The Martial Arts Automatic Cultivation System
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[Name: Jiang Buyue]
[Gender: Male]
[Age: 18]
[Cultivation: Quasi-Martial Artist, Third Stage (89%)]
[Martial Technique: Gale Slash (Mastery: 88%)]
[Attributes: Strength 21, Constitution 13, Agility 16, Spirit 5]
[Ding! The beginner’s gift pack has not been activated.]
[Ding! Gale Slash refuses to remain stagnant and begins automatic cultivation and comprehension!]
Sunlight filtered through the gap in the curtains, casting mottled shadows across the young man's face.
In the haze, whispers, the sound of pages turning, the scratch of a pen on paper, and a clamor of noises in his mind blended together.
The young man rose from his desk, bewildered by the unfamiliar surroundings and unfamiliar faces.
“Who am I? Where am I?”
The next second, an overwhelming wave of information surged into his mind, nearly causing him to faint.
Blue Star.
Martial Era, Year 2145. Jiangnan Base City. Jiangnan Secondary School No. 2, Class 34 of Senior Year.
The world’s spiritual energy had revived; a new era of high martial arts had begun. Beasts roamed unchecked. After hot weapons utterly lost their combat value, martial artists became the absolute core defenders of the nation.
Martial artists held the highest social status, enjoying privileges and various benefits.
This world mirrored his original one in many ways, yet differed greatly—the planet alone was at least a hundred times larger than his previous world.
Jiang Buyue sifted through the chaotic memories in his mind.
His current identity was that of a senior student, an orphan just as he was in his previous life, and his name remained Jiang Buyue.
“Did I transmigrate?”
[Ding! Earth-rank, lower-grade martial technique Gale Slash has reached Beginner (0%)]
Jiang Buyue paused.
Is this my golden finger?
[Ding! Would you like to open the beginner’s gift pack?]
His heart surged with joy.
“Open it!”
[Ding! Congratulations, you have received a Heaven-rank, upper-grade cultivation method: Chaos Devouring Heaven Art (automatically learned); Earth-rank, lower-grade technique: Extreme Shadow Step (automatically learned); Ten-cubic-space ring.]
[Ding! Heaven-rank, upper-grade martial technique Chaos Devouring Heaven Art, forging ahead, cultivating non-stop 24 hours a day (Mastery: 1%).]
The next moment—
The thin spiritual energy around him began to slowly gather and be absorbed by Jiang Buyue.
[Ding! Extreme Shadow Step curses two old scoundrels, begins automatic cultivation (Mastery: 1%).]
Three progress bars moved slowly.
An automatic martial arts cultivation system? Piecing together the hints in his mind, Jiang Buyue finally understood: the martial arts techniques he learned could be cultivated automatically, even while idle!
“Moon Bro, are you okay? You’re sweating a lot! Kidney deficiency?”
Jiang Buyue returned to himself and looked at the chubby boy across from him.
“And you are…?”
“Moon Bro, did you sleep away your brain? I’m Liu Yu!” The chubby boy looked exasperated.
Liu Yu was Jiang Buyue’s deskmate, his childhood friend and sworn brother—they’d grown up together, sharing everything.
Jiang Buyue smiled awkwardly. “Just woke up, a bit dazed.”
“Jiang Buyue!”
A slightly annoyed female voice rang out.
Two girls walked toward them.
One was heavily made-up, mature and alluring, quite attractive.
The other was short and plain, her looks unremarkable.
Jiang Buyue’s gaze landed on the attractive girl.
Li Shishi?! The class beauty of Senior Class 34.
In his memory, he had confessed to Li Shishi a few days ago and was cruelly rejected.
“Jiang Buyue, where’s breakfast for me and Xiaowei?”
“If you want breakfast, buy it yourself. You’ve got hands and feet.”
Li Shishi frowned slightly. “What do you mean by that?”
Jiang Buyue replied coldly, “Didn’t you already reject me? Am I your father? Am I obliged to buy you breakfast every day?”
Li Shishi was taken aback for several seconds, anger rising. “Jiang Buyue, are you being childish? I’ve rejected you more than once, so what? I came here specifically to ask you to buy me breakfast, giving you a way out. Don’t be so ungrateful!”
“Jiang Buyue, how can we study in the morning without breakfast? What kind of suitor are you? If you have any sense, hurry up and get breakfast for me and Shishi!”
The commotion drew the attention of others in the classroom, and curious gazes turned their way.
Jiang Buyue looked at the arrogant, plain-looking girl with neither figure nor beauty.
Her name was Zhang Xiaowei, Li Shishi’s best friend. During his pursuit of Li Shishi, this wretch had taken advantage of her status countless times to freeload.
“Zhang Xiaowei, what does this have to do with you?”
Zhang Xiaowei approached, furious, and slammed her hand on the desk. “How does it not? Shishi is my best friend. If you don’t buy breakfast for her, what will we eat?”
“If your mouth grows on your backside, go eat shit!”
“You… you!”
Zhang Xiaowei was so angry she could barely speak.
Li Shishi, beside her, scowled, “Jiang Buyue, what are you trying to do? If this keeps up, we won’t even be friends!”
Jiang Buyue found her words amusing.
“Fine! After today, we walk our separate paths. I won’t bother you again.”
“Jiang Buyue, let’s see how long you can keep this up!”
Zhang Xiaowei dragged the sullen Li Shishi back to their seats.
Li Shishi stomped her feet in anger.
“What’s wrong with him? I even asked him myself to buy me breakfast, and he’s still not satisfied? What does he want?”
“Shishi, Jiang Buyue must be playing hard to get. You know how he is, right? He’s been after you for years, you’ve rejected him countless times, and a few days later he’ll come crawling back. It’s not the first time.”
Li Shishi thought for a moment and nodded. “Xiaowei, you’re right. That jerk dares to throw a tantrum at me! I gave him a chance!”
Meanwhile, on the other side—
“Moon Bro, are you really going to cut ties with Li Shishi?” the chubby boy asked.
“Absolutely. I’ve had enough of that bitch.”
The chubby boy scratched his head. “Are you serious? You’ve chased Li Shishi for three years. You’re just going to quit?”
“You don’t believe me!”
“If I ever go crawling back to Li Shishi, may my future children be born without an anus!”
The chubby boy was stunned.
“Moon Bro, you’re ruthless!”
Just then, the system chimed.
[Ding! Chaos Devouring Heaven Art surges forward, helping the host break through cultivation!]
[Ding! Your cultivation has advanced to Quasi-Martial Artist, Fourth Stage (1%)!]
Jiang Buyue’s gaze involuntarily shifted to the countdown on the blackboard.
Fifty-four days left until the college entrance exam.
With fifty-four days and a golden finger, how could he not fight for a spot in a top martial arts university? To do otherwise would be an insult to his martial arts techniques, which cultivated tirelessly around the clock.
“Fatty, what’s the next class?”
The chubby boy replied excitedly, “Next is the math class I’ve been waiting for! We only have one math class per week!”
Jiang Buyue was surprised.
Math class, so exciting?
In this society, martial arts were the mainstream. The scores for martial arts classes far outweighed those for cultural subjects.