Jiang Hao looked at his interface again, the words of the system ringing in his mind again.
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{Ding! To make sure the transmigrated individual starts their journey safely every transmigrator is granted a system.}
{Ding! Congratulations host for obtaining a support system: Comprehension Enhancer}
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[Name: Jiang Hao]
[Age: 19]
[Cultivation: Early foundation establishment stage]
[Cultivation method: Heavenly Sound Hundred Revolutions]
[Supernatural ability: Nine Revolutions Death Substitution, Daily Appraisal]
[Comprehended skills: - ]
[Lifeblood: 36/100 (can be cultivated)]
[Cultivation: 41/100 (can be cultivated)]
[Divine ability: 1/3 (can be cultivated)]
Jiang Hao again lamented the fact that the turtle in his pursuit of safety didn't even cultivate a single attack skill.
"Anyway, it's time I pick some art type to comprehend. I can then use it to gain money. It will be my first step". Jiang Hao mused.
He was curious as to how the comprehension enhancer would work. Would it enhance the comprehension talent he already has? Or... would it help him in improving his comprehension even more?
'Guesses are guesses. Now it's time to put my back to work. I was never a man to stay in one place tending to a stalk of grass and hoping to achieve immortality. Unproductivity repulses me'
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[ strength + 1]
[ spirit + 1]
[ cultivation + 1]
[ lifeblood + 1]
[ Lifeblood pill + 1]
After going into the spirit herb field and collecting all the juicy bubbles that had been accumulating all those days, he started walking towards the public library.
There are two kinds of places disciples can learn information from.
First is the Scripture pavilion which contains all sorts of techniques. It has different floors according to the value of the technique and at the same time, the authority needed to access those scriptures also varies.
As the turtle never showed his worth, he of course has no such authority.
Second is the public library. This place is not used by many disciples as there are no martial techniques in there. Only information. This place has various types of books about the world, and the continents, but the information could be found anywhere that has a certain degree of civilization.
Fortunately for Jiang, the public library also contains instructions on how to start the miscellaneous arts. Very few care about how to make talismans and pills at the grade-0 level in a demonic sect after all. Everyone is focused on how fuck the next person.
On his way to the public library, he met one of Turtle's old acquaintances. As he remembered this man was one of the people Turtle first met when he was sold to the sect.
"Yo, Junior Brother Jiang, it's been a long time since I've seen you here! It's rare to see you coming out of the Spirit Herb Garden that you love so dearly."
The man has an above-average face and a big muscular body. He looked like one of those people who would slap you in the back and break your spine, then afterward call it a love tap.
He was with 2 more people. A man and a woman. They weren't particularly eye-catching but their cultivation was not bad.
"Senior Brother Qi," said Jiang Hao cupping his fists.
Qi Yang was an inner sect disciple of Thunder Fire Peak. He was currently in the Early stage of the Foundation Establishment Stage. They had known each other since their time as outer sect disciples. But when he was chosen as a disciple in the Thunder fire peak they rarely saw each other anymore.
"Eh? You've reached the Foundation Establishment Stage? So Fast?!" Qi Yang suddenly exclaimed as he approached Jiang Hao.
The two people by his side were also surprised. Nineteen was a very young age to have reached that stage.
"I just reached the Foundation Establishment Stage a couple of days ago," Jiang Hao said with a 'smile'.
[You have to find a way to conceal your cultivation, Jiang Hao. It might be problematic and attract trouble. You have to stay low-key]
'There should be a balance in these matters, Turtle. If you conceal your cultivation and act like a little bitch, then troubles will fall on your head like pigeon shit.'
No matter how depressing it was, because of the Turtle he had to fulfill the amount of compensation he owed to the heavenly Joy Pavilion. They obviously won't kill him, but they can use that as an excuse to stack more fines on him. And he hates when people try to walk all over him.
As for why he thought they won't kill him? He obviously had some conclusions about the matter.
However, he couldn't understand why the Heavenly Joy Pavilion wanted to go to this extent for the sake of a traitor.
'When that woman died, she mumbled about being coveted by the Heavenly Joy pavilion master. It seems this bitch's death has riled some old horn dogs'
He remembered in his memories, that Yun Ruo, when she knew her death was close, started mumbling weird shit desperately.
"You can't kill me! The Master of the Heavenly Joy Pavilion thinks highly of me. He covets my beauty. If you kill me, he will hold a grudge against you."
'Tsk... This man left me with so many troubles'.
"Senior Brother and Senior Sister, let me introduce to you. This is my Junior Brother, Jiang Hao, who was under the same roof when I was still in the outer sect," said Qi Yang to the two people standing by him.
"It's rare to meet two outstanding disciples in the same place." The man next to him smiled. "My name is Xu Feng, and the person next to me is my Junior Sister, Liang Yue."
"Senior Brother Xu, Senior Sister Liang. It's nice to meet you two." Jiang Hao said.
The man frowned a little when Jiang Hao didn't bow his head and greeted like normal junior disciples do when they sense his cultivation. Ultimately he just brushed it off as ignorance.
"By the way, which peak is Junior Brother from?" Liang Yue asked with a smile.
Both the woman and the man wanted to befriend Jiang Hao. Such a young cultivator already in the Foundation Establishment Stage was no less than a genius.
"The Cliff of Broken Hearts," said Jiang Hao.
Xu Feng and Liang Yue both looked surprised. "The Cliff of Broken Hearts?!"
"Junior Brother, by any chance, do you know who killed Yun Ruo of the Heavenly Joy Pavilion?" asked Xu Feng.
The question made Jiang Hao uncomfortable. However... "I did", he said.
Now, not only Xu Feng and Liang Yue but also Qi Yang looked shocked. Xu Fang and Liang Yue even hastily put a few steps of distance between him and themselves.
After chatting awkwardly for a while. The three of them left. Jiang Hao didn't say anything. By their reactions, it seemed Heavenly Joy Pavilion had already started the subtle manipulations to isolate him.
Turtle had never put an effort into building relationships with others in the Devil Sect, but he had eliminated a traitor who was going to betray the sect. Without proper evidence to back any claims, any actions whether verbal or physical are worthless.
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In a corner, Xu Feng looked at Qi Yang. "You are familiar with Junior Brother Jiang, it seems. How talented is he?"
"He is above average," said Qi Yang after a thought.
"Above average?" Liang Yue looked surprised. "How old is he?"
"Nineteen, I think. Two years older than me," answered Qi Yang.
"Above average aptitude, nineteen years old. How did he reach the Foundation Establishment Stage this early?" Xu Feng asked curiously.
"Because he had a fortuitous encounter a year before and his cultivation level soared. I think the Foundation Establishment Stage should also be related to that fortuitous encounter," said Qi Yang doubtfully.
"Senior Brothers and Sisters, do you feel that there's something more to this?"
Xu Feng and Liang Yue looked at each other. Then they looked at Jiang Hao, their eyes showed contempt.
"Junior Brother, it's better not to get too close to him in the future." Xu Feng looked in the direction of Jiang Hao.
"I was curious why the Cliff of Broken Hearts didn't try their best to protect him. Now I know. If he advanced through a fortuitous encounter, it means his cultivation path in the future is not easy. In other words, he has little to no value.
After offending the Heavenly Joy Pavilion, there is definitely a disaster waiting for Jiang Hao in the future. So, don't get too close to him. It will make things difficult for our Master."
Xu Feng had wanted to befriend Jiang Hao. Now he decided not to. Such a young person in the Foundation Establishment Stage was a genius. Geniuses were always promising and very useful to be friends with.
But since he had offended the Heavenly Joy Pavilion and advanced only because of a fortuitous encounter, Xu Feng concluded this as a one-time lucky advancement.
In fact, he was even slightly angry. Yun Ruo had many suitors within the sect. By chance, he was also one of them who drooled at her figure.
Qi Yang looked in the direction of Jiang Hao and remained quiet, he felt sad that he had to let go of a friendship that they built through hardship. But... this was a demonic sect.
.....
Jiang Hao continued his way to the public library and read a couple of books relating to talismans.
After having a sufficient enough understanding of the grade 0 type talismans, he went to one of the resource halls and used the little contribution points Turtle had amassed to buy monster blood ink, a talisman brush, and all the blank grade 0 talisman papers he could buy.