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In the cramped room, Su Yun opened his eyes.
The first transformation of Martial Qi didn't take too long; it only took Su Yun one hour to complete.
"Next, I need to consider my future cultivation."
Su Yun didn't plan to continue cultivating in secret in Wu Tan City.
Flowers grown in a greenhouse can't compare to the wild grass that grows in harsh conditions.
He didn't want to be a useless person with only Martial Qi!
A Martial Practitioner's strength is still at the bottom, but it's much better than the Martial Qi stage. In more remote areas, he already has some power.
Moreover, over the years he had the system, he discovered a means of self-preservation.
The System Space.
The System Space can accommodate living beings!
And he can enter it with just a thought.
This means that as long as he doesn't encounter an enemy who can kill him instantly, he is invincible!
...
In a corner of the main street of the Xiao Family, Su Yun was quietly waiting, dressed in a black robe.
The Bone Spirit Cold Fire could potentially merge the fire and ice attributes of the Burning Cold Decision Martial Qi. He couldn't afford to miss it.
Old Medicine only awakened when Xiao Yan was fifteen, but in two more years, he could absorb Xiao Yan's Martial Qi. It was hard to ensure that he wouldn't regain consciousness by then.
Although he couldn't swallow the Bone Spirit Cold Fire now, getting it first was the right move.
Time slowly passed, and seven days flew by. A boy of about ten years old slowly emerged.
"Scan," Su Yun muttered to himself in the corner.
He and Xiao Yan had only met once three years ago, and he couldn't remember his appearance clearly.
During the seven days of waiting, he had to scan almost every child who came out, but it was a necessary measure.
"Ding, scan successful."
Name: Xiao Yan
Gender: Male
Cultivation: Eighth Stage Martial Qi
Techniques: None
Skills: None
Items: None
"Finally, after seven days of waiting, it was worth it." Su Yun's eyes lit up under his black robe.
"System, scan that ring!"
"Ding, scan successful."
"A dormant soul has been detected."
"Continue, scan that soul." Su Yun continued.
"Ding, scanning."
"Ding, scan successful."
Name: Medicine Old
Gender: Male
Cultivation: Peak Dou Zun
Identity: Eighth Rank Peak Alchemist
Techniques: Blazing Sun Heaven-Burning Technique (High-Class Earth Rank)
Skills: Flame Splitting Wave Ruler Technique (Low-Class Earth Rank)...
Items: Bone Spirit Cold Fire, Heavyweight Ruler, Black Magic Cauldron, Bone Spirit Flame Ring...
"Scan the Bone Spirit Cold Fire."
"Ding, scanning."
"Ding, scan successful."
Name: Bone Spirit Cold Fire
Description: Ranked 11th on the Exotic Flame Ranking
A unique flame combining extreme cold and heat, only appearing in extremely cold and yin places during the lunar and solar transition every hundred years.
"Recycle the Bone Spirit Cold Fire!"
"Ding, recycle successful."
With the system's notification, the Bone Spirit Cold Fire appeared in the system warehouse.
Su Yun in the corner smiled and turned to leave.
The Bone Spirit Cold Fire, ranked 11th on the Exotic Flame Ranking, was indeed not something a mere one-star Martial Practitioner like him could refine.
But that didn't stop Su Yun's joy at obtaining it.
At the same time, Xiao Yan at the entrance of the Xiao Family was also in high spirits.
At nine years old, he was already at the eighth stage of Martial Qi, making him a standout in the Xiao Family.
His peers in the clan would bow and scrape to him, and Xiao Mei and Xiao Xun'er, among other little girls, would always be around him.
Although he had no interest in little kids, his vanity was greatly satisfied.
Clearly, the future Flame Emperor had not yet experienced the three-year low, and he was not yet as calm and composed as in the original story.
Thinking about it, it made sense.
A common, unremarkable person from the 20th century, suddenly transported to this world, would naturally feel youthful and successful.
Someone like Su Yun, who deeply understood the cruelty of the world and took steady steps, focusing solely on cultivation, was the exception.
...
At this moment, Su Yun was on his way to Green Mountain Town.
Going to Green Mountain Town for training was something he had planned beforehand.
First, the cave that Xiao Yan and the Little Medical Fairy entered in the original story.
There were plenty of good things there, whether it was the flying combat skill, the Fragment of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame Map, or the Ice Spirit Flame Grass. All of these were must-haves.
Although the place had been written about extensively in derivative works, the fact that it had been written about so much undoubtedly showed its importance.
Regardless of how the author intended to write it, Su Yun was determined to go.
Additionally, the overall strength of the Martial Practitioners in Green Mountain Town was very low.
If the current ceiling of the continent was a half-Emperor level with four nine-star Dou Sheng, and the Jiaming Empire had terrifying Dou Huang strongmen, then the ceiling of Green Mountain Town was a Dou Shi.
In Green Mountain Town, high-star Martial Practitioners were the backbone.
Like in the original story, Hemeng, the deputy leader of the Wolfhead Mercenary Group, was an eight-star Martial Practitioner.
This showed that the overall strength of Green Mountain Town was not particularly high.
He was only a one-star Martial Practitioner now, so he didn't need to go to a larger stage. Green Mountain Town was just right.
With the Burning Cold Decision, equivalent to a low-class Earth Rank technique, and the high-level combat skills collected by Old Medicine, he could train for a few months and have considerable strength in Green Mountain Town.
...
Before the sky grew dark, Su Yun finally arrived at his destination.
Curious about the new environment, Su Yun looked around, taking in the sights of Green Mountain Town.
In the town, mercenaries who lived on the edge of life and death gathered in groups, hugging each other's shoulders, and chattered loudly on the streets.
They discussed without restraint where the women in the town were the most alluring, where the wine was the strongest, and where the monsters were the fiercest...
On both sides of the street, there were many shops, and due to their advantageous location, they were quite busy. Su Yun's gaze scanned the well-lit shops with interest.
When his gaze fell on a spacious medicinal shop, he stopped.
This shop was the Myriad Medicine Hall.
Su Yun had a memory of the Myriad Medicine Hall. The Little Medical Fairy, who possessed the Calamity Poison Body, made her debut here.
However, it was still six years before the plot began, so he wouldn't see the Little Medical Fairy.
Shaking his head, he had no intention of going in. Xiao Yan came to Green Mountain Town the year after the plot began, which was seven years from now, so the Blood Lotus Essence wouldn't appear yet.
Continuing forward, Su Yun wandered through Green Mountain Town for an hour before he began to focus.
He always remembered the cruelty of the Martial Qi continent and the purpose of coming to Green Mountain Town.
His strength as a lowly Martial Practitioner was not enough to make him complacent.
He was a practical person and had no grand ambitions of harem or world domination.
He wasn't the protagonist, just a lucky ordinary person, and the system that came six years late was a good testament to that.
The immediate task was to improve his strength and survive well in this world.
This meager cultivation was common in Green Mountain Town, let alone in other places.
(End of Chapter)