How To Be A System (Dummy-Proof Edition)

Chapter 41. Cultivation! Cultivation!

Chapter 41. Cultivation! Cultivation!

After getting the updated Body Tempering Technique, Ren Qingquan continued. 'System, could you help me comprehend the technique. Also, how much does this cost?'

Hehehe. It seems just like how I slowly understand Ren Qingquan, he also slowly understood me. He actually knew I wouldn't help him comprehend it for free. And so, I sent the message I had prepared.

[It cost 1000 points to comprehend the new Body Tempering Technique. Do you wish to purchase it?]

'Yes.' Once Ren Qingquan answered, I activated [Calculate] to help him comprehend everything needed to immediately cultivate the new Body Tempering Technique.

After waking up from the state of comprehending, Ren Qingquan immediately began his first attempt at cultivating.

Thanks to Body Tempering Technique which helped him to transform vital energies into spirit qi that is already absorbed into his body, Ren Qingquan could skip learning how to sense spirit qi. Otherwise, just getting the hang of how to sense spirit qi and then absorbing them into his body is already extremely difficult and will waste a long time.

Also, because of [Calculate]'s help which grants him comprehension on everything needed to begin cultivating. Ren Qingquan already gained the ability to sense and control his own mental power to refine his absorbed spirit qi.

Basically, everything has been spoon fed to Ren Qingquan.

Sitting cross legged following the guide of his updated Body Tempering Technique. He used one strand of spirit qi that he gained from converting vital energy into spirit qi while in the Martial Arts World. Ren Qingquan then followed the practice method written in his technique.

Gathering the spirit qi stored in his dantian using his mental power, Ren Qingquan separated a trace of spirit qi to around 1/1000th of that strand and moved it around his meridian following the path from the memory he comprehended.

After one hour, he successfully circulated it once. Then, using the same amount of time, he circulated that exact trace of spirit qi once more. Just like that, Ren Qingquan has spent a whole 12 hours circulating the same trace of spirit qi for 12 cycles.

Except for answering nature's call and eating the food he pulled out from [Storage], he spent this whole day cultivating until night arrived.

When Ren Qingquan finally decided to stop cultivating and opened his eyes. I could see it turn slightly bloodshot as he asked me some questions regarding his cultivation.

'System, why don't I feel any progress with refining this spirit qi? This thing doesn't get refined at all!'

As I expected, Ren Qingquan is extremely pretty impatient.

Actually, it's not like there is no progress in his cultivation. It's just that according to my calculation, to refine 1/1000 strands of spirit qi would require him to cultivate for around 44 hours.

So, to refine a whole strand of spirit qi, Ren Qingquan must spend around 44.000 hours cultivating. Which equals 10 years of cultivating for 12 hours a day. So, I just wrote the truth and sent it through a panel.

[Ding! Host, system calculated the time you needed to refine that trace of spirit qi. Which is around 44 hours for each trace.]

Hearing my words, I could see Ren Qingquan's eyes starting to blur and he looked like he would faint soon.

(-_-)

After sitting blankly amidst darkness, Ren Qingquan probably accepted his fate as he went to the bed and slept. The next day, he seems to be reinvigorated and continues cultivating.

Although there might be the reason this whole cultivation thing still feels fresh to him. Ren Qingquan is actually extremely hardworking and immediately continued his cultivation upon waking up. I don't want to break his passion, but there is something extremely important that he must know.

After some thought, I sent a message toward Ren Qingquan.

[Answering to the host, there are two ways for the host to activate the observation function.

First, the host may use a video + audio function which costs 1 point for a one year long subscription. Please note that the screen and sound is 'illusory' just like the system panel and can only be heard by the host, because creating a screen made of light and a 'real' sound which could be heard by others costs a lot of points. Next, there is the consciousness mode which allows the host to experience the feeling of watching the scene through the system's VR technology. It is equipped with 360° view, directional audio, and energy sense function. It only costs 1 point every 10 hours of usage which is a good deal!

Note: Every mode is equipped with a map similar to the system's map. The further away it is from the thing attached to the sub system, the more blurry the scene will be.]

'System, I choose the consciousness mode. Also, wake me up when something important happens or when Jin Fushen starts explaining about general knowledge.'

Listening to my words, Ren Qingquan decided to try the consciousness mode perhaps because he is curious about it.

[Alright.]

While leaving some focus on Jin Fushen's lecture, I directed most of my attention toward what Ren Qingquan is doing right now. From the screen where lists of people and items attached with sub systems are listed. I could see him selecting Ren Qingchen as his target.

It seems Ren Qingquan is pretty concerned about that person who is most likely a regressor type main character.

Separating another small part of my focus, I sent it toward the [Scan] attached to Ren Qingchen. Then, I used [Calculate] to turn the information into a visual and audio form before using [Transfer] to send what I scanned to Ren Qingquan.

After merely using that function for several minutes, he immediately exited it. Upon opening his eyes, Ren Qingquan could be seen looking a bit dizzy as his face turned into a weird color.

'System, what is with that way of sensing things? It makes me dizzy and I wanna vomit!'

Hearing Ren Qingquan's scream, I realized I forgot to do some processing on the thing I sensed through [Scan]. What I shared previously is actually how I normally sensed things. It contains the view of Ren Qingchen's 10 meter radius. It also directly detected every source of sound within that area and sent it all at once.

It looks like human brains are incapable of processing how I normally sense things. That realization made me a bit sad as I actually went further and further from being a human. Well, living like this ain't all that bad anyway. As long as my life doesn't entirely depend on someone unreliable like Ren Qingquan that is.

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After understanding the problem, I fixed it and sent Ren Qingquan another message.

[Ding! The problem has been repaired. Do you wish to reactivate consciousness mode?]

'Yes'

Upon hearing his answer, I repeated the process I previously did. The only difference is that this time, I made Ren Qingquan view things from Ren Qingchen's position. He could also move this view around to see the surroundings or even see Ren Qingchen himself.

It basically makes Ren Qingquan see things through the view of something akin to an invisible flying insect.

I also fixed the problem of every sound coming together toward Ren Qingquan from several places and processed it to sound like a normal human heart.

With this, Ren Qingquan could feel himself having a floating sensation. I then focused that [Scan] to follow his thoughts and floated around 10 meters surrounding Ren Qingchen.