Chapter 15: Chu Huaixu’s Spiritual Embryo
Chu Huaixu had a long dream.
But after waking up, he couldn’t remember anything.
When he opened his eyes, a beautiful face greeted him.
Han Shuangjiang, without her veil, sat by his bedside. She held a cloth and had just wiped the sweat from his face and neck.
It was a face so beautiful it could make one lose themselves.
Fortunately, Chu Huaixu had a relatively strong resistance in this regard.
His profession was essentially a service industry.
After doing it for so long, he had developed a slight “misogyny.”
Interestingly, due to his upbringing and life experiences, this peerless beauty before him also had a bit of “misandry.”
This was not difficult to understand.
The cold woman looked down at Chu Huaixu and said, “Elder Six asked me to take care of you.”
However, Chu Huaixu’s reply was, “It smells so good.”
Her gaze sharpened at his slightly flippant response.
“I wasn’t talking about you!” the fox-faced woman said, frowning at him.
He sat up in bed and searched his room for the source of the scent.
Soon, he saw an incense stick on the table, almost completely burned out.
Chu Huaixu turned to Han Shuangjiang, his eyes questioning.
“It’s Calming Incense. Elder Six left it.” Her face visibly turned colder, and she stood up.
She left the bamboo house directly and returned to her room.
This left Chu Huaixu sitting on the bed, rubbing his temples.
When playing “The Borrowed Sword,” players’ cultivation realms would improve if they chose to level up.
He retained this golden finger, but the overall experience was not pleasant.
“Players can adjust the pain index. I can’t right now,” he thought.
Of course, Chu Huaixu knew very well that the intense pain was entirely due to the Cultivation Technique itself.
When players leveled up, they essentially skipped the step-by-step cultivation process.
Or rather, these processes were completed in an instant, and the feedback was given to you.
“So, I experienced several cycles of the Sword Refining Art in an instant, which is why it’s so painful?” Chu Huaixu was puzzled.
He guessed that even if this Cultivation Technique was practiced normally without cheats, it probably wouldn’t be comfortable.
“It hurts this much, and you still call it the Sword Refining Art? You might as well call it ‘Period Cramps’,” he complained in his mind.
So, the question arose.
“Why is its compatibility with me as high as 93%!”
He didn’t consider himself a “McDonald’s.”
Although there was a classic saying in his industry: “The floral language of steel wool is forbearance and prosperity.”
But that had nothing to do with him.
He genuinely didn’t have that kind of fetish and felt a sense of resistance towards steel wool, or “Rich Woman’s Happy Ball.”
On his companion play homepage, he never hinted at such things to customers, nor did he tag himself with “McDonald’s” or “Starbucks” in his profile description.
There was also a hierarchy within their industry: those who engaged in “letters” were ultimately niche players, difficult to gain traction!
Therefore, Chu Huaixu felt the system owed him an explanation.
He got out of bed and felt his body.
“It seems… I’ve really become much stronger?”
“Is it because I added 1 point to [Physique] before? So the increase in this aspect is significant?”
“It shouldn’t be just that,” he shifted his gaze to the jade slip and booklet on the table.
After sitting down, Chu Huaixu picked up the booklet and reopened the first and second pages.
“Don’t practice!”
“Listen to advice!”
He now understood that these two “seniors” had probably suffered immensely, so they left two bad reviews to warn future generations, which was quite thoughtful.
Chu Huaixu felt it necessary to write something himself for those who would come after him.
He picked up a pen and, with a serious expression, wrote large, bold characters on the third page:
“Peerless Divine Skill!”
Practice! All of you must practice it!
Chu Huaixu sat on the chair, pouting, and closed the booklet. He realized he still had important things to do.
“I haven’t assigned the [Spiritual Embryo Attribute Points] yet.”
The Spiritual Embryo was also closely related to a Cultivator’s innate Divine Ability.
This thing was extremely, extremely important.
A False Spiritual Embryo had no future.
He opened his character panel and directly assigned this 1 point to [Spiritual Embryo Attribute].
However, the first interface that popped up was—selecting the Spiritual Embryo type.
This was easy to understand. Each Spiritual Embryo had its own characteristics.
Taking the Profound Yin Physique next door as an example, if Chu Huaixu chose the Profound Yin Physique at this moment, his character panel would display in the Spiritual Embryo column: [Profound Yin Physique (Unpolished)].
Only when the attribute points were added to 10 would the words “Unpolished” disappear, signifying the Spiritual Embryo’s perfection!
However, when players chose a Spiritual Embryo, they could only select a broad category and then randomly draw from within it.
For instance, the Pure Yang Physique and the Profound Yin Physique were under the [Yin Yang] category.
Besides [Yin Yang], there were also [Five Elements], [Lightning], [Dark Night], [Swift Movement], [Blissful Union], and many others, totaling dozens of categories.
Each category would have further subdivisions.
If one were to choose carefully, they could get overwhelmed.
But Chu Huaixu had already made up his mind.
“No choice, after all, through unforeseen circumstances, I have joined the Daoist Sect.”
“And that sword—it’s in the Daoist Sect!”
He didn’t even glance at other categories and directly made his choice—[Sword]!
“[Ding! You have selected [Sword Spiritual Embryo], now drawing.]”
“[Congratulations, you have obtained [Spiritual Embryo: Heart Sword].]”
Heart Sword?
In his memory, there was no information related to it. He hadn’t seen any Sword Cultivator players with this type of Spiritual Embryo.
Chu Huaixu felt his body undergo a transformation in an instant!
He closed his eyes and could perceive a sword suspended in his Sea of Consciousness.
A sword that was entirely black!
For some reason, he always felt it was alive, communicating with his mind, possessing a spirit.
However, it seemed lifeless, in a state of near-death.
Chu Huaixu was not surprised by this.
Because his character panel clearly stated: [Spiritual Embryo Heart Sword: 1. (Unpolished)].
Below it was a line of small text introduced by the system:
“[The sword slashes the flesh, the heart slashes the soul].”
Medicine Mountain, Steward’s Courtyard.
Niu Yuanshan sat cross-legged on his bed, restless.
At this moment, the east was breaking, and dawn was approaching.
Two hours earlier, Elder Six, Li Chunsong, had come knocking again, asking where he got the Sword Refining Art.
Niu Yuanshan told the truth, stating that he also had no idea.
The jade slip was indeed with him, but the matter of these Meridian-Opening Stage Cultivation Techniques entering the vault was not his responsibility.
“Elder Six, there should be records in the Scripture Pavilion,” he cautiously offered his suggestion.
Li Chunsong nodded and immediately disappeared, flying towards the Scripture Pavilion, leaving Steward Niu confused.
“Wasn’t the Sword Refining Art given to the newbie in that Organization?”
“Why is Elder Six suddenly asking about this?”
“Could there be something wrong with this Meridian-Opening Stage Cultivation Technique!”
“Then this Chu Huaixu…”
Niu Yuanshan felt the urge several times to rush to his bamboo house overnight to check on his condition.
He suppressed this thought, but it would resurface after a while.
He was in a state of inner turmoil and wild speculation the entire night.
Steward Niu’s mind was filled with Chu Huaixu.
He saw him when his eyes were open, and when they were closed.
“Slap—!”
A louder slap than before echoed in the courtyard.
Niu Yuanshan hit himself even harder this time, swelling his own face.
“Admonishment Article 3: One shall not have excessive curiosity towards fellow practitioners!”
“Loyalty—!”
