Chapter 9
The faint spiritual energy between heaven and earth quietly gathered towards him.
Before long, the entire room was enveloped in white mist.
And on his body, a sacred golden glow faintly emerged.
Yun Mochen could feel the spiritual energy in the surrounding space.
Through the operation of the Overturning Heaven Technique, it gradually transformed into golden spiritual power, continuously nourishing and filling all his meridians.
“Spiritual power is supposed to be light blue, isn’t it? Why is mine golden…”
“Master, the ranking of cultivation techniques and martial skills in this world goes Heaven, Earth, Mystic, and Yellow, descending in power.”
“Although I can’t reveal the Overturning Heaven Technique’s exact rank, I can confirm it’s definitely above the Heaven rank’s advanced level.”
“So the heaven-defying aspects of the Overturning Heaven Technique still require your personal discovery. As for the golden spiritual powerā”
“It’s just one of its hidden benefits.”
Hissā!
The System’s words made Yun Mochen’s heart tremble.
In the entire Huaxia nation, only the five imperial clans likely possessed Heaven-rank techniques.
For ordinary people, even dreaming about them was impossibleāsome never even saw Earth-rank techniques in their lifetime.
So one could imagine Yun Mochen’s shock when the System revealed the Overturning Heaven Technique’s approximate rank.
“Doesn’t that make me invincible?”
Just as Yun Mochen was indulging in this fantasy, the System poured cold water on him:
“Master, absolute invincibility doesn’t exist in this world.”
“What you perceive as invincible is only relative superiority within your current circle.”
“But you must understand, Masterāthere’s always someone better, and skies beyond skies.”
“Take the myths compiled in your Huaxia nationāsome cultivation geniuses trained their whole lives, remained undefeated, yet ultimately became mere foot soldiers among the 100,000 heavenly troops that fought Sun Wukong.”
“So Master, System Child hopes you’ll never develop an arrogant heart.”
“Humility and hidden strength are always the most terrifying weapons.”
Yun Mochen fell silent, his face showing embarrassment.
Indeed, his thoughts had been childish.
“Thanks, System Child.”
Calming his excitement, Yun Mochen fully immersed himself in cultivation.
With each breath, faint white spiritual energy swirled around him, giving him an enigmatic aura.
An hour later.
“Master, the pot.”
“Huh? What pot… Holy shit, my beef stew!”
Realizing, Yun Mochen dashed to the kitchen. Grabbing a wet cloth, he lifted the large pot of beef stew off the stove.
“Whew~ smells amazing!”
Blowing away the steam, the rich beef aroma assaulted his senses, making his throat convulse uncontrollably.
His stomach felt completely hollowed out by hunger!
Not minding the heat, Yun Mochen grabbed a large beef bone and stuffed it into his mouth!
“Ah! Hot! Phew… delicious!”
The entire potāabout three pounds of beefāwas soon devoured, every last drop of broth consumed!
“So satisfying…”
Yun Mochen leaned back at his desk, belly round.
Wait…
I ate three pounds alone??
That’s three meals’ worth!
“System Child, why my appetite… and that extreme hunger earlier… it was unbearable!”
“Master, this is the Overturning Heaven Technique’s only drawback.”
Yun Mochen suddenly rememberedāwhen he first obtained the technique, besides rapid cultivation, its traits included absorbing vast blood energy.
“Does that mean eating meat also absorbs blood energy?”
“Of course! Meat inherently contains blood energy. Your intense hunger resulted from the technique absorbing your body’s reserves during cultivation.”
“That depletion caused your reaction. The beef’s blood energy replenished it, hence your increased intake.”
“However…”
The System paused abruptly. Yun Mochen pressed:
“What is it?”
“Master, that beef wasn’t ordinary…”
“It was premium beef raised in an area with extremely dense spiritual energy!”
Yun Mochen was stunned. Impossible!
Butcher Uncle was an ordinary man, and the market was just a common place.
Where would premium beef come from?
“System Child, are you mistaken?”
“Master, I’m certain.”
“Normally, your cultivation consumption would require at least eight pounds of beef!”
“Yet you felt full after just three.”
“That beef must’ve contained exceptional blood energy!”
Yun Mochen pondered deeply:
“Could it be… Butcher Uncle is also a cultivator?”
“And that meat came from the nearby Heavenly Demon Mountain Range…”
The more he considered it, the more plausible it seemed.
Every dawn,
Butcher Uncle would leave for hours to “restock,” while other vendors had suppliers deliver.
“Enough speculationāI need to figure out how to get more meat!”
Butcher Uncle treated him well. Even if he had secrets, did it matter?
His immediate headache was being an unemployed student…
How could he afford so much meat?
By the System’s estimate,
eight pounds per hour meant ninety-six pounds for twelve hours of cultivation!
At 30 per pound, that’s 2,880! His monthly stipend was only 2,000…
“What a headache…”
Yun Mochen clasped his hands behind his neck, staring helplessly at the ceiling.
“Master, blood energy absorption isn’t limited to eating. The Overturning Heaven Technique can do it too.”
“That butcher shop is a blood energy goldmine, no?”
Yun Mochen shot upright, excited:
“System Child, brilliant!”
“No biggie~”
Later, browsing trending topics, Yun Mochen saw negative comments about himself but remained unbothered.
Before bed, he opened his contacts to “White Tea Simple Joys.”
“Wasn’t it ‘Sugar for Silence’… even the username changed.”
Puzzled, he shook his head and typed several lines.
Dissatisfied, he deleted them and rewroteāstill unhappy.
After a dozen revisions, he finally sent one word:
ćQi An (Yun Mochen): Wait.ć
He wanted Zhu Qing’an to know he’d strive for her.
After sending, he turned off his phone.
Yet minutes later, he reopened “White Tea Simple Joys.”
“Thought I silenced it… sleep.”
But soon he checked againāno reply.
“Maybe her phone was confiscated… really sleeping now.”
Thus passed a restless night.
“Cock-a-doodle-doo!”
Dawn’s light pierced the darkness as roosters crowed.
“Still no reply… whatever, I’ll visit Butcher Uncle first!”
