Bab 1: Chapter 1: Power Through Payment, The Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor
The Third Rule of a Transmigrator: You must spend money to grow stronger
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In the Douluo Continent, within the southwestern region of the Heaven Dou Empire, lies the Fasno Province.
Notting City.
Situated at the border between the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires, Notting City is small and seemingly insignificant. Yet, in the future, due to a small village outside its boundaries—Holy Soul Village—Notting City will become famous across the continent.
At dawn, as the sky begins to brighten.
In the west of Notting City, inside an elegant home, stands a young boy of merely five or six years.
The boy has fair skin and eyes like stars. Despite his young age, he is extraordinarily handsome, and the luxurious purple robe he wears only adds to his noble aura.
At this moment, the exceptionally handsome young boy is opening a heavy black box.
"Click, click..."
As the lid opens, the room is instantly flooded with golden light!
Gold Soul Coins! A full ten thousand Gold Soul Coins!
In the Douluo Continent, currency is divided into gold, silver, and copper, with gold being the most valuable. A single Gold Soul Coin can sustain an ordinary family for months, and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins are akin to a fortune worth billions on Earth!
However, in the face of such wealth, the handsome boy remains unmoved. He simply extends his left hand towards the box brimming with Gold Soul Coins and says solemnly, "System, begin."
"Boom!"
A brilliant light emanates from the boy's palm, and the ten thousand Gold Soul Coins instantly transform into a golden stream, absorbed into his hand.
"Ding... System activation in progress, please wait..."
The long-awaited clear voice finally echoes in the boy's mind.
His name is Zhou Chen, a transmigrator, and his golden finger is the system.
The system's full name is the Multiverse Spending System.
As the name suggests, to use this system, one must spend money, specifically recharge Gold Element Points.
To obtain Gold Element Points, one must sacrifice gold items, such as Gold Soul Coins. 1 Gold Element Point equals 1 Gold Soul Coin.
However, for the past six years, the spending system remained dormant, utterly useless. To activate the dormant system, a recharge of ten thousand Gold Element Points was required!
This presented Zhou Chen with a challenge.
Six years ago, when he first transmigrated here, he was regressed to an infant due to a time turbulence, and it took him two years just to wean off milk, let alone earn money.
Fortunately, as an educated transmigrator, Zhou Chen was not lacking in ways to make money. Over the past few years, he had exhausted every method possible to finally accumulate these ten thousand Gold Soul Coins!
"Ding... Activation complete. This system is now at your service. Please collect gold items promptly to acquire Gold Element Points."
The next moment, a faint golden screen appeared before Zhou Chen's eyes. It resembled a game's attribute panel, displaying the system's data:
**[Multiverse Spending System]**
- Level: 1
- Experience: 10,000/100,000 (Multiplier: 10)
This indicates that the system is currently at Level 1, and to reach Level 2, it requires 100,000 Gold Element Points, which equals 100,000 Gold Soul Coins. To reach Level 3, it would take 1,000,000, and so on, until reaching the highest Level 9, which would require 1 trillion Gold Soul Coins!
Bear in mind, the annual tax revenue of the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires combined is less than 1 billion Gold Soul Coins.
1 trillion Gold Soul Coins would be impossible to gather even if one flattened the entire Douluo plane!
But that's a matter for the future.
Zhou Chen continued to examine the lower part of the panel, where a roulette wheel was slowly spinning. On this wheel were icons labeled [Pills], [Techniques], [Bloodlines], [Items], and [Divine Abilities].
Of these five icons, only the [Pills] icon was lit, while the others remained dim.
"System, explain," Zhou Chen raised an eyebrow and asked.
"Ding... The random draw feature has been activated. Since the system is only Level 1, only the [Pills] category is available... Each draw requires 10,000 Gold Element Points!"
"10,000 for a single draw?"
Zhou Chen was initially baffled, then furious, and finally... resigned.
He had no choice but to accept. Under the eaves, you must bow your head. He still needed this cursed system to achieve greatness, so he couldn't afford to offend it now.
Noticing Zhou Chen's dissatisfaction, the system, not wanting to provoke its host, offered a sweetener it had prepared in advance:
"Ding... As this is the system's first activation, a complimentary [Techniques] package is being issued. Please check."
The next moment, a towering pillar of light descended from the heavens, blasting a hole through the roof and landing before Zhou Chen.
Within the beam of light floated a golden piece of paper!
"What is this technique?"
Seeing the system offering him a benefit, Zhou Chen's mood shifted from cloudy to sunny, his tone softening.
"This is a technique with an infinite history and countless names!"
The system, previously indifferent, suddenly became dramatic: "It was once known as the Foundation Stage of Cultivation; also called the Dao Scripture Wheel Sea Volume; Xia Yu used it to tame mountains and rivers and was revered for it as the Mountain and River Strategy; Fuxi relied on it to populate the world, naming it the Four Symbols, Five Elements, Central Wu Soil Virtue Technique!"
"These names may seem unfamiliar, but there's one name you surely know!"
"What is it?" Zhou Chen asked.
"The Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor!"
"What did you say?"
Zhou Chen was taken aback, then his face turned red as he sheepishly asked, "Isn't this the dual cultivation technique... the one allegedly used by Emperor Xuanyuan to ascend to the heavens?"
System: "??!"
The system was caught off guard by Zhou Chen's cheeky remark and found itself momentarily speechless.
After a long silence, the system sighed, "Alas, your level is too high for me to keep up with your thoughts. You'll have to read it yourself."
Saying this, the golden paper descended into Zhou Chen's hands, making them unexpectedly heavy.
How weighty!
This thin piece of paper was as heavy as gold or stone.
Straining to hold the golden paper, Zhou Chen squinted to see it was inscribed with densely packed ancient characters. Each character shone like a star, radiating brilliance.
With a thought, a virtual screen appeared before him:
**[The Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor]**
- Origin: [Prehistoric Universe]
- Creators: [Fuxi, Emperor Xuanyuan, Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden]
- Effectiveness: Capable of transforming one's body, forging the foundation of the Great Dao.
- Cultivation Levels: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Great Ascension, True Immortal...
Such potent effects left Zhou Chen unable to tear his eyes away.
"Host, the Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor is extremely difficult to learn. With your talent, even entering the basics might be tough. Only through this system's infusion of knowledge can you begin and break through to the Qi Refining stage," the system reminded, seeing Zhou Chen's engrossed expression.
"Then hurry up and begin!" Zhou Chen urged, putting aside the golden paper.
"Ding... Commencing technique transmission..."
"Energy calibration in progress..."
"Begin!"
The next second, the towering pillar of light once again descended, enveloping Zhou Chen and lifting him into the air.
Then, the characters from the golden paper, each like a star, came alive, continuously flowing into Zhou Chen's body.
A mysterious energy began merging with his cells, traveling along his meridians toward his lower abdomen's dantian.
At this moment, Zhou Chen shone brilliantly, his entire body becoming crystalline and transparent.
Simultaneously, the golden paper bearing the scripture transformed into a small golden sword engraved with mountains, rivers, plants, and celestial bodies!
"Buzz!"
The golden sword vibrated, emitting a clear sword hum before quietly entering Zhou Chen's brow, disappearing from sight.
A minute later, the light pillar gradually vanished, and Zhou Chen gently descended from midair.
Opening his eyes, Zhou Chen felt a surge of divine power and mysterious energy coursing through him. Clenching his small, fair fist, he was confident he could punch a pig to death without issue!
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