Lo Jik cultivated diligently. He didn't spend more time than necessary on the cloud above Dang Hun Mountain after busting a fat load against a fairy's nimble toes. Instead, he retreated and displayed a slightly embarrassing expression until he entered his secret cultivation room built inside the plain hut he and Shu Zhe shared. While the couple slept together, one's cultivation was not only a personal matter, but it also required the least amount of distraction. Lo Jik and Shu Zhe afforded each other enough privacy and had different rooms for cultivation. They set their own formations and had their methods but after experiencing so much, Shu Zhe did not hesitate requesting Lo Jik's assistance on different matters.
The latter also helped whenever possible.
Right now, Lo Jik's initially dim cultivation room was filled with milky-white glow. The formation Lo Jik currently set was somewhat of a standard practice among other gu masters. It could ward off Little Hu Immortal's senses to some extent. However, this formation was obtained from the sect. Lo Jik still had slight misgivings about it and didn't trust it entirely. Meanwhile, his modified Empty Heart Formation couldn't repel Little Hu's investigation and was momentarily useless.
The best way to deal with this situation was by refining the gu worms Xin Cheng suggested—to utilize Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable's inheritance as a formation core, creating a formation that truly provided Lo Jik with a semblance of security.
However, he also did not place his entire trust in Xin Cheng.
Currently, Lo Jik put his earlier gains to a test. Losing against Feng Jin Huang did not obstruct his extremely shocking growth.
He was surrounded by a milky white construct. Lines of softly glowing white light connected with several gu worms around him. In the process, a water-like membrane of light filled the gap between these crisscrossed lines. These membranes of light looked like walls.
This glowing chamber showered Lo Jik with a strange strength. His pores released visible strength qi, which steadily condensed into a self dharma phantom. However, this phantom was nowhere near sixty meters in size. It barely expanded beyond Lo Jik's body, creating a small projection.
The gu worms around him were the components of Self Dharma Killer Move!
'As I thought. The essence of gu house, killer moves, and even formations is a refinement recipe.'
Lo Jik collected the gu worms after stopping the killer move, noting his gains. These gains were not physical, but they changed how he viewed various concepts of the gu world.
'Feng Jin Huang has little to no interest in refining gu worms. The gu house she formed not only consumes a lot of primeval essence, but it also takes all her mental energy. Meanwhile, if I wanted to, I could turn Self Dharma killer move into a mortal gu house within a year. But why would I do something so exhausting?'
Gu houses, killer moves, formations, and recipes—they all had their advantages and disadvantages.
A gu house was a fortress. Turning Self Dharma into a mortal gu house meant losing the sheer flexibility of the killer move. In comparison, Lo Jik could also spend an equal amount of time and effort to conceptualize a rank 5 Self Dharma Gu recipe! Compared to former, refining such a gu worm condensed the entirety of the killer move into one gu! Lo Jik's primeval essence consumption would be even lower, and he could further add more gu worms on top of this rank 5 Self Dharma Gu to create an even more powerful killer move!
But this was just one example.
'Even if I attained the realm of grandmaster attainment in different paths, I can only firmly dominate mortals. My earlier gu worms and innovations were always based on the recipes I obtained through my trait. If I truly must refine something absolutely new… it would be like walking in complete darkness and encountering countless troubles. And that's just for mortal gu worms. Immortal gu worms are even more challenging to refine! Trying to deduce a recipe for an immortal gu might take me… a lot of years.'
'My current advantages and potential in human path are restricted due to this issue.'
Lo Jik recalled his current priorities and started cultivating. His greatest priority was to advance his aperture through the relic gu he purchased. His other relic gu worms were all hidden inside his second aperture and couldn't be displayed easily.
In less than two days, Lo Jik broke through to peak stage rank 5 gu master!
Only then did he focus on his other priorities.
'First is the matter of my soul. I can reach the necessary foundation for my soul using Guts Gu. However, I cannot strengthen my soul endlessly. It also needs refinement to deal with impurities. Earlier, there was still the option of using strength path gu to refine my soul. However, human path gu worms must have better efficiency in this aspect. After all, I already noticed that Guts Gu, despite the countless soul path dao marks in Dang Hun Mountain, is a human path gu.'
He already had a clue and direction to accomplish this task.
'Fake Soul. Instead of focusing on Self Dharma Gu, I will first spend all my time and effort in refining this gu inspired by Fake Mind Gu. Once I achieve this, I will use strength path gu worms to refine one part of my soul and achieve necessary foundation in strength path, ticking one of the boxes necessary to eventually advance as a strength path gu immortal.'
'Refining Fake Soul will also give me enough confidence in tackling Xin Cheng should she have any ulterior motives. Only then can I go ahead and refine the necessary gu worms to use the formation Xin Cheng suggested.'
Once Lo Jik refined and used this formation, he could finally enjoy some peace and secrecy. Not only could he summon his rewards, but he could also focus on his other objective—to set up his human path foundation by researching gu worms of different aspects. However, this was a time-consuming project, and Lo Jik did not possess enough reference and research materials. It could take him a decade, if not decades, to achieve this goal without further fortuitous encounters despite his human path grandmaster attainment.
'How can such a path with so much potential have no advancement? Earlier, I believed I was chosen by the sect for this path. Since that isn't the case, does this also mean Spirit Affinity House has some foundation in human path?' Lo Jik thought. 'If they exist, these research materials would not be available to me unless I become the sect's core member by ascending as a gu immortal.'
Furthermore, Lo Jik also planned to use Dreamer Gu to advance his understanding of other paths after setting the formation. It would help him advance in human path. Among other tasks, Lo Jik also felt that his strength path foundation could do with some more polishing and refinement. He wanted to refine a flying gu tailor-made for the Self Dharma killer move and eventually surpass his current attainment in strength path using Dreamer Gu.
Even if Lo Jik possessed peak stage rank 5 cultivation, he didn't wish to advance as a gu immortal so quickly. He grew at an immense pace and even with a lot of attainment, he felt he could maximize his potential by becoming a strength path grandmaster.
'There is also the refinement path convention…' Lo Jik chuckled wryly. 'Now that I possess Love Gu… my movements will be greatly restricted until I can become a gu immortal. Although refinement path convention is a grand event and has many advantages, I need to think of my current situation.'
'Besides, I have plenty of lifespan gu. Missing out on one refinement path convention isn't all that much. Instead, going outside right now might attract a crazy demonic path gu immortal willing to kill me just for a deluded hope of snatching a legendary rank 9 gu worm.'
Demonic path did not lack manic and crazy gu immortals. Even with his killer move, Lo Jik couldn't match a gu immortal's endurance in terms of primeval essence consumption. His achievements did not turn him into an arrogant retard, and he remained cautious of the real world.
'Sigh… I was thinking too much.'
Lo Jik couldn't help but think of another matter, feeling disappointed again.
He chased the rush of his achievements all his life. At times, he even felt more aroused by the thought of his trait's rewards than the beauties awaiting him. Deep down, Lo Jik truly felt the gap between an immortal and a mortal must have amounted to something grand.
This kind of gap was not present in his previous world. Such gaps of status could only exist when one gu immortal emerged among millions of mortals!
Furthermore, Bai La's status was much more glorious than most rank 6 gu immortals. She would soon become a rank 7 gu immortal and her battle strength was nothing to scoff at. She could defeat and even kill many lone and demonic rank 6 gu immortals.
It was Lo Jik's luck that Bai La took interest in his talent and decided to use her charms on him.
Yet…
'All I got was a platinum… eh?!'
Lo Jik felt his eyes were playing tricks on him.
'Platinum? Repeatable?' Earlier, he did not focus on the reward because Bai La was observing him. He even cultivated for two days and nights before glancing at the notification from his trait. Only after reading the full thing did his expression change.
'What is going on? Why is footjob a repeatable event?'
[Midas' Toes (Platinum/Repeatable): Experienced an orgasm through Bai La's feet. Parties involved—Host and Bai La. Rewards stored.]
Lo Jik stared at the reward and noticed new things.
'A platinum is repeatable… could it be due to Bai La's status? No. Something else is going on. Something changed. What are these additional options?'
Lo Jik carefully explored the new change, his heart thumping excitedly.
'They are gone…'
Lo Jik could always see the titles he achieved from other girls even when the rewards were no longer present. However, now he couldn't find a single repeatable achievement!
Earlier, making out with a partner and penetrative sex of any kind was a repeatable achievement.
Now, these two titles related to every girl disappeared mysteriously. Instead, all his platinum achievements were marked repeatable.
The only one who granted Lo Jik platinum achievements before Bai La was none other than Chen Jiu.
But what about other achievements?
Only the platinum achievements were marked repeatable.
What about the rest?
Lo Jik throat went dry as he glanced at one of Shu Zhe's achievements.
[Instructive Makeout (Bronze/Cumulative): Kissed Shu Zhe for the first time. Parties involved—Host and Shu Zhe. Rewards stored.]
'Cumulative?'
Lo Jik blinked. Of course, he knew what cumulative means. But he didn't dare believe it.
He noticed something else.
'I never got any achievement from Qin Juan. Why am I seeing new achievements? They are greyed out…'
Lo Jik's lips wobbled and he closed his eyes.
'Something changed. This is a terrifying advancement. It's related to Bai La without a doubt!'
'All other rewards are cumulative, but only platinum achievements are repeatable. It also means other achievements are repeatable and it can accumulate my efforts… to advance the category of reward itself! Doesn't this mean I can just stay with Shu Zhe and slowly farm endless platinum rewards?'
The thought left him breathless.
'It also means there is no achievement beyond platinum level. The gap of social status between me and Bai La is certainly more than the gap needed to achieve a platinum achievement. However, it triggered this mysterious change instead because there is simply no achievement beyond platinum! Indeed, my trait has a ceiling, too.'
'Could this be a mythical trait? If it is… why did I not notice anything? Divine evolution of a trait into a mythical trait is accompanied by a worldwide notification. However, I didn't receive any notification. Maybe… it's because I'm not in the Trait Maker world.'
Lo Jik's surprises didn't end here.
He glanced at Bai La's achievement again and noticed something strange.
Some traits did not come with a user guideline. Lo Jik had to explore everything about his trait using his own wits from a young age. That's why he could form so many theories and possibilities about his growth with a single glance.
'There's a mark next to the words 'rewards stored.' It looks like a notification for an unchecked message. Could it be…'
His trait had changed a lot!
In fact, this change also allowed Lo Jik to reconsider his tactics. Earlier, he had to look for stronger and more capable women. A footjob from Bai La had nothing to do with his skills. It was pure luck! But he also spent a lot of time developing his relationship with other women. He lied and deceived whenever possible.
However, if his theories were correct… Lo Jik no longer needed to do so much work!
His trait transformed from its foundation. Lo Jik can simply… fuck a mortal woman enough time and might still get a platinum achievement!
How great is that?!
This change was only related to how his trait gained the rewards. There were also other aspects of the trait. For instance, dispensing and storing the rewards.
Did these aspects also change?
Lo Jik gulped and tried different things before he could 'see' his rewards in an empty space.
Earlier, Lo Jik did not know what rewards he would get until he retrieved them. That changed!
'This is…'
Lo Jik observed the shadowy figure. It was quite clear to his gaze. However, he was worried about a different thing. Could others also see this image?
He instantly set up a few recording gu worms around him.
'Hmm. So, this is an inheritance.' Lo Jik looked at a pile of materials. It was a very complete inheritance. However, the characters used on it were slightly outdated central continent words.
'I can inspect the front of the recipe. It was purposefully left in such a written state instead of leaving the knowledge inside the gu worms. It might be due to how this inheritance was set up. Either way, I cannot be sure of the truth.'
'Alas, I can't inspect this reward clearly—'
Lo Jik's vision darkened. The mattress under him disappeared and he fell into a world of dark void. Only he was present in his void. Even Love Gu vanished from existence.
Instead of panicking and losing his cool, Lo Jik focused on his surroundings and tried to mobilize his gu worms.
He couldn't.
'I have two apertures. I can even sense the gu worms inside my body. But why can't I use them?'
Lo Jik furrowed his brows.
The feeling of falling down stopped after another breath.
He could feel a platform under his feet. However, he did not see anything underneath. It was still the dark void.
The only other thing in this world was a lump of light.
This lump of light surrounded a small mound of parchment.
Lo Jik's gaze brightened.
'This is the reward!'
He didn't move right away. Instead, he quietly thought of leaving this place. Sure enough, Lo Jik found his body seated cross-legged in his secret room at another moment.
'My trait has a treasure space!'
Lo Jik's gaze flashed. He could barely contain his excitement.
He thought of something and retrieved the recording gu worms.
'Hmm… only I can see the rewards. My body stayed put even when I entered the treasure space. What about time dilation? Does time pass at the same pace within the treasure space as in the outside world?'
Lo Jik set up a few more gu worms and entered the treasure space at once.
He observed the lump of light and noticed the wide space around him. Even this wide space was a clue.
'There is so much empty space…'
'Previously, the trait had to store the rewards somewhere until I retrieved them. Is this that very location? But this place is simply too spacious. Why did the trait not simply store the previous rewards after I made out or had sex with others?'
Lo Jik needed to retrieve the rewards from repeatable achievements before making out with the same party. Else, the previously stored rewards would be replaced by a new one.
'More testing is necessary. I have some clues about the change, but I cannot be sure of every rule regarding my trait without enough experience.'
Lo Jik's thoughts pulled the lump of light near him. It was awfully convenient.
He might not be able to use his gu worms here, but he could still sense them and his aperture.
Cautiously, Lo Jik stretched out his right arm and pushed it against the lump of light. His right arm went through the lump of light as he felt the parchments. Narrowing his eyes, Lo Jik slowly took out one parchment.
Nothing.
No matter what Lo Jik tried, he couldn't remove the rewards from this lump of light.
'I see. I still need to retrieve my rewards in the same manner. However, I can enter this treasure space and inspect them. It's a tremendous breakthrough. I can avoid summoning massive rewards or aggressive beasts without proper preparations. Only… I'm unsure how this treasure space works. Can I store many rewards? Or do I have to summon my rewards before earning another repeatable achievement?'
'Unfortunately, I cannot test it with Bai La again. The blessed land is about to face another calamity. She will surely want to prepare things. Of course, many things need to be tested. I can simply… try it with Qin Juan and Shu Zhe.'
'There's also Sun Yao… I didn't think much about her earlier. Sure, she is cute and all. But I needed to focus on my cultivation. Doing things half-heartedly isn't my way and being a negligent lover to Sun Yao would have been the worst.'
'But the rewards are enough. How can I not focus on the girls with such motivation?'
He smiled bitterly.
'It also means my progress in strength and human path will suffer. After all, I have limited time and effort…'
'Of course, if I'm lucky enough, I might get more enslavement and food path inheritance like this one.'
Lo Jik couldn't take out the inheritance from this lump. But he could still study it!
His gaze glowed with frightening glee.
'You came at such an opportune time. Now… what exactly do you do, Wine Drinker Immortal Gu. How come a food and enslavement path inheritance possesses such a human path immortal gu recipe?'
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