To get the rooster’s Blue talent, Yu Fei had emptied his personal savings.
When he arrived at the farrs’ market entrance, Yu Wei hadn’t returned yet, so he sat on a stone bollard and sank his consciousness into his ntal space to examine the newly copied Blue talent.
[Three Yang True Blood]
Quality: Blue
Description: The blood contains Yang Fla True Power, generating its own spiritual essence. It is profound and unfathomable.
Effect: Strengthens Qi Blood by 30% and imbues it with the Yang attribute, granting it scorching and evil-warding abilities.
’This talent seems quite extraordinary.’
As he was pondering, Yu Fei noticed a change in the talent gems within the Fate-Defying Pearl.
A golden light erged from [Celestial Being], passed through [Steel-Reinforced Bones], and spread to [Tough Hide], [Enhanced Absorption], and [Three Yang True Blood].
They drew close to one another, revolving ceaselessly around [Celestial Being] like a galaxy. The faint golden light continued to extend, attaching itself below [Extraordinary Comprehension].
’What is this?’
Yu Fei was startled. Before he could react, the Fate-Defying Pearl transmitted a piece of information to him, and he instantly understood why.
When the Fate-Defying Pearl awakened, it granted him four ways to manipulate talent gems. The first was Loading: placing a talent gem into a talent slot would grant him the corresponding talent.
The second was Slting, which he had used once to slt the extra Blue talent copied from Jiang Yifan into eight stardust motes that were still floating around the Fate-Defying Pearl.
The third was Upgrading loaded talents, which required consuming stardust. The exact amount was unknown, or at least, the number of motes needed to upgrade a Blue talent was unclear.
Today, after he obtained [Three Yang True Blood], the final ability was triggered: Fusion. This rged existing talents to create a single, higher-quality, and more powerful one.
Yu Fei mulled it over. ’The talents I’ve acquired by chance—[Tough Hide], [Steel-Reinforced Bones], and [Three Yang True Blood]—cover skin, flesh, muscle, bone, and blood. They seem to touch on every physical aspect for a Martial Artist. This really rounds out my physical foundation.’
’The [Enhanced Absorption] ability is related to the stomach, falling into the category of internal organs. For now, it’s the only one I have of its kind.’
’[Extraordinary Comprehension] represents an enhancent of my cognitive abilities and martial intuition.’
’And [Celestial Being] is the core, granting a Martial Artist an extrely high affinity with the world.’
According to the information from the Fate-Defying Pearl, these talents t the minimum requirents for fusion. If he acquired other cultivation-aiding talents in the future, he could still spend stardust to perform additional fusions.
’This is a wonderful surprise!’
Yu Fei had originally planned to repeatedly drain Ye Feng’s abilities to farm a large amount of stardust, unlock new talent slots, and upgrade his existing talents. Now, his goal had been achieved by an unexpected shortcut.
’Sigh, man’s plans are no match for fate’s. If I’d known this would happen, I wouldn’t have bothered targeting Ye Feng.’
The talent fusion could begin imdiately. According to the Fate-Defying Pearl, the process would take about five hours.
’Fuse!’
After Yu Fei issued the command to the Fate-Defying Pearl in his ntal space, the slowly rotating galaxy of gems suddenly accelerated. Strands of brilliant, mysterious, multicolored particles stretched into silky threads, trickling bit by bit into the talent slot that held [Extraordinary Comprehension].
During the fusion process, Yu Fei suddenly felt drowsy.
"Brother, I bought everything! Co help carry it, it’s so heavy."
Hearing her, Yu Fei shook off his drowsiness and took the plastic bags from his sister’s hands.
"Let’s go!"
After returning ho, Yu Fei forced himself to stay awake and chat with his parents for a while, but he soon couldn’t fight it any longer. He returned to his room and fell into a deep sleep.
He slept so deeply that when he woke, it felt as if a lifeti had passed.
’Who am I...?’
Yu Fei sat on the edge of his bed. His mory was a blank.
His mind felt groggy and confused. After a long mont, his heart gave a single, heavy beat. In the quiet room, he could hear it pounding like a war drum. Then, the rhythm quickened, faster and faster!
THUMP! ...THUMP... THUMP! THUMP!
Like a dormant machine roaring to life, Yu Fei’s thoughts gradually focused, and he regained control over his limbs and ridians.
The first thing he did was sink his consciousness into his ntal space.
[Void Martial Body]
Quality: Red
Description: A martial body of natural creation, a wonder in and of itself.
Effect 1, Martial Body: A three-fold, all-around enhancent to Qi Blood and physical foundation.
Effect 2, Insight: Supre martial comprehension. From clarity, wisdom is born; all techniques can be mastered intuitively.
Effect 3, Yang Fire: Qi Blood becos Pure Yang, rendering one impervious to all evil.
’A Red talent? This...?’
Yu Fei was stunned for a mont, then overjoyed. He could feel the fundantal change in his foundation. Potent Qi Blood coursed through his body, and his various internal energies intermingled, seeming to rge into one. Countless martial insights bubbled up in his mind like a fresh spring.
Inside his ntal space, the area around the Fate-Defying Pearl was empty, save for the eight stardust motes. In his talent slots, two Red, one Purple, and one Blue talent now shone in brilliant harmony.
’This is too powerful!’
Yu Fei clearly understood the impact talents had on a person. Starting from a blank slate, he had loaded a Blue talent and, for the first ti, truly grasped the difference between an ordinary person and a small-town prodigy. It could be sumd up in one phrase: a cut above.
But now, with a Red-grade talent, Yu Fei finally had the standard starting point of the top prodigies of his generation.
The gap between an ordinary prodigy and a true chosen one was even greater.
Yu Fei suppressed the urge to start cultivating imdiately. ’One must remain calm in the face of great events.’
He pushed open his door and saw Yu Wei at the dining table, setting out glasses and preparing to pour drinks.
"Brother, you’re a heavy sleeper! If you hadn’t woken up soon, I was going to start knocking."
Just then, Mr. Yu erged from the kitchen with a large platter of chicken.
"Here cos the main course! Feifei, clear a spot."
"It slls amazing!" Yu Wei leaned in close and took a deep whiff.
"Your brother works so hard at his training; he gets exhausted. Today was a good chance for him to rest up. If you were even half as diligent as him, your mother and I could finally relax."
Mr. Yu said with a chuckle.
"Hmph! You’re picking on again. What’s so wrong with this young lady?!"
Yu Fei laughed. "Everything!"
"How dare you! For that, you don’t get any cake today!"
Amid their playful banter, Mrs. Yu ca out with two bowls of noodles.
"Dinner’s ready! Here you go, longevity noodles for the two birthday stars!"
"Thank you, Mom!" they said in unison.
It was rare for the family to have such a happy gathering. Since Yu Zhiguo’s promotion, their financial situation had improved a bit, and a smile was now a more common sight on their mother’s face.
"Make a wish!"
Yu Fei and Yu Wei made their wishes and blew out the candles together.
After today, Yu Fei was seventeen, and Yu Wei was fourteen.
One cannot possess youth and the wisdom to appreciate it at the sa ti. Yu Fei was the luckiest of all, for he had been given a second chance. There was no greater wonder in the world.
"My wish is for Mom to stay healthy and beautiful forever, for Dad to get a promotion and a raise, for my brother to beco a great Martial Artist... and for him to buy lots and lots of presents!"
"You dummy, if you say your wish out loud, it won’t co true."
"It only works if you say it! You have to say your wish out loud, too!"
Yu Fei flicked his sister on the forehead. "Alright, listen up. My wish... is for all of your wishes to co true!"
"Brother, you’re the best! That ans you have to buy even more presents in the future."
Yu Zhiguo smiled as he watched the siblings banter, casually removing the candles from the cake.
"Alright, alright, you two birthday stars, co cut the cake!"
"You cut it, Brother! I want that strawberry!"
"No problem!"
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