Chapter 9: Perpetual Motion Machine Liu Chuan

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

After Wang Meng left, Liu Chuan’s days became even more mundane. Every day, he cultivated, ate, and slept.

However, to Liu Chuan, these days weren’t boring at all. Instead, they were especially fulfilling. Every time his vitality increased, his heart would feel more at ease.

He felt a sense of danger. This world was very dangerous.

Although his days were peaceful, after experiencing the strangeness of dimensional zones, Liu Chuan knew that strength was king.

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After Liu Guoqiang left, he never came back. Thus, Liu Chuan had no one to ask and find out how to cultivate now. He could only slowly figure it out himself.

Previously, he had also attempted to temper his bones, but the system had indicated that Liu Chuan’s vitality was insufficient. Thus, he could not undergo tempering. This made Liu Chuan slightly depressed.

After many attempts, Liu Chuan guessed that he could officially begin tempering his bones once his vitality reached above 90 points.

If one’s vitality value was too low, the effect of tempering one’s bones would not be high. On the contrary, the effects would be too low.

Although it had a certain effect, as the saying went, a journey of a thousand miles began with a single step. Only by laying a good foundation could one better temper their body.

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Early in the morning, Liu Chuan woke up early as usual. Then, he started his morning practice, which involved cultivating the cultivation technique, until his meridians reached their limit.

Then, he followed the old rules and opened up the system to check his attributes.

Name: Liu Chuan.

Gender: Male.

Strength: 107.

Constitution: 104.

Speed: 99.

Vitality: 90 (Continuously increasing).

Soul Power: 120.

Level: Level-7.

Technique: Returning to One.

Spirit Servant: Dogshit (Wolf King Puppy). Level: Level-12.

“In just a short month, my vitality has almost caught up to the other attributes. The Returning to One technique is indeed powerful.”

After checking his attributes, Liu Chuan was delighted.

Although his strength and other attributes did not increase much, his vitality attribute was worlds apart from a month ago.

Although he had sufficient vitality to start tempering his body, he did not start tempering immediately.

First, he rested for a while and adjusted his condition to its best state. After all, this was his first time tempering his bones, so it was better to be cautious.

After adjusting his state of mind, Liu Chuan sat cross-legged and entered a relaxed meditative state.

In his mind, his two legs seemed to be standing in the center of his boundless spiritual sea.

With a slight movement of his fingers, his palm was filled with vitality, and there seemed to be a faint energy mixing with it. After that, his consciousness fused into his arm and Liu Chuan chose to temper his upper limbs first.

“Hiss, is this the feeling of body tempering? It’s a little painful, but I can still endure it.”

“It’s not just the upper limbs. I feel like all the bones in my body are being tempered. Although the feeling is very weak, is this the leakage of vitality, or…?”

“Hmm, tempering the body is not just about tempering a certain part of the body. It is about tempering the entire body. It’s just that certain body parts are given a higher priority.”

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Since it was his first time tempering his body, Liu Chuan summarized and tested his findings as he tempered his body.

One and a half hours later, Liu Chuan successfully completed his first attempt at tempering.

Liu Chuan looked at his entire body. It was filled with pitch-black impurities and some blood stains. These should be the impurities from tempering his body.

Who would have thought that these short 30 minutes would have such an effect?

This process of body tempering was neither difficult nor easy.

Liu Chuan’s current physical fitness was considered extremely high among ordinary people. It be be said that this first attempt at tempering his body was almost without risk.

If a person with a weak constitution were to temper their body, the risk would be different.

The increase in difficulty was one thing, but the level of pain would also increase.

It was like a boxer who had been training for a long time getting punched by someone. He might not feel any pain or itch, but if an ordinary person got punched by someone, it wouldn’t just be itchy. He might just faint.

As the saying went, to wash a pig was to waste both water and soap.

If one wanted to forge iron, one had to be tough. Liu Chuan deeply understood this principle.

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At this moment, Liu Chuan had finished cultivating and was summarizing the insights he had gained from tempering his body.

As for his depleted vitality, it was also recovering rapidly. Apart from its fast cultivation, the recovery ability of the Returning to One technique was also extremely strong.

At this moment, the familiar system notification sounded again.

[System prompt: System has activated the assistance function of the Spirit Servant.]

[System prompt: Host can convert the spiritual power of a dormant Spirit Servant into vitality.]

“What does this mean? Can I convert its spiritual power into vitality? In other words, as long as I have enough Spirit Servants, my vitality is limitless.” Liu Chuan was stunned for a few seconds. After understanding what it meant, he was overjoyed. He immediately checked his attributes.

Name: Liu Chuan.

Gender: Male.

Strength: 108.

Constitution: 105.

Speed: 100.

Vitality: 40 (91).

Soul Power: 131.

Level: Level-7.

Body Tempering Progress: 1%.

Technique: Returning to One.

Spirit Servant: Dogshit (Wolf King Puppy). Level: Level-12.

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After tempering his body once, all his attributes increased by one point. Liu Chuan was quite satisfied.

One had to know that many people could only temper their body once a day. The main reason was because they lacked vitality.

However, he was different. He had a Spirit Servant. Furthermore, his Spirit Servant’s spiritual energy could be converted into his own vitality. Furthermore, the recovery ability of the Returning to One technique was extremely strong.

This way, as long as Liu Chuan wanted to, he could temper his body multiple times in a day. This progress would be incredible.

Having tasted the benefits of tempering his body, Liu Chuan could not wait to convert Dogshit’s spirit energy into his own vitality.

Then, he began his second, third, and fourth tempering…

It was not until the afternoon that Liu Chuan stopped feeling pain all over his body.

“Hah, as expected, I’ve tempered my body multiple times. However, with the current strength of my body, it’s still too strenuous.” Liu Chuan thought to himself.

Although he had sufficient vitality to support him, his body still had its limits. No matter how good the effects of body tempering were, he still needed to rest.

However, Liu Chuan gained something else. This time, he finally understood one of the effects of soul power. After his Spirit Servant’s spiritual power was depleted, the system would automatically replenish it with soul power.

However, Liu Chuan’s soul power quickly recovered.

This made Liu Chuan very surprised. This recovery speed was too fast.

After thinking hard, he finally thought of a possibility.

It might be because of the Soul Pearl that disappeared after he had equipped it. The existence of the Soul Pearl must have caused his soul power to recover so quickly.

“Have I become a perpetual motion machine? I love perpetual motion machines too much. I feel like I was a perpetual motion machine in my previous life.”

Yes, Liu Chuan had become a perpetual motion machine.

If his vitality was depleted, he could use his Spirit Servant’s spiritual power and convert it into vitality. If his Spirit Servant’s spiritual power was depleted, he could use his soul power to replenish their spiritual power. If he lost his soul power, he would have the Soul Bead to help him recover.

As such, Liu Chuan’s vitality was almost inexhaustible.

Spirit Servants were essentially spirit bodies that relied on Liu Chuan’s soul power to survive. It could be said that they were a part of Liu Chuan itself, so there wasn’t any rejection.

This perpetual motion machine was simply too awesome!

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There were still a few months until the college entrance examination. Liu Chuan originally thought that his days would be spent in cultivation.

However, he did not expect that his peaceful days would finally be disrupted after another call..