Chapter 109: The System's Reward

  His vitality reached 3.2, which had a completely different meaning for Su Wen, representing that he could now recover second-level items.

  Secondary items are obviously more precious than primary ones.

  Xiao Tian once told Su Wen that second-level items were older in years, higher in value and rarer.

  "Master, now I'll tell you about the three rewards." Little Tian seemed even more excited than Su Wen.

  "Alright, I hope you won't disappoint me." Su Wen looked at Xiao Tian with great expectation.

  "I promise I won't let you down."

  "Then you start!"

  Xiao Tian immediately opened his mouth and said: "The first system reward obtained by the host is 100 temporary life points."

  "Temporary vitality?"

  "Master, temporary life force is non-recoverable life force. You can use these 100 life forces to retrieve items, but after using them, the consumed life forces will not be restored. So the 100 life forces will only decrease with each use until they are completely depleted."

  Su Wen seemed to have understood a little, this temporary vitality was like a one-time prop in the game.

  "Temporary vitality and vitality do not conflict, using temporary vitality does not affect the growth and recovery of the master's vitality. However, temporary vitality has a time limit, the temporary vitality obtained by the master can only be saved for 30 days, if within 30 days, the master has not consumed all the temporary vitality, all temporary vitality will automatically clear to zero."

  "I understand." Su Wen nodded. "With so much temporary life force, I can recover many treasures now, and the Treasure Gathering Pavilion will become even more dazzling. And I can also go find the spiritual medicine to treat Father's leg injury."

  "Master, if there are no questions regarding the first system reward, then let's reveal the second reward."

  "Speak!"

  "The host gets a second reward of an interdimensional recycling opportunity."

  Su Wen was taken aback: "Cross-border recycling, what does this mean?"

  Xiao Tian's face lit up with excitement: "Master, this is an extremely heaven-defying reward. What they call cross-border recovery is simply going to another world to recover things. Master has also attended university and should know how vast the universe is. And in this vast universe, I can responsibly tell Master that inside there are countless planes of existence, each with its own glorious history, and naturally, there are countless items that can be recovered."

  "Xiao Tian, are you saying I can retrieve something from another dimension?" Su Wen became excited.

  "Not bad. This is the system's reward, and I can responsibly tell you, master, that cross-border recycling doesn't consume any of your life force, it's free, everything is completely free, you didn't hear wrong, it's really all free." Xiao Tian's voice was extremely enticing.

  "It's still free, the system is really too good to me." Su Wen almost cried with gratitude. Thank you and your whole family!

  "But...the master can't just take it back either...and there are...three small restrictions." Little Tian weakly added.

  "Three little restrictions?"

  "Yes, master." Xiao Tian nodded awkwardly. "The first restriction is that the items you recover across realms this time can only be level one items; The second restriction is that the range of items you recover across realms cannot exceed the current searchable range; The third restriction is..."

  "What's going on? Spit it out!"

  "The third is time limit, the master's cross-border recovery time cannot exceed 10 seconds."

  "How much?" Su Wen thought he had misheard.

  "Ten seconds. The system stipulates ten seconds." Xiao Tian looked at Su Wen with a very embarrassed expression, "However, Master shouldn't be too heartbroken either. Ten seconds is enough to retrieve many things, and if Master's hand speed is fast enough, retrieving over a hundred items isn't impossible either."

  "Are you kidding me?" Su Wen looked at Xiao Tian with disdain. "Ten seconds of time, dozens of things are already the limit, if you're unlucky and choose a remote and poor place, you might not even be able to retrieve one thing."

  Xiao Tian fell silent, and this was his tacit consent.

  "Never mind, let's talk about the third prize!" Su Wen also didn't bother arguing with Xiao Tian anymore.

  "The third reward is that the master can choose any martial art from the system rewards and then bring it to the realm of entering the divine. "Little Tian Dao," said, "The master can now choose from Golden Goose Skill and Separating Tendons and Shattering Bones Hand."

  "Isn't martial arts any good?"

  "No way." Little Tian shook his head, "The martial arts the system is referring to are those that can be divided into three levels: beginner, proficient and mastery, which include attack or defense methods. Body techniques are a kind of cultivation technique and can only be considered as martial arts in a broad sense."

  Su Wen heard this and roughly understood.

  "Master, now it's your turn to make a choice, Bone Separation Hand or Golden Goose Skill?" Little Tian urged.

  Su Wen fell into deep thought.

  Jin Yan Gong was something Su Wen acquired later, and he's only just reached the beginner level. Fen Jin Cuo Gu Shou was something he acquired earlier, and now he's already at the mastery level. Although he doesn't know what it means for Fen Jin Cuo Gu Shou to reach the "entering the divine" level, he feels that he should be very close by now.

  "If I choose to let the Separating Tendons and Bones Technique reach the level of entering a state of trance, it will take a lot of time to cultivate the Golden Goose Skill afterwards, which would be a waste. However, if I choose to let the Golden Goose Skill reach the level of entering a state of trance, maybe it won't take too long before I can cultivate the Separating Tendons and Bones Technique to the same level myself. But since the Golden Goose Skill belongs to light body skills, while the Separating Tendons and Bones Technique belongs to attacking martial arts, if I want to increase my attacking power, it would be better to let the Separating Tendons and Bones Technique reach the trance state earlier."

  "Master, have you thought it through?"

  "Fortunately, I almost walked into a dead end. Speed is also a kind of strength. The Golden Goose skill increases my agility and speed, its purpose is absolutely not inferior to the Split Muscle and Bone Hand, no matter how you calculate it, the Golden Goose skill is still more cost-effective." Su Wen suddenly woke up with enlightenment, "Little Tian, I choose the Golden Goose skill, let the Golden Goose skill reach the level of entering a state of trance."

  "Alright, master."

  Su Wen soon felt it, he was already familiar with Jin Yan's moves.

  Three reward items have been introduced, and Xiao Tian continued: "Also, a special item has been activated: Calligraphy and Painting. From now on, no matter what era's calligraphy and painting the master retrieves, they can do so without consuming life force."

  Su Wen was still very satisfied with this, compared to the ancient coins, old banknotes and paper money he had collected before, paintings were much more valuable. If he could collect works from famous artists of the past, selling them for hundreds of thousands or even millions would not be a problem.

  Moreover, he also received three system rewards. Su Wen felt that it was still very loving, and just as he was about to bid farewell to Xiao Tian, he suddenly thought of the flow of air in his body, and unknowingly asked: "Xiao Tian, what is this thing wandering around inside my body? It feels itchy and strange."

  Xiao Tian heard this and a smile appeared on his face: "Master, this is what I meant by a strange thing."

  "What's going on?"

  "Master, what's actually wandering inside your body is a form of energy. According to the way you people on Earth put it, it can be called 'true qi'." Little Heaven began to enlighten Su Wen once again, with an air of a little teacher about him.

  "True energy? So this is true energy!" Su Wen exclaimed in shock, "Could it be that those written records were all real, internal skills and mental methods! Nine Yang Divine Skill! North Ming Divine Skill! Heaven! I can't take it anymore, I want to learn, I want to learn those legendary martial arts."

  "Master, isn't what you're currently cultivating a dual cultivation method of both internal and external?" Su Wen looked at Su Wen with doubt.

  "Tai Chi, Gong Fa?"

  "It's almost as if the martial arts created by the system are much more powerful than those in the novels."

  Su Wen nodded, indeed much more powerful.

  The martial arts in the Jianghu may be powerful, but they are extremely rare. Thinking of this, Su Wen regarded his body technique as even more precious, he had already made a decision, from now on, his body technique could be passed down to others, but generally only the first layer would be taught, those with especially close relationships might barely learn the second layer, as for the third layer, unless he acquired an even more powerful martial art, otherwise it could only be taught to his closest kin.

  It's not that Su Wen is selfish, it's just that Su Wen wants to live a better life. His identity is different from the past, and in order to maintain a transcendent position, he must be the strongest. If he passes on his skills without reservation to anyone, then later on, he might put himself in danger.

  "Can I cultivate the second layer of Body Technique now?"

  "It's okay, I guess. However, cultivating the second layer is a bit different from cultivating the first layer. Starting from the second layer, the master doesn't need to continue holding a movement for a long time, just constantly practicing the body technique from the first movement to the one you've just practiced, and in this process, the true energy inside the master's body will automatically flow throughout the body, continuously growing stronger, until it reaches a certain level, even evolving into true yuan." Little Tian said.

  "It turns out to be like this, I understand now." Su Wen was quite expectant. He could barely be considered a cultivator of internal energy, but the true energy in his body was too weak and small, probably only as thick as a strand of hair. It's unknown what this little bit of true energy can do.

  Xiao Tian has explained everything that needs to be explained, but then asks: "Master, do you need to perform a cross-border recovery for that one opportunity now?"

  Su Wen heard this and got a bit excited: "Okay, I'll try crossing over to collect it."

  "Master, please wait,"

  Su Wen had already fallen into a reverie: "Cross-border recycling, I wonder which world it will cross into? It's really tempting to visit another world in the future, but it seems unlikely! Hmm, if the system can let me recycle items across borders, why not take me to another world too? Maybe someday there'll be such an opportunity. If I could stroll around another world, that would be a truly wonderful thing."