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Chapter 16 : Can't Stop Cheating



Chapter 16 : Can't Stop Cheating

Can't Stop Cheating

Keys clattered like rainfall, characters flashing across the screen.

Chu Tianxing's fingers danced like phantoms, typing at a breakneck pace of eight thousand words per hour.

Before he knew it, he'd been at it for five straight hours, cranking out a solid forty thousand words. After checking for typos and giving it a once-over, he glanced at the clock and noticed it was 1 AM already. He thought for a moment, then pulled out seven more chapters from his stockpile and uploaded another fourteen thousand words.

The main story now hit sixty thousand words.

The protagonist finally made his official debut.

This explosive update immediately stirred up a nest of night owls in the comments section.

OldGluttonOfTheBookSea: ...This old man no longer has the capacity to be amazed anymore. I feel a little numb. But I really hope other authors would learn a thing or two from Great Author Skywalker. Now this is the update speed a young author ought to have!

EvenAGoodWriterHavetoBegforFood: Skywalker's updates are absolutely insane! This is great for readers, but can your body handle it? Why don't you drop your address, Skywalker? I've got some family heirloom kidney-boosting pills I can mail over.

AudaciousBaldDonkeyHowDareYouSnatchTheDaoistMasterFromThisPoorNun: The guy above should stop worrying about Skywalker. From what I can tell, Skywalker must be a martial artist with deep internal energy—the kind who only needs two hours of sleep a day and specializes in finger techniques, probably allowing him to type at least five thousand words per hour... Dear author, why don't you share your address so this humble nun can discuss with you the practical applications of finger techniques in daily life?

EunuchLi: Heh... Writing novels isn't assembly line work. Five thousand words an hour while maintaining quality? It’s bound to be padded to an insane degree! On the contrary, it’s the authors who update once every few days after polishing their works who can produce true gems… Speaking of which, sixty thousand words in and the main character just showed up, and he's a moron who couldn't speak until age four. How's anyone supposed to relate to that? If this book doesn't flop, there's no justice in the world!

XiaoHu2215: How is that contrarian troll from upstairs here again? He can even recall plot points. You've been hating on this book since day one. Please don’t tell me you are a masochist and have now caught feelings with this novel. Skywalker, just ignore this professional troll. I seriously suspect he's the alt account of some failed author who's salty that your book is getting popular! By the way, I wasn't smart as a kid either—only started talking at three. But look at me now, a seventeen-year-old Inner Force Realm martial artist who's opened all the Twelve Principal Meridians!

BookFriend210157454: Seconded. The protagonist who just appeared seems a bit slow, but that just makes me more excited to see him grow.

FlowerOftheEasterDepot: Keep it up, author! Looking forward to today's update too!

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Chu Tianxing scrolled through the comments, then checked the site's homepage. He'd already shot up to fourth place on the New Book Rankings in just one night.

The rapid climb came down to two things. First, the novel was genuinely solid. Even though the protagonist didn't appear until the sixty-thousand-word mark, those first sixty thousand words had characters and plot that drew you in without you realizing it, making you eager for what came next. Second, the explosive update schedule.

In this era of sluggish updates, even novels on the New Book Rankings couldn't guarantee daily chapters. Chu Tianxing's ability to maintain the frequency of his update speed and his ability to maintain the quality naturally drew attention and drew in more readers.

"Let’s hope I’ll be able to sit at the top by tomorrow morning! Come to think of it, ten years in the ten years I've been in this industry, I've never once seen the view from the top…

Chu Tianxing sighed and shut down his computer to prepare for cultivation.

He went to the living room, popped a Body-Strengthening Pill, and waited for the medicine to take effect. When his whole body started heating up and his skin began to itch, Chu Tianxing assumed his stance and began practicing the External Refinement Section of the Muscle-Transforming & Bone-Tempering Chapter.

Even after finishing one full set of routine, the pill's effects were still going strong, so he struck while the iron was hot and repeatedly practiced the Proud Dragon Repents.

At first, his palm strikes only produced whistling wind sounds.

Later, each palm strike created slight but crisp popping sounds from his palm.

Though he still hadn't reached Hong Qigong's level of changing from soft to hard or heavy to light at will, he was at least beginning to grasp the true meaning of "fierce and powerful."

He practiced for over an hour until the pill's effects were fully absorbed and his body was covered in another layer of sticky, grayish-white oily sweat. Only then did Chu Tianxing drop his stance to loosen his muscles and bones briefly before taking a shower and then going to bed.

It was nearly 3 AM.

The moment his head touched the pillow, Chu Tianxing fell into the most profound, dreamless slumber.

After just two hours of sleep, he woke up with both body and spirit restored to peak condition.

He started with a round of Muscle-Transforming & Bone-Tempering, then practiced the Proud Dragon Repents for half an hour. After breakfast, Chu Tianxing went back to his writing.

Just as he was getting absorbed in his writing, a light screen suddenly dropped in front of his retina.

"Congratulations, your novel has reached first place on the New Book Rankings. You have received a Growth Package: First-Time Ever New Book Ranking Champion Grand Prize in Your Life. Open it?"

First-time new book ranking champion in my life...

That jab struck a fierce blow to Chu Tianxing’s heart.

The corner of his eye twitched twice. Chu Tianxing slowly exhaled and said flatly, "Open the package."

The text on the screen refreshed: "Package opened. Obtained: Precious Serpent Blood Spirit Pill x1. Martial Technique: Divine Dragon Swings Its Tail of the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms."

The Precious Serpent Blood Spirit Pill originated from the Legend of the Condor Heroes. It was made from the precious serpent that the character Liang Ziweng had raised for many years with all sorts of valuable medicinal herbs. Taking it would make one immune to a hundred poisons, significantly strengthen one’s constitution, increase one’s martial prowess, and even preserve one’s youthful appearance.

Chu Tianxing was determined to participate in the martial arts tournament but only had three weeks to prepare.

Although he had the Body-Strengthening Pills that Gu Dongcang had given him, there were only seven of them in total.

To reach a level where he could achieve something at the tournament in such a short time, he needed to consume more pills that could strengthen his constitution and increase his power.

This Precious Serpent Blood Spirit Pill came at the right time for Chu Tianxing.

The Divine Dragon Swings Its Tail was one of the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms. It specialized in attacking from behind, combining offense and defense, and was capable of preventing enemy backstabs.

After opening the package and reading the item descriptions, Chu Tianxing didn't hesitate to consume the Precious Serpent Blood Spirit Pill.

The pill vanished in a flash of light from his inventory slot. Simultaneously, a warm current erupted in his stomach and radiated swiftly throughout his limbs and body, turning his entire skin crimson red. His body felt like it was inflating and about to burst.

This sensation indicates that the Precious Serpent Blood Spirit Pill's potency far exceeded that of the Body-Strengthening Pill.

"The Body-Strengthening Pill is just for daily cultivation for Inner Force Realm martial artists, while that precious serpent was a unique mutant specimen raised and cultivated carefully for years by Liang Ziweng using various precious medicinal ingredients...”

"The most crucial point is, this was materialized by my cheat system, so it can't be judged by common sense. It makes perfect sense that its medicinal effects would be stronger than the Body-Strengthening Pill."

Feeling like his body was about to explode, Chu Tianxing quickly practiced Muscle-Transforming & Bone-Tempering to digest the medicine's power.

He ran through the External Refinement Section of Muscle-Transforming & Bone-Tempering twice from start to finish, then practiced over a hundred repetitions of Proud Dragon Repents and Divine Dragon Swings Its Tail before finally fully absorbing the Precious Serpent Blood Spirit Pill's medicinal power.

Once the medicine was fully refined, Chu Tianxing examined his condition and was overjoyed.

In his dantian, what was once merely a few wisps of internal energy had now become a large, dense mass, making his lower abdomen feel warm as if he were holding a small heating pack.

When he casually threw out a Proud Dragon Repents, his internal energy actually surged from his dantian along with the palm's momentum and moved to his arm meridians to participate in the strike.

His Hand's Yang Supreme Large Intestine Meridian, one of the Twelve Principal Meridians, had been opened just like that.

Though he'd only opened one meridian and his current accumulated internal energy wasn't enough to open a second, this was already enough to explosively increase Chu Tianxing's palm power.

"I can now be considered a genuine Inner Force Realm martial artist!"

Chu Tianxing was brimming with confidence and decided to hit something to test his palm power.

But after searching the entire house, he couldn't find anything suitable for testing his palm strikes...

"I don't even have a punching bag at home… I can't just hit the door, the TV, the fridge, or the sofa, can I? Can't hit the wall either, what if I damage it? I can't afford to mess around after seeing my financial situation."

With no choice, Chu Tianxing gave up on the idea of testing his techniques and continued practicing against the air.

Truth be told, martial artists who only train by themselves in isolation will have difficulty displaying their true strength in actual combat and can easily be defeated by opponents with inferior power but rich combat experience.

Chu Tianxing was cultivating alone at home. No matter how incredible his martial arts were, he had no one to spar with.

Under normal circumstances, no matter how perfectly he mastered his techniques or how profound his power became, zero combat experience means that it would be impossible for him to achieve a good result in the Martial Arts Tournament.

But he wasn’t exactly a normal person.

Not only did he have cheat abilities, but he also possessed the Intuition talent.

He had been able to rely on his Intuition to dodge the attacks of an expert like Feng Yufei, a master of the Inner Force Realm who was possessed by an evil entity and had killed countless people. He could rely on that same Intuition in a real fight to close the gap between himself and more experienced opponents.

In fact, Chu Tianxing did have an excellent candidate in mind when it came to sparring partners.

He could ask Qin Ling to spar with him, and she certainly wouldn't refuse.

But he hadn't figured out how to explain the sudden success in his martial path. Just a few days ago, he was a good-for-nothing who couldn't even manage the basics of external body tempering, yet in the span of a few short days, he had cultivated internal energy...

How could he explain this to a girl who knew him inside and out?

The truth about his transmigration and his hack was a secret he had to take to his grave. It was something he could never reveal to anyone.

So what reason could he use to explain this complete transformation over just a few days?

"Anyway, she’ll find out sooner or later since I’ll participate. I need to give her some explanation. Got to think of a suitable reason... Speaking of which... Divine Revelation seems like a pretty good excuse?"


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