Chapter 1 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“From today onward, you will be in charge of Area A on the third floor.”

The clerk mechanically threw Ye Xiao a work permit which marked the beginning of working in this new life.

Ye Xiao thanked him and turned around to make his way to the third floor. As the clerk watched him leave, he shook his head slightly.

“What a pity. The young man is extremely handsome, but his divine soul has yet to awaken. Such a waste.”

Ye Xiao had not heard the clerk’s words. At that moment, he was receiving the memories of his current body.

Ten minutes ago, he had died from a serious illness. In the blink of an eye, he had transmigrated to a parallel world.

The civilization of that world was similar to that of his previous one. The only difference was that the current one was a world of martial arts.

The revival of martial arts had caused humans to mainly focus on cultivation. Through cultivation, regular people could become immortals like in the novels he read in his past life. Their lifespan would extend and they could fly through the vast sky.

However, the prerequisite for achieving great success in cultivation was to awaken something called the divine soul.

Obviously, the Ye Xiao in that world had yet to awaken his divine soul. He could only practice some mediocre martial arts and was destined to become a laborer.

What a piece of trash!

However, Ye Xiao soon felt relieved.

He could not gain any great achievements in the martial arts path, which also meant that he would not face any great danger.

In his previous life, Ye Xiao, who had been tormented by illness and pain, desperately wanted to live.

Living was more important than anything else.

The library he will work at provided food and accommodation. Moreover, the monthly salary was 3,500 yuan and the entire library was air-conditioned 24 hours a day. There was also a nice fragrance in the air.

“Is this Area A?”

Ye Xiao was rather satisfied with his job.

Every city had its own martial arts library which recorded many cultivation techniques developed by martial artists in detail for the younger generation to borrow.

The cultivation techniques at the bottom level were relatively low-grade, so they could be borrowed and read at will.

The top level’s high-quality cultivation techniques were guarded by elite martial artists, thus ordinary people were not permitted to enter.

The area that Ye Xiao managed contained basic cultivation techniques. There were plenty of them on the first and second levels so naturally, very few people ventured to the third level which allowed him lots of free time.

However, at that moment, a sharp pain pulsed in his mind, and a book that emitted a faint golden light appeared.

Ye Xiao could not help but be startled. Through the memories of his previous self, he quickly understood what that was.

“I’ve awakened my divine soul?”

The awakening was quite timely.

However, Ye Xiao was not overly excited.

Having already lived for a lifetime, he had long since learned that everything came with a catch.

Martial arts did not require much to be of good use. As long as one could protect themselves一that would suffice.

There were many martial artists in that world. He was not invincible. If he were to be a martial artist, he would surely die.

Since he had nothing to do, Ye Xiao studied the mechanisms of his divine soul. By communicating with his divine soul in his mind, he easily understood the details behind it.

“By viewing cultivation techniques and then storing them in the divine soul’s Golden Book, then the Golden Book will cultivate them itself. There is no limit to the number of techniques that can be stored. If you cultivate the same type of cultivation techniques, you can synthesize a higher grade of that cultivation technique and continue to cultivate it. However, you cannot re-record cultivation techniques derived from the same basic cultivation technique.”

“It seems to be very powerful.”

His divine soul could cultivate itself. He only needed to read a cultivation technique once and the subsequent problems will be solved. It was very suitable for a laid-back individual like Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao also understood that the cultivation techniques from the same basic cultivation technique could not be recorded.

Many cultivation techniques were actually variations derived from a basic cultivation technique. Some unscrupulous martial artists with enough talent could buy a basic cultivation technique and earn a high copyright fee from the cultivation techniques that were derived from it. It was very similar to the pirated and plagiarized cultivation techniques in his previous life.

After understanding the foundation of his divine soul, Ye Xiao immediately began to search for cultivation techniques from the bookshelf.