Chapter 1 (2/2)

His reading was fast and his comprehension abilities were strong. In addition, cultivation techniques were unlike thick novels. Instead, some cultivation techniques only consisted of a few pages within pamphlets.

As morning turned to noon, he had read a total of 25 cultivation techniques!

Unfortunately… Only four cultivation techniques were recorded into his divine soul’s Golden Book which were two saber techniques, one sword technique, and one strike manual.

The other 21 books were all plagiarized.

In actuality, those four books were also plagiarized versions. However, the Golden Book would give priority to the first cultivation technique derived from a basic cultivation technique of the same type and extract the basic cultivation technique from within them.

Ye Xiao could not help but feel a little helpless. Those people were too shameless.

Then, he looked at the Golden Book. There were four pages filled with cultivation techniques. Moreover, there was a cultivation progress bar at the bottom that was increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye. That lightened up his mood.

He could even feel that the cultivation in his body was slowly increasing.

“Not bad. From the looks of it, I should be able to advance to a second-grade martial artist very soon.”

The ranks of martial artists were divided into Houtian and Xiantian.

The Houtian realm was divided into one to nine grades.

The Xiantian realm was also divided into one to nine grades.

However, those within the Houtian realm would be known as martial artists. As for those in the Xiantian realm, they were called grandmaster, great grandmaster, and divine grandmaster according to their advancement every three grades in the realm.

It was said that reaching the grandmaster rank was already quite amazing!

In the city where Ye Xiao was located, there were more than 100,000 new graduates from each batch of martial arts academy, and among those people, it was considered normal for ten of them to step into the Xiantian realm after cultivating for decades or even close to a hundred years.

Thus, the grandmaster rank could be said to be held by one in ten thousand martial artists.

Thus, there was no need to mention how difficult it was to cultivate to the upper ranks.

Then, the clock struck 12 o’clock. Ye Xiao stretched and ended his reading.

It was time for lunch.

The food in the canteen was not bad. After all, the library was also a municipal office. There was also a subsidy for meals. A bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup was only worth five yuan. It was extremely cheap!

Ye Xiao narrowed his eyes and smiled.

“Looks like I’ll be having some good meals from now onward.”

He ordered a meal and sat in a corner to savor it while quietly listening to the conversations of his colleagues. That way, he was able to get to know more about the situation around him.

At a table not far away, a few male colleagues were picking at their food as they grumbled.

“D*mn, the work in the library is really not meant for humans. I’ve been assigned to the logistics department and have been carrying books for the entire morning. I’m so tired that I can’t even straighten my back.”

“That’s not too bad. At least you can still have a break. I’m in a much worse situation than you. I stood guard at the door and was not given a single break一I had to hold my pee for half a day.”

“Sigh! Stop complaining. It’s just our luck since we haven’t awakened our divine souls. After practicing for more than ten years, we’re still first-grade martial artists.

“We can only wait and see if we can advance to the second grade after practicing for a few more years.

“After that, we still have a chance of joining the army or a hiring company.

“When the time comes, we’ll definitely be able to obtain a soul condensing pill. There’s still hope for us to awaken our divine soul.”

“What are you thinking about? Even after training for more than ten years, you’re still a first-grade martial artist. It’s hard to say if you’ll even be able to advance to the second grade in this lifetime. Even if you do, you’ll be at least thirty years old. You’d be just an old dog. Which company would want you? You’d better work hard if you’ve got dreams like that.”

Ye Xiao sighed inwardly. It seemed like in the world of martial arts, it was even harder to make a name for yourself than in his previous life.

He reckoned that if he wanted to cultivate to become a grandmaster, it would take quite a few years.

Forget it. As a good-for-nothing, laying low would do.

Just as that thought appeared in his mind, a pop sound emitted from within his body. In an instant, Ye Xiao felt that his strength had exponentially increased.

That caused Ye Xiao’s hand, which was holding up vegetables to his mouth, to involuntarily pause.

He…. Advanced?