1: Handsome boy, why don't you invite me in to sit down?

At night, in the alley, neon lights flickered.

It seemed the courtesans at Shanshan Foot Bath Shop had also activated their cheats.

The small shop, once deserted and only receiving customers every few days, now only needed a wave from a courtesan.

Passersby would stop, turn, and push open the glass door, which glowed with pink light.

The courtesans also grew more and more enchanting.

She was still the same person, but Yang Dian had personally witnessed her reverse growth over the past few days.

In just seven days, the old woman, over fifty, had 'grown' into a peach-skinned young woman who looked barely over thirty, with a curvaceous figure and an alluring aura.

Standing in the shadows behind the curtain, Yang Dian, with a steamed bun in each hand, once again saw the 'beautiful young woman' wave towards the street outside the alley.

In a short while, a Fat Man carrying a briefcase, with sparse hair on his head, scurried into the foot bath shop.

Another five minutes later, the Fat Man, who had been glowing with health, walked out of the foot bath shop looking tired and with faltering steps.

If he were to step on a scale, he might have lost a few pounds, which could be considered good news for those looking to lose weight.

Watching the young woman, who was leaning by the door, her figure becoming more graceful and her appearance even younger, wave goodbye to the Fat Man, saying things like 'come again next time,' Yang Dian's expression was unreadable.

'Am I really like him, has he also activated a cheat?'

With a Divided Soul, Yang Dian's grip on the steamed buns tightened slightly.

Several cracks appeared on the delicate, snow-white steamed buns, and a richer aroma of wheat wafted into his nostrils.

Casually stuffing the 'exercised' steamed bun into his mouth, Yang Dian turned and walked towards the steaming pot.

His bony fingers seemed to turn into metal, ignoring the scorching white steam, and directly grabbed a plump, round, and extremely hot steamed bun into his palm.

Curling his fingers around the soft steamed bun, and after throwing himself onto the slightly messy bed, Yang Dian looked at the old ceiling, his gaze focused.

A azure light flickered in his eyes.

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Cultivation Technique: Dragon Claw Hand (Bronze Bones Iron Sinews, 0.32%)

Energy: 0.2

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After a stroke of luck that led him to Transmigration to another world, Yang Dian couldn't quite describe the feeling.

On Earth, he was indeed just an unattached NPC who didn't gamble or do drugs and logged into the canyon on time.

But at least he had a basic safety net; he wouldn't starve, and by tightening his belt for half a month, he could still enjoy a good meal of cilantro.

When Transmigration really happened to him, who could guarantee they would amount to anything?

Fortunately, the development trend of Blue Star was not much different from the history of Earth, and relying on his foresight and his previous life's experience in writing, Yang Dian still saved his first million by the age of 18.

On a short video platform, a million isn't much.

But this was an achievement Yang Dian had never been able to accomplish in his entire life on Earth.

One must know that a million, if used sparingly, was enough for an ordinary person to eat cilantro 1250 times, or to go into small alleys 5000 times!

Money is a man's courage.

After having money, his restless heart felt at ease for the first time.

What excited Yang Dian even more was that a few days after earning his first million, on his 18th birthday, the cheat code, essential for all Transmigration, arrived, albeit late.

After figuring out how to use the cheat, Yang Dian knew that his Transmigration was not in vain; he was basically set.

The cheat was simple.

Every 14 minutes and 24 seconds, energy automatically increased by 0.01, accumulating 1 point in exactly 24 hours.

Consuming energy could be used for learning.

Learning subjects included but were not limited to martial arts like Dragon Claw Hand, various knowledge from books, and even immortal techniques and Divine Ability that only existed in fantasy.

The more one understood the learning target, the less energy was required to fully master it.

Conversely, trying to learn immortal techniques and Divine Ability from mere fragments of information would require an astronomical amount of energy.

Learned skills would also display a progress bar.

Each time the progress bar reached 100%, a new trait would be born.

For example, the Bronze Bones Iron Sinews of Dragon Claw Hand appeared after completing the first 100%.

Besides being used for activating cheats and learning, energy could also simplify Cultivation methods and exempt certain requirements.

Let's take Dragon Claw Hand as an example again.

Initially, practicing Dragon Claw Hand required repeatedly thrusting one's hands into a pile of rice to develop a thick layer of calluses.

Once the palms and fingers were strengthened to a certain extent, the rice had to be replaced with fine sand, iron sand, and other Materials, further practicing through self-mutilation.

In addition, it also required the use of medicinal liquids boiled from herbs like Fo Shou Shen, Gui Shou Teng, and Xian Shou Zhi to repair hand injuries.

Without the aid of medicinal liquids, Cultivation efficiency would be low, not to mention that practicing a few more times could deform the hands.

But for a cheater, it was different.

The almost perverse self-mutilating Cultivation became a simple mode.

One only needed to play with walnuts or steel balls to achieve the corresponding Cultivation effects.

It just required an additional consumption of some energy.

Yang Dian learned Dragon Claw Hand with 7 points of energy.

However, it took nearly 25 points of energy to Cultivate the first trait in easy mode.

Of course, he didn't feel it was a loss.

There's no need to suffer unnecessarily when there's a good life to enjoy!

As for him playing with steamed buns now, it was to train his control.

A few hours ago, after the Dragon Claw Hand progress bar reached 100% and the Bronze Bones Iron Sinews trait was born, Yang Dian's hand strength, finger grip, and grasp all received significant improvements.

He accidentally shattered his phone screen and crushed a thermos cup.

To avoid accidentally crushing a steamed bun in excitement during certain activities, shouldn't he review beforehand?

"I used to think that the world after Transmigration was just an ordinary modern world, and I didn't pay attention to information about the supernatural, nor did I know how many people in this world possessed supernatural powers."

"It's true that I could learn Dragon Claw Hand entirely because of the cheat."

"But if others had good mentors, were diligent enough, practiced through winter and summer for decades, they could also succeed."

"Also, what's the deal with that courtesan at Shanshan Foot Bath Shop? Harvesting Yang to nourish Yin? Essence-absorbing great Dao?"

"The local yamen are too impolite."

"In a modern society with cameras everywhere, so many taxpayers have been exploited by that vixen for so many days, and there's been no response at all."

"Really not polite at all..."

After lying on the bed and muttering to himself for a while, Yang Dian stuffed the slightly cooled steamed bun into his mouth and picked up his phone, which had a new screen and was placed by the bed.

He planned to continue searching online for news about the supernatural and Cultivation.

Although he had searched for a month without finding anything useful, people always feel more at ease doing something.

But what Yang Dian didn't expect was that just as he unlocked his phone screen, a "thump thump thump" knocking sound echoed from outside the door.

"The rent isn't due, and I haven't met anyone since I moved here. Who could be knocking?"

Frowning, he walked to the door.

His five senses, which had also improved after cultivating the first trait of Dragon Claw Hand, allowed him to immediately smell a cheap perfume.

'If I remember correctly, that courtesan at the foot bath shop uses this very perfume.'

After a slight hesitation, Yang Dian still reached for the doorknob.

Strength is confidence.

Yang Dian, who had already cultivated the Dragon Claw Hand to Bronze Bones Iron Sinews, was not afraid of a courtesan whose actual age was over fifty and whose 'abnormal' period was only a week.

Did they really think his Dragon Claw Hand, which could poke a hole in cement, was a joke?

He pulled open the door.

A captivating glimpse of fair skin immediately entered Yang Dian's eyes.

Only then did Yang Dian realize that the courtesan across the street had not only reversed her age in appearance but had also increased in height.

His height of one meter seventy-eight meant his eyes were only level with her chin.

He Qing, who was leaning by the door and smoking a slender cigarette, noticed Yang Dian's gaze, immediately swayed her chest, and then gave Yang Dian a seductive smile:

"Handsome, you've been staring at me from upstairs for several days, haven't you?"

"Aren't you going to invite me in for a sit?"