2: Want to be an indestructible cockroach, be shameless

The Shenzhou Continent has four major forbidden zones, places of absolute danger where no living being should approach.

They are the Wangliang Sea, Leiming Valley, Tianya Ladder, and Endless Abyss.

At this moment, deep within the Endless Abyss, a ethereal yet immensely majestic and solemn voice sighed in confusion.

"Who?"

"Who has cultivated the Emperor's Undying Scripture again? Chali, go bring him back!"

That vast, thunderous command echoed deep within the Endless Abyss, and a monstrous bird, its body engulfed in crimson flames, responded obediently and flew into the distance.

...

"True Spirit Undying!" Chen Cuo exclaimed, then quickly opened his panel to check his own information.

[Chen Cuo]

Race: Human

Gender: Male

Age: 21 / ∞

Cultivation: Skin Refining Stage

Skills: Basic Knife Technique (Perfection 1000 / 1000), Basic Fist Technique (Fist and Foot Mastery)

Cultivation Technique: Unnamed Cultivation Method (True Spirit Undying), Iron Sand Palm (Perfection 2500 / 2500)

Destiny Points: 0 → 27

[True Spirit Undying: The True Spirit is eternal, incorruptible and unextinguished, unharmed and indestructible. Its True Spirit transcends the Three Realms and is not bound by the Five Elements. Even if the Physical Body shatters and the Soul disintegrates, the True Spirit can preserve its self-awareness, remaining Indestructible and Eternal, seeking an opportunity to revive and return.]

"My lifespan has actually become infinite. Am I already immortal?"

He felt as if something had been added deep within his Soul, like an unquenchable "candle" burning and radiating light.

The True Spirit is the Origin deep within the Soul, the most authentic trace of a person's existence in the world. In the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the True Spirit is a person's most fundamental and unique essence.

Regardless of Soul or flesh, they are merely external manifestations.

At this moment, Chen Cuo's Awakening of the True Spirit Undying talent is a form of pseudo-immortality. His True Spirit can permanently preserve his consciousness and memories. Even if his Physical Body dies and his Soul is annihilated, his True Spirit can be preserved, preventing him from entering Reincarnation. In the eternal years, he can find an opportunity to revive and return.

Such a wondrous Divine Ability, coupled with the mysterious white fox and the mysterious Cultivation Technique, made Chen Cuo almost certain that this world must contain Immortals.

Since he had already attained immortality, even if it was pseudo-immortality, his True Spirit would not be harmed or destroyed, meaning he could no longer truly die. It was still a matter worth celebrating.

Even Divine Ability Moves capable of annihilating the True Spirit would no longer affect him.

To put it bluntly, even if his Soul were to be extracted and refined in the future, it would only be temporary suffering.

However, he absolutely did not want to reach that point. Even with true immortality, if his Realm was low, he would be like a piece of fat in others' eyes, to be taken at will.

Therefore, to avoid being sliced, bled, and refined, and to obtain true immortality, he still had to diligently Cultivate and advance madly.

Chen Cuo speculated, "True Spirit Undying means the True Spirit is Indestructible and Eternal, but the Physical Body and Soul will still age and die. However, the speed of Soul aging seems to be much slower due to the influence of the talent. If the Soul were truly to decay, it would probably take tens of thousands of years."

"So I still need to work hard to Cultivate to the Realm of Indestructible Golden Body and Undying Soul. It would be best if I could Awaken two more talents related to the Physical Body and Soul."

The most urgent task is to find top-tier Cultivation Techniques for cultivating the Physical Body and become an unkillable cockroach, first grasping the true immortality talent.

He couldn't just hide. His talent was pseudo-immortality, which could only serve as a trump card, making him unafraid of true death.

Moreover, Awakening talents also required sufficient Destiny Points.

He looked at the Destiny Points on the panel again. Originally, he had 33 points. Because he cultivated the Unnamed Cultivation Method to Perfection, he gained 17 points. Awakening a talent happened to require 50 points. The True Spirit Undying talent was too powerful, completely changing his destiny, and surprisingly gave him another 27 Destiny Points.

The energy bar on the panel visibly recovered 27 grids of light gold.

It was just enough to Awaken the talents of Iron Sand Palm and Basic Knife Technique.

[Do you want to Awaken the talents of Iron Sand Palm / Basic Knife Technique?]

"Yes!" Chen Cuo lightly tapped twice with his finger.

27 Destiny Points instantly decreased by 4 points, with Iron Sand Palm consuming 3 points and Basic Knife Technique 1 point.

[Congratulations, Host has Awakened the talents "Blade Affinity" and "Invincible Iron Palm."]

[Blade Affinity: Using blade-type weapons feels more natural, and you have a natural affinity for blade-type weapons or weapon spirits.]

[Invincible Iron Palm: The first palm strike delivered with a fully charged Iron Sand Palm has doubled power. Cooldown: half an hour.]

"Good, good, good! These are two very good talents. In essence, talents are just like passive skills, so such miraculous effects are not surprising."

Chen Cuo joyfully took a wedge-shaped broadsword from the wall, suddenly drawing it. Its cold light gleamed, like an autumn river startling a swan.

As soon as he held the blade, a wild and domineering Aura surged around him. With the single blade in hand, it was as if it were an extension of his arms and fingers, giving Chen Cuo the feeling that the blade was not a weapon, but rather an extension of his limbs, creating a sense of natural Perfection.

When he executed his Swordsmanship, even the most ordinary Basic Moves gained a touch of harmony and seamlessness.

Invincible Iron Palm was very simple and clear: every half hour, he could unleash a fully charged Iron Sand Palm strike.

Now, with his Skin Refining Stage cultivation, his pair of Iron Sand Palms possessed a formidable force of 600 jin, and if fully exerted, could reach a thousand jin.

If it were doubled again, good heavens, it would probably be as easy to smash someone's skull as it is to smash a watermelon.

The Martial Dao Realms are divided into Basic Realm, Acquired Realm, Innate Realm. Innate is also known as Grandmaster Realm, and above that is called Martial God Realm.

According to Chen Cuo's deduction, the Martial God Realm might already be at the Immortal Dao level, something Mortals could hardly witness.

In his more than a year here, he had only heard news of an Innate Grandmaster once in the prefecture, and that was from the boasts of many Jianghu people. He had never truly seen one.

After some thought, he decided to first Cultivate to the Indestructible Golden Body Realm. Although he didn't know what specific Realm that effect entailed, he would first set a small goal: Cultivate to Innate. Since he wasn't afraid of death anymore, why not be a little reckless?

The Martial Dao Basic Realm is divided into three stages: first, Skin Refining Stage; second, bone refining; third, organ refining. Once the internal organs are tempered and the entire body, inside and out, becomes a unified whole, the Acquired Realm is achieved.

"To achieve an Indestructible Golden Body, or to Awaken a similar talent, I still need external Cultivation. Master's Iron Body Skill can be said to be the most suitable for achieving Perfection in Skin Refining Stage, but unfortunately, the old man refuses to teach it to me."

Bang, bang, bang!

While he was pondering, there was a short, urgent knock on the door from outside. A slightly anxious voice from outside said, "Boss, boss! Fan Ming's three ruffians are causing trouble at the restaurant again."

"What?!" Chen Cuo pushed the door open, gripping his wedge-shaped broadsword in one hand, and said fiercely, "Damn it, they're taking advantage of my kindness! Have they forgotten? I didn't get this position by the old man's charity."

Fan Ming, the adopted son of Fan Wufeng, one of the Vajra Sect's big bosses. Fan Wufeng was also the Master Chen Cuo had apprenticed under.

Fan Wufeng, having wandered the Jianghu in his early years, was injured and unable to have children. He had no sons or daughters to bring him joy. Only in his later years, after joining the Vajra Sect, did he take on a few disciples. Fan Ming was the most sensible and obedient among them, so he adopted him as his son.

Jingshui Street, located in the west of Wei City, was not in the central district. It was a remote area, with only a dozen shops on the entire street. The most profitable ones were a brothel, a teahouse, and two gambling dens.

Before Chen Cuo managed Jingshui Street, it generated five hundred taels of silver per month. The head manager would also keep a portion to support his subordinates.

The amount submitted to the gang was roughly four hundred taels per month.

For the large Vajra Sect, this was merely a trifle.

Later, when Chen Cuo came to manage Jingshui Street, he needed medicinal herbs to nourish his body due to his cultivation of the Iron Sand Palm.

He also found ways to increase the teahouse's income, which was by copying books, acting as a literary plagiarist.

Thus, a novel titled "Sentimental Swordsman, Ruthless Sword" was born. As a former office worker, he had read this book no less than ten times and could recite it backward.

Later, the teahouse business boomed, and Jingshui Street could collect eight hundred taels of monthly income, submitting six hundred taels and keeping two hundred. This was temporarily sufficient for him. Then, he went into seclusion to Cultivate the Unnamed Cultivation Method, absolutely avoiding trouble.

After some time, his business attracted envious eyes and he was targeted, especially by Fan Ming, who had frequently sent his subordinates to cause trouble over the past month.

Chen Cuo had tolerated it many times out of respect for Fan Wufeng, but he didn't expect the other party to take advantage of his kindness and cause trouble again.

Chen Cuo looked at the slightly chubby young man, his expression cold. "Fatty, call Ma Zi and Ding Xiang. They're coming with me."