Chapter 2: Foster Mother Above, Please Accept This Child's Bow
"Supreme Dao Bone? What level of bone is this? Is it more powerful than the Supreme Bone?"
Returning to his courtyard, Gu Qing looked at the three novice rewards and hurriedly asked.
[The Supreme Bone is naturally supreme, possessing supreme qualifications. The Dao Bone contains the Great Dao laws within, serving as a Supreme Dao Seed...]
Gu Qing looked for a moment, comparing them secretly. It seemed the Dao Bone was of a higher level.
However, someone who achieved supremacy did not rely on bones alone, but on their own efforts, intelligence, and a little bit of luck.
Whether he could achieve supremacy would certainly not depend on just one bone.
"Will there be phenomena when fusing the Dao Bone?"
Gu Qing thought of a crucial question.
As everyone knew, bones in fantasy worlds often brought disasters.
He was currently just a small fry at the ninth level of Body Tempering. If he exposed the Dao Bone, would his bones be dug out?
[There will be heaven-shaking phenomena. If the host does not need them, the system can seal the phenomena.]
[The Dao Bone will have no phenomena, indistinguishable from ordinary bones. No one will be able to see through it, and it will not affect the Dao Bone's power.]
"Seal it for me immediately."
Emm...
Good thing he asked, otherwise he would have been doomed.
Gu Qing asked several more times, and after confirming there were no problems, he mentally initiated the fusion.
Boom!
A supreme power suddenly descended.
Gu Qing's consciousness became dazed, as if he had transformed into a wisp of "Primordial Origin Qi," or as if he were in the midst of vast chaos.
After some time, Gu Qing awakened from the chaos.
A thick layer of filth appeared on his body. Gu Qing immediately rushed into the bath in the side room.
While scrubbing himself, he felt the changes in his body.
Gu Qing had a very intuitive feeling that his strength had increased several times.
Moreover, there was a hazy divine light within his body, exuding ancientness and mystery, washing over his flesh and blood. His physique was rapidly evolving.
"System, what is my current strength?"
His strength was previously fifty thousand jin. Now it had increased several times, but he didn't know the exact amount.
[Detecting... The host's current strength is three hundred thousand jin, and it is continuing to grow. As long as the Dao Bone exists, the host's strength will grow ceaselessly!]
Gu Qing was stunned.
He hadn't done anything yet, but his strength had surged by two hundred and fifty thousand jin, which is one hundred and twenty-five tons.
With one punch, he could probably kill someone at the middle stage of Qi Condensation Realm.
Moreover, the Dao Bone was constantly evolving his physique. Wasn't this the equivalent of growing stronger just by being alive, ultimately becoming invincible through living?
"Foster Father, you will be my foster father from now on."
"Foster Father above, please accept this child's bow!"
Anyone who had bound a system knew that calling it foster father was appropriate.
Gu Qing's hopeless path of cultivation transformed into a starlit avenue leading straight to the pinnacle of the clouds the moment he bound the foster father.
With the foster father's support, how could Gu Qing worry about not becoming a supreme powerhouse?
Shattering stars with a flick, roaming freely between heaven and earth.
[Host, please address this system as the Super Reflect Armor System!]
The magnetic, gentle female voice carried a hint of disdain.
"Foster Mother!"
Gu Qing immediately changed his address, not minding the foster mother's disdain at all.
Nonsense, since she was helping him soar, let alone just disdain, even if the foster mother stepped on his face with her feet, he would be willing.
[...]
[This system is called the Super Reflect Armor System. As the name implies, for anyone who becomes the host's enemy, the system will trigger the Super Reflect Armor, rebounding all damage.]
[If the host is injured by an enemy, regardless of their realm, the damage will be rebounded multiple times.]
[If an enemy's combat power suddenly doubles, the host's combat power will also double.]
[For anyone with hostility toward the host, the system will trigger an interception function, eliminating the enemy while still in their budding stage.]
[Additionally, whenever the host kills an enemy, they will receive system rewards.]
After listening, Gu Qing seemed to see a glittering meme. Universal humor, reflecting all damage. Indeed.
When the enemy is strong, I become stronger; when the enemy is weak, I grow stronger. Being injured by an enemy could even double the reflected damage—meaning if he gets hurt, the enemy might die, and if he dies, the enemy must die too.
Additionally, killing enemies brought system rewards—double the happiness. With this advantage, a flying dragon riding face, how could he possibly lose?
"Claim the Yin Yang Great Dao Song and the Space God Rune!" Gu Qing calmed himself and began claiming the other two rewards.
The Yin Yang Great Dao Song was a supreme Yin Yang dual cultivation technique. A supreme technique meant no upper limit and no rank. Gu Qing could cultivate it indefinitely.
However, unlike traditional techniques, the Yin Yang Great Dao Song had no realm divisions. It solely cultivated the Yin Yang Origin Laws, pointing directly toward the Yin Yang Great Dao.
As for the Space God Rune... Gu Qing raised his hand, looking at the tattoo on the back of his hand. The silver-white rune pattern appeared ordinary at first glance, but upon closer inspection, it seemed like overlapping illusions—mysterious and vast, capable of drawing one's soul inside.
The Space God Rune contained the Space Great Dao, enabling spatial shifting, spatial defense, and spatial attacks. Currently, his strength was too low; he could only shift space within ten li and use the Space God Rune for defense. Utilizing it for attacks remained beyond him for now.
"Splash!" Gu Qing withdrew his gaze, taking out all his spirit stones—a total of 150 low-grade spirit stones. Adjusting his mindset, he began cultivating the Yin Yang Great Dao Song.
The most difficult part of cultivating the Yin Yang Great Dao Song was condensing Yin Yang Origin Qi. Without Yin Yang Origin Qi, no matter how high one's talent, entry into cultivation was impossible.
Though Gu Qing lacked Yin Yang Origin Qi, he possessed the Dao Bone. As the Dao Bone devoured massive spiritual energy, it gave rise to strands of Yin Yang Origin Qi.
The moment Yin Yang Origin Qi emerged, his body's cells immediately conveyed an insatiable desire—to devour the Yin Yang Origin Qi for evolution. Cultivators knew that true qi could nourish the body, ward off illnesses, and consolidate the foundation.
The higher the rank of true qi, the better its nourishing effect. Yin Yang Origin Qi was the mother qi of all things—truly the ultimate treasure for nurturing the physical body.
Gu Qing controlled the Yin Yang Origin Qi, charging toward the Eight Extraordinary Meridians. The fragile human meridians, under the scouring of Yin Yang Origin Qi, swiftly opened and widened, becoming more resilient.
The night passed quickly. Gu Qing opened all nine primary meridians of the human body. Logically, opening all nine would signify the ninth level of Qi Condensation Realm.
But that required filling all nine meridians with true qi, whereas Gu Qing hadn't even filled a single one. At best, he was at the first level of Qi Condensation Realm.
"I must find a way to earn spirit stones!" Gu Qing thought secretly. With sufficient spirit stones, he could reach the ninth level of Qi Condensation Realm in three days.
After all, his Dao Bone could continuously transform Yin Yang Origin Qi. Yin Yang Origin Qi could rapidly nourish the body and meridians! Bottlenecks were nearly nonexistent.
Gu Qing immediately bathed, then strode toward the Family Salary Hall. Breaking through to Qi Condensation Realm came with a reward of 100 low-grade spirit stones.
Though not much, mosquito legs, though small, are still meat.
"Little Chen, you're heading to the Salary Hall too?"