Wen Ziqian took the system seed, and after hesitating for a moment, he still agreed to bind it.
In an instant, the System interface suddenly appeared in his mind; his eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.
When he saw the wechat and Forum within the System, he could no longer suppress the shock in his heart and blurted out:
"How can there be such a thing?"
"It's incredible!"
"It can actually connect everyone across infinite distances!"
"This must be a creation of the Immortals; it's too miraculous!"
Wen Ziqian browsed the Forum for a good while before reluctantly exiting to start studying other functions.
When the densely packed Secret Manuals in the mall appeared before his eyes, he couldn't help but marvel repeatedly:
"This Dao Seed Martial Arts Cultivation System is simply too strong! Cultivating to the Dao Seed Realm can actually grant 500 years of Lifespan, and even the most basic Body Forging Foundation Establishment Method is incredibly powerful."
"Compared to these, the Shennong Sect's Cultivation Techniques are simply far inferior!"
Now, he also completely understood those strange phenomena that had appeared in Changling County.
Zhou Yuan and Shen Zhixia watched their Master's face full of surprise and constant praise, and their hearts also felt an itch, their eyes filled with expectation:
"Can we have a System too?"
"Of course!"
A flash of light appeared in Wang Tie's palm, and a system seed with mysterious patterns appeared in his hand. "As long as you can gain the System's recognition, everyone can bind one."
After Zhou Yuan and Shen Zhixia bound to the System, they instantly understood why their Master, who had seen much of the world, couldn't help but cry out in surprise.
Their reactions were even more exaggerated than their Master's, their eyes wide and their faces full of disbelief.
"Heavens, this System is too miraculous! In the future, we won't even have to leave the house to know the affairs of the world!"
"And there are so many divine Secret Manuals in the mall; I want them so much."
Seeing the shocked expressions of the three, Wang Tie wasn't surprised at all.
After all, the System's functions were truly beyond imagination; everyone who encountered the System for the first time would be shocked.
Speaking of which, when he first bound to the System himself, his performance was even more exaggerated than the three before him.
"I want it!"
Wen Ziqian swallowed hard, staring fixedly at the divine Secret Manuals in the mall.
Any random Cultivation Technique in here, if it appeared in the Jianghu, could trigger a bloodbath.
Not to mention, these Cultivation Techniques were completely comparable to Immortal Cultivation Techniques, and they didn't even require Immortal Cultivation Aptitude.
He immediately took a fancy to the "Green Wood Eternal Spring Art"; this was a Cultivation Technique of the Dao Seed Martial Arts Cultivation System, which could currently be cultivated to the Dao Seed Realm.
Most importantly, this Cultivation Technique was very compatible with the Shennong Sect technique he practiced, as both primarily focused on the wood element.
However, to exchange for it, he needed to consume energy points, but he didn't have a single energy point right now.
Wen Ziqian studied it for a while and, after figuring out how to obtain energy points...
Without the slightest hesitation, he sold all the Cultivation Techniques he knew—except for the Shennong Sect's Legacy techniques—to the System Mall in exchange for energy points.
He even sold the medicinal herb cultivation knowledge he had summarized himself.
If he hadn't retained a final shred of sanity, Wen Ziqian would have almost sold the Shennong Sect's Legacy techniques as well.
The Shennong Sect's Legacy techniques were considered first-class in the Jianghu.
But compared to the Cultivation Techniques in the mall, they were simply not worth mentioning; there was no comparison at all.
They might not even be as good as the most basic Body Forging Foundation Establishment Method.
Although the Body Forging Foundation Establishment Method sounded very ordinary and its content was just a technique for Foundation Establishment, it was actually not ordinary at all.
On the contrary, it was very miraculous; the more people who cultivated it, the faster the cultivation speed would be.
It could also lead directly to a Breakthrough to the Xiantian Realm, and it was a Xiantian Realm of both internal and external cultivation.
With this Xiantian Realm strength, it could probably match the current Grandmaster cultivation in the Jianghu.
He finally understood why he was clearly in the Grandmaster Realm, yet couldn't compare to Wang Tie's Xiantian Realm.
He successfully exchanged for 130,000 energy points. After using these energy points to purchase the first three Realms of the "Green Wood Eternal Spring Art", he only had 20,000 energy points left.
To purchase the Dao Seed Realm technique, he was still short by 100,000 energy points.
Poor!
He was simply too poor!
Wen Ziqian had grown up in the Shennong Sect and had now become an Elder of the Shennong Sect; he had never experienced the taste of lacking money before, and this was the first time.
He also finally understood why so many wealthy merchants were buying energy points at high prices.
It was because energy points were simply too scarce.
Although the System could slowly generate energy points, that speed was too slow.
He didn't know how long he would have to wait to accumulate enough energy points to buy the Cultivation Technique.
If others exchanged for the Cultivation Technique and started cultivating first, wouldn't he fall behind?
In the Jianghu, who wouldn't want to strive for first place, and who wouldn't want to make a name for themselves?
After Wen Ziqian exited the System, he composed himself, looked at Zhou Yuan and Shen Zhixia, who had also bound to the System, and said seriously:
"I've decided to stay in Changling County to research and improve rice seeds, striving to complete the System's grain seed improvement task to earn more energy points."
Zhou Yuan immediately nodded in agreement: "Master is right! Our Shennong Sect is best at planting and has a great advantage."
"If we can Cultivate high-quality grain seeds, we'll definitely get a lot of energy rewards."
"And this reward isn't a one-time thing; as long as we continue to improve them, we can keep getting rewards!"
Shen Zhixia also began to complain: "Yeah, we're too poor right now. We can't afford a single one of those Secret Manuals in the mall; we must earn energy points quickly!"
Such situations were not isolated cases; in places covered by the System, they were being repeated constantly.
At this moment, a piece of heavy news swept through the entirety of Jiangling Prefectural City.
Bai Shuyan, who was also one of the ten great young experts of Jiangling Prefecture and ranked tenth, was actually going to challenge Gu Fei, who was at the top of the list.
This news was like a clap of thunder, instantly spreading throughout the entire prefectural city.
At this moment, a dense crowd of people squeezed around the competition site, each craning their necks and curiously observing Bai Shuyan and Gu Fei on the field.
They were guessing the outcome one after another.
The gambling dens in the prefectural city were even more lively, quickly opening up betting lines.
"Isn't this just picking up money? I'm betting 100 taels that Gu Fei wins!"
"Exactly! Bai Shuyan just lost to Gu Fei a few months ago; how much progress could he have made in such a short time?"
"Bai Shuyan has no chance of winning. Gu Fei's family-inherited Mystic Ice Cold Night Saber is incredibly powerful; what does he have to win with?"
"Then I'll bet on Bai Shuyan. What if he had a fortuitous encounter and his strength improved by leaps and bounds? Wouldn't that be a huge profit?"
Gu Fei looked at Bai Shuyan with a face full of doubt, then revealed a confident smile:
"You only lost to me a few months ago, and you're coming to challenge me again so soon?"
"Why bother? You can't possibly defeat me. In the younger generation of Jiangling Prefecture, I am invincible."
Bai Shuyan also smiled, his face full of confidence: "Who dares to claim invincibility, and who dares to say they are undefeated?"
"Invincibility is just you being overly confident; being undefeated is simply because you haven't met a true expert. Today, I shall grant you a defeat."
Gu Fei gave a cold laugh: "I don't know where you get your confidence from. But don't forget, we are both in the Middle Stage of the Xiantian Realm; in the same Realm, you cannot win against me."
"Oh, is that so?" Bai Shuyan raised an eyebrow and said, "Then it's just as well. I want to try; let's see what we're made of!"