The Programmer Cultivator

Chapter 186: Chapter 42: Post-Promotion Technique Editing

The clerk paused for a moment and said, ”Senior, you must be referring to Rune Concretization after reaching Mastery.

But cultivating a Technique is so difficult. How many people can actually achieve Mastery?

This Tier Two Technique lets you form Light Wings right at the Entry Level. Of course, it’s not Rune Concretization, but the Wind’s Light Wings.”

Zhang Deming: ”...”

’It seems the Hongmeng Realm is also full of people who go all-out for appearances!’

’Seems like every world has its posers.’

Zhang Deming took the Technique from the clerk. As for appearances, he wasn’t worried about that at all; he reached Mastery the moment he learned a Technique.

If he really needed to look flashy, his Agility Technique would suffice.

Therefore, it was better to choose the most common option and forget about the eccentric ones.

The two of them then went to the defense section.

The Spiritual Shield was much like the Agility Technique; they were both basic Techniques upgraded step by step. Zhang Deming once again chose the most popular version.

Finally, the two of them arrived at a new section and stopped.

The clerk asked, ”Senior, what type of Vine Technique are you looking for?

Healing, control, attack, survival, a hybrid, or something else?”

Zhang Deming smiled and said, ”I’ll take a look around first.”

Hearing this, the clerk nodded and quietly stepped aside.

He was very adept at using the Growth Technique and had already developed it to such an advanced degree.

Therefore, Zhang Deming wanted to continue developing it as a standard ability, essentially making it his Basic Attack.

In fact, Zhang Deming was trying to see if it was possible to turn the Growth Technique into one of the Magic Runes for his Tai Chi Stage’s Three Lives.

For Tai Chi Three Lives, he needed to form a Rune before advancing through each of the Three Lives.

However, even though the Growth Technique had been upgraded through Fusion multiple times, it currently had nothing to do with the Spirit Nurturing Summoning Technique.

Clearly, if he used this for one of the Three Lives’ Runes, it would provide zero benefit to the Rune Core of his Spirit Nurturing Summoning Technique, which would make it not worth the cost.

The formation of the Runes for the Three Lives all needed to serve the main Rune Core.

That was why he was searching for a possible solution.

The Magic Pavilion truly lived up to its reputation as a professional chain of Technique shops.

In the Vine section alone, the variety was staggering. Zhang Deming felt that if he could master all the Techniques here, he could conquer the world with a single Vine in hand.

It seemed a single Vine could be made to satisfy any and every need.

Whether it was for defense, mobility, healing, or anything else, it felt like Vines could do it all.

After a long while, Zhang Deming stopped in front of one particular Technique.

Flower Demon Vine

Zhang Deming’s expression flickered as he looked at the title. It was a Vine-type Technique belonging to the poisonous plant control and Summoning System.

He skimmed through the Technique’s description. ’Perhaps I can give this a try later?’

After some thought, Zhang Deming looked through the other Techniques again, but in the end, Flower Demon Vine remained the most promising candidate.

So, Zhang Deming turned and handed the book to the clerk who had been following him silently.

Then Zhang Deming asked, ”Don’t you have Blood-Sucking Vine?”

The clerk faltered for a second—she must have been very good at her job, because she recovered with a smile almost immediately. ”Senior, within the Celestial Spirit Sect’s territory, only the Celestial Spirit Sect itself has the Blood-Sucking Vine.

It’s a unique, advanced development of the Blood Spirit Vine, so it’s considered a rare Technique. Well, not so rare for the Celestial Spirit Sect, that is.”

Zhang Deming nodded. ’If they don’t have it, they don’t have it,’ he thought. ’I’ll deal with it later.’

Seeing that Zhang Deming had finished making his selections, the clerk smiled and led him to the checkout counter on the second floor.

The clerk handed the three Technique books to the cashier.

The cashier performed an action, and a Light Screen appeared as three Jade Scrolls rose up from the counter.

The cashier said, ”The Swift Technique is forty Spirit Stones, the Spiritual Shield is forty Spirit Stones, and the Flower Demon Vine is forty-five Spirit Stones. That’s a total of one hundred and twenty-five Spirit Stones.

Once the payment is complete, Senior, you may view the Jade Scrolls.”

The cashier packaged the three books and placed them in front of Zhang Deming.

Watching this unfold, Zhang Deming finally understood why he hadn’t gained any Qi Fortune or Merit from flipping through the books earlier.

The copies on display were the actual items for sale; they didn’t have separate samples out for browsing.

Zhang Deming reached into his pocket and took out a Spirit Card loaded with five hundred Spirit Stones.

After paying, Zhang Deming picked up the three Jade Scrolls and reviewed them one by one.

He closed his eyes to absorb the information for a long time before opening them again, picking up the three Technique books, and leaving the Magic Pavilion.

Instead of continuing to wander, he returned directly to his Cave Mansion.

He entered his secret chamber again and took out the Techniques he had just bought.

’If Golden Merit wasn’t so hard to come by, I could have just equipped the Agility Technique and Spiritual Shield and upgraded them directly.’

’But Golden Merit is too hard to get. For now, I’ll have to handle these two Techniques this way.’

He opened the editing panel and looked at his inventory.

Merit: 2.4, Qi Fortune: 12.2.

’Eleven of the twelve white Qi Fortune Light Balls are newly formed. My luck is just so-so, I guess.’

’Ten are ’Branch’ types and one is a ’Sequence’ type. Including the one I had before, that makes two ’Sequence’ types.’

’As for ’Loop’ types, I don’t have a single one.’

Without further hesitation, he took the Swift Technique and touched two of the light balls.

”2 Ordinary Energy, small plug-in available for editing.

Editing conditions met!

The Dantian and Body Disc Talismans are currently active. Please note: passive and Bloodline-type Techniques will be automatically assigned to the Body Disc Talisman.”

Zhang Deming froze. ’My advancement to the Tai Chi Stage also unlocked the Body Disc?’

’Does that mean I can now edit Techniques directly onto my body?’

’But with this automatic assignment, it doesn’t seem like the Body Disc does anything special, does it?’