Inside the cultivation chamber.
Lin Xuan sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion.
With a thought, he began to use the various treasures he had copied today.
A warm current flowed through his entire body.
Lin Xuan's aura also began to increase slowly.
Time flowed like water.
At the same time, a crisp, cool notification sound occasionally rang in his ears.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for improving your cultivation talent!"
"Ding, congratulations to the host for advancing the Minor Achievement level of the sixth-grade mid-tier martial art, Wind Yuan Crimson Gold Art!"
"Ding, congratulations to the host for advancing to a superior-grade Gale attribute talent!"
"..."
Half an hour later, Lin Xuan opened his eyes. A surging aura spread out, stirring ripples in the air.
Lin Xuan looked at the void before him, at the attribute panel that had changed somewhat, and at the increased power within his physique. He nodded.
"Continue cultivating."
With that, Lin Xuan wiped his right hand over the ancient ring on his middle finger, and a bottle of Blood Qi Pills fell into his hand.
As the top-ranked new disciple in potential, his resource supply was extremely generous, no less than that of the number one outer disciple.
Moreover, after finishing the talent test today and collecting various supplies, he had also conveniently obtained a month's worth of resources.
This storage ring was a complimentary gift.
And these resources were enough for him to cultivate for a while and significantly boost his strength.
Time flowed like water, and before he knew it, two days had passed.
Lin Xuan had opened several dozen more acupoints.
During this period, aside from leaving the cultivation chamber to rest and eat three meals a day, he had basically been in seclusion cultivating.
And in those two days, the results of his talent test and the news that he had become the top new disciple in potential had spread, causing quite a stir.
Within the outer sect of Flowing Cloud Sect, he had gained a certain reputation.
Correspondingly, he had also gained a considerable amount of energy points.
Lin Xuan checked his attribute panel, rested well, and prepared to continue his secluded cultivation.
His cultivation resources had not yet been exhausted.
But just then, the crisp system notification sounded.
"Ding, detected that the host has an excessive number of martial arts. Unlocking the Synthesis function."
With those words, the voice fell silent again.
"Synthesis function?"
Lin Xuan murmured to himself, his eyes flickering as if he understood something.
Then, a stream of information flooded into his mind.
Lin Xuan closed his eyes to comprehend it.
A few breaths later, he opened his eyes again, a brilliant light flashing within them.
"The Synthesis function... not bad, not bad at all."
Lin Xuan murmured inwardly.
This Synthesis function was just as he had guessed earlier.
It consumed energy points to merge one martial art into another, thereby improving the grade and power of the latter.
And he had previously copied a large number of martial arts, not all of which he could actually use.
He had simply copied them because they seemed high-grade enough, had decent mastery, and he had plenty of energy points.
It was like shopping at a supermarket in his past life.
But now, this Synthesis function was just right.
Not only did it put all those martial arts to use, but it also enhanced their grade and power—it couldn't be more convenient.
Moreover, it could retain the strengths of the original martial arts while removing their weaknesses.
The synthesized martial art would look somewhat similar to the original but would be an entirely different martial art altogether.
He had been somewhat worried before that copying someone else's martial art and then using it might attract attention and cause trouble.
Now, all of that was resolved.
With so many benefits, Lin Xuan was naturally very satisfied.
Immediately, Lin Xuan set aside his cultivation and prepared to synthesize the many martial arts he had obtained.
He began to experiment.
The system didn't provide too detailed an explanation on this aspect.
He would have to figure it out on his own.
Before long, Lin Xuan began to understand.
Synthesizing martial arts also had many points to pay attention to.
First, cultivation techniques and combat skills could not be merged with each other; only techniques could merge with techniques, and combat skills with combat skills.
Second, cultivation techniques all involved training true qi energy. As long as they weren't too conflicting, they could generally be synthesized.
But combat skills were different. For example, palm techniques could only merge with palm techniques, and blade techniques could only merge with blade techniques. A blade technique could not merge with a palm technique.
...
Finally, merging martial arts of different grades consumed different amounts of energy points.
Merging a first-grade martial art into another required 200 energy points.
A second-grade required 500 energy points, and a third-grade required 1,000.
This was the same as the energy points needed to copy a treasure of the same grade.
After figuring all this out, Lin Xuan let out a long breath and began a large-scale synthesis.
He happened to have some energy points on hand right now.
It should be enough for the synthesis.
Once he was familiar with the rules, the synthesis process was also very convenient and fast.
After more than ten minutes, Lin Xuan finished the synthesis. He looked at the attribute panel, a faint light in his eyes.
Swish!
"Divine Copy System."
"Host: Lin Xuan."
"Realm: Mid-stage Acupoint Opening."
"Talents: Supreme-grade Cultivation Talent, Superior-grade Talents (Speed, Blade Dao), Mid-grade Talents (Strength, Sword Dao), Superior-grade Attribute Talents (Sharp Gold, Gale), Mid-grade Attribute Talents (Azure Wood, Heavy Water, Crimson Fire, Thick Earth, Heavy Water)."
"Martial Arts: Primordial Unity Art (Sixth-grade Superior, Minor Achievement), Wind Flame Blade Art (Sixth-grade Mid-tier, Minor Achievement), Crimson Moon Sword Art (Sixth-grade Lower-tier, Minor Achievement), Savage Elephant Art (Sixth-grade Mid-tier, Minor Achievement), Overlord Force Fist (Sixth-grade Mid-tier, Minor Achievement), Surging Wave Palm (Sixth-grade Lower-tier, Minor Achievement), Void-Shattering Leg (Sixth-grade Lower-tier, Minor Achievement), Shadow Following Step (Sixth-grade Lower-tier, Minor Achievement)."
"Energy Points: 8741."
"Personal Space: 25."
Looking at the greatly simplified list of martial arts in the 'Martial Arts' column of the attribute panel, Lin Xuan's eyes gleamed.
Now, after a round of synthesis, he had finally merged and simplified the dozens of original martial arts.
Only a few remained, but they covered cultivation techniques, blade and sword arts, fist, palm, and leg techniques, movement techniques, and so on—a complete set.
Moreover, their grades and mastery levels were not low.
They were enough for him to instantly kill opponents of the same level and challenge those above his level.
Lin Xuan grew even more satisfied.
The only slight regret was that, although he had a cultivation technique of no low grade, in the Body Tempering and Acupoint Opening stages, the process was all about tempering the physique and strengthening blood qi, which didn't require a cultivation technique.
He only needed to consume pills and spiritual herbs, circulate combat skills, and digest and absorb them.
It was only when he reached the Qi Gathering stage, when his physique was strong enough to withstand the rampage of wild heavenly energy, that he would need a cultivation technique to absorb spiritual energy and improve his realm.
So, for now, this cultivation technique could only be set aside.
Afterward, he rested for a while, calmed his mind, and then continued cultivating.
He consumed pills and spiritual herbs, circulated the *Savage Elephant Art*, digested and absorbed them, tempered his physique, and strengthened his blood qi and power.
Time passed slowly.
Before he knew it, another two days had gone by.
Inside the cultivation chamber.
Lin Xuan sat cross-legged on the meditation cushion, a faint phantom of a savage elephant flickering behind him.
Roar! Roar!
Several faint elephant roars sounded.
An even more powerful aura, centered on Lin Xuan, spread out in all directions.
Whoosh!
Lin Xuan let out a long breath, feeling the surging energy within his physique. He looked at the void before him and murmured:
"Finally... I've broken through to the Late-stage Acupoint Opening."
Lin Xuan muttered softly, nodding slightly.