Luo Taozhi waved her hand in front of his eyes.
Seeing that he was still staring blankly with no sign of snapping out of it, she could only raise her hand and pat his shoulder.
After being patted by Luo Taozhi, Xiao Nanchu finally snapped out of his chaotic thoughts.
Looking at Luo Taozhi’s puzzled face, he shook his head.
“I wasn’t spacing out. I was just thinking—if we exist in different time dimensions, could you retrieve something I left a thousand years ago?”
“That’s hard to say.” Luo Taozhi shrugged. “A thousand years is too long. Who knows what might happen? But if it can be preserved, then the me a thousand years from now will definitely be able to get it.”
“Then what kind of thing can guarantee that it will definitely survive a thousand years…”
Xiao Nanchu stopped mid-sentence, suddenly realizing something, and looked at Luo Taozhi.
Hearing Xiao Nanchu’s words, Luo Taozhi also realized something.
What thing could they be sure existed both a thousand years ago and a thousand years later?
There was only one answer they currently knew, wasn’t there?
The current Empress of the Longyuan Empire—Li Xunxian!
She was the only person they knew of who existed at both times.
And according to Xiao Nanchu, his relationship with Li Xunxian wasn’t bad, so getting something from her shouldn’t be too difficult!
With the only difficulty resolved, both Xiao Nanchu and Luo Taozhi showed excitement in their eyes.
Knowing that this game was abnormal and might very well become reality in the future, the real priority was to keep getting stronger in the game!
Using this line of thinking, the two kept expanding their discussion, trying to find a way to maximize gains.
During their conversation, Xiao Nanchu intentionally revealed the new skill he had learned—[Qi Gathering].
“Qi Gathering? I have that skill too! It’s very simple!”
As expected, when Luo Taozhi heard that Xiao Nanchu found this skill difficult, she got excited.
Although that bastard Xiao Nanchu might have deliberately set her up, who could refuse a chance to show off in front of a buddy?
“You should have felt how this thing works, right? It’s similar to the spiritual energy I let you play with before?”
Luo Taozhi proudly raised her hand, and a ball of flame burst from her palm.
This was the very first thing Xiao Nanchu had been exposed to—this simple Fireball Technique had kickstarted his initial understanding of spiritual energy and mental power.
“The Qi Gathering skill is pretty similar, even simpler. Here, I’ll teach you a formulaic method!”
Saying that, Luo Taozhi placed her hand on Xiao Nanchu’s chest, intending to use real-world spiritual energy to guide him through the sensation.
But the moment she reached out, Luo Taozhi’s eyes widened in disbelief!
In Xiao Nanchu’s body, which should have been completely devoid of spiritual energy, a trace of it had actually appeared?!
This wasn’t like before, a residue from Luo Taozhi transmitting spiritual energy into him. It was completely Xiao Nanchu’s own spiritual energy—bearing his own signature, uniquely his!
How could this be?! For Xiao Nanchu, who still had not a trace of spiritual energy in reality, where had this wisp of spiritual energy come from?!
Although it hadn’t fully formed yet, it undoubtedly meant that Xiao Nanchu might have stepped into the Qi Refining Stage!
No! Not just Xiao Nanchu—even she had an extra wisp of spiritual energy in her body.
Roughly the amount of a first-level Qi Refining cultivator’s spiritual energy!
This amount of spiritual energy was too little for her, so she hadn’t noticed it at first.
It was only after discovering the extra spiritual energy in Xiao Nanchu’s body that she subconsciously checked herself and found it.
“What’s wrong?”
Seeing Luo Taozhi’s shocked expression, Xiao Nanchu voiced his confusion.
That gesture, that expression—it was hard not to wonder…
“You have spiritual energy in your body!!”
“What?!” Xiao Nanchu grabbed the hand on his chest.
“Are you serious?! I actually have spiritual energy in my body?! But didn’t you say…”
“That’s right. Even now, my answer is still the same—there is no spiritual energy in modern society!” She paused and looked at her own palm.
“Not just you—even my body has gained an extra wisp of spiritual energy. But mine seems to be a lot more than yours.”
Luo Taozhi was trying hard to recall. This change must have come from the game, but what exactly was the cause?
The Nascent Soul cultivator’s super brain was running at full speed, replaying every moment since entering the game in her mind.
Level? Stats? Class? Skills? No, none of them…
She couldn’t figure it out. She couldn’t understand what had caused it.
If it were just because of level, then at this moment, the whole world would have a huge number of first-level Qi Refining cultivators!
That was impossible. If there were a large number of Qi Refining cultivators, then there should be some spiritual energy detectable in the air of this world.
More importantly, she had just extended her divine sense again, and throughout the entire Dragon Country Federation, she couldn’t find a third cultivator with spiritual energy in their body.
“Did you find the cause?” Xiao Nanchu asked softly, looking at the clearly pondering Luo Taozhi.
“No.” Luo Taozhi shook her head. “I can’t think of any commonality between the two of us. Throughout the entire Dragon Country Federation, there isn’t a second person who has the same condition as you.”
“In that case, let’s forget it. At least the result is good.”
Unlike Luo Taozhi, Xiao Nanchu had an idea—a possibility that Luo Taozhi had overlooked.
Because he had concealed his identity as [Left Hand High Damage, Right Hand High Damage] , Luo Taozhi had likely missed this point!
That was the Achievement Points gained from appearing on the system announcements!
This reward always came with first kills or first clears. Up to now in the game, only Luo Taozhi and he had earned the most Achievement Points.
If he remembered correctly, Luo Taozhi had earned 6 Achievement Points, while he had 4.
The only others were the three who had cleared content with them, earning 2 Achievement Points.
So, it was Achievement Points?! Could it be that only when Achievement Points reached 5 or 6 would spiritual energy appear in the body?!
If his guess was correct, then his ID [Left Hand High Damage, Right Hand High Damage] wouldn’t stay hidden for long.
“Uh… I…”
Xiao Nanchu was just about to explain to Luo Taozhi his identity as [Left Hand High Damage, Right Hand High Damage] and confess his special skill as One Who Stands Alone when…
Luo Taozhi suddenly spoke.
“That’s right, it’s not important. Sooner or later, everyone will have spiritual energy. Let’s just consider the order a matter of luck.”
She paused, then continued with a strange expression on her face.
“After all, you and I are both quite special.”
Indeed, she was a Nascent Soul cultivator with inherent spiritual energy, while Xiao Nanchu had somehow gotten lucky enough to have his game account established in the past.
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