The Black Book: Seven Deadly Sins-Chapter 55: I, Zhu Haomiao, Did Not Cheat!

Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Haomiao calmly interrupted him.

"Senior Brother, I’ve reached the entry-level for all four cultivation techniques."

"By then, maybe I’ll switch to something with a better affinity... Wait, what did you say?"

Feng Zhaobai, who was about to launch into a long-winded lecture, felt a jolt in his heart and stared solemnly at Zhu Haomiao.

"I’ve reached the entry-level for all four cultivation techniques."

Zhu Haomiao looked straight into Feng Zhaobai’s eyes and repeated calmly, clearly noticing the uncontrollable twitch at the corners of Feng’s eyes.

"How did you reach entry-level?!!"

By cheating and using Krypton Gold to reach entry-level...

Facing Feng Zhaobai’s doubts, Zhu Haomiao secretly grumbled in his heart, but seriously spouted nonsense.

"I just practiced and practiced until I got it."

After saying that, he looked at Feng Zhaobai with a clear and innocent gaze, causing his blood pressure to rise with that one sentence.

"Senior Brother, is this difficult?"

Looking at the young man’s "sincere" eyes, Feng Zhaobai took a deep breath and managed to force a smile.

"Reaching entry-level isn’t hard, but achieving entry-level for all four techniques in such a short time is extremely rare in human history..."

"Oh? How long does it take others to reach entry-level?"

Zhu Haomiao knew his own situation well; he reached entry-level using a ’Krypton Gold’ cheat, and based on the virtual memories, it would probably take him several months for each technique!

Four techniques together would take over a year, and counting his vacations to rest in reality, it would actually take him two virtual years to achieve what he has now.

Feng Zhaobai quickly regained composure, deliberated for a moment, then began to speak.

"First, it depends on the affinity with the technique, and second, it depends on the practitioner’s aptitude, or Heavenly Destiny."

"Some people are naturally suited for certain techniques. Even if they have a [Mortal Destiny], their cultivation is twice as effective with half the effort, progressing rapidly."

"Or some are like us with a [God’s Destiny]; born with intelligence, able to infer ten things from one, mastering everything swiftly regardless of the technique."

"Generally speaking, for the same cultivation technique, the entry-level cultivation period for a [Mortal Destiny] is about 3 to 4 months, [Heroic Destiny] is about 1 month, while [God’s Destiny] only takes 10 days!"

Hearing this, Zhu Haomiao’s brow twitched slightly.

According to virtual memory experience, it takes him 3 to 4 months to cultivate a single technique...

Realizing his true aptitude without the [Book of Black], Zhu Haomiao looked out the window with a melancholy gaze.

Oh no!

I am the trash!??

"And the most remarkable is someone like you, Junior Brother Zhu, with extremely high affinity for the techniques and a [God’s Destiny], thus able to reach entry-level for all four in just a few days."

"Emmmm..."

Zhu Haomiao was at a loss for words, but after a long pause, he solemnly nodded.

Ah! Yes! Yes! Yes!

I am exactly like what you described!

I, Zhu Haomiao, did not cheat!

On the other hand, after a moment of reflection, Feng Zhaobai decisively extended his hand towards the young man.

"Could you please hand me your Dragon Emblem? Oh, do you also want to record the second layer of all four techniques?"

"Yes."

"Each second layer for these four techniques costs 10 virtual points, and you just happen to have 40 points left. This will max out your overdraft limit. Are you sure?"

Taking Zhu Haomiao’s Dragon Emblem, Feng Zhaobai couldn’t help but ask again.

"I’m sure."

Zhu Haomiao nodded without hesitation.

Using the cheat with Krypton Gold, "cultivating" the techniques is the fastest way for him to enhance his power!

It’s also an overall enhancement with almost no weaknesses!

Upon hearing this, Feng Zhaobai did not hesitate and proceeded out of the meeting room. It took under ten minutes to complete the recording.

Retrieving his Dragon Emblem, connected by bloodline, Zhu Haomiao quickly imprinted the information into his mind.

Yet, before he could rejoice, he immediately thought of the cost of the next-layer techniques and preemptively asked.

"Senior Brother, how many contribution points are needed for the third layer of these techniques?"

"For these common techniques, the third layer uniformly requires 20 points."

20 points?

That means 80 points for all four!

Hearing this, Zhu Haomiao frowned, calculating how to quickly obtain contribution points.

While others have limited time and energy, greedy for more than they can handle, they typically train only a few techniques with good affinity, but since he can "Krypton Gold" cultivate, the more techniques the merrier for him.

"Senior Brother, are there any tasks suitable for me in the [Yanhuang Armory]?"

Feng Zhaobai hesitated for a moment, looking at the Black Iron Badge on the young man’s chest, was about to speak but then sighed and shook his head.

"There aren’t any."

"Huh? Why not? I heard the [Yanhuang Armory] has all sorts of tasks? Ranging from trivial, like finding people or things, to saving the world..."

Seeing the young man’s puzzled eyes, Feng Zhaobai explained leisurely.

"Those are developed Illusion Realms with many descenders settled in. Our current Illusion Realm hasn’t even completed a permanent Gate and is still in the pioneer stage, so naturally, there aren’t many tasks."

After a pause, Feng Zhaobai patted the young man’s shoulder earnestly.

"Even if there were tasks now, they would be quite dangerous, requiring at least expert level to qualify. You... should just focus on developing for a while..."

Hearing this, Zhu Haomiao became anxious.

Others can develop while steadily accumulating contributions, but he can upgrade in just one second. Without contribution points, how can he survive?

"Expert level? What expert level?"

I’m excellent at black eating black, definitely an expert!

Hearing the young man’s unbelievable question, Feng Zhaobai widened his eyes, but soon relaxed with a sigh.

Ridiculous, but knowing it’s you, also seems normal...

You monsters indeed have no common sense...

After organizing his words for a moment, Feng Zhaobai patiently explained.

"As I told you before, the badges made of [Illusion Gold] represent the energy level of the wearer. Do you remember?"

"Yes, I remember."

"So, the Security Council created a rough ranking system based on this feature for transcendents, which we’re familiar with: Black Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Purple Gold."

"The five energy levels correspond to five ranks, namely Black Iron·Amateur Level, with the international standard symbol N for nonprofessional; during supernatural disasters, transcendents of this level are generally not allowed in abnormal areas—except in emergencies where they might take on low-risk tasks such as logistics, transport, support, and medical aid."

"Next is Bronze·Professional Level, with the international standard symbol P for professional; during supernatural disasters, transcendents of this level are allowed in abnormal zones to take on medium-risk tasks such as remote scouting and trap disposal." freёweɓnovel.com

"Silver·Expert Level, with the international standard symbol E for expert; transcendents of this level can undertake high-risk tasks during a supernatural disaster, such as close combat and fighting."