Amber Content

'Is this supposed to be some kind of secret location for the Black Rose organization?' Yone thought.

A chill ran down his spine when that idea crossed his mind, thoughts began colliding in his brain thinking about this dire situation he was facing.

This wasn't something he was willing to face without much strength.

Hell, he didn't even start practicing martial arts yet, hence he couldn't even ingrain the techniques the system gave him.

'Going through that narrow road which is more likely a gate leading to the outside of this secret place of the black rose will be nigh-impossible in my current state,' Yone thought.' I'll have to find another way out.'

Then, Yone recalled something.

'The amber I extracted from the guard!'

If it was something he took out from his sea of consciousness, then it should be the key to his escape from this dire situation.

After all, the Sea of Consciousness was the source of a cultivator's existence. One could regrow limbs, but a messed up Sea of Consciousness could easily spell their doom.

What's more? The Sea of Consciousness was also where all of a cultivator's secrets (thoughts and memories) were hidden. Opening one's Sea of Consciousness and letting someone inside was the same as giving them complete knowledge of your deepest secrets.

Yone didn't doubt that the same was true for this world.

No matter the world, the human body was the same, and he believed in that without a doubt.

Afterward, Yone opened the martial arts reward chest given to him by the system that he intended on leaving for later.

This was only for one reason though.

He felt the amber he extracted from the guards' Sea of Consciousness was related to that chest.

Why would he think that?

It's mainly since the amber he extracted held no information whatsoever, hell, it didn't even power him up. All that Yone felt was a wave of refreshing energy washing up his body and internal organs, other than that he felt nothing else.

Given the name of the system and its importance, he felt that the amber contents weren't revealed yet.

To be more exact, he felt that the martial arts chest was the amber contents itself, it was just that it was delivered to him as a reward.

He could have obviously asked the system about this, but he didn't feel the need to do so.

'Asking everything to some soulless existence might ruin my brain and mud my intelligence,' Yone thought with a weird expression.' I need my brain for later, I can't stop using it much for these years, or else when trouble comes knocking on my door I might find myself in a threatening situation.'

Yone was clear about a human's brain.

The more someone leaves their brain without using it much and counting on external tools to answer their every question or more or less help them in doing so. The brain itself will stop working like it used to be.

It's like a human, the more lazy he is, the fatter and lazier he will become.

The brain was the same, and he really didn't want that to happen.

A red light flashed in front of his eyes again, and the System's Prompt sounded in his mind.

[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for receiving a Tier-Four Cultivation Technique technique! The Cultivation Technique will automatically be taught to the host when you think of doing so!]

[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for receiving a 3rd layer Foundation Establishment Amber…]

'[Tier-Four Cultivation Technique]?'

Yone couldn't care about anything else, and all of his attention fell upon the first reward. Its description immediately piqued his interest.

[The Thousands-Arms Cultivation Technique will aid your growth up to the fourth realm if the host cultivates it diligently. As its name implies, upon reaching a certain threshold in its cultivation, it will create a phantom with thousands of arms that connect to your brain and mimic your every move.]

The System explained.

'Interesting, very interesting,' Yone mused as he read the brief description of the Cultivation Technique,' Now that he had a guidebook on how to circulate qi in one's body and become a martial arts expert, everything became a hundred times easier for him.'

It wouldn't be an exaggeration if he said that this cultivation technique was all he asked for.

Yone couldn't help but feel comfortable as he realized that a hidden danger to his life had been nipped in the bud by this reward.

He knew full well that in order to lay his hands on such a technique he would need a lot more time, and given his age, the most he would get was a trash technique that was sold in every stall.

Hence he was quite satisfied with his reward.

As for the [3rd layer Foundation Establishment Amber]? It was the cultivation of the mind of a cultivator who had reached the Foundation Establishment Realm and honed his state of mind for decades.

In Yone's opinion, the guard's [3rd layer Foundation Establishment Amber] wouldn't be all that good, but since it was a reward from the System, it shouldn't be all that bad either.

Yone directly chose the option to fuse with it. In the very next moment, he felt a mass of warm light wrap around his body. His consciousness shook, and he felt as if he had lived through decades of years as scene after scene flashed through his mind.

At first, he thought that he was about to reincarnate again or something along those lines.

But soon, his muddled mind recovered.

Yone couldn't help but frown.

How come the [3rd layer Foundation Establishment Amber] made little to no change to his state of mind? Only his ability to feel his surroundings and comprehend stuff improved by a bit, it seemed.

Well, as long as it increases!

After all, he was someone who reincarnated not long ago. Although he was quick at adapting to various situations, he wasn't omniscient. The [3rd layer Foundation Establishment Amber] should save him a lot of time in cultivating his state of mind in the future, he estimated.

The state of mind was after all something as illusory as Luck and Misfortune, and everyone had a different understanding of it.

Digesting the information for a few seconds, Yone opened his eyes, a strange lightning crossing through his pupils as he curled his lips into a smile.

'The spy's information, I got it,' Yone moved his head left and right as he tried to pinpoint a certain spot.' The secret exit of this black rose hidden village shouldn't be that far off from here.'