Chapter 31: A God-Level Skill, But It's Perverted and Painful

After finishing the simulation, Zhang Yun opened the door and found that his aunt had already returned. She was wearing a small and cute cartoon-designed apron. His aunt cooked in the kitchen using the things he prepared.

Zhang Yun's two adorable little cousins finished their homework. They were sitting on the sofa, hand in hand. They opened their beautiful big eyes and watched a cartoon about a magical girl on the television with great interest.

Zhang Yun didn't want to disturb them, so he sat on the sofa on the right, took out his mobile phone, and searched for information about the "White Staff" and "Divine Body Cultivation Method" on the internet.

He stumbled upon records of the "White Staff". It was considered one of the best weapons in the early stages of a game. Not only could it increase the healing effect, but it could also increase the casting speed of healing skills.

The quality was '1-star Silver'.

Silver represented the strength and quality of a weapon. From low to high, the classifications were: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Legendary, and Mythical.

On the other hand, the star-level represented the upper limit of the weapon's smithing level. 

A 1-star meant that the maximum smithing level was Level 5. A 2-star meant that the maximum smiting level was Level 10. A 3-star meant that the maximum smithing level was Level 15…and so on. 

It was the same for skill books.

In low-level dungeons and underground troves, the higher the difficulty of the boss, the higher the quality of the equipment and skill book that would be randomly dropped.

However, the upper limit of the star rating would not exceed the level limit of the dungeon.

There were only a few exceptions.

As for the cost-performance ratio between quality and star-level...

At the same level, the higher the grade, the stronger the effect of the equipment and skills.

However, if a weapon or skill of lower quality had a higher star level, it could be enhanced to a higher level, and its upper limit of growth would be higher—far higher than the increase in strength brought by the high quality.

To put it simply:

A '1-star Silver' item was better than a '2-star Bronze' item when the latter was below Level 5.

However, if a '2-star Bronze' item was upgraded to Level 5 or above, it would be slightly stronger than a '1-star Silver' item that was stuck at Level 5.

Of course!

If it was a '1-star Gold' item, even if a '2-star Bronze' item was upgraded to Level 6, it might not necessarily be stronger than the former.

In that case, Zhang Yun would need to upgrade it to Level 7, Level 8...or even Level 10.

Only then could a '2-star Bronze' item be stronger. 

The strength comparison would change according to the actual situation.

However, it was undeniable that the importance of star-level was higher than the quality. Even if you got a '1-star Mythical' item at the beginning, it would be a transitional item that would be eliminated in the end.

It was just like the different versions of online games.

No matter how powerful or invincible the godly equipment you obtained in Version 1.0 was, it might not even be able to defeat the weapon granted by the plot in Version 3.0.

After that, Zhang Yun evaluated the "Divine Body Cultivation Method".

There was no record of a strange skill book of unknown quality on the internet. It seemed that no one had seen this book before.

And its skill effect…it was formidable.

It was a little similar to Q-Skill, which could infinitely stack the learner's constitution and strength points. The difference was that the target of the Q-Skill was soldiers. On the other hand, the book Zhang Yun acquired might end up torturing him. 

He had to first injure himself and then use any healing skill to restore his health. Only then could he subtly strengthen his constitution and strength, just like how the Winter Swimming Pigeon trained his body's resistance to cold.

The higher the effective value of each recovery, the more points Zhang Yun would gain.

If he tried to heal himself while in full health, Zhang Yun wouldn't gain any points. 

Zhang Yun was speechless.

Nothing?

What kind of perverted ascetic skill was this?

'So I have to beat myself half to death every time, and then use healing skills in order to display the greatest value of this skill? Can't you let me increase my constitution and strength points every time I heal someone?'

Sigh…

Forget it.

Whenever the heavens gave a man a great task, he must first suffer.

In human language...the infinite stacking of his constitution and strength points was simply too delightful.

Even if Zhang Yun's Attribute Correction Rate was frighteningly low and the corresponding ability value for each point of the four-dimensional attribute was inadequate, he could still rely on this thing. He could continue improving until he surpassed those true 5-star geniuses with Grade-A and Grade-S talents.

It was a disguised increase in my Overall Evaluation.

He contemplated. 

Zhang Yun picked up the scissors on the coffee table and walked to the balcony in the living room. With his back facing his two little cousins, he stabbed his abdomen and twisted the scissors around as if he was mixing curry with the tool.

'Hiss!'

It hurt!

Ah! Feeling the intense pain in his head, Zhang Yun almost screamed out in agony. Fortunately, he had already died twice in the simulation and had enough experience.

Therefore, he suppressed this instinctive venting.

Hurry up!

Heal!

"Great and noble Life Elf, please bestow me with the sacred power of life to heal all living things in the world!"

'Buzzzzzz!'

Restore health!

Zhang Yun's blood coagulated. His cells recovered. His wounds scabbed, and the flake fell off. The pain disappeared!

Awesome!

A Master Priest was indeed a Master Priest!

This was much better than an expert attending doctor who trained laboriously for 30 years!

[System Notice: Your body has automatically activated the "Divine Body Cultivation Method" and absorbed the healing effect. You have obtained 1 'Permanent Constitution Point' and 2 'Permanent Strength Points'!]

F*ck!

Zhang Yun only maxed out the effects of a Level 1 Healing Spell, but it can actually increase his constitution and strength points by 1 to 2 points?

He thought it would only increase by 0.1 or 0.01 points...

According to this experiment, even if Zhang Yun rested normally every night and didn't practice a '007-style' of healing, he could quickly catch up to a Level 1 Priest with a D+ Initial Growth Rate in a few days.

Although the method couldn't be considered heaven-defying, it could at least increase Zhang Yun's physical fitness by a few times. With it, he could withstand a round of attacks from the dungeon monsters.

The key was...

By then, Zhang Yun would gain a certain amount of physical attack power.

He could rely on his Level 1 D+ Strength Attribute Points to kill a low-level monster with one punch. He wouldn't have to use a set of combination punches that could barely scratch the enemy. 

It was worth it!

This suffering was worth it!

As he thought about it, Zhang Yun cast a 'Clarity' spell on himself to fill up his mana. When the cooldown of the healing spell was over, he immediately repeated the process and added 1 'Permanent Constitution Point' and 2 'Permanent Strength Points' to himself.

"But...it's worth it… However, the process is too painful… Wuwuwu..."

After two rounds of healing, Zhang Yun's mana was completely empty. He had to wait for an hour before he could use 'Clarity' to recover his mana.

Or, he could wait for 4 to 5 hours and let his mana bar fill up naturally.

Of course…

He could also spend money to buy items like mana potions and magic bread to quickly recover his mana.

This was a story for later.

After all, including the living expenses given by his aunt and the first bucket of gold that was about to arrive, Zhang Yun's bank account only had about 4000 yuan.

He still couldn't live the luxurious life of a mage who drank potions like water.

"Just in time, I have used up all my simulations for this round. I can go to the Reality Invasion Event and the dungeon to make money. When the time comes, I'll see if I can find a few rich young masters and get some items from them to recover mana. It would be best if I could meet an elder brother who has a 'Cook' sub-class. He could make me some bread and water…"