Su Lin suddenly frowned: "Something's wrong! Where's my internal energy?"

"My internal energy is gone!"

Su Lin took a deep breath and dropped a shocking bombshell: his internal energy points of over 8,000—the result of more than half a year of arduous cultivation—had vanished in an instant!

"As expected of a new system, there were still unexpected problems."

Xiao Linlin sighed: "It is reasonable for the advanced system of the same origin to cover the low-level system, but it wastes some of the hard-earned results of cultivation."

Immortal and martial arts share the same origin. Although there is no need to start from scratch, spiritual energy is obviously more domineering and does not allow Su Lin to have low-level homogeneous energy in his body.

Of course, Su Lin soon discovered that his Qigong-type bloodline constitution was also gone.

It disappeared directly from the personal data interface, just like how it quickly disappeared before. This time, it also mysteriously vanished.

There was no compensation, no feedback, they just vanished without a trace. All the money I spent was wasted!

"The physical constitution of martial arts has also been covered up."

Su Lin took a deep breath and sighed helplessly.

He immediately pulled out a new martial arts manual from the warehouse, glanced through it briefly, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, my comprehension wasn't affected, and it seems to be easier for me to understand these. It seems that my immortal cultivation physique also has an advantage in the field of martial arts."

"It doesn't matter, it's just a waste of the initial investment costs, it's not worth much money."

Xiao Linlin smiled and pointed to the Taoist Encyclopedia next to her: "Brother, take a look at this, and see how it works?"

Su Lin nodded as instructed, picked up the book, and began to peruse it.

More than ten minutes later, before he could even turn to the second page, he suddenly looked up at Xiao Linlin and silently shook his head.

Xiao Linlin's expression tightened: "Brother, is it impossible for you to learn on your own?"

"Self-study should be feasible, but it's too difficult."

Su Lin said in a low voice, "It's even more difficult to understand than when I first tried to learn a martial arts manual on my own, but I can feel that what's in it is real, it's just too challenging."

The beginning is always the hardest, and Su Lin is going to have to go through it all again.

The reality is so unpredictable. He had barely survived the six months of arduous cultivation, and he didn't know how much time and effort he would need to invest to understand this complete book of Taoist arts.

"As long as you can learn it on your own, that's fine."

Xiao Linlin breathed a sigh of relief, then suddenly reminded him with a playful smile, "Brother, you're not just going to learn this complete book of Taoist arts, you're also going to build your own foundation."

This foundation-building technique cannot be quickly mastered through the mechanism. Even though the mechanism kept reminding and asking, Su Lin pretended not to see it.

You must learn it on your own!

This is a new system, and we must learn and master it ourselves from the very beginning, from the most fundamental level! We must build the most solid foundation of our own capabilities!

"I understand, I'm going to suffer a lot from now on."

Su Lin nodded, his expression calm and without fear.

Studying and taking tests are no problem at all!

Even though the new system destroyed the foundation of the martial arts system, what was destroyed was the foundation of the martial arts system that Su Lin had quickly mastered. The skills he had learned on his own were still there.

The more than two hundred kinds of perfected martial arts skills, combat techniques, and martial arts experience and insights in his mind are all things that the system cannot destroy or take away.

Using spiritual energy, which is stronger than internal energy, to perform these actions will only make the effects more powerful. The original system that should have been destroyed not only did not disappear, but instead brought Su Lin an even stronger boost in combat power!

Having skills is never a burden!

This is the benefit of self-study, and it also demonstrates the results of Su Lin's initial self-study.

"Completed!"

Xiao Linlin stood up and clapped her hands lightly: "Brother, hurry up and go to the cultivation room. Go see if Lei Da and the others are slacking off, and start your own Foundation Establishment journey while you're at it."

"What's next? We still have a lot of money, are we not going to invest it?"

Su Lin smiled at the little girl, who raised her head proudly and said, "That's all my business, no need for you to worry about it, brother."

“Now that we have chosen to take this path, we can’t turn back easily. Every minute and second is crucial for you, brother. Wasting any time is disrespectful to self-study.”

"So, brother, keep moving forward! I'll give you my full support!"

Xiao Linlin spoke very seriously, and Su Lin nodded with a smile. Without further delay, he picked up the two manuals, turned around, and plunged into the cultivation room.

With the main new system established, the self-study related aspects have come to an end. The next step involves external forces.

How to plan, consume, and possess new external forces is naturally a headache for Xiao Linlin.

She couldn't bear to let Su Lin waste even a second on this. She was by Su Lin's side every day and knew better than anyone how difficult this choice was.

This is no longer something that can be achieved simply by having talent; it also requires stronger perseverance, unstoppable courage, patience that is not afraid of failure, and the fighting spirit to not despair even if the road is blocked halfway!

Even possessing all of the above is not enough; one still needs to make precise use of every minute and have a learning efficiency as precise as a machine.

Not a single mistake can be made!

Only by doing these things can you be qualified to face a potentially hopeless future!

Su Lin and Xiao Linlin did not discuss the conversation in detail, but they both knew one thing: even if the mechanism-based regions might have blocked the tiers of physical items in the shops, and even if the cultivation system in higher-level regions was more abundant.

But this might just be a cultivation system.

Even the Foundation Establishment Technique is S-rank, and the cultivation physique, which isn't top-tier, is SS-rank... So how strong can an SSS-rank cultivation system be?

This is already the highest grade given by the system, SSS grade and colored grade, there is no higher than this.

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