He entered the room and carefully locked the door from the inside.
He Xie sat on the bed with his back against the wall, and opened the system panel on a whim.
Name: He Xie
[Race]: Human
[Level]: Advanced Tier 1
[Skill]: Endless Devour
[Backpack]: Know Yourself and Your Enemy Card x1
[Shop]: Now Open
[Contrast Value]: 4396
"so much?"
When He Xie saw the numbers at the very bottom, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
He never expected that he would unknowingly collect so many contrast values.
I calmed my excited emotions a little.
He Xie quickly opened the system store.
Then, on a whim, he spent 3000 contrast points to exchange for a breathing technique.
[Ding-dong!]
[Bio-breathing technique (spiritual version) successfully redeemed and automatically mastered. You can view skill details in the system panel.]
[Skill: Breathing Technique (Breathe in and out of the surrounding air using the principles of the Heavenly Cycle, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for one's own use, making evolution twice as efficient.)]
After digesting the information deep in his mind for a moment, He Xie didn't rush to practice the breathing technique.
Because compared to this matter...
Now, he is even more eager to use up the remaining thousand-plus contrast points.
There are 1396 points left.
This amount is only enough to exchange for status cards and open blind boxes.
He Xie couldn't resist the urge to open the box.
Before that, he spent 300 contrast points to exchange for two Know Yourself and Your Enemy cards and one Super Multiplier card.
These two status cards are quite useful. I need to exchange for a few to keep in reserve, so I don't end up spending all my contrast points on blind boxes later.
"1000 contrast value, deduct!"
"Open the blind box!"
He Xie spent money like water, directly consuming thousands of contrast points to launch a ten-shot combo.
As soon as he gave the command, the magic box in the system store began to convulse violently.
"SSR!"
"SSR!"
"SSR!"
He Xie learned from the mystical methods he used when spending money on gacha pulls in mobile games, and kept silently chanting what he wanted to get.
He didn't know if it would actually work.
But metaphysics is something you can use without losing anything, and it can even provide some psychological comfort.
"Shake~"
"Shake~"
"Shake~"
After a violent spasm, the blind box in the system store was finally opened.
After that, system notifications about the results of opening the box popped up one after another.
【Completely empty!】x1.
【........】x.....
【Completely empty!】x10.
Damn it!
Ten shots, all empty-handed!
All my investment has been lost!
He Xie was so angry that he lay down and rolled around on the bed, kicking and rolling his legs.
Because his room was close to the living room and the bed creaked from his kicking, he quickly attracted the attention of his three younger sisters outside.
Upon hearing the voice, the three younger sisters immediately looked up at each other, their faces full of confusion.
Among them, the second younger sister, Gu Xinyao, quickly changed her expression to one of disdain and said:
"That guy He Xie, making the bed creak so loudly in the middle of the night, he must be doing some weird things in his room again, it's really outrageous."
"Sister Yao Yao, what are these weird things? If Brother Xie Xie can do it, can I do it too?"
The third sister, Li Muke, asked with some curiosity.
Seeing that her third sister was about to be led astray, the eldest sister, Song Yuxin, quickly spoke up, "Xinyao, don't talk nonsense. Your brother is very serious."
On the other side, inside the room.
Hearing his second sister's slander against him, He Xie's face darkened. He thought to himself that this girl really deserved a beating.
After calming down a bit,
He calmed his mind and, without any instruction, began to practice breathing techniques, inhaling and exhaling the surrounding air.
In an instant.
It was as if a black hole was suspended overhead, drawing in the surrounding air, which gradually gathered into a small vortex.
Then, a thin, light purple line slowly extended from the center of the vortex, disappearing into He Xie's Heavenly Gate.
The next moment, a large number of numerical notification messages popped up.
[Qi and Blood +1!]
[Spirit +1!]
[Poison Resistance +1!]
[Hardness +1!]
[Length +1!]
[Vitality +1!]
[...]
He only took less than half a minute to exhale and breathe.
He Xie could clearly feel that all aspects of his body's attributes were being continuously strengthened by the absorbed spiritual energy.
Although the increase in health and mana is minimal, it's negligible compared to the overall improvement in a creature's level.
However, all other attributes were slightly improved, and the overall benefits far exceeded those of physical training over the same period of time.
If physical training is a waste of time and effort, then breathing exercises are a way to achieve twice the results with half the effort.
The efficiency was several times lower, both inside and out.
He Xie realized this and felt a slight boost in his spirits. He immediately intensified his breathing of the surrounding air.
Time flies.
In the blink of an eye, half an hour had passed.
"Phew~"
He Xie slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a deep breath.
After breathing for a full half hour, the concentration of spiritual energy in his body had reached its limit, and he could no longer absorb any more.
In the following time, all you need to do is wait for the spiritual energy in your body to be fully absorbed and digested.
Then breathe in and out, repeating this process.
"Damn, it stinks."
He Xie suddenly smelled a foul odor, looked down and found that he was covered in a layer of sticky mud.
It looks like the impurities expelled from the human body after a marrow cleansing and bone-refining process, as described in fantasy novels.
It was black and smelly, making it unbearable.
Unable to stand the stench, He Xie quickly got out of bed, grabbed a set of clean clothes, and then ran out of the room towards the bathroom.
His mud-covered appearance immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the living room as soon as he came out.
"Brother Crab, you smell stinky!"
"He Xie, did you just climb out of a cesspool?"
"Brother, are you alright?"
"Bro, what are you doing?"
"You little rascal, always causing trouble, can't you just behave for one day?"
[The contrast from family members is +13 + 54 + 23 + 44 + 32!]
He Xie ignored their complaints and slammed the door shut as he went into the bathroom.
Then I turned on the shower and started rinsing.
Before long, the mud on their bodies was washed away, revealing large areas of clean skin.
Fine pores.
Fair skin.
It feels very smooth to the touch.
He Xie looked down at her skin and felt that it was even more radiant than her adoptive mother, sisters, and cousins.
There's no escaping it.
My body has absolutely undergone a complete transformation.
Breathing techniques are awesome!
If I go out later and let the women and girls in the house touch and see it, they'll be so envious.
As He Xie thought about it, he felt happy and couldn't help but hum a song while taking a shower.
"The girl across the street, are you looking over here...?"
"Look over here...?"
"Look over here...?"
"The performance here is fantastic...?"
Please don't pretend to ignore me...?
Unfortunately, he sang terribly, basically singing off-key the whole time, which made everyone in the living room feel a chill down their spines.
[The contrast from family members is +23, +18, +32, +45, +11.]
"Where did this contrast come from?"
He Xie was stunned for a moment, then his face quickly lit up with a smile.
He thought it must be because he sang too well, which was a stark contrast to his previous tone-deaf persona, creating a strong sense of contrast for everyone in the living room.
So he sang even more energetically.
Everyone: (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻
......
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