Urban Sims

pain.

My whole body felt swollen and numb.

Like thousands of ants gnawing at the heart, life is worse than death.

Zhou Ming, who had not experienced this feeling for a long time, just opened his eyes, rolled his eyes again, and passed out.

When he opened his eyes again, what caught Zhou Ming's eyes was the wooden strips on the top of the bed, not the sky at the edge of the field.

He was saved.

He was carried to the room and placed on a soft bed covered with thick thatch. The wounds on his body were cleaned and bandaged, and even his underwear was changed.

"Who saved me? Isn't the original owner of this body an orphan?"

Zhou Ming, who digested some of the memories in the original owner's mind, also learned some basic information about the young man.

17 years old.

Orphans abandoned by people from other villages in the village of Limburg.

His name is "Zhang Shanhe", his surname was given by the old bachelor who picked him up, and his given name was carved from a jade pendant on his body... This should be the name given to him by his biological parents.

The old bachelor raised him until he was 12 years old and then died. After that, Zhang Shanhe went to the east of the village to have a meal today and to the west of the village to have a meal tomorrow. In addition, he went to the mountains to hunt and went down to the river to fish to support himself. He had a flexible mind and a smooth tongue. Most of the villagers dislike him very much, but there are also a small number of villagers who care about him.

To describe him in one sentence, he is: a poor boy who has no stable job and no permanent income, and relies on his words and a little ability to survive in the wild... a poor boy.

The word "diaosi" cannot be overstated to describe him.

However, he was born with a good skin, he did not do heavy work and took good care of himself. He also liked to be clean, and he had a smooth mouth, so he was very popular among the girls in the village.

Zhang Shanhe, on the other hand, fell in love with Tian Nier, the most beautiful girl in the village.

Tian Nier also had a crush on him. When the two fell in love deeply, they also swore to God that they would never betray each other and that they would spend this life together and grow old together.

but……

Zhou Ming almost wanted to scold him: "You are a poor boy with no house, property or savings. Which girl is willing to be with you? Even if you have a house and several acres of land, Tian Nier may not choose Lin Is it possible for a young man to want a girl to marry you with a smooth mouth and a good skin?"

"It is really possible, host. In the game copy, regarding the emotions between men and women, the system found after statistics that a considerable number of women do not have any material requirements for the male objects they admire." The system suddenly inserted.

"What's the result? What are the final results of these hormone-based romances?" Zhou Ming asked coldly.

"Well, most of them have no results."

"That's a lot of nonsense."

"Host, this is not nonsense. The system is saying that it is possible. Please don't underestimate the attraction of a good skin to some women. This attraction often transcends material things."

"System, please treat me quickly. There is no part of my body that is not painful."

Zhou Ming changed the topic. He knew that what the system said was right to a certain extent. He also had a good skin in the game copy... but the system's words were a bit irritating to the veterans.

The system releases a tingling current from the spine and throughout the body. On the one hand, it blocks pain, and on the other hand, it speeds up the repair of cells.

Zhou Ming felt much more comfortable.

…

"Shanhe, you're awake, great!"

Near meal time, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl came into the room and saw Zhou Ming opening her eyes, and she screamed in surprise.

Zhou Ming rolled his eyes and saw that this girl was wearing a plain skirt and had a beautiful face. Because she had just returned from farm work, there was some glistening sweat on her forehead. Her wheat-colored skin was not very white, but she looked very healthy, with bulging breasts. Zhou Ming's first impression of this young girl was very good.

Xia Xiaoyan.

Searching the remaining memories in his mind, Zhou Ming immediately remembered her name... one of the many girls in the village who had a good relationship with him.

He was also the savior who carried him home.

Mountains and rivers...

Hearing the girl address him so kindly, it goes without saying that this girl must have deep feelings and admiration for Zhang Shanhe.

Otherwise, why would she carry Zhang Shanhe, who was seriously injured and on the verge of death, back to her home if they were not relatives?

Zhou Ming nodded to the girl, his clear eyes showed no sadness or anger, only calmness like the surface of a lake.

This made the girl even more excited and happy. She came over and said to him: "Shanhe, my father just caught a hare. I'm going to get some broth for you to drink."

After saying that, the girl jumped up and ran to the kitchen.

In the next few days, under the girl's careful care, Zhou Ming's injuries healed quickly, and the name "Tian Nier" was never mentioned once.

Xia Xiaoyan became even happier, as cheerful as a little bird every day, and said to Zhou Ming very shyly: "Shanhe, don't think about that woman anymore, just stay in my house from now on, I will support you."

I raise you?

Zhou Ming opened his eyes wide and looked at the girl in front of him. Her beautiful face was full of beautiful longing for the future life... and she was fully prepared for the hardships such a life would require.

"My Xia family does not raise idlers. Zhang Shanhe, when you recover from your injury, you can either go hunting with me in the mountains or help take care of those acres of land. If you continue to idle around, I will kick you out!" Xia's father dressed as a hunter. , said with a bad look, his eyes full of disgust.

"Abba~"

The girl muttered dissatisfiedly, "Shanhe's injuries haven't healed yet."

"Uncle Xia, I understand." Zhou Ming said. This feeling of being rejected is really not good.

…

More than ten days later.

With good care, Zhou Ming's injuries were more than half healed.

I can get down to the ground and simply walk.

Cultivation was immediately put on the agenda.

The system told him some not-so-good news.

"Host, the body you injected into has a wood constitution, but its qualifications are quite average. You can try the technique "Wood Heart Jue". This technique can be practiced up to the early stage of liquid condensation."

"But with the qualifications of this body, it is considered good to be able to practice to the late stage of Qi refining, but it will still take a lot of time."

The system said.

Zhou Ming paused and asked: "System, are qualifications so important? If qualifications are not good, it means that you will not be able to reach a high level of cultivation?"

"Yes, it can be said that if qualifications were not important, this plane would probably be full of sword-flying practitioners, but not even one person in a million could reach that level."

"Can you make up for it by working hard?"

"Yes, but the hope is very slim. Not one out of 10,000 people can do it. For this reason, some people have taken evil paths."

"Let me give it a try first. I am the protagonist, and the protagonist has mysterious bonuses!"

Zhou Ming said in his heart.

Sit cross-legged on the bed, put your hands together, and start practicing in a five-body Tianxin posture.

Run "Mu Xin Jue" to release spiritual perception and introduce the "spiritual essence" scattered among all things in the world into your body.

This feeling is so mysterious that most people who are practicing for the first time cannot sense the existence of "Ling Yuan" at all... This level of perception blocks the path of cultivation for 99% of people.

Even those with outstanding talents will have to spend about three days before they can sense the existence of "Ling Yuan".

But it only took Zhou Ming less than an hour to sense the "Ling Yuan".

It’s not that he is extremely talented, like no one in a billion.

It's because of the system's "information sharing" function that the side character Ye Kong's insights during his training can be imported into Zhou Ming's mind, allowing him to easily grasp that point.

The next step of "introducing Qi into the body" also went very smoothly, and a trace of spiritual energy entered Zhou Ming's body.

The last step is to make these spiritual energy form a circuit in the body according to the meridian routes described in "Mu Xin Jue", nourish the body, and continue to grow.

If this kind of spiritual circuit in the body can maintain stable operation, the spiritual energy flow gathers and does not disperse, and maintains a growing trend, it means that you have completed the "foundation building"... and the foundation building level is stuck at 60%. people.

Of course, Zhou Ming, who was in a state of information sharing and experience sharing, could not hold him back at the level of foundation building, and completed the foundation building in three days.

Then there is the formal practice. Through meditation, the spiritual energy flow in the body is strengthened every day, and one's own strength is enhanced every day.

Zhou Ming was very satisfied with this progress. He felt that his consciousness, body, and reactions were increasing every day, and he was slowly surpassing the scope of "ordinary people."

But after the system created a "Cultivation Progress Comparison Chart", Zhou Ming discovered why the system said this body had "average qualifications."

Looking at the data of "daily net increase in spiritual energy", in the past three days, the spiritual energy in Zhou Ming's body has increased by 0.5, 0.7, and 0.8 units respectively.

What about the reference group Ye Kong?

The increases in these three days are: 640, 710, and 725.

The speed of cultivation is thousands of times that of Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming also immediately discovered the problem: "It's unfair to compare the system like this. Ye Kong is already in the late stage of Qi refining, and I'm just getting started. He has a cave with an unusually high amount of spiritual energy, and he also has spiritual stones as assistance. I'm in How is it possible for a mortal with low spiritual energy content to be able to surpass him in cultivation speed?"

He also added: "When I have a cave and a large number of spiritual stones, my cultivation speed will never be slower than his!"

"Host, you still don't understand. The speed of cultivation has nothing to do with the concentration of spiritual energy. It is only related to the amount of spiritual energy that your spiritual consciousness can 'lock'. The spiritual energy particles are extremely tiny and are not bound by spiritual consciousness. It is easy to It will dissipate, so the system uses the term 'net increase'. Of course, in places where the concentration of spiritual energy is high, the cultivation speed will increase appropriately, but it will not be that exaggerated."

"So, even under the exact same conditions, Ye Kong's cultivation speed is more than a hundred times that of your host."

“That’s the difference between exceptional talent and average talent.”

Zhou Ming was stunned and murmured: "System, according to you, compared to Ye Kong, I am actually a loser?"

"You can say that." The system said.

"Then should I consider committing suicide and find a body with better talent?" Zhou Ming asked.

"The system recommends suicide."

Damn it! System, do you want to be so straightforward?

"System, please remove that 'Cultivation Progress Comparison Table' quickly. Don't affect my practice!"

Zhou Ming felt that he could work harder and not beat the loser to death with a stick.

As for suicide, doesn’t it hurt?