Chapter 48: Hell Difficulty
Mark stared blankly at the spot where the system had just disappeared. He should clearly be happy, but he just had this strange feeling.
What was the best weapon Mark had ever had? A nail clipper, scissors, or a kitchen knife? Did those things even count as weapons?
Clearly, the system wasn’t planning to give him anything too impressive either, because any ordinary weapon would be the first weapon Mark had ever owned, so it would definitely be the best one he’d ever had.
Seeing that the system didn’t even bother to stay for a second to listen to his flattery, the corners of Mark’s mouth curled up slightly.
"Haha, thanks. Having something is better than having nothing."
Even though Mark knew that weapon definitely wasn’t the kind forged with spirit stones for top hunters to use, he was actually a little curious about it.
"Now I’ll just try my best to memorize the cultivation technique. I need to get out of this place as soon as possible."
Mark’s determined eyes constantly swept over the lines of text like the lens of a camera taking pictures of everything.
On the rooftop of the high-rise apartment building, Nexus found the system’s hurried behavior just now a little amusing as well. He hadn’t expected that his first disciple, who didn’t have the slightest bit of combat ability, could actually make the system panic like that.
"You’re more thoughtful than I thought. You even have surprise tests with rewards?"
[Of course. I, the intelligent system, know the past, present, and future. Of course I’ll prepare everything more thoroughly than my stupid master.]
Being called stupid again, Nexus reacted a little differently this time. He didn’t argue back and simply nodded in response.
"Right."
Nexus had indeed never needed to prepare anything from the beginning. Every place he had gone to in his plane had been completely random.
People only prepare when they aren’t confident enough that they can deal with every bad situation. But for Nexus, something called a bad situation had never existed.
In his soul state, he didn’t need to eat or sleep, so Mark could devote all his attention to memorizing everything.
The further he went, the harder he felt it was because he had to remember more and more information. But no matter how difficult it was, as long as Mark put in the effort, he could remember everything accurately. It seemed like the capacity of his memory was endless right now.
From midnight, Mark studied hard until the sun appeared and greeted him. Even when the sun said goodbye and disappeared from sight, he was still studying.
Mark had never thought he could stay in one place and memorize things for this long. Through this challenge from Nexus, he realized that he was more persistent than he had imagined.
Just like that, a week passed, and Mark had memorized nearly three-quarters of the cultivation technique. After this period of time, he was no longer embarrassed when other people’s eyes happened to fall on him.
"Just a little more and I’ll be done. After that, I can cultivate and become stronger."
Mark muttered, his eyes filled with hope for the future. He felt that his composure had improved quite a lot.
Even though Mark had never actually cultivated before, he had a blind confidence that everything would be easy because he had already memorized all the theory.
"Not bad. Increase the difficulty a little."
"Huh? Master?"
Nexus’s calm voice rang out in Mark’s mind, making Mark feel a chill run down his spine even though he no longer had a body.
"Calm down, calm down. I’ve been naked in the middle of the street for a whole week already; what could be worse than this?"
Mark muttered to reassure himself, but that feeling of an extremely terrifying danger lurking nearby didn’t disappear at all.
Maybe it was because he was in a soul state, causing Mark’s instincts to be stronger than ever, which was why this situation had appeared.
While Mark was worried, Nexus and the system had joined hands to give the beloved first disciple of the Cultivation Academy a huge gift.
Within Mark’s field of vision, an extremely familiar figure appeared. That person’s appearance not only attracted Mark’s attention but also attracted the attention of everyone passing by.
It was morning now, and one of the busiest times of the day. Thousands of people, including Mark, had to rub their eyes because they couldn’t believe what was happening before them.
That familiar figure left Mark completely shocked. It was none other than the figure he usually saw whenever he looked into a mirror. More precisely, it was his body that had just appeared in the middle of the street.
"Master! System! Are you two trying to kill me?!!!"
Mark threw his head back and screamed at the sky miserably as if he had never screamed so desperately in his life.
What the hell, how could they just casually leave their disciple standing naked in the middle of the street like this? This was such a blatant violation of privacy, he absolutely had to sue Nexus and the system in court!
Of course, that was only the desperate thought in Mark’s heart. Lawsuits only had meaning for humans, and Nexus, the system, and Ziz weren’t even human. Right now, Mark didn’t even dare open his eyes to look at anything anymore.
"Look over there! Is that skinny guy high?"
"Probably. With that haggard look on his face, there’s no way he’s not."
"Hey, take out your phone and record a video. You don’t get to see something like this often."
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Hearing the chaotic voices of thousands of people, Mark’s soul turned red as if it were about to be roasted from embarrassment.
He really wanted to shout: I’m malnourished! I don’t even have money for food, so where would I get money to do drugs?
"You think you’ve become calmer over the past week, but that was only the beginning. This is your next training. In this situation, memorize the rest of the cultivation technique."
Nexus’s voice rang out in Mark’s mind once again, making Mark angry but too afraid to curse at him. Things were already a complete mess, and if he dared curse at his master, there would definitely be something even crazier waiting for Mark.
"Master! Please let me go. Who trains people like this?"
"Cultivating means stepping onto the path to becoming an immortal. If you want to become an immortal, first, stop being a human. Otherwise, what right do you have to become an immortal?"