Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers, by Tang Wuchen.2

As Luo Chen opened the manual and scanned the first few lines, he couldn’t help but give it an enthusiastic thumbs-up. Anyone with "Chen" in their name, he reasoned, must surely be an extraordinary and refined individual just like himself. Exactly like him, in fact. With such logic in mind, wasn’t this manual practically tailor-made for him?4

Unfortunately, his confidence took a hit the moment he finished reading it.0

The manual meticulously outlined thirty-six concealed weapon techniques, each with distinct execution methods. Mastering them would require obtaining specific concealed weapons and testing them out one by one. The sheer effort made Luo Chen’s head ache.1

"This is way too troublesome," he muttered. "How do other cultivators even extract artifact control techniques from this?"0

With no one around to guide him, Luo Chen had no choice but to take the long road, trial and error. It was going to take time, and a lot of it.1

"What a shame. I was hoping to use this thing to farm some achievement points."2

Indeed, Luo Chen wasn’t just learning these mundane martial arts to slightly improve his combat capabilities. What he really wanted was to use martial arts to grind skill proficiencies and earn enough achievement points.5

Ever since he acquired more alchemy recipes, his once-abundant stockpile of achievement points had started to dwindle. He’d received...0