The Programmer Cultivator

Cultivation Technique: Turtle Water Array Skill (Tier Five)

Cultivation: Tai Chi Lv1 (6.7/300,000)

Skills: Spirit Nurturing Summoning Skill Lv3 (0/50), Jade Demon Vine Lv3 (0/50), Enhancement Skill Lv1 (0/2)

Spiritual Power Recovery: 100 Spiritual Power/3 minutes

Experience Growth: 10 Experience/3 minutes

Looking at the newly equipped Enhancement Skill, Zhang Deming’s face lit up with joy. With a thought, he touched the Enhancement Skill’s Rune.

This time, a trickle of information finally flowed in.

Enhancement Skill: A mutated Technique. Currently, it can only be used to amplify any Technique. A new path, yet to be perfected.

A new path!!!

’So this Technique can be used for Foundation Establishment? Does that mean I could create some kind of ”Enhancer” class in the future?’

’Uh, probably not. I’m completely in the dark about this Technique right now, without the slightest bit of insight into it.’

’Who knows how I’d even pass this Technique on to others?’

Seeing he had over thirty points of Qi Fortune, Zhang Deming used two of them to upgrade the Enhancement Skill.

Enhancement Skill Lv2 (0/10).

He assessed it for a moment. Other than its effect being significantly strengthened, there were no other changes.

He still had plenty of Qi Fortune, so he simply chose to upgrade the Enhancement Skill again.

The Enhancement Skill upgraded again. Once everything settled, Zhang Deming looked at the skill’s stats.

’As expected, besides the effect getting stronger again, there’s still noth—’

’Wait, what the hell is this?’

’Is something wrong with the Cultivation Technique Script?’

Zhang Deming stared at the script’s information, his jaw almost dropping in shock.

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Skills: Spirit Nurturing Summoning Skill Lv3 (0/50), Jade Demon Vine Lv3 (0/50), Enhancement Skill Lv3 (0/500)

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’Why the hell does the next upgrade for the Enhancement Skill cost five hundred Qi Fortune?’

’Is there a data error, or what?’

’Isn’t going from Tier Three to Tier Four the same as going from Secret Level to Law Level? Other Techniques only cost fifty!’

Zhang Deming checked several times and confirmed he wasn’t seeing things—it really did cost five hundred Qi Fortune.

Refusing to believe it, he touched the Enhancement Skill with his consciousness, and the information popped up again.

Enhancement Skill: A mutated Technique. Currently, it can only be used to amplify any Technique. A new path, yet to be perfected.

Nothing had changed. He still had no insight into the Enhancement Skill.

If it weren’t for the fact that this Rune was in his Dantian and, like a semi-passive ability, could be used with a single thought, he would have no idea how to use this Technique at all.

But for his other semi-passive skills, he at least had the corresponding insights. He could use those insights to teach an apprentice or create a Spirit Nurturing Bead.

But with the Enhancement Skill, there was nothing. It was like a legendary Superpower from his past life that he could just inexplicably use.

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Deming’s gaze fell upon the seven words: ”A new path, yet to be perfected.”

’The five hundred Qi Fortune is probably required because I’m pioneering a new path, right?’

He shook his head and stopped dwelling on it. That was a problem for the distant future.

For now, other than its enhancement effect being greatly strengthened, the Tier Three Enhancement Skill had no other special changes.

However, the current Enhancement Skill could now double the effect of other Techniques.

He checked his energies. Merit: 1.9, Qi Fortune: 22.2.

’I need to keep one Merit point in reserve, so I can’t open another equipment slot.’

’My Qi Fortune Light Balls are quite plentiful, but not enough to squander. If I’m not mistaken, upgrading the Spiritual Shield and the Feather Fall Skill should each cost ten points.’

After a moment of thought, Zhang Deming made a decision.

”10 Ordinary Energy, small plugin can be edited.

Editing conditions met!

...”

As the energy ball vanished, Zhang Deming skillfully began re-editing the semi-passive framework for his Feather Fall Skill.

’ {

if (provide Spiritual Qi)

{ then, Feather Fall Skill runs, and Spiritual Power determines the strength of the Technique’s effect }

else { then, Feather Fall Skill stops running }

} ’

He checked the code and selected ”Test Run.”

The code didn’t form a ball of light at all. Instead, it scattered into countless specks of light that flew toward his back.

At the same time, the mini Light Wings at his heels began to vibrate rapidly and detached.

They hovered behind his back, and the countless runic specks of light flew directly into the mini Light Wings.

The Light Wings grew continuously, eventually becoming a pair of half-sized wings embedded in Zhang Deming’s back.

Everything completed smoothly, without a single error.

Only then did Zhang Deming relievedly click ”Upload Complete.”

Just like in the test run, a pair of Light Wings appeared on Zhang Deming’s back. He could control their size, with their limit ranging from miniature to half-sized.

Zhang Deming extended the Light Wings to their maximum size. When spread, they were barely the length of his arms.

Of course, Zhang Deming was referring to the Technique’s normal operation. At his Mastery Level, if he just wanted them for show, he could create a pair of enormous wings.

But not only would that consume more Spiritual Power, the effect would also become a real pain.

With the appearance of the Light Wings, Zhang Deming felt his entire body become lighter. When operating them at full power, it was as if he were a feather.

From this point on, the ground’s hold on Zhang Deming was weakened to its absolute limit.

Although he couldn’t fly yet, short-distance gliding and the like should be no problem. Flying training also needed to be added to his schedule.

He then selected the Spiritual Shield, consumed ten Qi Fortune Light Balls, and re-edited it as well.

After finishing all this, he only had two Qi Fortune points left.

Moreover, both were ’Sequence’ type points, which Zhang Deming had intentionally saved.

His Qi Fortune wasn’t exactly abundant now, but it was still acceptable.

The ’Sequence’ Light Balls appeared occasionally, so they were no longer in short supply.

The only one that was rare was ’Loop’; he had only ever seen one.

With a flick of his wrist, the ”Heart Eye Numerology” appeared in his hand.

”1 Ordinary Energy, small plugin can be edited.

Editing conditions met!

...”

Zhang Deming: Dantian > {Heart Eye Numerology}

After a moment of thought, he edited the Technique.

{ then, consume Spiritual Power, Heart Eye Numerology effect appears; stop Spiritual Power, Heart Eye Numerology effect disappears. }

He checked the code and selected ”Test Run.”

The Rune directly condensed into the shape of a heart and embedded itself inside Zhang Deming’s own heart, residing together with the Spiritual Shield.

After the transformation was complete, the runic heart beat faintly. The test run simulation wasn’t over yet. In the simulation, the editor itself began to undergo a strange change.

’What’s this?’

’The editor is resonating with the Array Dao?’

’That’s right, how did I not think of this before!’

’I should have thought of it when I saw the Quantum Notebook deciphering Arrays with code!’

’They can be linked!’

When the test run finished, Zhang Deming selected ”Upload Complete.” The Heart Eye Numerology transformed into a heart-shaped Rune that had a faint resonance with the editor and embedded itself in his heart.

Perhaps because it was too fundamental, there were no other major changes.

With a thought, the runic heart beat faintly. Runes surged in his eyes, and Zhang Deming discovered that he could now see traces of the numerous Arrays surrounding his Cave Mansion.

He tested it for a while before stopping.

He glanced at his energies. Merit: 1.9, Qi Fortune: 1.2.

He was instantly back to being broke. He shook his head. ’It seems you can never have enough Energy, only not enough,’ he thought. ’This stuff is just like money.’

After this round of upgrades, all of Zhang Deming’s main Techniques were at Tier Three, bringing him closer to the level of a Duality Great Cultivator.

Not counting his Summoning, his current foundational strength had already far surpassed that of a Tai Chi One Life Cultivator. He could probably even defeat a Tai Chi Second Life Cultivator.

He closed the editor, went out into the courtyard, and began testing and practicing his Techniques.

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Zhang Deming once again laid low. The days passed quickly. He also began to perfect his ”Zhang Wu” identity bit by bit, slowly establishing a social circle. Although the traces were faint, anyone who investigated carefully would still be able to find something.

In the blink of an eye, more than two months had passed since Li Shifan’s breakthrough. Making a move now shouldn’t arouse any suspicion.

As Zhang Deming’s number one sheep, he had no intention of letting him go. He was in desperate need of Merit.

He focused his mind inward, arriving at the Xuanhua Tower in his Spirit Nurturing Space. Zhang Deming then changed his appearance to that of Elder Huang.

After some thought, he waved his hand again, summoning Feng Mingyou’s mirror image light cluster and merging it directly into his body.