I Have Infinite Skill Points

"Wang Lan—"

Suddenly, Yu Ruoyun called out again.

"Coming, coming..."

"Wang Lan, look!" Yu Ruoyun pointed at the altar where they had been clearing the stones. A pattern resembling immortal runes was revealed on the cleaned-up spot.

"What's wrong? Isn't this just an ordinary relief?"

"No, I've read ancient texts before. During Ancient Times, the civilization of cultivation was extremely prosperous, but the evolution of writing had just begun. People couldn't use simple characters to convey complex language."

"In the civilization of cultivation, they had a unique method of recording language called runes. A rune doesn't represent a character but can store spiritual consciousness within it."

"Wang Lan, look at this pattern in the lines; it very much resembles a rune."

"Like a Soul Bead engraving?"

"Right. Soul Beads are great for saving Star Martial Skills, but runes are like the USB drives of our age."

"Soul Bead engravings first require a Soul Bead. But what do you do when you have no Soul Beads? Rune engravings, however, just need you to carve the runes, although... nobody knows how to carve them."

"The use of runes is clearly recorded in the Yanhuang Period, where Yanhuang engaged in war along the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. Yan was ambushed and trapped by Huang at Qiu Mountain. Yan then drew a rune in the air, conveying messages over thousands of miles, summoning Qingniao for aid and was thus relieved from the encirclement!"

"From this description, it's clear that runes were used not only for recording but for many other purposes, such as transmitting messages over long distances."

"Feels... almost like the work of immortals," Wang Lan couldn't help but snark.

"After all, to ordinary people in Ancient Times, Star Martial Warriors were like immortals. Let's clean up and look for how to read these runes. Perhaps what's recorded in the runes is the basic Cultivation Technique we're in dire need of."

Wang Lan and Yu Ruoyun quickly got to work. After cleaning the altar thoroughly, a look of regret appeared in their eyes.

What was previously just the tip of the iceberg led Yu Ruoyun to guess it was a rune. After cleaning, Yu Ruoyun was sure it was a rune. But... the rune inscribed on the altar was already shattered.

As if struck by a violent impact, densely packed cracks began to spread out from the center of the altar, and over a dozen runes were divided by the cracks. With the runes broken, whatever was recorded inside was certainly gone.

All destroyed! What a pity. Yu Ruoyun inwardly lamented the loss. Still unwilling to give up, she concentrated her spiritual intent on each rune, only to be met with emptiness in return.

"All destroyed! What a pity."

"Let me try." Seeing Yu Ruoyun step back, Wang Lan stepped forward, summoned his spiritual power, and then plunged headfirst into the runes.

BOOM—

In an instant, a bright white light appeared before his eyes, hazy and seemingly empty of anything.

"What's wrong? Did you read it? What did you see?" Yu Ruoyun, seeing the expression on Wang Lan's face, immediately asked in a tense manner.

Wang Lan shook his head. "No, I just saw a vast whiteness; I couldn't see anything... It seems like you said, the runes have been destroyed."

"Vast whiteness? What vast whiteness?" Yu Ruoyun's face showed astonishment. In the next moment, she burst into ecstatic joy. "Can you read runes? Can you see what's engraved within the runes?"

"Can't!" Wang Lan replied decisively.

"Can't? But you just said..."

"I only saw a hazy white light, nothing more."

"No, the fact that you saw the hazy white light means you did read the content of the rune. I didn't sense anything just now; these reliefs are just like ordinary reliefs."

"The hazy white light you saw, if I'm not wrong, should be the engraved space inside the rune. The reason why you saw nothing is that this rune is broken. The Spiritual Engravings inside have dissipated."

"Is that so? Then let me check the next one."

Wang Lan channeled his spiritual power, diving headfirst into each of the damaged runes.

"Empty—"

"Still empty..."

"Ruoyun, are you sure I'm not just seeing this white light because I hit my head too hard? They're all empty."

"Wouldn't you know if you've dazed yourself? Keep going. This rune looks relatively intact. Quick, see if there's anything inside?"

"Alright!"

BOOM—

As he plunged into this one, stars burst before his eyes. The world was a blur of white, just like before. But just as Wang Lan was about to pull out, suddenly, something seemed to fly over from afar in that world.

Golden runes transformed into streaks of light, rushing toward him. Before Wang Lan could react, he was struck as if by a Pegasus Meteor Fist and was thoroughly dazed on the spot.

Immortal Cloud Mysterious Green Record, Qi Cultivation Chapter...

Discover a cultivable technique. Would you like to spend one skill point to learn?

"Yes!"

Just one skill point? Wang Lan didn't hesitate to agree.

BOOM—

In his mind, the information exploded. On the system's skill page, a brand new page appeared.

Method Chapter!

Immortal Cloud Mysterious Green Record Qi Cultivation Chapter, Black Iron Tier One.

With such an awesome name, you're only Black Iron Tier One? Wang Lan's consciousness then delved into the memory of the Immortal Cloud Mysterious Green Record Qi Cultivation Chapter. After a while, he began to understand.

The main difference between the Method Chapter and the Skill Chapter is that the Black Iron and Bronze tiers in the Method Chapter do not solely indicate the quality of the Cultivation Technique, but rather the Cultivation Level of the cultivator's practice. With the same technique, some people integrate it thoroughly to reach the Gold level, and others achieve an extremely profound understanding to reach the Platinum level.

Therefore, the role of a good Cultivation Technique becomes clear. It's just like in martial arts novels, where one person practices ordinary internal strength techniques, and another practices Jiuyang Divine Power. Even if both are at the Bronze Cultivation Level, the one practicing Jiuyang Divine Power could absolutely defeat the one practicing ordinary internal strength techniques.

When Wang Lan opened his eyes, Yu Ruoyun's face was less than ten centimeters away from his.

Startled by Wang Lan suddenly opening his eyes, Yu Ruoyun took a step back, her face turning red. "How was it? Did you gain anything?"

"The Immortal Cloud Mysterious Green Record's Qi Cultivation Chapter is a method that uses breathing and the recitation of incantations to absorb the natural Star Power from the world through the body's system, converting it into Star Power."

"If what's recorded is true, our reliance on Soul Beads as Star Martial Warriors will drop to the minimum. Star Martial Warriors from ordinary families won't have to overdraw on their cell life to extract Soul Beads and will still be able to obtain a stable source of Star Power."

"Really?" Joy blossomed on Yu Ruoyun's face.

Yu Ruoyun understood what Wang Lan had just said more clearly and profoundly than he did.

How reliant are Star Martial Warriors on Soul Beads in the early stages? Without Soul Beads, no matter how talented or perceptive Yu Ruoyun is, she wouldn't even be able to reach the Star Cloud Stage, let alone the peak of the Galaxy Stage.

Don't look at so many talents who reach the Star Cloud Stage during high school—all of them are propped up by Soul Beads. Without Soul Beads, everyone's limit would be at most the early to mid-stages of the Star Shine Stage.

Those from ordinary and poor families, unable to provide Soul Beads, can only serve as stepping stones for so-called geniuses.

That's the reality.

Exactly for this reason, many geniuses take the opportunity during college to soar into the sky like dragons, rising ninety thousand miles with the help of the wind and clouds.

In the early stages, due to the lack of combat experience and insufficient combat skills, it's not possible for a group of inexperienced and unskilled Star Shine and Starlight warriors to go to training grounds or Different Dimensional Spaces to hunt Exotic Beasts.

The imbalance of resources will only make the gap in talents wider and wider.

But... the Immortal Cloud Mysterious Green Record Wang Lan now obtained could change all of that. If one could indeed absorb Star Power from the vastness of the heavens and the earth, the imbalance of resources would be completely shattered.

Many talented commoners will come forward and shine brightly in the early stages. They would then be discovered by good schools, grow earlier, and become stronger faster.

Thinking of all this, Yu Ruoyun's excitement made her tremble uncontrollably. Yet Wang Lan let out a long sigh.

"What a pity... Originally, each of these more than ten runes should have been engraved with a Cultivation Technique, and it might even have been the complete inheritance of the Fairy Cloud Sect. But now, only the Qi Cultivation Chapter is left."

"It's good enough we found this one..." Although she said this, her face showed reluctance as she caressed the runes.

"Don't move!" Wang Lan suddenly shouted. He pressed his fingers together like a sword and touched Yu Ruoyun's forehead. A spiritual intent was shot into Yu Ruoyun's Spiritual Sea of Consciousness, transferring the recently acquired Immortal Cloud Mysterious Green Record Qi Cultivation Chapter into her mind.

"This is something we obtained together; it should rightfully belong to both of us."

BONG—

Suddenly, the sound of a bell rang overhead, and its resonating waves rippled outward.

Wang Lan released his fingers and looked up in confusion. "Is it twenty-four hours already? I feel like it hasn't been long since the last bell."

"It hasn't been long," Yu Ruoyun also said, her face puzzled.

HUM—

Suddenly, a buzzing sound arose, and a white light descended from the sky, instantly enveloping the entire hall. Wang Lan and Yu Ruoyun looked up nervously as the top of the hall vanished swiftly in the white light. Strangely, they weren't affected by the white light.

Then, a powerful suction force came. Wang Lan, in a hurry, grabbed Yu Ruoyun's hand. Blinded by the intense white light, they lost consciousness.

「Modu City's Star Martial Academy was shrouded in clouds.」

In the past two days, who knows how many important figures had arrived at the Star Martial Academy.

For ordinary students of the Modu City Star Martial Academy, they could only understand that Princess Yu Ruoyun of the Jade Country royal family had encountered misfortune in the Nine-layer Pagoda. Although Princess Yu Ruoyun was of high status, the Republican Era had long since replaced the time of royalty and princesses.

As for the other dozens of students who met with disaster, perhaps all of them together were not as important as a single Princess Yu. Otherwise, the Nine-layer Pagoda opens every year, and students die inside every year, so why is it that this year, in particular, the entire academy is cloaked in gloom?

Not many students cared about one inconspicuous Wang Lan on the list.

But at least one person cared.

「Girls' dormitory, room 305.」

Jiang Xinyu sat by the window with her hair disheveled, gazing outside, her eyes hollow and lost.

In just two short days, Jiang Xinyu had become as haggard as if her lamp had run out of oil.

"Xinyu, you need to be strong. This is the destiny of Star Martial Warriors, a fate no one can avoid. Wang Lan was my student, but he was also a warrior."

"None of us wanted him to perish on the battlefield, but a warrior's death is inevitable. You should pull yourself together and fulfill the wishes he couldn't complete," Sun Li said to Jiang Xinyu with a solemn face.

"The wishes he couldn't complete... Teacher, do you know what Wang Lan's unfinished wishes were?"

"..." Sun Li hesitated for a while, then shook her head. "I don't know. But he probably hoped to become a strong Star Martial Warrior, to become a hero remembered by history, right?"

"His dream was very simple. He hoped to have a stable income in the future, find an ordinary wife, have two children—a boy and a girl—and then live quietly until retirement at sixty. After that, he could travel the world with his wife. If there was still time left, he would consider what to do next."

"He never thought about becoming a hero. That was before he awakened his Star Martial talents... Teacher, I don't believe he's dead. He's still alive."