I am a demonic cultivator, not a capitalist with a conscience.

Chapter 103 You're Getting Better and Better at Torturing People (615)

Knowing he was doomed, Chen Yu's mind calmed down.

The Day of Self-Examination has officially arrived. The Fire God has merged the dreams of various states together to provide all second-year high school students with a large-scale trial of self-examination.

The students of Tianyuan City, who had been waiting anxiously, nervously entered a dream, and then felt a sense of familiarity.

Although they had no memories of the outside world, the unforgettable experience they had already gone through immediately surfaced, making them feel as if they had been there before.

More than 70% of this dream came from "The Immortal Clan of Immortality." The Fire God Lord expanded the dream based on this dream, which greatly helped the students of Tianyuan City who entered the dream for the second time.

Having already been tested once, their Dao heart would naturally become even stronger. When they ended their dream and returned to reality, they saw that their morality score had increased by 2 to 10 points, and their gratitude was beyond words.

[Thank you so much, Chen Yu! My greatest luck is living in the same city as you.]

Thank you, Chenguang. You've worked hard.

[Six points! I'm so lucky this time!]

[Actually, in my dream I felt like I was about to die, but I unexpectedly got three extra points.]

[I'm eligible for a third-tier university... Thank you.]

……

Each expression of gratitude amplified Chen Yu's accumulated positive emotions.

But not enough.

There are approximately one thousand second-year high school students in Tianyuan City. The positive emotions provided by students in this category total nearly one hundred thousand, but the negative emotions provided by other regions are even greater.

As Chen Yu watched his negative emotions rise, he felt a bitter taste in his mouth.

If it weren't for that damned Xu Zilong, I would already be eating hotpot, singing songs, happily spending all my money, and enjoying boundless joy.

One million!
That's a million mana that can be used at will!
As time went by, when the negative emotions accumulated to 600,000, the final star deity's affirmation arrived.

[An unknown star deity is very satisfied with your dream, positive emotions +287111].

Positive emotions surged to their peak at this moment, and negative and positive emotions merged into one, with a total of 1.88 million units of magical power rushing towards Chen Yu like a raging torrent, pouring over him and causing him to immediately enter a dream.

It's the same familiar bamboo forest.

It's still the same Teacher Zhao.

It's still the familiar "Body Cultivation".

However, this time, Teacher Zhao is a million times more terrifying than the Teacher Zhao of the past.

As soon as he entered, he saw that Teacher Zhao was completely red, and the heat swirled around him, distorting the air above his head.

At this moment, Teacher Zhao was more like a demon god than ever before, even more terrifying.

Seeing Teacher Zhao like this, Chen Yu really wanted to ask him: Are you really at the peak of Qi Refining?

Where exactly are your limits, Teacher Zhao!

As Chen Yu walked in, Teacher Zhao's illusion said, "Chen Yu, today I will teach you about system tactics. This tactic utilizes your system."

"What?!" Chen Yu exclaimed in shock, "I still have a system!"

"That's right. The human body has nine major systems: musculoskeletal, circulatory, digestive, respiratory, nervous, urinary, endocrine, reproductive, and immune systems. Cultivators, on the other hand, have a mana circulation system based on their spiritual roots, making a total of ten."

"Ah, oh, these are the systems." "Although the nine systems seem independent, they all share a core element: temperature! For every degree the temperature increases, the system's power increases by ten percent. If you can raise your body temperature to 61 degrees Celsius, all your strength will increase to ten times your base level! Your immune system will be so strong that it can eat all viruses like candy!"

"That sounds impressive, but someone with 61 degrees Celsius would have died long ago!"

"It's alright. Your self-healing ability increases as the temperature rises. As long as my body heals fast enough, the Honkai can't catch up with me!"

Seeing that Teacher Zhao was completely red, Chen Yu understood.

The thought of turning his body into flames sent chills down his spine.

When a fever reaches 40 degrees Celsius, you need to call for your great-grandmother; at 41 degrees, you start talking nonsense; 42 degrees is the temperature at which the brain is cooked; then comes profuse sweating and dehydration; the person is already four-tenths cooked before even going to the crematorium.

The body cultivator has strong physical fitness and can probably withstand a temperature of 48 degrees Celsius, but he probably won't be able to do it after that.

Now, you want me to hold out until it reaches 61 degrees Celsius?
Chen Yu tried to retreat immediately, but Teacher Zhao, who was already in a state of high temperature, was not about to let him have his way.

With a light flick of his foot, the other person appeared beside Chen Yu like a ghost, grinning maliciously at him.

"Right now, my body temperature is 51 degrees Celsius, and my physical condition is four times normal. In this state, you're as slow as a snail in my eyes. How can you possibly compete with me!"

"I didn't want to fight you, I wanted to run away!"

"You can't run away now. Obediently learn the system's combat tactics from me. Once you master the core, even a novice can defeat a master with random punches."

A large amount of magical power began to bloom, and the spiritual root within his body began to be activated. With a spiritual root score of 92, Chen Yu's learning ability improved rapidly after absorbing a large amount of magical power.

The core skill of the system's combat tactics, [Body Temperature Regulation], was revealed to Chen Yu without reservation by Teacher Zhao. A large number of secrets related to the body flooded into Chen Yu's mind, and with the blessing of his spiritual root, he firmly remembered them.

Spiritual roots are the foundation of a cultivator. With spiritual roots, a cultivator can transform spiritual energy into magical power and then store it in the dantian.

Spiritual roots can also absorb magical power. Once a spiritual root absorbs magical power, it will enhance the cultivator's comprehension and learning ability according to the amount of magical power absorbed, allowing the cultivator to improve more quickly.

Chen Yu's spiritual root quality is as high as 92. After the spiritual root was activated, Chen Yu quickly comprehended the system's combat techniques and incorporated everything in it into his body.

He quickly grasped the essence of the nine systems, and his understanding of the body continued to improve. He went from being completely clueless about the essence of temperature regulation to becoming proficient and eventually mastering it.

In his skill list, the system combat tactic suddenly appeared, and the level of its core skill, Temperature Regulation, kept increasing, soon reaching level five.

With each level increase in temperature adjustment, the upper limit of the adjustable temperature increases by 4 degrees.

Chen Yu can now easily raise his body temperature by 20 degrees, reaching 57 degrees, and his physical skills have also increased by 7.4 times.

However, the consequence is that the body's fat and protein are rapidly depleted, and the body is almost instantly turned into a dried-up corpse, with no fighting ability whatsoever.

Seeing Chen Yu's core skill at level five, Teacher Zhao's illusion nodded in satisfaction and said, "That's enough. Level five core skill is sufficient. The next stage is self-healing."

Chen Yu, who had been resurrected in the dream, lay sprawled on the ground and asked in confusion, "How do I improve my self-healing?"

"Simple! Have you ever heard of the 'use it or lose it' principle?"

"...Understood, come on."

"good!"

Stepping forward, Teacher Zhao's illusion punched Chen Yu in the abdomen, causing him to vomit a bloody fragment of internal organs.

"Now, use the Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound, and then heal yourself."

As he continued to cough up blood, Chen Yu discovered that his internal energy cultivation was becoming increasingly torturous.

(End of this chapter)