Soccer: If they're using these kinds of cheats, what's the point of training?

With the second glass of champagne, Matilda sat down on his other side, her soft body pressed against his arm: "What do you smell like? You're so clean."

"It's innate," Zhang Kuang said, spouting nonsense with a straight face.

He didn't drink the third glass because Aisha took the glass from his hand.

"That's enough," she said. "I don't want you to get drunk."

Why?

"Because I was drunk, I don't remember," she leaned down and whispered in his ear, "but I want you to remember tonight."

Zhang Kuang's mind exploded with a bang.

He used that cleaning technique almost instinctively—it wasn't that the girls' bodies were unclean, but rather that different races naturally have different scents.

The smell of Middle Easterners was something that Zhang Kuang couldn't quite accept at first, and washing away the smell would make him feel more comfortable.

Then, he completely let go.

The body transformed by the Dragon-Tiger Pill, the physique of a cultivator at the first level of Qi Refining, and the techniques of the Hehuan Sect's bedroom arts... all came in handy at this moment.

He wasn't alone in communicating with them.

Instead, it was done in the way of a cultivator.

At the same time, he also understood what this dual cultivation method was. Strictly speaking, the "Dual Cultivation Qi Circulation Method" explained it very clearly. What is dual cultivation? If both parties are practitioners of the Joyful Union Sect, they nourish each other and grow together.

If only one party is a cultivator from the Hehuan Sect, it is a one-sided act of absorbing essence. The so-called absorption is not the traditional sense of simply attracting the essence that is released after the cauldron reaches a certain point, but rather taking a big gulp at the moment of release and absorbing the essence from the other party's foundation.

It's like an ordinary person getting a small wound and bleeding a little, but if someone takes advantage of that open wound and sucks out 400cc of their essence, that's a different story.

The art of bedroom arts involves using different frequencies, angles, and intensities to bring the other person to a certain point in the shortest amount of time, so that the practitioner can replenish their energy.

No wonder the system kept reminding us not to take too much supplement in one day, as it really damages our foundation.

He also understood what dual cultivation meant.

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When Zhang Kuang opened his eyes, sunlight streamed in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the Eiffel Tower shimmered with golden light in the morning glow.

He was lying on the bed—no, it was a three-person bed pushed together, the sheets were disheveled, and the air still carried the scents of perfume, alcohol, and some other indescribable aroma.

Lina lay on his left, one leg draped over him. Matilda was curled up in his right arms, sleeping like a child. Aisha wasn't in bed; he heard noises coming from the kitchen.

He closed his eyes, his consciousness sank into his mind, and summoned the system.

[HP Points: +3 (Lina), +3 (Aisha), +3 (Matilda), Total +9 points]

[Current total health points: 109] (Over 100 points awarded by the Heavenly Reward System)

Zhang Kuang stared at the number 109, a slow grin spreading across his face.

He has basically figured out the basic functions of the system, so next... add some points.

"So that means..." he muttered to himself, "if I had more... cough, I could reach the daily cap?"

This efficiency is much higher than playing football.

In football, scoring a goal in the top league only grants 1 health point, and an assist only 0.5. To reach 9 health points, one would need to score 9 goals or provide 18 assists—how many matches would that require?

Dual cultivation, on the other hand, only takes one night.

"Who the hell would bother with diligent training now?" Zhang Kuang couldn't help but complain inwardly. "Isn't dual cultivation (cultivating both oneself and others) much better?"

But the next second, he remembered the data in the King of Football system—shooting 70, positioning 56, heading 54… If he maxed out all the abilities for the striker position, how high would his overall rating soar? If he won the Golden Boot, the championship, and the MVP, how precious would those upgrade cards be?

Dual cultivation grants Qi and Blood Points, while playing football yields Upgrade Cards.

Both are indispensable.

"System, I want to add points."

Please select the item you want to add points to.

Zhang Kuang thought for a moment. His primary goal was to sign with a team, so the most important thing was to showcase his outstanding abilities. He was currently the best in the forward, winger, and attacking midfielder positions, so he would focus on improving his forward skills.

Of the forwards' attributes—shooting, positioning, heading, and physicality—only shooting is decent; the others are not.

However, upon closer inspection, he realized something was amiss. His Dragon Tiger Pill had altered his body, resulting in significant changes to the data in the categories of [Body], [Explosive Power], and [Speed].

This is the effect of the changes in basic physical qualities brought about by the Dragon Tiger Pill.

But something's still not right. Why did his speed increase to 86.5? How was this 86.5 calculated?

Zhang Kuang didn't understand what was going on for a moment.

Alright, let's add some points first. The striker's [Body] stat has reached 99.38, so he only has two weaknesses left: [Positioning] and [Heading]. Don't worry about [Heading], because even if you can score headers, if you can't get into position, you won't have the chance to show off your heading ability.

Therefore, the most urgent task is to improve positioning. Only by improving positioning can his shooting ability be transformed into actual goals.

"Add [Positioning], add... 44 points." He was preparing to max out the [Positioning] stat, so that he could truly be a striker who could seize opportunities.

"Sorry, please select the item you want to add again. The 'Positioning' item contains 8 sub-items. Which of the 8 sub-items in 'Positioning' do you want to add? You can also view the sub-items in detail by clicking 'View'."

"Huh? What? [Positioning] isn't a separate item? It's a general item? And it contains 8 sub-items? No way?"

A strong sense of unease welled up in Zhang Kuang's heart. He used his mind to click on a small inverted triangle in the lower right corner of the [Positioning] menu. It turned out that this was where the [Positioning] submenu was opened.

After clicking, a sub-menu will appear in the drop-down menu:

Attacking awareness: 50, Reaction: 60, Forward movement awareness: 65, Positioning and positioning: 62, Shooter's instinct: 68, Offside trap: 54, First touch: 51, Unorthodox shot: 38, Overall rating: 56.

"Hiss! So that's what it means. Does that mean each skill has sub-items? Does that mean when I add HP points, I don't add them to the overall skill rating, but to these sub-items?"

The thought of this made Zhang Kuang feel terrible.

Because... if that's what he thinks, then his health points are worthless. If there are 8 sub-items in [Positioning], then adding one health point is equivalent to losing it 8 times. In other words, he needs 8 health points to increase the overall score of [Positioning] by one point.

"Holy crap, what the hell?! I'm speechless..."

Zhang Kuang wanted to curse, no, he wanted to hit someone.

To verify his idea, I tried adding a little bit to the "forward movement awareness" in the "positioning" section, and saw a slight increase in the overall "positioning" score. Sure enough, it worked.

He then immediately checked the sub-categories of the other skills, and sure enough, each skill had a different number of sub-categories.

The "Shooting" category has the most subcategories, with 10 items, including subcategories such as "One-Touch Shot," "Outside of the Foot Curve Shot," "Long-Distance Curve Shot," "Long-Range Shot," "Penalty Shot," and so on.

He had never heard of so many sub-techniques involved in shooting before, including things like "heading," which includes "heading accuracy," "header contests," "aerial combat," and "positioning and anticipation."

I'm numb, numb, numb... completely numb.

He has to work like crazy every day, and even then, when will he ever be able to fill up all this data? Each time he cultivates and advances in realm, he needs a huge amount of Qi and Blood Points…

Holy crap, this is going to kill people!