BTTH: Template System

It isn't a common sight to see Xuan Wu, the Tier 3 Alchemist of Da Ling City, spend his night in the study room. After accepting his fate of not being able to ascend beyond Tier 3 Alchemist, he has stopped using this study room of his as often as he used to.

But for some reason today he just couldn't help but want to come to this old room of his. He doesn't understand what is the reason behind his sudden change of mind perhaps it's nostalgia? He looked at his hand, which was holding a familiar-looking brush. For some reason, he felt like if he didn't use it today, he would never be able to use it again.

"Just what got into me today?" He questioned himself as he held the brush in his hand a little tighter. "Xuan Wu, are you growing old? Are you finally accepting your fate?"

He looks at the sky through the open window with a longing in his eyes, even someone like him once longed to reach this endlessly expanding sky like the ones in the legends. 'What's the use of regretting now, you old fool? Perhaps this is time for me to put down my pen and challenge the heavens one last time?'

Xuan Wu knows his limits; he knows that his ability isn't good enough to make a good enough pill that will allow him breakthrough to Dou Ling (Dou Spirit), but for some reason, today, he felt like he was challenging that wall again. He lets out a small chuckle which almost was more like a self-ridicule than anything else.

"Perhaps it's time to entrust my position to that stupid disciple of mine. I have been stuck in this city far too long." Xuan Wu finally showed a determined look on his face gets up from his seat.

But suddenly, his chair moved on Its own, forcing him to sit on its back, making him panic as he saw a young man dressed in all black revealing himself. His eyes stared at him coldly as if seeing a corpse, not a living person.

"Don't you think It's a little too late to start growing new leaves?" Xiao Ming said while pulling another chair towards himself, placing it in front of him, and sitting against him.

"Who are you? I don't think I have ever offended you before." Even though Xuan Wu's words sounded polite, his tone was, on the other hand, anything but polite.

"I'm sure your excellency knows what it means to attack Alchemist, right?" His tone grows colder as if trying to threaten Xiao Ming with his status.

But that only brought a smile to Xiao Ming's face as he gave a signal with his hand to the door to the study room slowly opened. Liu Xi, with a still gaping hole in one of his eyes, walked in with an expressionless face.

"Xi'er?! What have you done to my disciple?!" Suddenly, his politeness in the words disappeared. Swallowed by his rage, he looked at Xiao King coldly.

"Hmph, since you are courting death by harming... no killing my disciple, not only that played with his corpse, I am sure you are willing to accept your punishment!" He suddenly raised a token which emitted Dou Qi like a wave. Perhaps this is something that can connect with someone from far away, but unfortunately for him, Xiao Ming has already set a barrier around this room, making sure Xuan Wu couldn't call reinforcement to defend himself.

Token shined brightly, but after a few seconds, it lost its luster and even cracked, making Xuan Wu sweat in worry. "Y-you set up formation didn't you?"

Xiao Ming didn't answer him but silence was enough of an answer itself. Barriers set by him might not be reinforced by Tengen, making them weaker than the ones used at JJK World. Luckily, this is where Dou Qi comes into play, enhancing the barrier to the level of rivaling the one reinforced by Tengen.

"Wait, we can make a deal. I'm a Tier 3 Alchemist. You know I can make a pill for you. As many as you want. I will even forgive you for killing my disciple so please just let me go." Xuan Wu started to become desperate as he saw that the token he bet his life on was now useless.

"D-do you know what will happen if you kill me?! You will have nowhere to stay at Da Ling City." If the plea didn't work, then he used threats to try to get a reaction from Xiao Ming.

"How much are you getting paid? Since you are someone I have never seen before, someone must have hired you, right? How much are they paying? I'll double, no! I'll triple the amount!" No, whatever Xuan Wu offered, Xiao Ming sat there silently behind him. Gu Zombie, made of his disciple, stands there like a statue.

Xiao Ming didn't bother to hear Xuan Wu's nonsense anymore; instead, he held his hand below Liu Xi, who was, gapping an eye hole, waiting for Mind Weaving Caterpillar to crawl out from it. Seeing this horrifying scene, Xuan Wu lets out a scream, trying to escape from the scene, but he is too late. Limitless wraps around him freezing him where he was standing like a statue.

Finally, the caterpillar fully crawled out from Liu Xi's body, landing on Xiao Ming's palm. It was clean as it was first summoned by Xiao Ming as if it never dug into Liu Xi's body. Seeing a shiny white jade-like bug made Xuan Wu tremble in horror.

Xiao Ming holds the creature close to Xuan Wu as it crawls into his body just like it did with Liu Xi. The only difference is that instead of the eye, it dug in through Xuan Wu's ear.

As for Liu Xi who lost the caterpillar? His body falls to the floor limply implying his death. Xiao Ming didn't care about the corpse of someone like Liu Xi as he simply waited for Mind Weaving Caterpillar to finish Its job, allowing him to gain the memories of Xuan Wu.

Just as he felt Mind Weaving Caterpillar finished wrapping Xuan Wu's brain in a cocoon through his connection, he also felt that something big was hitting his barrier. Not only does the barrier shatter into pieces, but the first thing Xiao Ming does is hold his palm in front of himself as a huge amount of Dou Qi and Cursed Energy focus in front of it.

Cursed Technique: Blue

An orb of blue appears on his fist as the walls burst open, revealing the uninvited guest to be a man dressed in black and blue attire with white hair. Probably in his forties and Dou Qi, he is excluding signals his cultivation realm is at least in the Dou Ling (Dou Spirit) realm.

A sphere of imaginary space and the elderly man covered in cyan-colored Dou Qi smashed against each other. The shockwave of collision destroyed everything in the room. The walls were smashed, the ceiling was crumbling, and the floor was falling apart.

But the ruins of the ruin didn't send flying. Instead, they got attracted to the center of the shockwave. With a move of his hand, Xiao Ming made the blue sphere fly in a circle around him. Since he got caught, he decided to make a proper battleground for himself.

Almost most of the buildings get attracted into the orb and smashed into a big ball made of debris. The giant snake made of water rushes towards him, twisting Its body, trying to swallow him.

With another slight move of his hand, the ball of debris come crashing to the snake causing it to dispel. The battle hasn't ended yet from the dispelling water,. A pale hand rushes towards him, covered by a claw made of Dou Qi.

The power behind this pale hand wasn't anything to laugh at as the air around it distorted from Its speed alone. The owner of the hand, the old cultivator's eyes glowed with a cold gleam and bloodlust, ready to end his life. He was sure that a surprise attack of his would end the young man's life.

Which made the face he showed when he saw his attack stop just an inch away from reaching the young man's neck even funnier. But his surprise came to an end on short notice as the red glow fell on him. It was bright enough to drive away all the other colors of the area around them.

"Cursed Technique... Red." Xiao Ming's cold voice comes out from his mouth before sending the old man flying away toward the mountains.

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