"Holy shit!" some of the onlookers couldn't help but cringe at the sight of the dislocated elbow. Damn, that's nasty!
The truth was that, before I and Xiaodong came to the registration, I was having a very intense training. The intensity was even to the point that Xiaodong had to beg for me to stop.
Putting it nicely, I was simply training my fists. Putting it bluntly, I was recklessly messing the whole area.
Putting a bit more detail, I was training my fists so hard, my skin ruptured while my bones broke, blood splattered everywhere while Iron Trees nearby had half-foot deep holes.
If it were me in my past life, I would've never ever trained so recklessly. I've never even trained in my past life, so how I could suddenly start training and so recklessly at that? Even the previous Lin Ming would have had to be careful when training because he had to look out for accumulating internal injuries.
However, need I remind anyone the reward I received the chapter before last? No, it wasn't the ability to break the fourth wall, it was the new system function called Regeneration!
The name alone already sounded so powerful, but what does it exactly do? Obviously, I used it with the assumption that it could regenerate my wounds faster than usual. Turns out, I was actually a bit off the mark.
It could actually regenerate anything. And when I say anything, I mean to say ANYTHING. However, there was a catch. That catch was simple, that was to provide the system with certain items until it runs out. Simply put, the new function could be powered by certain items and will use up those items to regenerate myself.
And by some stroke of luck, or maybe it was intentional in the first place, I specially had one of those certain items, a Blood Ginseng! A thousand years old at that too, just chilling in my inventory. In addition, the system will be doing it for me in a much faster and more efficient manner than if I were to do it myself. I didn't buy it in vain, after all!
Although the item would eventually run out, I could just buy a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand more with my infinite system points. It was practically no different from giving me infinite HP, making me a true immortal. I haven't even mentioned the fact that I could buy a million year old Blood Ginseng.
In a way, I guess the system is actually looking out for me.
Looking out for me by giving me another cheat! Something I would gladly welcome with open arms.
With such an overpowered function in front of me, how I could not take advantage of that? The training was very painful, I admit. However, knowing full well of what the future entailed, if I were to slack off in my training, I wouldn't be able to handle the destiny of humanity!
Endure!
In this era, the destiny of humanity was coming to an end. However, in times of difficulties, heroes would always rise to defeat those obstacles. Even so, among heroes, there are always those who shines brighter than the rest. And the one who shone the brightest was exactly Lin Ming! Lin Ming was the hope of humanity!
Or at least he should've been the hope of humanity in the near future...
Now, that role has fallen onto me.
The only problem was...I really don't want such a burden!
Dammit, I just reincarnated and thought I was gonna be like those glorious and overpowered protagonists which can do pretty much whatever they want. But what do I get instead? I get thrust into a mountain of responsibilities!
Unfair! This was truly unfair!
If you were gonna reincarnate me, at least thrust me into someone else!
As someone who hasn't experienced the harsh realities of the world just yet, I was no different from a delicate flower raised in a greenhouse. Compared to the tough weeds that lived out in the merciless world, how can I ever hope to compete?
Then again, if that flower suddenly had a system, the roles would be completely reversed. The weeds would be utterly crushed, so I don't really have the right to complain.
Sometimes, an optimistic outlook can solve the most trivial of problems. It was always best to look at the bright side of things.
For instance, my reckless punching paid off in the end because I could now obviously feel the difference in strength. Even though I was still in Strength Training, I feel confident enough to brawl against those in the second stage of Body Training, Flesh Training.
I guess it's not really surprising considering the fact that I kept on regenerating my wounds even while simultaneously punching, which in turn caused my fists to increasingly grow tougher as it was tempered over and over again. Of course, the miraculous effects of a thousand year old Blood Ginseng couldn't be dismissed.
If I were still bitter before for being reincarnated into Lin Ming, then that bitterness had all but vanished by now.
The only downside I could see was that I could only regenerate up to 10% of something specific per second. Meaning, I could only regenerate things one at a time. Furthermore, I can still get eradicated if my regeneration can't keep up or if I'm instantly blasted to oblivion.
But aside from those, I found one more special effect.
"Oh no, I broke your elbow." I feigned surprise.
"Y-y-you... you dare hit me... do you know who my Young Master is?" the slim youth threatened stutteringly while hatefully gritting his teeth.
"Don't know, don't care." I replied while approaching him with a smile.
On the other side, the fatty also went pale. Naturally, it wasn't because of pain. It was because of fear, fear from the consequences now that something happened to the slim youth.
"You! Don't go too far!" the fatty shouted hurriedly.
I paused momentarily as I glanced at him, "Shut up or you'll be next."
"You..." the fatty could only keep his words and stare furiously. He wasn't even half as strong as the slim youth, so how could he be a match for Lin Ming?
I came up to the kneeling youth and said a smile, "Does it hurt?"
The slim youth simply glared at me with the eyes of a wild beast.
"It's okay, don't worry. It's just a broken elbow, isn't it? I'll fix you up in no time." I reached out a hand to the dislocated area.
When the slim youth saw what he was about to do, he paled even more and tried to step back. However, it was too late.
"AAAHHH!!!" a miserable shriek resounded as the slim youth fell down on his butt while painfully holding his right elbow.
"His elbow!"
"What just happened?"
"Look! It's been fixed!"
The gathered crowd gasped upon seeing the sight, talking amongst themselves in wonder. Just earlier, they have clearly seen the slim youth's elbow facing the heavens, but after getting held for just a moment by the black-robed Lin Ming, it went back into place!
Naturally, this was the work of the system's new function.
While I was training earlier, I was under the assumption that since the system's other functions were exclusively for me, it would be the same for the new one. However, when I secretly tested regenerating on Xiaodong out of curiosity, I could see him increasingly grow more vibrant as though he was brimming with youthful vigor.
The only requirement I found for it to work was through touch. However, the results of using it on others weren't as exaggerated if it were used on me. It was at least ten times weaker than mine! In other words, it only regenerated 1% per second in comparison to my 10% per second.
Another thing worth mentioning was that the rate of regeneration wasn't actually fixed.
Depending on how I want it, I could drastically reduce the rate at which it regenerated. Nevertheless, the maximum would never exceed 10% for me and 1% for the others.
"There, see? All fixed." I smiled reassuringly towards the poor youth.
"I will definitely remember this grievance!" the slim youth ominously said as he stood up, walking away.
"Mm? Who said that you can just walk away?" I said scornfully.
The slim youth paused in his tracks, "What do you want?"
"Nothing much, really. Give me three gold taels and you can walk away." I said cheerily.
The slim youth's face darkened, "Dazhi!"
From the side, the white-robed fatty suddenly ran over, "Brother Li, I'm here!"
"Give him back the three gold taels from earlier." Brother Li ordered.
"Yes!" he hurriedly went to Lin Ming and glaringly shoved the three gold taels to him, "Here, you can have it back!"
I received the three gleaming coins with a smile while Dazhi walked away with a dark face. However, just when the two were about to walk out, I called out, "Hey, where are you going?"
"What more do you want?" Dazhi snapped.
"This was originally my three gold taels..." I said with a playful smile.
The two froze.
"Oh, there are also two of you, so that'd be six gold taels in total." I kindly reminded.
They immediately became gloomy while a trace of regret flashed over their dark faces. They really kicked an iron wall this time!
"Holy shit!" some of the onlookers couldn't help but cringe at the sight of the dislocated elbow. Damn, that's nasty!
The truth was that, before I and Xiaodong came to the registration, I was having a very intense training. The intensity was even to the point that Xiaodong had to beg for me to stop.
Putting it nicely, I was simply training my fists. Putting it bluntly, I was recklessly messing the whole area.
Putting a bit more detail, I was training my fists so hard, my skin ruptured while my bones broke, blood splattered everywhere while Iron Trees nearby had half-foot deep holes.
If it were me in my past life, I would've never ever trained so recklessly. I've never even trained in my past life, so how I could suddenly start training and so recklessly at that? Even the previous Lin Ming would have had to be careful when training because he had to look out for accumulating internal injuries.
However, need I remind anyone the reward I received the chapter before last? No, it wasn't the ability to break the fourth wall, it was the new system function called Regeneration!
The name alone already sounded so powerful, but what does it exactly do? Obviously, I used it with the assumption that it could regenerate my wounds faster than usual. Turns out, I was actually a bit off the mark.
It could actually regenerate anything. And when I say anything, I mean to say ANYTHING. However, there was a catch. That catch was simple, that was to provide the system with certain items until it runs out. Simply put, the new function could be powered by certain items and will use up those items to regenerate myself.
And by some stroke of luck, or maybe it was intentional in the first place, I specially had one of those certain items, a Blood Ginseng! A thousand years old at that too, just chilling in my inventory. In addition, the system will be doing it for me in a much faster and more efficient manner than if I were to do it myself. I didn't buy it in vain, after all!
Although the item would eventually run out, I could just buy a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand more with my infinite system points. It was practically no different from giving me infinite HP, making me a true immortal. I haven't even mentioned the fact that I could buy a million year old Blood Ginseng.
In a way, I guess the system is actually looking out for me.
Looking out for me by giving me another cheat! Something I would gladly welcome with open arms.
With such an overpowered function in front of me, how I could not take advantage of that? The training was very painful, I admit. However, knowing full well of what the future entailed, if I were to slack off in my training, I wouldn't be able to handle the destiny of humanity!
Endure!
In this era, the destiny of humanity was coming to an end. However, in times of difficulties, heroes would always rise to defeat those obstacles. Even so, among heroes, there are always those who shines brighter than the rest. And the one who shone the brightest was exactly Lin Ming! Lin Ming was the hope of humanity!
Or at least he should've been the hope of humanity in the near future...
Now, that role has fallen onto me.
The only problem was...I really don't want such a burden!
Dammit, I just reincarnated and thought I was gonna be like those glorious and overpowered protagonists which can do pretty much whatever they want. But what do I get instead? I get thrust into a mountain of responsibilities!
Unfair! This was truly unfair!
If you were gonna reincarnate me, at least thrust me into someone else!
As someone who hasn't experienced the harsh realities of the world just yet, I was no different from a delicate flower raised in a greenhouse. Compared to the tough weeds that lived out in the merciless world, how can I ever hope to compete?
Then again, if that flower suddenly had a system, the roles would be completely reversed. The weeds would be utterly crushed, so I don't really have the right to complain.
Sometimes, an optimistic outlook can solve the most trivial of problems. It was always best to look at the bright side of things.
For instance, my reckless punching paid off in the end because I could now obviously feel the difference in strength. Even though I was still in Strength Training, I feel confident enough to brawl against those in the second stage of Body Training, Flesh Training.
I guess it's not really surprising considering the fact that I kept on regenerating my wounds even while simultaneously punching, which in turn caused my fists to increasingly grow tougher as it was tempered over and over again. Of course, the miraculous effects of a thousand year old Blood Ginseng couldn't be dismissed.
If I were still bitter before for being reincarnated into Lin Ming, then that bitterness had all but vanished by now.
The only downside I could see was that I could only regenerate up to 10% of something specific per second. Meaning, I could only regenerate things one at a time. Furthermore, I can still get eradicated if my regeneration can't keep up or if I'm instantly blasted to oblivion.
But aside from those, I found one more special effect.
"Oh no, I broke your elbow." I feigned surprise.
"Y-y-you... you dare hit me... do you know who my Young Master is?" the slim youth threatened stutteringly while hatefully gritting his teeth.
"Don't know, don't care." I replied while approaching him with a smile.
On the other side, the fatty also went pale. Naturally, it wasn't because of pain. It was because of fear, fear from the consequences now that something happened to the slim youth.
"You! Don't go too far!" the fatty shouted hurriedly.
I paused momentarily as I glanced at him, "Shut up or you'll be next."
"You..." the fatty could only keep his words and stare furiously. He wasn't even half as strong as the slim youth, so how could he be a match for Lin Ming?
I came up to the kneeling youth and said a smile, "Does it hurt?"
The slim youth simply glared at me with the eyes of a wild beast.
"It's okay, don't worry. It's just a broken elbow, isn't it? I'll fix you up in no time." I reached out a hand to the dislocated area.
When the slim youth saw what he was about to do, he paled even more and tried to step back. However, it was too late.
"AAAHHH!!!" a miserable shriek resounded as the slim youth fell down on his butt while painfully holding his right elbow.
"His elbow!"
"What just happened?"
"Look! It's been fixed!"
The gathered crowd gasped upon seeing the sight, talking amongst themselves in wonder. Just earlier, they have clearly seen the slim youth's elbow facing the heavens, but after getting held for just a moment by the black-robed Lin Ming, it went back into place!
Naturally, this was the work of the system's new function.
While I was training earlier, I was under the assumption that since the system's other functions were exclusively for me, it would be the same for the new one. However, when I secretly tested regenerating on Xiaodong out of curiosity, I could see him increasingly grow more vibrant as though he was brimming with youthful vigor.
The only requirement I found for it to work was through touch. However, the results of using it on others weren't as exaggerated if it were used on me. It was at least ten times weaker than mine! In other words, it only regenerated 1% per second in comparison to my 10% per second.
Another thing worth mentioning was that the rate of regeneration wasn't actually fixed.
Depending on how I want it, I could drastically reduce the rate at which it regenerated. Nevertheless, the maximum would never exceed 10% for me and 1% for the others.
"There, see? All fixed." I smiled reassuringly towards the poor youth.
"I will definitely remember this grievance!" the slim youth ominously said as he stood up, walking away.
"Mm? Who said that you can just walk away?" I said scornfully.
The slim youth paused in his tracks, "What do you want?"
"Nothing much, really. Give me three gold taels and you can walk away." I said cheerily.
The slim youth's face darkened, "Dazhi!"
From the side, the white-robed fatty suddenly ran over, "Brother Li, I'm here!"
"Give him back the three gold taels from earlier." Brother Li ordered.
"Yes!" he hurriedly went to Lin Ming and glaringly shoved the three gold taels to him, "Here, you can have it back!"
I received the three gleaming coins with a smile while Dazhi walked away with a dark face. However, just when the two were about to walk out, I called out, "Hey, where are you going?"
"What more do you want?" Dazhi snapped.
"This was originally my three gold taels..." I said with a playful smile.
The two froze.
"Oh, there are also two of you, so that'd be six gold taels in total." I kindly reminded.
They immediately became gloomy while a trace of regret flashed over their dark faces. They really kicked an iron wall this time!
