Seeing Jiang Lin begin his cultivation and ignore him, Little Black felt rather bored.
He wanted to find a way back, but now he didn't dare to.
He still carried the title of one of the "Four Great Secret Cults" over his head. If he uploaded his consciousness back to his main body, he would permanently pin that title onto himself.
So for now, he could only wait for Jiang Lin to die, at which point the secret cult would naturally disband.
To prevent Jiang Lin from causing any trouble, Little Black decided to keep a constant eye on him.
Hm... Come to think of it, should he also practice a breathing technique that beasts could use?
After all, this current body would likely die in a few years.
He didn't know what he would end up possessing after that.
If he practiced a breathing technique, he could advance from an ordinary creature to a transcendent one.
His lifespan would naturally be extended by a lot.
It was a pity this was just an ordinary stray cat. Otherwise, with his knowledge and experience, if he had possessed a demonic beast with talent, it wouldn't be impossible to evolve it into a demon lord after a few hundred years.
As for now, he could only take it one step at a time. Until he found a suitable opportunity and a proper physical body, he would temporarily use this one.
He hadn't practiced before mainly out of fear of exposing his aura and being locked onto by a righteous god.
But now, with the link to Jiang Lin, his aura wouldn't be detected by any righteous god.
With that thought, he pulled a simple breathing technique from his mind that ordinary creatures could practice.
As his breathing rose and fell, the magic essence between heaven and earth began to surge toward his body.
......
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, a night had gone by.
A sliver of white appeared on the dark horizon, waking the sleeping Boulder City.
This ancient city was like an old, creaking machine as its gears began to turn.
Those professionals who hadn't become adventurers climbed out of bed early. After a simple breakfast, they waited at the doors of the workshops where they worked.
As the sun rose, the workshops opened their doors, and these most basic gears of the city began to rotate, supplying the city with fresh blood.
Some adventurers looking to gather specific transcendent materials also arrived at the gates of Boulder City early. After a routine inspection, they left the city for the peril-filled monster forest.
Then, there were the students who needed to go to school...
Jiang Lin opened his eyes and looked out the window at the dimming sky.
Is it... already dawn...?
Because the superlative peak 【Paladin Breathing Technique】 felt so refreshing to use, Jiang Lin hadn't even slept, practicing straight through the night instead.
Adventurers weren't like the characters in the cultivation novels from Jiang Lin's previous life.
They needed to eat and sleep.
However, to Jiang Lin's surprise, even though he hadn't slept all night, his mental state was better than ever.
He used his mental power to inspect his body internally and found that his current physical condition was even better than if he had slept all night!
Was this an extra benefit brought by a superlative peak breathing technique?
Jiang Lin speculated to himself.
He would try pulling a few more all-nighters later. If his physical and mental state remained excellent, it would prove that a breathing technique at the superlative peak could indeed replace sleep and alleviate mental fatigue.
Since his mental state had recovered to its peak, Jiang Lin opened the system and looked at the reward he hadn't used yet.
【Learn: Breath Concealment (Perfect)?】
【Yes】
In the next instant, a flood of memories poured into Jiang Lin's mind.
Scenarios that had never happened flashed before his eyes like a revolving lantern.
He saw himself learning the basic usage of the Breath Concealment skill and then practicing it continuously.
But as a paladin, he had zero talent for assassin-type skills like Breath Concealment, so his progress was extremely slow.
Time ticked by, and his body changed from a boy to a young man. His Breath Concealment went from only being usable while stationary for a few minutes, to being able to maintain concealment indefinitely while standing still, and then to being able to move slowly while active.
But his practice still didn't end. Finally, after several more years passed, he successfully pushed this skill to the perfect stage, allowing it to be used even while moving rapidly in combat.
The images stopped, and Jiang Lin opened his eyes, feeling slightly tired again.
Since skill copying also copied the other person's proficiency, there was no way to push it to the superlative peak.
This Breath Concealment might not be very useful for a paladin like Jiang Lin. Generally speaking, Breath Concealment was for assassin classes to hide in the shadows and mask their aura, waiting for the right moment to deliver a fatal blow.
But since the system had copied it, Jiang Lin might as well learn it.
Perhaps there would be a time when he needed to use it in the future...
Next, Jiang Lin checked if the system had updated the daily tasks.
【Daily Tasks】
【1. Killing for Pleasure】
【2. Malicious Fun】
【3. Cruel Slaughter】
They were exactly the same as yesterday's tasks.
This was fine; at least these tasks were relatively simple for Jiang Lin, and the rewards were very generous.
If he could keep steadily adding points like this every day, as long as enough time passed, Jiang Lin felt he could eventually reach a level where he could solo an evil god.
Beside him, Little Black, who had also cultivated all night, seemed to feel something and shivered.
"Don't you feel tired after not sleeping all night, kid?"
Little Black glanced sideways at Jiang Lin.
"Nah, I feel okay. Didn't you stay up too?"
Little Black rolled his eyes.
"The simple breathing technique I practice, combined with my profound depth of knowledge, allows me to push my proficiency to the superlative limit in just a short time.
"Using a breathing technique at this level of proficiency doesn't cause fatigue; in fact, it has a restorative effect. Don't you know these basic facts?"
He paused, then mocked, "Oh, I forgot. With your pitiful talent, you probably can't even touch a proficient level breathing technique, so it's normal that you wouldn't know.
"Perhaps you could try sacrificing a bit of your soul to your great evil god to exchange for infinite potential and a future..."
As he spoke, he looked at Jiang Lin, waiting for his response.
Hearing this, Jiang Lin remained silent.
A cat could push a breathing technique to maximum proficiency in a single night...
No, wait—he had done it in the blink of an eye!
The system was his peerless talent!!
At that thought, Jiang Lin silently straightened his back.
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