Apparent Expert in an Alternate World - Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Super Genius? Super Trash? (1)

Translator: Henyee Translations

Editor: Henyee Translations

Since he could cultivate a second energy source, it meant that he could also cultivate a third one!

Chu Nan no longer cared about his surroundings and focused on controlling the energy current to move around his body. He was so focused because he noticed that the white light had started to dim and would most likely disappear soon. Before it was completely gone, he had to memorize the routes it traveled.

The white light eventually disappeared, but Chu Nan still maintained his control over the energy current as it continuously looped around his body. At that moment, he had already forgotten that the white light had disappeared and the fact that he was squatting inside a tree hole.

The number of energy sources was steadily increasing inside his body: the eleventh… twenty-first… thirty-third, forty-seventh…

Chu Nan was not a hardworking person and had a rather lazy personality. If it wasn’t for this, he wouldn’t have remained as a player with meager skills after having played for so long.

Whenever a new energy source was cultivated, it became more difficult to cultivate the next one, and right now, Chu Nan’s spirit and resolution were at their peak.

Not knowing how long he had trained for, Chu Nan felt his stomach growling as he finished cultivating the ninety-ninth energy source in his body.

He wanted to persist a little longer, but he was too hungry and could only stop cultivating more energy sources as he slowly opened his eyes.

“Fantastic! Ninety-nine energy sources! As long as I fill them up…”

Chu Nan climbed out of the hole and started to stretch. It wasn’t long before he suddenly stopped muttering, and the smile on his face turned ugly.

It was undeniable that having more than one energy source was a rare but good thing. For someone with two energy sources, they would be deemed a genius, and if someone had three energy sources, perhaps they would be a super-genius.

But if a person had ninety-nine energy sources…

A sudden realization dawned on Chu Nan that such a person would not be the most talented genius. Or it could be said that he was a super-genius, but at the same time, the weakest trash in history.

For example, a genius could fill up an energy source in a single year with a good set of cultivation techniques and continue with their second energy source. Following this logic, a total of ninety-nine years would be required to fill up ninety-nine energy sources.

However, how many years does a person have to live? Chu Nan was thoroughly stupefied. Just a moment ago, he thought he had chanced upon an extremely good bargain and wholeheartedly cultivated his energy sources. Now that he thought about it, he was honestly a dumb idiot.

The reasoning that good food should not be eaten too often was widely known by all, but when a situation where delicious food was presented before them, how many people in the world could control themselves?

Chu Nan wished that he could slap himself a few more times. Cultivating more energy sources was a prime example of eating ‘good food’. He had only cared for instant gratification then and had forgotten the most crucial point. No matter how delicious food is, eating should be done in moderation, otherwise, it will cause indigestion.

Was he destined to remain at level 1 of the Human Realm for his entire life‽ Chu Nan looked at the energy sources in his body with a helpless expression. After he filled up three energy sources, he would be unrivaled among experts in level 1 of the Human Realm. But what about the future? Could it be that he had to use numerous low-grade energies to suppress high-grade energies? That’s right! If he accumulated four energy sources, he could rely on quantity to defeat a level 2 Human Realm expert while he was at level 1, right?

“Well, I can only hope that there aren’t many experts in this continent.”

Chu Nan comforted himself and pulled out the steel knife from the spatial bracelet.

Ever since he had confirmed that he had crossed over, he had always wanted to craft weapons to defend himself. It was a pity that the materials in the spatial bracelet were either remnants of demons, alcrum steel, sunstone, moonstone, frost dragon crystals – various high-grade materials he had never seen before, or earth-grade materials along with some human-grade materials.

Within this massive space inside the bracelet, there was not a single common material.

He had thought of crafting a powerful magic weapon using several good materials, but the problem was that these heaven-grade materials together with the level 4 heaven-grade soul flame would – even with the worst luck – create a piece of top earth-grade equipment. Moreover, if he was really lucky, the final product would be a piece of level 4 heaven-grade equipment!

Would he even be able to use that equipment? Chu Nan had asked himself this question more than once. Among the equipment in the spatial bracelet, other than the Fiery Fox Ring that had no level restriction, all other equipment would produce a strong electric current when touched. Although a magic weapon produced using a level 4 heaven-grade soul flame was not worthy to be categorized as a celestial weapon, it was still powerful. If he had crafted one, would he even be able to touch it?

Chu Nan gently waved the steel knife against the light and sighed, “In the past, I only felt that a piece of good equipment was hard to come by, but today, I’ve finally realized that finding common equipment is also difficult.”

From the quality of the knife, it seemed that its original owner was faring well. A weapon of this quality was merely slightly better than a novice’s weapon in .

“Well, at least it’s a knife. Let me make it into a magic weapon first.”

Chu Nan comforted himself and took out all of the steel knives he had previously looted. The Alchemy King’s soul flame once again appeared in his hands and he felt no heat radiating from it. Despite this, it still possessed the ability to meld metal together.

“It’s a pity that the soul flame does not have any attack power,” Chu Nan sighed helplessly and grumbled at the top player in . Why didn’t you gather and collect all of the Alchemy King’s soul flames scattered throughout the world?

Rumor has it that once all of the Alchemy King’s soul flames are gathered and merge them into a level 10 heaven-grade soul flame, the owner of it would become the Alchemy King. At that time, not only could the soul flame turn the foul and rotten into the rare and ethereal, but it would more importantly possess powerful attack power.

“Since I can bring it over, perhaps it also possesses such an ability!”

Chu Nan momentarily imagined a scene where he became a king before he turned his attention to the several common steel knives before him.

What type of weapon should he craft? Ever since Chu Nan had obtained the Alchemy King’s soul flame, he only had one experience where he casually crafted a ring that could release ten fireballs in a day. With little experience, he honestly had no idea what equipment he should craft.

In recent days, the number of monsters he encountered was constantly increasing and the ten fireball limit was starting to become insufficient.