Jiang Ke’er held the blue-quality book and decided to open it and take a look.
As the book transformed into a stream of information and entered her mind, Jiang Ke’er felt like something new had appeared in her head.
It was a jumble of bizarre, complex characters, so intricate they were infuriating.
Jiang Ke’er declared that just thinking about them made her head ache; she couldn’t understand them at all or find any patterns.
“Well, then, don’t think about it, LOL.”
“Maybe foreign languages just aren’t for me,” she mused.
“My English was terrible, not to mention this bizarre, alien language. It’s clearly not meant for humans to read!”
She vowed that anyone who could learn this stuff would earn her utmost admiration; she’d even call them her big brother or sister.
“Give up, give up~”
However, she discovered that even though she gave up trying to understand the characters in her mind, she had still gained a skill called Appraisal Art.
The method of use was as follows: concentrate, open your eyes wide, and stare blankly at an object for one minute.
After that, a detailed description of the object would pop up in front of her.
The description panel had a fixed format, like a resume-style table, capable of displaying the item’s “name, category, and origin.”
Below the table, there was clearly plenty of empty space that could record much more information.
Unfortunately, all that information was blocked by asterisks, like “**”, clearly due to an insufficient Appraisal Art level.
But just having the “name, category, and origin” was already incredibly useful!
The next time she stole something unfamiliar, she’d be able to determine its value using Appraisal Art!
If it weren’t for the many people around, she would have immediately pulled out the small stone, compass, blueprint, box, and bead she had previously stolen to appraise them.
Wait a minute…
Can this Appraisal Art only appraise objects?
Can it appraise living people?
If it could, wouldn’t all disguise techniques be useless in front of her?
Although the appraisal range was within five meters, appraising moving living people would be somewhat inconvenient, but it would still be incredibly powerful!
The more Jiang Ke’er thought about it, the more excited she became.
She leaned against the prison bars, staring at the Wuji Sect cultivator outside the cell.
She grinned, a strange smile on her face, widened her eyes, and entered a dazed state.
The Wuji Sect cultivator turned around at the sound and was startled by Jiang Ke’er’s expression.
“Good heavens!”
Jiang Ke’er had previously smeared a lot of black ash on her face, deliberately creating a monster-like makeup to conceal her original appearance.
Combined with her eerie expression, she looked quite frightening.
“Hey, what are you looking at me for?!”
The Wuji Sect cultivator felt uneasy under Jiang Ke’er’s stare.
However, no matter how much he shouted, Jiang Ke’er remained unmoved, simply staring rigidly, fixed on him.
The Wuji Sect cultivator was a bit intimidated.
He tried to move, but Jiang Ke’er’s gaze followed him closely; wherever he shifted, her head swiveled to match.
Jiang Ke’er held her neck stiffly, and when she turned, a faint crackle emanated from it, indicating her neck was getting sore.
The Wuji Sect cultivator was thoroughly spooked.
Just as he reached his breaking point and drew his sword, preparing to strike Jiang Ke’er, she suddenly became teary-eyed, whimpering and lowering her head to rub her eyes.
“Oh, for heaven’s sake, this blasted technique is inhuman! Staring blankly for a full three minutes, my eyeballs are so dry they’re practically on fire…” Jiang Ke’er complained furiously in her mind.
“…”
The Wuji Sect cultivator was speechless, realizing she was just a natural airhead.
Jiang Ke’er rubbed her eyes, then looked up at the appraisal panel in front of her.
Appraising living beings required three minutes of dazed staring, and the information format that popped up on the panel was also different.
For inanimate objects, the information displayed was “Name, Category, Origin.”
For living beings, the information table showed “Name, Identity, Cultivation Realm.”
While the appraised information was indeed useful, it took three minutes to appraise.
In a combat situation, being in such a daze would be enough to get her killed hundreds of times over.
“However, it’s useless!” Jiang Ke’er felt a wave of despair.
She wasn’t saying the appraisal art was useless; rather, she was lamenting that it didn’t offer much help with her current predicament.
She had less than three days left to live.
What she needed was a life-extension technique, not some appraisal art.
Jiang Ke’er sighed repeatedly, continuing to examine the remaining nine F-grade books she had drawn.
[Book of Spiritual Roots: Increases Spiritual Root Quality by 1 point upon reading.] (Four copies)
[Book of Enchanting Bones: Increases Enchanting Bones Quality by 1 point upon reading.] (Five copies)
The Book of Spiritual Roots was probably for enhancing cultivation talent.
The Book of Enchanting Bones likely increased the pleasure for whoever “petted” her.
She felt the system’s utter malice and decided to temporarily banish the “righteous” system to the cold palace to reflect on its actions.
Lost in thought, Jiang Ke’er used all the Books of Spiritual Roots but left the Books of Enchanting Bones untouched.
After consuming the four books, Jiang Ke’er didn’t feel any obvious changes.
Perhaps it was because she hadn’t started cultivating yet, so she couldn’t perceive the improvement in cultivation talent… In any case, she used them somewhat bewilderedly, thinking that if she could survive, by accumulating little by little, even if her initial talent was terrible, she could definitely become a genius through the Book of Spiritual Roots!
Of course, the prerequisite was to survive.
That accursed Demon Extermination Squad Captain, Kuang Yuanwei! That despicable fluffball snake demon! Those two big jerks!
Speak of the devil, and he shall appear.
Jiang Ke’er had just thought of the Demon Extermination Squad Captain when she heard his voice from outside the prison cell.
“Dog demon! Dog demon, where are you?!”
“Oh, he’s looking for the dog demon. Nothing to do with me, Jiang Ke’er.”
Jiang Ke’er lay nonchalantly on her straw bed, not responding.
“Who’s there?!”
“There’s a straggler from the Demon Extermination Squad?! Brothers, attack!”
“Ah—”
The Wuji Sect cultivators immediately became alert, swords clashing as they rushed towards the entrance.
Screams, the sound of blades piercing flesh, and exploding talismans filled the air.
It was only then that Jiang Ke’er realized it wasn’t Chinese New Year outside.
Those were the sounds of slaughter.
Her brow furrowed, and her eyelids drooped as her thoughts raced.
Something major must have happened!
Before she could think much longer, the Demon Extermination Squad Captain, clad in night clothes, suddenly appeared outside the prison cell, cleaving open the lock with a single sword stroke.
He was covered in blood, his face streaked with it and a ferocious killing intent.
He burst into the cell, hoisted Jiang Ke’er onto his shoulder, and began to bolt.
“Three Great Sects, if you are merciless, don’t blame me for being unjust!”
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