Chapter 2: Traits Can Be Picked Up—and Even Recycled?

Putting aside the fact that a trait called Scavenger already sounded worthless, what was this business about being worn out while still only in his teens?

Xiao Xuan hurriedly searched through his memories.

The moment he did, his face darkened. The former owner of this body had actually been a promising young man remarkably adept at self-gratification.

“What kind of person did I transmigrate into? He was already worn out at such a young age—what would happen later in life?”

Xiao Xuan was completely speechless. The crucial point was that the former owner had been absurdly handsome. Could he not have just found himself a girlfriend?

Instead, he had insisted on entertaining himself. It was downright humiliating.

“But why is Scavenger ranked as Unique?”

What kind of rank is Unique? And picking up trash is one thing, but what is this business about recycling trash?”

Xiao Xuan was puzzled.

Before long, however, he noticed that beneath his attribute panel was a trash can labeled Recycle Bin.

“Could it be like a computer desktop? Can it actually delete traits?”

Xiao Xuan’s eyes lit up.

Without the slightest hesitation, he focused his mind and clicked on his own 【Worn Out! White】 trait.

Sure enough, the trait could be dragged.

He moved it over the trash can and dropped it inside.

Instantly, he felt refreshed from head to toe, and even his mind seemed clearer than before.

“It can actually delete them?”

Xiao Xuan was stunned. If that was true, then did that mean he would never need to fear any negative status effects in the future?

Curses, weakness, injuries, and the like...Would that not make him invincible?

【Ding... You picked up the trash 【Worn Out! White】. It can be recycled. Recycling it will grant Eco Points: 5】

【Eco Points: Can be used to upgrade any trait! They can also strengthen your own attributes and raise the level of your cultivation methods and martial skills!

100 Eco Points can raise Vitality by 1 point, or Soul by 1 point!】

At the same time, a recycle bin appeared before his eyes, and he saw the 【Worn Out】 trait lying inside it.

The moment he heard that, Xiao Xuan’s eyes shone.

It could actually raise Vitality?

A single 【Worn Out】 trait could increase it by 0.05 points.

That was 50 kilograms of strength!

At present, Xiao Xuan only had a total of 765 kilograms of strength.

An extra 50 kilograms would bring him to 800.

That was the level of an advanced martial apprentice.

“In the past, a whole year of cultivation only raised my strength by a little over a hundred kilograms.

This one White trait can save me five or six months of effort. I’ve really struck gold.

“Let’s see what happens when I assign the points!”

Xiao Xuan took a deep breath. In any case, 【Worn Out】 was useless.

He directly chose to recycle it.

Instantly, the trait turned into a strand of white energy and vanished from the panel.

【Recycling successful! You have obtained Eco Points: 5】

At the same time, a plus sign appeared behind both his Vitality and Soul values.

Xiao Xuan immediately pressed the plus sign behind Vitality.

BZZZ!!!

In the next instant, a warm current surged into his body.

Very quickly, Xiao Xuan felt his strength rising at a rapid pace.

In only a few moments, he could clearly sense that he had become much stronger.

“So this is my special advantage? This rate of improvement is practically instantaneous enhancement.”

“In other words, as long as I have enough Eco Points, I can become a godlike existence in an instant?”

Xiao Xuan clenched his fist, delight surging through his heart.

But very soon, he realized something awkward.

“I only have two traits left now. I can’t possibly recycle both of them, can I?”

Staring at the last two traits, Xiao Xuan fell silent.

【Average Aptitude】 was an indispensable trait for practicing martial arts.

Only by possessing talent could one absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and cultivate martial arts.

Only one out of every three or four people possessed this trait, so if Xiao Xuan recycled it, he would never be able to increase his strength through cultivation again.

As for Scavenger, the Unique-grade trait, he obviously could not recycle that either. After all, his recycling ability came from that very trait.

“This can’t be happening. Do I really have to keep indulging in self-gratification every day until I wear myself out again?”

Xiao Xuan was a little dumbfounded.

But after thinking it over, that did seem possible.

As long as he kept at it day and night, then in ten days or at most half a month, he would definitely be worn out again.

And 50 kilograms of strength was not something he could normally gain even in three or four months.

The only problem was that this way of using the trait was a little too indecent.

“No, other negative effects should work too, like injuries!”

The only question is, if the Injury trait disappears, will the wound itself heal instantly as well?

“If it does, then this is practically cheating, isn’t it?”

The moment that thought occurred to him, Xiao Xuan grew excited.

How would that be any different from being unkillable?

Of course, that was under the condition that he was not so severely injured that he lost consciousness, or killed in a single blow.

BZZZ!!!

Just then, a white orb of light suddenly dropped from the boy standing in front of Xiao Xuan.

The orb rolled straight to Xiao Xuan’s feet.

Xiao Xuan focused his gaze and saw a line of words written on it.

【Weak! White】

Xiao Xuan quickly looked up.

The boy before him was drenched in sweat, and above his head there was now one more trait than before: 【Weak】!

“Pick up trash? Could it be...?”

Xiao Xuan’s pupils contracted, and he nudged the orb with his foot.

BZZZ!!!

Instantly, the orb turned into a streak of white light and entered Xiao Xuan’s body.

【Ding... You picked up the trash 【Weak! White】. It can be recycled. Recycling it will grant Eco Points: 1】

A prompt sounded immediately afterward.

“It really works!”

The sight made Xiao Xuan tremble with excitement.

Then, remembering something, he quickly looked toward Wang Kai, who was beating the trainees not far away.

Sure enough, there were two white orbs beside his feet.

【Fearful! White】 【Angry! White】

One had come from Wang Kai, and the other from the unlucky Zhou Wu.

At that moment, he understood.

As long as someone gained a new status trait, that state would condense into a trait orb.

And he could pick it up and recycle it.

This 【Weak】 was worth only 1 Eco Point, but that single point was not to be underestimated.

One Eco Point could raise his strength by 10 kilograms. What did that mean?

Ordinary trainees like Xiao Xuan had all begun practicing martial arts at the age of twelve. And even after six years, they had only barely raised their strength to 0.7 Vitality.

That meant an increase of just 100 kilograms a year.

But now, as long as he picked up even the weakest trait orb, he could gain 10 kilograms of strength.

That was equivalent to a whole month of bitter cultivation.

If one person could drop one, then the others could surely drop them too!

He swept his gaze across the entire training ground.

This was the apprentice training ground of Frenzied Blade Martial Hall.

It was specifically meant for martial apprentices whose strength had not yet reached the Martial Artist realm.

There were over a hundred people here.

The youngest were only twelve or thirteen. The oldest were already in their early twenties.

As for Wang Kai, he was one of the hall’s instructors.

Wang Kai was a martial artist at the sixth layer of Body Tempering and possessed a terrifying strength of 6,000 kilograms.

And on the ground, Xiao Xuan saw no fewer than twenty 【Weak】 trait orbs.

If he picked up all of them, then his strength should at least reach the first layer of Body Tempering, right?

At that thought, Xiao Xuan could not help growing excited.

At his previous speed, he would need at least another two years.

Now, it would only take a few minutes!