Set a goal, and the system takes over the body.

"What??"

The stall owner stood there, stunned, his eyes wide open.

Seeing Qi Xiuyuan pull out a tael of silver from his pocket, he was filled with remorse.

I should have accepted those two taels of silver from the beginning.

After all that trouble, it's now down to half.

We're losing money like crazy!

But then I thought, this bronze figure was originally bought for fifty copper coins, so selling it for one tael would be a huge profit.

He quickly grabbed the silver and stuffed it into his pocket, then shoved the bronze figure into Qi Xiuyuan's hand, as if afraid he would change his mind.

Qi Xiuyuan smiled slightly.

The system indicated that it would cost two taels of silver to buy the bronze statue, but since I didn't let the system take over my body, I actually saved one tael.

In other words, the system will choose the most time-saving and effort-saving approach, not the most cost-effective approach, unless you add restrictions to it yourself.

Qi Xiuyuan took the bronze figure but didn't leave in a hurry.

The market was bustling with people, and the cries of vendors rose and fell. He stood in the shade next to a stall, and a thought flashed through his mind.

"Set a goal: find good things in Xifang City."

[Target detected: Search for valuable items in Xifang City]

[Method 1: Buy a wooden toad carving from stall number 79 (Ding) for one tael of silver. Take it to stall number 10 (Bing) to exchange for a wooden fish statue. Take it to stall number 91 (Jia) to exchange for a copper hairpin. Take it to the wine alley in the west of the city to exchange for a jar of Xinghua Laojiu (Apricot Blossom Wine).]

[Method 2: Purchase a Xuanjing Dagger from stall A2 for twelve taels of silver, then sell it for twenty taels from stall A70.]

[Method 3: Stall B at No. 80...]

Method 4...

Method 5...

Please select a method to complete the objective.

Qi Xiuyuan raised an eyebrow, his eyes widening slightly.

"Strange, before, when we set goals, there were always two options, but this time five popped up, and they're all trivial and worthless. Is it that the higher the value of the goal, the fewer options the system gives, while the lower the value, the more options it gives?"

The idea of ​​a test popped into his mind.

Method two requires twelve taels of silver, but he only has nine taels in total. He's curious to see what the system will do after taking over his body if he doesn't have enough money.

"Consider this a test! I choose method two!"

The system has taken over the body and begun searching for desirable items.

The familiar feeling of being out of control instantly washed over me.

With a quick step, he walked unhurriedly through the crowd towards Area A.

The second stall, located at a corner of the market, had a piece of blackened coarse linen cloth spread out on it, with dozens of weapons scattered on it, looking rather inconspicuous.

The sun shone obliquely, and a thin old man sat behind the stall, most of his face hidden in the shadow of the brim of his straw hat, only revealing his chin covered with a long, white beard.

Qi Xiuyuan walked straight forward and picked up the Xuanjing dagger.

"How many?"

The old man raised his hand and gently pushed up the brim of his straw hat, his gaze sweeping over the dagger.

"Twelve taels, no bargaining."

Qi Xiuyuan immediately took out the remaining nine taels of silver from his pocket, placed them on the hemp cloth, and then took off the waist tag of Qingshan Martial Arts School from his waist and put it over.

I owe you three taels of silver; I'll pay you back within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

The old man's gaze lingered on the wooden sign for a moment, then he nodded slightly.

"Can."

Although Qingshan Martial Arts School is already one of the lowest ranks in Tianfu.

But he still had the credibility to accept three taels of silver.

Qi Xiuyuan picked up the dagger, turned around and walked towards stall number 70, and successfully exchanged it for twenty taels of silver.

He returned the way he came and placed three taels of silver on the old man's stall.

Both parties are cleared.

With control back in his hands, Qi Xiuyuan stood in the market and couldn't help but smile to himself.

"I thought that after the system took over, it would resort to extreme measures such as direct robbery, but I didn't expect it to understand market dynamics."

Qi Xiuyuan simply went through the other options provided by the system one by one, changing the wood carvings and emptying the miscellaneous goods. He did each step precisely, without making any unnecessary movements.

By the time everything was finished, it was already getting dark.

The lanterns in Xifang Market lit up one after another, casting an orange-red glow on the street.

Qi Xiuyuan did not linger any longer, turned around and left the market, heading straight back to the martial arts school.

His stomach had been growling with hunger for a long time.

They called all the way to the kitchen.

He lifted the lid of the steamer, filled a large bowl with brown rice, and wolfed it down with a plate of stir-fried vegetables and half a bowl of salted meat. He finished the meal in a flash, wiped his mouth, and hurriedly returned to his room.

The door was closed, and an oil lamp was lit, casting a dim, yellowish light that made the room appear shadowy.

He placed the small bronze figure on the table; it looked utterly unremarkable.

"Set a goal: master the Divine Finger Technique!"

[Target detected: Cultivating the God-Sealing Finger]

[Method 1: Skillfully solve the puzzle to obtain a fragment of the Divine Finger Manual, practice it all night, and you can input it first thing tomorrow morning.]

[Method 2: Brute force your way through the mechanism to obtain the fragment of the Divine Finger Manual, practice it all night, and you can input it first thing tomorrow morning.]

Please select a method to complete the objective.

"Huh? Aren't the results all the same?"

Qi Xiuyuan was slightly taken aback, but just in case, he chose method one.

[The system has taken over the body and begun to decipher the mechanisms.]

His hands immediately started moving on their own.

He ran a few fingers around the bronze figure, carefully feeling along the rusted seams, like unraveling a Mohist puzzle, and soon found more than a dozen hidden mechanisms in the inconspicuous patterns.

His fingers pressed down in sequence.

With a series of clicking and clattering sounds, the rusty bronze figure slowly sprang open, revealing a tightly rolled old scroll in the middle.

"Luckily, the system takes over my body. If I were to do it myself, I probably wouldn't even be able to find the location of these mechanisms."

He picked up the scroll, unfolded it, and laid it on the table, then began to read it carefully by the light of the oil lamp.

Qi Xiuyuan also looked at it.

The scroll was badly damaged, and some of the words were blurred and illegible. If it were up to him, he would probably only be able to guess and make things up. But he had a feeling that after the system took over his body, it should be able to fill in the missing parts.

"This...is not martial arts, but a Taoist supernatural power?!"

Qi Xiuyuan was greatly alarmed.

Martial arts are merely the techniques that martial artists cultivate. Once a practitioner reaches the perfection realm, if their comprehension is high enough, they may be able to comprehend secret techniques from the martial arts of the perfection realm.

Only when the secret techniques are perfected can one have the opportunity to comprehend supernatural powers!

Qi Xiuyuan never expected this.

Hidden within this bronze figure is actually a fragment of a Taoist supernatural power manual!

No wonder the system said that if you cultivate this incomplete manual to the minor completion stage, you can win the championship of the Heavenly Mansion Martial Arts Tournament.

Take off!

Now it's really taking off!

His body quickly finished reading the incomplete manual, and he immediately stood up and began practicing in the room.

His index and middle fingers joined together to form a sword finger. Following the method of circulating qi in the fragment, he drew upon the qi and blood in his body. Soon, his fingertips were filled with a sense of abundance of qi and blood. Then, he pointed out with one finger, accompanied by a faint sound of wind breaking.

The flame of the oil lamp flickered in the wind, and the shadow on the wall also flickered.

One finger, two fingers...

The body continued to cultivate in this way without any pause.

Early the next morning.

Sunlight streamed into the room through the paper windows, making it dimly lit.

When Qi Xiuyuan regained consciousness, he found that his body was still practicing the finger techniques in the same spot. Fortunately, after a short while, he stopped and stood still, and control was back in his hands.

At the same time, all the insights gained from that night's cultivation surged up.

"Truly worthy of being called a Taoist supernatural power!"

"The finger strikes don't seal acupoints, but rather transform the enemy's vital energy into strange array symbols, thus sealing the enemy's vital energy. It's a pity it's an incomplete version, only the first layer. However, those few missing parts don't affect cultivation."

Qi Xiuyuan smiled slightly.

With a thought, a pale blue light screen popped up.