Lu Xingtian did not pay attention to Lu Xiaobai's words, but said flatly:
"Did you participate in the Ancestral Planet Literature Competition?"
"..."
Lu Xiaobai instantly understood the reason for his father's attitude.
He rubbed his nose and whispered:
"Dad, you even pay attention to such entertainment-oriented minor events..."
Nowadays, humanity focuses entirely on cultivating Star Martial arts. The so-called literature competition naturally leans toward entertainment and has no practical significance.
"It was originally a small matter, but I saw the first-place entry's topic!"
"..."
Lu Xiaobai's heart sank. He scratched his head and laughed dryly.
He was actually terrified of his council speaker father standing before him...
The main reason he wasn't arrogant and domineering like other rich kids was entirely due to the discipline of the man in front of him.
Lu Xingtian's face grew even calmer, and he said flatly:
"Before you went to study on the Ancestral Planet, what did I tell you?"
"Don't casually expose your identity..."
Lu Xiaobai muttered, then quickly explained:
"Dad, the main thing is I didn't want to embarrass the Lu family. Look, my Star Martial grades are already terrible. If I couldn't even place in some literature competition, wouldn't that make me too useless? What would people from other major factions think of our Lu family then?"
"So you used my identity to get first place?"
"..."
Lu Xiaobai scratched his head and said:
"Actually, it might not necessarily be because of you. Our Teacher Wang said it was mainly because of my brilliant literary talent..."
"Brilliant my ass!"
Lu Xingtian glared at him, then continued:
"I've watched you grow up since you were a kid, don't I know what you're capable of? Whenever you write a poem, it's always 'the ocean is all water, the spider is all legs.' What literary talent could you possibly have?!"
"..."
Lu Xiaobai was instantly silenced.
He really had no way to retort...
The only thing that reassured him was that Lu Xingtian was tens of thousands of light-years away and couldn't actually beat him up right now...
"By the way, I just ordered a Didi Hitman for you. Wait at home for a while, don't leave."
"???"
Lu Xiaobai instantly lost his composure.
"Dad, do you have to be so outrageous..."
"Don't worry, it's just a little guy with a level 20 vitality. It won't hurt too much when he beats you."
"Xiao Huo!"
Lu Xiaobai didn't hesitate at all. He directly summoned the underground flying machine, ready to run away.
His vitality level was only 1.5, how could he withstand that...
A smile appeared in Lu Xingtian's eyes as he said flatly:
"No need to run. I've already sent him the location of your flying machine."
"..."
Lu Xiaobai's body stiffened, and then he said in an aggrieved tone:
"Are you really my biological father?"
Hearing this, Lu Xingtian actually fell silent for a moment, then sighed and said:
"Actually, sometimes I wonder too..."
"??"
"Look at our Lu family. Even the branch family members have extremely high Star Martial talent. Your peers already have a vitality level of 9.9, not to mention your three older brothers and sisters."
As the son of the Lu family's patriarch, Lu Xiaobai had the absolute top-tier provisions in all aspects, whether it was potions, meals, or other supplements. Logically speaking, even a pig would have reached a vitality level of 9.9 by now.
But unfortunately, Lu Xiaobai showed absolutely no improvement. His body couldn't absorb any star energy nutrition at all.
For this matter, the Lu family had hired the top doctors in all of humanity, but they still couldn't find any abnormalities...
"Dad, do you think there's a possibility that the reason I can't absorb those star energy substances is because I possess some kind of extremely powerful physique?"
Lu Xiaobai said cautiously.
He thought of his previous status panel, where his physique and talent both showed as unawakened...
This meant that he actually had talent and a physique!
Nowadays, the human population had reached trillions. With such a massive base, various anomalies naturally appeared. Some people were born with the ability to manipulate fire and had terrifying comprehension of fire star skills, while others were born with powerful physiques, possessing a vitality level above 10 even as infants.
And these abilities were known as talents or physiques!
Although not all talents and physiques were absurdly strong, overall, such people were naturally more advantaged than others and could be said to be the darlings of heaven.
"Certain physiques do require the absorption of massive amounts of nutrients to awaken."
Lu Xingtian sighed and said plainly:
"But that shouldn't be your case."
"Dad, why?"
Lu Xiaobai quickly asked:
"I remember Third Brother's situation was the same as mine before he was ten, and he eventually successfully awakened the SSS-rank Overlord Physique."
"You said it yourself, that's the world-rare Overlord Physique!"
Lu Xingtian said helplessly:
"Awakening a physique of that level only required absorbing ten years of nutrients. You've been absorbing them for almost eighteen years now. Don't tell me your physique is going to surpass SSS-rank?"
"What if it is?"
Lu Xiaobai's tone was extremely certain.
Although he didn't know what golden finger had awakened inside him, anything that could level up his star skills so easily definitely wasn't ordinary. Even it said his physique was merely unawakened, so that must be the case!
Even though an SSS-rank physique was already the highest level in the human world, the universe was too vast for humanity to imagine. There definitely had to be powerful physiques that surpassed SSS-rank!
"Let's hope so..."
Lu Xingtian nodded and said:
"The Lu family won't cut off your Star Martial resources. If it really is because of a special physique, I believe it will awaken one day!"
"Thanks, Dad!"
Lu Xiaobai said with a smile.
Given his current situation, consuming precious supplements was like throwing meat buns at a dog. If it were any other family member, their resource supply would have been cut off long ago. The only reason he could still enjoy such great treatment was definitely due to his father's full support.
"Alright, what level is your special skill, Feign Injury, at now?"
Lu Xingtian changed the subject and asked:
"Although it can't increase your strength, it can greatly enhance your ability to survive. This is one of Ancestor Lu's trump cards for roaming the starry sky!"
Feign Injury was a special skill created by Ancestor Lu. Its effect was just as its name implied: it could fake injuries. The higher the level, the better the effect. A max-level Feign Injury could even fake one's own death. It was absolutely a divine survival skill!
"Uh... it's still at level one..."
Lu Xiaobai scratched his head and answered with a guilty conscience.
"You've been slacking off?"
Lu Xingtian frowned and said somewhat sternly:
"You don't have to learn other star skills, but you must master this Feign Injury as soon as possible. Otherwise, what will you use to scheme against people, and what will you use to save your life?"
"Uh... Dad, I know about saving my life, but this thing can also be used to scheme against people?"
"Nonsense! This thing can let you fake the effect of severe injury or even death. Who would keep their guard up against an injured or dead person?"
"Is that so?"
Lu Xiaobai blinked. He truly hadn't thought about it that way. After all, in his eyes, his family skill was completely useless...
"Take this seriously!"
Lu Xingtian looked stern, his voice tinged with fervor as he said,
"Which of our Lu family ancestors wasn't a great hero who excelled at playing dirty?"
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
