Chapter 3 – In a Dangerous World, I Must Lay Low and Not Be Reckless!

The next day.

Qin Yang woke up early.

He bought two fried dough sticks and a bowl of sweet tofu pudding on the way.

A simple breakfast to start the day.

Entering the Library, Qin Yang went straight to his workstation.

Library First Floor, Area 1.

The Jianghai Martial Arts Library had three floors in total, with eight areas on the first floor.

The first floor housed the most basic martial arts Manuals.

The higher the floor, the more advanced the martial arts recorded.

However, Qin Yang did not have the authority to access the second floor.

His task was to manage his own designated area.

The upper floors were guarded by the Library’s experts.

Neatly arranged on the shelves were various martial arts Manuals.

As a Library administrator, Qin Yang could freely browse these basic martial arts Manuals.

Now that he had reached the Half-Step Innate Realm, Qin Yang decided to pick a martial art to practice seriously.

This way, if he encountered any danger in the future, he would have some means of self-defense.

Returning Origin Palm

Tiger’s Roar Saber

Luo Family Spear

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After scanning the Manuals on the shelves, Qin Yang finally picked up a Sword Dao Manual titled “Breeze Swordplay.”

The Library had many martial arts Manuals.

But Qin Yang understood the principle of not biting off more than one could chew.

He wasn’t greedy and only chose one basic Swordplay.

As for why he chose Swordplay?

No particular reason—it was simply because it looked cool!

As a bright young man, Qin Yang naturally harbored a dream of becoming a swordsman.

Who wouldn’t want to travel the world with a sword?

Although he lacked the strength to wander the world now, that didn’t stop him from choosing Swordplay.

With no women in his heart, drawing the sword would naturally be divine.

But Qin Yang didn’t have a sword, and he couldn’t practice Swordplay inside the Library.

So he could only squat silently in a corner and memorize the sword techniques from the Manual first.

His original self had no experience in practicing martial arts. Despite having Half-Step Innate cultivation, Qin Yang was still a complete novice.

However, his Half-Step Innate cultivation at least gave him a significant advantage.

At the very least, these basic martial arts weren’t too difficult for him.

It wasn’t until noon that Qin Yang stretched and closed the Manual in his hand.

Because it was time to eat.

The Library had its own cafeteria, with good and affordable meals.

Qin Yang ordered a plate of braised pork, which cost less than three dollars.

Emphasizing great value for money.

“Sigh, when will this kind of life ever end?”

“Staying in this Library every day, I feel like I’m going to get depression.”

While Qin Yang happily enjoyed his braised pork, his colleagues in the cafeteria looked listless and dispirited.

“Who told us we have poor aptitude? We’re destined to work for others our whole lives!”

“Let’s just practice hard. If we can break through to the third level of the Acquired Realm someday, maybe we can find a decent job.”

“Third level of the Acquired Realm? With my trash aptitude, I’ll probably be thirty by then. At that point, I might only qualify to be a security guard.”

“Alas, there’s no other way. Who made us born with poor aptitude? We’re destined to be laborers for life!”

Listening to his colleagues’ complaints behind him, Qin Yang shook his head.

He sighed inwardly, thinking that this world seemed even harder to navigate than his previous one.

The strong ruled, and without strength, one could only remain at the bottom of society forever.

Of course, this had nothing to do with Qin Yang.

He had no grand ideals or ambitions.

As long as he had food, drink, and could live well, that was enough.Although he had become a Half-Step Innate expert, Qin Yang had no intention of changing his job.

He felt perfectly content staying in this Library.

First, he had no desire to earn money.

Having toiled for decades in his previous life, now that he was reborn, he only wanted to live a stable life and take it easy.

Second, according to the system, this world was a Fantasy World.

Having read countless novels in his previous life, Qin Yang naturally understood how terrifying the combat power in a Fantasy World could be.

If he went out to cause trouble, who knew if an Innate Realm expert might pop out from somewhere and kill him?

The outside world was too dangerous; it was better for him to stay honest and well-behaved in this Library.

A life of fighting and killing was not what Qin Yang wanted.

Third, his golden finger was too unreliable!

Qin Yang still hadn’t figured out how this golden finger worked.

His Half-Step Innate cultivation had also come about in a muddled way.

Even if he went outside, he had no means to grow stronger.

Although the system had boosted Qin Yang’s cultivation, his trash aptitude remained completely unchanged.

His speed of absorbing Star Power was still as slow as a turtle’s crawl.

Although he had reached Half-Step Innate, just half a step away from the Innate Realm,

Qin Yang knew in his heart that with his aptitude, crossing that half step would be extremely difficult.

Forget it, as a trash, taking it easy was the true path.

Qin Yang couldn’t be bothered to think about these things. After finishing the braised pork in his bowl, he directly returned to his workstation and continued reading.

Time flew by, and another month passed.

Every day, Qin Yang either read books or ate.

His days were quite peaceful.

And after appearing last time, the system had gone silent again, as if it had never existed.

If not for Qin Yang genuinely possessing Half-Step Innate cultivation,

he would have doubted whether the system really existed at all.

Qin Yang had also tried tormenting other small animals, attempting to awaken the system again.

But all ended in failure.

Helpless, Qin Yang simply stopped caring about it.

Every day, he honestly went to work and read books.

This stupid dog system—he could do without it!

Qin Yang believed that even without this system,

he could still take it easy just fine!

Of course, besides taking it easy, Qin Yang gradually became familiar with his colleagues at the Library.

The original owner’s personality was somewhat withdrawn, even self-deprecating, and he disliked socializing, which led to poor relationships.

But over this month, through Qin Yang’s efforts, his colleagues’ impressions of him had greatly improved.

Especially some female colleagues, who often secretly glanced at him and had even privately given him the nickname “Library Hunk.”

Qin Yang couldn’t help but sigh: “Being handsome is also a bother…”

“Qin Yang, reading again?”

“Come on, it’s mealtime!”

A figure suddenly appeared beside Qin Yang and gave his shoulder a firm pat.

Startled while reading, Qin Yang glared at the other person irritably: “Can’t you give a heads-up first?”

This person was named Xia He, the administrator of Sector 2 on the first floor of the Library, and was one of Qin Yang’s closer male colleagues.

If Qin Yang had come to the Library to take it easy passively due to life’s pressures,

then Xia He had done so actively.

Rumor had it that his family was well-off, with wealthy parents, making him somewhat of a rich second generation in the Library.It was simply because his aptitude was too low, and he was the only son in the family.

His parents didn’t want to see him go out and take risks, so they had no choice but to let him live off them.

“Heh heh, next time for sure, for sure.”

Xia He chuckled, casually slinging an arm over Qin Yang’s shoulder as he spoke without a care.

(End of Chapter)