Chapter 13：8 Gates

Yi Qiu took off his wet clothes and tossed them into the washing machine. After rubbing his body with soap and taking a bath, he started to check his Integrated Network information.

The consumption for merging Bloodlines exceeded his expectations. From 100 Integrated Network Coins to 160 Integrated Network Coins and then to 420 Integrated Network Coins. ... It really felt like he was dealing with a loan shark. 

He did expect there not to be an increase in stats when he merged with the boar Bloodline but he didn't expect not getting any ability after merging with the Wild Boar Princess Blood.

Even if he was lucky and obtained an ability from merging Bloodlines, it needed to have a certain property. Yi Qiu contemplated to himself, it seemed like he had to be careful in the future.

As for finding a way to raise Charm? It didn't exist. Yi Qiu touched his bald head, if he had time why not just train Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique a few more times?

The unlimited merging that was mentioned was like how some games mentioned dealing 999 damage with one blade. To get so strong, one had to first pay a lot of money.

Yi Qiu took out the Brass Knuckle Duster that he got from the Sadistic Dog-Head Man chest. He wore it on his hands and tried to punch and he felt that he wasn't used to it. It was called Brass Knuckle Duster, but in truth, it was just a knuckle duster made out of brass, there was nothing magical about it.

The so-called 1-5 attack was naturally not referring to those lame games where one punch would cause a 1-5 health decrease. It was based on hardness, blade angle, etc., giving an overall value.

If there weren't any special effects, Yi Qiu felt that it was better if he got weapons from real life. Be it cold weapons or firearms, it would be the case before he came into contact with magical weapons. 

Speaking of which, Monks didn't need magical weapons like that of other physical classes. After all, when he reached lvl4 he would be able to inject Ki and turn his hands into magical weapons. Along with his Monk level increasing, this ability would also continue to strengthen.

Speaking of which, what if one injected Ki into sponge? Yi Qiu suddenly had an idea.

"Ding." A message from the bank regarding utility bills brought Yi Qiu back to his senses. Yi Qiu touched his head. He did not much savings left. Yi Qiu's main income source before was farming for cash on some popular games as well as government help. Due to his age, this was the last year he could get help from the government.

As for farming for cash, since he obtained the Monk ability he had stopped.

Yi Qiu finally thought about the small piece of gold ore and that unknown ore that the pangolin dropped. Although he heard that the price of gold dropped, it was a stable currency and it wouldn't fall much.

Thank you Dog-Head Man, it allowed the only Monk on earth to not have to move bricks to survive...

He carried a bag of ore, taking a bus to the gold shop. In the end, they didn't accept it. However, one of the customers expressed that he was interested. He used the machine in the shop to do an x-ray test. The gold ore from the chest had 20 over carats of gold which the guy expressed he would buy for 5,000.

As for the other ore that he got from the pangolin, they were basically yellow iron, a few of them were gold ore but there was too little gold. That person said he could help him deal with them and offered him 5,300.

Yi Qiu sold it all to him, the price was nearly enough.

Yi Qiu didn't care much about money, he was happy as long as it was enough for him to live.

He exited the store and it was snowing outside. The bell of the new year always welcomed the heaviest cold wind of the year. Yi Qiu wiped the snow that landed on his head. His new life had just begun...

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As it was snowing outside, Yi Qiu didn't head to the park to practice Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique. He contemplated whether or not he should train in other things, something like Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique that didn't need him to have extra expenses.

He didn't have any idea after thinking for half a day so he decided to stroll the Rotten Apple Playground forums.

He hadn't come on for a long time but it was still bustling.

There were many trending topics, most of it was mind-blowing and really interesting. Of course, the eternal Book of Exotic Fantasy was always there.

Yi Qiu drank tea and read. Very quickly he found what he wanted in the anime section.

"Naruto has ended, who is your favorite character?"

1L: "Of course it is Itachi, I love his control of his brother."

2L: "106cm, no explanation." 

3L: "Such a good answer."

4L: "Please sit down it is not your turn."

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"Pu." Yi Qiu spat out a mouthful of tea, as expected there were perverts everywhere.

When he thought about Naruto, Yi Qiu thought about a character he loved, instantly giving him some inspiration.

Yi Qiu looked at his remaining Integrated Network Coins. He had 120 Coins left.

He thought about it and felt that his idea did make sense. Thus, he went to find the item he wanted to exchange for.

"Are you sure you want to exchange for Eight Gates?"

"Confirm."

"Checking character energy compatibility."

"Check complete, high compatibility, conditions are satisfied."

"Checking character stats."

"Check complete, character physique satisfies requirements."

"Checking whether or not there is Bloodline conflict.

"Check complete, character blood is compatible, conditions satisfied."

"Please enter the number of Integrated Network Coins you would like to pay, the lowest exchange price is 50 Integrated Network Coins."

Yi Qiu thought about it and typed in 100.

"Exchange success, Eight Gates is being generated."

Incomplete Eight Gates:

Origin: Konoha Leaf Village

Quality: White

Description: This seems like a portion of a scroll, on it records the opening method and cultivation methods of the Gate of Opening, Gate of Healing and Gate of Life.

Special effect: Incomplete (You can spend extra Integrated Network Coins to repair this technique, the effect of the repair will depend on how much you spend)

Eight Gates's most outstanding user in Naruto was Might Guy. He was the only character that Yi Qiu liked when he watched Naruto. A character who didn't rely on background, on bloodline or tailed beasts, using his own passion and nearly ended up bringing an end to the series.

Eight Gates's theory was to open up the eight gates in the human body to remove all restrictions in the body and obtain explosive strength! The more gates one opened, the more powerful one got. Of course, the effects would be more serious. When one opened the eighth gate, one would definitely die. Of course, the power that one would get would also be really terrifying.

Yi Qiu considered that death in the dungeon was just a period of weakness. When he faced a boss he couldn't beat, he would just open Eight Gates and instantly kick the boss to death. Wouldn't that feel good? Moreover the Eight Gates exchanged from the Integrated Network just required the user to have enough Physique and Senses. It didn't have demands on one's Technique, Energy Control, and Bloodline. The effect just raised one's internal energy as well as one's Strength and Agility. It was really compatible with the Monk's combat system.

"Will you use the incomplete Eight Gates?"

"Yes!"

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