Next, Jack Harper, afraid that someone else might come, decided to go in and get the star beast blood and flesh himself. If someone stronger showed up again, he really wouldn’t be able to break through their defense.

This meat looks good, take it. This bottle of blood looks good, take it!

Since Jack Harper was getting it himself, of course he picked the best. He packed up two buckets of star beast blood and flesh and carried them away.

“Young Master Xiaobai, you can’t take that!” A kitchen servant stopped Jack Harper, looking troubled, clearly forced to intervene.

“Do you want to end up lying outside like the others?” Jack Harper glanced at the servant.

“It’s not that, but the piece of star soldier-grade flesh you’re taking was brought by Young Master James as a tribute to Second Master.” The servant said weakly, feeling contemptuous inside—bullying servants is one thing, but would you dare mess with Young Master James or Second Master?

“Oh, then tell Young Master James I accept his tribute.” Jack Harper nodded and continued on his way.

“……”

The servant was stunned. This freeloader really dared to take it, and even left such a remark. Wasn’t he taking advantage of Young Master James? Wasn’t he afraid of offending him?

Whatever the case, once James York hears about this, he’ll definitely explode. But what does that have to do with me?

Chapter 9: Compatibility: 12%!

Jack Harper returned to the courtyard, first tossing the already cleaned star beast meat into the pot to boil—just added some salt and boiled it all together, controlling the firewood as needed.

The taste didn’t matter to him, as long as the meat was cooked.

He first hung a sign at the door: “Cultivating, do not disturb,” then drank a bottle of star beast blood and began to cultivate.

Although he now had many cultivation techniques in his mind, he could only choose one to practice. He picked the safest—Lihuo Technique. After all, his body was still the same as before, no talent then, no talent now.

He’d been using this technique in the library these past few days. It felt average, but he’d stick with it for now.

“Lihuo Technique, compatibility: 12%!”

As soon as Jack Harper started cultivating, a line of virtual text suddenly appeared in his mind, nearly startling him into a deviation.

What’s going on? Compatibility? Does it mean how suitable the Lihuo Technique is for me?

If that’s true, then I shouldn’t practice this technique—only 12%. No wonder that loser before was so useless; he picked the wrong technique from the start.

Wait, if this is compatibility, why didn’t I see this text after practicing for several days before? Does it only show up after a few days of cultivation?

Well, knowing after a few days is already pretty good. Others need months to figure it out, and it’s easier for me to switch. But I don’t plan to try every single one—after all, even if it’s faster, a few days per technique would still take years to try them all.

Alright, let’s not think about that now. Time to switch to another, still a fire attribute technique.

“Rebirth by Fire Art, this one sounds awesome, let’s go with it.”

Jack Harper picked a technique, basically just going by the name, and started cultivating. After one round, he was stunned.

“Rebirth by Fire Art, compatibility: 53%.”

Staring at the virtual text, Jack Harper didn’t react for a long time.

“Damn, isn’t this forcing me to try every technique? Otherwise, how could I live up to this ability?”

Jack Harper said with some frustration, though this was something everyone else in the world would envy. Being able to know a technique’s compatibility after just one try— even someone without talent could become a top expert if they found the right technique.

So, Jack Harper fell into a cycle of testing techniques, practicing every one he knew.

“Crimson Flame Force, compatibility: 38%.”

“Fire Cloud Technique, compatibility: 71%.”

“Starflame Profound Art, compatibility: 83%.”

……

A day passed, and Jack Harper had tested dozens of techniques. The highest so far was the 83% compatibility with Starflame Profound Art—none higher than that.

Of course, it was only the first day, so he had to keep going. He ate some star beast meat and continued cultivating.

That’s right, he was still cultivating. Even though Jack Harper only practiced each technique once, it still increased his star power. The effect wasn’t much worse than focusing on a single technique; it just averaged out the compatibility.

After another half day, Jack Harper realized he no longer needed to practice a technique to know its compatibility. His brain, having collected enough data, could now estimate a rough compatibility.

But his brain’s judgment couldn’t give an exact percentage, only a process of elimination.

For example, if he looked at a certain technique, his brain would give a compatibility estimate, something like—

“Dragon Breath Art, estimated compatibility: below 95%.”

Seeing this, Jack Harper would know the maximum compatibility for this technique was 95%. After practicing, the exact number would appear. This helped him eliminate the lower ones—anything below 83% could be skipped, saving him a lot of time.