Staring at the innate qi displayed before him, he felt a bit curious.

Previously, he had only used that crude method of holding his breath while running to roughly measure it, but he had never known his exact amount of innate qi.

Now, with this Heavenly Dao Merit Register, it was directly revealed to him...

2.98 cun—compared to the student selection standard of Baixiang Academy, it was short by 0.02 cun, truly nothing impressive...

Of course, that was in the past.

Now, since he had the Heavenly Dao Merit Register...

Carter Foster slowly savored the thoughts that the Heavenly Dao Merit Register had infused into his sea of consciousness earlier. After gaining some understanding, he slowly extended a finger, reaching toward the void—in reality, he was pointing his finger at the number on the Merit Register before him.

"Spend my merit, replenish my innate..."

He silently recited in his heart, and gently tapped that number with his finger.

Immediately, he saw the merit value of three thousand begin to change, turning into two thousand seven hundred.

And his own innate qi suddenly rose, from 2.98 cun to 3.01 cun.

Carter Foster blinked, calculating the conversion rate in his mind, when he suddenly felt a slightly cool current enter his body from the center of his forehead. It then transformed into a surging warm flow, saturating his entire body, merging into his blood, and as the blood circulated, it rapidly spread throughout his whole being. Countless pores all over his body seemed to open at this moment, blending with the energies of heaven and earth.

It was truly hard to describe this sensation.

It was like downing ten cans of Red Bull in one go, and also like soaking in a 42-degree pool for half an hour.

"So this is what it feels like to change one's innate qi?"

Even Carter Foster himself was a bit stunned: "Like a weak fifty-year-old uncle suddenly returning to being a fresh eighteen- or nineteen-year-old..."

Carter Foster's heart surged with indescribable excitement.

He knew what this seemingly minor change meant.

Innate qi, which cultivators believed to be utterly unchangeable, could actually be easily improved!

Chapter Six: The Will of the Immortal Hall

Talent is bestowed by heaven—some are born strong, some weak. The food and exercise of daily life can change a part of it, and can slow the decline of one's innate qi, but it can never break through that limit. Just like in his previous life, no matter how hard most people trained, it was impossible to break the ten-second barrier for the hundred-meter dash, because it was simply beyond possibility.

But now, this Heavenly Dao Merit Register could change that.

He spent three hundred merit points and directly raised Carter Foster's innate qi by 0.03 cun.

Just this 0.03 cun was enough to go from outside the ten-second mark to within it.

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"One hundred merit points can raise innate qi by 0.01 cun..."

Carter Foster closed his eyes slightly, calculating in his heart: "If I use all my merit to raise my innate qi..."

He still had two thousand seven hundred merit left, which could raise his innate qi by 0.27 cun.

In that case, his innate qi would reach 3.28 cun, which would be considered top-tier even at Baixiang Academy.

Carter Foster took a deep breath and suppressed this thought.

He didn't know what the external situation of the Fang family was now that his elder brother had just passed away, so he didn't dare to raise it too quickly, fearing that someone would notice he had changed overnight. Therefore, in the days to come, he could only start practicing martial arts and training every day, and in this process, slowly increase his innate qi, making it look like a recovery of his physique.

After all, as a young man, being lazy and indulging in wine and women would cause one's innate qi to wither.

But by tempering the body and correcting bad habits, one could return to their original state.

This, in the eyes of outsiders, would seem like a very normal... well, relatively normal thing!

And at this moment, what was even more important was the marvelous use of the Heavenly Dao Merit Register.

It could display the merit he gained from slaying demons and monsters, and could even use merit to enhance his innate qi.

So if he continued to slay demons and monsters, could he continuously gain merit and endlessly increase his innate qi?

When his innate qi reached the normal human limit of 3.33 cun, or even surpassed one chi, one zhang, or even directly reached thirty-three zhang, three hundred and thirty zhang, what would he become?

A model youth from Krypton?

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Carter Foster muttered to himself, suppressing his unreliable thoughts.

"By comparison, I should be more concerned about another issue..."

Judging from the merit he could now convert into innate qi, it all seemed to come from the demons and monsters he had previously eliminated. In other words, if he wanted to gain more merit, he would have to keep killing those monsters and evil spirits that plagued the world?

He felt a bit dumbfounded—wouldn't that mean he was following in his elder brother's footsteps?

In a world where good people can't survive, you want me to be a good person?

How is that any different from forcing someone to be a fool?

How lacking in virtue!

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At Longji Slope, south of the city, the eldest son of the Fang family, Grand Immortal of Daxia, Charles Foster, was being buried.