"Click~"

Yun You looked at the blue book in front of her, bit her finger hard, creating a small wound on the pad of her index finger, and squeezed out two drops of blood.

This was the method Yuanbao had taught her before.

According to the girl, this "Star-Attracting Technique Introduction" manual is a "unique" item, and only by dripping a bit of one's own blood on the cover of the book to make it "acknowledge its owner," can the contents inside be seen.

At first, Yun You was a bit skeptical, so she directly opened the book planning to study it carefully...

But what greeted her was page after page of blank paper.

Not to mention words and pictures, even the page numbers were empty.

At this point, Yun You had no choice but to believe in the "uniqueness" claim.

The little girl reluctantly extended her hand and dripped the blood onto the cover of the book.

In the next moment, the "acknowledgment ceremony" she anticipated, filled with golden light, didn't occur.

The book did emit light, but it was just a few weak silver rays that emerged from the three big characters of "Star-Attracting Skill," serving only as an illuminating device for the cover, nothing to make a fuss over.

However, the words on the book did appear as expected.

Yun You opened the cover of the book.

On the clean title page, a few lines of small characters written in dark blue ink lay quietly.

The handwriting was light and graceful, yet not neat, with scribbled strokes predominating, giving it a wild and unrestrained aesthetic.

[Star-Attracting, meaning to guide the stars in the sky into one's own body, transforming the fragile and decayed flesh into a new star, achieving the effect of immortality, invulnerability, and indestructibility]

[Throughout history, the bright stars in the galaxy have been the object of worship for earthly beings; prophets gain inspiration from the star arrangements, and scientists explore power from the structure of the starry sea. Even among the Apprentice Death Gods, there's a branch that found its own "Sequence" among the stars]

[However, no matter how much one explores, humans cannot touch the true stars, nor cross the light-years units' distance]

[My Star Guide method is intended to take a shortcut, transforming oneself into a star, thereby glimpsing the true meaning of stars... leading to the heavenly road illuminated by boundless light]

Looking at these lines of majestic text, Yun You couldn't help but brighten, her heart filled with excitement and anticipation.

"It sounds amazing..."

She eagerly turned to the second page.

However, the text on this page poured a bucket of cold water over her.

[Do you feel that the paragraph above is particularly awesome? Super stylish? Feels like learning it will make you invincible and roam the world?]

[I'm just kidding, folks... that was stuff I wrote during my "chūnibyō" (adolescent delusions) phase, it's not serious, so don't take it to heart!]

[Body refining is just exercising and strengthening the body. Everyone has a head on their shoulders, not much difference, no need to consider those flowery words and deeper meanings in the book...]

[This Star-Attracting Skill is just a little gimmick I tinkered with when I was bored, it's not too advanced, probably only ranks in the top one hundred among all the Body Refining Manuals. Alas, it's a bit embarrassing, a manual casually created by me can only rank this low...]

[Also, this thing is quite picky about people; some can pick it up quickly, while for others, even if they practice it for a lifetime, it'll never stick, so it's better to have an open mind, practice if you can, if not, just switch books, don't hang yourself on one tree]

[Of course, these are just my suggestions, how to practice is still up to you]

[I've put the specific teaching details after page 5, the first few pages are just my nonsense and drafts, utterly uninformative, you may or may not read them]

[...]

[Speaking of which, it seems society now talks about "master-disciple" relationships... learning requires a teacher, becoming a mercenary requires a teacher, and after buying a Body Refining Manual, you need to bow three times and kowtow nine times to the manual's author, calling them teacher]

[But I don't care about this; writing this set of the Star-Attracting Skill manual was just for fun, whoever is lucky enough to find this book, the Star-Attracting Skill belongs to them, there's no need to call me teacher]

[And strictly speaking...]

[I probably won't leave my name behind]

[In any case, practice as you wish, no need to have any reservations, after all, by the time you read this book, I probably died who knows how many years ago, haha]

If in the first page's text, Yun You read a grand and magnificent vision, then in the second page, she read the author's carefree attitude, and a kind of low-key yet sharp "arrogance."

Although this author repeatedly emphasized that the Star-Attracting Skill was just a trivial pastime for them, not worth mentioning...

But they also added that this thing can at least rank in the top one hundred among all Body Refining Manuals.

What does this mean?

Apprentice Death Gods and mercenaries, in their development to the present, have created countless Body Refining Manuals, right? To rank in the top one hundred among them, how strong must it be?

Yun You always felt the manual's owner was boasting, but the arrogance and confidence between the lines always made people want to trust him.

Who exactly is he? A nameless Apprentice Death God who can create such an advanced manual is impossible, he must have left his name.

But he said he couldn't leave his name... what's the reason for this?

Yun You was baffled.

"Oh well, oh well, let's not worry about it."

Eventually, the little girl still shook her head.

Just as the manual's author themselves mentioned, this strong one maybe has long passed away in the endless years.

It's indeed meaningless to fret over the title and identity of a deceased, better to focus on the present moment.

Therefore, Yun You suppressed the doubts in her heart, skimmed through the first five pages casually, and turned to page six, beginning to study the manual's main content.

On this page, there were no words, only a beautiful star chart.

Against the dark night sky as the base background, the paper was adorned with thousands of stars, making the stars into a galaxy curtain, dragging strands of light, painting a bright and splendid Milky Way.

Somehow, the moment she saw this drawing, Yun You felt a trance; all her gaze and mind were attracted by the stars, her body and soul completely immersed in the virtual star sea, unable to extricate themselves...

This feeling wasn't caused by the beauty of the artwork, but from an instinct deeply rooted in the body.

Like needing to eat when hungry or sleep when tired, it's something humans simply cannot resist.

Just like this, Yun You watched... watched... completely forgetting the time.

After an unknown amount of time, a change finally occurred.

The stars before Yun You's eyes seemed to have quietly shifted positions, forming four blurry characters before her eyes.

[Look up to the sky]

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