After failing his history test, Mike walked to his next css. It was different from Rains, so they separated. Mike sat down and checked on Mike-1.

  Mike-1 was currently being tested if he had a spiritual root; something required for cultivation. He was instructed to put his palm on a big ass stone that was white. Mike-1 did so, and a small area of the stone turned green.

  "A low-quality spirit root of the nature type" the trainer said "You can cultivate but your future's limited" then the trainer told him to go to the Hu family library to get a cultivation technique of his choosing; recommended to have a nature affinity.

  Mike-1 left and walked to the Hu family library which was very fancy, it had golden columns and walls. The area was decorated bright red. He approached the librarian and showed his identity token; it was given to him upon being made the advisor of Jin.

  He was allowed entry and browsed through the first floor of the library. The upper floors had advanced techniques that weren't suitable for newbies like him. He first looked at the nature type cultivation techniques but all of them seemed pretty boring.

  They focused on increasing lifespan instead of combat ability and the spells were mainly supporting ones; spells to heal, grow herbs, and domesticate beasts. He was a clone, so lifespan didn't matter to him, and he wanted to be at the frontlines since it was a lot more exciting.

  So, he browsed through the other cultivation techniques and found one that suited him. It was a dark cultivation technique that was the opposite of nature. Its cultivation was based on chance; it would either lead to massive gains or a crippled body. Extremely suitable for a gambler like him.

  As for its type being the opposite of his affinity, he didn't care. Its name was the Corrupt Gambler Cultivation technique. The spells it had were also based on luck, it could deal a lot of damage, but there was a chance the spell would backfire and attack him instead.

  After taking the cultivation technique he went back to his assigned room. As the young master's advisor, it was quite vish, had ample space, and was filled with rich decorations. He was given 3 maids to help him with various affairs. Mu Qi, Mu Li, and Mu Zi. Three female triplets that were unable to cultivate but practiced martial arts.

  He was about to start practicing the cultivation technique but was interrupted by a shout "Young Master Jin, has summoned advisor One" Mike-1 opened the door and saw a man holding a fan dressed in a white robe. The man looked at him with disdain in his eyes, this was probably due to him being suddenly appointed as Jin's advisor. A lot of people wanted to hold that position but a random person like him just swooped in and took it, this naturally caused some enmity between them. It was like working in a company for years hoping for a promotion but then a new hire comes in and gets it. Mike-1 followed him to Jin's courtyard.

  He saw Jin sitting down with a displeased look on face. Looks like he would have to pcate the young master. He sat down and was about to speak but Jin said, "Who gave you the right to sit?" Mark-1 immediately stood up and bowed to Jin.

  "Please forgive oh great one, I was being presumptuous"

  "What gives someone like you the right to become my advisor?"

  Mark-1 kept bowing. "I too am displeased by this situation after all how could I advise someone as great, magnificent, and handsome as you are. Someone who will surely become a god amongst men. If it wasn't the cn heads order, I would have resigned myself of this position and decred that the young master, so wise and astute for his age, needs no advice from anyone"

  Jin didn't know why but Mark-1's words made him feel good and took out all the anger he had from this circumstance. If he did have an advisor, it was better to have someone who knew how great he really was. "Well said, maybe having you as my advisor won't be too bad, just don't interfere with my decisions"

  "Of course, young master, why would I interfere with someone who only makes perfect decisions? All I want is to be of help to you and assist you in becoming the ruler of this world"

  "Hah, how could someone as weak as you assist me in ruling the world" Jin took out a pouch and threw it Mark-1 "Use this to make yourself a worthy sve"

  "Thank you for your generosity young master, I won't disappoint you and will surely become a worthy sve" Mark-1 said then started walking away but Jin interrupted him.

  "Before you go, what does astute mean?"

  Mark-1 turned around to face Jin "It simply means being able to judge situations or people and being able to turn it into one's advantage"

  "Hmm, you describe me very well"

  Back in his vil, Mark-1 tried to open the pouch but couldn't so he asked Mu Qi how he could open it.

  "Master this is a precious storage artifact of cultivators; it has a subspace within that can store items thousandths of times its size, to open it one must use Qi" she responded.

  "Thanks for the info, you can go back to doing maid stuff" Mark-1 said. Since he couldn't open it for now, he decided to cultivate. He sat down in a meditative position and did as the Corrupt Gambler Technique instructed. Soon he felt spiritual energy in the air, they were very small particles. He could detect a lot of green ones but only a few dark ones.

  He sifted through the green particles and attracted the dark ones towards him. This took a pretty long time, so he decided to use the technique that gave the Corrupt Gambler its name. He would either injure himself or make his cultivation a lot faster, it was 50 - 50.

  He activated the technique, and the green particles turned into dark ones that flowed towards him without him doing anything. As expected, he successfully activated the technique, once activated he wouldn't need to gamble again for the next 10 hours or until he cancelled it early.