Beggar Cultivation System

Apollo glanced at the coins in his hands and couldn't help but smile. Another 5 Alm points, he thought as the number of Alm points he had increased.

He stood up and went back inside his beggar spot. Under his roof, he brought up his Status Screen.

"Name: Apollo Leone.

Race: Human.

Alm Points: 22

Spirit Cultivation: None.

Physique Cultivation: 4th-Step Foundation Building.

Attributes: None."

"This is good," Apollo muttered with a smile. He had been cultivating since he arrived last night and only went outside his beggar spot this early morning in order to earn Alm points. Some good souls gave him 5 bronze coins, which he greatly appreciated. In this world filled with brain rot, egotistical people, there were still some good ones.

As his eyes stared at his status screen, he couldn't help but glance at his Spirit Cultivation. So far, the only thing he had used was the Physique Cultivation, which he could increase by cultivating the Simple Breathing Technique.

He had already asked the System about it, and the system only said that it was meant for his spirit and mind. A very simple explanation that made the beggar want to beat the System if it had a physical body.

Apollo then glanced at his Attributes. "System, can you tell me what this is?" After all this time, he was going to ask this question for the first time.

A light blue translucent screen appeared in front of him, and words started appearing along with the emotionless voice of the System.

"Attributes are your affinity with nature. Most people are born with it, while cultivators search and learn it," the System explained in simple words as always.

"Affinity with nature?" Apollo muttered. "So lightning, wind, fire, water, metal, and so on?"

"Correct," the System answered.

"Oh, it means I don't have any inborn Attributes," Apollo finally understood. "Then how am I going to obtain one?"

However, the moment he asked this question, he immediately knew what answer the System was going to give.

"Buy it in the System store or learn it on your own," the System stated the obvious.

"Yeah, yeah," the beggar rolled his eyes. He waved his hand, and the interface disappeared in a particle of light. "So attributes… just like in a game."

Apollo had already realized that the System was just like some RPG games in his previous life. Although he was not a gamer, he at least played some games a few times in his life.

"Once I learn some of the attributes, it will probably boost my strength," the beggar muttered.

Thinking about Attributes, Apollo recalled the man he fought last night. That guy seemed to have learned the attribute of wind, as he only used wind attacks since they first met. With this in mind, he reached inside his robe and took out the scroll he got from the thin man.

He rolled it open, and the words Palm Air Explosion immediately greeted his eyes, boldly written on top of the scroll. Apollo then read all the contents inside the scroll.

"So I'm right. In order to learn this technique, one must have the attribute of Wind," Apollo muttered. "And one must have at least the Cultivation stage of Qi Condensation. That guy is not even at the 2nd-Step Foundation Building, and he learned this? What a reckless young man. And how did he even get his hands on this?"

Shaking his head, the beggar placed the technique inside his robe. It smelled like there was more to this technique, especially how that thin man obtained it. But Apollo didn't want to concern himself with it.

The beggar's mind then went to something else

"It's definitely slower than before," Apollo said, referring to his speed of getting stronger. He could feel that his cultivation had become slow. It felt like something was blocking him from moving forward. Is this the limit of the Simple Breathing Technique? Do I have to buy another cultivation technique? Apollo frowned.

But looking at his current amount of Alm points… Nah.

I should think about this later and get something to eat. Apollo decided to put the matter at the back of his mind for the time being. He left his beggar spot and went into the streets.

He was about to walk towards where Big Chub sold his bread when he stopped in his tracks, remembering that Big Chub wouldn't be selling for at least a week.

Thinking about this, Apollo glanced around before his eyes landed on the restaurant beside his beggar spot, The Filly Restaurant. He actually didn't want to have any more contact with Filly and the others, as they seemed to belong to a noble family. However, without Big Chub and the other vendors, he had to find someplace else to eat.

Well, he could buy from those newly established stalls, but from what he knew, they were expensive and came from the City itself. He would only expose himself by buying from those stalls.

"Hopefully, they have cheap food," Apollo muttered before he walked in front of the restaurant. Looking inside the door, he noticed that there were already quite a few people, but glancing back at the Skyline Savory branch, their numbers were miles apart.

He then noticed the menu beside the door.

"Oh? They are selling scrambled eggs?" Apollo immediately noticed this, as he already knew the other dishes. Looking at the price, it cost around 5 loaves of bread compared to when he bought from Big Chub. "It's just a scrambled egg, why are they selling it this expensive?"

Apollo sighed but still took a step forward and went to open the door.

The moment he stepped inside, the patrons went quiet.

Seeing this, Apollo smiled bitterly. I've already expected that there's going to be some reaction, but isn't this too excessive? Becoming so quiet the moment I entered?

In the next moment, the diners began murmuring with each other. The word beggar was thrown around from time to time. This is a mistake… Apollo shook his head and decided to go out.

Although he gave this restaurant a journal that contained some simple recipes from his previous life, he did so as part of a request. With that journal, the boss of this restaurant promised not to bother him anymore. And she took the promise seriously, as Apollo wasn't approached by any of the workers to make him go away.

Apollo didn't want to ruin her business by sullying the restaurant's reputation, and he wanted to maintain the status quo.

However, as he was about to go out, someone shouted, "Mr. Beggar, wait!"

Apollo turned to the sound and saw a man with a bandage on his forehead and some gauze on his face. The beggar immediately recognized the man as the same worker he had taught a lesson to, using his fist.

What was his name again… Ned?

Ned hurriedly walked towards Apollo and stopped a few feet away. He looked at the beggar seriously before a smile formed on his lips. "Welcome! What would you like to eat?"