Can Copy Talents

A chance encounter on the road proves far more fortuitous than Ye Tian could have anticipated. When he crosses paths with the prized armored rhinoceros of a heavenly family's esteemed daughter, he does not hesitate to voice his admiration for the beast. His request to lay hands upon the creature's formidable hide is granted—though the lady grants it with a puzzled tilt of her head, unable to fathom why a mere stranger would crave such a strange favor. Yet Ye Tian's fingers have barely brushed the rhino's plated scales before he silently commits its legendary defensive constitution to memory, a talent now his to command. But one stolen ability is never enough for a man who knows opportunity when he sees it. With a warm smile and an extended palm, Ye Tian offers friendship to the young heiress, and she accepts the gesture with an unguarded handshake. In that fleeting contact, he works his true craft—not merely copying flesh and bone, but duplicating the very cultivation arts that pulse through her meridians, secrets honed by generations of celestial lineage. She remains oblivious to the transaction, believing she has simply made an unremarkable acquaintance. Ye Tian, meanwhile, walks away with a reinvigorated spirit, his repertoire of powers quietly doubled, and his path to supremacy paved by the silent theft of gifts that were never meant to be his.