Chapter 5

Chapter Five

Three years later.

"Congratulations, host! Your martial arts cultivation level has reached the Perfection of the Several Stages realm. Reward: 10,000 points!"

"Congratulations, host! You have independently learned and mastered the language and writing system of the Jinling Dynasty on Tianji Planet. You are rewarded with 1,000 points!"

"The Phoenix Soaring Heaven System can now be upgraded to Level 1. The upgrade requires 10,000 points. Would you like to upgrade?"

Lin Mu looked at the panel in front of him, where the left option was "Yes" and the right option was "OK". This style is very profitable!

"I won't choose it!" Lin Mu felt that the system was like a mobile phone; as long as it could still function and be used, there was no need to replace it.

I wonder how my phone, which had been with me for five years, is doing now that I left. Five years is a long time.

"Mumu, Lin Mumu, host." In the past three years, Cat Thirteen's ability to act cute has grown explosively.

"System, look, we'll need to use points a lot more in the future, so let's save them up now!" Lin Mu patted the cat's belly.

Although you can't actually touch it, it's still pretty good. You can already pet the cat, so who cares if it's real or not!

"But after I upgrade to level 1, I can briefly have a physical body. Don't you want to bury your face in my hairy belly, Mumu?" Thirteen flirted with Lin Muming in cat form.

But what is the condition of the trees?

"Congratulations, host. The system has been upgraded to level 1. This upgrade consumed 10,000 points. Please continue..."

The first feature that Lin Mu saw after the system upgrade was the system's physical representation.

Lin Mu clicked quickly.

"System mimicry has been initiated and will last for 5 minutes."

"Let's play the game of burying cats' hairy bellies!" Lin Mu couldn't wait.

For the next five minutes, please imagine the state of mind of cat lovers.

Five minutes later, System Thirteen returned to virtual state.

At this moment, the cat lay there, utterly despondent, its tail swaying weakly from side to side.

The system really doesn't understand how there can be such a person who just catches a cat and pets and sucks it like crazy!

"Thirteen!" Lin Mu sighed.

"W-what's wrong?" Seeing Lin Mu's expression, the cat's tail, which had been wagging back and forth, suddenly stopped.

"If the system continues to upgrade, will the time it takes for the cat to materialize take longer and longer?" Lin Mu asked with a smile, his eyes almost narrowed to slits.

If Thirteen had spent a little more time on Earth, he would have known the theory that all squinty-eyed people are monsters.

"Looks like I need to work even harder!" Lin Mu clenched his fist.

"Mumu, you've worked really hard, really!" The system cat's words came from the bottom of its heart, without a trace of false flattery.

When the tree reached one and a half years old, its life became more regular, and its daily routine was as follows:

In the morning, my consciousness spent two hours learning the Nanjing language and script in the system's virtual space.

Then return to the real world to eat. Activate the substitute function for two hours, find a place to hide and practice martial arts.

I pretended to take a nap at noon, but my consciousness continued to study in the system space for two hours.

I took a nap for an hour and a half in the afternoon, and then had lunch.

After dinner, I activated the substitute function again, sending the substitute out to move around while I continued my cultivation.

Aside from restarting the Stand function after its time limit expires, Lin Mu will continue to cultivate until 9 PM!

A little child! A three-and-a-half-year-old child!!!

How can someone be so self-disciplined!

However, the results are quite good. They have now basically finished learning the language and writing system of the Jinling Dynasty and can even write short essays.

Having reached the first level of martial arts cultivation and attained perfection, a breakthrough is just around the corner!

"Mumu, this schedule is good!!!" Thirteen Cat rubbed his forehead, sweating non-existently. Oh my god, how much more effort do we need to put in!

"Did you know that everyone on Earth goes through a phase?"

"Wake up at 5:30 in the morning, take a two-hour nap at noon, and go to bed at 11:30 at night, studying nine subjects at the same time!"

"If I were in this state, my cultivation level could have advanced even further!" Lin Mu said calmly, after all, he had also struggled for a whole day with two cups of bitter tea back then.

"Also, System, please provide a copy of the language and script instruction videos for all countries except the Jinling Dynasty." Lin Mu thought, "Multiple languages, multiple paths"—this saying should also hold true on Tianji Star.

"Okay!" Thirteen Cats had nothing to say.

Thirteen Cat just wants to leisurely climb to the top of the system, not to achieve it all at once! Other systems will complain if that happens!

But what can you do when you're stuck with a cat like this? You can't unbind it, and System Thirteen doesn't want to unbind it either, because leveling up so fast is just too awesome!!!

I ask you, which company is as powerful as my host?!

“However, Thirteen, you’re right, we still need to pay attention to balancing work and rest. So let’s take a few days off.” Juan Wang Linmu indicated that he wanted to take a short break in the near future.

"Okay, okay!" the cat agreed wholeheartedly.

"Let's take a look at what functions the system has after upgrading to level one." Lin Mu brought up the system function page.

Stand function:

1. The Stand's duration is 4 hours. If you need to extend the duration, please purchase it with points. It costs 20 points per hour.

Second, the stand-in will possess faint emotions.

Teleportation Function: Instantly teleport 3 times at any time, anywhere, with no distance limit. To use this feature further, please purchase additional points; each teleport costs 100 points.

Map monitoring function:

1. A map is generated immediately wherever the host goes.

2. Monitoring and protection functions can be activated within a 100-meter radius of the host's location. Any creature or attack within this range will trigger an immediate alarm. To expand the range, please purchase using points; 1 point per square meter. Bulk purchases will receive a discount.

System Materialization Skill: The system can materialize for five minutes. The cooldown time for the next use is 24 hours. If you need to increase the materialization time, please purchase it with points. 100 points per minute.

Other system functions include: storage function, screen display function, and system-activated consciousness dialogue function.

New features can be developed after the system is upgraded.

Lin Mu felt that the cat materialization function was excellent and perfectly suited her taste.

Although the price is a bit high, it's well worth it. The fluffy, adorable cats are so therapeutic!

"Then I'm leaving, System Master! Let's play the game again next time." Lin Mu's consciousness left the virtual space.

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Chang Le Palace, Lin Mu's daily residence.

Chang Le Palace symbolizes the emperor and empress's love and respect for this princess, and Chang Le represents the greatest blessing that her parents could give to their daughter.

Lin Mu was named Xiao Liunian by the Emperor and Empress as soon as he was born. He was also given the title of Chang Le and a fiefdom.

In the same year, Emperor Chengjing arranged for the construction of Princess Changle's residence outside the palace, and rebuilt and expanded Hanliang Hall inside the palace into Changle Palace, which was then bestowed upon Princess Changle.

Both Chang Le Palace and Princess Chang Le's residence are decorated in an extremely luxurious manner.

On the thirteenth day of the third month of the fifth year of Chengjing, the sun shone brightly and the sky was clear, a rare good day in recent times.

On the bed in the Chang Le Palace, Lin Mu opened his eyes, sat up, and pulled the bell beside him.

The palace servants found it strange when they heard the bell ringing. His Highness always got up at 9:00 AM, and they were always the ones who woke him up. His Highness had never pulled the bell himself before.

Although they were very curious, the two palace maids quickly stepped forward and pulled back the bed curtains.

"Greetings, Your Highness!"

"Greetings, Your Highness!"

"No need for formalities. What are your names?" Lin Mu asked casually.

"This servant is Bai Zhi," the palace maid on the left replied.

“This servant is Bai Lan,” the palace maid on the right replied.

This wretched feudal society!

"I'm going out to soak up some sun later. You may arrange breakfast," Lin Mu said.

Afterwards, Bai Zhi went to arrange breakfast, while Bai Lan went to call the other palace servants in to help the princess get up and wash.

While Lin Mu was having his meal, Bai Zhi had already arranged for another first-class palace maid, Bai Fu, to report back to the Empress.

Lin Mu thought that within an hour, this hall, or rather the entire harem, would probably be very lively.

Why? Because it's a great system!

The side effect of a Level 0 Stand is a blank expression. When this trait appears in a child, it is a sign of mental retardation.

However, Lin Mu cannot be normal for a while every two hours, as that would seem even more abnormal. Therefore, Lin Mu can only remain silent and expressionless, just like Lin Mu clone number one.

For the past three years, everyone in the palace has thought that Princess Chang Le is a little fool.

But today, this fool woke up and even spoke. Why isn't this something that's causing a sensation in the palace?

Everything was exactly as Lin Mu had predicted.

The biggest news from the palace today: Princess Chang Le has spoken!!! Princess Chang Le has spoken!!!