Chapter 9: Transcending Time and Revitalizing the Cultivation World (9% progress)
1314 didn't know where to begin offering comfort, so after careful consideration, said:
Isn't reaching this level of intimacy a kind of pinnacle?
"Why does it sound so sarcastic?" the chef muttered under his breath.
Xiao Tingyuan sighed, "I probably don't have that opportunity."
Need help storing the magical pot in your storage space? The system's portable storage space expands as your level increases; Lv2 is just the right size for the pot.
"Put it in."
1314 is a thoughtful and considerate system, and decided to distract Xiao Tingyuan to alleviate his low mood.
Check out the forum posts! There are lots of jokes shared by other users; they're quite funny and can help you relax.
"What is that?" Xiao Tingyuan asked, puzzled.
[Forum posts are a communication channel for task participants. Posting privileges are available at any level; Lv1 grants posting permissions.]
His face lit up with joy: "So, I can find like-minded people on the forum?"
That won't work. The forum is for anonymous communication; all names, locations, and images that reveal real-world situations will be automatically replaced or hidden.
Xiao Tingyuan knew that 1314 wanted to comfort him, and felt a warmth in his heart: "1314, thank you."
Then he opened the forum, and a post marked "hot" was pushed to the top with the title "I love the newbie protection period!!!".
I almost opened it by some strange twist of fate, and a picture posted by the poster struck me to the core.
—Surprisingly, they were a Saint-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill and a five-star cultivation technique.
If I remember correctly, the highest level of cultivation manuals sold in the system shop is five stars.
【Well】
1314 is awkward.
Xiao Tingyuan remained expressionless.
"1314, thank you so much!"
Nothing is more painful than an unlucky person seeing a lucky person; they'll never be happy again!
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Jun Huilian saw the post through Xiao Tingyuan's perspective.
Out of curiosity, Jun Feibai touched the illusion mirror of the person who posted the message, glanced at it, and asked with slight confusion: "She's a mortal without cultivation aptitude. Was she chosen because of her good fortune?"
Jun Huilian looked over and his eyes revealed understanding: "So it was her."
What's so special about her?
“Look closely at her soul,” she prompted.
Jun Feibai looked closely and saw the problem: "The soul and body are very compatible, but not completely integrated. In this situation... possession?"
“No, there are no signs of the physical body being invaded. The original soul was safely reincarnated, and she just happened to be taken in,” she explained.
"That's exactly Fang Tieyan's situation."
“Yes.” Jun Huilian nodded. “The situation is exactly the same. They all died in their original small worlds and stumbled into the cultivation world, where they happened to find a suitable body.”
A series of coincidences led to the arrival of a lonely soul from another world, whose luck was outrageously good.
“A second ‘Fang Tieyan,’ no wonder she’s so lucky. I hope she doesn’t have Fang Tieyan’s personality.” Jun Feibai wrinkled his nose and said with some repulsion.
Because of the former's bizarre past behavior, he naturally had no liking for the wandering souls of another world.
"She and Fang Tieyan have the same background, but their personalities are very different." Jun Huilian smiled as he recalled his experience of meeting the girl. "It was a coincidence that I met her. When I was traveling in the mortal world with my clone, she was confined to her house. She went out to do business against all odds, which gave us the opportunity to meet. I took the opportunity to talk to her a few times. Her thoughts are very interesting, and she is also very decisive."
Jun Feibai sensed that she had a high opinion of this girl, and a pang of jealousy arose within him. He silently moved closer to her.
Jun Huilian, oblivious to the sour smell emanating from him, made no attempt to hide the admiration in his eyes and continued, "I want to see what kind of achievements she can make in the cultivation world."
"She has her own business in the mortal world, is she willing to give it up?" Although cultivating immortality is the dream of many people, there are also those who are talented but unwilling to give up worldly affairs.
When Jun Huilian was observing the central illusion mirror, he noticed out of the corner of his eye: "I think she was quite decisive when she bound herself to it back then."
She put it mildly; in reality, this person was the quickest among all the taskers to accept the existence of the system. Not only did she not resist it, but she was even quite proactive.
Jun Feibai pouted: "I didn't notice just now. Shall we turn the illusion back and take another look?"
You shall return to refine naturally, as he will.
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Su Xiaoyao sat cross-legged on a rock in the middle of the lake and let out her 632nd sigh.
She has been trapped in the middle of the water for two days and one night.
“I’m just like the Third Holy Mother trapped in the water prison of Mount Hua now, except that I can’t wait for Liu Chenxiang to split the mountain and save his mother.” She sighed, resting her chin on her hand. “God, the plane crashed and I was reduced to ashes. You can’t just take my soul and put it back in the ashes, can you? Or are you playing a joke on me and only giving me two years to live? You should have said so earlier. If you had, I would have given up and wasted my life.”
"I was so stupid, really... I only knew that time travel meant living one more life, but I didn't know that one life was only two short years... Sure enough, my time travel experience card expired. It's a pity that I lived to be twenty in my previous life and only sixteen in this one. If I could do it all over again, I would definitely be a lazy bum and enjoy life! I will never try again!"
She stood up angrily, her voice resounding, and paced back and forth on the small rock with her hands behind her back.
"This is outrageous! I've told Su Muyao a million times that I don't care about this damn prince. Can a prince let me drink cola in the summer and eat hot pot in the winter? Can a prince let me eat skewers and drink milk tea every day? Besides, I'm only sixteen years old! Sixteen! I've said so many times that I won't date before eighteen and won't get married before twenty-one. Can't Su Muyao understand human language? Is she sick in the head? She insists on treating me as a rival and even tricked me into coming here. And that damn prince has the nerve to say he wants to marry me. Damn it, I'm still a child!"
She stomped her feet in anger.
The stone swayed from side to side because of her movements, which startled her so much that she quickly squatted down to lower her center of gravity.
Seemingly sensing that the rock was unstable, the piranhas, which had been eyeing it from underwater, gathered around it in unison, forming a dense circle. Several of them attempted to leap out of the water, their sharp, serrated teeth sending a chill down one's spine.
Su Xiaoyao hugged herself helplessly, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Why would such a monstrous creature as piranha exist in ancient times? You can't just create a fictional world like this! I was an orphan in my past life, and in this life, my father doesn't love me and my mother died young, making me even worse off than an orphan. God, what did I do to deserve this? Waaaaah, why am I so unlucky! Chenxiang—Chenxiang—please save me too, Chenxiang—"
She cried out in anguish.
【drop】
Feeling hungry and with her mind blank, she thought she was hallucinating and heard the standard system notification tone.
Suitable life form detected
Wait, it's not a hallucination!
Want to escape your scumbag father? Want an exceptional physique for cultivation? System 996 is here to serve you...
996 had the information given to him by Jun Huilian and knew about the future host's situation at home, so as soon as he arrived, he hurriedly recited the pre-set lines.
Before it could finish reciting the words, Su Xiaoyao raised her arms and waved them frantically, interrupting it:
"Bound! Bound! I'm bound! My hero, you've finally come to save me! I love you so much, waaaaah!"
Although she could not see the system's physical form, in her mind the system had already materialized into a majestic figure wearing golden armor and riding on a seven-colored cloud.
The system started from the same point, but because the host of 996 was the furthest away from all the taskers, the journey took a lot of time. On the way here, it browsed the internal forum of the system. Many systems that had met the host earlier were exchanging information that this batch of hosts were generally suspicious, thoughtful, and difficult to deal with, and that they needed to use all their skills to influence them with love and ideals.
So it prepared itself for a long battle, but was immediately overwhelmed by Su Xiaoyao's enthusiasm.
[…Binding successful]
[The prize pool section is loading, it has been unlocked]
Forum sections are loading, now unlocked.
The online store section is loading and has been unlocked.
The secondary job section is loading and cannot be unlocked yet.
The trading section is loading and cannot be unlocked at this time.
996 is a rigorous system; it includes everything that other systems habitually omit.
"Heaven has not forsaken me, Su Xiaoyao!" Su Xiaoyao's eyes filled with tears.
[You have been chosen by the Supreme God.]
996 is for you to return to the fold and vindicate yourself.
"Yes, yes, yes! Technology changes lives, technology changes destiny, I love technology and technology loves me! I understand, I understand!" Su Xiaoyao nodded repeatedly.
The host seemed to have a slightly skewed understanding, but since she accepted it well, it didn't explain further. Looking at her ecstatic appearance, it seemed that she had suffered many setbacks in the past, and 996's protective instincts were aroused.
[Host, please rest assured, as long as we persevere and keep rolling up, there will surely be a bright future.]
"Yes, yes, yes, a bright future! I, Su Xiaoyao, am not destined to die! I knew I was the chosen one!" She stood with her hands on her hips, laughing wildly without regard for her image.
Would the host like to view their personal panel?
Faced with the system that had saved her, Su Xiaoyao nodded mindlessly at everything it said.
"Look, look! Baby, just call me Xiao Yao."
The name 996 inexplicably reminded her of the good fortune in her past life, which was rather eerie, so she simply called it "baby".
Personal Panel
Name: Su Xiaoyao
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Race: Human
Talent: Five spiritual roots [Pseudo-spiritual root, marrow cleansing recommended]
Realm: None
Status: Hungry
Deputy position: None
Level: Lv0 (Experience Points 0/10)
[A simplified version of the personal panel can be switched to, displaying only name, talent, realm, and level. Switching to this version is recommended.]
"Change it! Change it! I agree with all your suggestions." Su Xiaoyao nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
Personal Panel (Simplified Version)
Name: Su Xiaoyao
Talent: Five spiritual roots [Pseudo-spiritual root, marrow cleansing recommended]
Realm: None
Level: Lv0 (Experience Points 0/10)
[Congratulations, host, you have received a newbie gift pack x1. Open it now?]
"Open! Open! Open!" He kept nodding.
[Newbie Gift Pack used, obtained items: Beginner Appraisal Skill x1, Beginner Portable Storage Space x1, Basic Qi Refining Cultivation Technique x1, Random Item x1]
[Draw random items?]
"Puff, puff, puff!" He still nodded.
[Random items are being drawn...]
[Congratulations, host, you have obtained 1 Sacred Marrow Cleansing Pill]
Su Xiaoyao still wanted to nod, but before she could slam her head down, she was stunned when she saw the words "Sacred Marrow Cleansing Pill" on the panel, snapping out of her extreme excitement.
She was too excited to listen to what 996 said or look at what was written on her personal panel.
She recalled blankly, "Honey, didn't you ask me before if I wanted an exceptional physique for cultivation?"
【Yes】
"If I'm not mistaken, this panel says it has the five elemental roots of a protagonist?"
[It's true that it has five spiritual roots, but the protagonist's treatment cannot be determined.]
"The newbie gift pack included a cultivation technique?"
That's correct.
"After I finish taking the Marrow Cleansing Pill, I can start cultivating? Like that kind of cultivation where you can fly, teleport, and control the wind and rain?"
[As long as you have spiritual roots, even the worst-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill can transform you into having dual spiritual roots, absolutely helping you embark on the path to immortality]
"One last question..." Su Xiaoyao stared into the void, enunciating each word clearly, "So this is a world where cultivation is possible?"
[Uh, Xiao Yao, you've been here for two years, didn't you know? You're in the mortal realm, but there's a cultivation realm beyond it.]
Su Xiaoyao's expression instantly became incredibly interesting.
"So, I actually transmigrated to a cultivation world, as a protagonist who rises from the ashes, but was almost killed in the beginner village because of domestic power struggles?!"
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