“System, what are these Fortune Points for?”
[Ding! Fortune Points can be used to improve the progress of cultivation techniques and martial skills, allowing the host to escape her doomed fate as soon as possible. For other functions, please explore them yourself.]
“Pah! You’re the one who’s doomed!”
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“......”
This system was just like some AI company—utterly useless, constantly going offline and refusing to work.
Ye Wushuang was completely at a loss.
Low-grade cultivation techniques were like elementary-school mathematics: simple enough to pick up right away.
But a supreme Earth-grade cultivation technique had a learning curve comparable to advanced mathematics. Most ordinary people would struggle even to get started.
“Use a Fortune Point.”
She immediately used a Fortune Point on the Taiyin Profound Qi Circulation Art.
A flash of white light passed through her mind. Suddenly, Ye Wushuang gained a wealth of insights into cultivating the Taiyin Profound Qi Circulation Art, and the parts that had previously seemed obscure and incomprehensible became crystal clear.
The next moment, a strand of spiritual energy within her body began circulating on its own, slowly flowing from her dantian to her limbs and organs.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth was continuously drawn toward her, forming a vortex above her head.
Hum.
A muffled sound came from within her body as Ye Wushuang completed one full cycle of the Taiyin Profound Qi Circulation Art.
This meant that she had completed one stage of spiritual-energy refinement, and the technique had instantly reached the entry level.
But it did not end there.
As the technique continued to operate, the strands of spiritual energy within her body were repeatedly compressed and condensed.
Ye Wushuang was astonished to discover that the impure spiritual energy within her was being refined continuously.
The gaseous spiritual energy in her dantian gradually transformed into liquid, gathering within her dantian.
The accumulated pill toxins in her body, left behind by taking far too many medicinal pills, were expelled little by little.
The expansion of her dantian’s qi sea meant that she could absorb and store even more spiritual energy.
More importantly, her body was being nourished by a mysterious force. Her meridians continuously expanded, and the spiritual energy coursing through them began surging like a great river, flowing freely without the slightest obstruction.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
At that moment, three consecutive muffled sounds rang out from within her body.
The invisible bottleneck of her realm was shattered. Ye Wushuang’s cultivation had actually risen straight to the peak of the Qi Condensation Realm, placing her on equal footing with Liu Ruyan and Lin Langtian.
An eighteen-year-old at the peak of the Qi Condensation Realm was a top-tier genius even in Qinghe City.
One had to understand that the essence of the Qi Condensation Realm was the process of gathering and continuously refining the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
The special effect inherent to the Taiyin Profound Qi Circulation Art greatly shortened the time required for this process of spiritual-energy circulation.
Thus, Ye Wushuang’s consecutive breakthroughs came naturally.
“As expected of a supreme Earth-grade cultivation technique. This feels amazing!”
Ye Wushuang could not help exclaiming.
She wanted to continue breaking through, but the bottleneck at the peak of the Qi Condensation Realm was extremely firm. It would be difficult to break through it in a short time, so she had no choice but to stop for the moment.
“Check the system panel.”
[Name: Ye Wushuang]
[Realm: Peak Qi Condensation]
[Fate: Doomed (slightly improved)]
[Recent Fate Script: Due to a major change in destiny, the workings of heaven have become chaotic. The recent fate script cannot be viewed.]
[Cultivation Techniques: Taiyin Profound Qi Circulation Art (Entry Level), Sword Control Art (Entry Level)]
[Fortune Points: 0/1]
“One Fortune Point only raised the cultivation technique by one minor level. Could it be because this technique is too high-grade?”
A trace of doubt flashed through Ye Wushuang’s mind.
She decided to wait until she had accumulated more Fortune Points before testing it again.
The Lin Residence, confinement room.
Liu Ruyan slowly regained consciousness.
She discovered that her limbs had been tied down with ropes. Her hair was in complete disarray, and her mouth was stuffed with a filthy rag that smelled so foul it made her nauseous. She looked every bit like a lunatic.
“Who am I? Where am I?”
A sharp pain stabbed through Liu Ruyan’s mind. She suddenly remembered everything that had happened in the main hall, and her eyes widened with fury.
The once-beautiful face had turned deathly pale.
“Mmph...... Mmph......”
With a flash of light from Liu Ruyan’s ring, the rag in her mouth and the ropes around her body instantly fell to the ground.
“Master! What happened to me?!”
Her voice was filled with sobs.
Liu Ruyan had always considered herself extraordinary and had never imagined that one day she would make a fool of herself in front of everyone.
It was even more unbearable than death!
“Alas......”
A long sigh echoed from within the ring.
“I tried to wake you, but this power is exceedingly strange. It touches upon the level of rules. Even I had no way to deal with it......”
Liu Ruyan felt even worse after hearing this, and she became secretly vigilant.
Ever since she was old enough to remember, everything had gone smoothly for her. She had constantly encountered opportunities and benefactors, yet she had somehow provoked an enemy this terrifying without even realizing it.
The figure of Ye Wushuang naturally appeared in her mind, but she quickly dismissed the idea.
Ye Wushuang was a famously good-for-nothing in Qinghe City, and her cultivation was only at the early stage of Qi Condensation. Even if everyone present was a suspect, it could not possibly have been Ye Wushuang.
Although Liu Ruyan hated Ye Wushuang, she hated the person who had attacked her from the shadows even more at that moment.
Could it have been Lin Langtian?
After all, among everyone present, Lin Langtian was the only one she could not see through.
But she quickly rejected the idea.
Even though they had already fallen out, Liu Ruyan still believed that Lin Langtian had neither the motive nor the ability to attack her.
Although she did not know who had attacked her, the fact that it involved a higher realm clearly meant that an ordinary person could not have done it.
It seemed she would have to investigate secretly later.
At the very least, she could no longer stay in the Lin family—or in Qinghe City.
After meditating for a while, Liu Ruyan recovered her condition.
She then put on a veil and quietly slipped away while no one was around.
The eastern wing of the Lin Residence.
Pfft.
Lin Langtian spat out a mouthful of blood, and the fluctuations of spiritual energy around him became extremely chaotic.
He hurriedly swallowed a medicinal pill and continued meditating.
“This body is still too fragile. The strain is too great—it simply cannot withstand the circulation of the demonic technique.”
Lin Langtian frowned inwardly.
In his previous life, he had tempered his body at the age of three, entered Qi Condensation at five, reached True Essence at seven, and entered the Violet Mansion Realm at eighteen. From there, he had swept aside all opposition and eventually become the most powerful Demon Emperor in the Southern Domain.
Unfortunately, his strength had been too monstrous, and he had been far too high-profile. Arrogant and bloodthirsty, he had offended countless powers.
In the end, the ancient grand emperors of both the righteous and demonic paths had joined forces to attack him. After he killed several contemporary grand emperors, an ancient monster who had remained hidden from the world finally used an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon to completely erase him.
He had thought that after being reborn, he would be able to rely on his cultivation techniques and talent to quickly return to his peak.
He had never expected the talent of this body to be so much worse.
On top of that, the ancient imperial weapon had left a terrifying Dao injury in his soul.
The moment he began cultivating, the injury would flare up again, making every attempt at cultivation agonizing.
To heal it completely, he would need another grand emperor to intervene.
However, doing so would be little different from seeking death.
After all, an ancient grand emperor who had yet to fully mature was a humanoid treasure coveted by countless sects and powers.
Once someone captured him, searched his soul, and controlled him, any one of the ancient secrets, cultivation techniques, martial skills, or cultivation insights in his possession could make their strength rise by an entire level.
This was also the reason his strength had improved so slowly ever since awakening.
That said, he still possessed quite a few ancient miraculous pills capable of alleviating Dao injuries. Given enough time, returning to his peak might not be impossible.
The prerequisite, however, was that he obtain the heavenly treasures needed to refine those pills.
At the thought of this, Lin Langtian could not help but let out a bitter laugh.
Back then, all he had to do was stamp his foot, and countless sects and factions would scramble to offer him their treasures.
Now, he had actually fallen so far that a small family treated him as nothing more than a tool for marrying into the family.
Recalling everything that had happened today, he began to take a slight interest in Ye Wushuang.
Lin Langtian pondered for a moment before slowly raising his head.
“Interesting.”
