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Chapter 87. We’re Rich! We’re Rich!
Chapter 87. We’re Rich! We’re Rich!
When the woman suddenly appeared, I saw Ren Qingquan take a step back in shock. Actually, I am also a bit shocked. I almost activated the [Transfer] function and teleported Ren Qingquan to another place.
Luckily the first word she spoke was 'congratulation', which made me hold my fight or flight response and listened to her words.
Upon listening to the woman's word until the end, it seems this woman is indeed a program of some sort. Otherwise, she would've realized Ren Qingquan is not an inheritor who took the test but just someone who entered through a loophole.
After she gave her congratulations, the woman continued."You can take everything in this room. Furthermore, you can bathe yourself in this pond of souls and increase the quality of your soul. It will help you during your advancement into the Nascent Soul Realm. "
After the woman said that, she spoke in a grave tone. " Please remember. Never ever drink the water of this pond! It is something created by collecting the souls of thousands of cultivators and beasts. The gathered soul power then will pressurize your souls and help to temper it. Because it is something made by gathering thousands of souls, if you accidentally drink it, the soul will bypass the formation's defense and can contaminate your own soul. At that point, insanity is the best result and death is to be expected."
With that warning, the woman disappeared.
When I heard the light woman's explanation, I was first shocked that there is actually a means to gather souls. If I learn that ability, I will have more means to collect points. What a pity, just like before, I can't even find where the formation which sealed the pond is located. So, I can only push the dream of learning the ability to collect souls for later.
After that, I finally processed my current situation.
I am standing in front of a pond made out of souls. Or to be exact, Ren Qingquan is the one who stood in front of it.
And secondly, the amount of energy contained there is 2 millions points.
Souls and 2 millions points! 2 millions!!!
I am f*cking rich!!!!!!
Ren Qingquan also realized it as his eyes widened. 'System, we are rich! We are rich!!!!"
'Quick, activate [Devour] and turn all of it into points.' amidst his excitement, Ren Qingquan quickly shouted.
Luckily, I've learned from my mistakes and keep a cool head. So, I suggest him to use the soul pond first to achieve the greatest benefit.
[Host, system thinks it is better for you to bathe in the pond first and temper your soul. It will allow you to achieve the most use for this pond of soul. By the way, remember to activate your Armament Transformation skills to block your mouth and other orifices just in case.]
Ren Qingquan nodded and enveloped his head with Armament Transformation. Then, he jumped straight into the pond of souls.
Once he went inside, I could feel the sense of pressure Ren Qingquan transferred through [Anchor]. Staying in the pond gives Ren Qingquan the feeling of being compressed by the surrounding water.
The warning from that woman of light scared me, so I spent most of my attention making sure Ren Qingquan was absolutely safe.
In case he accidentally turned off the Armament Transformation guarding his head opened his mouth.
The bath lasted for half an hour. When Ren Qingquan went out, I can feel his mental power increased greatly. It is almost as strong as those Nascent Soul elders in the Pure Wave Sect.
Once he went out of the pond, Ren Qingquan made sure there wasn't any water stuck on him.
Now standing on the ground near the pond, I can see his hand trembling in excitement. 'System, activate [Devour]'
I activated [Devour] on Ren Qingquan's hand then changed its shape from a ball into a long tube that touched the pond.
[Devour] started to slowly absorb those souls. When I saw the amount of points increasing quickly, I felt incredibly excited.
Soon I'll be able to [Anchor] a new host and won't need to depend on Ren Qingquan! Keeping this guy alive has put serious strain on my mental health.
As the pond's size is quite considerable, it took ten minutes to swallow all of those souls. During that time, I just watched as my points increased.
With the pond dried out, my status screen has also changed.
[Name: System
Skills:
[Storage]
Inanimate and frozen time: 1000 cubic meters.
Space with x2 speed: 1 cubic meter.
[Transfer]
100 meters/ point.
[Calculate]
Upgraded using: 20,000 points.
[Devour]
Radius: 15 Meters (10,000 points)
[Scan]
Max Range: 10,000
[Create]
[Anchor]
Lv 7 : Ren Qingquan
Lv 5 : 1 (Azure Emperor)
Lv 4 : 5(Ren Qingchen, Su Ping, Bai Yushi, Fungi, Young Master Gu)
Lv 3 : 1 (Elder Gu)
Lv 2 : ±10
Lv 1 : ±1,000
Energy: 1,400,000
Daily income: 80 Energy]
From now on, I am a millionaire bwahahahaha!!!
Now that I think about it, I guess it is time to give him the completion notification for the mission to collect points.
[Emergency mission: Gather Points.
Details: Now you are in a safe(?) situation. Please gather more points in case of emergency!
Goal: gather 200,000 points. (Completed)
Reward: 20,000 points.
Deadline: 30 days.
Punishment: 10 minute electric attack.]
[Congratulations for completing the mission, you've been rewarded with 20,000 points.]
Ren Qingquan who saw the reward excitedly opened his status panel and saw the amount of points in it that has reached beyond a million.
[Name: Ren Qingquan
Realm: Golden Core 0/150
Absorbed Spirit Qi: 15/15 (Auto Refill OFF)
Point: 1,200,000
Profession: Formation master (Extremely Weak.)
Cultivation Method: Immortal Body Tempering (Immortal Ascension)
Magical Technique:
Armaments Transformation V.2 (Golden Core),
Body Hardening V.2 (Golden Core),
Formation Technique 1 (Golden Core)
First Section of Super Duper ... Turtle Shell Technique (Golden Core) ,
First Section of Turtle Divination Art (Golden Core),
First Part of Evanescent Movement (Golden Core),
First Part of Void Refining (Golden Core)
First Part of Don't Peek At Me, Pervert!(Golden Core)
System function: Devour, Shop, Scan, Library, Map (1000 meters radius), Calculate, System Storage (100 cubic meters, 1 cubic meters with 2x times), Sub system, Quest, Transfer (100 meter/points).]
When Ren Qingquan saw the amount of points he had, he quickly told me. 'System, upgrade my cultivation to Nascent Soul!'
[Do you wish to spend 300,000 points to purchase 150 strands of refined spirit qi?]
Ren Qingquan nodded his head.
After I sent 150 strands of spirit qi, Ren Qingquan asked me another question. 'Do you know how to break through to Nascent Soul?'
[Yes.]
Thanks to the many cultivation books I've read recently, I already understood many basic knowledge related to cultivation. Advancing to Nascent Soul being one of them. I then started explaining to Ren Qingquan.
[First, you'll need to gather the refined spirit qi in your body into your Golden Core. Then, infuse some of your mental power into the golden core in the host's dantian. Once the host finishes the infusion process, the heaven will start sending tribulation. During the heavenly tribulation, you'll need to defend against the lightning bolt from heaven while the Nascent Soul within your body will slowly connect with your True Soul.]
[Please keep in mind, if the Nascent Soul within your body got destroyed or too damaged during the tribulation transcending process, you'll either die or get stuck forever in the half step Nascent Soul stage.]
Ren Qingquan slowly read my guide and warning before nodding. 'Alright then, I understood. Before that, please create four tall copper rods.'
I am a bit confused by his sudden request. But when I overheard his thoughts, I turned speechless instead.
Ren Qingquan actually thought of using a lightning rod to disperse the power of that lightning tribulation! I dare bet 10 points, that plan will fail! Especially when I remember how Heavenly Will's lightning once used some homing function to target stones I've granted with [Devour] before.
Sigh, whatever. As long as he is happy.
I took 4 points from him and created 4 thin rods using copper.
After planting those copper rods into the ground in his surroundings, Ren Qingquan then followed my guide step by step.
First he gathered all of the refined spirit qi that has been spread all over his body to his golden core. Once the golden core has been filled to the brim, Ren Qingquan starts infusing his mental power into the golden core.
The process lasts for around ten minutes. During this time, Ren Qingquan activated his Super Duper ... Turtle Shell Technique and used Armament Transformation to create an umbrella made out of spirit qi.
With that defense, it should be able to hold the early attack coming from the lightning tribulation.
Surrounding him, there are also the four tall copper rods that have been planted to the ground.
With a serious face, Ren Qingquan felt his Nascent Soul start connecting with his true soul. From the feeling shared through [Anchor], the sensation of having one's Nascent Soul merge with the True Soul is akin to gaining an extra limb.
But because the merging process comes step by step, the feeling of gaining an extra limb also arrives in part. First, you'll gain an extra elbow, then an extra palm, thumb, fingernail, and other fingers.
According to the books I've read, soon the heaven will start sending tribulation and hit Ren Qingquan with lightning.
Yet, thirty minutes quickly passes. During this half an hour, time seemed to pass at extremely slow time as both of us waited for the heaven to send a tribulation.
At this time, Ren Qingquan's True Soul and Nascent Soul have already mostly merged. In terms of limbs, he can be said to have a pair of extra arms and an extra right leg. The only part left is for him to gain an extra left leg.
Time quickly passes yet again. This time, Ren Qingquan has reached the Nascent Soul stage where his Nascent Soul has connected to his True Soul. But the heaven still hasn't sent any tribulation.
Ren Qingquan: ???
System: ???
Where is the promised heavenly tribulation?
Ol' Heavenly Will, why must you slap me in the face like this?