Chapter 12: Plundering Opportunities, Breaking Through to Longevity
Chapter 12: Plundering Opportunities, Breaking Through to Longevity
[Detected that Chu Fan is making contact with an opportunity. Consume 1000 Destiny Points to plunder?]
[Note: Due to current Destiny interference, the required Destiny Point cost for plundering has been reduced]
Although the system couldn’t deduce what opportunity Chu Fan would obtain next due to Destiny interference, it still locked onto the opportunity the moment he made contact.
Thus, the instant Su Ming received the system’s prompt, he immediately chose to plunder without hesitation.
In the blink of an eye, the Three Saints Golden Lotus appeared before Su Ming.
Immediately after, the Chaos Spirit Crystal refined the Three Saints Golden Lotus into Chaos Qi right before his eyes.
Su Ming’s eyes lit up at this discovery.
He had been worrying about how to explain the leaked aura of the Three Saints Golden Lotus if Li Jianping detected it.
Now, not only did he not have to worry, but the benefits were even greater.
After absorbing the Chaos Qi for a short while, he could feel his body strengthening in every aspect.
[Detected that Chu Fan is making contact with an opportunity. Consume 1000 Destiny Points to plunder?]
“Plunder! With such a small cost, anyone would think I can’t afford it.”
“System, from now on, plunder every single opportunity Chu Fan comes into contact with!”
With 108,000 Destiny Points in hand, a mere thousand was just pocket change.
He had to take advantage of the current Destiny interference to squeeze out as much as possible.
However, after plundering only four Three Saints Golden Lotuses, there was no further movement.
Tch, this Destiny Protagonist’s opportunities aren’t even that great.
With four Three Saints Golden Lotuses now in his possession, Su Ming’s room was completely saturated with Chaos Qi.
Even just breathing normally was enough to enhance his physical strength.
[Detected that Chu Fan is spontaneously developing a special physique—Yang Fire Physique (Fire Poison Mutation variant). Interfere with this special physique’s formation?]
Yang Fire Physique—a natural physique with an affinity for fire-based cultivation, essentially a weaker version of the Profound Yang Spirit Body and a relatively common physique.
Since Chu Fan obtained this physique through tempering in the fire poison of Fiery Prison Cliff, it naturally carried the characteristics of fire poison.
Well, the protagonist is still the protagonist—he always has to be different from others.
“System, don’t interfere with the formation of this Yang Fire Physique. But how many Destiny Points would it cost to remove the fire poison mutation?”
[500 Destiny Points]
“Good, deduct the points and remove the fire poison mutation. Let Chu Fan keep this Yang Fire Physique.”
It wasn’t that Su Ming wanted to empower his enemy—he had already realized that this round was merely interference. In the future, Chu Fan would still obtain a special physique due to Destiny.
Rather than letting him acquire some overpowered physique later, it was better to lock him into the Yang Fire Physique.
This way, Chu Fan’s growth path would be fixed, making him easier to counter.
After deducting the Destiny Points, the system fell silent. Su Ming couldn’t be bothered to keep staring at it, so he took out other resources to continue cultivating.
He also noticed that the Chaos Spirit Crystal showed no interest in absorbing lower-tier resources.
“In this world, the only treasures comparable to the Three Saints Golden Lotus are the Enlightenment Springwater from Jixia Academy and the Divine Wood Fruit from Medicine Spirit Valley…”
Jixia Academy and Medicine Spirit Valley were the second and third most powerful factions in this world.
Speaking of which, Su Ming’s fiancée, Luo Ningshuang, was currently at Jixia Academy.
When I head to the mysterious ruins later, I can swing by Jixia Academy to check on her.
With that thought, Su Ming returned to his cultivation.
By the time he opened his eyes again, two days had passed.
Two days of arduous cultivation, exhausting all his resources, finally allowed him to break through to the Longevity Realm.
He looked down at his hands—not particularly muscular, yet capable of unleashing a million jin of force with a single strike.
“Blood and qi surging like the sea, bones and tendons as tough as jade—this is Longevity.”
“The Longevity Realm has many characteristics, but the most prominent is its regenerative abilities…”
Thinking this, Su Ming glanced at the weapon in his room—a shortsword of Longevity Realm quality, a gift from Meng Shu on one of his birthdays.
He picked it up and slashed it across his palm with force.
The blade left nothing but a faint white mark.
“They say ancient dire beasts are naturally immune to weapons below the Nirvana Realm. I’m probably just a step below that.”
A single-handed strike with a million jin of force—comparable to the peak of the Longevity Realm.
As for his physical body? Blocking Longevity Realm weapons barehanded was child’s play.
“All these changes must be thanks to the Chaos Spirit Crystal advancing my Supreme Chaos Body further…”
After finishing his cultivation, Su Ming noticed that his Supreme Chaos Body had undergone subtle changes compared to before.
“Tomorrow is the sect’s younger generation tournament…”
At this point, Su Ming genuinely couldn’t imagine how he could possibly lose.
In fact, he was almost looking forward to it—hoping Chu Fan would grow strong enough to make tomorrow’s events at least somewhat interesting.
Just as he was about to check Chu Fan’s current status through the system, another Three Saints Golden Lotus was delivered right to him.
“Looks like Li Jianping still hasn’t given up on feeding Chu Fan these lotuses.”
Su Ming swiftly stuffed it into his storage ring to prevent any aura leakage, then checked his status panel.
He instantly understood why the Chaos Spirit Crystal had seemed slightly dimmed.
[Name]: Su Ming
[Realm]: Longevity Realm, First Layer (Single-handed force: 1,000,000 jin)
[Innate Divine Abilities]: Supreme Chaos Body (First Layer), Innate Dao Bone
[Cultivation Techniques]: Creation Origin Canon (First Tier), Three Saints Canon (Third Layer)
[Possessions]: Heavenly Dao Realm Will × 2, Chaos Spirit Crystal
[Destiny Points]: 102,500
Clearly, while he was cultivating, the system had plundered quite a few of Chu Fan’s opportunities.
“System, confirm Chu Fan’s current realm.”
[Destiny Protagonist Chu Fan’s current realm: Longevity Realm, Second Layer]
“Are you kidding me?!”
After spending so many Destiny Points, Chu Fan’s realm was still ahead of his?
[Ye Nantian used a cultivation transfer to forcibly elevate Chu Fan’s realm. This process cannot be prevented]
“Oh, so it was forcibly boosted. That’s fine then.”
As everyone knew: self-cultivation > pill consumption > forced cultivation transfer.
Even if Chu Fan had genuinely cultivated to this point himself, Su Ming would’ve only been mildly surprised.
There was no way their combat power could be comparable.
“Young Master! I’ve returned!” Meng Shu pushed open the door and entered, his face showing traces of exhaustion—clearly, he had been running around tirelessly this whole time.
Su Ming couldn’t fathom how a Star Realm cultivator could wear himself out like this.
“Young Master, this is all the information regarding your fiancée… There are some things this old servant isn’t sure if I should mention…”
“If it shouldn’t be said, then don’t say it—it’s bad luck. Meng Shu, you’ve worked hard. Go rest first. I’ll decide what to do after reviewing these materials.”
Su Ming took the gathered information and immediately began scanning through it.
“My fiancée… is truly something else.”