nycdaug Chapter 246: A Terrible Lottery
Chapter 246: A Terrible Lottery
Chapter 246: A Terrible Lottery
Half an hour later.
Gu Heng returned to the capital and went to his room at Yunxiang Tower.
He sat back on the bed and ate the brown sugar cake he had made himself by lighting a fire in the back room of the clinic.
The newly unlocked "teleport" feature is indeed very useful!
The journey from the capital back to Yunling City was completed in the blink of an eye. Could there be such a convenient mode of transportation in the world?!
It is said that those masters who have cultivated to the highest level can travel thousands or tens of thousands of miles in the blink of an eye.
Gu Heng, currently just a mortal with no cultivation, could already do it, even though it cost him a thousand points. "Hmm, let me see what other good stuff you have..."
Gu Heng ate brown sugar cake, opened the store interface, and looked at the last new item added by the system... function?
In the store, only two features have actually been unlocked.
"This is……"
Gu Heng saw clearly what was written on it.
"Random Heavenly Pool: Costs 10,000 points, allows you to filter the Heavenly Pool, randomly obtaining four results, limited to one time only. Note: The Heavenly Pool contains various items!"
He rolled his eyes.
Isn't this just a lottery? And you only get one four-draw!
Although he felt that this random Heavenly Pool was probably the only bad thing the system had done out of all the good things, it was still better than nothing. So Gu Heng didn't hesitate any longer and directly chose to spend 10,000 points to start drawing!
"You have obtained one 'Panlong Peach'!"
"Received one 'Returning Stardust'!" "Received one 'Sacred Wood Fragment'!"
"Received one side quest: 'The Sword Master's Regret'!"
Gu Heng suddenly realized that the brown sugar cake he was eating was no longer sweet at all.
Speechless and choked.
"...Why can you even spare time for missions?"
So, the phrase "the Heavenly Pool contains all sorts of things" really means that it contains everything, even extremely abstract things like missions, which shouldn't even exist in reality, were stuffed into it for him to draw, right?
You did a great job, system!
However, Gu Heng was too lazy to complain. Anyway, he had already obtained quite a few good things, so it didn't matter if he couldn't draw anything good.
Gu Heng was actually quite interested in taking on a task, since it meant he had motivation again and could get something done!
So Gu Heng opened the task interface and found that there was indeed a new task there. However, it looked gray and seemed to have a very low priority. Compared with the "correcting the causal relationship of destiny stars" tasks, it seemed to be on a completely different level.
No wonder it's called a side quest.
After all, the system said that the task was not mandatory and it didn't matter if he didn't do it.
"The Sword Master's Regret: Helping the Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Swords Immortal Sect reunite with her close friend who disappeared 2,600 years ago."
"Mission Rewards: Depends on the circumstances."
Gu Heng remained silent for a long time.
Is the system playing a joke on itself?
Although the task is simple and clear, it doesn't seem like it would be easy to complete.
Gu Heng had certainly heard of the Ten Thousand Swords Immortal Sect. Even mortals who couldn't cultivate would have heard of the famous "Number One Sword Sect in the World." But such a behemoth actually needed him, a mere mortal, to help its sect leader find her close friend who had been missing for over two thousand years.
What resources or status do they have?
If she couldn't find it after searching for so many years, it would be a miracle if she could find it herself!
Furthermore, the Myriad Swords Immortal Sect is too far away!
That sect is located at the border of the Western Regions, the Northern Desert, and the Central Plains. The distance there is so great that even 108,000 miles seems insignificant. It would take me a year and a half to get there even if I wore the Swift Boots.
To travel that far, you need a teleportation array, but a mortal trying to use a teleportation array... would die.
It will be torn apart by the power of space halfway through.
"Forget it, let's put this task aside for now."
Gu Heng pursed his lips and closed the taskbar. Anyway, there was no time limit for this task, so there was no rush to do it.
He then looked at the other three items that had been drawn. The Panlong Peach was just a large peach, looking juicy and delicious.
According to Gu Heng's knowledge, the Returning Star Dust is just fluorescent powder, and it's obvious at a glance that it's useless.
The sacred wood chip is indeed a piece of wood about half the size of a palm. It smells fragrant, but that's about it.
It's been determined to be all junk!
However, peaches are edible.
Gu Heng didn't wait; the fruit couldn't be kept for too long, so he quickly ate it while it was still juicy.
Mmm, this peach tastes pretty good.
Halfway through the meal, my little silver cat jumped out of its bed and walked to my feet.
Gu Heng: "...Are you awake?"
The cat had been sleeping ever since they arrived in the capital, and he didn't pay much attention to it. Anyway, the little thing slept all day long at the clinic, only waking up occasionally. He just made a little nest for her with blankets so she could lie down in peace.
Oh, right, she must be hungry.
After all, apart from feeding her a sugar pill I made myself when we set off, I hadn't given her anything else.
Thinking this, Gu Heng was about to take out the sugar pill when he looked at the half-eaten peach in his hand.
"Eat this."
Gu Heng tossed the peach to the little silver cat, who jumped up and caught it, then started eating it right there.
"Eat slowly, and don't run around after you finish. I'm going to sleep."
The cat seemed to understand human nature and speech, which put Gu Heng at ease. He spread his hands, lay down on the bed, and began to squint.
"...This is the legendary Panlong Immortal Peach?!"
While eating a peach, Su Jinxi suppressed her excitement.
She knew about this peach, but she never imagined that she would be lucky enough to eat such a rare and precious fruit that only existed in the primordial era!
Legend has it that this peach grows on a towering dragon tree that existed only in the primordial era. Eating one not only adds five thousand years to one's lifespan but also enhances one's bloodline, transforming one's body and breaking through certain limits!
Su Jinxi could understand the previous points, but she couldn't understand "breaking the boundaries".
Of course, she'll find out soon... right?
Although only half of this dragon peach remains.
Su Jinxi slowly ate the peach, and then her fur began to slowly change to a purer jade color. The original silver fur mixed with light jade color began to become more exquisite!
Her fourth demonic form is about to evolve into the fifth!
Su Jinxi was very excited.
She had been stuck in the third level of her demonic body for thousands of years. The moment she saw Gu Heng and drank the Star Moon Divine Water, she evolved into the fourth level. Now, several months have passed, and she has accumulated so much medicinal power by taking one pill every day... Has this finally brought her to this point?!
With her eyes open, a terrifying aura pressed down on Su Jinxi's petite body, silently shifting and changing.
……
At this moment, neither Su Jinxi nor Gu Heng noticed.
Tonight, the stars in the sky are exceptionally bright.
There was one star that stood out particularly.
The other one also seemed to be radiating light at this moment...