Opening the system's shop to purchase a Blood Escape Talisman and leave right away because there wasn't enough time for him to descend the Soul Devouring Mountain before the sunset, Yang Shen was just about to go through with the purchase when he saw something pop up in front of him and forced him to stop.
[Triggered Chain Mission: The Three Beast Treasures]
[Mission 1: Subdue the beast sealed inside the cave on the peak of the Soul Devouring Mountain.
Rewards: One of the Three Beast Treasures and the opportunity to trigger the second part of the mission.
Failure: The second part of the mission will never be triggered and the host will permanently lose the opportunity of obtaining the three ??? Grades Artifacts.
Time limit: 30 Days]
Remembering the feeling and death he felt creeping upon him the moment he realized what was happening, Yang Shen had no trouble in admitting that it would be impossible for him to grow stronger than whatever it was in a mere 30 days.
Therefore, if he couldn't subdue the beast right now, he won't be able to do so in the future either.
In that case, it was better to try his best and see if he could finish this mission or not before sundown.
Depending on the result, he'd decide on whether or not to use the Blood Escape Talisman at the end of the day.
Looking in the direction of the cave, and the terrifying beast inside it regarding whom he possessed more information than before, Yang Shen could only decide to take a risk.
After all, even though he didn't know what the Three Beast Treasures were, seeing that they were '???' Grade Artifacts were enough for him to take action.
One shouldn't forget that both the Primordial Nine Suns Technique and the Dragon's Way of Spear both belonged to the '???' Grade. Therefore, even though Yang Shen might not be able to find out what words existed behind the '???, he knew the '???' Grade represented items whose quality and standards were literally from out of this world.
….
Making his way back up the mountain, Yang Shen managed to stay confident by repeatedly looking towards the mission and reading that the beast was sealed inside the cave.
Since it was sealed, it shouldn't be able to kill him even if he failed to subdue it or anger it. Right?
Not daring to be complacent as he remembered almost entering the cave after falling asleep and under the beast's spell, Yang Shen began circulating the few strands of available Primordial Nine Suns Qi all over his body.
Hoping that this should be enough for him to not fall prey to the beast's voice, Yang Shen approached the cave and stopped at what he considered close enough.
Spoiler, it was 40 feet.
Luckily, the cave wasn't situated near a cliff due to which Yang Shen had more than enough place to stand
"You're back. Come. Come inside the cave. All of the riches, treasures, bea…"
Interrupting the snake because he could feel the red Qi slowly depleting in quantity as it seemed to be keeping something invisible out of his body, Yang Shen asked,
"Are you not going to stress 's' when you're speaking anymore?"
"Humph! Don't mock me brat! When you were in your mother's womb, this great one was…."
"... inside an egg."
Feeling his jaw dropping as he heard the beast finish its reply, Yang Shen was about to say something when the Lecherous Cultivation System identified something.
[The Eight Trigrams Saint Seal (Sealing Array)
As long as a single or multiple ??? are sealed using this array, they'll never be able to escape it and could only die inside it along with the passage of time.
Remarks: You do not want to be locked inside one. But if you are, the System can break you out for 300 Points.]
Searching the system's shop for this array, Yang Shen who found that it cost as much as 5,000 Points to purchase the manual regarding how to lay down the array, and almost 20,000 if he wanted to purchase a ready to use one it that 300 Points weren't too much to break it.
However there was no way he could do such a thing.
After all, there was a ??? sealed inside it!
And usually most of those who are sealed inside caves like these are bloodthirsty demons who couldn't be killed by the strong cultivators no matter what they did.
"Why have you turned silent, mortal? Are you awed by this great one's pressure?"
'Huh… So this is how it feels to listen to a narcissist.'
Clearing his throat and showing zero signs of nervousness on his face or in his actions as he approached the cave due to having read about the sealing array around the cave, Yang Shen said, "Let's make a deal, beast. Submit to me, and I'll get you out of the Eight Trigrams Saint Seal."
"Okay!"
'Huh? So easily? No haggling or negotiation?'
Not giving Yang Shen enough time to understand why nothing in his life seemed to go according to the script he had in his mind, the excited genderless neutral voice appeared from the inside of the cave.
"Give this great one some of your blood, and I'll immediately use it to mark myself as your slave!"
Hearing the excitement which didn't seem fake, Yang Shen despite feeling that something was off chose to give the beast some of his blood.
Not because he believed it though, but because he believed in the Lecherous Cultivation System he possessed.