When Cuojue opened the giftbox, a purple radiance blinded her eyes. When she could see again, she saw 3 bronze tickets , 1 silver ticket, a Mind-Calming Necklace and a Progression Gift Box.
[Awarded 50 AP]
Stunned she was happy with the 50 extra AP while also curious about the tickets. Thus, teacher system had to step in.
[The tickets can be used to roll gacha items that can be proven to be useful or not. The higher the tier, the greater the rewards.
Tier starting from: Bronze>Silver>Gold>Diamond>Platinum
>Amethyst>???
10 Bronze Tickets can be exchanged for 1 Silver ticket, and the same implies to higher tiers. However, if you dont feel confident in your luck or a situation is in dire need of a certain item, you can exchange the tickets at the Shop for a certain price.]
(I see, then its better to roll if I want to get stronger quickly and save up if I want to be prepared for certain situations. Morever, system, care to explain what the Mind-Calming Necklace does? I can get the Progression Gift Box but i need a better understanding of the former.)
[Like the name implies, this necklace calms the mind and you can get a better grasp of your emotions. It can also be used to protect from mental attacks.]
(Ohhh, does it assist in cultivating Mental Strength?)
[Yes, but theres a limit to how much it can help you since this a low quality piece of equipment. If you want to progress higher via items, you would need better quality equipment.]
(Oh and last two questions, what happens if I stack multiple mind-calming equipment? And when can I use the Shop?)
[The effect woudn't be much if you stack alot of low quality mind-calming equipment, the best it would do is offer more protection and make you look like a neon light show. Even if it could help in progression, mind-calming equipment are very rare since many powerful cultivators hoard them. Even the one you have right now could be sold for the worth of a whole country. My suggestion is, use it until its useless and you can sell it or find one thats better in quality. As for the Shop, it is now available for use the moment you open the gift box.]
(Oh sweet, time to cash in!)
Her eyes were shining like millions of stars.
After scrolling through all the items, she felt extreme anguish. Don't mention higher tier items, the current items are already wrenching Cuojue's heart.
(OH MY GOOOODDD!!!! System this is totaly a rip off, basic cultivation manuals cost 1000 AP, basic pills cost 50AP but the effects are so miniscule, low-tier equipment even cost 2000 to 20000 AP yet they can only serve as much as slightly better than average weapons.....OH! Skills are very cheap, 20 AP for Inspect skill, 10AP for Stealth skill even weapon mastery cost 30 AP....huh? Why are the higher tier ones locked?)
[The shop gives a fair price on all the items, its just that tangible items would cost more to materialize and skills are intangible. Cultivation Manuals all lead to godhood eventualy so obviously the cheapest cultivation book would cost 1000AP. As for the higher tier skills, they have a bigger impact on your abilities, which can make situations highly advantageous to you. Skills can be upgraded and evolved, but for a price. The better the skill the higher the points needed. Currently you haven't fulfilled the requirements to obtain the better skills. But don't look down on basic skills, one day, they can become heaven-defying skills.]
(Wow~ so I can become strong just from skills huh? Alright i'll just get skills for now...)
Cuojue, thought hard on what skills she should get. Currently the most important thing right now is information, I guese I'll get Inspection and Enhanced Senses. Inspection to gain more information on a person or object and Enhanced Senses so that I can see, smell, hear, feel and taste better. Might prove useful for combat. 50AP has been flushed away like toilet paper boohoohoo~)
When Cuojue confirmed her purchase, she felt her whole body itch uncontrolably and her eyes heating up. It was a very uncomfortable experience. Heck, she might even get a trauma from this. After the gruelling experience, Cuojue felt all her senses were better and she can control them like extra limbs. And with Inspection she could gleam information from anything. Sadly with her current level, the skill cant do too much on people. She had scanned Mira and found out that she was a 7 Star Realm cultivator. She could only gleam her name, age and cultivation. If the opponent was too strong she could only see [???] on cultivation and age while the name was left out, like when she used Inspect on Samuel.
(Seems like ill have to train this skill alot.)
Soon, she fell asleep.
***
[Year 1066 AA of Galactic Callender]
Back to the present, 6 years have passed and Cuojue had benefited alot from the time she was given to grow. She saved AP while doing daily quests everyday like eating more vegetables, excercising more often, converse more with her family. She now has 10,955AP.
While she was doing all of this, she trained her skills every day. Unfortunately her skills were progressing too slowly according to her expectations, she thought why it was such and concluded that it is because she isn't having enough combat experiences to level them up. Although her mental strength became very strong and her cognitive abilities were incredible, she could raise her skills quickly too, but she was still naive and expected too much. She didn't forget about practicing her Heavenly Deceit Martial Art since a year ago. Although it has regressed to Perfection, it did not drop to Mastered level which is good news itself.
What is [Heavenly Deceit Martial Arts]?
The martial arts of the Huang Family on earth ten thousand years ago where it's last inheriter stopped at her death.
It was a combination of unpredictable forms with step techniques incorporated. Its main use is to deceive your opponent's senses and when mastered to the Heart level, it was possible to create clones of yourself, no matter what techniques or abilities the enemy use, they will never find the real one. Each clone is capable of attacking on its own, although unable to use other martial arts except incredible footwork, it's powerful enough. Although it was used to fool the enemy, most of its techniques were meant to kill.
Something that she couldn't train up to the heart level in her first life and could only imagine what her ancestors of that time could accomplish.
During the 6 year period, she had eavesdropped on all the servants in the mansion, and here is what she heard as follows.
In the year 1060 AA of Galactic Callender, the very same year she was born, a war broke out between the Chinese Federation and Liberion Empire. Her father, Youshi Huang, and her grandfather Lianming Huang fought a terrible war with the Liberion Empire. Although the Chinese Federation was a Stellar Nation not to be messed with on par with the Liberion Empire, the Chinese Federation had barely managed to win a battle of attrition. But it couldn't be considered a win at all too.
Too many lives were lost and a truce was signed between both Stellar Nations.
Now, her current stats were like this:
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{Status Board : Cuojue Huang}
Age : 6
Strength: 0.3
Agility: 0.3
Endurance: 0.3
Stamina: 0.3
Mental Strength: 10
[Average Adult: 1]
Body Cultivation: None
Mental Cultivation: None
Bloodline: Locked
Skills: Sharp Shooter Lv4, Dagger Lv8, Hand-to-hand Combat Lv7, First Aid Lv7
Stealth Lv8, Inspect Lv7, Enhanced Senses Lv8
Martial Techniques: Heavenly Deceit Martial Arts(Perfection)
Current AP: 10,955
Quests: Daily
- Done
Inventory: 3 Bronze Tickets, 1 Silver Tickets, Mind-Calming Necklace, Progressive Gift Box
Other features: Locked (Requires better cultivation)
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Seeing her progress, she was very satisfied, although she couldn't practice sharpshooting due to frequent scoldings of getting her hands on sweet~sweet~ plasma pistols and getting caught red-handed, she decided it would be wise to practice her other skills or she would get grounded a lot.
Anyways today, she was very happy to have gotten a younger brother. A wish she never had before has shown itself to her. She felt that she had to be the best big sister her baby bro could have.
***
Unbeknownst to Cuojue, Youshi and Co. were discussing the very baby brother she wanted to meet again so badly.
In the same mansion, on the 3rd floor in a large office filled with modern furniture that accentuated a cozy lifestyle, Youshi, Pugong, and Lianming were worried about Baohu Huang, the newly born baby of the married couple.
"Father, it seems like our family's decline can be stopped and we would have a new heir to bring back the family's former glory." Youshi spoke solemnly, his voice radiating a form of hope.
"Indeed...Youshi have everyone keep quiet about Baohu having our family's ancient bloodline. It will be troublesome if they knew Baohu's bloodline. This time they are really hiding well." Liangming replied with a grave tone, a light of disgust and anger hidden behind those eyes.
Pugong on the other hand, formulated plans inside her mind to hide this secret and prepared schemes to protect her only son. She thought, (Perhaps I can only rely on Cuojue to keep an eye on Baohu and safeguard him. She has always been a bright and mysterious child. I don't doubt that she can keep quiet about this matter.)
"Honey, let's have Cuojue look after Baohu, over the last 6 years, she has always been a special child." Pugong suggested
Youshi thought for a bit, albeit with hesitation,
he agreed and asked if Lianming could arrange for people to secretly guard both of their children.
"Yes, that's alright, I'll have a part of the secret forces protect both of them in the shadows."
said Lianming with a smile.
"Let's hope that they don't act too soon, we better pray that this matter is kept under wraps." Lianming spoke once more before asking everyone to sleep as he too needed more rest, too many things were making his heart unsettled.
On the other hand, Youshi thought.
(Perhaps it's time for Juejue to start cultivating. Haha, maybe I should teach her personally myself.)
Wanting to see his beloved daughter very much again, he quickly waltz to the room with his wife to have an early, goodnight's sleep.