In total, Yang Ming received 8100 points, a bonus, and one spin of the wheel of fortune. He couldn't spend the points yet as the store is still unavailable, but he could use the bonus and spin of the wheel.
As soon as Yang Ming thought about redeeming the bonus, a small white box appeared on the system window. Suddenly, an alert from the system sounded.
*Ding!*
[ Confirm redemption of bonus! ]
"'Confirm" - Said Yang Ming and a small firework appeared in front of his eyes after which his box opened.
*Ding!*
[ Congratulations, you have received 1/4 of the Grand Emperor's Tomb Map. ]
Yang Ming was silent for a long time, he was torn by contradictions, on the one hand he hoped for some kind of fighting skill, and on the other maybe it was even better. There were probably better rewards to be found in the tomb than he could expect.
So he calmly accepted the reward and took on the second reward, namely the spin of the wheel of fortune. In contrast to the bonus, here it was impossible to guess what he would get as a reward.
*Ding!*
[ Confirm one spin of the wheel of fortune! ]
"Confirm." - After Yang Ming confirmed the spinning of the wheel of fortune, he expected something like a wheel with different colors, but alas this time there was nothing. Impatiently, he waited for the system to spin the wheel.
*Ding!*
[ Congratulations! You are the lucky recipient of a Fire Orb (Quality: Rare) ]
Yang Ming was confused by both awards, he didn't know who the Grand Emperor was, much less could he remember what a Fire Orb was supposed to be, of course he knew what an orb was but he didn't know the it's use. Even after studying all of Yang Ming's past memories, he clearly realized that he was unfamiliar with both of the items. And yet now he had a system with which he could easily get the answers to these questions.
"System, what is the Grand Emperor's tomb?"
[ After the absorption of the first hero, you can no longer ask questions for free, each question you ask will cost a certain number of points, each question is valued differently based on how precious the information is. ]
"System, what is the Tomb of the Grand Emperor?" - Yang Ming asked the same question, he already predicted that soon he would have to pay for every question he asked, but it turned out to be sooner than expected. Anyway, it would be strange if the system would answer all his questions in exchange for nothing, not even getting any benefit from it.
[ The cost of the question is 1000 points. After paying the price, you will receive 1/4 of the story of the tomb, when you collect all parts of the map, you will be eligible to learn the full story. ]
[ Confirm payment. ]
Yang Ming hesitated for a while to spend the points he gained just to satisfy his curiosity, but the store was closed and points could only be spent on questions posed to the system for now at least.
"Well, he who does not risk does not gain!"
"Confirm!"
[ The Grand Emperor is the one who divides life from death, the lord of the living and the dead, the one who rules the heavens. During his short time in the lower realm, he collected a huge amount of treasure, then hid it, waiting for whoever could find the tomb… ]
[ If you want to hear the rest of the story, find other pieces of the map. ]
After a short explanation from the system, Yang Ming's eyes lit up slightly with anticipation of profit, the titles of the man who owned the tomb were majestic, which meant there was a possibility that there awaited extraordinary treasures to be found in the tomb. Perhaps there lay a treasure that could defy the heavens.
Like the old self of Yang Ming, him, the new consciousness residing inside this body shared the same passion for treasure hunting. He liked the thrill that came right before finding the treasure. It was making his heart beat faster, hands tremble and his breath to quicken. He was completely intoxicated by such feelings, like a drug addict anticipating another does.
He was incurable!
It took some time for Yang Ming to finally calm his racing heart after which he moved on to the second question.
"System, what is the Fire Orb that I got?"
[ The cost of answering your question is 2,000 points. If you agree, say "Confirm" ]
Unlike last time, where he wanted to know about the Grand Emperor's tomb, here he didn't even waste time hesitating; he absolutely needed an answer about the Fire Orb. After all, he could use it even right now, unlike the parts of the map of the tomb. Even if it was useless he needed to first know what it does. And even if it is, Yang Ming thought that he could find a use for it.
He wanted it to be a jackpot, he wanted to become strong, much stronger than he already was, because sooner or later he would have to face a strong opponent, as it usually is in novels, so he hoped that when that time came he would be ready to eliminate that threat with ease.
Yes, in the lower realm he was very strong and almost nothing could harm him, in the middle realm he was as strong as the patriarchs of the local clans, but in the higher realm he was strong only by the standards of the younger generation and that's all. Many opponents of the older generations wouldn't even take him seriously, mostly because of his relatively low level of cultivation that was tied to his young age.
But since he had a system with him, Yang Ming was confident that he could become stronger in no time, much stronger than at the moment, he only had to seek out and devour heroes, and even if he couldn't find them, he could always devour ordinary people who had a slightly lower level of cultivation than himself.
"Confirm!" - Without hesitation, Yang Ming said, burning with impatience.
[ Some people have innate attributes such as fire and with it they could use fire as a means of attack or defense, but since you got the orb and not the attribute it is quite different. Fire Orb (Rare quality) belongs to the fire wyvern, which means that its strength is the same as said fire wyvern. After absorbing the orb, it can protect its owner from fire and you can use it as an offense or defense, you also get a single, random skill of fire wyvern. Reminder! Fire Orb can be improved with the store ]
"Excellent!" - Yang Ming knew what an attribute was and how annoying they could be, as he had encountered them several times in the past. But the fact that with fire, it was impossible to harm Yang Ming was quite a pleasant surprise, unless of course the quality of the fire was higher than the orb contained.
"All that's left is to absorb it" Yang Ming recently found out that the system also has a vault where he could store some things, not only received by the system but also ordinary things like weapons, skills or ordinary everyday items.
Then he pulled out the Fire Orb, it looked like a core, it might even have belonged to the wyvern itself. The Fire Orb looked unique, it was scarlet in color but around its surface you could see some small cracks, as if it was slightly damaged. Despite the fact that after he took it out it was much hotter than before Yang Ming seemed not to feel this change at all. On the contrary, he felt a cool breeze.
Yang Ming saw the Fire Orb for the first time, but intuitively knew how to use it, he decided that it must be because of the system, so he did not hesitate anymore and brought it to his mouth and then swallowed it whole.