Han De, Ning Bi, and Old Peng left the Ning family palace. Since he was already aware of the absurd size of the celestial ship, Han De activated Through the Starlight scripture, in group mode this ti. Teleportation was out of the question, obviously. And riding a sword inside a celestial didn't feel right for so reason.
Thankfully, Through the Starlight scripture turned out to be quite useful. The mont he activated it, Han De watched Ning Bi through the corner of his eye. The little girl's eyes opened wide in astonishnt.
'That's right! It's an amazing technique, isn't it!?!'
Han De felt very satisfied with her reaction. Unlike that harem S#$% Yu Xian, Ning Bi really knew how to appreciate Xianxia techniques. At his other side, even Old Peng seed dumbfounded and amazed. Han De couldn't tell if that was a genuine reaction to the technique, or just the generic a#$-kissing of a lackey. Nevertheless, he felt pleased.
Yao Qing's palace had a completely different layout, but it was still as extravagant as Ning Bi's. This ti though, Han De's disciple was waiting in front of the giant gates. Having lackeys was really convenient. He didn't even tell Old Peng anything, but the square-faced gangster had already sent a voice transmission to Yao Qing!
"Master!"
Yao Qing bowed with an incomprehensible smile on her face. After the encounter with Yu Xian, Han De had more experience in dealing with ex-God disciples. He was afraid he would be needlessly wary of Yao Qing, but now that they were reunited, he was relieved that wasn't the case.
'What an MC I didn't see her for a few days and now her eyes have started to glow blue As expected from a regressor.'
"Your improvent isn't bad. Co."
Yao Qing bowed once again and glanced at Ning Bi and senior Peng as she joined them. Unfortunately, she t Ning Bi's excited and eager eyes by accident. She only wanted to glance, why did she have to make eye contact?! Why were those eyes glowing so ominously?!
Han De activated Through the Starlight group mode once again. Though he wasn't expecting anything from Yao Qing, he was pleasantly surprised. This regressor was also showing astonishnt? Han De wasn't sure.
In truth, it was relief. As long as she didn't have to endure a sword ride, Yao Qing was fine with anything. Now that her master had a new technique for transportation, the next ti she could simply beg for him to use that.
Once they arrived at Jin Shu's palace, a frown appeared on Han De's face. He could sll the fragrances of many different spiritual herbs. The spiritual energy ripples that were coming from inside were chaotic. Though the buildings looked normal, the flora was anything but.
Finally, Han De noticed the figure that was approaching them. A veiled woman, wearing the traditional grey robes of the Starfall Mountain sect. Naturally, this was Jin Shu.
"Master."
For a mont Han De hesitated whether to go inside. Then he referred to his flow chart for dealing with Xianxia phobias and habits. This was an idea that he ca up with after discovering his problem with sword flight. There were bound to be many aspects of a Xianxia that he hadn't considered!
The habits and quirks induced by the grandmaster level comprehension fit that criteria perfectly.
'Right. I can't run away from this. The sooner I deal with it the better. So what if I see a few spiritual herbs in a disorderly environnt!?'
Han De gathered his determination after a few seconds of silence. Then he rembered Jin Shu's self-created scripture.
"That Boundless Renewal Scripture, not bad!"
Jin Shu bowed and smiled once again, but then noticed she was still wearing a veil. Feeling embarrassed, she took it off imdiately.
'S#$%, can you wear it back? Please?'
Of course, Han De couldn't say that out loud.
Just as he rembered, Jin Shu was absurdly beautiful. After spending days with a miniature leviathan, and a world full of wuxia characters, her beauty really stood out. Thankfully, she alternated between the cold and demure jade beauty templates, and didn't have freckles or beauty marks. Her beauty was distracting, but not to an overwhelming degree.
'Thank god she doesn't have that soul-shaking voice trait'
So far, Han De hadn't encountered anyone that matched that template. Once upon a ti, he was curious, but now he was hoping to never encounter such a woman.
Han De spoke towards Jin Shu. "Lead us to a quiet area." Then he glanced at his chief lackey. "Peng."
Old Peng understood and disappeared in the blink of an eye to clear the premises of any and all servants.
Han De and his disciples headed towards the innermost courtyard. On the way, he saw many alien-looking plants. Unlike his guess that this would trigger his inner Herbalist Grandmaster's Rage, Han De only felt curiosity. This place didn't look like a cultivated garden, but looked like a jungle instead. However, he still had to curb his urge to inspect. If he wanted, he could visit this place later anyway!
'Yes, definitely. Later I should grab a few jade boxes and inspect the grounds'
When they arrived, Han De conjured four illusory armchairs in the classic Arican style. If he went by Xianxia standards, he would need to sit on a big cushion at an elevated position, while his disciples would need to sit on smaller cushions and kowtow. However, there was a lot that he had to go through in the next few days. So he couldn't pay attention to usual Xianxia details for the ti being. Modern furniture was way faster!
"All of you have done splendidly. Reaching the late-stage Foundation Establishnt realm isn't a minor feat. Your foundations are solid too, a natural result of your dedication and hard work. With this speed, normal people's cultivations would be on the brink of collapse. Truly, well done."
The disciples couldn't help but glance at each other. Yao Qing assud sothing else had to follow this shower of praises.
"For the next 10 days, stop cultivating. Don't try to breakthrough, don't try to form a Core. Just relax, and have fun."
Seeing that the three nodded in unison, Han De felt relieved. With 9.8 days remaining in the quest, his schedule was quite tight. He had to both try to safely awaken their bloodlines and prepare a backup plan in case the quest fails at the sa ti.
Instead of questioning her master's advice, there was one thing that Ning Bi was dying to know. She couldn't ask in front of her parents, but now that everyone was gathered, she couldn't wait anymore.
"Um, master, what happened after"
Yao Qing and Jin Shu were also curious. Originally, he was supposed to co back 10 days ago with Long Ruolan. Why was he late? What happened during that day above the endless shores? Three disciples stared at their master with the utmost attention. Han De shook his head.
"Nothing much. I spent so ti in the Brass Stallion city."
Rembering how Long Ai aggroed the cockroachs father was simply too painful. The best mory he had by far was almost flirting with the freckled restaurant manager. Han De shook his head once more upon rembering her. He had a shot, but chose to pursue taking care of loose ends instead!
'Next ti I see a cute woman, I won't let anything disturb .'
Ning Bi blinked a few tis. For so reason, she suddenly felt that her master shouldn't spend ti around mortals!
Han De continued.
"Then, The Long family ancestor brought a primitive world for cultivation. There, I t two promising disciples. I will tell you the story so other ti. They aren't official disciples, for now."
'So it was like that' the disciples collectively thought. They were worried about their master getting caught in the middle of the war, or so other unknown calamity. Instead, the Long family was solving the issues with their master's cultivation. Though they didn't know what the problem was, considering the attitude of Long Xiu and Han Wei, they knew it wasn't simple.
They were also curious about the two disciples. Jin Shu couldn't help but ask.
"Master, can you tell us who are the new disciples?"
'S#$%, Liang Cuifen is easy, but what do I tell them about the harem S#$%??'
In a split second, Han De activated the legendary technique of thinking very fast.
What would happen if he were to warn them about Yu Xian? Would they heed his warnings, or would they beco curious?
While Ning Bi had listened to everything Han De had said so far, she was nearly at that rebellious age. If Han De were to introduce Yu Xian in a bad light, what would happen a few years down the line?
Han De could see it.
Ning Bi would be wary of Yu Xian at first, but over ti the harem S#$% would display his good qualities and catch the attention of Ning Bi. Once the little Purifier of Planes enter her rebellious streak, Yu Xian would beco a rarity, sothing that her master didn't approve! At that point, of course she would approach him!
'F#$%, I should just kill that guy'
What if he said Yu Xian's behavior requires so correction?
Just the thought of that alone was a massive flag! Of course, Ning Bi would be more vigilant at first, but over ti she would be exposed to Yu Xian's diligent behavior. Maybe she might even co to think that Yu Xian was suffering from injustice! Her master was blind, refusing to see Yu Xian for who he truly was! She would jump down the rabbit hole, thinking that she could fix Yu Xian's faults!
'F#$%. I really should just kill that guy, like right now'
What if he didn't say anything negative about Yu Xian? Then, obviously, an oblivious Ning Bi would approach him without a worry in the world. This was a disciple of her master after all! Why wouldn't she trust him? Would Yu Xian be able to stay indifferent to soone that had heaven-defying talent like Ning Bi? No. He would imdiately try to seduce her!
'You are F#$%&@ dead you piece of S#$%.'
Han De went through a wide variety of scenarios in the ti it takes for a spark to fly off a piece of flint!
"One is called Liang Cuifen. A pitiful girl that has an extre yin physique. She grew up as a mortal, and doesn't know a thing about cultivation. Try to accommodate her as best as you can. She seems to have suffered much."
Han De guessed so of the harassnt his disciples went through was because of the constitutions the System gave them. Though he hadn't checked them yet, it was obvious that the System would give them absurd constitutions just like their bloodlines.
Suffice it to say, he knew they would welco Liang Cuifen with open arms.
"The other one is called Yu Xian. A patient and industrious boy, skilled in forging arts"
Han De displayed a subtle 'almost frowned' expression. At the sa ti, he 'swallowed a shallow sigh', and 'diverted his gaze by accident'.
There wasn't a foolproof option in dealing with Yu Xian. Every approach required Han De's active involvent. The least risky-looking plan though, was to praise Yu Xian, while subtly displaying a blink-and-you-miss level of ambiguous reluctance. This way, the disciples will fill in the blanks on their own.
Their master was praising him, but why did he almost looked hesitant? Did he look hesitant? Later he didn't say anything else, nor did he act abnormally. Did they imagine it? Could there be a problem with this Yu Xian?
By not saying anything and letting the disciple's imagination do all the work, Han De could hopefully steer the events to the most advantageous position.
If Yu Xian were to deploy his seduction techniques, Han De would try to build him up with praises, so he could crash down later.
If Yu Xian were to display virtuous behavior, Han De would subtly frown, to hint that sothing uncomfortable was lurking beneath.
The more contrast there was between Han De's 'public perception' of Yu Xian and the actual character of Yu Xian, the better chances he would have at distancing his disciples from that harem S#$%.
So long as he didn't show strong emotions one way or another, he felt that this approach had the most chance of working.
'Well, if he doesn't cross the line, I guess I won't have to do anything. But what are the chances of that?'
One look at Jin Shu was enough. There was no way Yu Xian would stay unaffected by Han De's disciples.
"You'll know more once you et them. Now, let take a look at your progress"
'Let's see what kind of monster constitutions the System gave you. If even my mother couldn't stop the Long family elders, they should be pretty OP'
He started from the rightmost side.
[Na: Jin Shu]
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[Race: Human (100%)]
[Gender: Female]
[Age: 23]
[Roots: Wood (63%)]
[Cultivation: Foundation Establishnt - Late Stage (92.41%)]
[Constitutions]
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[Ethereal Rebirth Body (Unawakened)]
[Progress: 0.10%]
[Power: Extrely High]
[Effects:]
[Trendously increases the efficiency of all Wood elent techniques.]
[Absorption of all types of life energy trendously increases healing speed.]
[Trendously increases life energy capacity.]
[Trendously increases life energy generation rate.]
[Can passively emit life energy.]
[Immune to external mutations.]
[Immune to aging.]
[Can contain high-tier bloodlines without drawbacks.]
[Further effects are locked.]
'Hold up, this is 0.1%? And further effects are locked?'
So of the effects were quite similar to his own body constitution. But there was one that was markedly different.
'Can contain high-tier bloodlines without drawbacks? What?'
Han De checked his Otherworldly Light Body constitution. Unfortunately, that line wasn't there. This was the best confirmation that he was ever going to get from the System. Using his bloodline without an adequate constitution was ill-advised at best. No wonder his body almost failed before.
He resentfully stared at one of the effects of his Otherworldly Light Body constitution.
[Overrides all other body constitutions.]
But this wasn't the ti for pondering on his own issues
'Ok, Jin Shu only has positive effects. That's good. No weird stuff.'
[Bloodlines]
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[Lifebringer (Unawakened)]
[Concentration: 0.01%]
[Power: Extrely High]
[Effects:]
[Touch of Life]
[Can cause random mutations on spiritual plants through touch.]
[Further effects are locked.]
[Additional awakening requirents: A seed of the previous cycle]
[Potential Points (Total: 30)]
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[Will: 8]
[Talent: 4]
[Comprehension: 10]
[Luck: 8]
[Cultivation thods]
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[Boundless Renewal Scripture (Mortal III)]
[Power: Very Weak]
[Comprehension: Master]
[Stage: Foundation Establishnt - Mid Stage]
[Expand to view 2 inactive thods...]
[Martial Arts thods]
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[Flowing Roots (Mortal)]
[Power: Extrely Weak]
[Comprehension: Master]
[Expand to view more...]
[Fate]
[Naless Horror]
After reading the full status check, Han De also sent his spiritual sense to observe her cultivation. Just as he expected, she had a deviant 'spiritual mountain'. The chances of forming a deviant Core were almost 100%. Though considering her spiritual mountain was in form of a gooey sea, he couldn't guess what form the core would take.
Since he didn't know the Boundless Renewal scripture at all, he couldn't tell whether she made any mistakes or not. She was also still in the middle of transforming her cultivation to the new scripture. The traces of Yellow Grove Scripture were still present.
"Write down your Boundless Renewal Scripture when you have ti, and I will take a look."
"Yes, master."
In the middle was Ning Bi, trying to control her nervous fidgeting. If Han De didn't know any better he would've thought she was slacking off.
'Honestly, I wouldn't bla you for slacking off. In fact, please slack off as much as possible! I'll support you if want to beco a salted fish!'
[Na: Ning Bi]
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[Race: Human (100%)]
[Gender: Female]
[Age: 13]
[Roots: Fire (100%)]
[Cultivation: Foundation Establishnt - Late Stage (99.99%)]
[Constitutions]
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[Calamity Void Inferno Body (Unawakened)]
[Progress: 0.10%]
[Power: Extrely High]
[Effects:]
[Trendously increases the efficiency of all Fire elent techniques.]
[Trendously increases the pressure of all Fire elent techniques.]
[Absorption of all types of Fire Qi trendously increases healing speed.]
[Trendously strengthens the body.]
[Trendously strengthens the ridians.]
[Trendously increases spiritual energy output rate.]
[Trendously increases spiritual energy output stability.]
[Trendously increases spiritual energy storage capacity.]
[Can trendously increase the ambient temperature.]
[Can contain high-tier bloodlines without drawbacks.]
[Further effects are locked.]
Han De had to stop himself from whistling. The System was really doting on Ning Bi too much.
'Yes, let's give spiritual energy output bonus to a monster that has infinite spiritual energy! What could possibly go wrong?!'
Han De was almost starting to pity anyone that could make Ning Bi form a grudge.
'God knows it doesn't take much for her to form a grudge'
[Bloodlines]
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[Divine Phoenix (Unawakened)]
[Concentration: 0.01%]
[Power: Extrely High]
[Effects:]
[Ruler of Flas]
[Cannot be hurt by flas of any kind.]
[Devourer of Flas]
[Can absorb elental beings that cultivate Fire Qi.]
[Further effects are locked.]
[Additional awakening requirents: Flas of the previous cycle]
[Potential Points (Total: 35)]
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[Will: 7]
[Talent: 10]
[Comprehension: 8]
[Luck: 10]
[Cultivation thods]
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[Blazing Sun Scripture (Earth)]
[Power: Very Weak]
[Comprehension: Advanced (17/72)]
[Stage: Qi Condensation (9/13)]
[Martial Arts thods]
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[Cosmic Destruction Scripture (Incomplete)]
[Power: Weak]
[Comprehension: Interdiate (19/72)]
[Stage: Foundation Establishnt (1/3)]
[Skills]
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[Grudge (Mythical) (Unique)]
[Never forgets a grudge. Never forgives a grudge. When fighting against a grudge spiritual power reserves beco inexhaustible.]
[Breach (Mortal)]
[Progress: 24%]
[By blocking the visual senses, the user can perceive and interact with a spatial domain. Greatly increases passive relational action processing and prediction speed while active. Further effects are unknown.]
[Fate]
[Purifier of Planes]
Ning Bi's 'spiritual mountain' was an endless sea of plasma.
'I'm going to guess it'll turn into a star when she forms a core'
Han De nodded in approval. She seed to be doing everything right, though there were so minor mistakes, and evidence of using so of the inefficient pathways. He couldn't cultivate the Blazing Sun Scripture himself, but he still had grandmaster level comprehension of it. Still, he didn't ntion them to Ning Bi. If he started correcting one of them, he needed to correct them all. That had to wait until he could learn the Boundless Renewal Scripture.
"Write down the latest version of your Cosmic Destruction Scripture if you haven't already."
The completion rate of a scripture only appeared when Han De inspected a written-down version.
Ning Bi enthusiastically nodded. She already had the two latest versions written down, because writing her thoughts and process had already beco her habit.
Upon seeing a knowing nod from Ning Bi, Han De relaxed a little bit more. He had a guess that her Breach skill worked similarly to his Reality Sense, but that was only a guess. Judging from her expression, it seems she had gotten used to perceiving higher beings in the distance.
'I should ask Long Ai about the Breach skill.'
The last one was Yao Qing, the regressor.
[Na: Yao Qing]
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[Race: Human (100%)]
[Gender: Female]
[Age: 15]
[Roots: Lightning (82%)]
[Cultivation: Foundation Establishnt - Late Stage (95.19%)]
[Constitutions]
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[Heaven Trampling Destruction Body (Unawakened)]
[Progress: 0.10%]
[Power: Extrely High]
[Effects:]
[Trendously increases the efficiency of all Lightning elent techniques.]
[Can passively absorb all types of Lightning Qi that cos in contact.]
[Trendously strengthens speed perception.]
[Trendously strengthens ti perception.]
[Trendously increases cultivation pressure resistance.]
[Trendously increases cultivation pressure.]
[Can contain high-tier bloodlines without drawbacks.]
[Further effects are locked.]
'Aside from its na this is surprisingly ta?
Compared to Ning Bi's, Yao Qing's constitution seed normal. It had the sa, all-important line about high-tier bloodlines. Technique efficiency was also quite useful. While perception bonuses were nice, what Han De liked the most was cultivation pressure-related bonuses. Techniques for bluffing were always useful!
'Soo When the effect says "all types of Lightning Qi", does that include tribulation lightning? Is that a type of lightning Qi?'
If the answer was yes, then Yao Qing could probably go through a heavenly tribulation in her sleep.
[Bloodlines]
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[Indomitable Tyrant (Unawakened)]
[Concentration: 0.01%]
[Power: Extrely High]
[Effects:]
[Direct Control]
[All lightning will bend to the Tyrant's will.]
[Further effects are locked.]
[Additional awakening requirents: Absorption of a very powerful Heavenly Tribulation lightning strike.]
[Potential Points (Total: 30)]
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[Will: 9]
[Talent: 7]
[Comprehension: 8]
[Luck: 6]
[Cultivation thods]
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[Celestial Storm Scripture (Mortal)]
[Power: Very Weak]
[Comprehension: Master]
[Stage: Foundation Establishnt - Late Stage]
[Expand to view 9 inactive thods...]
[Martial Arts thods]
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[Azure Lightning Spear (Mortal)]
[Power: Very Weak]
[Comprehension: Advanced (63/64)]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Spear Scripture (Mortal)]
[Power: Extrely Weak]
[Comprehension: Master]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Ji Scripture (Mortal)]
[Power: Extrely Weak]
[Comprehension: Advanced (7/8)]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Halberd Scripture (Mortal)]
[Power: Extrely Weak]
[Comprehension: Advanced (7/8)]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Javelin Scripture (Mortal)]
[Power: Extrely Weak]
[Comprehension: Advanced (6/8)]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Ge Scripture (Mortal)]
[Power: Extrely Weak]
[Comprehension: Advanced (6/8)]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Podao Scripture (Mortal)]
[Power: Extrely Weak]
[Comprehension: Advanced (6/8)]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Staff Scripture (Mortal)]
[Power: Extrely Weak]
[Comprehension: Advanced (5/8)]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Guandao Scripture (Mortal)]
[Power: Extrely Weak]
[Comprehension: Advanced (5/8)]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Fangtian Ji Scripture (Mortal)]
[Power: Extrely Weak]
[Comprehension: Advanced (3/8)]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Harpoon Scripture (Mortal)]
[Power: Extrely Weak]
[Comprehension: Advanced (1/8)]
[Starfall Mountain Standard Trident Scripture (Mortal)]
[Power: Extrely Weak]
[Comprehension: Interdiate (7/8)]
'What the F#$%...'
[Expand to view 35 inactive thods...]
[Expand to view more...]
[Fate]
[Usurper of Heavens]
Finally, Han De checked Yao Qing's 'spiritual mountain'.
'F#$%! Are those tribulation clouds?!'
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