Chapter 39: The Role of Cultivation Points

Inside the chat group.

【System Prompt: Xiao Yan has disabled the group livestream!】

【Pang Bo: Xiao Yan, you didn’t pull off that act well enough—you should’ve said more!】

【Yue Buqun: Nalan Yanran’s penalty was indeed too light, given how important the occasion was…】

【Xiao Yan: I just found it boring; sometimes being too meticulous isn’t worth it!】

【Pang Bo: Are you starting to have feelings for Nalan Yanran, the way you’re acting now?】

【Xiao Yan: Impossible—I’m completely devoted to Xun’er right now!】

【Pang Bo: What about Yun Yun, Xiao Yixian, and the Queen of Meiduosa? You’re giving them up too? And what about Xiao Xiao—she’s so adorable, you’re not even keeping her?】

【Xiao Yan: Uh… I just remembered I have something to do—I’m logging off now!】

As the group chatted, a series of system alerts rang out in the chat group.

【System Prompt: Detected increased group activity—chat group is upgrading!】

【System Prompt: All members contributed to the group upgrade; rewards will now be distributed.】

【System Prompt: Chat group update completed. New features added…】

【System Prompt: Private messaging function enabled!】

【System Prompt: Cross-realm teleportation channel opened!】

【System Prompt: Enlightenment Boost function enabled!】

Five consecutive system messages cut short Pang Bo’s teasing of Xiao Yan—even Xiao Yan, who had been about to log off to avoid the teasing, paused.

【Pang Bo: Holy crap, how did the chat group upgrade so fast again? But I only got 1,231 cultivation points!】

【Yue Buqun: I only got 1,227 cultivation points!】

【Han Li: I only received a reward of 1,032 cultivation points!】

Looking at the group chat logs, Lu Qingshan noticed that besides gaining 3,106 cultivation points, he had also acquired a permission to block others from private messaging him.

【Cao Cao: After this upgrade, the chat group added several new features—I wonder what they’re for?】

【Xiao Yan: Simple—private messaging lets two people chat alone, invisible to others. As for the other two…】

【Pang Bo: Holy shit, cross-realm teleportation—finally I can visit other worlds!】

Seeing Pang Bo’s words, Lu Qingshan quickly opened the newly added functions in the chat group…

Private messaging needed no explanation; the cross-realm teleportation channel allowed members to travel to other members’ worlds, but required prior consent from the destination member, who could expel the visitor at any time; furthermore, the stronger the visitor and the more items they carried, the more cultivation points were required.

As for the final feature—Enlightenment Boost—it allowed members to enter a deep state of sudden insight during cultivation, temporarily enhancing comprehension and cultivation speed, but consumed the highest amount of cultivation points, and the higher the user’s realm, the more points were needed!

Pang Bo: Holy crap, this cross-realm teleportation is brutal—I just entered the Bhumi Realm, and even without carrying anything, I need 100 cultivation points for one trip!

【Cao Cao: That means your power is strong, Pang Bo—I only need 15 points for one teleport. I must be the weakest in the group!】

【Xiao Yan: @Cao Cao, I only need 18 points now—looks like our power levels are similar!】

【Yue Buqun: I just figured out—if we want to visit other worlds, we can spend some cultivation points to have the chat group seal part of our power, reducing the cost of cross-realm teleportation!】

【Han Li: Cross-realm teleportation doesn’t cost much—I’m just at Foundation Establishment early stage, and it only takes 80 points. But Enlightenment Boost? It needs ten times that—800 points!】

Lu Qingshan ignored the others in the group chat and fixed his gaze on the Enlightenment Boost function.

After all, to him, the importance of the other features paled far beyond that of Enlightenment Boost!

【System Prompt: As group owner, you receive a 20% discount on Enlightenment Boost. At your current realm, one use costs 80,000 cultivation points!】

【System Prompt: Ding! Your cultivation point balance is insufficient—you cannot use Enlightenment Boost. Please accumulate more points!】

“This…”

Looking at the system prompt, Lu Qingshan felt utterly speechless: “Eighty thousand cultivation points just to use Enlightenment Boost?”

He had only received a few thousand points from the group, plus the points transferred to him by Cao Cao and Xiao Yan, and the points earned from others buying the secret techniques he uploaded to the group store—his total was barely over ten thousand!

And yet, just one use of Enlightenment Boost required eighty thousand points—even after the 20% discount?

“Looks like I’ll have to work hard to accumulate cultivation points from now on!”

Lu Qingshan thought to himself: “Good thing I’m the group owner—I’ll accumulate points far faster than anyone else, and I can trade resources to get more points from others. I’ll surely gather enough soon!”

While Lu Qingshan was thinking, the others in the group also began testing the new features.

【Pang Bo: Holy crap, Enlightenment Boost is insanely powerful! I had a precious secret technique I couldn’t master after years of practice—just one use of Enlightenment Boost, and I instantly mastered it completely!】

Upon seeing Pang Bo’s message, Han Li in Huangfeng Valley and Yue Buqun from the Xiao Ao Jianghu world also tried the Enlightenment Boost function.

Tian Meng Bing Chan from the Douluo Continent remained indifferent—he had already become Huo Yuhao’s soul ring; enlightenment was far too distant for him now.

As for Cao Cao and Xiao Yan, they had already transferred all their points to Lu Qingshan and now only had a thousand or so newly earned points, so they temporarily did not activate Enlightenment Boost.

Yet neither regretted it—Lu Qingshan’s earlier help to them far outweighed the value of those points.

Xiao Yan had learned from Yao Chen just how precious the Chaotic Origin Fruit was; as for Cao Cao, he felt quietly pleased.

After all, Cao Cao had always been the one receiving help in the group.

Though other members were willing to assist him, he never took it for granted—he understood that as the group grew, such unconditional aid would inevitably diminish.

Now, with cultivation points gaining importance, he felt a sigh of relief.

Looking at his newly earned 1,123 cultivation points, Cao Cao couldn’t help but smile.

【System Prompt: Cao Cao transferred 1,000 cultivation points to Lu Qingshan.】

【Cao Cao: Group owner, thank you for collecting so much grain for me earlier—these points are yours. Don’t refuse them!】

Wutan City, Xiao Family.

Xiao Yan, having just returned to his room, saw the group message and acted quickly.

【System Prompt: Xiao Yan transferred 1,000 cultivation points to Lu Qingshan.】

【Xiao Yan: Group owner, I’m giving you my points too—hope you don’t think it’s too little!】

(End of Chapter)