Chapter 2

"System, use fishing opportunity."

Ye Xuan didn't hesitate in the slightest and directly used the fishing opportunity gifted by the system. Then, his surroundings suddenly fell into darkness, and immediately after, an invisible force slowly wrapped around him, guiding him into a brand-new space.

"Boom!"

The next moment, Ye Xuan's vision suddenly cleared. He found himself in the midst of an endless galaxy, with countless stars dotting the pitch-black night sky, flickering with dazzling light like brilliant gemstones.

Ye Xuan floated above this galaxy, feeling the warm light emitted by the stars and the majestic aura of the flowing galaxy; his heart was filled with shock.

"Why do the vast majority of transmigrators who bind to a system hold trust in it?"

"This is the answer!"

It wasn't that he was ignorant; it was truly that anyone who saw the scene before them would feel shocked, and after the shock, what one could feel was peace of mind.

In a strange world, having such a powerful system bound to oneself, the sense of security in his heart rose instantly.

Just as Ye Xuan was shocked, a beam of soft golden light slowly rose from his palm, gradually condensing into a fishing rod wrapped in purple light. The rod's body was carved with complex and exquisite runes, each rune flickering with a faint light.

At the tip of the fishing rod was embedded a mysterious cyan gemstone, filled with an arcane aura; a golden thread hung down from the tip of the rod, extending straight into that brilliant galaxy.

As the thread fell, the surrounding space seemed to produce a subtle fluctuation, as if something was being slowly attracted over.

Ye Xuan stared unblinkingly at the golden thread, looking forward to fishing for a decent ability.

If he couldn't fish for the things he thought of before, he could also accept things like Doraemon's Four-Dimensional Pocket, Gray Wolf's invention ability, or the Emperor Armor.

Uh, that seems a bit greedy, huh? But since he knew he was being greedy, why not be even greedier?

Just as Ye Xuan was thinking this, he suddenly felt an unusual tremor from the fishing rod. With a thought, the fishing line, carrying a golden sphere emitting soft light, rose rapidly, and the system's voice also rang in Ye Xuan's ears.

【Ding】

【Congratulations to the host for obtaining Template: Wangquan Baye (in his youth)】

【Note: 1. Wangquan Baye is a character from the Fox Spirit World, leader of the "Mask" organization, future leader of the Yiqidao Alliance, and head of the Wangquan family. This template is from his youth; although he had a sword heart, he had not yet mastered the Wangquan Sword Art.】

【Note: 2. After the host fuses with the template, he can obtain all the talents and abilities possessed by the template, but will not fuse with the template's own memories, personality, and emotions.】

"A character from the Fox Spirit World, the Wangquan Baye template?"

Seeing the item he had fished, Ye Xuan was stunned for a moment, and related images surfaced in his mind.

"This is indeed a forbidden zone for cowards, but how can it scare us, scare me, Wangquan Baye!"

"That day, I saw the strongest swordsman, who picked up the strongest sword in the world, but had long since lost his sword heart."

"If we can continue our bond, does it matter if the other party is a monster or not?"

"Huai Zhu, I can finally come to see you with a sword heart."

Young and frivolous, always thinking there is nothing in the world that cannot be done; time passes, and one finally feels that there is an end to what can be done in the world.

Wangquan Baye's life was a tragedy, and the turning point of this tragedy was going outside the circle; because outside the circle, the tragic death of his brothers and sisters, the decline of the Daoist sect, Dongfang Huai Zhu being plotted against, and the loss of his sword heart—everything came from outside the circle.

But was going outside the circle a mistake?

Ye Xuan was silent, then shook his head. This answer should be given by Wangquan Baye and the members of the Mask group, not him; but for him, youthful spirit was never a mistake. They just underestimated the outside of the circle and overestimated themselves.

"But in his youth, he hadn't yet comprehended the Wangquan Sword Art?"

"That's right, Wang Fugui said that the Wangquan Sword Art was created by the Wangquan family ancestor Wangquan Baye after returning from outside the circle. Although the first person to comprehend the Wangquan Sword Art was Wangquan Wumu, Wangquan Wumu died too early and it wasn't passed down."

"After losing his sword heart, he was still able to comprehend the Wangquan Sword Art. If his sword heart were still there, would you have been able to truly achieve unity of man and sword with the Wangquan Sword?"

In Ye Xuan's mind, the scene surfaced where Wangquan Baye, in order to revitalize the Yiqidao Alliance, tried to forcibly combine the Wangquan Sword Art and the Wangquan Sword, but failed.

The sword heart was gone; how could the sword in his hand and the sword in his heart be combined into one?

Although the sword in his hand became sharper, if his sword heart hadn't been lost, holding the Wangquan Sword, why would he need to fear the Four Great Demon Emperors?

"System, fuse with the Wangquan Baye template."

Ye Xuan said softly, and then a majestic energy merged into his body from the void. This energy was like a rushing river, carrying endless vitality and life, traveling and flowing through his meridians.

And as the energy continued to pour in, Ye Xuan's body began to tremble slightly, and every inch of his skin and every muscle was undergoing earth-shaking changes.

Although humans in the Fox Spirit World cannot live forever, the mastery of any kind of power has a huge change on the body. If there isn't a powerful body, how can it carry the power one possesses?

Wangquan Baye in his youth was not as good as Wangquan Fugui, who carried Dongfang Huai Zhu's spiritual power, but as the strongest genius of the young generation in his era, his strength was definitely not weak, especially for an ordinary person like Ye Xuan.

As the fusion progressed, Ye Xuan's clothing also began to change. The original clothes gradually faded away, replaced by a blue and white outer robe and white inner clothes. In his hand, a long sword appeared out of nowhere, with the characters "Wangquan" engraved on it.

This was, of course, not the real Wangquan Sword, but just the sword held by Wangquan Baye in his youth, merely engraved with the characters "Wangquan." Ye Xuan hadn't expected that by fusing with the template, the system would even give him clothes and a weapon.

Feeling all the power currently possessed within his body, and the belief of "there is no place in the world that cannot be gone to, and no matter that cannot be accomplished" that emerged involuntarily when holding the long sword, Ye Xuan truly understood why Wangquan Baye lost his sword heart.

For a long time, Ye Xuan finally came back to his senses from the power brought by the Wangquan Baye template, and then with a thought, he retracted the robe and long sword on his body into the system space.

Although he really wanted to find a place to try out the power he had obtained, it was already night, and he still had to go to school tomorrow.

Although dimensional invasion and the resurgence of Qi gave everyone a chance to possess power, those who could obtain it were ultimately the minority. What's more, the Xia Kingdom now had Master Zhong, who had obtained the "Emperor Yanwang" template, guarding it. If you thought you could do whatever you wanted just because you obtained power, that would be wishful thinking.

(End of chapter)