Chapter 24: Lottery

Ye Fan: “Hehe, then I’ll trouble you in a couple of days.”

Xiao Yan: “Same here.”

Han Li: “At that time, may I join you to see other worlds?”

In Han Li’s view, waiting a while was the right choice—better to understand the futures and pasts of the other group members before meeting them, for maximum safety.

【Prompt: Group member Emiya Shirou has entered a soul state.】

Xiao Yan: “......”

Su Lin: “......”

Ye Fan: “Was this time...”

Han Li: “This group member seems to have encountered difficulty...”

【Prompt: Group member Emiya Shirou has been revived.】

Han Li suppressed the urge to put down The Legend of the Immortal Cultivator and check the story of this group member named Emiya Shirou.

‘The myriad worlds are full of wonders—better to first understand what concerns me.’

Xiao Yan: “6.”

Su Lin: “Indeed.”

Ye Fan: “Indeed.”

Luffy: “What’s that?”

Han Li: “Today I’ve gained much insight.”

Cross-world travel isn’t impossible; though two group members have shrewd minds, the chat group’s restrictions make it like visiting neighbors—Su Lin had no reservations.

But...

Su Lin recalled the changes in the system store when it appeared in the Pirate World.

He remembered a previous guess.

Could the items in the system be tied to this world?

If so, does that prove his own world isn’t ordinary?

Before encountering the chat group, the system’s store already offered an astonishing variety of items; the cultivation techniques alone could be called boundless—every imaginable transcendent system, even unknown ones never heard of, were all present.

Could it be...

Impossible. Absolutely impossible.

Su Lin shivered, beads of cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.

He preferred to believe the chat group’s items came from other worlds—this couldn’t be taken lightly.

After returning, he’d have to find a way to investigate further.

He could now escape ordinary humanity through exchanges, and with the Historical Projection skill, he could later attempt exploration.

Su Lin: “Then let’s wait a while—I’ll prepare a feast and sweep the mats to welcome you all.”

He no longer had the heart to join the Pirate World’s gathering and revelry.

After bidding farewell, Su Lin returned to his world with some local specialties.

Strangely, when he left, it was 7 PM; when he returned, it was still 7 PM—even ignoring the years he’d spent in the Pirate World, he’d spent hours in his original timeline.

Could time have stopped flowing the moment he left?

Su Lin told the group about this.

Xiao Yan: “If used well, this Breakthrough Charm could save your life in a critical moment.”

For example, if chased by a powerful enemy, you could cross into a group member’s world and return—your condition restored, even stronger.

Han Li: “It truly has remarkable effects.”

This also means you must maintain good relations with group members—if no one allows you to cross worlds when it matters, you’re doomed.

Ye Fan: “Too bad it’s only three months.”

The Breakthrough Charm’s limit was clearly stated by the chat group: staying over three months in another world restricts your cultivation speed.

Xiao Yan: “Still not bad.”

Otherwise, just go train in another world until you become a Dou Emperor and return to the Dou Qi Continent—then don’t call it Soul Breaker, call it Xiao Yan Invincible.

In a rented apartment in a small residential complex in Le City, Huaguo, Earth.

After a brief rest, Su Lin began bathing and washing up.

He lit incense exchanged from the system.

After adjusting his mindset and entering a mysterious, ineffable state under the incense’s influence...

Life occasionally needs ritual.

Su Lin invested points into the lottery pool.

This was his calculated choice—directly exchanging for power was expensive; the cost-effectiveness was better spent on a cultivation technique he could master slowly.

So far, the Historical Projection skill was incredibly useful, saving him many points.

Having tasted the sweetness of lottery draws, he planned to spend half his points on it—the guaranteed mechanism wouldn’t let him lose too much.

What if... right? Su Lin admitted, there was gambling involved.

After calculation, the entry-level Taiyi Sword Scripture he’d long coveted cost 5,000 points—enough to reach Foundation Establishment, but the Golden Core technique cost 20,000.

Chronosand, the item that creates time-flow differences, cost 100 points per day to use—even without renting it, there were countless other scattered items to exchange.

For example, if he lacked cultivation talent or couldn’t grasp the technique, he’d need to spend 500 points on Tihuguanding , or buy auxiliary tools.

What a system full of everyday life—everywhere consumption, everywhere traps.

A gray light rippled across the system interface; seconds later, it vanished into the item inventory.

An item, then.

Congratulations, you have obtained 【Fibrous Ning Sect? Water Mirror Peak】

???

Had the system stuffed a sect’s peak into the prize pool? He’d seen weapons, techniques, and spiritual powers drawn—but never a whole mountain.

Gazing at the mountain-shaped icon in his inventory, Su Lin sighed—he thought he’d lost this draw.

Still, he’d prepared himself mentally and didn’t dwell on it; he immediately examined what use this point-costing peak had.

Checking its attributes, Su Lin found the peak wasn’t large—it was a floating peak.

That made sense; after all, if a peak drawn with points couldn’t even float, it’d be a true loss—he’d have to find somewhere to place it.

It had thirty-six defensive arrays, seventy-two combat arrays—most were incomplete.

Uh...

My ten thousand points...

The remaining half? Better to exchange for a cultivation technique and train properly.

【Ding】

【Congratulations, Host. You’ve spent 10,000 points. A new item has been awarded. Please collect.】

Spend enough and get a bonus item?

Su Lin opened his system inventory and saw a piece of paper.

He pulled it out—what the hell was this?

【Contract: I Have a Share】: After signing, twenty percent of the causal consequences caused by the signatory are converted into system points. Limit: one person. — Sign, and one-fifth of your future deeds belong to me.

Oh, a worker’s contract.

What did the system want? Causality?

Frowning, Su Lin decided to ignore it for now.

Though it was deep night, he still projected the peak above his home.

Hidden Moon Array: conceals Water Mirror Peak—even immortals can’t find it.

One of the few remaining functional arrays.

After activating the concealment array, Su Lin—who hadn’t yet begun cultivation—couldn’t see it; this was the famed Mist Shadow Array, said to be undetectable even by immortals.

As its owner, Su Lin sensed the Water Mirror Peak directly above him, ten thousand meters high.

Through his bond with it, he teleported directly onto the Water Mirror Peak.

A cold wind struck him, making him shiver, unprepared.

Before his eyes lay a scene like a painted scroll.

“This is Water Mirror Peak.”

“So beautiful...”