Chapter 45: Storage Bag

Luosang took a deep breath; the scene before his eyes was too shocking.

At this very moment, there were no words to describe how agitated his heart was.

"Is it really worth that much?"

Yan Xiao looked at Luosang strangely; his gaze was like that of a burly man who hadn't seen a woman in decades suddenly laying eyes on a stunning beauty.

Very hungry and thirsty.

"Sect Master... your subordinate was a bit agitated, please forgive me, Sect Master." Luosang swallowed a mouthful of saliva and apologized.

You call that "a bit" agitated? You were extremely agitated, okay?

I was even afraid you'd suddenly have a myocardial infarction.

"Sect Master, if these three Fire Origin Pills were to be sold, they would start at a minimum of 300,000 Lower Grade Spirit Stones, or perhaps even higher.

If they were sold in Liuyun County, they would be even more valuable."

Luosang explained.

In the cultivation world, Spirit Stones are mostly used as bargaining chips for transactions. The levels of Spirit Stones, like Spirit Pills, are divided into seven grades: Lower, Middle, Upper, Extreme, Spirit, Saint, and God.

300,000 Lower Grade Spirit Stones is equivalent to 300,000 Lower Grade Gathering Spirit Pills; for Luoxia Mountain, this is a huge sum of money.

"If 300,000 Gathering Spirit Pills are converted into silver, and then converted into RMB, how much money is that?"

Yan Xiao was calculating how much the Attribute Pill was worth in an unpromising manner.

He did a rough calculation; converted into RMB, it was over 300 million.

At this moment, he finally had a concept: Attribute Pills were truly valuable!

"I'm rich... I'm rich..."

Yan Xiao's whole mind was filled with this thought; in the future, his path to wealth would depend on Attribute Pills.

"Owner, you are happy too early. Attribute Pills are limited to Upper Grade, and the purchase limit for each type of Attribute Pill is 20. Please cherish the Spirit Pills."

Just as he was daydreaming, the System poured a basin of cold water over him.

Yan Xiao froze and hurriedly opened the System Mall to look. Sure enough, there was a number in the bottom right corner of every Attribute Pill, and the bottom right corner of the Fire Origin Pill read 15, indicating he had already purchased 5.

If he wanted to cultivate talent, 20 Attribute Pills would be far from enough.

"System, did you just add this purchase limit rule? It didn't exist before at all," Yan Xiao said with dissatisfaction.

"Yes, Owner. The System is currently patching loopholes in various aspects. Please remain calm," the System replied.

Damn it!

"System, be honest with me. Are you a defective product? Why do I feel like you are very unreliable?"

Yan Xiao once again grew suspicious of the System.

He had dealt with many system novels in his past life and had seen all kinds of systems, but none were as unreliable as this one.

The current feeling the System gave him was that it was cobbled together; there was no perfect reward system, the commodity prices were a mess, and there were no main or side quests. The only thing that seemed normal was the upgrade system for the Magic Sword.

This forced him to be suspicious that this System had many problems, or perhaps some ulterior secrets.

"Sect Master... Sect Master?"

Seeing Yan Xiao in a daze, Luosang called out.

"Ah? Oh."

"Take this Spirit Pill, and remember to keep it a secret."

Yan Xiao came back to his senses, handed Luosang a Fire Origin Pill, and signaled for him to withdraw.

"Many thanks for the Sect Master's grace of rebirth; Luosang will never dare to forget it."

Luosang knelt on one knee and said sincerely.

"Alright, remember to drink a little less alcohol," Yan Xiao said, helping him up with a smile.

Luosang blushed for once and took his leave.

After Luosang left, Yan Xiao's expression became very grave.

He opened the System page and looked carefully at every item and every annotation on it, not missing a single corner.

"Owner, what are you looking for? The System can search quickly for you," the System prompted.

"I'm looking for your loopholes."

Yan Xiao said with a straight face.

"Then have you found them?" the System asked.

"I found them," Yan Xiao nodded.

"State the loophole, and the System can fix it immediately," the System said.

Yan Xiao pointed to the page that failed to load and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this page should be for System quests, right?

Why did you deliberately block the System quests? Is there some ulterior secret?"

"How did you guess?" the System asked in surprise.

"With those two big characters in the top left corner, do you take me for blind?" Yan Xiao said, pointing to the two characters for 'Main Quest' in the top left corner.

"Eh... why didn't I clear that away?" the System wondered, then refreshed the screen, and the characters for 'Main Quest' disappeared.

"System, confess. What exactly is your purpose?"

Yan Xiao sat down on a chair with a thud, his mood somewhat heavy; he felt he was being used by this fake system.

"It is to cultivate you into the greatest Sword Demon, Yan Xiao," the System replied.

"And then?" Yan Xiao sneered.

"Then you will become the strongest in the cultivation world, unify the world, and create a beautiful and harmonious homeland," the System replied.

"I don't believe it," Yan Xiao said in a low voice.

"......"

"Then tell me, why did you block the main quest?" Yan Xiao asked.

"That is a version issue, an error that occurred during the update; you don't need to be nervous," the System explained.

"I don't believe you!"

Yan Xiao felt very aggrieved; he had transmigrated for over a decade without a system appearing, and suddenly having one, only for it to be a system full of loopholes, must mean there was some ulterior conspiracy.

"Then what would it take for you to believe?" The System felt a bit of a headache, if it had a head.

"I feel like everything in the System has been tampered with, the prices in the System Mall are also a mess, as if they were thought up on the spot, and that lottery system, it's so strange, can you explain that?"

The more Yan Xiao thought about it, the more wrong it felt, and he had a sense of frustration at being toyed with.

"Owner, if the System wanted to harm you, do you think you could have lived until now?" the System asked.

Yan Xiao thought that was true; without the System, he would have been in the hands of the Phantom Demon in Majia Town long ago, and never could have reached this point today.

"Owner, instead of worrying like this, why not just let things take their course? Once you become the Immortal Emperor Supreme, won't the truth be revealed?"

"Besides, with your aptitude, it's not even certain if you can cultivate to become an Immortal; the System feels a lot of pressure too."

This was a naked attack on him.

"Are you saying I'm a hopeless case?" Yan Xiao was furious.

"Very much so!" the System said earnestly.

Come to think of it, his current decadent, slumped posture really did look a bit like...

"Hehe... then Brother System, tell me, what was my main quest? Why did it have to be blocked?" Yan Xiao sat up straight and gave a dry laugh.

"That main quest was too bloody and too cruel; it seriously affected the Owner's mindset and the structure of the cultivation world, so it was ordered to be taken down by the System Regulatory Department."

"What kind of quest was it?" Yan Xiao looked bewildered.

And what the hell was this System Regulatory Department anyway?

"Killing... inhumane, indiscriminate slaughter of the innocent to gain Fear Value at the fastest speed, thereby increasing the host's strength," the System explained.

"The reason the System closed the quest page was to let you, Owner, grow up healthy and happy, so you wouldn't lose your bottom line as a human for the sake of Fear Value, and to learn to make trade-offs; the System has truly broken its heart for you."

The System spoke in a sincere and earnest tone, so much so that Yan Xiao was moved.

This System had quite the silver tongue.

"Owner, rest assured, a brand-new main quest is about to open, and by then you can choose the main quest you like; completing quests will unlock more System functions."

The System comforted him.

"Really?" Yan Xiao wiped his nose and asked pitifully.

"Really!"

Hearing this, Yan Xiao patted his backside, stood up, and revealed a sly smile.

"You did that on purpose?" The System was puzzled, but this guy's internal reaction just now was clearly very afraid of death, not like he was faking it.

"I just feel like you're right; I'm a person with a system now, I should be a bit braver, don't you think?"