Chapter 15: In the Face of Destiny, Talent is Vulnerable

【How is this possible! It hasn't even been a few days since the incident at the Southern Dao Sect, so how has she already reached the Foundation Establishment Stage? Who is she cultivating with? This progress is far too rapid.】

【Host, in the face of destiny, talent is vulnerable.】

【Who's to say it isn't! Even if one's natural talent is insufficient, destiny will make up for it.】 Su Xi narrowed her eyes, 【Er Miao, besides her fortune, can her cultivation be snatched?】

【If the Host wants to snatch cultivation, you need a Stealing Technique type skill. If it is an S-level Stealing Technique, even fortune can be stolen.】

【How does one obtain such a skill?】

【The Host can get skill rewards by leveling up. Or you can spend points to purchase them in the System Store. Recently, the System Store released a new Gacha Machine; you can also pull skills from it, or items, points, and so on. The Host can go try your luck.】

【Where is the System Store?】 Su Xi opened the system light screen.

【The Host needs to spend 1000 points to unlock it, or wait until after leveling up for it to unlock automatically.】

【1000...】 Su Xi felt a pang of heartache; this system must be a bandit system.

【How many points do I need to level up?】

【Points, the Host currently has 5002 points.】

【My god! How much of her fortune must I snatch to level up?】

【Good luck, Host.】

【Once I'm full, will I be free from being cannon fodder?】

【Being cannon fodder is the Host's destiny, while leveling up will make the Host more powerful; the two complement each other.】

【Buy it!】

【Very well, Host. 1000 points spent to successfully unlock the System Store. The Host currently has 4002 points remaining.】

On Su Xi's system light screen, a small house icon appeared—the System Store.

Clicking into the System Store, there were all kinds of categories, and the merchandise was dazzling, making her head spin.

She opened the skill category, and at one look, her vision went black; all skills started at ten thousand points.

【The Gacha Machine is in the featured goods section. There is a promotion today; new users can buy one and get one free, which is equivalent to a fifty percent discount.】

【Can I buy more?】

【Limited to one Gacha ball.】

【Then let's buy one first to try it out.】

【The Host can activate the Lucky Dice when opening the Gacha ball.】

【Alright!】 Su Xi looked at the Gacha machine filled with colorful Gacha balls, and pressed the start button with a mix of nervousness and curiosity.

【The Host has purchased one Gacha ball in the System Store, consuming 100 points. The Host currently has 3902 points remaining.】

A pink Gacha ball came out of the machine, followed immediately by a rainbow-colored one labeled as a gift, which appeared in the shopping cart.

【Activate Lucky Dice.】 Su Xi said.

【Very well, Host.】 Er Miao activated the Lucky Dice.

As the Lucky Dice began to spin, the two Gacha balls also started to rotate...

*Crack! * *Crack! * Following the two sounds of eggshells cracking, two rewards appeared on the light screen.

Er Miao said with pleasant surprise: 【Congratulations, Host! The pink Gacha ball obtained 3000 points! The rainbow Gacha ball is the Stealing Technique skill you wanted: Shadow-Stealing Stealth, an S-level Skill—the dark walker who traverses the chaotic world, disdaining to dance with the weak; the strong are the ladder for your ascent, and no rules can block your path. Taboo: This skill is ineffective when used on the weak. Each activation allows for 1 hour of use, with a three-day cooldown.】

With an excited heart and trembling hands, Su Xi looked at the rewards and smiled until her eyes curved into crescent moons.

【Does the Host want to share a tiny bit of points with Er Miao?】

【Half each. From now on, all points will be split this way, but all skills belong to me.】

【Mm-hmm!】

Su Xi looked at the total points: 5402, 【Let's go, find Xue Fuyi and try out the new skill.】

【Very well, Host.】 Er Miao replied, 【Er Miao just left a tracking source point on Xue Fuyi; as long as she is within the map range, she can be found.】

【It has to be you, with such foresight. Where is she now?】

【She has already left the map range. The Host can keep the map open and search in the direction she left.】

Su Xi packed up the remaining food and left using the Teleportation skill.

Chasing along the road until she reached the entrance of a small alley, Su Xi finally saw a small red dot appear on the edge of the map.

Following the location of the small red dot, it was a dilapidated residence.

Walls mottled with green moss, broken and rotting threshold steps, vines clinging to the eaves, and spider nests of all sizes entrenched there.

【What is Xue Fuyi doing in a place like this?】 Su Xi was curious, 【Er Miao, can I teleport directly there?】

【Very well, Host.】

Su Xi only felt a blur before her eyes, and she arrived behind the window of the main room.

Peering inside through a crack in the window—

Xue Fuyi was half-lying in a man's embrace with her clothes in disarray... She looked nothing like an unmarried noble lady of a prestigious family; she was entirely like a wanton, blooming, enchanting peach blossom.

Su Xi was shocked to the spot.

The man holding Xue Fuyi suddenly aged rapidly, until he turned into a dried corpse!

A rich, extremely decadent fragrance wafted from Xue Fuyi's body; she licked her blood-red lips, feeling extremely satisfied.

"Disgusting! Get lost!" The voice that came out, however, was one of extreme loathing.

"How heartless. I helped you cultivate the Phoenix Bone Charm Body; you must remember what you promised me: to find a body with superior spiritual roots for me to possess." Although it was also Xue Fuyi speaking, the voice was coquettish and murmuring, completely unlike the cold-as-frost Xue Fuyi of noble birth.

【Host, it seems she has been possessed.】 Er Miao was a standard curious baby.

Su Xi held her breath, wishing she didn't have to breathe at all; after all, this was her first time doing such sneaky work.

"I have a younger sister. Although I don't know the grade of her spiritual roots, she should be quite good to have been accepted as an inner sect disciple by the Southern Dao Sect."

"Then it shall be this younger sister of yours."

A hazy, indistinct shadow drifted out from Xue Fuyi's body.

【Host, is she talking about you?】

【...】 Does that even need asking? She is definitely talking about her!

【Er Miao, what is a Phoenix Bone Charm Body?】

【There is currently no relevant data in the database. It should be that the plot has changed after the host reversed her fate.】

Xue Fuyi quickly put on her clothes and used a Cleansing Talisman to eliminate the lingering charm scent on her body.

【Host, do you want to use the Stealing Technique?】

【Good, let's see what we can snatch from Xue Fuyi. Her luck is best! Can the Lucky Dice still be used?】

【Yes.】 Er Miao replied.

The Lucky Dice spun again, and Su Xi activated Shadow Stealing Stealth—a dark walker wandering the chaotic world, disdaining to dance with the weak; the strong are the ladder you climb, and no rules can block your footsteps.

【Skill effective: Successfully obtained target's Heaven-grade aptitude, 1 point of luck value, and one Water-Avoiding Pearl spirit treasure.】

Su Xi looked at the things she had snatched and was momentarily dumbfounded.

On the other side, Xue Fuyi did not notice anything unusual; she took a Red Fire Talisman from her Storage Bag, burned the man's mummified corpse, and then left.

【Congratulations to the host for obtaining reversal points:.】