Chapter 3: Beautiful Master, System Upgrade

The Daoist boy looked in the direction Su Xi was running and shouted urgently, "Stop quickly—you cannot go ahead."

Su Xi ignored him; she only wanted to leave this place now.

To leave the South Dao Sect and go home, and even to persuade her father to take the whole family and break away from Xue Fu.

The system's voice rang out crisply—【Congratulations to the host, you have gained 8 Reversal Points, that's great!】

【Ah? I earned points just like that?】

【Yes, Host. Leaving the pre-selected disciple group is an effective act of reversal.】

"Boom—" Su Xi bumped into something and retreated two steps.

An invisible wall blocked her.

【Host, you can pass through the barrier by consuming 1 point.】

【Immediately!】

Su Xi charged at the transparent wall again!

"That is the barrier of the Ling Shou Yuan, do not crash into it again, you—" The Daoist boy wanted to say "you cannot get in," but he watched with his own eyes as Su Xi entered!

After passing the barrier, there was a whole new world inside.

Towering, cloud-piercing emerald trees, birds with colorful plumage, the lingering sounds of heavenly melodies, leisurely strolling two-headed deer, and black sheep as huge as horses.

【Host, the spiritual energy here is 10.98 times that outside the barrier.】

【You can calculate that too?】

【Yes, Host, it's all basic operations.】

【Too powerful!】 If Su Xi had been skeptical at first, she was now certain that this system could truly help her.

【Where is the host going?】

【Of course, to leave the South Dao Sect. As cannon fodder, I must avoid the sharp edge of the protagonist, Xue Fuyi. Didn't I just earn points? That proves my idea is correct.】

【Is that what the host thinks?】

【Yes. But how should I go? Do you have a direction?】

【The system has a map function, but it has a level restriction; it only works after upgrading to Level 1.】

【How many points are needed to upgrade to Level 1?】

【Subtracting the 4 points the host gave me, 1996 more are needed.】

【...】 It feels like it will take a very, very long time to earn!

In the hinterland of the Ling Shou Yuan, there was a towering spiritual mountain, with spiritual springs gushing out from within. Over the long years, two opposing Ling Quan Hu had formed at the foot of the mountain, occupied by powerful spiritual birds and beasts in their respective territories.

In the middle of the Ling Quan Hu, there was a huge Spirit Stone platform. Upon it, a man in a Dao Robe as white as snow, with raven-black hair, was using his Origin Spirit power to treat a three-colored cat's abdominal wound.

His face was like the bright moon, his features exquisite and delicate, his ink-green eyes as deep as an abyss, his nose bridge straight, his lips thin, and his jawline as if carved by a master.

Suddenly, the movement of his hands paused, and he looked up toward the direction of the spiritual mountain, "Someone has broken into the Ling Shou Yuan."

The three-colored cat let out a "Meow~," as if asking if it should drive away the intruder.

The man continued to treat it until it was fully recovered, then said softly and gently, "You are about to undergo the tribulation and take human form, stop fighting. If you encounter trouble, you may come to my place to take refuge; go back and cultivate."

"Meow~" The three-colored cat rubbed against his palm, leaped lightly off the Spirit Stone platform, and ran toward the depths of the forest with a menacing air.

Clearly, this fight was still going to happen!

The man shook his head helplessly, such a competitive spirit... Then he looked toward the direction of the spiritual mountain and vanished from where he stood.

When he appeared again, he was standing behind Su Xi.

He looked at the young girl in her worldly dress, not the Daoist uniform of the South Dao Sect, "Who are you?"

Su Xi turned around to look; the man's facial features were veiled by a thin mist, making them hazy and indistinct, but that white Dao Robe, along with the auspicious cloud and spiritual mountain patterns embroidered on his collar and cuffs, meant he was surely a high-ranking cultivator of the inner sect. She hurriedly straightened her clothes, bowed, and offered a salute, "Junior Su Xi pays respects to Senior."

"No need for formalities." The man's voice was clear and gentle like celestial music, unforgettable to the ear, "The outer sect is selecting disciples, you—"

His voice suddenly stopped, and his posture shifted from lazy and relaxed to solemn, "Were you born on the sixth day of the third month of the 837th year of the Yunze Dalu, at the beginning of the Kun hour?"

"How do you know my real birth date? However, my mother told me to tell others it was the seventh day of the third month." Su Xi peered at him, wanting to see his true appearance clearly.

The man was silent, looking down at the red mole on his palm; that was—the Tribulation Mark!

Red is auspicious!

Before his Master ascended, he had stolen a secret of heaven for him; the Tribulation Mark was the interpretation of that secret, along with a birth date.

Yesterday, when the Tribulation Mark appeared on his palm, he knew that the person destined for his tribulation had arrived.

Seeing the man did not reply to her, Su Xi said again, "I want to leave the South Dao Sect, I got lost for a moment and entered here by accident. If I have disturbed Senior's cultivation, I hope you will forgive me. Please point out the way down the mountain for this junior, and I will leave at once."

"You cannot leave." The thin mist on the man's face gradually dissipated, revealing his true countenance.

Su Xi was stunned and amazed!

She had grown up in the Xue Family and was accustomed to seeing handsome men and beautiful women.

But compared to the man before her, everything she had seen before became vulgar and ordinary.

His figure was tall and elegant, his snow-white robes exuded a Daoist bone and immortal air, his brilliance peerless.

Suddenly, she remembered what Xue Mengying had once said—the Sect Master of the South Dao Sect was a peerless beauty; if one could see him once, one would have no regrets in this life.

"Sect Master?" Su Xi tried calling out.

Rong Shou nodded slightly, his gaze falling between her fair and flawless brows, where a faint flash of lightning-like Origin Spirit could be seen, "Su Xi, are you willing to take me as your Master? To be my true direct disciple."

【Host, hurry, hurry, agree to him! This is a great stroke of luck delivered to your door!】 The system urged Su Xi to agree quickly.

Su Xi remembered that the person before her was the very Master that Xue Fuyi would take after snatching her spiritual roots.

If she took him first, wouldn't that be her own fortune?

Such a big backer, it would be a waste not to take it.

The South Dao Sect was one of the three great sects of the cultivation world and also the oldest immortal cultivation sect on the Yunze Dalu.

Its immortal arts and Daoist techniques were unfathomable; if she could cultivate here, combined with her decent spiritual roots, she would surely achieve success.

"Greetings, Master!" Su Xi immediately knelt on the ground and performed three kowtows and nine prostrations!

【Congratulations to the host for obtaining Reversal Points!

Reversal System points: 5004, promoted to Level 2.

System skills: Unlocked 5 cubic meters of Ganges Sand Space, no cooldown. Unlocked 15-meter radius map plane, no cooldown. Unlocked system scanning function, no cooldown. Unlocked S-rank attack skill—Victory Through Killing. After activating this skill, the enemy will surely die! If the enemy's strength is higher than the host's, this skill will fail, with a cooldown of 1 day.

Host Reversal Points: 5003 (Cannon Fodder).

Reward: One Lucky Die.】

【Just by taking a master, I can get so many points! And these skills are too magical!】 Su Xi felt it was unbelievable.

【For the host, being able to acknowledge him as Master is a very important turning point in fate.】

"It is my fortune as a master, something I have long sought." Rong Shou pulled her up.

Being close, Su Xi discovered that she, who was considered quite tall, appeared exceptionally petite before him.

"Master, what if I don't have the talent for cultivation?"

Rong Shou smiled: "Inside Ling Shou Yuan, there is a Spirit Gathering Array left by our ancestors, and the spiritual energy is much denser than outside. Spiritual roots will naturally be attracted to spiritual energy; if one has no magic to conceal them, they will be exposed."

After speaking, he took out a palm-sized, transparent, and colorless Spirit Testing Stone from his Storage Ring, "But to be more certain of your spiritual talent, I will still use the Spirit Testing Stone to test you; do you agree?"

"I agree, I agree." Su Xi immediately placed her hand on the Spirit Testing Stone.