Exotic Wood Fruit, Cultivating Diligently

The next day.

Lu Mingchuan woke up in Huang Quan's embrace. He rubbed against the Big Thunder before him to wake himself up a little more, then slipped free of Huang Quan's arms.

There was nothing on the schedule today, just some relaxation. Speaking of relaxing, Lu Mingchuan, who had just washed his face, suddenly remembered his system lottery. After all, what better way was there to relax than a few thrilling draws?

With that thought, Lu Mingchuan thoroughly washed his face with clean water again. He opened the system, planning to do a morning draw as a way of saying good morning to it. After going through the familiar prayer ritual, he tapped the ten-pull option. As his Points dropped to 188100, the familiar card case appeared before him.

But this time was different. One of the cards that emerged shone with golden light, nearly blinding him.

"Even this can show up?"

He could scarcely believe it. After all these years, he knew just how stingy this lottery system was. It was practically the same as Goose Factory. A sudden gold pull left him a little afraid to believe it.

He first reached out and flipped over the purple card, giving it a glance. A fishing rod that would never catch a fish. Great. Straight to the inventory with it.

Looking at the sole remaining gold card, he silently prayed once more. After taking a deep breath, he flipped it over. A golden fruit was clearly printed on the card's surface. The moment he saw it, he let out a breath of relief.

With all those useless purple cards as precedent, he had truly been worried that the system would pull some stunt even with a gold card. This was fine, at least. It was quite useful.

Name: Exotic Wood Fruit
Description: When stored in the inventory or carried on one's person, it can die in its owner's place once. It disappears after taking the owner's place in death and removes all negative effects from the body.

How should he put it? In someone else's hands, this effect would be utterly broken. But with Huang Quan, Mirror Flow, and Alicia around him, it was basically impossible for anyone to push him into a near-death state.

Still, the latter half of its effect was pretty good too. Who knew? Maybe one day the system would go haywire and draw some negative effect that was difficult to remove. Then he could use it.

Overall, this draw had been quite profitable. Lu Mingchuan put the item into his inventory and left the washroom in satisfaction. Sure enough, Huang Quan had already followed Alicia into the kitchen and begun getting busy.

This house was different from their previous little home. It was quite large, with plenty of paths and corridors. For an ultimate directionally challenged person like Huang Quan, she simply could not find where she wanted to go without someone leading her.

Once Alicia learned this, she patted her chest and declared that whenever Huang Quan wanted to go somewhere, she only needed to find her. Alicia would be on call at any time.

After breakfast, Lu Mingchuan declined Alicia's invitation to go shopping. He felt that his level was a little too low. Over the years, he had always been passively cultivating, which had reduced his cultivation efficiency by more than tenfold.

After all, converting Imaginary Energy into this world's level system had quite an impact on this world's levels. Moreover, without knowing how, Lu Mingchuan had connected himself to Imaginary Space, allowing him to increase his output while cultivating and accelerate his cultivation.

Huang Quan had been by his side protecting him before, which had robbed him of his sense of danger. But yesterday's dream had brought that sense of danger back, so he decided to cultivate properly for a while.

With that in mind, he returned to his room, found a comfortable position, and lay down before sinking his consciousness into cultivation. Why did he not sit cross-legged, you asked? He was not cultivating this world's standard Soul Power, so why would he? All he needed to do was absorb the Imaginary Energy present everywhere in the air and expand the limit of what his body could contain.

Before he knew it, afternoon had arrived. Alicia returned to the residence with the other two. When she called for Lu Mingchuan after entering and received no response, she knew he was still cultivating.

She puffed out her cheeks, carried the large and small bags in her hands back to her room, then pulled Huang Quan along to prepare dinner. As for Mirror Flow, she sat on the roof, staring blankly into space.

After another while, Lu Mingchuan woke from cultivation and opened his status panel to check his level. Sure enough, it had risen from level 46 to level 47. Although he did not know exactly how far along he was within level 47, he had already reached it when he checked at noon.

He felt that by the time he woke tomorrow morning, he would reach level 48. It seemed he still had to work hard for a while. His intuition told him that when he obtained his seventh soul ring and unlocked his Martial Soul Avatar, there would be a surprise waiting for him.

But after cultivating all day, it was time to rest. Smelling the aroma of food drifting through the air, Lu Mingchuan slowly thought that over the past two years, Huang Quan had spoiled his palate. All he could say was that a woman named Mei truly could cook. The only drawback was that in a large house, it was easy to lose track of the kitchen.

He got up, walked out of his room, and stretched. When he saw Alicia in a maid outfit carrying plates, his eyes immediately lit up. Alicia noticed him as well. She set down the plate and came over to him.

"So, what do you think? This outfit looks great on me today, right?" She blinked at Lu Mingchuan playfully.

Lu Mingchuan nodded hard twice, then gave her a thumbs-up to express his approval. "What do you mean, great? It hits me right in the heart."

Hearing that, Alicia happily spun around before him. Then she suddenly remembered there were still dishes in the kitchen. With a startled cry, she hurried toward the kitchen. After all, Huang Quan was the only one left there, and she could get lost, so Alicia had to serve the dishes herself.

Lu Mingchuan smiled as he watched Alicia's retreating figure, then followed to help. On the roof, Mirror Flow was considering something. She felt that her adorable side was about to erupt. What excuse should she use to snuggle up to Lu Mingchuan?

But she immediately recalled what Lu Mingchuan had said back in Star Dou Great Forest and decided that she would snuggle up to him after dinner. Just as she made up her mind, she heard Alicia cheerfully call her to eat.

After eating and drinking their fill, Lu Mingchuan stood up, gathered the plates, and prepared to wash them. Alicia wanted to follow him, but he pressed her back into her chair and rejected her offer to help on the grounds that she had cooked.

After Lu Mingchuan finished washing the dishes, he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have something to do today. He wiped his hands and called for Huang Quan. This time, he would not bring Mirror Flow or Alicia. His and Huang Quan's information was probably already out in the open, so keeping those two hidden for now could catch their enemies off guard.

Poor Lu Mingchuan still believed that the others had only been suppressed to level 99.

Taking advantage of the night, the two found the Crown Prince's Mansion. After avoiding the palace guards, they entered Xue Qinghe's room. The instant they stepped inside, they smelled a fragrant scent.

Xue Qinghe sat at the desk where he usually handled official affairs, frowning at the two uninvited guests.

"What brings you two to visit Xue Qinghe so late at night?"

Qian Renxue was also somewhat puzzled. Why had these two come looking for her in the middle of the night? But Lu Mingchuan's next words answered that question for her.

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