"Hellish Start"

"Earth and wood spiritual roots? No, no, earth and wood won't do. Change it."

Load game.

"Water and fire spiritual roots? Hiss, these spiritual roots are incompatible, how can I cultivate? Not good, not good."

Load game.

"Gold, wood, and water three spiritual roots? Too common, change."

Load game.

Bai Lan's expression was serious, her gaze fixed on the rows of data constantly refreshing on the transparent panel in front of her, her hands never stopping to click the refresh area.

Her gaze was locked onto the very top value, in the 'Spiritual Root' column.

Based on her gaming experience, other values were unimportant. Only spiritual roots were the foundation of cultivation, and as far as she knew, they couldn't be changed.

"Wood and water dual spiritual roots? Change."

"...Change."

"..."

Two hours later...

"Lightning single spiritual root? Emm, I'll save the game and keep refreshing. I can definitely get better attributes."

Bai Lan rubbed her neck and clicked the refresh area again.

"Stop, stop, stop! It's not me saying this, your save file already has archives for single spiritual roots of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth! Sister, what kind of earth-shattering spiritual root are you still looking for? A single spiritual root is already very good!" The young man in the gray robe, floating nearby, bristled, clearly impatient.

Why would someone spend four hours refreshing starting attributes! Why!

Bai Lan slowly raised her head and spread her hands helplessly, "Why are you in such a hurry? I haven't gotten the spiritual root I want yet. Aren't the main characters in cultivation usually five spiritual roots? Why can't I get a five spiritual root after five hours of refreshing?"

"Why are you so fixated on getting a five spiritual root!" the young man in the gray robe slammed the table.

Bai Lan blinked, her tone expectant, "The five elements generate each other! Being able to control five types of spiritual energy simultaneously, and even generate wind, lightning, and ice spiritual energy through mutual generation! Isn't it cool to fight with all sorts of colors!!!"

"...Fine, as long as you're happy. I'll keep waiting." The young man in the gray robe gritted his teeth. Bound by his system identity, he could only compromise with his host's peculiar preferences.

Another two hours passed...

Under Bai Lan's persistent and repeated soft resets...

A line of colorful black text suddenly appeared on the pale blue panel!

Chaos Spiritual Root (Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth)!

"Oh ho!" Bai Lan's spirits lifted. She immediately grabbed the collar of the young man in the gray robe and stood up, "Wake up, I got the attributes I wanted. Prepare to enter the game."

A full four hours of long waiting were all for this moment...

"I've told you many times, it's not a game, it's not a game! This is real, ahhh—!"

Before the young man in the gray robe could finish speaking, Bai Lan, holding his collar, pulled him through the golden light screen in front of them.

The golden light suddenly engulfed them both, and the young man's startled cries disappeared along with it into this world.

After a bout of dizziness, Bai Lan shook her head and struggled to open her eyes.

"Five spiritual roots: gold, wood, water, fire, earth. Low aptitude, can enter the outer sect, temporarily assigned as a menial laborer." A cold, indifferent voice sounded from ahead.

Bai Lan quickly reacted, took the jade token handed to her by the cultivator in front, and walked in the direction the cultivator pointed.

Her mind was still in a fog, feeling the dizziness of having just ridden a hell-level roller coaster.

Suppressing the churning sensation in her abdomen, Bai Lan surveyed the surrounding architectural style.

Hmm, this style is very much the immortal world.

There were several cultivators in blue robes floating in the air, standing on flying swords and doing something unknown. In the distance, a huge flying ship drifted by—scenes she had never seen in reality.

No, hold it in. Don't be as curious as Grandma Liu entering the immortal world for the first time. Image is important!

Bai Lan quickly withdrew her gaze.

There was a sea of people around. Behind her were all mortals waiting to have their spiritual roots tested.

Good, good, good. Testing spiritual roots at the start, she was familiar with this plot.

Before Bai Lan could even steady herself, a gasp came from behind her.

"Heavenly Spiritual Root!?"

Exclamations erupted one after another from behind her. Bai Lan turned around and met a pair of slightly provocative eyes.

The woman in white tilted her head slightly, her expression arrogant. She looked at Bai Lan with three parts showing off, three parts hatred, and four parts disdain.

Bai Lan analyzed for a second. What did that mean? Did she have a grudge against her?

Puzzled, she could only pull the young man in the gray robe, who was floating nearby and slacking off, over. "System, who is she? Does she have a grudge against me?"

"As you suspect, her name is Bai Ling. She is the Child of Destiny of this world, and she has a grudge against you. She is also your mission target." The young man in the gray robe's tone was excited. "Seize opportunities, fight the female lead, tread the path to immortality, and one day, you too can..."

As he was about to launch into a lengthy explanation of the mission to Bai Lan, another gasp came from the spiritual root testing platform.

"Another Heavenly Spiritual Root!? And a rare Lightning Spiritual Root!"

Bai Lan's gaze swept over, and she saw the man in black standing on another high platform.

Seeing Bai Lan's gaze turn toward him, the man in black inexplicably smirked, his expression carrying three parts arrogance, three parts disdain, and four parts hatred.

Bai Lan: "..."

What was going on? First, one person gave her a cold smile for no reason, and now another was giving her a sinister smile for no reason.

They were both so strange.

Bai Lan whispered, "Could he be the legendary..."

The grey-robed youth nodded slightly, "As you suspect, this person is this world's Child of Destiny, named Long Aotian. He has a grudge against you and is another one of your mission targets!"

"One is the Child of Destiny Bai Ling, who possesses a portable spirit field space, a single fire spiritual root, and the Phoenix Bloodline. Her script involves competing with a half-sister who shares the same father as you."

"The other is the Child of Destiny Long Aotian, who possesses a Pocket Grandpa, a single lightning spiritual root, and the True Dragon Bloodline. His script involves being a trash-tier cultivator who was dumped by you three years ago."

Both were prodigies, both held grudges against her, and both were her mission targets.

Except for their gender, they were identical.

"Good, good, good, what a gathering of heroes!" Bai Lan exclaimed.

"Our final mission is! To use your kindness and love! To stop the Child of Destiny and the Child of Destiny from destroying the world!" the System cheered, its voice only audible to Bai Lan, yet it couldn't suppress the youth's rising tone.

Bai Lan glanced at him, her tone melancholic, "To use love to influence two Children of Destiny to destroy the world? You might as well ask me to take down Tang Sanzang and his disciples."

"Tang Sanzang? Who's that?"

"He's a walking elixir of immortality protected by an invincible monkey," Bai Lan sighed, then grabbed the youth's collar, gritting her teeth, "Why didn't you tell me about this high-difficulty mission from the start!"

By all logic, shouldn't a world only have one Child of Destiny?

Why did this world have two! And they both held grudges against her.

Especially Long Aotian; the three-year deadline had arrived, and he had already obtained the Pocket Grandpa cheat that allowed him to shed his trash-tier reputation.

"Before entering a world, mission details are classified and cannot be disclosed..." the grey-robed youth chuckled sheepishly, "Sis, please be understanding..."

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