Golden Core! System Level Up Requirement!

"Did Senior Sister... return?"

Lu Sheng looked at the message Lan Linglong had sent him on his phone. After a moment of thought, he put his phone aside.

"I'm really curious what kind of person Senior Sister is!"

Lu Sheng shook his head, a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

Then, Lu Sheng lay down on the bed and watched the night outside the window. Before long, he fell asleep.

The next day, the sunlight gently knocked on the doors and windows, falling on Lu Sheng's face.

Lu Sheng slowly opened his eyes, checked the time, and got up from the bed. He went to the bathroom and freshened up.

After that, Lu Sheng packed his things and prepared to head to the dojo.

Since it was the weekend, he didn't have to go to school.

Plus, Lan Ling had sent him a message last night, so Lu Sheng decided to head directly to the Heaven and Earth Dojo.

Soon, Lu Sheng arrived at the dojo.

However, as he approached the entrance, Lu Sheng sensed something was amiss.

Normally, even at this hour, he would see many disciples of the Heaven and Earth Dojo practicing inside.

But today...

Standing at the entrance, he couldn't see a single person!

"What... is going on?"

Lu Sheng looked at the dojo in front of him with surprise, his heart filled with confusion.

Despite his confusion, Lu Sheng still took a step forward and walked into the dojo.

As soon as he entered, Lu Sheng could hear a cold voice coming from inside the training hall.

"What are you all practicing all day? You can't even do the most basic standing meditation, and you have the nerve to call yourselves outer disciples of my Heaven and Earth Dojo?"

"It seems that while I was away, my father and junior sister were too lenient!"

"Even though you are all outer disciples of the dojo, you represent the reputation of my Heaven and Earth Dojo when you go out. Instead of cultivating properly, you only think about slacking off every day!"

"A bunch of trash!!"

Listening to the voice, Lu Sheng's expression turned somewhat strange.

"The owner of this voice... could it be my Senior Sister, whom I've never met?"

Lu Sheng couldn't help but murmur, looking at the training hall with a hint of hesitation.

"Am I... arriving at the wrong time!"

Lu Sheng rubbed his head, looking at the training hall before him, unsure of what to do. He wasn't sure if he should go in.

Judging by the voices coming from the hall, his Senior Sister didn't seem like a pushover!

Just as Lu Sheng was feeling uncertain, the cold voice echoed from the hall again.

"What are you still doing outside? Since you're here, come in!"

Hearing this, Lu Sheng's skin crawled. He looked towards the training hall with a sense of dread.

After all, he was a full hundred meters away from the training hall!

Furthermore, they couldn't see him from inside the hall.

Under such circumstances, she could still sense his presence?

How... powerful must she be!!

Lu Sheng swallowed hard, and his hesitation vanished.

Although he felt a bit apprehensive, he obediently walked towards the training hall.

However, when Lu Sheng entered the hall and saw the scene inside, he was stunned.

Kong Yunzhang was lying on a rattan chair with a pot of tea beside him.

Next to Kong Yunzhang, Lan Linglong sat quietly on a chair, holding a yellowed book and reading it with great interest.

And apart from the two of them, on the high platform in the hall stood a tall woman with red hair, wearing a tight-fitting combat suit. A layer of frost covered her entire face.

If Lan Linglong was the epitome of gentleness, then the tall woman before him was the epitome of extreme coldness.

Inside the hall, outer disciples of the Heaven and Earth Dojo stood in extremely bizarre postures. Each of them had a somewhat contorted expression.

Except for a very few disciples who could maintain their composure, all the other outer disciples were swaying precariously, as if they would collapse at any moment.

Even so, those who could maintain their balance had flushed faces, as if enduring some pain, with sweat dripping from their foreheads.

"This is..."

Lu Sheng was completely bewildered by the scene before him.

As Lu Sheng walked into the hall, the tall woman's gaze shifted to him.

"Is this Junior Disciple Brother?"

The tall woman's eyes lit up, and the moment her voice fell, she appeared right in front of Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng's pupils contracted slightly. Before he could even react, he caught a faint, pleasant scent. Then, a perfectly formed figure stood before him.

"Gulp!"

Inhaling the fragrance, Lu Sheng involuntarily swallowed. His gaze began to shift evasively.

"Blood Essence level ten, solid foundation, not bad, not bad!"

"Old man, I didn't expect you could find such a genius!"

The voice, full of mature charm, spoke slowly.

Lu Sheng then took a careful look at the woman before him.

"Such fast legs, no, such speed!"

Lu Sheng's face flushed slightly. Despite living two lives, this was the first time he had been so close to a woman.

Even with his past experiences, Lu Sheng still found himself struggling to maintain composure.

"Heh heh, can't you see your junior disciple brother is a bit flustered?"

Kong Yunzhang, lounging on the rattan chair, chuckled and waved at Lu Sheng.

"Alright, little Lu, come over here!"

Lu Sheng, as if relieved of a great burden, obediently walked over to Kong Yunzhang.

"Teacher, Senior Sister!"

Lu Sheng first bowed slightly to Kong Yunzhang and Lan Linglong.

"This is..."

Lu Sheng scratched the back of his head, his gaze inadvertently sweeping over the tall, red-haired woman.

Lan Linglong slowly closed the book in her hands and said gently, "This is our Senior Sister, Kong Xin!"

Hearing this, Lu Sheng finally understood.

At this moment, Kong Xin strode over with her long legs, her eyes continuously scanning Lu Sheng.

"Nice to meet you. Hmm... let's consider this a welcome gift!"

As she spoke, Kong Xin's palm flipped slightly, and something resembling a small pellet, shimmering with a faint golden light, appeared in her hand.

The golden pellet seemed to be filled with an incredibly terrifying power. Just one glance made Lu Sheng feel as if he were staring at something immensely formidable.

"This is..."

Lu Sheng's eyes narrowed slightly.

Suddenly, a line of text appeared before Lu Sheng.

[Ding, detected Sword Demon Clan Golden Core, can be devoured!]

Seeing the message, Lu Sheng's pupils contracted.

"Golden Core!!"

Although the highest realm Lu Sheng knew of among martial artists was the Viscera Refining Realm, he knew that condensing a Golden Core was no easy feat.

Whether it was alien demons or human martial artists, those who could condense a Golden Core were all top-tier existences.

He hadn't expected that the item his Senior Sister casually produced would be such a treasure.

But what did "devour" in the message mean?

"Can be devoured? What does that mean?"

Lu Sheng was puzzled.

Soon, another line of text appeared before him.

"Devouring the Golden Core can supplement system power and increase system level!"

"Level Up??"

Lu Sheng was even more surprised.

His system could actually level up?

"What are the effects after the system levels up?"

Lu Sheng quickly asked in his mind.

However, the system seemed to fall silent. After several seconds, another message appeared.

"By increasing the system level, the refresh probability of high-level martial arts talents can be increased!"

"Refresh probability?"

A sharp glint flashed in Lu Sheng's eyes.

Lu Sheng had assumed that the system's martial arts talent refreshes were completely random, but he hadn't expected that the refresh of these talents actually had a probability.

"What's the current talent refresh probability?"

Lu Sheng asked again in his heart.

The system didn't make Lu Sheng wait too long this time, and it popped up quickly.

[Refresh Probability: White (60%) Green (20%) Blue (15%) Purple (4%) Red (0.5%) Gold (0.1%) Rainbow (0.09%) Divine (0.01%)]

Looking at the subtitles that popped up from the system, Lu Sheng's eyes narrowed slightly.

"The probability of purple is only four percent. The probability of higher-level martial arts talents is so low. With this kind of probability, I might not be able to refresh a Divine-level talent even if I refresh for ten or twenty years!"

Lu Sheng couldn't help but murmur in his heart.

"So, the system upgrade can increase the refresh probability of high-level martial arts talents. This means that after the system level increases, my chances of obtaining higher-level martial arts talents will also increase. At that time..."

Lu Sheng quickly understood the benefits of the system upgrade.

"It seems that if I want to become stronger, I still need to level up the system!"

Lu Sheng couldn't help but clench his fist.

Then he shifted his gaze to the Golden Core in Kong Xin's hand.

"This Golden Core..."

"Huh!"

Suddenly, Kong Xin exclaimed in surprise. She looked at Lu Sheng with some curiosity.

"Although I've killed everyone who condensed a Golden Core, the power contained within the Golden Core is something even martial artists in the Viscera Refining Realm wouldn't dare to touch carelessly. How can someone in the Blood Qi Realm ignore the pressure of the Golden Core..."

"As expected of my Junior Disciple Brother!"

Hearing this, Lu Sheng was stunned, then he realized.

When he first saw the Golden Core, he did feel an extremely terrifying aura and couldn't help but want to retreat.

But perhaps it was because his [Resilience] talent took effect, he actually adapted to this aura.

"Since that's the case, then I'll give this to you!"

With that, Kong Xin tossed the Golden Core to Lu Sheng lightly.

This treasure, which would be enough to cause many martial artists to go wild in the outside world, seemed like nothing in Kong Xin's hands.