Body Has a Mind of Its Own

He already told Zhu Zhuqing to her face that he wanted to take her as a disciple.

Yet the system remained completely unresponsive; it was clearly not something that could be achieved just by a verbal promise.

He had not had time to ask in detail on the road, but now that he had some free time, he needed to figure it out.

[Host, accepting a disciple is not something you can simply ratify unilaterally. Based on your martial soul as a prototype, this system has specially crafted seven lotus seed bracelets, which are the tokens of a direct disciple. Both parties must be willing, and the other person must willingly wear this bracelet for the disciple acceptance to be considered successful.]

[Warm reminder: These bracelets are one of a kind, only seven in total. Once worn, they automatically bind to the owner.]

As the system's voice fell, seven bracelets appeared out of thin air before Lin Feng.

The appearance of those bracelets was almost identical to the lotus seed patterns on his martial soul. The material was neither gold nor jade, warm and smooth like jasper, glowing with a cyan-jade luster. There was a faint flow of soul power over them, and at a glance they were clearly no ordinary items.

Tsk, if this gadget could be traded for money, it would definitely be worth a lot of gold coins... Lin Feng fiddled with the bracelets, subconsciously pondering.

[Humph, host, don't get any crooked ideas. This item can only be gifted to disciples; others cannot use it.]

The system's prompt tone rang out at the right time.

"Fine, you win." Lin Feng curled his lips.

Thinking of something immediately after, he asked again, "System, is this bracelet just a token? Doesn't it have any other uses?"

[Produced by the system, how could it be an ordinary object? It also possesses a storage function, with a built-in space of one hundred cubic meters, and comes with a positioning effect.]

Storage? One hundred cubic meters? And it could position them?

Hearing this, Lin Feng's eyes lit up. This function was too practical!

If he gave it to a disciple, it would be much more convenient to know where they were in the future.

He subconsciously touched the shabby storage bag that he had only bought after scrimping and saving, which was a mere ten cubic meters, and instantly felt that it was no longer appealing.

One hundred cubic meters! And it came with positioning!

If this were to be sold, how much would it be worth?

He was dying of envy; he didn't even use anything this good.

"Damn system! You only think of giving good things to the disciples? Why don't I have any?"

Lin Feng was so angry he almost jumped off the bed. "You're my system after all. Watching me wear this crappy thing, do you have any face? Get me a proper storage device too!"

[For free? Don't even think about it. Rock-bottom, bone-crushing, vomiting-blood price: a one-hundred-cubic-meter storage ring for ten gold coins. Does the host want it?]

The system's cold quote popped up.

"Ten gold coins? Why don't you go rob someone!"

This time Lin Feng really jumped up, pointing at the empty air and shouting angrily, "You damn system! What do you want gold coins for? Tell me what use gold coins are to you?"

[Who told you to curse this system]

The system's voice also seemed to carry a trace of emotional fluctuation.

Lin Feng's mouth twitched fiercely.

Why did this system... feel like it had a temper?

What happened to the obedient and submissive AI he was promised?

However, this instead made him even more certain that there must still be quite a few good things on the system's body.

He rubbed his chin, his eyes rolling around as he pondered how to fleece more wool off this 'damn system'.

[Host need not rack your brains to scheme. Your thoughts are crystal clear to this system. This system operates on the principle of equivalent exchange. Either complete missions to obtain rewards, or bring forth items of equal value to trade.]

The system ruthlessly pierced his little scheme.

Lin Feng choked.

Even his thoughts couldn't be hidden? What privacy was left to talk about? Could this lousy system still be kept?

But thinking of the huge benefits that taking a disciple could bring him... he endured it.

"Hah, fine! If you won't give it, forget it! Do I look like a wealthy person to you?"

He angrily lay back down, his mouth running wild. "Push me too far and I'll go kill Tang San right now, and rob him of that belt; it looks pretty decent!"

[Warning! Host, the plot core of this realm revolves around Tang San. If you forcibly annihilate him, it will cause the world rules to collapse, space to fracture and reorganize, and your soul will scatter into nothingness along with it, host.]

The system's voice turned abruptly stern, carrying a warning intent.

Hearing this, Lin Feng felt the hair all over his body stand on end!

"Can't kill him? Why? Is there no justice left in this world?"

"So bringing me to this world was just to make me a background prop to watch him perform? What's the point of that then? Might as well go on a killing spree and be a villain for a good time instead!"

Perhaps sensing his intense resentment and self-abandoning despair, the system rarely took the initiative to explain:

[It is not that he absolutely cannot be killed, but that he cannot be killed now. If the host can maintain the operation of the world without collapsing, naturally...]

There was a turning point?

Lin Feng's spirits lifted.

He knew it, he couldn't possibly just be a bit player!

"How specifically?" he eagerly pursued.

[In this realm, there is no Lotus God yet. If the host can successfully ascend to the god position and gain the power to control part of the world rules, you will be able to stabilize the foundation of this realm so it won't collapse due to the fall of the Child of Destiny.]

The system provided a direction.

To become a god?

Lin Feng quickly reviewed the paths to godhood he knew in his mind: godly inheritance, faith ascension to godhood, fusion ascension to godhood, and self-created god position.

Godly inheritance could be strived for, but he had no favorable impression of those high-and-mighty gods, and even wanted to find a chance to kill off a few who didn't abide by the rules. For now, he wouldn't consider this path; abandoned.

Faith ascension to godhood required a massive foundation of believers, took a long time, and was complicated to operate. The difficulty was too high for him; abandoned.

Fusion ascension to godhood? Just like Xiao Wu was to Tang San, sharing the origin of the god position as a 'sword scabbard', he lacked the conditions for this; also abandoned.

That only left the last path—self-created god position!

"The Lotus God?"

Fighting spirit ignited in Lin Feng's eyes.

"Sounds somewhat interesting. Fine, then let's set a small goal first: be a Lotus God for a while!"

His thoughts shifted, and a sly smile hooked the corner of his mouth. "Right, system, since the Child of Destiny cannot be killed right now, robbing his 'sword scabbard' should be totally fine, right?"

Naturally, he was referring to Xiao Wu.

[Of course, as long as you do not directly annihilate the Child of Destiny, the host is free to act as you please.]

This time the system answered very crisply.

"Awesome!"

Lin Feng snapped his fingers, a sharp glint flickering in his eyes, and his mood improved by more than half.

With the system's assistance, Lin Feng's confidence in creating his own god position grew a bit more.

As for shouting about killing Tang San just then?

That was purely venting verbally.

If he killed the protagonist right now, what would he play with later?

Since he couldn't kill Tang San, causing him some trouble and messing with his mindset should be fine, right?

Right now, the top priority was to settle Zhu Zhuqing and make her willingly take him as her master!

After all, the improvement of soul ring age lay in the quality of the disciples' soul rings; the higher, the better.

The stronger the disciple and the top-tier their soul ring, the greater his own benefit!

This was a major matter concerning his strength.

"Hehe, looks like I need to plan out a training plan properly."

Lin Feng rubbed his chin, his thoughts spinning rapidly.

As everyone knew, absorbing high-age soul rings required body strength and mental power as two key factors.

Training had to revolve around these two points.

Just as he was pondering the specific training project, his gaze subconsciously drifted toward the direction of the bathroom again.

Good grief!

This time he truly and clearly saw the hazy silhouette of the maiden bathing amidst the misty vapor!

Even though it was separated by frosted glass and the details were unclear, those exquisite and undulating smooth curves inspired even more room for imagination, packing a full visual impact!

Gulp.

Lin Feng's Adam's apple rolled involuntarily, and a wave of dry heat surged through his entire body.

"Crack!"