Investment Returns, Heaven-Peng Dragon-Smite Technique!

What?

Why was such a precious treasure in the hands of a child like Wang Mu?

Simple!

As the sole bloodline passed down through three generations of the old Wang Family.

Wang Mu bore an unsolvable curse, and his elders all felt they owed him something.

To make it up to Wang Mu, ever since his one-month celebration, the Wang Family had thrown lavish celebrations for his birthday every year.

Those attending the banquets would also bring generous gifts.

What?

Those treasures were useless to Wang Mu anyway, so giving them to him was a waste?

It did not matter!

So long as the child liked it, even if he used a Sea Stabilizing Dragon Pearl as a ball to kick around, his elders would be willing!

Besides.

From the grandfather down, every member of the Wang Family was ruthless.

Though few guests were invited to the family banquets, if the Wang Family did not invite you, did that mean you would not send a gift to offer congratulations?

Perhaps the Wang Family would not remember what gifts others had sent.

But what if they remembered that you had not sent one?

Would that not mean disaster falling from the heavens—you had already found your way to death?

No one dared gamble their life on that.

Thus.

Over the past dozen-odd years, the Wang Family had received so many congratulatory gifts every year that their hands went limp from collecting them.

Relying on those birthday gifts that had not been "temporarily kept" by his elders, his Previous Body had accumulated an enormous fortune.

No exaggeration.

Even many Earth Immortals at the Tribulation Stage would not dare guarantee that their fortune was necessarily greater than Wang Mu's.

"Come on, open your mouth."

Seeing the Dragon Pearl Wang Mu had taken out, the little golden bird's eyes went wide.

Chirp~

Chirp~

It hopped excitedly, its eyes full of longing and desire.

Wang Mu did not keep the little thing hanging any longer and directly shot a Sea Stabilizing Dragon Pearl into its mouth.

Boom~

As the Dragon Pearl entered its belly, the little bird's feathers instantly flared with golden light. Its body shot into the air, revealing its true original form overhead.

Screech~!!!

Its piercing, soaring cry carried a thousand miles.

The surrounding waves boiled and surged from the shock, while countless sea fish were so terrified by the pressure that they lost consciousness on the spot, floating belly-up with the current.

The golden light grew brighter and brighter!

Until it became impossible to look at directly, dazzling and resplendent like a golden sun.

[Congratulations, you have successfully invested in the divine beast—Wang Fugui.]

[Congratulations, you have successfully invested 1 Sea Stabilizing Dragon Pearl in Wang Fugui. Investment progress has reached 10%.]

[You will receive a 10% return on all of Wang Fugui's future cultivation achievements.]

[Congratulations, you have received a return on cultivation achievements from Wang Fugui.]

[Please keep up the good work.]

As the notification sounded.

Within Wang Mu's originally empty Dantian.

Strands of milky-white Spiritual Power began to rapidly emerge.

At the same time.

An unprecedentedly refreshing sensation flooded Wang Mu's entire body, making him unable to stop himself from moaning.

Ah~

Ah~~

Ah~~~

"Well done, Wang Fugui!"

Wang Mu grinned and tossed the remaining 9 Sea Stabilizing Dragon Pearls into the air.

Whoosh~!

A flash of golden light.

The little golden bird swallowed all 9 Dragon Pearls into its belly. Its wings became More and More radiant, As If they were blazing beneath the sunlight.

An overwhelming pressure poured out in all directions, stirring up raging waves.

Golden Core Middle Stage!

Golden Core Late Stage!

Golden Core Peak!

Nascent Soul Early Stage!

[Congratulations, you have successfully invested 1 Sea Stabilizing Dragon Pearl in Wang Fugui. Investment progress has reached 20%.]

[You will receive a 20% return on all of Wang Fugui's future cultivation achievements.]

[Congratulations, you have received a return on cultivation achievements from Wang Fugui.]

[Congratulations, you have successfully invested 1 Sea Stabilizing Dragon Pearl in Wang Fugui. Investment progress has reached 30%.]

[You will receive a 30% return on all of Wang Fugui's future cultivation achievements.]

[Congratulations, you have received a return on cultivation achievements from Wang Fugui.

[...]

[Congratulations, you have successfully invested 1 Sea Stabilizing Dragon Pearl in Wang Fugui. Investment progress has reached 100%.]

[You will receive a 100% return on all of Wang Fugui's future cultivation achievements.]

[Congratulations, you have completed an absolute investment in Wang Fugui!]

[Please keep up the good work and achieve even greater glory.]

Wang Mu grinned. "Sure enough, throwing money at it is the true kingly path!"

Wait!!!

Suddenly, the smile froze on Wang Mu's face.

Something was wrong!

He had noticed the problem. "System, I invested a full 10 Sea Stabilizing Dragon Pearls and pushed the investment progress to 100%, so I can obtain returns identical to its cultivation achievements, right?"

[Yes.]

Wang Mu's face darkened. "Then please explain why it leaped in one breath from the Golden Core Middle Stage to the Nascent Soul Early Stage."

"While the Spiritual Power in my body is only equivalent to the Qi Refining seventh level?"

"You little bastard!"

"Did you pocket a kickback from the returns that were supposed to go to me?!!!"

[The system did not.]

[The system would not.]

[The system is not that kind of system.]

[Host, please do not fabricate accusations to slander the system's innocence.]

Listening to the system's triple denial, Wang Xiu's mouth twitched slightly. "Then explain it."

"Where are my dividends!"

"Where did they all go!~"

[Host, do not misunderstand.]

[There is no issue with the system's return process. All returned Spiritual Power and magical power will be purified by the system and converted into the purest origin Spiritual Power before being fed back to the host.]

[During purification, Spiritual Power and magical power undergo extreme compression. Their quality rises drastically, so their quantity will decrease.]

[However, the quality of this Spiritual Power is even purer than the magical power of Earth Immortals at the Tribulation Stage.]

So that was it.

The Spiritual Power and magical power cultivated by different races, physiques, and cultivation methods truly could not be fed back to Wang Xiu without a thought.

Otherwise, if a conflict arose, it could blow him into pieces in minutes.

Besides.

Though Wang Mu was only at the Qi Refining seventh level, the Spiritual Power within him was purer than the magical power of Earth Immortals at the Tribulation Stage.

In other words.

Unless Wang Mu deliberately exposed himself, even Earth Immortals at the Tribulation Stage would be unable to see through the truth of his cultivation.

Besides.

If they truly fought, with this pure Spiritual Power, Cultivators of the same realm would absolutely be no match for Wang Mu. Fighting one against a hundred, or a thousand, would be like slaughtering chickens and butchering dogs.

Even.

Even when fighting Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators across realms, he could crush them like dry weeds and rotten wood, sweeping them aside with overwhelming force. It would not be much harder than killing chickens.

This.

Was the treatment of someone with a cheat!

Just as Wang Xiu carefully sensed the changes within his body.

In the sky.

The Golden-Winged Peng underwent another transformation. Incomparably dazzling holy light burst from its eyes, and behind it condensed a magnificent Heaven-Peng phantom hundreds of feet tall.

[Congratulations, Host. Wang Fugui, whom you invested in, has swallowed Dragon Pearls and successfully refined their essence. Its bloodline has awakened, and its aptitude has increased—Immortal Grade.]

[Congratulations, you have received a return on cultivation achievements from Wang Fugui.]

[Congratulations, you have obtained the Golden-Winged Peng bloodline, which has perfectly fused with your own bloodline. Congratulations, you have received comprehensive improvements in speed, strength, and other attributes.]

[Congratulations, you have obtained the Golden-Winged Peng Clan's inherited skill—Heaven-Peng Breathing Method.]

[Congratulations, you have obtained the Golden-Winged Peng Clan's inherited skill—Golden Light Afterimage Escape.]

[Congratulations, you have obtained the Golden-Winged Peng Clan's inherited skill—Heaven-Peng Dragon-Smite Technique.]

[Congratulations, your attainment in breathing methods has improved.]

[Congratulations, your attainment in movement and escape techniques has improved.]

[Congratulations, your attainment in close-combat techniques has improved.]

[Congratulations, your affinity with Spiritual Power has improved.]

[Congratulations, your comprehension has improved.]

[Congratulations, your cultivation speed has improved.]