What?
Why was such a precious treasure in the hands of a child like Wang Mu?
Very simple!
As the sole bloodline passed down through three generations of the old Wang Family,
Wang Mu was burdened by an unsolvable curse, and his elders all felt they owed him something.
To make it up to Wang Mu, ever since his full-month banquet, the Wang Family had thrown lavish celebrations for his birthday every year.
Those attending the feast would also present generous gifts.
What?
These treasures were useless to Wang Mu anyway, so giving them to him was a waste?
It did not matter!
As long as the child liked it, even if he used the Sea Stabilizing Dragon Pearl as a ball to kick around, his elders would be willing!
Moreover.
Starting from Grandfather Wang and counting down, every single member of the Wang Family was Ruthless.
Even if the family banquet did not invite many guests, if the Wang Family did not invite you, would you dare not send a congratulatory gift?
Perhaps the Wang Family would not remember what gifts others had given.
But what if they remembered that you had not sent a gift?
Would that not mean disaster falling from the sky, and that you had already chosen the path to death?
No one dared gamble with their life on that.
Therefore.
Over the past decade or so, the Wang Family had received so many congratulatory gifts every year that their hands went limp from collecting them.
Relying on these birthday gifts that had not been "temporarily held" by his elders, his previous body had accumulated an enormous fortune.
Without bragging,
even many Earth Immortals of the Tribulation Stage would not dare guarantee that their fortunes were necessarily richer than Wang Mu's.
"Come, open your mouth."
Seeing the Dragon Pearl Wang Mu had taken out, the little golden sparrow's eyes went wide.
Chirp~
Chirp~
It hopped about excitedly, its eyes full of longing and desire.
Wang Mu did not keep the little thing hanging in suspense. He directly shot a Sea Stabilizing Dragon Pearl into the little sparrow's mouth.
Boom~
As the Dragon Pearl entered its belly, the little sparrow's feathers instantly blazed with golden light. Its body soared into the air, revealing its true original form.
Screech~!!!
Its piercing, soaring cry spread for thousands of miles.
The surrounding waves boiled and churned from the shock, while countless sea fish were so terrified by that might that they directly lost consciousness, bellies up as they drifted with the waves.
The golden light grew brighter and brighter!
Until it became impossible to look at directly, like a golden sun—brilliant and dazzling.
[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 of all Wang Fugui's future cultivation achievements.] [Congratulations, you have received a return from Wang Fugui's cultivation achievements.] [Please keep up the good work.]
As the notification sounded,
within Wang Mu's previously empty Dantian,
wisps of milky-white spiritual energy began to rapidly form.
At the same time.
An unprecedentedly refreshing sensation filled Wang Mu's entire body, making him unable to stop himself from moaning.
Ah~
Ah~~
Ah~~~
"Good job, Wang Fugui!"
Wang Mu smiled and tossed the remaining nine Sea Stabilizing Dragon Pearls into the air.
Whoosh~!
A flash of golden light.
The little golden sparrow swallowed all nine Dragon Pearls. Its wings grew more and more resplendent, as if they were blazing beneath the sunlight.
An overwhelmingly powerful pressure poured out in all directions, stirring up towering waves.
Middle Golden Core Stage!
Late Golden Core 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 of all Wang Fugui's future cultivation achievements.] [Congratulations, you have received a return from Wang Fugui's cultivation achievements.] [Congratulations, you have successfully invested 1 Sea Stabilizing Dragon Pearl in Wang Fugui. Investment progress has reached 30%.] [You will receive a 30% return of all Wang Fugui's future cultivation achievements.] [Congratulations, you have received a return from Wang Fugui's cultivation achievements. [...] [Congratulations, you have successfully invested 1 Sea Stabilizing Dragon Pearl in Wang Fugui. Investment progress has reached 100%.] [You will receive a 100% return of all Wang Fugui's future cultivation achievements.] [Congratulations, you have completed an absolute investment in Wang Fugui!] [Please keep up the good work and create new glories.]
Wang Mu grinned. "Sure enough, spending money is the kingly path!"
Wait!!!
Suddenly, the smile on Wang Mu's face froze.
Something was wrong!
He had discovered something amiss. "System, I invested a full ten Sea Stabilizing Dragon Pearls, raising the investment progress to 100%. That means I can receive cultivation returns exactly identical to its, right?!"
[Yes.]
Wang Mu's face darkened. "Then please explain why it broke through from the Middle Golden Core Stage all the way to the Nascent Soul Early Stage in one breath."
"Yet the spiritual energy in my body is only equivalent to the Qi Refining Seventh Heaven?"
"You wretch!"
"Don't tell me you skimmed off the return that should have gone to me!!!"
[The system did not.] [The system would not.] [The system is not that kind of system.] [Host, please do not slander the system's innocence out of thin air.]
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 problem with the system's return process. All returned spiritual energy and magical power are purified by the system, transformed into the purest origin spiritual power, and fed back to the host.] [During the purification process, spiritual energy and magical power undergo extreme compression. Their quality rises dramatically, so their quantity is reduced.] [But the quality of the spiritual power is even purer than the magical power of Earth Immortals of the Tribulation Stage.]
It turned out to be so.
The spiritual energy and magical power cultivated by different races, physiques, and cultivation methods truly could not simply be fed back to Wang Xiu without thought.
Otherwise, the moment conflicts arose, he could be blown into fragments in minutes.
Moreover.
Although Wang Mu was currently only at the Qi Refining Seventh Heaven, the spiritual power within him was even purer than the magical power of Earth Immortals of the Tribulation Stage.
In other words.
Unless Wang Mu deliberately revealed himself, even Earth Immortals of the Tribulation Stage would be unable to see through the truth of his cultivation.
Moreover.
If they truly fought, with this pure spiritual power, Cultivators of the same realm would absolutely be no match for Wang Mu. One against a hundred, one against a thousand—he would kill them as easily as slaughtering chickens and dogs.
Even.
If he fought Cultivators of the Foundation Establishment Realm across realms, he could still crush them like rotten wood, sweeping all before him. It would not be much harder than killing chickens.
This.
Was the treatment of a cheating bastard!
Just as Wang Xiu carefully sensed the changes within his body.
In the sky.
The Golden-Winged Peng changed once more. Its eyes bloomed with incomparably dazzling holy light, while a magnificent Heaven-Peng manifestation hundreds of feet tall condensed behind it.
[Congratulations, Host. Wang Fugui, whom you invested in, has consumed Dragon Pearls and successfully refined their essence. Its bloodline has awakened, and its aptitude has risen—Immortal Grade.] [Congratulations, you have received a return from Wang Fugui's cultivation achievements.] [Congratulations, you have obtained the Golden-Winged Peng Bloodline. It has perfectly fused into your own bloodline. Congratulations, you have received all-around improvements in speed, strength, and other attributes.] [Congratulations, you have obtained the Golden-Winged Peng Clan inherited skill—Heaven-Peng Breathing Method.] [Congratulations, you have obtained the Golden-Winged Peng Clan inherited skill—Golden Light Afterimage Escape.] [Congratulations, you have obtained the Golden-Winged Peng Clan inherited skill—Heaven-Peng Dragon-Smite Technique.] [Congratulations, your attainment in breathing methods has increased.] [Congratulations, your attainment in movement and escape techniques has increased.] [Congratulations, your attainment in close-combat techniques has increased.] [Congratulations, your affinity with spiritual energy has increased.] [Congratulations, your comprehension has increased.] [Congratulations, your cultivation speed has increased.]
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