Seeing the conversation gradually go off track and turn into a squabble, Ning Rongrong didn't join in like the others.
Instead, she began exploring the Chat Group's various functions. What she discovered was astonishing—she couldn't help drawing in a sharp breath, overwhelmed by a shock unlike anything she'd ever experienced.
She didn't even need to mention check-ins or missions. The dazzling array of goods in the Group Mall alone was enough to scare her.
It had everything from the most ordinary, everyday goods on Douluo Continent to Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones that were exceptionally rare throughout the soul world, even Immortal Herbs and the most heaven-defying Martial Souls. The selection was all-encompassing, so dazzling it made her eyes swim!
In short, it had everything, whether she'd heard of it or not!
Everything had a clear price, and there was no cheating anyone.
But purchases weren't made with Gold Soul Coins from Douluo Continent. Instead, they required something called points.
Through the Chat Group's built-in translation function, she learned how to earn points. Without a second thought, she tapped the check-in button.
She immediately received a random reward of 1–100 points. After getting 66 points, she wasted no time opening the task function and found three daily tasks, all of them very simple.
They were as follows.
Task One: Say something in the Chat Group and receive 100 points. (Completed) Claimable.
Task Two: Check in today and receive 100 points. (Completed) Claimable.
Task Three: Circulate Soul Power for one cycle and receive 300 points. (Incomplete) Not claimable.
Ning Rongrong first claimed the rewards for the first two tasks, then began circulating Soul Power in her dormitory.
Once she'd circulated Soul Power through her body for one cycle, she stopped and opened the task list again. The third task now clearly showed as completed, and its reward was claimable.
Without the slightest hesitation, she clutched her enormous fortune of 566 points and reopened the Group Points Mall.
To make sure the goods were genuine, Ning Rongrong didn't make an impulsive purchase. Instead, she carefully browsed through the listings.
Until one item caught her attention!
Five-Day Soul Power Cultivation Card
Description: Upon use, directly grants the Soul Power gained from five days of hard cultivation. (Price: 500 points)
Seeing the card's information, Ning Rongrong's eyes widened. She stared at it, reading the description again and again.
Upon use, she could immediately gain five days' worth of Soul Power?
Was this for real?
As the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, she'd never heard of such a wondrous item. She'd never seen one, either!
To find out whether the item was truly as miraculous as it sounded, she tapped the purchase button. Her points instantly dropped from 566 to 66.
But she didn't feel the slightest pang of regret. She glanced at the little card that had appeared out of thin air in her hand, then eagerly willed it to activate.
The next second, she felt the Soul Power in her body surge dramatically. Her Soul Power rose from level 27 to level 28.
It was real!
Feeling the change in her Soul Power, Ning Rongrong was so shocked her jaw nearly hit the floor.
Wait, no, something was wrong. How had she gained so much? She couldn't possibly make this kind of progress in five days of cultivation.
She should need at least another half a month to reach level 28.
But she soon understood. The card's description referred to five days of hard cultivation, not the time she usually spent slacking off or sleeping. Those hours didn't count!
This discovery sent her into raptures.
Next, the sentence Ning Rongrong had just said appeared in the Chat Group.
As soon as her message came through, the entire Chat Group fell silent. No one replied.
Clearly, they'd all been piqued.
Heaven Dou City.
The Crown Prince's Mansion.
Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, opened the Mall mentioned by the group member called Seven Treasures Little Witch, her expression full of doubt.
The moment she tapped it open, she froze.
A dazzling assortment of goods, all kinds of items, appeared before her in neat rows and columns.
She instinctively tapped one of them, but a message popped up saying she didn't have enough points and couldn't make the purchase.
What were points?
As soon as Qian Renxue wondered this, information about points appeared in her mind.
Just like Ning Rongrong, she immediately checked in, then opened the task list to look over her daily tasks.
They were all minor tasks, not difficult at all—some were even extremely easy.
After finishing everything, she had 568 points.
She glanced at the many items, then, following the Group's instructions, entered 500 points in the box in the upper-left corner.
The item display quickly changed, showing everything she could buy for 500 points.
Five-Day Soul Power Cultivation Card Price: 500 points.
Random Hundred-Year Spirit Bone, one piece Price: 500 points.
<One pair of Blue Star stockings, color of your choice (an item from the Source World; never wears out, and even if torn, restores itself)> Price: 500 points.
One Five-Hundred-Year Perfect Spirit Ring Price: 500 points.
<Low-Tier Martial Soul Fragment ×1 (Collect 100 fragments to exchange for a low-tier Martial Soul. There's a high chance of getting a useless Martial Soul like a hoe or sickle, a small chance of getting an ordinary Martial Soul, and an extremely low chance of getting an intermediate Martial Soul.)> Price: 500 points.
<Increase the age of any one of your Spirit Rings by one hundred years>...
"Hmm?! How did such a strange thing get mixed in here?"
Qian Renxue murmured, then focused on the item that interested her most—the one that could most directly let her experience what Wu Xing had meant.
She crossed off the card that granted five days of hard cultivation. Although it was quite miraculous, it didn't mean much to her.
The random hundred-year Spirit Bone and the five-hundred-year Perfect Spirit Ring were just as useless to her.
The Low-Tier Martial Soul Fragment was pure luck, and collecting enough would take 50,000 points. There was no need to even consider it.
In the end, Qian Renxue couldn't take her eyes off the item that increased the age of any one of her Spirit Rings by a hundred years.
Because she'd been born with level 20 Innate Soul Power, both her First Soul Ring and her Second Soul Ring were nine hundred years old, far surpassing the ridiculous claim made by a certain theoretical Grandmaster.
If this description was true, didn't that mean she could make her First Soul Ring a thousand years old?
At that thought, she stopped hesitating and bought the card that increased the age of one of her Spirit Rings by a hundred years.
A flash of white light passed, and a small card gleaming with a faint yellow glow appeared in Qian Renxue's hand.
The moment it landed in her palm, she examined it briefly, then instinctively used it on her First Soul Ring.
Only after doing so did she realize something was wrong. She hurriedly tried to take it back, but it was too late. The card turned into specks of starlight and poured into her body.
She circulated her Soul Power, and her Spirit Rings rose from beneath her feet. Looking at her First Soul Ring, now a purple thousand-year ring, Qian Renxue didn't feel happy at all. She wanted to die.
Who could understand this?
I, Qian Renxue!
My First Soul Ring was a thousand years old, but my Second Soul Ring was only nine hundred!
If other people saw this, wouldn't they laugh at me to death?
I was getting weaker the more I cultivated!
Just as Qian Renxue was overcome with shame and the other Group members were trying to verify whether the goods were genuine, Ning Rongrong had already taken over the Chat Group.
[Seven Treasures Little Witch: Big Brother Group Leader, can Gold Soul Coins be exchanged for points?]
[Seven Treasures Little Witch: Points are so hard to earn. Even after a whole day, you only get a little over five hundred.]
[Seven Treasures Little Witch: Pretty please, Big Brother Wu Xing. With your abilities, I'm sure it wouldn't be hard.]
[Seven Treasures Little Witch: Photo of fair legs in white stockings with a floral pattern.JPG.]
Watching Ning Rongrong unleash her adorable begging routine and send a tempting picture of her fair legs in white stockings, Wu Xing nearly had a nosebleed.
Good grief, no wonder she was the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. She really was a Little Witch. She'd seen the Group Mall and wanted a shortcut, trying to become a whale who spent big!
Unfortunately, while this wasn't part of Douluo Plane's fundamental rules, it was part of the Golden Finger's fundamental rules. He couldn't change it.
Otherwise, he could've bought himself a Cultivation Card first and powered his way straight to Peerless Douluo.
Without letting it show, he quickly saved the picture. Only then did he put on a righteous, resolute expression, as if unmoved by beauty, and begin his verbal lecture.
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