"Congratulations, host. Your cumulative recharge has reached 300,000 taels. You have earned one chance to spin the grand wheel."
"A lottery? Do I have to pay?" Xian Yu asked instinctively, taken aback.
He was genuinely a little afraid of this money-grubbing system.
"..."
The system gave no reply.
"Uh... I guess I have to try it myself. System, start the lottery."
As soon as he spoke, a large wheel appeared before Xian Yu, with a red pointer in the middle.
The circular wheel was divided evenly into seven sections, each displaying an item and its description.
The first was the Zanpakutō Hyorinmaru. It came from Bleach. If Xian Yu remembered correctly, its Shikai release command was: "Sit upon the frosted heavens, Hyorinmaru!"
The second was a bag of Spirit Rice. It came from the cultivation world. Eat one grain after cooking it, and hunger wouldn't bother you for the whole day! Take it regularly, and it could strengthen your body and open up your meridians.
The third was the Imperial Arms Lion King. It came from Akame ga Kill. A belt-type Imperial Arms that turned its user into a beast and dramatically enhanced their physical abilities. It also heightened their sense of smell and allowed them to track enemies. Its secret technique was "The Lion Never Dies." It increased the user's recovery, allowing them to stop bleeding and reattach severed limbs or even heal gouged-out eyes. Partially transforming into a beast improved its healing effect when combined with Lubbock's Imperial Arms.
The fourth was the Dragon Radar. It came from Dragon Ball. Function: Detect the locations of Dragon Balls.
The fifth was the Mangekyō Sharingan. It came from Naruto. The eye that reflects the heart, granting abilities that corresponded to its owner's inner self.
The sixth was the Flame-Flame Fruit. It came from One Piece. An insanely powerful Logia-type fruit!
The seventh was the Marrow Cleansing Pill. It came from the cultivation world. It cleansed the meridians and marrow, and taking it for the first time would greatly enhance one's physical fitness and potential!
"Holy crap! Damn... There's so much good stuff in this batch! I'm about to die of shock. Happiness came too suddenly!" Seeing all those familiar treasures, Xian Yu's heart raced, his blood surged, and his hands trembled uncontrollably!
It took him a while to calm down. Xian Yu frowned. "The fourth item, the Dragon Radar, is obviously a trap. There's no way I'd find Dragon Balls in the Naruto World! And the fifth item, the Mangekyō Sharingan, is a trap too. Who'd dare implant that thing without Ōtsutsuki blood? I don't want to become a chakra battery like Kakashi. May all the gods protect me! Please don't let the pointer stop on either of those traps! Spin the wheel!"
At his command, the pointer on the wheel began spinning rapidly.
This was the most thrilling moment!
Clearly, the three best items were the Zanpakutō, the Flame-Flame Fruit, and the Imperial Arms Lion King. The Marrow Cleansing Pill and Spirit Rice were next. The Mangekyō Sharingan was a bit of a trap... but it was still better than the Dragon Radar...
The red pointer on the grand wheel began to slow down.
The Flame-Flame Fruit—oh, it skipped past it.
The Marrow Cleansing Pill.
It skipped past that too!
Holy crap! The Zanpakutō!!!
Xian Yu's little face flushed with excitement! He'd finally gotten lucky for once!
"Nice! Nice! Nice! Thanks, CCTV! Thanks... Huh?"
The red pointer suddenly advanced one more section... and landed on a bag of Spirit Rice.
"Notice: You have received a twenty-jin bag of Spirit Rice. It has been automatically stored in your inventory."
Xian Yu was furious!
"System! You cheated! That was blatant cheating! It had clearly stopped on the Zanpakutō! Give me back my Zanpakutō!! Give me back Hyorinmaru!"
"..."
But no matter how unhappy Xian Yu was, the system didn't respond.
He was so angry! There wasn't even anywhere he could file a complaint!
After a very long time... Xian Yu finally came to terms with the disappointment.
"Fine, Spirit Rice is actually pretty good too..."
"Those big prize wheels were always like this in my previous life. The pointer would look like it had stopped on something valuable, then at the last second it would jump another space or two... Standard procedure... Just get used to it... As if!"
Xian Yu looked at the fifteen diamonds displayed as his balance and at the Black Iron Treasure Chest in his inventory. Then he steeled himself.
"Open the Black Iron Treasure Chest."
"Congratulations, host. You have opened a Black Iron Treasure Chest and received an infusion of the Five Thunders Method: Palm Thunder."
"Five Thunders Method? What's that?"
As Xian Yu wondered, information about the Five Thunders Method flooded into his mind. His head swelled as if it were about to explode.
"Ah! Holy crap! Damn you, system! It hurts, stop!... It hurts..." Xian Yu's screams grew fainter and fainter. At last, he passed out on the floor of his room.
In a hazy, indistinct space, there was no sky or ground. Everything around him was blurred by mist, and nothing could be seen clearly.
He sensed an insight flow through his heart:
The Five Thunders were divided into yin and yang.
Yang Thunder's source lay in the heart and lungs, corresponding to Shen in the earthly branches. The heart belonged to fire, and the lungs belonged to metal.
The yang qi of the heart and lungs was likened to a monkey tempered by fire. The monkey's leaping and scampering corresponded to the nature of the heart, so it was called the Heart Ape.
So how should one train the Heart Ape?
The ancients believed one had to travel and experience the world. The more one experienced, the stronger one's mind became. That was why the Heart Ape was also called the Traveler.
And to what degree did the Heart Ape have to be cultivated to reach perfection?
It had to reach a state of emptiness.
So the Heart Ape's goal was called Wukong.
Yin Thunder's source lay in the liver and kidneys, which corresponded to Hai in the earthly branches. The yin qi of the liver and kidneys was likened to a waterlogged pig.
This pig governed the seven human emotions and six desires. It was gluttonous, silver-tongued, greedy, and lustful. To train this pig, one had to abide by these eight precepts. Hence the name Bajie.
Desire wasn't entirely bad. One had to understand what could and couldn't be done. The pig's goal was to understand the word "can."
After waking, Xian Yu was completely bewildered. He hadn't understood a single bit of the profound, mysterious insight he'd experienced while half-conscious.
Yet when he held out his palm, the crackling lightning within it obeyed him as naturally as an instinct.
"Could this be what they mean by 'understood but impossible to explain'?"
As he wondered, Xian Yu passed out again...
This time, it was because he'd run out of chakra...
By the time he woke once more, the sky outside the window was beginning to brighten.
"This damn thing consumes way too much chakra... With the amount I have now, if I use Palm Thunder, I'll run out of chakra and pass out before I can even launch an attack." Xian Yu shuddered at the thought.
After all, running out of chakra could be fatal!
According to the information he'd received, Palm Thunder was a Yang Thunder technique from the Five Thunders Method, and had three main uses.
The first method consumed a great deal of chakra to gather lightning in the palm. Pointing the palm at a target released successive bolts of lightning toward it. It had some ranged attack capability, but its power weakened with distance. Beyond thirty meters, it could barely hurt anyone.
The second was a little like Kakashi's Chidori. After gathering the lightning, the user briefly accelerated to charge in close and attack the target.
The third method gathered a compressed ball of lightning in the palm, a little like the Rasengan.
"Worthless... What kind of lousy Palm Thunder is this? It looks powerful, but do I have enough chakra to use it? By the time I have enough chakra, I'll be able to learn Lightning Blade and Rasengan, so I won't need this thing at all! What a rip-off!" 〒▽〒
Xian Yu was devastated. This shady system had quietly ripped him off again...
He looked at the twenty-jin bag of Spirit Rice in the third slot of his inventory... It was the only good thing he had to console himself with. π__π
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