A Hundred Years in an Instant! Mythical Cultivation Art!

"Settlement... a legendary evaluation?"

Wu Yu was startled and immediately looked toward the reward panel.

"Base reward: 100,000 Great Ruins Source Points. [Bronze Token] upgraded to [Bronze Token] (Legendary)!"

"Because your evaluation is legendary, all rewards have been substantially upgraded! The lowest reward option is blue, and the highest is red."

"Because your evaluation is legendary, you may choose five out of ten additional rewards!"

"Please select your rewards:"

"Option one: 200,000 Great Ruins Source Points."

"Option two: Tiger Whip (blue quality, Transcendent material.)"

"Option three: Greenwood Cane (blue quality, Transcendent artifact; the village chief's personal item.)"

"Option four: Tiger Meat (blue quality, Transcendent material.)"

"Option five: Complete Mountain Lord Rite (purple quality, one-use rite; transforms the user into a half-demon.)"

"Option six: Tiger Roar Eight-Slash Saber beginner → mastery (gold reward, synchronizes with the physical body at no cost.)"

"Option seven: Heaven-and-Earth Toss beginner → mastery (gold reward, synchronizes with the physical body at no cost.)"

"Option eight: Heavenly Maiden Scatters Flowers beginner → mastery (gold reward, synchronizes with the physical body at no cost.)"

"Option nine: Tiger Power Stance beginner → mastery (gold reward, synchronizes with the physical body at no cost.)"

"Option ten: Tiger Roar Soul-Refining Diagram gold quality → red quality (red reward; required items unchanged.)"

Base rewards, additional rewards.

Lines of information swept across the panel as blue, purple, gold, and red radiance flashed without end.

Wu Yu was somewhat excited, but he forced himself to calm down and examined them carefully.

"Great Ruins Source Points... could they be currency within the Great Ruins? It seems my guess was right. There are far more than nine Tower Climbers."

He fell into thought, having no idea what Great Ruins Source Points were worth.

With such a high evaluation, 100,000 was presumably the highest tier for the [Newcomer Secret Realm]!

As for the additional rewards... Wu Yu made his decision the instant he finished reading.

The first thing he ruled out was the Mountain Lord Rite!

The value of 200,000 Great Ruins Source Points was unknown, but he could obtain them in the future. This time, he could only give them up.

By the same reasoning,

the Transcendent-tier tiger whip, tiger meat, and artifact could also be obtained in the future. He could even buy things with equivalent effects in the real world.

The upgrades to the several cultivation arts, however, would require tremendous amounts of time and resources. Their overall value far exceeded the previous options.

And the final red reward... was a must-pick!

With a thought from Wu Yu, the first five options immediately vanished from the panel. The remaining five glittered with golden or crimson light. Lines of text flew off the panel one after another and gathered into five balls of light in midair!

Suddenly, the first ball of light exploded, transforming into countless specks that surged into Wu Yu's body.

For an instant, he was dazed, as though he had entered an ancient martial world and trained bitterly in Tiger Roar Eight-Slash Saber within a sect called the [Tiger Roar Sect].

Ten years passed like a single day—then sixty years vanished in a flash!

He had brought the [Tiger Roar Saber] to the pinnacle of perfection, and the might of [Tiger Roar] surged tremendously.

When Wu Yu came back to himself, his entire body felt scorching hot. The qi and blood within him were vast and surging, the muscles in both arms bulged, and he had grown an inch taller.

"This power..."

Wu Yu was inwardly horrified.

Before he could examine himself further, the second ball of light exploded.

Another moment of disorientation, and Wu Yu had become a Tang Sect disciple in another martial world. He trained bitterly in Heaven-and-Earth Toss day and night without rest, finally reaching mastery after thirty years.

His technique had become divine, while the "Heaven-and-Earth" state now moved as freely as his heart desired, its power greatly enhanced.

Likewise, his physical body began to transform. His qi and blood surged, and the muscles in his waist and legs grew stronger.

The skin on his hands became fairer as well, as though he had turned into a master craftsman in the blink of an eye.

Then, the third ball of light exploded.

Once more, Wu Yu experienced a hundred years in an instant. He trained Heavenly Maiden Scatters Flowers to mastery in the Tang Sect. The secret art's power increased greatly, driving his body's qi and blood to surge until it reached the limits of the human body.

The fourth ball of light exploded—another hundred years in an instant.

Wu Yu returned to the [Tiger Roar Sect] and trained bitterly in Tiger Power Stance!

Five years refining skin,

ten years refining flesh,

fifteen years refining blood,

twenty years refining bone,

forty years refining the organs!

In the final ten years, he attained Creation and could push open the Transcendent Gate at any moment!

The fifth ball of light exploded. Flowing radiance danced around the Tiger Roar Soul-Refining Diagram in his inventory as it gradually turned red.

The settlement panel closed, and Wu Yu stood there blankly without speaking.

At this moment, his body had become powerful to the utmost extreme. It was as though a volcano within him was about to erupt, his qi and blood boiling.

Every inch of skin, every inch of flesh, even his bones and internal organs, had undergone earth-shaking changes!

"I... feel like I can become Transcendent with a single thought!"

Still dazed, he lowered his head to look at his palm and slowly clenched it.

A surging force followed, carrying astonishing might!

"No, I still haven't used the divine blood. Good thing the reward panel didn't make me break through directly."

Wu Yu suddenly came back to his senses and glanced at his inventory.

Besides the Tiger Roar Soul-Refining Diagram, which had just turned red, there was half a drop of divine blood in a wine gourd. It could be used when pushing open the Transcendent Gate!

At this moment, Wu Yu noticed that many things inside had disappeared.

All the miscellaneous items without a [Bi Fang Sigil] engraved on them—small stones, wooden buckets, cotton cloth, and the like—had vanished.

The same went for medicinal herbs. The ones looted from Evil Tiger Stronghold were gone, while the dropped [Herb] cards remained.

All the "Exquisite Food" was still there, but the rice, flour, and other provisions looted from Evil Tiger Stronghold had disappeared.

"Things from the Great Ruins... it seems only some of them can be brought out."

Wu Yu immediately understood.

Afterward,

he sensed the changes in his body while observing the others.

These people should have received their rewards too!

Yu Tiezhu's body had already returned to normal, and even his teeth had grown back. He was also much taller now, perhaps over six feet three, his muscles seeming forged from iron. It was unknown whether he had pushed open the Transcendent Gate.

The oil lamp before Liu Yu floated in midair, spinning round and round. The flame within gleamed with brilliant molten gold.

Divine light flowed through the girl's eyes, and her mismatched irises were breathtakingly stunning. Her clean little face seemed to have special effects added to it, while her flawless fair skin carried an ethereal, otherworldly air.

Bai Xiaotian, meanwhile, wore a face full of delight and did not seem to have changed much.

Liu Zheng had not changed much either, stroking his chin as he pondered something.

"We can go back in a few more minutes."

Yu Tiezhu spoke excitedly, staring fixedly at the countdown.

Liu Zheng also came back to his senses and looked at the others.

"It seems everyone has gained something!"

His expression turned solemn as he spoke loudly. "This was a rare opportunity, but it also resulted in considerable casualties. I hope everyone will take the initiative to contact me after returning, so that the Inspection Bureau can investigate!"

"Please rest assured. The Inspection Bureau will guarantee everyone's safety. We will not demand anything from you, nor will we force you to do anything."

Liu Zheng spoke eloquently, looking down from on high.

The others all wore attentive expressions, like students.

Wu Yu also put on an approving expression, though inwardly he was speechless.

When it came to scheming,

before the others, Captain Liu was nothing more than a rookie...