Mastering the System

After successfully establishing his authority, a brilliant smile gradually curled Xiao Ming's lips.

Led by Seven Baleful Intents and the others, before long, all the bandits in the hall had unsurprisingly moved to Xiao Ming's right.

What a joke. The reason everyone had taken to the mountains and become bandits was, without exception, because they could no longer survive outside and had no choice but to become outlaws.

Now that they had stayed in Black Demon Stockade for so long, if they left now, there would likely be no place for them in all of Wutan City.

Rather than return to those days when they could not even fill their stomachs, accepting Xiao Ming as their stockade chief made no difference to these bandits, who had never possessed much reverence in the first place.

It made no difference who their stockade chief was. As long as he could feed them, that was enough.

Seeing this scene before him, Xiao Ming revealed a satisfied expression.

After dismissing the meeting, Xiao Ming summoned Seven Baleful Intents and the others to his room.

"How is your strength progressing now?"

As he looked at Seven Baleful Intents and the others, Xiao Ming casually asked while sipping the tea on the table.

Upon hearing Xiao Ming's question, Seven Baleful Intents and the others immediately looked immensely proud.

"Reporting to Stockade Chief, although our cultivation is still rather weak, we have reached the peak of the nine-star Dou Shi realm. Give us a little more time, and we will definitely advance to the Da Dou Shi realm!"

"Yes, Stockade Chief!"

"The same goes for me. If we can find some more cultivation resources, we will definitely be able to advance to the Da Dou Shi realm!"

Seven Baleful Intents and the others spoke with great confidence. It seemed they were extremely confident in their cultivation realms.

"Mm, very good!"

Xiao Ming nodded as he watched their performance.

"Rest assured. You all performed well this time. Since you are willing to follow me, I certainly will not mistreat you. I will secure a large amount of cultivation resources for you and allow you to raise your cultivation to the Da Dou Shi realm in the shortest possible time."

As he spoke, Xiao Ming slowly closed his eyes in front of Seven Baleful Intents and the others, then began muttering under his breath.

Seeing this, Seven Baleful Intents and the others grew exceedingly excited. After all, ordinary bandits like them had seen little of the world. Combined with the heaven-defying methods Xiao Ming had displayed before them earlier, when they saw him putting on this mysterious act, they assumed that he was performing some great divine ability.

Such a thing was beyond anything small-time bandits like them would dare hope for.

In truth, however, Xiao Ming was merely using his divine sense to communicate with the system within his sea of consciousness.

When Xiao Ming opened his eyes, he saw Ya Fei, dressed in a long gown, already standing there and quietly waiting for him.

"Welcome back, Host. Is there anything Ya Fei can help you with?"

Ya Fei looked at Xiao Yan, her eyes full of concern.

Hearing Ya Fei's words, Xiao Yan's face also carried a gentle smile as he said, "It's nothing. I just want to borrow something from you."

"Oh? Then what does the Host want?"

After hearing Xiao Ming's words, Ya Fei immediately understood what he needed from her. A sweet smile appeared on her lovely face as she said,

"If you wish to exchange for cultivation resources, you will need an equivalent number of achievement points!"

"Equivalent achievement points?"

Xiao Ming was stunned. This was the first time he had heard the term "achievement points" from Ya Fei, and he was somewhat puzzled about how this exchange worked and what achievement points actually were.

"Then how are achievement points obtained?"

"Achievement points can be earned through missions. If the Host wishes to obtain the corresponding achievement points, you must complete the corresponding missions or reach the corresponding realms. Only then can you receive the corresponding achievement points!" Ya Fei explained with a smile.

"So that's how it is!"

Xiao Ming nodded in realization. He now roughly understood what achievement points were.

"Very well. In that case, Ya Fei, please tell me how many achievement points I currently have."

"Alright, please wait a moment."

Ya Fei answered respectfully, then turned and walked outside.

A moment later, Ya Fei returned to Xiao Ming and handed him a slip of paper. "Please check it, Host!"

Xiao Ming took the slip Ya Fei handed him and saw the words written on it: "Achievement Points: 1,000,000."

As Xiao Ming stared at the number of achievement points displayed on the slip, his expression seemed to freeze instantly.

He had not expected that, having only just activated the system and not yet done anything, he would receive such an enormous amount of achievement points. One million points was a huge fortune to Xiao Ming.

What could all these achievement points be exchanged for?

Seeing the bewildered Xiao Ming, Ya Fei smiled softly and explained,

"As a supreme divine artifact, Gungnir recognizing the Host as its master is already an extraordinarily shocking event. Even if the Host had reached the Dou Saint realm, you would not have earned so many achievement points."

After hearing Ya Fei's words, Xiao Ming was dazed for a while. He had never imagined such a thing would happen to him. He had originally planned to see whether he could use his silver tongue to shamelessly borrow something from Ya Fei.

Yet what he had not expected was for Ya Fei to tell him that he had begun with one million achievement points.

Looks like I'm about to get rich overnight. Xiao Ming inwardly sighed, then looked at Ya Fei beside him and asked, "Right, then what can I exchange for now to help them break through to the Da Dou Shi realm in a short time?"

"If you want to rapidly increase cultivation, provided the foundation is sufficiently stable, Ya Fei recommends that you directly purchase cultivation."

"What?! Purchase cultivation?"

Xiao Ming was truly startled by Ya Fei's words. He had never imagined the system inside his body could be so heaven-defying that it could directly purchase cultivation realms for cultivators.

"Yes, Host. Ya Fei recommends purchasing cultivation realms because, according to Ya Fei's calculations, the most efficient method of increasing cultivation is to directly receive the system's empowerment. Moreover, Ya Fei can guarantee the Host that as long as a cultivator's foundation is sufficiently stable, this kind of empowerment will absolutely cause no harm to the cultivator."