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Ye Fan: "Hehe, then I'll impose on you in a couple of days."

Xiao Yan: "Same here."

Han Li: "When the time comes, may I join you and see the other worlds as well?"

In Han Li's view, waiting for a while was the right choice. At the very least, he needed to understand the futures and pasts of the other group members before going to meet them. That would be the safest course.

[Notice: Group member Shirou Emiya has entered a soul state.]

Xiao Yan: ".."

Su Lin: ".."

Ye Fan: "This time, was it..."

Han Li: "This group member seems to have encountered some trouble."

[Notice: Group member Shirou Emiya has been revived.]

Han Li resisted the urge to put down A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality and look into the story of this group member named Shirou Emiya.

The Great Thousand World is full of wonders. I should first learn about matters related to myself.

Xiao Yan: "That's a 6."

Su Lin: "Indeed."

Ye Fan: "Indeed."

Luffy: "What's that?"

Han Li: "I've truly broadened my horizons today."

Traveling across worlds was not impossible. Although two of the protagonists in the group were rather scheming, the chat group's restrictions were there anyway. It was just like visiting someone's home, so Su Lin had no real reservations.

It was just that...

Su Lin recalled the changes that had appeared in the system shop in the Pirate World.

He recalled a previous guess.

Could it be that the items available for exchange in the system were related to the current world?

If so, did that prove that the world he lived in was not simple either?

Before encountering the chat group, the system shop itself had contained an astonishing variety of items. The cultivation methods he had seen could only be described as vast as the sea. Every imaginable supernatural system, along with countless unknown systems he had never even heard of, was available.

Could it be...

Impossible. Absolutely impossible.

Su Lin shuddered, cold sweat beading densely across his forehead.

He was more inclined to believe that the chat group's items came from other worlds. This was not something he could afford to be careless about.

After returning, he would have to find a way to investigate further.

Now, he could already use exchanges to leave the ranks of ordinary people. Combined with the Historical Projection skill, he could try exploring in the future.

Su Lin: "Then let's wait a while. By then, I'll prepare a banquet for everyone and welcome you with open arms."

In the end, he no longer had the mood to take part in the Pirate World's gathering and celebration.

After saying goodbye to everyone, Su Lin returned to his own world with some local specialties.

What was surprising was that Su Lin had left at seven in the evening, and it was still seven in the evening when he returned. Even without counting the years he had traveled back in the Pirate World, he had spent several hours in the original timeline.

Could it be that time stopped flowing the instant he left?

Su Lin told everyone in the chat group about this discovery.

Xiao Yan: "If used properly, this Cross-Boundary Talisman might save your life at a critical moment."

For example, if one were being hunted by a powerful enemy, one only needed to travel to a group member's world and then return. Not only would one's condition be fully restored, one might even become stronger.

Han Li: "It can indeed produce miraculous effects."

This also meant they had to maintain good relationships with everyone in the group. Otherwise, it would be terrible if no one agreed to let them travel worlds at a crucial moment.

Ye Fan: "It's a pity there's only a three-month limit."

The usage restriction for the Cross-Boundary Talisman had been explained by the chat group. If one stayed in another world for more than three months, one's cultivation speed would be restricted.

Xiao Yan: "That's still not bad."

Otherwise, he could simply cultivate in another world until becoming a Dou Di before returning to the Dou Qi Continent. Then it should not be called Battle Through the Heavens anymore; it should be called Xiao Yan Unrivaled.

Inside a rented apartment in a residential complex in Le City, Huaxia, Earth.

Su Lin rested briefly before bathing and washing up.

He then lit some incense exchanged from the system.

After adjusting his state of mind and entering a mysterious, indescribable state with the aid of the incense.

Life occasionally needed a sense of ritual.

Su Lin put 10,000 points into the lottery pool.

This was something Su Lin had thought through. Exchanges that directly granted power were expensive, and their value for money was worse than exchanging for an immortal cultivation technique and cultivating it himself.

For the time being, the Historical Projection skill was simply too useful. It had saved him quite a few points.

Having tasted the benefits of drawing prizes, he planned to use half of his points for the lottery. The pity system would not let him lose too badly either.

What if he got lucky? Right? Su Lin admitted there was an element of gambling involved.

After calculating it, the entry-level Taiyi Sword Canon that he had coveted for a long time cost 5,000 points. It could allow him to begin Qi Refinement and cultivate up to the peak of Foundation Establishment. A Golden Core cultivation technique would cost 20,000 points.

Time Sand Spark, an item that created differences in the flow of time, cost 100 points per day to use. That was without even mentioning the other miscellaneous things he needed to exchange for.

For instance, if he lacked cultivation talent or could not understand the method, he would need to spend 500 points for an enlightenment infusion and buy some auxiliary tools.

What a system full of the atmosphere of everyday life. Consumption was everywhere, and traps were everywhere.

A gray light rippled across the system interface. Several seconds later, the gray light slipped into the inventory.

An item-type reward?

Congratulations, you have obtained [Water Mirror Peak of the Xian Ning Sect].

???

Had the system stuffed an entire sect's mountain peak into the lottery pool? He had seen weapons, cultivation methods, skills, and divine abilities drawn before, but he had never seen someone draw an entire mountain.

Looking at the mountain-shaped icon in his inventory, Su Lin, who thought he had failed to profit from this draw, sighed.

Since he had been mentally prepared, he did not dwell on it too much and immediately examined what use this mountain worth 10,000 points had.

After checking its attributes, Su Lin discovered that the mountain was not particularly large. It was a floating Aether peak.

That was normal. After all, if a mountain drawn for 10,000 points could not even fly through the sky, that would be a real loss. He would also have to figure out where to place it.

It had thirty-six defensive formations and seventy-two enemy-slaying formations, most of which were incomplete.

Uh.

My ten thousand bucks.

I should use the remaining half honestly to exchange for a cultivation method.

[Ding]

[Congratulations, Host. Your spending has reached 10,000 points. You have received a new item. Please check it.]

There was even a bonus item for spending enough?

Su Lin opened the system backpack and saw a sheet of paper.

He took it out and looked at it. What the hell was this?

[Contract: I Get a Share]: After signing this contract, twenty percent of the karma created by the contractor can be converted into system points. Number limit: 1. — Sign your name, and one-fifth of everything you do from now on counts as mine.

Oh, a worker contract.

What did the system want from this thing? Karma?

With a deep frown, Su Lin decided not to worry about it for now.

Although it was already late at night, Su Lin still placed the mountain peak above his home in the Aether.

The Hidden Moon Formation concealed Water Mirror Peak itself. Even an Immortal would struggle to find it.

It was one of the few remaining formations that could still be used.

Once the concealment formation was activated, Su Lin, who had yet to set foot on the path of cultivation, should not have been able to see it. This was a mirage formation said to be difficult even for an Immortal to discover.

As its owner, Su Lin sensed that Water Mirror Peak was located high in the Aether, ten thousand meters directly above him.

Relying on the bond between them, Su Lin teleported directly onto Water Mirror Peak.

A chilly wind swept over him, making the unprepared Su Lin shiver.

Before his eyes lay a scene like one from a painting.

"This is Water Mirror Peak."

"So beautiful..."

(End of Chapter)