Ye Fan: "Hehe, then I'll trouble you in a couple of days."
Xiao Yan: "Same here."
Han Li: "When the time comes, may I come along and see the other worlds as well?"
In Han Li's view, waiting a while was the right choice. At the very least, he should learn about the other group members' pasts and futures before meeting 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, is it..."
Han Li: "This group member seems to have run into 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 check out the story of this group member called Shirou Emiya.
The Great Thousand World is full of wonders. I should first learn about matters related to myself.
Xiao Yan: "That's a six."
Su Lin: "Indeed."
Ye Fan: "Indeed."
Luffy: "What's that?"
Han Li: "I've learned quite a lot today."
Traveling across worlds was not impossible. Although two of the protagonists in the group were rather shrewd, the Chat Group's restrictions were there anyway. It was just like visiting someone's home, so Su Lin had no real concerns.
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 was in was not simple either?
Before encountering the Chat Group, the system shop itself had contained an astonishing variety of items. The types of cultivation methods alone could be described as vast as the sea. Every extraordinary system he could imagine, as well as unknown systems he had never even heard of, seemed to be 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 take lightly.
After returning, he needed to find a way to investigate further.
He could now use exchanges to leave behind the ranks of ordinary people. Combined with the Historical Projection skill, he could try exploring in the future.
Su Lin: "Then let's do it after some time. By then, I'll prepare a feast for everyone and welcome you properly."
In the end, he no longer had the mood to participate in the gathering and revelry in the Pirate World.
After saying goodbye to everyone, Su Lin returned to his own world with some local specialties.
What surprised him was that it had been seven in the evening when Su Lin left, and it was still seven in the evening when he returned. Even setting aside the years he had crossed back into in the Pirate World, he had spent several hours playing on the original timeline.
Could time have stopped flowing the instant he left?
Su Lin told everyone in the Chat Group about this discovery.
Xiao Yan: "If used well, this World-Breaking Talisman might save your life at a critical moment."
For example, if one were being hunted by an overwhelmingly powerful enemy, they only needed to travel to a group member's world and return. Not only would their condition be fully restored, but they might even become stronger.
Han Li: "It truly can produce miraculous effects."
This also meant they needed to maintain good relationships with everyone in the group. Otherwise, it would be disastrous if no one agreed to let them cross worlds at a critical moment.
Ye Fan: "It's a pity there's only a three-month limit."
The Chat Group had explained the restriction on using the Cross-Boundary Talisman. After staying in another world for more than three months, one's cultivation speed would be restricted.
Xiao Yan: "That's not bad either."
Otherwise, if he simply went to another world, cultivated until he became a Dou Di, and then returned to the Dou Qi Continent, 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 Ledu, China, on Earth.
After resting briefly, Su Lin began to bathe and freshen up.
He then lit some incense exchanged from the system.
After adjusting his mindset and relying on the incense to enter a mysterious, indescribable state.
Life occasionally needed a sense of ceremony.
Su Lin put 10,000 points into the lottery pool.
He had thought this through. Exchanges that directly granted power were expensive, and their value for money was not as good as exchanging for an Immortal Cultivation method and cultivating it himself.
For now, the Historical Projection skill was simply too useful, saving him quite a few points.
Having tasted the benefits of lottery draws, he planned to use half of his points for them. The guaranteed reward system would keep him from losing too badly.
What if he got lucky? Su Lin admitted that there was an element of gambling in it.
After calculating, he found that the entry-level Taiyi Sword Canon he had coveted for a long time cost 5,000 points. It could be cultivated from Qi Refining to the peak of Foundation Establishment, while a Core Formation cultivation method 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 all the other miscellaneous items 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 on an enlightenment infusion and buy some auxiliary tools.
What a system full of everyday realism. Consumption was everywhere, and so were the traps.
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 [Xian Ning Sect's Water Mirror Peak].
???
Had the system stuffed some sect's mountain peak into the lottery pool? He had seen weapons, cultivation methods, skills, and divine abilities drawn before, but never an entire mountain.
Looking at the mountain-shaped icon in his inventory, Su Lin sighed, thinking that this lottery draw had not earned him anything.
Since he had been mentally prepared, he did not dwell on it too much. He immediately examined what this mountain, worth 10,000 points, could do.
After checking its attributes, Su Lin discovered that the mountain was not particularly large. It was a floating peak.
That was only natural. After all, if a mountain he had 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 put it.
It had thirty-six defensive Array Formations and seventy-two enemy-repelling Array Formations, most of which were incomplete.
Uh.
My ten thousand bucks.
With the remaining half, I should honestly exchange for a cultivation method and train.
[Ding] [Congratulations, Host. You have spent 10,000 points and received a new item. Please check it.]
A bonus item for reaching the spending threshold?
Su Lin opened the System Inventory and saw a sheet of paper.
He took it out and looked at it. What was this thing?
[Contract: I'm In On It]: After signing this contract, twenty percent of the karma caused by the contractor can be converted into system points. Maximum number of contractors: 1. — Sign here, and one-fifth of whatever you do from now on counts as mine.
Oh, a worker contract.
What did the system want with this thing? Karma?
Frowning, Su Lin decided not to worry about it for now.
Although it was already late at night, Su Lin still placed the mountain above his home.
Hidden Moon Array, concealing Water Mirror Peak itself. Even an Immortal would find it difficult to locate.
It was one of the few remaining Array Formations that could still be used.
Once the concealment Array Formation was activated, Su Lin, who had yet to embark on the path of cultivation, should not have been able to see it. This was a mirage Array Formation said to be difficult even for Immortals to discover.
As its owner, Su Lin sensed that Water Mirror Peak was directly above him, ten thousand meters up in the sky.
Through the connection binding him to it, Su Lin teleported directly onto Water Mirror Peak.
A chilly wind swept over him, making the unprepared Su Lin shiver.
Before his eyes lay scenery as beautiful as a painting.
"So this is Water Mirror Peak."
"So beautiful..."