Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin was the most precious treasure in the vast universe. Its core small coffin had been forged by Beyond the Sacrificial Path, the scriptures within had been left behind by Desolate Heaven Emperor, and the world inside the coffin was an Immortal Realm still undergoing evolution!
Compared to it, Immortal Divine Organization Elixirs, imperial artifacts, and Immortal Scriptures were not worth mentioning.
The dragon coffin had never lacked Great Dao laws or vital energy. What it lacked was merely a means of extracting that power.
The Bodhi Seed, an exceptionally special Immortal Divine Organization Elixir, was also known as the Tree of Wisdom, Tree of Enlightenment, and Tree of Thought. It could help one comprehend the Dao. Legend had it that the Buddha attained the Dao beneath a Bodhi tree.
This Divine Organization artifact was the key to prying open the treasures of the dragon coffin!
"The way of Heaven takes from abundance to replenish deficiency..."
A vast, profound voice seemed to travel across time and space from the ancient primordial era. It was like the toll of great bells, resounding throughout the sea of the heart.
Lin Xian sat cross-legged before the coffin, the Bodhi Seed in his hand. He looked solemn and sacred, like the World-Honored One descending, an immortal sage preaching the Dharma. Dao sounds flowed from his lips, deep as an abyss and vast as an ocean. Every word was profound and boundless, containing the force to shatter heaven and earth, like the Buddha's chanting and the Divine Organization's whisper.
The crowd listened, utterly entranced. Some wept with joy, some scratched their heads in frustration, some sank into contemplation, and some reached great enlightenment. Each gained something different.
When they came to their senses again, they treated Lin Xian with great respect and addressed him as Master Lin.
Though Lin Xian had not passed down any teachings to them, he had taught them some of the most fundamental principles. Cultivation techniques could be cultivated, Divine Organization abilities could be practiced, but the Great Dao could only be comprehended by oneself.
"Ye Fan."
Lin Xian nodded and returned the Bodhi Seed to Ye Fan, unwilling to hold it for even a moment longer, as though it were not an Immortal Divine Organization Elixir but a scalding-hot potato.
"Master Lin, aren't you going to contemplate it a little longer?"
Ye Fan looked at the Bodhi Seed, which had returned so easily to his hand, a flicker of surprise flashing through his bright eyes. Lin Xian had just told them how incomparably cruel the cultivation world was, how conflict never ceased upon the path of the Great Dao, and how cultivators craved heavenly treasures.
Lin Xian was also a cultivator, yet now he discarded such a Divine Organization artifact as if it were an old shoe.
"Though the Bodhi Seed is wondrous, it is ultimately an external object, merely a tool for climbing the mountain in search of the Dao."
Lin Xian stood with his hands behind his back and said rather pretentiously, "I have already found the Great Dao. What use do I have for a climbing staff?"
"Master Lin, have you attained the Dao?"
Ye Fan was astonished and found it difficult to believe. He wore a Divine Organization expression of astonishment. Having read widely, he knew that sages throughout history had only attained the Dao after enduring countless trials and tribulations.
Though Lin Xian was mysterious in connection with the Divine Organization, he was also young. Wasn't his attainment of the Dao far too swift?
"Naturally."
Lin Xian smiled freely. The Bodhi Seed was for cultivation; what did it have to do with a cheat-enabled host like him?
He stepped forward and chanted, "I have trained my form to resemble a crane; a scroll of scripture lies beyond the deep sky. I came to seek the Dao with nothing left to say; immortals dwell in the green coffin, the Divine Organization within the heart."
In his heart, he shouted.
System, upgrade!
A familiar rustling current rose beside his ears. The System's cold, emotionless mechanical voice changed along with it, becoming a loftier, ethereal sound.
[System 10086 upgrading (1%)...(30%)...(50%)...(99%)] [System formatting and rebooting...] [Loading intermediate template chips...] [Please select your System!] [Intermediate System—System Exchange Shop][Intermediate System—System Chat Group][Intermediate System—Dao Transmission System][Intermediate System—National Fortune System][Intermediate System—Divine Organization Doctor System][Intermediate System—Dragon King Cuckold System][Intermediate System—Art Master System][Intermediate System—Gourmet System][Intermediate System—Basketball System][Intermediate System—Archaeology System][Intermediate System—Faith System][Intermediate System—Clarity System] ...
Vast, complex, orderly, majestic information transformed into waves of electromagnetic signals that stimulated his cerebral cortex, echoing across the lake of his mind and stirring countless ripples.
Only at this moment did Lin Xian gain some understanding of the System Race.
The most magnificent existence among Systems was the Main System in the deepest reaches of the Chaos Sea. It stood above all destinies, time, and space, using its supreme power to deploy countless Systems across the myriad worlds.
Low-level Systems such as System 10086 were mass-produced products from an assembly line, cast net-like into the myriad worlds. Whether they succeeded depended entirely on luck. In an instant, tens of thousands of low-level Systems could be scrapped, while tens of thousands more could be born. They were as cheap as a three-yuan bottle of cola.
The intermediate Systems above them had already successfully bound themselves to Children of Destiny and protagonists of their eras. Through powerful cooperation, they dominated a world or even an entire universe. They were the backbone of the System Race.
As for Advanced Systems, they included the Sign-In System, Devouring System, Ten-Thousandfold Feedback System... Even in the System world, they were utterly overpowered existences. Their cheats were unreasonable, carrying their hosts without logic. The hosts they bound either drove native protagonists to death or were smashed apart by the Heavenly Dao of other worlds. They either headed toward extremes or walked the road to extremes.
"So, my choice..."
"It shall be you! The Check-In System!"
With a thought, Lin Xian looked into the void and made his final choice.
The so-called Check-In System required one to visit special regions, locations, and timespaces to absorb their corresponding Dao resonance.
People were admirers and check-in visitors of scenery, but also its creators and pioneers.
Every person was a unique landscape, and the fate that brought people together was the legendary iconic scene.
In summary, none of that was Lin Xian's ultimate reason for choosing the Check-In Template.
He chose the Check-In System because the intermediate Check-In System was the foundation for advancing into the high-level Sign-In System!
Hosts could allocate points, and Systems could do the same.
A low-level System could rise to an intermediate System because of a single opportunity. An intermediate System could annex and fuse with other templates, becoming a legendary Advanced System.
The Check-In System was compatible with the Forum Template, Shock Template, Dao Resonance Template... After a series of complex and difficult combinations, it could become the Sign-In System.
"Ding dong. Iconic scene Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin detected. Dao resonance successfully absorbed."
"Check-in reward: Time-Space Travel Ticket (round-trip ticket)."
"Note: Holding this ticket allows one traversal. The destination will primarily be determined by karmic connections."
The corners of Lin Xian's lips lifted slightly as a devilish whisper rose in his heart. System, work hard. Become a high-level Sign-In System soon, then carry me. Otherwise, you won't even compare to the protagonist, Heavenly Emperor Ye.
If you were a high-level Sign-In System, the reward just now would not have been a one-use ticket but an Anywhere Door, a spacetime gate capable of traversing the myriad worlds.
System 10086: ???
Listen to yourself. Was that even human language?
Telling the System to work hard—who exactly was the host here? The natural order had truly been turned upside down!
System 10086 was numb, but it had grown used to it.
Since it had advanced today, it would not argue with this slacking host. It would quietly focus on absorbing the Dao resonance of Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin.
The host could slack off, but it could not lie flat.
System 10086 still harbored a trace of ambition to become an Advanced System.
It would climb step by step, step by step, step by step to the very top. It wanted to become the highest System!