Hearing the system's voice, Ye Xingchen smiled slightly and said:
"System, start today's sign-in!"
"Ding! Sign-in in progress. Congratulations, host, on receiving the reward-the Emperor Sword." The Emperor Sword is a Great Dao Grade divine weapon, transformed from the Heaven-Supporting Divine Pillar that held up the heavens when heaven and earth first opened. Only the host can use it. When this sword emerges, its Sword Qi astounds the world, and all weapons submit. The Emperor Sword is also known as the Lord of All Weapons. Every divine weapon in the world will bow before it. When the host uses it, Emperor Qi can surround him, suppressing all living beings.
Hearing the system's voice, Ye Xingchen was overjoyed. Whatever he wanted really did come to him.
He possessed the Heaven-Dominating Sword Art but happened to lack a good divine weapon, and the system immediately rewarded him with a Great Dao Grade divine weapon—the Emperor Sword.
With this sword to execute the Heaven-Dominating Sword Art, Ye Xingchen was confident he could cleave the heavens. No matter how powerful his opponent was, he would destroy them with a single strike.
With a silent command, he took the ancient sword, wreathed in vast imperial might, out of the system space.
It was none other than the Lord of All Weapons-the Emperor Sword.
The moment the sword appeared, the space around the entire lakeside pavilion shook, and cracks appeared. Space itself could not withstand it and was torn apart by the fierce presence the Emperor Sword released.
The sword radiance, bearing imperial might, instantly swept across the Eternal Divine Wilderness, and countless divine weapons and sharp blades trembled incessantly.
Some even unsheathed themselves and bowed toward the Emperor Sword.
Throughout the Demon Race's territory, every divine weapon unsheathed itself and swayed ceaselessly toward Phoenix Perch Palace, as though kneeling before an emperor.
This is bad, Ye Xingchen thought, immediately putting the Emperor Sword back into the system space.
Ye Xingchen had not expected the Emperor Sword to unleash such power either. Secretly delighted, he thought it truly deserved to be called the Lord of All Weapons.
The next instant, all the Demon Race's experts, including Luo Qingshan, appeared in the air above Phoenix Perch Palace.
Luo Qingshan's blood-related ancestor, Luo Xuannü, spoke outright:
"Terrifying imperial might came from the direction of Phoenix Perch Palace just now. Although it lasted only an instant, it actually made this empress's divine weapon unsheathe itself and bow. Could a divine weapon have emerged in Phoenix Perch Palace?!"
Hearing Luo Xuannü's words, Luo Qingshan said:
"This empress sensed it too, but it vanished after only a moment. I thought I had sensed it wrongly. So the ancestors sensed it too."
Hearing Luo Qingshan's words, Luo Xuannü nodded slightly. She released her divine sense, and the entire Demon Race territory appeared in her mind.
Everything was perfectly clear. There was no divine weapon emerging anywhere. She could not help frowning slightly. Had a Sword Dao Great Emperor passed by just now?
After sweeping the area with her divine sense once more, Luo Xuannü saw Ye Xingchen fishing in the pavilion in the middle of the lake and could not help shaking her head slightly.
She looked toward Luo Qingshan. Seeing her ancestor look her way, Luo Qingshan's pretty face flushed slightly. Looking at her only remaining blood relative, Luo Xuannü sighed softly.
"Qingshan, my child, since the Demon Race's Great Emperor has agreed, I will no longer object either. But even with your life-bound blood essence, this boy has only just entered the Innate Realm. His cultivation is far too low. You must keep a close eye on him and make sure he cultivates diligently."
Watching Luo Qingshan beside her gaze at Ye Xingchen with a face full of bashfulness, Luo Xuannü gave another helpless sigh.
"Since the Demon Race's Great Emperor approved this matter, this husband of yours must have something exceptional about him. But now, Qingshan, my child, I too hope you can be happy. Since your heart belongs to this boy, I hope he will not let you down."
With that, she vanished in a flash along with the Demon Race's mighty figures.
Meanwhile, Luo Qingshan stood dazed in the air. Looking at Ye Xingchen fishing with a leisurely expression, she smiled slightly and vanished.
Sitting there, Ye Xingchen was utterly speechless. Fortunately, he had acted quickly this time, or he would have been discovered again.
Actually, there was nothing wrong with his great strength being discovered. The crucial point was that he and Luo Qingshan had only just established trust. If he suddenly revealed formidable strength now, what would Luo Qingshan think?
Anyone would think Ye Xingchen had some other intention. Otherwise, why would a legendary supreme expert hole up among the Demon Race?
When that happened, Luo Qingshan would probably never trust him again.
At that thought, fear actually arose in Ye Xingchen's heart.
After all, adversity revealed people's hearts. The way Luo Qingshan had protected him back then had warmed Ye Xingchen's heart once more. He did not want to lose a woman like her.
Thus, without waiting for the system to speak again, Ye Xingchen said directly:
"System, could you make it so there isn't such a commotion when I take out system rewards from now on? This young master nearly exposed himself just now."
"Ding! The system has received the host's request and has automatically made adjustments for the host. All rewards will come with a barrier when the host takes them out of the system space. Unless the host removes the barrier, no one will be able to sense what is inside it."
Hearing the system's voice, Ye Xingchen's face lit up, and he thought:
System, this young master loves you so much! You're practically this young master's idol!
"Ding! Please control your emotions, host. Do not make such a fuss. Something this simple poses no difficulty whatsoever for this system."
Hearing the system's words, Ye Xingchen was instantly speechless. Immediately afterward, the system's pleasing voice sounded again:
"Ding! Sign-in in progress. Congratulations, host, on receiving the reward-one Nine-Turn Emperor Pill." The Nine-Turn Emperor Pill is a Great Dao Grade divine medicine that cannot be replicated or analyzed. It is formed only after nine divine medicines are refined through nine pill flames, baptized by nine heavenly tribulations, and nurtured with Chaos Qi for nine times nine-eighty-one years. On the day the pill forms, phenomena descend from heaven, and purple Qi comes from the east for ninety thousand li, astounding the world. After taking this pill, any injury, no matter how severe, will heal immediately as long as a single breath remains. Regrowing severed limbs is no challenge.
The moment the system finished speaking, Ye Xingchen impatiently took the Nine-Turn Emperor Pill out of the system space.
For one thing, he wanted to see whether the barrier provided by the system's adjustment was reliable.
For another, the Nine-Turn Emperor Pill's effects were simply too powerful. It was practically equivalent to having an extra life.
Looking at the Nine-Turn Emperor Pill in his hand, he could discern no fluctuations of power beneath its golden exterior. Even its nine pill markings gave off no light.
Ye Xingchen was proficient in the Ancient Alchemy Technique and the True Explanation of Alchemy. With any pill, he needed only to touch it, smell it, and look at it to replicate it immediately.
Moreover, based on medicinal principles and properties, he could determine the most suitable proportions and refine a more perfect pill, one superior to the original.
Yet now, looking at the Nine-Turn Emperor Pill in his hand, Ye Xingchen discovered that even with his mastery of the Ancient Alchemy Technique and the True Explanation of Alchemy, he could not discern the names or proportions of the divine medicines used in it. Even Ye Xingchen could not replicate this Nine-Turn Emperor Pill, which left him a little surprised.
On reflection, that made sense. If Ye Xingchen could freely refine Great Dao Grade divine medicines, he probably would not need the system's rewards. After all, the system's rewards had never disappointed him.
Looking at the golden Nine-Turn Emperor Pill in his hand, Ye Xingchen carefully placed it in the system space and waited for the system's voice.
But after quite a while, no further system notifications sounded.
Only then did Ye Xingchen exhale softly. It seemed the Fortune Sign-In System gave different sign-in rewards each time. Sometimes it rewarded him with many kinds of things, and sometimes only one.
Gift packs still give more rewards. If I could get more gift packs, that would be ridiculously satisfying!
Ye Xingchen thought to himself.
But looking at the Emperor Sword, the Lord of All Weapons, and the Nine-Turn Emperor Pill, which was equivalent to an extra life, inside the system space, Ye Xingchen still could not help smiling.
Any one of these incredibly powerful rewards could stir up bloody winds and rains of slaughter across the Divine Desolation Continent.
Yet he could possess them so easily. This was the power of the system. This was the benefit of a golden finger.
At that thought, Ye Xingchen was suddenly filled with boundless anticipation for the future.