Transmigrators had always tended to have golden fingers.
Chen Yu was much the same.
His golden finger was a check-in panel that had transmigrated along with him.
Simply put, as long as he came into contact with certain special people and objects, he could absorb the traces of fate hidden in the unseen and check in for a prize draw.
The prizes were random, but they often bore some connection to the subject of the check-in.
For instance, Chen Yu had just checked in with Ye Fan's desolate ancient sacred body and received a wisp of Sacred Body Origin.
With this ability, Chen Yu had spent this time visiting practically every place on Earth where a check-in might be possible.
His Heavenly Secrets Divine Calculation had come from a check-in draw. It was the most precious thing he had drawn so far, a unique inheritance of the heavenly secrets master lineage, and remarkably powerful.
It was this ability that had allowed him to reveal the past experiences of Ye Fan and the others in a single breath.
Otherwise, even as a transmigrator, he could never have laid bare all those past experiences of Ye Fan's classmates.
After all, even reading the book would not have given him that much detail.
As for the wisp of Sacred Body Origin he had just obtained, Chen Yu considered it for a moment and decided not to use it for now.
There was no helping it. Though the sacred body was a top-tier physique in Shrouding the Heavens, its restrictions were far greater than those of other physiques.
Chen Yu had no desire to try that prison-like treatment of being spurned by heaven and earth, with the Innate Dao Diagram barring his path.
The same held true even if this was only a little origin, not a complete sacred body.
With a broad, smooth road to walk, why take a single-log bridge?
Of course, that did not mean this little bit of Sacred Body Origin was useless.
As everyone knew, although the desolate ancient sacred body was already among the finest physiques in the universe, there were still stronger ones above it.
The chaos body and innate sacred body dao embryo were the true ceiling of physiques in the universe, genuine T0 physiques with a Heavenly Emperor-level minimum.
And the sacred body happened to be one of the ingredients needed to create an innate sacred body dao embryo.
As for a plain Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, Chen Yu felt he wasn't blessed enough to enjoy it, but a Sacred Body Dao Embryo was different.
He could first obtain the origin of an innate dao embryo and transform himself into one, then use the Sacred Body Origin to turn himself into an innate sacred body dao embryo.
If that really worked, perhaps he, Chen Yu, could dominate an era and become a second Wushi.
Though he personally had little interest in that.
In short, no matter how one looked at it, this was a very appealing path, well worth pursuing.
Before he could achieve that goal, however, he still had to find a way to hitch a ride on this Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin express.
If he missed this trip, he would have to wait for Ye Fan to return before he could leave next time.
"Mount Tai is a pretty good check-in spot, too."
He thought with interest, then began walking, slowly ascending Mount Tai.
As a cultivator, even a mere Bitter Sea Realm cultivator, he still traveled faster than ordinary people. Though he had started up the mountain later, he reached the top of Mount Tai before Ye Fan and the others.
He did not sit idle, either. Under the astonished gazes of the others, he sat straight down cross-legged.
At that moment, the previously dim check-in interface before him instantly lit up.
Chen Yu was not surprised. He merely drew a deep breath, his nerves beginning to stir for once.
Before coming here, he had known this place would surely yield a great harvest.
After all, this was Mount Tai, one of the most important treasure lands on this life-bearing planet.
Aside from Kunlun, which contained ninety-nine dragon veins and had nurtured the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, this was probably the most significant place.
If check-ins had ranks, this place would surely qualify as Emperor-level.
He took a deep breath, forcibly restrained the excitement in his heart, and tapped the check-in interface.
[Check-in successful. Obtained Void Emperor Blood...] [Void Emperor Blood: Upon use, the Void Emperor Blood within your body will awaken, reaching the level of second-generation Emperor blood.]
"Good stuff."
Joy stirred in Chen Yu's heart.
As everyone knew, Xuanyuan Huang Di had come into being when the Void Emperor's imperial corpse gained sentience and reincarnated.
And Xuanyuan Huang Di was the first known ruler of all under heaven to perform the Fengshan rites on Mount Tai.
So it should be perfectly reasonable for Chen Yu to check in on Mount Tai and obtain Void Emperor Blood, right?
The only pity was that this bloodline awakening was merely equivalent to that of a second-generation Emperor's descendant, rather than directly reaching the level of an Emperor's child.
Otherwise, Chen Yu would have struck it rich.
As for why this was the case, Chen Yu reckoned it was probably because Huang Di was not the Void Emperor, after all.
An imperial corpse that gained sentience would certainly have a somewhat inferior bloodline compared with the Void Emperor himself.
Huang Di's awakened bloodline being equivalent to only a second-generation Emperor's descendant by the Void Emperor's standards was perfectly reasonable, too.
Still, this gave Chen Yu another trump card.
After reaching the Big Dipper, if things really did not work out, he could visit the Ji Family and show off the concentration of this Emperor blood. He would have no trouble finding a backer.
He felt no qualms about this.
After all, he was a descendant of Yan and Huang, a genuine descendant of the Void Emperor.
Going by the timeline, his seniority might well be far above that of the Ji Family's people.
Chen Yu glanced before him and, without much hesitation, used the Void Emperor Blood.
Unlike the Sacred Body Origin, the Void Emperor Blood had no side effects to speak of. With no drawbacks, naturally, the sooner he used it, the better.
A flash of red light swept past, enveloping Chen Yu from head to toe.
In an instant, some profound change seemed to occur within his body.
He was still the same person, with the same appearance, yet there was something subtly inexplicable about him.
He was clearly still standing there, yet he had an inexplicable sense of ethereal emptiness, as though he might sprout wings and ascend to immortality at any moment.
The surrounding tourists rubbed their eyes and could not help staring at Chen Yu again and again.
In their eyes, the man before them had already possessed exceptional natural gifts and an otherworldly bearing, with looks rarely seen in this world, handsome and captivating.
Looking up at him again now, they found an inexplicable quality added to him, making him seem even more alive and ethereal.
Several young women could not resist coming up to strike up a conversation, hoping to get his contact details or something of the sort.
Chen Yu declined with a smile, then tactfully advised the people around him to head down the mountain as soon as possible if they had no important business here.
The Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin would arrive soon. Though it would not cause too much danger, there was no telling whether an unlucky turn might catch innocent fish in the disaster.
For these mortals, it was best to leave as soon as possible if they could.
Some looked thoughtful and, seeing Chen Yu's extraordinary, otherworldly appearance, chose to heed his advice, while others paid it no mind.
Chen Yu did not concern himself with their attitudes, merely focusing on sensing the changes within him.
Then he discovered that after absorbing the Void Emperor Blood and awakening that bloodline, his body seemed to have emptied out again.
His previously ample divine power had been consumed entirely, and his once fairly stable Bitter Sea had expanded another measure.
This should have been a change brought about by the awakening of the Emperor blood. His upper limit had silently risen a notch.
Even his once pitch-black, deathly still Bitter Sea had undergone a new change. A strand of vitality seemed to be quietly gestating within it, about to bloom forth.