Bloodline Level Increased! Purple Gold Bamboo!

"Sister Nüwa?" Yaochi asked, raising her voice despite herself.

"What surprise? What scare? You've got me completely confused!" Yaochi pouted and gave Lin Yunji a dissatisfied look, then turned to Lady Nüwa, hoping she could explain.

It took Lady Nüwa quite some time to recover from her shock. She stroked Yaochi's little head and smiled. "Because when he left just now, he was only an Early-stage Daluo Golden Immortal. Somehow, he's now broken through to the Mid-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, and his physical strength has grown countless times greater!

"For him, that must be a surprise, but for me, it's more like a scare!"

"I don't know if you feel the same, but I was scared out of my wits!"

"Wow!" This time, it was Yaochi's turn to be startled.

Although she couldn't tell how formidable Lin Yunji's physical strength was, Yaochi understood that breaking through from the early stage to the middle stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm was extremely difficult. How could anyone do it without tens of thousands of years of secluded cultivation and effort?

Yet Lin Yunji had made that breakthrough in such a short time.

It really was a scare!

Yaochi's little face flushed with excitement. Unable to contain herself, she rushed up to Lin Yunjing and cried, "Brother Yunji, you... tell us, quick! How did you do it?"

"I think I ate something I shouldn't have, and then my stomach got a little upset..." The corners of Lin Ji's mouth curved into a handsome smile, but there was a teasing edge to it, and his expression was thoroughly flippant.

"Pfft!" Lady Nüwa nearly choked on her saliva at Lin Yunji's answer.

What did he mean, he ate something he shouldn't have?!

Yaochi didn't believe him either, shaking her little head like a rattle drum.

Seeing their reactions, Lin Yunji smiled and offered the excuse he had just come up with.

"I thought there seemed to be something behind that waterfall, so I went over to investigate!"

"I didn't expect to actually find something! There was a cave abode hidden behind the waterfall, and inside was a purple fruit!"

"I could see the fruit was truly extraordinary, and it looked pretty tasty too, so I couldn't resist... I just ate it..."

"Then... I... felt a little uncomfortable... and right after that, I broke through a minor realm."

Lin Yunji told the story dryly, but the two women found it deeply shocking.

Perhaps this was the guidance of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, working through the Unseen!

Some people could sense it because the fortuitous opportunity belonged to them.

Others could spend their whole lives pursuing one and still never encounter it!

A fortuitous opportunity could be encountered but not sought-so it was!

Lin Yunji's luck truly was enough to make others green with envy. He had swallowed a single spirit fruit and broken through a minor realm!

"Little Jade Bamboo, you truly are blessed with profound fortune. You happened to go beneath that waterfall and stumbled upon a blessed paradise, where you obtained an exceptionally precious spirit fruit!" Lady Nüwa couldn't help marveling.

"Yes, yes! Brother Yunji really is extraordinary, favored by the Heavenly Dao!" Yaochi nodded repeatedly in agreement.

Just then, they saw Lin Yunji wave his hand, and several phantom images appeared in the sky.

The objects gradually revealed their true forms, shimmering with precious light as they floated before Lady Nüwa and Yaochi. They were none other than the Heaven-Refining Furnace and a pile of Five-Colored Stones.

"Little Jade Bamboo, wh-what are these things?" Lady Nüwa seemed to sense that these things had some connection to her as well.

That inexplicable feeling was imprinted on her heart at a glance, and she couldn't help looking at Li Yunji, seemingly seeking confirmation of her guess.

"When I first went to the Purple Treasure Firmament Hall, I gave Yaochi a Purple Heart Blue Firmament. Now I should give you some gifts too," Lin Yunji said suddenly, smiling at Lady Nüwa. "These are the Heaven-Refining Furnace and Five-Colored Stones. I found them in that cave abode just now."

Lady Nüwa froze for a moment, but her expression gradually softened. Her gaze fell on Lin Yunji, tender as water, and she couldn't help showing a sweet smile.

"Since they're gifts, I'll accept them!" With that, Lady Nüwa didn't stand on ceremony and promptly put away the Five-Colored Stones and the Heaven-Refining Furnace.

"Please don't stand on ceremony with me!" Lin Yunji pursed his lips.

Lady Nüwa nodded, her eyes crinkling with her smile. "Of course, of course. I certainly won't stand on ceremony with you!"

Lin Yunji opened his mouth to speak, only to be interrupted by two notification chimes in his mind.

[Beep! The system has detected that the host has completed the random mission-Make Nüwa Happy! System reward obtained: Cultivation Points x50,000!]

[Beep! The system has detected that the host's bloodline level has met the conditions for an upgrade. Bloodline level increased! Current bloodline level: Purple Gold Bamboo!]

What?

Before he could even think, he felt the bloodline within him surge violently. Golden light flowed over every inch of his bones, burning so hot that his flesh felt as though it were heating up and steaming, as if it were about to break free of its bonds and fly out of his body!

It wasn't a pleasant feeling, yet it gave him a strangely intense sensation of being reborn.

His thoughts and consciousness began racing along with it. It was as though his comprehension of heaven and earth had grown more profound, and his connection to the secrets of heaven in the Unseen had grown closer.

Not only that, but his Secret Method, the Hongmeng Art, also began circulating rapidly, increasing his cultivation speed countless times over.

His cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, at a rate he had never seen before.

"Fuck!" Feeling the changes within him, Lin Yunji wanted to cry but had no tears!

Was this system planning to skip the transition and let him ascend to heaven in a single step, straight to the Hunyun Supreme realm?!

Give me an explanation! This isn't the first time I've given Nüwa a gift, all right? Nothing happened when I gave her the Three-Colored Divine Spring!

Giving me a reward is one thing, but why the fuck raise my bloodline level? I thought you'd forgotten my bloodline level was low!

[Beep! The system has detected the host's dissatisfaction with the low level of attention the system pays him. The system will reasonably take the host's opinion into account and increase its attention to the host accordingly!]

"???"

Lin Yunji felt that the system couldn't understand human speech.

Or rather, the damned thing was deliberately twisting his words!

It just wanted an excuse to raise his level again.

Shut up! For fuck's sake, just let me off! Lin Yunji roared in his heart!

"What's wrong? You only just gave me the gifts, and you're already thinking of taking them back?" Lady Nüwa watched the expressions flicker across Lin Yunji's face and teased him with a smile.

"Of course not!" Lin Yunji hurriedly denied it. "When I saw those two Law Treasures just now, I felt they should be yours! So I followed my heart. I suppose that feeling must have been the Heavenly Dao's guidance and hint as well!"

After all, it wasn't the gifts he couldn't bear to part with; it was his original low-level bloodline!

A thought stirred in Lin Yunji's mind. Lady Nüwa's words made him wonder: the random mission was to make Nüwa happy. If he asked for the things back, Lady Nüwa surely wouldn't be happy, so might the mission be revoked?

If the mission was no longer complete, the reward would be taken back too... right!?

Lin Yunji quickly snuffed out that thought.

After all, given the system's usual behavior, even if he angered Lady Nüwa now, it wouldn't take back what it had given him, much less lower his bloodline level again!

Besides, how could he bear to make Lady Nüwa angry?!

"Hmph, even if you want them back, I won't give them to you!" Lady Nüwa snorted and promptly asserted her claim. "You've already given them to me, so the Five-Colored Stones and the Heaven-Refining Furnace are mine now!"