A Bucket of Life Spirit Spring Essence

"Grandmistress, my foot."

Lu Changzhi gave Mu Fan an exasperated look.

What a joke. Who knew how old Qin Li really was?

"By the way."

Lu Changzhi looked at Mu Fan and asked:

"Aren't you good at running away? How did you get tied up so easily?"

Hearing this, Mu Fan looked a little embarrassed. He coughed lightly and said:

"Master, if I said I let myself get tied up, would you believe me?"

Lu Changzhi glanced at Mu Fan and asked Qin Li:

"He let you do it?"

"Come on, Master, that's no fun." Mu Fan looked helpless.

"His methods were decent." Qin Li glanced at Mu Fan. "His reactions were just a little slow."

Mu Fan: "I..."

"Forget it, forget it." Mu Fan shook his head and looked at Lu Changzhi:

"Master, I helped out, didn't I?"

Lu Changzhi nodded and said:

"There's one more thing."

"Go back and tell the elders who were following me that I'm fine. Tell the sect master as well that I've gone back to the sect first."

In Qin Li's current state, it would be easy for others to notice something was amiss if he brought her back.

It would be better to return straight to the sect.

With four thousand experience points, he didn't have to worry too much about returning to the sect.

After sending Mu Fan off, Lu Changzhi watched as Qin Li sat cross-legged and began to recover her breath.

Lu Changzhi returned to his room.

He said quietly in his heart:

System, open the exclusive gift pack for taking a saint-level disciple.

As soon as he spoke, a system notification sounded:

[Successfully opened the exclusive gift pack for taking a saint-level disciple. Obtained:]

[Item: one bucket of Life Spirit Spring Essence.]

[Saint Rank Peak Grade array: Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array.]

[Talents: No Trace of Fate, Fortune Upon the Body.]

[Item: Saint-Level Disciple Evolution Gift Pack ×1.]

The notifications sounded one after another.

Lu Changzhi raised an eyebrow:

"This time, it gave me even more than last time."

Then Lu Changzhi examined them in detail.

First was the bucket of Life Spirit Spring Essence, as big as a water vat.

[Life Spirit Spring Essence]: A treasure of heaven and earth found in the Forbidden Zone of Life. One drop condenses every ten years, and every drop contains a powerful breath of life. If a mortal takes it, one drop extends their life by three thousand years. If a cultivator takes it, one drop prolongs their life by a thousand years. If an injured person takes it, severed limbs regenerate and lost arms grow back...

Lu Changzhi's eyes flickered.

This thing's value was probably on par with the Dao Comprehension Tea Tree.

It might even be worth more.

At a critical moment, using it to heal wounds could very well bring someone back to full health.

Of course, compared with its precious uses,

the system's unit of measurement was what really made it generous.

"Another Saint Rank Peak Grade array."

Lu Changzhi's gaze fell on the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array.

Unlike the Myriad Phenomena Slaughter Array, the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array was mainly used for creating illusions and concealment.

These illusions were based on the power of heaven and earth.

At full power, it could easily make the false indistinguishable from the real.

Illusion arrays could also be nested within one another, layer upon layer, making others break through illusions while still inside an illusion.

"The Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array covers a much larger area than the Myriad Phenomena Slaughter Array. I could consider setting it up around the sect."

Lu Changzhi murmured, then continued reading.

[No Trace of Fate]: One's fate cannot be calculated, and the signs of one's destiny cannot be read. Once used, neither your fate nor your disciples' can be calculated by outside forces. Be the darkest star in the night sky, the incalculable element on the chart of fate...

[Fortune Upon the Body]: Once used, grants a powerful blessing of fortune and improves your luck. At critical moments, it is as though heaven itself lends you a hand, helping you evade disaster and escape danger...

Lu Changzhi didn't have much of a reaction to the first talent, No Trace of Fate.

He hadn't encountered such things so far.

Still, it was very practical, especially since it included his disciples.

After all, it could be said that none of the people on his Hidden Origin Peak were ordinary.

As for the second, Fortune Upon the Body, he was much more familiar with it.

With enough fortune, everything was much easier to do.

What people called heaven's help was actually because the person in question had sufficiently strong fortune.

He used the two talents, then turned his gaze to the disciple gift pack.

"System, use the Saint-Level Disciple Evolution Gift Pack."

As soon as he spoke,

[Saint-Level Disciple Evolution Gift Pack successfully used. Obtained:]

[The essence blood of an adult White Tiger sacred beast.]

[Saint Rank secret art: Tiger Roars through Mountains and Forests ×1.]

[A small pile of Geng Metal Essence.]

Once everything appeared, Lu Changzhi wore an expression that said it was just as he had expected.

The rewards the system gave were becoming more and more astonishing.

It could even casually produce the essence blood of an adult sacred beast.

The mass of White Tiger essence blood was as big as an adult's head.

Then there was the so-called secret art.

Secret arts were different from ordinary cultivation techniques and martial skills.

They often required a particular physique or bloodline to use.

Tiger Roars through Mountains and Forests was one such art. It used the White Tiger Sacred Body to unleash a dual attack on the soul and with sound waves.

Last was the Geng Metal Essence, a pile as big as a freshly raised grave mound.

There were certain special powers between heaven and earth.

The Power of Geng Metal was one of them.

For cultivators, the Power of Geng Metal had many uses and was highly valuable.

Only where the Power of Geng Metal was sufficiently concentrated could Geng Metal Essence possibly form.

Geng Metal Essence was even more astonishingly valuable.

As for the value of the pile before him...

Lu Changzhi tried to estimate it.

Well.

He couldn't.

He didn't have much of a concept of its value.

He put the items into his storage ring.

Lu Changzhi gathered his thoughts and looked at his current attributes.

[Name]: Lu Changzhi

[Realm]: Life and Death Realm, sixth layer (can be upgraded)

[Aptitude]: Saint Rank Low Grade (1/3) (can be upgraded)

[Physique]: Mortal body

[Talents]: Master Not Inferior to Disciple, Conceal Essence and Return Breath, Extensive Learning and Knowledge, Aptitude of a Great Emperor, No Trace of Fate, Fortune Upon the Body

[System features]: Cracked Version of the Sign-In System, Premium Version of the Idle Cultivation System

[Shop level]: Level one

Both his realm and aptitude could be upgraded.

But now wasn't the right time.

"Everything else is pretty good, but this physique..."

Lu Changzhi's gaze lingered on [Mortal body] for a moment.

Of his four disciples, two had special physiques.

Yet he still had nothing but a mortal body.

Was that reasonable?

The moment the thought appeared,

at that moment,

a system notification suddenly sounded:

"Congratulations, host. You have triggered the hidden effect of the talent [Master Not Inferior to Disciple] and gained one chance to draw a physique."

"Current maximum tier for the draw: Saint Rank."

"Would you like to draw?"