The System Suddenly Made Its Presence Felt

"Special mission?"

Lu Changzhi temporarily put away the jade talisman, looking surprised.

With a thought, I entered the system.

Sure enough, another task message appeared in the system.

"Check."

The sound faded.

Brush.

A light screen appeared, displaying the mission information.

[Special Mission: Longevity Battlefield]

[Mission Objective: Use the Unsealing Key to enter the Longevity Battlefield and explore.]

[Task Restriction: Must be completed personally by the player.]

[Task Reward: System Version Upgrade.]

"Um?"

Lu Changzhi raised an eyebrow.

"This reward..."

Speaking softly, Lu Changzhi changed his voice and asked:

"System, can you explain this?"

"Reporting to Master," the system voice replied.

"It's essentially a system level upgrade. Although the tasks the master is currently completing are all about upgrading the shop's level, the shop's level is not equivalent to the system. Upgrading the system version is like giving the system stronger abilities, and I will also be upgraded as a result."

"My system can actually be upgraded?"

He spoke softly, Lu Changzhi's eyes flickered slightly.

I was going to the Longevity Battlefield Immortality anyway, but I never expected it to bring such unexpected benefits.

This truly achieves two goals at once.

What specific changes have been made after the system version upgrade?

Lu Changzhi asked another question.

"Reporting to Master," the system replied.

"The system needs to be upgraded first before I can receive the corresponding upgrade content."

Lu Changzhi nodded and didn't ask anything more.

However, upon closer reflection, it still feels somewhat novel.

"It seems the system has unknowingly mastered a new way of making empty promises."

In the past, the rewards for completing tasks were never mentioned, but now they're just being presented directly.

This pie-in-the-sky design is becoming increasingly lifelike.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Changzhi shook his head.

The rewards are tempting, but there's currently no clue how to the Longevity Secret Realm.

As for the so-called borrowing of the Unsealing Key, it has been sitting in the system's space ever since it was taken out and caused a commotion last time.

Of course, the system did mention that it would alert me if that battlefield appeared, but it hasn't happened yet.

Without dwelling on it, Lu Changzhi took out the jade talisman again and began to examine its contents.

The information recorded in the jade talisman was probably prepared in a special way.

The first part is an introduction to the Saint Realm.

The Saint Realm, as the most basic level of the Saint Realm, possesses considerable strength and a high status in the Land of the Four Directions, but the Land of the Four Directions is ultimately just a small place.

If one wishes to explore a wider area beyond the Land of the Four Directions, the Saint Realm is sufficient, but not enough.

Just like the spatial rifts in the previous secret realm, only those who have reached the Saint King Realm can pass through them relatively safely. However, if they encounter spatial turbulence or spatial storms, they still have to stay far away from them.

If this situation were to happen to someone at the Saint Realm, unless they relied on sufficiently powerful external objects or methods, the consequences of not being able to escape would be extremely severe.

Only those who reach the Saint Venerable, above the Saint King, can create spatial rifts relatively easily without relying on external objects, solely through their own strength. They can also use this to comprehend and learn some spatial techniques, such as Shrinking the Ground to an Inch and traveling ten thousand miles in a single step.

According to what is written on the back of the jade talisman, the reason for mentioning these aspects is that the outside world is too vast.

The Land of the Four Directions is surrounded by the ocean, like a small island.

In the northeastern part of the Land of the Four Directions lies the main body of the continent, whose size and area far exceed those of the Land of the Four Directions.

This is only the situation from a horizontal perspective; only by being able to traverse space can one possibly travel to other continents or regions.

The task of the wandering ancestors is precisely this: to travel through the void, discover new continents, explore and search for objects. If they happen to encounter the ruins of powerful figures, they will quickly call for help, leaving professional matters to the professional guardian ancestors.

"It's somewhat similar to space exploration in my previous life."

Lu Changzhi uttered a soft remark, deeply moved.

Just as one feels insignificant when gazing at the stars on Blue Star, one feels a similar sense of insignificance in this Land of the Four Directions.

The only difference is that now, as long as I raise my cultivation level to the Saint King Realm, I can undertake such explorations.

To say there are no expectations is clearly unrealistic.

However, a breakthrough will likely require a considerable amount of time.

Thinking of something, Lu Changzhi gently shook his head.

After breaking through to the Saint King and acquiring a bloodline, he became significantly stronger.

Especially due to the influence of his bloodline, he is now like a cup, subtly expanding his ability to accumulate spiritual power.

Although the speed of cultivation has increased, more time is needed to break through.

Just then, the system's voice suddenly sounded:

"Congratulations, host. The trial mission has been updated. Would you like to view it?"

"Um?"

Lu Changzhi was greatly surprised.

"Could it be that something about my bloodline has triggered the system?"

Otherwise, how could they suddenly have such a strong presence now?

First, they created a special mission, and now they've created another trial mission for themselves.

Despite his thoughts, Lu Changzhi still chose to check.

[Trial Quest: Helping Devils for Pleasure]

[Trial Content: You or your disciple hunt down Devil Race. For each Devil Race killed, you will receive corresponding universal cultivation points and the following rewards: 200 experience points and 1 random Saint Rank gift pack. When Devil Race killed is a member you have personally trained, the experience reward increases with the training time. Current bonus experience points: 800.]

"So it really is this trial mission?"

Lu Changzhi said softly.

However, he currently only has this one trial mission listed.

"I didn't expect this trial mission could be upgraded even further."

Previously, when I went to the secret realm, this trial mission had already been upgraded once, and the Devil Race I raised myself could gain more experience points.

However, there wasn't much extra experience back then, and Xue Chou was still growing too slowly, so I didn't bother with it.

Unexpectedly, it has improved once again.

Looking back, the additions this time weren't actually that many; it was just an extra drop that "drops corresponding universal cultivation points."

"System."

With a simple greeting, without needing to ask any specific questions, the system explained everything:

"Master, this upgrade comes from the Helping Others for Pleasure Broadsword and your current needs. Different Devil Race can use Human Race as resources for cultivation. The Blood Demon Clan can use human blood essence, the Soul Devil Clan can use human souls, Bone Devil Clan can use human bones. Humans cannot be so passive."

"Therefore, when each member of the Devil Race dies at the hands of their master or their master's disciple, a certain proportion of their cultivation is converted into usable cultivation points, which can be used by all human cultivators to quickly improve their cultivation."

After listening, Lu Changzhi understood.

One reason is their own current needs.

The system has been incredibly considerate once again.

"This would indeed allow them to realize greater value."

As he spoke, Lu Changzhi looked toward the location of the Trial Formation Stele.

But soon, he shook his head.

Xue Chou works very hard, but Blood Devil Race doesn't seem to be like piglets giving birth in a long line. Each new Blood Devil member represents a culmination of Xue Chou's hard work.

The speed is really slow, though; it's only reached a little over a hundred so far.

"It seems we need to find other directions for this matter."

As he spoke, Lu Changzhi looked towards the Southern Region.

He had another plan regarding the Blood Demon Clan.

"Speaking of which, Luo Zhen has been taken there for quite some time now. I wonder how he is doing now."

With that in mind, Lu Changzhi pulled up Luo Zhen's information.

The next moment, Lu Changzhi froze.