Xu Chang'an left the teahouse and sat down in a hidden grove on the south side of the city, leaning against a tree, his breathing unusually heavy.
He's no longer the ignorant person he once was. After struggling within the Chaoyun Sect for over a year, he clearly understood how precious the items in the System Mall were for someone like him.
First is the Open Source Talisman.
The transition from the Qi Refining Realm to the Open Source Realm is the first threshold in cultivation. For someone like Xu Chang'an, who had never been in contact with the Immortal Sect before, nor consumed any Immortal Herbs, nor had any foundation, entering the Open Source Realm in a short period of time is a very difficult task.
Some people can be stuck at the first realm for decades.
The Source Opening Pill is prepared for people like him, able to greatly weaken the breakthrough barrier, providing Spiritual Qi to increase the probability of success.
Xu Chang'an has been stuck at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer for three months, feeling that he was just one step away from reaching the Open Source Realm.
However, even a Source Opening Pill isn't a guaranteed breakthrough. Those with weaker talent might need to try ten or even dozens of times to succeed.
Unfortunately, Xu Chang'an belonged to that category of weak talent.
In his previous life, there was no cultivation to speak of, and after crossing over, he spent seven years as a housekeeper on a desert island, exhausting his energy just adapting his mindset.
Therefore, to avoid trouble, he didn't rush to take the Source Opening Pill of the Cyan-eyed Tiger because for him... one pill was far from enough.
Xu Chang'an originally planned to use all his contribution earned in the Sect over the past year to exchange for Source Opening Pills, then eat them one by one.
Even so, he wasn't sure if his ordinary talent could successfully breakthrough.
Just look at what the System provided, the Open Source Talisman worth one hundred Celestial Dao Points.
[Open Source Talisman]: After use, combined with any quality Source Opening Pill, it can directly break the Qi Cultivation Ninth Barrier, increasing the chance of breakthrough to the Open Source Realm to 100%.
"What a wonderful item."
What does it mean by a pillow when you're sleepy?
Xu Chang'an finally understood.
With this Talisman, one Source Opening Pill was all he needed to break through the cultivation barrier.
This saved him an unknown amount of Sect contributions.
And then there's the item worth ten thousand Celestial Dao Points, the [Low-Level Annotation Fragment], which can directly elevate any Ninth Grade or Eighth Grade Cultivation Technique to the Great Perfection Realm.
Judging solely from the points, one [Low-Level Annotation Fragment] is worth one hundred Source Opening Pills, but its effectiveness far exceeds the value of a hundred Source Opening Pills.
It's a simple matter.
Xu Chang'an cultivated the "Energy Storage Technique," used to kill the Cyan-eyed Tiger and store Sword Qi, for six months, barely achieving the Second Layer, still far from the Ninth Layer or even Perfect Great Perfection.
It's well known that Low-Level Techniques have small power, numerous limitations, and their difficulty in cultivation isn't any simpler than Seventh Grade Techniques, so most Inner Sect Disciples casually cultivate Low Grade Techniques then directly start cultivating Seventh Grade ones.
But Xu Chang'an couldn't compare to those disciples with foundation; he couldn't directly cultivate high-grade techniques. Even Ninth Grade Techniques were exceptionally valuable to him. If he could directly cultivate to the Great Perfection Realm, it would save him considerable energy.
And such items were updated in the System Mall with two copies in one go?
Directly gaining two techniques at the Great Perfection?
For Xu Chang'an, who was currently at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer with his highest level technique [Breathing Technique] only at the Sixth Layer... this was essentially cheating.
His eyes were slightly red.
What does it mean to cheat?
Xu Chang'an felt there was an issue with the System, with the Source Opening Pill worth one hundred Celestial Dao Points, and the Low-Level Annotation Fragment worth ten thousand Celestial Dao Points, but the third item required a full one million Celestial Dao Points to purchase.
Was it writing in powers of ten there?
[Low-level Wood Spiritual Energy Origin, price: 1000000, maximum purchase quantity: 1]: Post-Open Source Realm use, it can switch Spiritual Power attribute to Heavenly Dao: wood.
About this third item, Xu Chang'an was actually somewhat baffled as, after all, it could only be used after reaching the Open Source Realm.
Though labeled as low-level Wood Spiritual Qi, it carried the term 'origin,' and could switch Spiritual Power attribute to Celestial Dao Wood...
With shallow cultivation, he didn't understand the significance, but simply from the points, Xu Chang'an felt it must be an extraordinary thing.
What is the concept of a million Celestial Dao Points?
Xu Chang'an paid intentionally close attention to the increase of Celestial Dao Points. Normally, for something like preparing to kill the Cyan-eyed Tiger today, not a single Celestial Dao Point would be given.
On normal days, when fighting demons and receiving minor injuries, the System rewarded him two to ten Celestial Dao Points.
Until now, the most severe injury he suffered was breaking through the Qi Cultivation Sixth Barrier, almost shattering his meridians, and taking an elixir while laying in bed for two months.
Even then, the System only gave him one hundred Celestial Dao Points.
Actually, Xu Chang'an thought his match against the Cyan-eyed Tiger had a probability of failing.
However, the System's defined danger seemed to be solely what it considered dangerous.
Judging from this, after toiling for a year, he barely had enough to trade for an Open Source Talisman, far from enough for a Low-Level Annotation Fragment... let alone the one million Celestial Dao worth Heavenly Dao Wood Spiritual Qi?
Perhaps in the next life.
This System is simply ridiculous.
Fortunately, the System had a glitch; every time he met his wife, the Celestial Dao Points grew endlessly.
His wife being considered a dangerous figure by the System?
No matter how dangerous, could it increase by one hundred billion Celestial Dao Points overnight?
Xu Chang'an simply couldn't fathom it.
However, looking at his Celestial Dao Points which could no longer be expressed in billions... he massaged his forehead.
How should he put this?
Living cautiously within the Chaoyun Sect, Xu Chang'an always had to split every contribution point in half for spending, and for the first time, he felt how delightful it was to be affluent.
Of course, he didn't celebrate prematurely.
Good things must be acquired genuinely to be meaningful.
Xu Chang'an's intent swept through the System Mall, emptying the goods in one go.
"...Purchase successful, detecting expenditure exceeding one million Celestial Dao Points, free storage space opened, items sent to storage space, please check independently."
With the System's voice, Xu Chang'an paused in surprise.
Opened storage space?
He knew about Storage Pouches which required Sect Contribution Points to acquire, something he previously couldn't even consider spending a point on.
Following the System prompts, Xu Chang'an opened the storage space, then felt an almost boundless space unfold in his mind, with a talisman, two books, and a stream of Spiritual Qi lying quietly within.
A flood of information came, and Xu Chang'an understood the storage space's function.
Capable of storing and retrieving non-living objects, with the option to maintain the object's properties unchanged.
Perfect, an essential cheat for a transmigrator.
Xu Chang'an mentally activated it, gazing at the pale golden talisman in his palm, containing a mysterious pulsation.
Open Source Talisman!
The System was truly effective.
Xu Chang'an's eyes slightly trembled, because currently without a Source Opening Pill, he couldn't use the Open Source Talisman, the Wood Spiritual Qi needed the Open Source Realm, and the Low-Level Annotation Fragment he could use the most on Eighth Grade techniques, reluctant to apply it on his Ninth Grade techniques.
Therefore, Xu Chang'an sent the items back into the storage space.
"System, when is the next mall update?" Xu Chang'an couldn't help but ask.
Truthfully, after the System had normalized, he began to worry whether the inexplicably gained Celestial Dao Points would be reclaimed.