Volume 1, Chapter 326 – Lottery Draw

The other Spirit Infant Realm cultivator aside from Li Canglan was not one of the surviving branches of the former Xuansheng Palace, but a native of this small world named Lin Lang.

He was the first disciple of Tianyan Sect that Li Canglan had taken in within this world. After entering the Dao, his speed in comprehending immortal arts was terrifyingly fast, so fast that even advancing with each passing day was not enough to describe it.

“You passed the lightning tribulation?”

The speed at which Li Canglan and the others had raised their cultivation made Shi Lan feel it was somewhat absurdly fast. Li Canglan was one thing, since he already had a foundation in cultivation, but for Lin Lang to rise from a mortal to an immortal-path cultivator in the Spirit Infant Realm in just fifteen years was simply unbelievable.

With his cultivation advancing so quickly, his foundation was surely not very stable, and without a magic treasure to protect him, how had he passed the Spirit Infant Realm lightning tribulation?

“We have never seen any lightning tribulation.”

Li Canglan shook his head. Back when his cultivation had risen to the great perfection of the Golden Core Realm, he had shattered his core and formed his infant almost without any obstruction at all, stepping directly into the Spirit Infant Realm. He had not seen even the slightest trace of any lightning tribulation.

No lightning tribulation…

Shi Lan frowned slightly and lifted a finger to touch the center of Li Canglan’s brow.

Li Canglan did not resist and relaxed his body.

Through her fingertip, Shi Lan sent in a thread of divine sense and entered Li Canglan’s mind. A Dao foundation appeared before her eyes.

Unlike the Dao foundation in her own mind, Li Canglan’s had only seven layers, and there was even a slight flaw in it.

The Spirit Infant at the peak of the Dao foundation looked like a baby of two or three years old. Although its soul force was strong, it was somewhat loose and not condensed.

“How many spirit patterns were on the Golden Core you condensed?” Shi Lan withdrew her finger and asked.

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“Seven,” Li Canglan answered honestly.

“Seven…”

Shi Lan extended her hand again and pointed at Lin Lang’s brow.

Lin Lang’s body tensed instinctively. This action was extremely dangerous. As long as a wisp of true qi burst from Shi Lan’s fingertip, she could smash his head to pieces together with his Spirit Infant.

This was the first time he had met Shi Lan today, so naturally there was no question of trust.

Thinking of Li Canglan’s reaction just now, Lin Lang could only force himself to relax and let Shi Lan’s divine sense enter his sea of consciousness.

It was much the same as Li Canglan’s sea of consciousness, though Lin Lang’s Spirit Infant was even smaller. However, the Dao foundation he had built had eight layers, and in the Golden Core Realm he had also condensed a Golden Core with eight spirit patterns.

If strength of talent was divided according to the level of one’s Dao foundation, then on the immortal path, Lin Lang’s talent was undoubtedly superior to Li Canglan’s.

“At present, within the secret realm, there are two Spirit Infant Realm cultivators, twenty-four Golden Core cultivators, more than a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators, and over eight hundred Qi Refining cultivators. They are usable.” Li Canglan reported the current strength of Tianyan Sect, and Shi Lan could not help nodding as she listened.

“There are fewer than thirty thousand spirit crystals left.”

That next sentence from Li Canglan instantly wiped away the pleasure that had just risen in Shi Lan’s heart and made her cool down at once.

Although the spiritual qi in this secret realm had not yet dried up, it still could not support the cultivation of so many cultivators. The main supply of cultivation resources still came from spirit crystals.

Back then, Shi Lan had left behind ninety-nine percent of all the spirit crystals on her person. The exact number was impossible to estimate, but it was at least several million spirit crystals, and most of them had even been high-grade spirit crystals.

In the Chengtian Domain, even an ordinary fourth-grade force could not produce that many cultivation resources in one go. Every bit of it had come from the battle merits she had earned by risking her life.

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“The day to open the mountain gate has arrived. Gather the people and come with me.”

Suppressing the faint ache in her chest, Shi Lan spoke indifferently.

“How many people?”

Li Canglan clenched his fists in secret. He had sharpened his sword for fifteen years for this very day. The outcome of opening the mountain gate would determine whether Shi Lan and Tianyan Sect could gain a foothold on Yunyan Star.

“Select the three hundred strongest by cultivation. That will be enough.” After a brief moment of thought, Shi Lan made her decision.

Those three hundred people should be enough to support a mountain gate opening ceremony.

“Are we setting out right now?” Lin Lang asked from the side.

“Wait…”

Shi Lan shook her head and directly pulled up the system panel. She wanted to equip this first batch of Tianyan Sect disciples appearing in the world with some armaments. What kind of immortal-path cultivator went around without magic treasures?

Without them, the combat strength of Li Canglan and the others would undoubtedly be greatly reduced.

[Host: Shi Lan]

[Cultivation: Martial Dao: mid-stage Myriad Phenomena Realm; Immortal Dao: mid-stage Spirit Infant Realm]

[Physique: Innate Spiritual Body, Divine Phoenix Body, True Martial Undying Body (first layer)]

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[Arts: Yuqing Creation Art (fourth layer), Vajra Divine Fist (major accomplishment), Jade Tempering Art (perfected), Heaven Extremity Seal (minor accomplishment), Spirit-Burning Art (incomplete)]

[Divine Abilities: Heaven’s Eye Qi-Sight (three-star), Black Domain (seven-star), Howl at the Moon (five-star), Divine Phoenix Wings (six-star)]

[Strength Evaluation: somewhat accomplished]

[Reputation: 5,868,723 (renowned throughout a world)]

[World Coordinates: minor worlds 700, medium worlds 90, major worlds 13]

[Current Worlds Owned: minor world x1]

[Current Spacetime Coordinates: Flying Immortal Starfield, Qinghong Realm (fragment), Baize Calendar year 8,974,562]

[Current Remaining Energy: 2.95 units of nine-star energy body]

After pulling up the system panel, Shi Lan could not help taking a light breath. Without her even realizing it, her reputation value had already approached the six-million mark.

She was not far from the ten million reputation required by the main quest now, and that truly came as a pleasant surprise to her.

After calming the slight shock in her heart, Shi Lan entered the lottery interface and, after a moment’s hesitation, directly drew twenty mid-level lotteries.

Two million reputation points vanished like running water, and the system notifications rang out one after another.

Suddenly, peals of thunder resounded in the void. They had nothing to do with this world. The thunder shook beyond endless spacetime, incomparably violent, and only Shi Lan noticed it, which made her frown.

Shi Lan had long since discovered that most of the items appearing in the lottery belonged to someone. Forcefully taking items from worlds beyond endless spacetime would surely not cause only a small disturbance.

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In the past, she had not heard such sounds. Perhaps that was only because the heavenly lockdown of Lingyang Realm had been too strong and had blocked all those disturbances outside.

At her current low cultivation, it was still manageable, but as her cultivation rose and her reputation accumulated, she was bound to brush up against some taboo figures.

If one day the system were to seize the natal divine weapon of a Supreme somewhere in the universe across the void, it would probably bring down a catastrophe that shattered heaven and earth.

[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the four-star magic treasure: Narcissus Parasol]

[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the five-star magic treasure: Moon-Scorching Blade]

[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the three-star magic treasure: Spirit Jade Arm Ring]

[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the six-star magic treasure: Azure Nether Stele]

[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the four-star magic treasure: Spirit-Hidden Immortal Robe]

[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the five-star magic treasure: Demonic Sound Bell]

[…]

‘I’ll deal with the future when it comes.’

Shi Lan’s thoughts were quickly drowned out by the system notifications. She stopped thinking about that jumble of matters, then casually opened the beginner lottery wheel.

“One thousand times.”