Maybe that “I like you” was just too powerful—Ye Ruoshui seemed instantly energized, swearing an oath to the heavens.
“Don’t worry, Your Highness! I definitely won’t let you down!”
Seeing the little girl so full of conviction, Xiao Minghuang couldn’t help but smile in satisfaction.
As long as Ye Ruoshui was willing to work hard at cultivation, even if her talent was terrible, Xiao Minghuang could still use Pill Spirit Stones to turn her into a peerless powerhouse!
【Ding!】
【Detected that the host has successfully gifted Opportunity/Chance/Serendipity!】
【Congratulations, host, you’ve triggered a hundredfold Critical Hit/Bonus compensation and received Rising Essence Pill*100!】
As Xiao Minghuang entered the Cultivation Room, the System’s voice rang out in her mind.
A hundredfold Critical Hit/Bonus!
A look of delight flashed in her eyes.
It seemed her luck had really been good lately—none of the recent compensations had been less than a hundredfold.
She was still smiling when the System’s voice sounded again.
【Ding!】
【Detected that the host’s number of gifts meets the requirement.
Activating Opportunity/Chance/Serendipity Compass function!】
“What does that mean?” Xiao Minghuang asked Dao.
【If there is Opportunity/Chance/Serendipity within a hundred li of the host, the System Compass will give a prompt and guidance.】
【As the host gifts more Opportunity/Chance/Serendipity, the range of the prompt will increase accordingly.】
After hearing the System’s explanation, a look of surprise appeared on Xiao Minghuang’s beautiful face.
This function was just too powerful!
The reason Opportunity/Chance/Serendipity was called that was because it was rare and hard to come by.
Most Cultivators would be lucky to encounter one Opportunity/Chance/Serendipity in their entire life, and it could benefit them for half a Life.
Even those with great Life and Luck/Fortune didn’t run into Opportunity/Chance/Serendipity all the time.
But the System could just put Opportunity/Chance/Serendipity right in front of her—even if it only worked within a hundred li, that was already incredibly strong.
Not to mention, the range could keep expanding!
“A hundred li radius basically covers the entire Great Xia Capital.”
Xiao Minghuang’s mind turned, and she immediately asked Dao, “System, check if there’s any Opportunity/Chance/Serendipity nearby?”
As soon as she finished speaking,
a compass-like phantom appeared in her mind, its pointer spinning before finally stopping in the northeast direction.
“That direction… seems to be the Scripture Repository Hall?” Xiao Minghuang frowned slightly.
The Royal Family Scripture Repository Hall was the foundation of Great Xia.
Even though it had been moved many times and the most profound classics had been lost, there was still a chance some hidden gems remained.
Thinking of this, Xiao Minghuang immediately set out for the Scripture Repository Hall.
With the Xia Emperor Imperial Decree, she could come and go from the Scripture Repository Hall as she pleased, saving a lot of trouble.
Soon, Xiao Minghuang arrived at an area.
The compass’s guidance stopped spinning—this was the place.
She searched up and down, but only saw some low-level martial arts.
“Is there really anything valuable hidden here?” Xiao Minghuang spread out her Spiritual Awareness/Divine Sense, quickly scanning the area.
When she swept past a remote corner, her eyes suddenly lit up.
It was a small, dust-covered booklet, tattered and reeking of decay.
“Xuan-grade Upper Rank Martial Art, ‘Flying Star Sword Technique’!”
A flash of joy appeared in Xiao Minghuang’s eyes.
In the Great Xia Inheritance, there was only one Xuan-grade Upper Rank Cultivation Method, the ‘Dragon Origin Scripture.’
All the other Martial Arts were at most Profound Rank Low Grade.
Don’t underestimate the difference of just two minor ranks—the power gap was enormous, not even on the same level.
Xiao Minghuang tucked the manual into her sleeve, but didn’t head straight home.
Instead, she walked to another area of the Scripture Repository Hall.
This area stored a lot of basic cultivation knowledge and Left-Path related books.
Ye Ruoshui knew nothing about cultivation, and Xiao Minghuang didn’t have time to teach her personally, so finding some books for her to read was the quickest and easiest way.
After gathering a few concise and essential books, Xiao Minghuang turned and left the Scripture Repository Hall, instructing an Attendant to come carry them.
These books weren’t cultivation methods, so they could be taken out of the Scripture Repository Hall.
After leaving, Xiao Minghuang wandered around the Imperial Palace for a while, trying to find more Opportunity/Chance/Serendipity, but came up empty.
“No matter how glorious Great Xia once was, now it’s just a weak country without even a single Nascent Soul Realm powerhouse.”
Xiao Minghuang sighed softly and returned home.
The day wasn’t over yet, and the System’s compensation count hadn’t refreshed, so Xiao Minghuang wasn’t in a hurry to give away the Sword Technique.
She went back to the Cultivation Room and began refining a hundred Rising Essence Pills.
“A hundred Rising Essence Pills sounds like a lot, but with my deep foundation, it probably won’t raise my Realm/Cultivation Stage by much.”
With that, Xiao Minghuang closed her eyes, calmed her mind, activated her Cultivation Method, and began refining the pills.
In the blink of an eye, a day passed.
Inside the Cultivation Room, Xiao Minghuang exhaled a breath of turbid air, slowly opened her eyes, and a flash of golden light flickered in her pupils before disappearing.
“Just as I thought—after using ninety Rising Essence Pills, I only broke through to the third level of Qi Refining.
Is my foundation really that deep?”
As far as she knew, a Qi Refining Realm Martial Artist would feel their bottleneck loosen after taking just one Rising Essence Pill.
Even those with poor Spiritual Root aptitude could break through a Realm/Cultivation Stage after five Rising Essence Pills.
But she had used nearly forty Rising Essence Pills—Red Eyes’ Yue Fei Qun, Lu Jiu Si, 4936135—just to break through to the second level of Qi Refining.
Breaking through to the third level took more than fifty Rising Essence Pills!
That was almost ten times what an ordinary Martial Artist would need.
Cultivation in the Qi Refining Realm relied on using large amounts of Spiritual Energy to force open acupoints, so talent and resources were most important.
The former determined how fast you could absorb Spiritual Energy, the latter how much you could absorb.
And Xiao Minghuang lacked neither.
So the only explanation was that her foundation was just too deep.
She’d expected this, but still felt a little frustrated.
“With such terrifying resource consumption, how could anyone afford it?”
“Sigh!”
But that thought only lasted a moment before disappearing.
Even if it takes a ton of resources, so what? She’s got the System! With a wealthy family behind her, she can do whatever she wants.
Xiao Minghuang glanced down at the ten remaining Rising Essence Pills in her hand.
“These ten pills, I’ll give them to Ruo Shui.”
Even if she refined all ten herself, they wouldn’t do much to improve her Realm, but if she gave them to Ye Ruoshui, they’d probably be enough for her to break through several small Realms or Cultivation Stages.
Thinking of this, Xiao Minghuang pushed open the door and, a few breaths later, arrived at Ye Ruoshui’s door and knocked gently.
Knock knock! She’d barely knocked twice before the door swung open, and Ye Ruoshui appeared in front of her.
She still looked as innocent and adorable as ever, but now there was a bit more determination on that pure little face.
Xiao Minghuang habitually reached out to pat the soft top of the little girl’s head and said gently, “Sister found something good again, and it’s for you.”
As she spoke, she stuffed the Sword Technique and the ten Rising Essence Pills she’d been holding into Ye Ruoshui’s arms.
This time, Ye Ruoshui didn’t tear up with gratitude like before.
She just smiled and said, “Thank you, Your Highness!” It wasn’t that Ye Ruoshui was any less grateful than before, but after getting treasures and artifacts every day, anyone would get used to it, maybe even numb.
Xiao Minghuang wasn’t disappointed by Ye Ruoshui’s reaction—she was actually very satisfied.
From now on, she’d be giving Ye Ruoshui gifts every day.
If she had to coax the little genius into accepting them every single time, wouldn’t that be a huge waste of time? A simple thank you like this was more than enough.
After giving her the Sword Technique, Xiao Minghuang didn’t leave right away.
Instead, she told an attendant to bring in a huge stack of books and put them in Ye Ruoshui’s room.
Seeing this, Ye Ruoshui’s big eyes were full of confusion.
“Your Highness, what are all these books for?”
Xiao Minghuang’s lips curled up in a soft smile.
“These are gifts for Ruo Shui too, of course!”
