Chapter Thirty: The Vitality Fruit
As night fell, Xiao Shuihan and the others finished their day's cultivation and departed. Lin Fan returned to his own room, feeling somewhat excited, for today, the negative emotion points he had accumulated had finally reached six hundred thousand!
Over the past month, as he guided Xiao Shuihan and the others, he no longer went out to harvest negative emotion points from beggars as he had before. After all, the beggars were already exhausted, much like a dungeon that had been cleared. He had not yet thought of another method to rapidly earn negative emotion points...
Besides, he spent his days instructing Xiao Shuihan and their companions, practicing blade techniques himself to strengthen his abilities, and simply had no time for such pursuits. Fortunately, each day as he guided them, he could provoke a reaction, causing them to contribute seven or eight thousand negative emotion points daily. Combined with the three hundred thirty thousand points he already possessed, he had managed to amass six hundred thousand within a month.
According to his calculations, six hundred thousand negative emotion points, if all used to purchase Body-Tempering Fruits, would only allow him to increase sixty strands of vital energy—still just the early stage of the Qi-Introduction Realm, not enough for a breakthrough.
Therefore, he decided to try a new approach! He would first use the bloodline interface to purchase a bloodline and see if it brought any miraculous effects. Then, with the remaining five hundred thousand negative emotion points, he would spend two hundred thousand on a lottery draw, and finally use three hundred thousand to buy Body-Tempering Fruits.
Lin Fan opened the system in his mind and entered the bloodline interface.
“Wild Beast Bloodline, 100,000!”
“Primitive Shaman Bloodline, 100,000!”
“Shaman Tribe Bloodline, 1,000,000!”
“Divine Tribe Bloodline, 1,000,000!”
“Demonic Tribe Bloodline, 1,000,000!”
“........”
Lin Fan looked at these bloodlines. Just over a month ago, he couldn’t have imagined being able to purchase one. These bloodlines all started at one hundred thousand points; back then, he only had a few thousand to twenty thousand, and it was pure wishful thinking!
He had thought he would never buy a bloodline, since with such a high number of negative emotion points, his strength would likely have soared anyway. Now he realized negative emotion points were easy to earn, but true power was hard to gain...
The Body-Tempering Fruits had little effect on him; essentially, ten thousand points could raise one strand of vital energy. If he wanted to fully break through the Qi-Introduction Realm, who knew how many years it would take? Better yet, he should soon join the Celestial Academy, read all the techniques there, revise his own cultivation methods, and focus on training—this would allow him to break through quickly, far swifter than relying solely on negative emotion points.
Yet Lin Fan hadn’t considered that, in just over a month, he had accumulated sixty thousand points, enough to increase sixty strands of vital energy. In two months, he could reach a hundred strands and step into the mid-stage Qi-Introduction Realm!
Others, like Xiao Shuihan and the rest, cultivated powerful family techniques, yet it took them four or five days to raise a single strand of vital energy. If they relied solely on cultivation, it would take a year and a half to reach the mid-stage.
With the system’s help, Lin Fan’s cultivation speed was already astonishing, though he hadn’t realized it. Even if he did, he wouldn’t care! He was confident that once his revised cultivation method was complete, a single day’s training could increase dozens or even hundreds of strands of vital energy. Perhaps in one day, he would enter the mid-stage; within ten days, the late stage; and within half a month, break through to the next realm!
He was absolutely confident in this. After all, the methods he had seen so far were far too crude!
“Purchase Primitive Shaman Bloodline!”
Lin Fan issued the command. Instantly, his negative emotion points dropped by one hundred thousand, and a transparent vial appeared in his palm.
Inside the vial was a crimson liquid, slowly flowing. For some reason, just a glance at the red fluid sent a wave of indescribable aura towards him—distant, ancient, fierce, savage, and battle-hardened...
In that instant, dozens of words flashed through Lin Fan’s mind, yet none seemed quite right. In the end, he shook his head and put the Primitive Shaman Bloodline away. Now wasn’t the time to consume it, for who knew what would happen after ingestion? If something unexpected occurred and drew outside attention, it would be troublesome. It would be better to wait for a quiet moment, in solitude, to take it.
“Lottery draw!”
Lin Fan entered the lottery interface, brimming with confidence. Last time, he drew ten times and won nothing, which had left a mark on his mind. But now was different—he would spend two hundred thousand negative emotion points, enough for a hundred draws. Surely, he would win something this time. Even a single prize would mean a huge gain!
After all, anything the system produced was a treasure; whether it was the Godbreaking Crossbow, which could unleash the power of the Meridian Realm and easily slay a peak Qi-Vessel cultivator, or the Life Origin Pellet that healed the old master, both had come from the lottery.
Ding!
“Congratulations, host, no prize—!”
As he watched the pointer in the lottery interface slowly stop, a mechanical, emotionless system voice sounded.
“Damn, what’s the point of congratulating me for no prize? This system is such a rip-off. Go again!”
Lin Fan cursed inwardly. He wasn’t surprised by the first loss, knowing the odds were low. But congratulating him for losing, that felt like mockery. He could only scowl and issue another command.
Ding!
“Congratulations, host, no prize—!”
The system’s voice sounded again, making Lin Fan’s mouth twitch as he continued his commands.
Ding!
“Congratulations, host, no prize—!”
Ding!
“Congratulations, host, no prize—!”
Ding!
“Congratulations.........”
In a short span, Lin Fan had already drawn twenty-one times, all resulting in nothing.
Such an outcome left his face dark; he knew the system was stingy, but hadn’t expected it to be this merciless. Twenty-one draws! Forty-two thousand negative emotion points spent, and not a single thing to show for it!
Lin Fan gritted his teeth and kept issuing commands. He had to draw a hundred times. So what if he failed twenty-one in a row? What of it, hmm—?!!
He had the points, he was the boss, and he still had seventy-nine draws left. He refused to believe he could lose every single time!
Ding!
“Congratulations, host, no prize!”
Ding!
“Congratulations, host, no prize!”
Ding!
“Congratulations, host, you have drawn a Vital Energy Fruit!”
Ding!
“Congratulations, host, no prize....”
Another twenty or so draws passed, and Lin Fan’s face was as dark as Judge Bao’s, his nerves numb.
“Lottery draw!”
“Lottery draw!”
“Draw....”
Forty draws in total, yet he had won nothing. He kept issuing commands, feeling the system was truly merciless.
Hmm—?
Wait! Suddenly, Lin Fan shuddered, feeling something was off. The system pointer for no prize was always gray, but just now, he thought he saw a flash of silver and continued drawing without noticing.
Lin Fan hurriedly scrolled back through the system notifications. When he reached the thirty-first entry, his eyes lit up with surprise.
For this entry, it didn’t say “Congratulations, host, no prize,” but “Congratulations, host, you have drawn a Vital Energy Fruit.”
He quickly summoned the fruit. If the Body-Tempering Fruit was gray-brown and resembled a kiwi, then the Vital Energy Fruit resembled a pear—entirely silver, radiating a gentle glow that was not dazzling.
“Vital Energy Fruit: Increases the amount of vital energy!”
Lin Fan’s eyes brightened at the system’s note. Ten Body-Tempering Fruits could increase a single strand of vital energy; he wondered how much the Vital Energy Fruit could raise.
“Continue the lottery draw!”
Lin Fan issued the command and began to draw again, already stuffing the silver fruit into his mouth.
Boom!
Just like the Body-Tempering Fruit, as soon as it entered, it transformed into a torrent of energy! The Body-Tempering Fruit refined his entire body, while the Vital Energy Fruit became a rush of vital energy, surging through his meridians toward his dantian.
Along the way, his meridians were expanded and strengthened, becoming broader and tougher. Finally, the powerful vital energy reached his dantian and rapidly condensed!
“One!”
“Two!”
“Three!”
“........”
Lin Fan counted the strands of vital energy in his dantian as they increased, and to his delight, discovered that a single Vital Energy Fruit had added ten strands to his body!
It was as if he’d consumed one hundred Body-Tempering Fruits—the equivalent of one hundred thousand negative emotion points!
“Hahaha, what a gain! What a gain!”
Lin Fan laughed. He had spent eighty-four thousand negative emotion points on the lottery, yet this single Vital Energy Fruit was worth one hundred thousand points.
Not only had he not lost out, he had profited! It also greatly boosted his confidence in continuing the lottery draws.
He knew the system, though stingy, wouldn’t leave him empty-handed. Now, with this Vital Energy Fruit, he was truly delighted...