【Ding! The Special Achievement Gift Pack has been opened. Congratulations on obtaining the trait ‘A Daily Immortal Destiny’. After equipping this trait, you will receive a piece of secret news about an immortal destiny every day.】
Boom!
Just as the gift pack was opened, a strand of golden light appeared out of thin air and sank into the space between Ye Lin's eyebrows.
Before long, this strand of golden light representing the trait 【A Daily Immortal Destiny】 was completely bound to Ye Lin's True Spirit.
【Ding! Today's immortal destiny information has refreshed: Countless years ago, a mysterious black pagoda tore through the void and landed in Great Desolation Village. Its location is right next to the largest boulder on the back mountain of the Great Desolation.】
【It can be claimed with just a single drop of blood, without any danger. This black pagoda has an immense origin; make sure not to miss it.】
After binding the trait, Ye Lin had originally planned to go out and farm all kinds of common rewards, but he didn't expect a piece of secret news about an immortal destiny to refresh in his mind at this moment.
“Incredible! Such an immortal destiny, and without a single shred of danger. I won't feel at ease if I delay even for a second.”
After clearly reading the secret news in his mind, Ye Lin had virtually no hesitation. He pushed open the door, shouldered a hoe, and dashed toward the back mountain of Great Desolation Village with all his might.
At the same time, inside an old thatched cottage in Great Desolation Village, a dark-skinned youth named Xu Qing'an was kneeling before a sickbed, weeping softly.
On the sickbed, an elderly man in grey clothes, with an aged face and white hair, was trembling as he handed a fiery-red jade pendant to the youth.
“Life, old age, sickness, and death are the natural course of life. You don't need to be sad, silly boy.”
“This jade pendant has a great origin. I have studied it my entire life but have never been able to see through it. Now I pass it to you. Remember, do not reveal it to anyone.”
“You are pure and kind by nature, and it is easy to suffer losses in this dog-eat-dog world. In the future, you must be more cautious when dealing with others, otherwise, you won't even know how you died.”
“Alright, that is all this old man has to say. After I pass, just bury my bones next to the boulder on the back mountain.”
Having finished speaking, the old man closed his eyes, his life force instantly severing.
“Grandfather!”
Seeing the grey-clothed elder pass away, the youth Xu Qing'an's body trembled instantly as he cried out loud.
Perhaps because he was squeezing too hard, the irregularly shaped jade pendant in his hand actually pierced his palm.
The moment his palm was pierced, a drop of blood immediately fell onto the fiery-red jade pendant.
Boom!
The moment the blood dripped, the originally ordinary jade pendant suddenly erupted with a brilliant light.
In the next instant, Xu Qing'an, along with the jade pendant, mysteriously vanished from the spot.
On the other side, after running with all his might, Ye Lin finally arrived at the back mountain.
From afar, he saw a boulder dozens of meters high standing tall on the mountain peak.
“Whew, luckily I broke through to the First Layer of the Body Tempering Realm. Otherwise, with this weak, kidney-deficient body of mine, I probably would have died of exhaustion before climbing such a high mountain.”
After grumbling during a brief moment of rest, Ye Lin charged toward the distant boulder once again.
【Ding! Detected that the player is exercising to break through their limits. The trait ‘Diligence Compensates for Clumsiness’ has activated. Your gains are being multiplied a hundredfold. Your accumulation is sufficient, and you have successfully broken through to the Second Layer of the Body Tempering Realm.】
Just as he rushed to the side of the boulder, the game prompt rang in Ye Lin's ears once more.
Immediately after, his aura surged, and his cultivation broke through to the Second Layer of the Body Tempering Realm without any hindrance.
However, this was perfectly normal. After all, from the moment he left the village to reaching the summit of this steep mountain, more than a shichen had already passed.
Moreover, the exercise effect of mountain climbing was far more obvious than running in place. Coupled with the richer spiritual energy here and the constant hundredfold gains from his trait, his breakthrough was naturally a matter of course.
【Ding! Congratulations on becoming the first player in this game to break through to the Second Layer of the Body Tempering Realm. You have triggered a Common Grade achievement reward and obtained a Lightning Spiritual Root Strengthening Pill.】
Right as Ye Lin broke through, the game system's achievement reward was directly distributed.
Ignoring the game reward for now, Ye Lin quickly began searching for the whereabouts of the mysterious black pagoda based on the clues from the immortal destiny secret news.
Perhaps because his luck was extremely low, he dug so hard that his hoe was almost smoking, yet he still couldn't find the slightest trace of the mysterious black pagoda.
“Do you think I'll let a cooked duck fly away?” Refusing to believe in his bad luck, Ye Lin dug even harder.
Clang!
A quarter of an hour later, he had dug up almost all the dirt around the entire boulder before finally unearthing the small black pagoda.
It was a palm-sized, three-layered small pagoda. Countless suns, moons, and stars were carved upon its body, and next to the stars was a strangely shaped, winding river.
“Come on, little baby, let me see what you're made of.”
Holding the small black pagoda in his hand, Ye Lin did not hesitate to bite his right index finger and drip a drop of essence blood onto it.
Buzz!
The moment the essence blood dripped, the mysterious small pagoda instantly transformed into a streak of flowing light, merging into the palm of his right hand.
And then... nothing happened. After the mysterious small pagoda merged into his palm, it merely turned into a tiny, grain-of-rice-sized, pagoda-shaped speck.
No matter how he tried to summon it with his thoughts or inject a trace of spiritual energy into it, the small pagoda remained completely motionless.
“Forget it. For such a supreme treasure, it's only normal that I can't use it with my current weak cultivation.”
Having tried for half a day to no avail, Ye Lin could only temporarily give up.
Anyway, this supreme treasure had already been claimed by him; he would have plenty of time to study it slowly in the future.
【Ding! Congratulations on becoming the first player in this game to obtain a quasi-Dao-grade supreme treasure. You have triggered a special achievement reward. Please check it.】
Just as Ye Lin was walking down the mountain, shouldering his hoe and humming a song, the game system prompted that he had obtained yet another heaven-defying achievement reward.
“Awesome! This trip not only let me pick up a supreme treasure for free, but I also farmed another heaven-defying achievement reward. This is a massive win.”
Listening to the pleasant prompt in his ears, Ye Lin could not be happier.
Not long after he went down the mountain, a dark-skinned youth carrying a coffin on his shoulder arrived in front of the boulder at the summit.
“Master, is this the place of great opportunity you deduced? It seems someone has beaten us to it.”
Seeing that the soil around the boulder had been almost completely dug up, the dark-skinned youth Xu Qing'an's expression changed slightly.
“Not so. You are one of the Chosen Ones of this world. The opportunity I deduced is destined to belong to you; it has not been taken away.”
Hearing Xu Qing'an's murmur, a cold female voice rang out in his ears.
The owner of this voice was once a mysterious, heaven-reaching powerhouse who had fallen for some reason, leaving a strand of her soul attached to that fiery-red jade pendant, where she had slept for countless years.
Just moments ago, she had been awakened by Xu Qing'an, who possessed a heaven-defying constitution, and she had directly taken him as her disciple.
Right after completing the master-disciple bond, she used her divine abilities to deduce a place of great opportunity for Xu Qing'an, guiding him all the way here.
“Please enlighten me, Master.” Hearing his mysterious master say that the opportunity was still there, Xu Qing'an immediately set down the coffin on his shoulder and spoke respectfully.
“Silly disciple, the great opportunity I spoke of is this boulder before you. This boulder is an extraterrestrial meteorite, containing a massive amount of high-quality stellar energy.”
“With this stellar energy, your constitution is bound to grow significantly, thereby driving your talent to grow along with it.”
“And once you refine this energy, you will be at least a Saint-grade genius. When that time comes, countless sects and sacred lands will fight to recruit you.”
Seeing that Xu Qing'an was a bit impatient, the mysterious woman smiled and waved her hand.
Following that, with a loud boom, the outer shell of the boulder completely shattered.
As the dust cleared, a bead about the size of a watermelon, emitting a purplish-black glow, emerged.
“What a wonderful treasure! Master, you truly are possessed of great divine power and infallible in your calculations.”
Seeing the bead filled with stellar energy, not only was Xu Qing'an ecstatic, but even the mysterious woman was happy for him.
But if they were to know that Ye Lin had just taken away a supreme treasure worth billions of times more than this Stellar Bead right from this spot, who knew if they would still be as confident as they were now?
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