A gold-leafed card floated in front of her. The front depicted a woman in a dark green robe, looking to be around thirty years old. Her face was cold as frost, and a three-foot-long sword hung at her waist, its scabbard engraved with delicate, flowing gold patterns.
Detailed information popped up below the card:
【Name】: Shen Hanzhou (Growable)
【Age】: A woman's secret (???)
【Realm】: Late-stage Nascent Soul
【Identity】: Enshrined Guardian of a Shen Family Branch (Identity memories will be automatically implanted upon summoning)
【Spiritual Root】: Metal Spiritual Root (High-grade)
【Cultivation Method】: 《Golden Firmament Sword Art》 (Earth-grade Mid-rank)
【Personality】: Taciturn, fiercely loyal, absolute obedience to the direct line of the Shen family
【Special】: Proficient in metal-attribute sword techniques, rich combat experience, can serve as a guard, guide, and proof of family identity
【Note】: Characters summoned from character cards possess complete intelligence and emotions. They cannot be resurrected after death. Please treat them well, Host.
【Special Restriction】: Due to the world consciousness, Shen Hanzhou's soul has suffered a slight shock. She needs a month of quiet recuperation and meditation to restore her Late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation. Currently, she can only exert Mid-stage Nascent Soul strength.
Shen Qingci scanned the card's information, the corners of her lips curling slightly.
Late-stage Nascent Soul. Even the Sect Master of the Azure Cloud Sect was only at the Mid-stage Soul Transformation realm. Such cultivation was top-tier combat power in the entire Southern Region. With this powerhouse as her personal bodyguard, she could practically walk sideways in the early stages.
【Seventh Pull—Thank you for playing】
【Eighth Pull—Thank you for playing】
【Ninth Pull—Thank you for playing】
【Tenth Pull—Thank you for playing】
Four consecutive gray lights flashed, and four large words appeared on the wheel: Thank you for playing.
Shen Qingci's expression didn't change in the slightest. In fact, she felt she had made a massive profit.
Getting six valid rewards from a ten-pull, including a golden legendary, was an absolutely heaven-defying drop rate. Back when she was at her unluckiest in mobile games, she had to go eighty pulls just to hit the pity rate for a purple card.
The wheel faded, and the system panel automatically refreshed.
【Host】: Shen Qingci
【Current Identity】: Rogue Cultivator Nobody
【Luck Value】: 1
【Reputation Value】: 0
【Belief Value】: 0
【Current Realm】: Qi Refining Level 3
【Spiritual Root】: Mixed Spiritual Root (Not replaced)
【Cultivation Method】: Basic Breathing Technique (Learned by the original host)
【Items】: Lightning Spiritual Root (Unused), Earth-grade High-rank Cultivation Method 《Nine Heavens Lightning Control True Art》, Mid-grade Spirit Stone × 20,000, Thunder-Pattern Soft Armor (Black-grade Mid-rank), Black-grade Low-rank Spell 《Lightning Flash》, Late-stage Nascent Soul Servant • Shen Hanzhou (Unsummoned)
“System, what is Belief Value? Is this used for gacha?”
【Ding! The gacha rules of this system are as follows: Each pull consumes 100 Belief Value. Belief Value comes from the degree of recognition others have toward the host's identity as the “Eldest Miss of a Hidden Clan.” The deeper the recognition and the higher the cultivation of the recognizer, the more Belief Value obtained.】
【Acquisition standard: Complete recognition from a Qi Refining stage cultivator grants 1 point, Foundation Establishment stage grants 2 points, Golden Core stage grants 4 points, Nascent Soul stage grants 8 points, Soul Transformation stage grants 16 points, and so on. Half-believing is calculated proportionally.】
Shen Qingci raised an eyebrow, instantly figuring out the trick. To put it simply, she was being forced to play the role of the Eldest Miss of a Hidden Clan, tricking the entire cultivation world into believing it, and relying on this recognition to exchange for gacha resources.
The items she pulled could in turn reinforce her persona, forming a perfect closed loop.
No wonder it was called the “Drama Queen Gacha System.”
This was right up her alley.
In her past life, she was best at packaging empty-shell projects flawlessly, tricking clients into chasing her down to make payments. Now, she was merely replacing “Client Mother” with “Cultivators of the Cultivation World.” The content had changed, but the essence remained the same.
“Sure,” Shen Qingci tapped her chin with her fingertip, her smile faint but confident. “Establishing a persona and acting is something I couldn't be more familiar with.”
She didn't rush to summon Shen Hanzhou. First, she crushed the Lightning Spiritual Root card and chose to use it.
A numbing electrical current surged from her dantian, instantly washing over her limbs and bones. Her body trembled slightly, and tiny electric arcs crackled beneath her skin.
The five elements spiritual qi originally scattered in her meridians slowly overflowed, leaving only the domineering and sharp lightning-attribute spiritual energy in her meridians.
The entire process took about the time it took to drink a cup of tea.
Once the disturbance subsided, Shen Qingci scanned the system panel. The spiritual root column had been updated from “Mixed Spiritual Root” to “Lightning Spiritual Root (High-grade).”
【Ding! Detecting a change in the host's spiritual root. Would you like to practice the 《Nine Heavens Lightning Control True Art》?】
“Practice.”
The cultivation method card turned into a stream of light and sank into her forehead. A massive influx of information rushed in, causing her Shenting acupoint to throb and swell.
Immediately after, the circulation route of the lightning-attribute spiritual energy was clearly imprinted in her mind. She subconsciously followed the guidance to complete a minor heavenly circuit, and the spiritual energy in her dantian suddenly grew significantly.
The peak of Qi Refining Level 5.
One step further would be Qi Refining Level 6.
Shen Qingci opened her eyes, crushing and learning the Lightning Flash card as well. The movement technique didn't consume much spiritual energy; with her current cultivation, she could barely activate it once, which was enough to escape in an emergency.
Next, she put on the Thunder-Pattern Soft Armor, hiding it next to her skin beneath her outer clothes. The soft armor was as light as nothing, emitting a faint warmth against her skin as the lightning spiritual energy contained within circulated on its own.
For now, she stored the spirit stones and Shen Hanzhou's character card in the system space.
Having tidied everything up, Shen Qingci walked over to the water basin in the corner of the guest room, using the water's surface to see her appearance clearly.
The water reflected an entirely unfamiliar face.
She looked to be fifteen or sixteen years old, with delicate features and a natural coldness in her eyes. However, her face was somewhat pale and her lips were light in color, looking like she carried a perpetual sickly buff.
Fortunately, her natural foundation was excellent, and Shen Qingci nodded in satisfaction. This face naturally carried a hint of aloof nobility, which couldn't be more perfect for the Hidden Clan's Eldest Miss she was going to play.
Pressing her fingertip against her temple, she sorted out all her thoughts.
Tomorrow would be the Azure Cloud Sect's disciple recruitment assembly.
In the original novel, this was the male lead Lu Beichen's first moment in the spotlight. He would test positive for a Wind Spiritual Root in public and be exceptionally accepted as a personal disciple by the Sect Master of the Azure Cloud Sect, soaring to success from then on.
As a nobody who didn't even pass the first round of selection, the original host was only fit to be a speck of dust in the background.
“This lifetime, things will be different.” Shen Qingci walked to the window and pushed open the wooden shutters, looking toward the majestic, cloud-shrouded mountain gates in the distance.
The Azure Cloud Sect, the number one sect in the Southern Region.
Tomorrow, that would be her debut stage.
She didn't need to rely on a “spiritual root test” to grab attention. What she needed to do was make everyone believe she came from an unknown, hidden family—the Shen family.
A mysterious, powerful, and untouchable top-tier noble family.
【Ding! Detecting that the host has established a clear goal of action. Issuing Newbie Quest: Make at least fifty people believe your identity as the “Eldest Miss of a Hidden Clan” during the Azure Cloud Sect's disciple recruitment assembly.】
【Quest Reward: Luck Value +10, and one free single pull.】
...
The next day, before dawn, Shen Qingci woke up.
She stood in the room, holding the card between two fingers. With a slight thought, the card shattered into a shower of light, and a figure materialized out of thin air in front of her.
Wearing a dark green robe, her face cold, the flowing patterns on the scabbard of the three-foot sword at her waist subtly rotated. Shen Hanzhou lowered her eyes, knelt on one knee, and said, “Shen Hanzhou of the branch family pays respects to the Eldest Miss.”
Shen Qingci looked down at the person before her.
System products were indeed reliable. This aura, this posture—it was far more impressive than those celebrities who charged tens of millions in endorsement fees.
Rate on N.U.
