76: Chapter 76: Let's do a ten-pull straight away!

Swish!

A flash of golden light passed, and a dazzling list of items appeared before his eyes.

Items like [Golden Light Spell], [Palm Thunder], and [Lesser Restoration Pill] left Su Yun feeling overwhelmed.

But then he glanced at the prices.

Good grief, they were all thousands or tens of thousands of points.

[Golden Light Spell: Price 3,000 merit points]

[Palm Thunder: Price 5,000 merit points]

Su Yun rolled his eyes.

"What a rip-off!"

"This is basically luring pigs in just to slaughter them!"

With the merit points he had, he couldn't even afford the change for one of these.

Just as he was about to close the mall, his gaze suddenly landed on a roulette wheel in the bottom right corner.

[Lucky Roulette]

[Description: Take a gamble and turn your bicycle into a motorcycle! The prize pool includes all items in the mall, and even hidden divine artifacts!]

[Price: 100 merit points/spin]

[A high-quality item is guaranteed in a ten-pull!]

Su Yun's Adam's apple bobbed.

This thing... was a bit addictive.

Even though he knew this was definitely a trap by the system to reclaim merit points, those four words—"guaranteed high-quality item"—were like a devil's whisper, buzzing incessantly in his ear.

Gamblers never come to a good end.

But what if?

What if he pulled some Longevity Pill, or directly got a cultivation technique? Wouldn't he just take off?

"Fortune favors the bold!"

Su Yun gritted his teeth and steeled his heart.

"System! Give me a ten-pull!"

"I want to see today whether I'm a Gacha God or a Total Loser!"

[Ding! Consuming 1,000 merit points. Ten-pull initiated!]

As the system notification sounded, the golden roulette wheel began to spin frantically.

Light flickered, illuminating his expectant face in alternating flashes of brightness and shadow.

Su Yun stared fixedly at the wheel, his palms sweating slightly.

This was a thousand merit points!

If converted into lifespan, it would be enough for him to live for more than three months.

Now that he was throwing it all into this scammy prize pool, if it gave him nothing but trash, he would absolutely curse the system into a state of depression.

"Stop! Stop for me!"

Su Yun shouted in his mind.

The wheel's speed began to slow down.

The pointer slid slowly across the slots one by one.

[Ding!]

The first crisp notification sounded.

Su Yun's eyes widened.

[Thank you for your patronage.]

Su Yun: "..."

He took a deep breath and told himself to stay calm.

It was only the first one; no need to panic.

Immediately after, the second icon popped up.

[Thank you for your patronage.]

Su Yun's mouth twitched.

The third one.

[Thank you for your patronage.]

"Holy crap!"

Su Yun jumped right out of his chair and pointed at the void, cursing loudly.

"System, you bastard!"

"You call this 'guaranteed high-quality item'?"

"Refund! Give me back my merit points!"

This wasn't a lucky draw; this was straight-up robbery!

If the system had a physical form, Su Yun would definitely have grabbed its neck and started shaking it by now.

Just as Su Yun was about to smash the table, the fourth icon lit up.

This time, it finally wasn't those unlucky words.

Instead, it was a small red pill icon.

[Strength +0.1]

Then the fifth one.

[Constitution +0.1]

Two warm currents appeared out of thin air and instantly drilled into Su Yun's body.

That feeling was like drinking a mouthful of hot ginger soup in winter; every pore in his body opened up.

His back, which had been aching from the long livestream, miraculously stopped hurting at this moment.

Even his breathing became much smoother.

Su Yun clenched his fists, feeling the faint but real sense of power within his body.

"Fine, even mosquito legs are meat."

Although the increase wasn't much, at least they were solid attribute points.

One had to know that the peak values for an average person were only around 10 points.

This 0.1 increase was already quite good.

The wheel continued to spin.

The sixth prize popped out.

[Lifespan +10 days]

The seventh one.

[Lifespan +20 days]

Seeing these two icons, half of Su Yun's anger vanished instantly.

This round wasn't a loss!

30 days of lifespan would have cost 300 merit points according to the exchange rate.

Adding in those two 0.1 attribute points, he had already made back half his investment no matter how he calculated it.

"Three more left."

Su Yun sat back in his chair, his eyes becoming burning with intensity.

"Give me something big! It has to be something big!"

The eighth slot lit up.

The light was very dim.

[Thank you for your patronage.]

Su Yun rolled his eyes.

"System, your greed is getting a bit unsightly."

"Four empty prizes in a ten-pull? If this probability were in a mobile game, the developers would be getting razor blades in the mail."

Only two chances left.

Su Yun's heart rose to his throat.

The wheel's rotation speed was already very slow.

The pointer moved tremulously across the areas.

Suddenly!

The ninth slot erupted with a dazzling cyan light!

This light was brighter than any before, even dyeing the entire virtual panel cyan.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Daoist skill: Golden Light Spell (Beginner)!]

Su Yun was stunned for a moment.

Golden Light Spell?

That legendary Daoist divine technique that was impervious to all methods and repelled all evil?

Before he could react, a massive stream of information forced its way into his mind.

There were ancient incantations and methods for circulating Qi and performing the technique.

It was as if someone had etched this move directly into his DNA.

Su Yun subconsciously raised his hand and willed it.

Buzz!

A faint layer of golden light suddenly emerged from the surface of his skin.

Although it was very thin, like a layer of golden plastic wrap.

But he could clearly feel that this layer of golden light contained an indestructible power.

[Golden Light Spell (Beginner): One of the Eight Great Divine Curses of Daoism.]

[Effect: Protects the body and wards off evil. Can block ordinary physical attacks and low-level evil disturbances. Can also be applied to items to grant them demon-breaking properties.]

"So cool!"

Su Yun looked at his glowing palm, his eyes shining.

This thing was way more useful than pepper spray.

If he encountered a vicious thug like Old Wu or a psycho like Wang Qiang again, he could just activate the Golden Light Spell and stand there; they wouldn't even be able to break his defense.

Moreover, this was a growth-type skill.

It was at the beginner level now, but if he practiced it to mastery, wouldn't he be able to tank bullets with his bare body?

Su Yun happily withdrew the golden light and turned his gaze to the last slot.

A high-quality item is guaranteed in a ten-pull.

This last one was the main event.

The wheel finally came to a stop.

This time, there was no cyan light.

Nor was there white light.

Instead, it was an incredibly piercing golden light!

That was the color of a legendary tier!

It was almost enough to blind Su Yun's eyes.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for having great luck! Triggered a legendary reward!]

[Obtained high-quality skill: Ghost Valley Medical Arts (Remnant)!]

The light faded.

An icon of a tattered, bronze-colored, thread-bound book appeared before him.

Then, the pages flipped open and transformed into countless golden characters, surging into Su Yun's mind like a river entering the sea.

The amount of information this time was more than ten times greater than that of the Golden Light Spell just now.

Su Yun felt as if his head had been hit by a sledgehammer, and his ears were ringing.

Countless names of Chinese medicinal herbs, pharmacological properties, acupuncture points, and diagnostic techniques...

A massive amount of medical knowledge was instilled into him in this single instant.

It took several minutes before Su Yun finally recovered.

He rubbed his throbbing temples, but his eyes were frighteningly bright.

[Ghost Valley Medical Arts (Remnant): The medical inheritance left by the ancient Guiguzi.]

[Although it is a remnant, it records the long-lost 'Taiyi Divine Needles' and the 'Bone Marrow Cleansing Soup' recipe.]

[Effect: Used in conjunction with merit points, it can treat the vast majority of difficult and complicated diseases in the world.]

[Note: The host's current pancreatic cancer has a hope of being cured if combined with Ghost Valley Medical Arts and a very high amount of merit points.]

Seeing that last line of the note, Su Yun froze completely.

Hope of being cured!

What did these four words mean to him?

It meant he no longer had to be like a vampire, desperately earning merit every day for just a few days of life.

It meant he no longer had to constantly worry about when that Sword of Damocles over his head would fall.

It meant he could be like a normal person, planning for the future and enjoying life.