569: Chapter 567 Upgrade, LV.14

[You have killed a Cangyun World invader... Your spirituality value +4850, you have obtained a rule fragment x1]

[You have killed a Cangyun World invader... Your spirituality value +7910, you have obtained a rule fragment x2]

Above the plateau, Chu Xuan's figure stood tall and independent as the deep, withered night receded, retracting into that night cloak.

The moonlight spilled down once more, illuminating the snowy plateau.

Chu Xuan raised his hand and grasped at the air; the compass fell into his palm.

[Merging teleportation Formation Plate · Sub-array... Sub-array Fusion complete!]

As the palm-sized compass he had just acquired vanished, Chu Xuan's expression remained calm.

Not long ago, he had also killed two groups of guards who had once followed Junior Brother Shen Guyun, each carrying a sub-array compass.

Chu Xuan had suffered a loss once before, so naturally, he had long been prepared.

When facing the first person, Chu Xuan deliberately held back. When the opponent took out the compass and prepared to detonate it, he had already withdrawn far away to avoid the teleportation light.

At the same time, he shot and killed the opponent from a distance with an arrow. Even the corpse was completely incinerated by the Fire of Nirvana, leaving only the remaining clothing to disappear via teleportation.

After fully understanding the expansion speed and coverage range of the sub-array explosion, Chu Xuan felt confident and no longer had any misgivings.

When he found the second guard, Chu Xuan killed him before the guard could react or prepare to detonate the sub-array.

To his surprise, the System could actually perform Fusion on the sub-arrays as well. Although he did not understand its specific use, Chu Xuan became more careful when facing this third guard.

He started by immediately using the night cloak to deploy control from a mid-to-long range, then killed with the Fire of Nirvana, ensuring everything was absolutely secure so he would not accidentally be teleported to the Cangyun Sect again.

As these two Cangyun Sect Disciples, a man and a woman, died, the clothes left behind began to decay and fall apart, as if they had weathered countless years, gradually vanishing into the wind.

It was as if, having lost the support of a living body, things that did not belong to this world were destined to disappear eventually...

Chu Xuan was not surprised by this; he merely gazed intently at the small gourds hanging from the waists of the two people's remaining clothes.

After the clothes gradually weathered and decayed, crystalline, translucent stones appeared, stacked together. At a glance, there were about two hundred of them.

Inside the gourd, which resembled a storage item, there was nothing else but these stones; it seemed to be specifically used for storing them.

Chu Xuan raised his hand and beckoned; one of the crystalline stones fell into his palm, and immediately, a System prompt appeared before his eyes.

[Crystal of Water Source: Contains a trace amount of the World Source, currently diluting and returning to the world...]

Before long, the crystalline color in the stone in Chu Xuan's hand disappeared, turning into a dull, ordinary stone with no luster left.

After Chu Xuan gave it a gentle squeeze, the stone shattered, turning into fine powder and debris.

Besides this, the other two hundred or so stones scattered on the ground also turned ordinary at this moment, with nothing special about them.

"These five elements source stones, which contain trace amounts of the World Source, seem to require storage in such special containers after being excavated. Otherwise, they will quickly turn into ordinary stones, and the World Source within them will return to the world..."

A strange look appeared in Chu Xuan's eyes. He had encountered this same scene before while Hunting Cangyun World invaders, but seeing it now, he still felt it was quite peculiar.

"However... how exactly do these people locate and excavate the five elements source stones?"

A thoughtful look appeared in Chu Xuan's eyes.

Previously, he had spared a few low-cultivation survivors, using Heart Bewitchment to control and confuse their minds in order to interrogate them.

But the opponents couldn't explain anything clearly, only saying that they had been taught a secret technique and that upon arriving in this world, they could simultaneously sense the location of the five elements source stones.

Regarding this, Chu Xuan felt helpless and could only slap them to death.

"The world is vast, and there are still too many things I do not know..."

The corners of Chu Xuan's mouth curled up slightly.

The more things he experienced, the more he felt his own insignificance.

However, this did not make him feel the slightest bit dejected or lonely; instead, it stimulated his desire for knowledge and truth, making him like a dry sponge, desperately eager to know more.

"The road ahead is long and arduous, I shall search high and low..."

Chu Xuan let out a soft breath, and with a slight movement of his mind, he began to check his currently accumulated spirituality value and rule fragments.

[spirituality value: 54760]

[rule fragment: 26]

"This time can be considered a great harvest. Although a lot of spirituality value was consumed, the gains were even greater; it's almost inexhaustible. 100 Slashes have already condensed within my body, and the 16 Real Attribute Points I harvested earlier have all been exchanged. Now, my spirituality value has exceeded the limit again..."

"As for the rule fragments, ever since I killed those two Guiyuan Realm Disciples in Haicheng, the rule fragments I've obtained since then have returned to normal..."

Chu Xuan murmured to himself, having a faint guess about the inexplicably lower number of rule fragments he had obtained.

"Now, it is time to level up!"

[Current Rank LV.13, promotion to next Rank LV.14, available Real Attribute Points: 20. Upgrade conditions: Fire of Nirvana LV.6 (met), 10000 spirituality value (met), 15 rule fragments (met).]

Chu Xuan narrowed his eyes and carefully checked the System's prompt requirements for upgrading once more, as well as the number of related Real Attribute Points he could obtain.

He still needed to verify one more thing, so with a slight movement of his mind, he made his decision.

—— System, level me up!

[Your spirituality value -10000, rule fragments -15, your Rank +1, current Rank: 14]