618: Chapter 616 Lend You Your Hairpin

Duan Lingxi was shocked.

She suddenly looked up at Chu Xuan and asked in a startled voice, "Why didn't you tell me that drinking this wine could also increase attribute points?"

"Isn't it a good thing to increase attribute points?" Chu Xuan asked in return.

"Of course it's good, but…" Duan Lingxi stamped her foot. "Oh, you should have told me sooner."

"What? Are you still not satisfied?" The smile on Chu Xuan's face faded slightly. "This is a treasure you can't buy even if you want to. It can allow your health points, stamina, and spirit to Breakthrough their limits. If you really want to calculate it, the value of those 50 soul crystals of yours doesn't even come close to this cup of wine."

"I didn't mean to blame you, I just…" Duan Lingxi stopped mid-sentence, her body suddenly trembling.

[Detected that your average base attributes have exceeded 95 points, determining...]

[Determination complete!]

[You must complete the promotion trial before the world mission begins. If you fail to meet the conditions, you will be forcibly erased! Hint: There are currently 24~36 hours left until the world mission begins.]

"It's over, it's over!" Duan Lingxi wailed. "This time it's really over. I have to participate in the world mission!"

Her expression was a bit nervous. "And there isn't much time left. I have to summon the Mission Train immediately to undergo the promotion trial!"

As she spoke, she had already begun to summon the Mission Train through the System.

"What are you afraid of?" Chu Xuan raised an eyebrow and asked. "Isn't participating in a world mission a good thing? While it is dangerous, it is also an excellent opportunity to improve your strength."

"Of course it's not good! This is a world mission, a mission that only those above level 10 are qualified to participate in, and it's mandatory. Just thinking about it, you know it must be dangerous, right?" Duan Lingxi said with a miserable face.

Chu Xuan said, "You are already level 10, so you will have to undergo a promotion sooner or later. Perhaps you will participate in other world missions in the future."

"That's a matter for later. I could have dragged it out a bit longer and waited until after this world mission started to improve." Duan Lingxi muttered. "I only just reached level 10 not long ago. I wanted to slowly develop for a while longer and wait until I was secure enough to attempt the promotion trial."

"Little girl, you are too naive. Where is there any time for you to develop now?" Zhang Qiang, who was on the side, shook his head and said, "If you don't actively summon the Mission Train, a Mandatory Mission will appear at any time. According to the patterns summarized by the officials, the difficulty of each mission will increase significantly. If you don't quickly improve your strength, it's equivalent to slow suicide."

Zhang Qiang exhaled a long ring of smoke and continued, "On the contrary, if you can catch this world mission, after you successfully return, you will definitely gain quite a few benefits, and you will always be one step ahead of others in the future. In the current environment, improving your strength at the fastest speed is the best guarantee."

"That's not the same. With my Luck, as long as I can keep my life, I can continuously obtain resources. Improving strength is just a small matter, but now…" Duan Lingxi had a look of despair on her face. "I really don't want to take risks!"

"Forget it, don't comfort me anymore…" Duan Lingxi said dejectedly. "This first world mission must be extremely dangerous…"

While she was speaking, all four of Duan Lingxi's attributes were rising steadily, especially her agility attribute, which directly reached 100 points.

Her strength attribute also reached 97 points.

Her stamina and agility attributes reached 98 points.

The rapid increase in all attributes caused her to involuntarily flash an expression of pain.

However, as she took out a bag of candies emitting colorful light and took a bite, she immediately felt much more relaxed.

Zhang Qiang was stunned. He turned his head to look at Chu Xuan and asked, "Was she just increasing her base attributes?"

"Yes, her average attributes are over 98 points." Chu Xuan nodded. "She has been hoarding a lot of spirituality value and attribute points and hasn't used them."

Hearing this, when Zhang Qiang looked at Duan Lingxi again, his gaze couldn't help but become strange. "With your current strength, the success rate for participating in the promotion trial is at least 70%. What else do you have to be afraid of?"

"What about the remaining 30%? Isn't there still a high probability of dying?" Duan Lingxi sighed and drank the remaining high-grade life essence in the beaker in one gulp.

"This wine… is quite strong." Her body swayed, and a hint of haziness appeared in her eyes.

At the same time, her maximum health points increased rapidly, and both her stamina and spirit broke through 100 points at this moment.

"Wow! Good wine!" Duan Lingxi's hazy eyes carried a hint of excitement. She then looked at Chu Xuan with anticipation and said in a flattering tone, "Idol, can you give me some more? I have an 80% chance of success now. If you give me another cup, I will have a 90% chance!"

"Sure." Chu Xuan nodded slightly, but then added, "But I can't give it to you for free… 5,000 spirituality value, let's call it a friends-and-family price."

"Ah?" The joy on Duan Lingxi's face stiffened. "Why didn't you say so earlier? I don't have much spirituality value left now!"

After saying that, Duan Lingxi said pitifully, "Can I owe it to you first? I will definitely pay you back later."

A faint gleam flashed in Chu Xuan's eyes. He said with a half-smile, "Don't you still have 9,500 spirituality value left? And with your Luck, you should have items stored with spirituality value, right?"

Duan Lingxi slapped her forehead. "I drank until I was stupid. I even forgot how much spirituality value I had left… Come on, let's add each other as friends face-to-face and trade directly through the System."

"No need." Chu Xuan took out three spirit orbs and said, "Just fill these three spirit orbs."

"This… alright, I believe you won't scam me." Duan Lingxi didn't hesitate much and quickly filled the spirit orbs with spirituality value.

Chu Xuan took back the spirit orbs, then refilled an entire beaker with high-grade life essence and handed it to Duan Lingxi.

A look of joy immediately appeared on Duan Lingxi's face again, and she was full of gratitude. "Idol, thank you so much."

Chu Xuan reminded her, "Drink slowly. It's easy to get drunk if you drink too much at once."

"Mm-hmm!" Duan Lingxi nodded repeatedly and put the cup of life essence into her Exclusive Space.

At this moment, a clear whistle sounded, and a mottled train drove out from the void in the distance. This was the Mission Train summoned by Duan Lingxi.

Just as Duan Lingxi was about to step onto the Mission Train, Chu Xuan suddenly said, "Wait a moment."

As he spoke, Chu Xuan took out a golden hairpin and handed it to Duan Lingxi, saying, "I'll lend you this item temporarily. Return it to me after you complete the promotion trial."

This golden hairpin was something he had obtained from Xuan Xuan earlier at St. Lianna Hospital. It could provide a certain degree of immunity to mental interference.

This item was not restricted by gender, but it required sufficient hair volume.

Chu Xuan had tried wearing it before, but he received a prompt that it was only effective for life forms below level 13.

Since it was useless to him, it was better to lend it to Duan Lingxi to help her increase her success rate in passing the promotion trial.

As he spoke, Chu Xuan stepped forward and personally put the hairpin on Duan Lingxi.

"Golden hairpin?" Upon receiving the System prompt, the emotion of being moved was immediately written all over Duan Lingxi's face. With tears in her eyes, she said, "Idol, you are really so good to me. I will follow you forever and serve you faithfully…"

She boarded the Mission Train reluctantly, until the train started and left, disappearing from people's field of vision.

The gratitude on Duan Lingxi's face instantly disappeared, and she said viciously, "He did it on purpose, he must have done it on purpose!"

"He just used Heart Bewitchment on me, which is why I drank the life essence without any defenses. He just wanted me to participate in the mission on purpose!"

"And he said that as long as I didn't leave voluntarily, it would be impossible for anyone to hurt me. Aren't I leaving now?"

"And… why didn't he want to add me as a friend earlier? Could it be that he is [Tian Di Xuan Huang]?"

"Yes, that must be it! He knows me like the back of his hand and knows that my ability is Luck, so he forced me to participate in the world mission. He is truly rotten!"

Duan Lingxi swung her fist heavily, her teeth grinding with a clicking sound. But immediately after, her expression collapsed again.

"However, he did give me a treasure like high-grade life essence, and he even lent me this hairpin without asking for any collateral…"

Duan Lingxi looked blankly at the [golden hairpin] in her hand, her shoulders slumped, and she sighed, "Why am I still a little bit moved!"

After talking to herself for a while, the corners of her mouth suddenly lifted, and she put the hairpin back on, triumphantly saying, "This treasure is destined for me; from now on it's mine, consider it compensation for me."

She snorted lightly, "We will never meet again!"

Outside the research building, Zhang Qiang watched the Mission Train disappear and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Chu Xuan, what is that girl's identity that makes you care about her so much?"

Chu Xuan said with an unreadable expression, "A person favored by Luck. I hope she can play some role in the upcoming world mission."

Zhang Qiang nodded thoughtfully and then reminded him, "I read her inner thoughts. This girl is duplicitous; she has been cursing you in her heart. The golden hairpin you lent out might not be retrievable."

Hearing this, Chu Xuan's lips curled slightly. He twirled a strand of hair between his fingers and said with a chuckle, "Not retrievable? That doesn't exist."