15: Chapter 15 upgrades the card pool and adds affix slots.
"I choose to keep Strong Luck."
As soon as the words left his mouth, Chu Sheng felt his body enveloped by a mysterious aura.
"That feels great!"
Chu Sheng looked at his brand-new status.
[Strong Luck] active, and a massive fortune of 903 Simulation Points!
He immediately pulled up the simulator shop.
[Simulation Points: 903]
[Available Functions]:
[Upgrade Prize Pool (200 points): Significantly increases the quality probability of random entries during simulation.]
[Increase Initial Carry Entry Slots (500 points/slot): Can carry one more self-selected entry into the next simulation and beyond.]
[Refresh Entry Selection (50 points).]
[Redeem Temporary Reality Buff: Repair Qi Induction damaged state (300 points).]
"I choose to upgrade the prize pool!"
Chu Sheng's eyes lit up; this was good stuff that would fundamentally improve things!
200 points spent, 703 points remaining.
Repairing the damaged state... hmm, although expensive, the card slot is also very important.
Chu Sheng decided to add another entry slot.
This way, he could select one more entry on top of Strong Luck for the next simulation.
How delightful.
"In this case, 203 points will remain, which is just enough for one simulation and a refresh, plus some left over for backup."
He operated it quickly.
[200 Simulation Points consumed, Prize Pool upgraded successfully! From the next simulation onwards, random entry quality probability optimized.]
[500 Simulation Points consumed, one entry slot added.]
[Current entry slots: 4]
[Current Simulation Points: 203 points.]
[Cooldown for the third life simulation: one week (real-time).]
Chu Sheng exited the simulation state and stood in the shadows behind the woodshed.
Feeling the Qi Induction Realm spiritual energy running smoothly in his body, he savored the mysterious feeling of having [Strong Luck] bestowed upon him.
"It seems this still has a cooldown."
"In a week, the third simulation... with the upgraded prize pool, the [Strong Luck] entry, and the Qi Induction Realm starting point..."
"Next time, I must go higher and steadier! I will never let tragedy repeat itself!"
He clenched his fists, ambition flickering in his eyes.
"Is this what it feels like to be a cultivator... and this luck, tsk tsk."
Chu Sheng narrowed his eyes and casually threw a hard steamed bun.
The bun drew an arc in the air and landed precisely into a broken water vat, startling a mouse stealing water at the bottom, which scurried away with a squeak.
"Whoa, has my aim improved too?"
Before he could savor it more, familiar footsteps came from outside the moon gate, mixed with scolding.
"Chu Sheng! Where the hell did you go? Why are you making noise in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"
"Have I been too lenient with you? Have you finished chopping today's firewood? Is the water vat full?"
The outer courtyard manager Steward's face appeared at the door, his eyes filled with pickiness and impatience.
Behind him, Young Master Lin Hao, shaking his folding fan, also strolled in.
Clearly, he had been discussing something with Steward outside and was in a bad mood, only to be attracted by Chu Sheng's voice.
It was these two again.
Chu Sheng knew clearly that these two had caused him no shortage of trouble in the simulation.
He got up slowly and patted the dust off his body.
He didn't bow his head as usual.
Seeing his sluggish movements, Steward's anger flared even more.
"Are you deaf? I'm asking you a question! Look at how messy this woodshed is! And this water vat..."
Before he finished speaking, Lin Hao had already pointed at Chu Sheng with his fan, his tone filled with transferred disgust.
"And you! When I asked you about the Jade Ruyi a couple of days ago, you were stuttering! The more I think about it, the more suspicious you trash are! Speak, did you see something you didn't report?"
If it were before, Chu Sheng would have had to swallow his anger and carefully maneuver.
But at this moment...
He raised his head slightly and looked at Lin Hao with calm eyes.
The strand of Qi Induction Realm spiritual energy in his body rippled gently.
Especially the resonance with a fellow cultivator caused Lin Hao, who was chattering incessantly, to suddenly pause.
"You..."
Lin Hao's scolding stuck in his throat, his eyes widened.
The guy in front of him was still wearing the same ragged servant clothes, still the same plain face, but... something felt wrong!
Steward, standing nearby, had even lower cultivation and a blurrier perception.
But he was knowledgeable and had first-class skills in reading people.
Seeing Lin Hao suddenly stop speaking, his heart skipped a beat.
Chu Sheng was as clear as a mirror in his heart.
He knew that he had just broken through, and his aura was not yet perfectly rounded and restrained.
It was normal for these two, who dabbled slightly in cultivation, to notice the anomaly.
He cupped his hands to Lin Hao and Steward respectively.
"Replying to Young Master, replying to Master Fu. This servant... this servant was meditating last night, and somehow, by luck... by luck, I sensed a trace of spiritual energy, it seems... it seems I succeeded..."
"Succeeded in what?!"
Lin Hao's voice rose sharply, and he forgot to shake his fan.
"It seems... I have achieved Qi Induction."
Chu Sheng rubbed his hands.
Silence.
Lin Hao opened his mouth, wearing an expression as if he had seen a ghost.
Qi Induction? ! Chu Sheng? !
The fire of jealousy in his heart flared up instantly.
He, Lin Hao, a dignified young master of the Lin family, lacked no resources and had practiced hard for many years.
Yet he was still hovering at the threshold of sensing spiritual energy and had yet to achieve Qi Induction.
Because of this, he was often reprimanded by his father for being incompetent.
And this lowest of servants actually... actually succeeded?!
Lin Hao's lips trembled a few times, wanting to curse "damn luck."
But he held it back.
Regardless of whether it was luck, the other party was now definitely in the Qi Induction Realm!
Even if it was the weakest First Grade, that was still a cultivator!
There was an essential difference from a mortal martial artist!
Steward's heart was even more turbulent.
He knew better than Lin Hao what a "Qi Induction Realm" servant meant.
Servant status?
That was for mortals!
Once Qi Induction was achieved, even if it was only First Grade, according to the unwritten rules of the Lin mansion, at the very least, he would be a head of the guards.
He might even be hired as a guest official or a low-level retainer!
His status would instantly be on par with him, the manager, or even higher!
Thinking of those Qi Induction Realm retainers in the mansion, which one of them didn't have their eyes on the top of their heads?
Even the Chief Steward had to be polite when seeing them?
He just wanted to make things difficult for him?
Now, even if you gave him the guts, he wouldn't dare!
Who knew if this Chu Sheng really had some strange opportunity or hidden background?
What if he made it big in the future...
"Chu... Chu Sheng, no, Brother Chu! Congratulations, congratulations! What a huge joyous event! You actually broke through to Qi Induction! This is a great joyous event for our Lin mansion! I... I will go report to the Chief Steward immediately! No, I should report directly to the Master!"
Lin Hao also finally reacted.
"Heh... hehe, Chu Sheng, I didn't expect you... you had this good fortune. Not bad, not bad."
His heart was sour with jealousy.
Even if the other party's cultivation was forever at First Grade, the title of cultivator was a protective amulet.
Chu Sheng took in the reactions of both of them, sneering in his heart.
For now, he still needed to lay low.
"Young Master, Master Fu, you flatter me. This servant just got lucky, just lucky. In the future, I will still need to rely on Young Master and Master Fu for guidance."
"Easy to say, easy to say!"
Steward hurriedly interjected, his attitude enthusiastic.
"Brother Chu, you rest first, don't do any work! I will go report this right away! Your accommodation also needs to be changed; the woodshed is no place for a Qi Induction Realm cultivator to stay!"
Lin Hao also nodded stiffly.
His eyes were complex and unreadable, and in the end, he didn't say anything more, turned around, and left while shaking his fan.
"The first step of breaking the situation, accomplished."