50: Chapter 50 The Spiritual Treasury Returns!

As the third day was about to end, Lin Wan woke up.

He silently opened the leaderboards; his combat power and kill count rankings remained unchanged in second place.

As for Jiang Muxue, who was in first place, she had already killed more than ten Tier 3 Chaotic Beasts by just the third day.

"System, is Mythical Foundation Establishment really that strong? Which top-tier system is this?"

[There are many mythical systems across the heavens. As for your universe, the most classic one is the Primordial Myth.]

[Mortal cultivation should be refining essence into qi, refining qi into spirit, refining spirit to return to the void, and refining the void to merge with the Dao. Most people still follow the path from Qi Refining to Mahayana, but all roads lead to the same destination.]

[However, Jiang Muxue is not cultivating this system, nor does it belong to the immortal cultivation system. If I am not mistaken, she is likely cultivating the technique that the second host wanted to practice but dared not. But that technique is incomplete; I do not know how she managed to complete it.]

"What system is it?"

[I do not know. I only know that the first realm of that technique is Foundation Establishment, which is also the most basic realm. As for what comes after, it seems to have traces of the Super Xuanwu Dao blessing the Fruit of Reincarnation.]

[If you have the chance, perhaps you could borrow it from her to decrypt it, or directly decrypt her insights into the system. After all, from what this system can see, your relationship with her is quite good.]

As the system spoke, its tone seemed to carry a hint of jealousy.

"We'll see!"

Lin Wan seemed to miss the subtext in the system's words and waved his hand. Time quickly arrived at the fourth day.

The voice of the cosmic will echoed from the sky: [Survival Stage ended.] [Beginning the settlement of rewards for this stage.]

[First place: You may choose one top-tier system technique from this universe. Most of the techniques here are incomplete, so please choose carefully. You may also choose the techniques cultivated by those ranked lower.]

[Second place: You may choose from a series of systems in this universe, including Martial Dao, Immortal Cultivation, Sequence, Online Gaming, Magic, Armor, Sci-Fi, Lord, etc.]

[Third place: Same as the second place, but the tier is slightly lower.] [Fourth to tenth place: You may choose techniques one tier lower.] [Eleventh to one hundredth place: The highest tier of techniques available is High-tier.] [One hundred and first to one thousandth place: The highest tier of techniques available is Mid-tier.] [Those not ranked may only choose Low-tier cultivation systems.]

[The next trial will be in seven days. Please prepare yourselves, Trial-takers.] [Transferring targets to the Trial Space. After making your selection, you will be teleported back to your original planets.]

...In the Trial Space, Lin Wan looked at the dazzling array of cultivation techniques on the exchange list and decided to leave the choice to the system. After all, he was just a cheater; he really didn't know what to choose.

[Just pick one. In the end, it will all just become your own cultivation insights, so don't dawdle.] "Oh." Lin Wan responded, grabbed one at random from the top few, and began to flip through it.

"The Technique of Self-Transformation?" "Cultivation concept: Using the body as a seed?" "Cultivation system: Sea of Bitterness, Divine Bridge, Four Extremities, Dragon Transformation, Sendai?"

"Hiss... It's over. It's actually that man. This karma won't descend upon me, will it?" "This cosmic will is really something, not knowing how to hold back."

Lin Wan still couldn't imagine why a technique from a novel would be recorded by the cosmic will. Could that man be so powerful that he has influenced reality and karma? Or did he exist all along, and someone just wrote the novel based on a wisp of his thoughts?

[The technique you chose looks quite good; many of its concepts can be borrowed for insight.] [For example, it can manifest figures of yourself at different periods. With your current growth speed, even if you can only manifest a version of yourself from a few days later, it would be an incredibly powerful asset.]

"Got it!" Lin Wan immediately began to decrypt it. Fortunately, this technique was now his, so the decryption difficulty plummeted. In just a few minutes of accelerated decryption, it was successfully decrypted. If it were the system before the upgrade, this would have been unthinkable.

"Done!" With the decrypted technique, Lin Wan could read it without any obstacles; the previously incomprehensible text and insights flooded into his mind.

"Right, it seems I also forgot that there are over a thousand targets I haven't claimed."

[Target "Rank in the top 1000 of the Survival Stage Combat Power Leaderboard", difficulty five stars, reward settlement in progress...] [Target "Rank in the top 999 of the Survival Stage Combat Power Leaderboard", difficulty five stars, reward settlement in progress...] [...] [Target "Rank second in the Survival Stage Combat Power Leaderboard", difficulty ten stars, reward settlement in progress...] [Target "Obtain a Super-tier system technique", difficulty ten stars, reward settlement in progress...]

There was nothing Lin Wan could do. The talent column indicated that the previous ones were real-time rankings; before it ended, the target hadn't been met, so rewards couldn't be settled. As for the targets set with the decryption system as the goal, they all showed unknown difficulty. Even if he achieved them, since there was no accurate information stating he had done so, they wouldn't be settled, and the targets remained permanently paused at the moment the instruction was given.

In other words, the SSS-grade Target Settlement talent also had its limits. The decryption system was beyond those limits; the Target Settlement couldn't detect its existence, which caused his thought of exploiting a bug to be completely shattered.

As for now, Lin Wan looked at the rewards. [Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Spiritual Secret Treasury, Enlightenment Fruit, Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Force, Online Gaming Talent Awakening Stone, Tier 3 Sword Weapon Hongyuan...]

"Wonderful!" Lin Wan was ecstatic. "System, I mean, if I rewind to one day ago later, will the rewards still be there?"

The young imperial-sounding voice sounded slightly helpless: [Yes, but the rewards are determined by your current luck, so if you do it again, your rewards will be the same. You don't need to do that.]

"Is that so?" As expected, bugs are always impossible to exploit. Since that's the case, let's decrypt first. Time in the Trial Space is frozen, so he doesn't have to worry about wasting time here.

"It would be great if I could bring people in. I wouldn't be disturbed while doing anything here. I hope the cosmic will releases a team mechanism..." Lin Wan's eyes were full of desire for decryption.

After everything was decrypted, he didn't linger. "Even if I absorb the rewards here, if I backtrack to one day ago, there will be nothing, and I'll have to cultivate it all over again. It's better to come back and cultivate next time." [This system is very gratified that the host was able to think of absorbing the rewards here.] "Don't treat me like a fool!"

...Earth, Wutan Academy. Lin Wan returned. The familiar environment came into view, making his state of mind extremely relaxed. Standing in front of him was Lin Ya, who had been waiting for a long time, and Ye Fan, who appeared in a flash of white light beside her.

"As expected, it teleports back to the original location..." Lin Ya gently patted her chest, finally letting out a sigh of relief. She walked forward and said, "Brother... I'm sorry, I shouldn't have associated with Ye Fan without you knowing." "In the future, if I associate with him, I will definitely tell you. Yes... you will definitely be the first to know, I promise."

Ye Fan's eyes were moist. He also walked forward, held Lin Ya's hand, fingers intertwined, and said sincerely to Lin Wan, "Brother, I will dye my hair back to black with Lin Ya tomorrow. I won't be a yellow-haired guy anymore!" "The money for the motorcycle was saved from my and Lin Ya's scholarships; I haven't used your money." "It's just that I spent a bit more on food..."

Ye Fan started his nagging again, completely unaware that Lin Wan had already fallen into a state of rage. At this moment, Lin Wan's expression changed, becoming incredibly ferocious, his fists clenched tightly, clenched tightly! They were constantly provoking him. They were both constantly provoking him. Fine, fine, fine, so that's how you want to play, huh?

But just as Lin Wan was about to make his next move, Lin Ya's tone suddenly became serious. "Brother, I want to show you a video!" As she spoke, she forcibly endured the pressure radiating from Lin Wan, which he had already reined in, and handed over her phone. Lin Wan took the phone with a dark face and opened the video inside. The video was playing a scene from the skyscreen, featuring two women, one of whom was actually... Zisha?