Chapter 326: The Vault (1/2)
= Present =
Xu Chu was curious why he had returned to the space so early. She doubted if Miaomiao wanted to do something with Liu Bian's soul.
”By the way, are you here for more dual-cultivation or sparring? I won't help you fight any clone stronger than 7th-stage or the [Special] monsters.”
Xu Chu referred to protagonist rematch mode and normal sparring. As she was aware that Miaomiao and his slaves always gathered here to battle against armies of clones, she warned him that she hated being used or be someone's tool.
”Nah, I'm here for this guy. Well, how do I form a contract or make him my familiar?”
”You need to get her consent.”
”That's the question. How do I do it?”
”Talk to her, fuck her, or brainwash her with your skills.”
”...”
Talking or having sex with the baby was impossible.
Miaomiao was at wit's end. He didn't know how he could convince Liu Bian or turn her into his familiar.
Ding
[You can pay 100 billion liters of Life Essence to bind a newborn soul with yours.]
[As for Xu Chu, you need 10 trillion liters of Life Essence to forcefully make her your familiar.]
Having a system cheat, who wouldn't hide any information from him, was better than having an untrustworthy all-knowing devil. Miaomiao was proud of Dion.
'Good job! Take my life essence and make Liu Bian my familiar, now!'
[Affirmative.]
[Please name your new familiar.]
Miaomiao pondered. He wanted to keep Liu Bian's name as it was, but he had another sickening idea.
Since Liu Bian had attempted to disguise himself as Diaochan, Miaomiao might as well name her with that name.
'Diaochan!'
[Affirmative. The familiar will now be called [Diaochan].]
[Diaochan's soul will now reside in your body like how White Album had been doing.]
[You can now summon her to help you in sparring matches and protagonist rematch mode.]
Being reminded about the protagonist rematch mode, he wondered if he could fight Liu Bian now.
He browsed the rematch mode, hoping to see Liu Bian's name in the list.
…
Difficulty Setting: 300%
Name: Liu Bian
Cultivation Base: Late Stage Essence Gathering Realm
Core Cultivation Technique: Undead Kingdom System
.
Bloodline/Physique/Constitution
Boundless Flesh Physique
Lich King Bloodline
.
Element Mastery
(Primary) Shadow
.
Secret Techniques/Battle Styles
Necromancy Art
Corpse Conversion – Death Knight
Corpse Conversion – Lich
Life Hex
Qi Hex
.
Secret Weapon/Familiar
Staff of Hex Master
Bone Armor
…
The abilities and skills of Liu Bian were so-so at glance, but Miaomiao knew what his summons could do.
The real threat came from Liu Bian's subordinates, such as liches and death knights as they had a high cultivation base. Although the death knights and the lich that Miaomiao had killed were weak, these summons might not be incompetent as they might also get the system's buff.
Miaomiao had no idea how strong Liu Bian's death knights and liches would be in this space. But for now, he and his yin slaves were not ready to tackle an army of 7th-stage undead monsters and their commanders, aka the liches.
He sighed.
'Damn. Liu Bian with his full potential is too dangerous. Thank god, he died prematurely.'
Miaomiao didn't even want to inspect what the 1,000% difficulty looked like. He closed the menu before he got heartbroken by the OPness of Liu Bian in his final form.
He gazed at Diaochan's baby soul, checking her condition.
The baby looked back at Miaomiao. Her innocent bright eyes were so pure to the point that Liu Bian's previous deed was a lie.
'Will Diaochan have her previous life's memory?'
[She won't remember anything. However, her knowledge in the dark art and her aptitude in shadow element remained the same, including her undead kingdom system.]
'Can I steal her system and merge it with our system?'
[Yes, but she will lose her aptitude and her usefulness in the future. Are you sure about that?]
'Eh, maybe not. Not now.
Miaomiao needed more useful comrades to take on the Yuan Clan and their backers. For now, he left Diaochan's default skills and abilities as it was.
'What about her twilight yin yang essence? Will she be able to cultivate that since her source of energy is my life essence?'
[Unfortunately, no. She will use Life Essence as her primary source of energy from now on since her dantian is connected with yours.]
[Also, from my analysis, her necromancy art will mutate since she can only use life essence. I have no idea how it will turn out.]
'That's… very helpful.'
Miaomiao rolled his eyes as he pitched Diaochan's soft cheek, after which he left the ITS.
…
In the real world, Miaomiao reopened his eyes. Only a few seconds had passed in reality.
Miaomiao grinned and approached the gate again. Then, he attempted to summon Diaochan for the first time.
”Come out, Diaochan.”
The soul of the former protagonist slowly emerged from his body. Miaomiao tried to carry her in his arm, but her transparent boy couldn't be touched.
Miaomiao bitterly smiled and turned toward the gate.
”Can she enter the gate? She's Liu Bian from Liu Clan.”
The gate opened its eyes and stared at Miaomiao again. It gazed at the soul and gave its verdict.
[Only Liu Clan's descendants can enter this gate!]
Miaomiao put his hands on his hips, defected. He recalled Diaochan back to his body and turned back.
[However, in case that the descendants cannot pick their treasure due to various circumstances, such as being too young or being left with a soul, a guardian is allowed to accompany the descendant inside the gate.]