Chapter 345: Failed Negotiation (2/2)
”You're the heartless one, Wentai! My daughter called me and told me everything! I can't believe that you tried to kill my benefactor… MY SON-IN-LAW!!”
”You…”
Sun Wentai was fume with rage, but he didn't dare to harm his own blood brother. His clenched fists trembled as the sect master tried his best to reel his anger.
Cheng Pu, who had accompanied Sun Jing here, stood between them and knelt, ”My lord. Please calm down. I have heard the conversation between Lord Sun Jing and Sun Yun, and she explained everything through the phone. This man here, Cao Mao, is actually Sun Yun's husband and the governor of Siren City. He saved her from the Xu Clan's dungeon and restored her sanity. In a way, he is the benefactor of Sun Yun. Please stop picking a fight with him!”
Huang Gongfu noticed the opportunity. He also followed up, ”My lord. Junior Cao Mao is talented and stronger than everyone in his age. I can vouch for him that he is worthy to be a son-in-law of the Sun Clan! Moreover, he has just passed the white tiger's exam. If we harm him, the guardian beast will be very displeased, and he might revolt again!”
”…”
Sun Wentai was taken aback by his subordinates' protest and plea. He forgot about the prior rage as he gazed at Miaomiao carefully again.
By throwing away his prejudice, Sun Wentai sensed an overwhelming volume of essence in Miaomiao's dantian. In addition, his Qi and Essence were purer than his.
And finally, Sun Wentai noticed the obvious irregular scene. A 4th-stage cultivator who could transform was too abnormal. Furthermore, he caught a glimpse of Miaomiao's dragon fire element Qi.
Only human cultivators stronger than 6th-stage could merge with their dao avatars and transform. Secondly, the foundation establishment realm was the minimum requirement for a cultivator to learn a flight skill, and only exceptional 5th-stage cultivators could use advanced element Qi.
Miaomiao broke all the common sense and logic as he possessed every skill that a core pillar realm cultivator could have.
Realizing the uniqueness and potential of Miaomiao, Sun Wentai's face was pale. He opened his mouth, wanting to apologize to the youth, but his pride forbade him from releasing the voice.
It was too late. Sun Jing led Miaomiao and Gan Ning down the stairs.
…
Meanwhile, Zhu Qiao, who was forgotten, observed the event from the sideline. After Miaomiao had distracted Sun Wentai from her engagement topic, she was relieved.
However, the new development took her by surprise. She hadn't expected Miaomiao to be favored by an elder from the Sun Clan or the sect.
'System, what the fuck is happening? What kind of event is this? Can I see that guy's status?'
Ding
Miaomiao's detail was shown on her system screen, but there was no information about his relationship with other girls. The only thing on her blue screen was the favor gauge and the capture progress.
Nothing was useful.
'Where is the relationship detail!? I want to see who his girlfriend is!?'
Ding
[The information is inaccessible as you have less system authority than Mao Miaomiao.]
The answer shocked Zhu Qiao. For the first time, she felt insecure.
'What!? Wait, what is that shit? What's system authority that I don't know!?'
[Mao Miaomiao also possesses a system, and his system authority is higher than mine.]
BOOM
The piece of information rocked her world. Although she knew that protagonists existed in this world, she had never expected that someone with a stronger system than her existed.
”…”
Zhu Qiao paused and massaged her temples, trying to prioritize important tasks first.
But the system didn't stop giving her another headache.
[Please complete more side quests and unlock a new status, [Luck]. Then, your system can gain more authority.]
Again, Zhu Qiao had the urge to scream as this item in her system shop was unreasonably expensive. She had to complete at least 200 random high-difficulty quests before she could buy this new status.
This [Luck] status required a whooping million diamonds to unlock!
Easy quest usually net her 10 diamonds each, which could be exchanged into items or gacha tickets. Though one gacha ticket cost 100 diamonds, while the cheapest item in her system shop cost 200.
A high-difficulty side quest could give Zhu Qiao between 1,000 to 10,000 diamonds, depending on the complexity of the quest.
The problem was not the difficulty, but it was the tedious annoying tasks. Most of them required traveling and scavenging, such as searching for lost artifacts under a city, under the paved concrete road. Each quest usually took a month or two to complete.
'This is going to be a grind. I don't have time for this. AND I NEED THAT GUY'S INFORMATION!!'
Ding
[If your [Luck] status is higher than Mao Miaomiao's, you may inspect his hidden attributes and statuses.]
'Then, how do I unlock that [Luck] without grinding!?'
[You have one in a billion chance to draw [Luck] status from the gacha system.]
”…”
Zhu Qiao rolled her eyes. Even with the gacha system, she might have to pay a lot more than the total sum of over 200 high-difficulty quest rewards.
'Like hell, I will draw gacha to unlock my Luck status. I'll only draw daily free gacha.'
As Zhu Qiao thought that far, she recalled that the day had reset, and she could draw a free item from her system. Without further ado, she opened her precious gacha menu and drew one.
Without a roulette, a slot machine, nor a game-like teaser, the system informed her about her prize.
Ding
[Congratulations. You have won a jackpot prize, [Luck] Status.]
”…”
Zhu Qiao had a pokerface while her eyes turned into two small dots.
'F2P roll, bitches!'