Chapter 221 A Cultivator’s Dream (2/2)
”Nothing. Just asking. Say, can I sleep together with you tonight? I feel bad for marrying you, and we haven't done anything yet.”
”… Okay?”
Receiving Sun Fang's doubtful confirmation, Li Jing left him alone in the courtyard as she went to prepare herself.
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Sun Fang, however, did not look joyous or happy on this occasion. On the contrary, he frowned as he watched the leaving woman.
In the system menu, he had bought back his skill.
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**Status**
Name: Sun Fang
Age: 17
Lifespan: 1,337,213 Years
Shopping Pass: 10
*Skill List*
[Cultivator] LV.5 (2,103,191/16,000,000)
- The host can absorb life essence from environments and the surroundings.
- The host can absorb life essence from materials.
- The host can absorb life essence from living beings.
- All absorbed life essence will be converted into lifespans or EXP of this skill.
- All attributes of the host are multiplied by 30.
- The active skill [Self-Heal], [Qi Blast], [Flight], [Clone], [Qi Shield] will be applied to the host once the skill is equipped.
Skill Cost: None
Skill Upkeep: 5,000 Lifespans
Skill Restriction:
- The host has to sit cross-legs and meditate to cultivate.
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Sun Fang had more than enough lifespans to share with Li Jing. Although he shouted in frustration, he accepted his fate and bought back his primary skill, which contained other attached skills he needed.
This [Cultivator] skill was his lifeline. It could absorb the life essence of nature to increase either his lifespans or his skill EXP, which he diligently cultivated it in his free times.
A pity that before he could utter a word, Li Jing decided everything by herself without consulting him.
He wanted to protest and reform the soulmate contract with her again, yet he decided not to as he detected something from her.
A killing intent!
For some reason, Li Jing locked her killing intent on him.
In a reflex, when she asked him if he had gotten a skill back, he replied her with a ”No.”
Sun Fang had probed her as he did not trust her at this moment.
Then she suddenly said she wanted to bed with him despite the fact that she had never slept with him even once in the past year.
Even a school grader could tell that something smelled fishy! It was so apparent that she planned to betray him at night!
Sun Fang shook his head in disappointment.
”Females are men's downfall. From today's onward, I shall concentrate on the cultivation and forget about my worldly desire. I shall pursue the immortality and ignore all worldly matters. This conflict and civil war don't matter to me anymore.”
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**Main Mission No.20**
Since you have a skill, living free is no longer an option for you. You will work for me as long as you are using the skills.
Clear Condition: Join Sun Jian in his campaign against the Yellow Turban.
Failure Condition: You did not participate in this campaign.
Clearing Reward: 10,000 years of lifespans.
Mission Failure: You will die.
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A bitter smile appeared on Sun Fang's face. Had he chosen not to buy back his skill, Li Jing probably would have killed him tonight. Since he had decided to regain his essential ability, he became a slave to the system.
No matter what choice he picked, the immortality goal with his [Cultivator] skill in this life was impossible.
Sun Fang closed his eyes and muttered, ”Should I just commit suicide right now? Everything is as hopeless as it is. My wife somehow wanted to kill me, and the system also wanted to enslave me. What's the point of living when I knew I'm going back to Hell after I died?”
”You are be hasty, youngster.”
A voice stopped Sun Fang thought.
Sun Fang stopped his thought and looked at the source of the voice. An old man in a Daoist robe was behind him.
Zuo Ci was doing his job, spreading his blood to the local cities in the northern regions. He accidentally heard Sun Fang's complained and decided to encourage this young man.
”Who?”
”As your senior cultivator, I suggest you not giving up on yourself and your goal. True that you will be ordered around by the system for a while, but I guarantee you this. In the next 20 years, there will be a massive change in this world again. That time will be your chance to break free from the system. Do not give up until then!”
Done with his advice, Zuo Ci flew away to another town, leaving the confused Sun Fang behind.
When Sun Fang came back to his sense, his gloomy thought had dissolved from his mind.
”There's really a cultivator in this world …”
A new hope grew in his heart. Sun Fang clenched his fists. His dream was still possible as a cultivator existed. If that old man could speak in such a tone, then there might be a way for him to live free in the future.
Sun Fang took a deep breath to focus his mind.
”First, I have to solve a problem one at a time. Wifey, please don't disappoint me.”</you></ding></because></your></ding>