Chat Group in Douluo: Messing with the Multiverse

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Nine Secrets?

The "Zhe" Secret?

What was that? Ye Fan was confused.

[Ye Fan: Brother Lu, I have no idea what the "Zhe" Secret is. How do I obtain it?]

[Lu Xian: The "Zhe" Secret is in the Ziwei Star Domain. If you're on your own, there's no way you'll get it. But if you rely on an ancient aristocratic family, like the Jiang family—a clan of emperors—then there's a chance.]

[Lu Xian: The Jiang family has an old God King trapped in the Northern Region's Purple Mountain. In the original storyline, you saved him, and he became your guardian, gathering ten million jin of source essence to help you break into the Four Extremes Realm. That event shocked the entire world. He was one of the most loyal and righteous characters in the novel, someone who left a deep impression on me.]

Ten million jin of source essence?

That was an absurd amount!

Ye Fan felt like his whole life had been a lie. Did he really need that much just to break into the Four Extremes Realm?

[Lu Xian: "Who in the world is worthy of wearing white? Only the God King Jiang Taixu!"]

So domineering!

Everyone in the chat group silently read this and started imagining what kind of peerless figure this old God King must be.

[Lu Xian: Ye Fan, just go and rescue this old God King. Then have him wield the Jiang family's Ultimate Emperor Weapon and use their ancient teleportation array to travel to Ziwei Imperial Star. That should get you the "Zhe" Secret. A clan as ancient as the Jiang family most likely has the teleportation array for Ziwei Imperial Star.]

[Lu Xian: Even if they don't, you can use the God King's name to visit Gai Jiuyou and bring him information about the "Zhe" Secret.]

[Lu Xian: With the God King backing you up, you barely qualify to have a conversation with Gai Jiuyou. But whether the "Zhe" Secret would even be useful to someone like him, I can't say for sure. I can only guess.]

[Lu Xian: Personally, I think it should be useful. Since the "Zhe" Secret is a supreme healing technique, it must have significance. Even the ruthless Great Emperor created nine techniques specifically to counter the Nine Secrets, which shows that even an emperor-level figure placed great importance on them.]

After reading everything, Ye Fan fell into deep thought.

"So, the Jiang family is hunting me down, and I still have to go save one of their old God Kings…"

"But seeing how much Brother Lu respects this God King, he must be a righteous person."

Lu Xian's method sounded a bit troublesome, but it was definitely more reliable than the first idea—trying to trick an emperor. That was just asking for death.

[Ye Fan: This is the plan, then!]

[Ye Fan: When I start executing the plan, I'll need you to guide me, Brother Lu. There are still many details I don't understand.]

[Lu Xian: No problem. There are indeed many details to iron out before executing this plan. For now, focus on dealing with your immediate situation.]

Lu Xian chuckled to himself.

Ye Hei, you don't understand yet… debt of gratitude is the hardest to repay.

Go ahead and rack up those debts. Sooner or later, you'll have to pay them back.

"You're grinning like an idiot. What's so funny?"

Zhu Zhuqing nibbled on her food and looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Lu Xian's smile grew wider. "With such a beautiful lady keeping me company, how could I not be happy?"

"Shameless!"

"I'm done eating…"

Zhu Zhuqing hurriedly stood up, blushing, and ran off. After riding all day, Lu Xian had used all kinds of lame excuses to touch and tease her. Now, seeing his mischievous grin again, she felt completely flustered.

"This little kitty is so shy. She can't handle even the slightest teasing…"

Lu Xian watched her flee before turning his attention back to his meal. After a few bites, he opened the system's lottery interface.

Abstract Points Balance: 15,000.

"Enough for a high-tier draw!"

"I wonder if my guess is right… that the first pull always guarantees a legendary reward!"

"Let's go!"

As 10,000 Abstract Points were deducted—

"Choo choo! The prize train is rolling—"

The glowing cursor bounced between squares until it landed on a mysterious question mark tile with a crisp ding!

The tile expanded, taking up half the screen, before pulsing and shrinking back. The familiar process. The familiar excitement.

Lu Xian held his breath.

BOOM! The lottery interface erupted in golden light!

Fireworks exploded across the screen!

A Legendary Reward!

"Yes! Just as I predicted!"

"Every prize pool's first draw is guaranteed gold!"

Lu Xian was thrilled. This was the highest-tier pool aside from the special one. A legendary reward had to be amazing, right?

[Congratulations! You have drawn the golden legendary prize of this pool: Innate Learning Sacred Physique.]

[The high-tier prize pool has been refreshed.]

Lu Xian's triumphant grin froze.

"…What?"

He rubbed his eyes and looked again.

"Innate Learning Sacred Physique?"

A high-tier pool… and this is what I get?!

Are you kidding me?!

Lu Xian was so mad he started laughing.

"Okay, okay, you damn system. You wanna play jokes on me, huh?"

At the very least, give me some trash like the Ancient Wasteland Physique—I could live with that!

But Innate Learning Sacred Physique?!

What kind of bullshit physique is that?!

Are you expecting me to go back to college?!

[Would you like to claim: Innate Learning Sacred Physique?]

Lu Xian gritted his teeth. "Claim it."

[Claimed successfully.]

Buzz—

His vision went white. It felt like his brain was about to explode.

Shit.

Am I… getting smarter?!

Lu Xian clutched his head, groaning in pain. After a while, the sensation faded, and he dazedly opened his eyes.

He didn't feel any different.

Curious, he checked the system description of his new physique.

Innate Learning Sacred Physique: A physique that allows one to learn anything at an accelerated rate.

Lu Xian: …

That's it?

Just one sentence?!

He was speechless.

How fast is "fast"?!

Give me some numbers, dammit!

10,000 Abstract Points wasted, along with my golden legendary pull… all for this?!

Lu Xian felt like punching something.

"What the hell?!"

Frustrated, he lost his appetite. Maybe today was just an unlucky day. He didn't even want to spend his remaining 5,000 points.

Feeling utterly defeated, he flopped onto his bed, opened the chat group, and prepared to vent his frustration.

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