Free Web NovelChapter 20: Despair and Hope
Seeing the look on his face, Yuki was disappointed. She didn’t understand why he was able to remain calm at the sight of such power.
But considering the legacy he spoke of so much, Yuki decided not to do anything rash.
Even now, she wasn’t sure what she felt about Marx.
She wanted to kill him for taking her virginity. She also wanted to spare him from telling her about the treasure.
She also had an intention to make him her lover. That thought only lasted for a few seconds, but it caused a lot of problems in her mindset.
After all, she didn’t have time for love. Her goal was to reach the Nascent Soul Realm as quickly as possible.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to save the Niddhog Country or her family. frёewebηovel.cѳm
Thinking about her family, she released a deep breath and said.
"Goodbye!"
Without waiting for his reply, her body turned into a bolt of lightning and dashed towards the forest.
"Haa! Finally!"
After she left, Marx’s nerves relaxed, and he fell on his butt.
[Host, why were you so nervous before?]
"You can’t understand a woman’s thoughts, System. Nobody can. One second she might act friendly, another second she will hate you."
"In this world where killing and murder are normal, I don’t want to die at her hands."
[But Host, didn’t you try to stab yourself with a dagger?]
Hearing that, a disdainful look appeared on his face.
"System, you have a lot to learn. People are different. If she were a ruthless individual, I would’ve used a Healing Pill to recover and leave."
"Although a healing pill with such effects will cost a Diamond Ticket, it would be more than enough to cut off our Karma."
"After that, if she tried to harm me, I would do everything to kill her. But if she didn’t let me stab myself, I would try my best to befriend her."
[So, that was a part of your plan? Host, you are so cunning.]
Marx shook his head while standing on his feet. He walked up to the dead body of the giant beast and released his Devouring Spiritual Root.
In an instant, it absorbed and devoured the giant beast, but it didn’t help him improve his spiritual root to the Top Grade.
"System, no matter what kind of person she is, I did have sex with her. I can’t forget her so easily."
"That’s why I decided to stab myself. If she had been a bit more ruthless, I could also be more ruthless."
"After awakening you, the only thing that I lack is a partner. I can make friends, but life partners are difficult to find in such a treacherous world."
[I see! So, she is your optimal choice for a wife.]
"She does have talent. She seemed to have awakened a different kind of physique. More importantly, she was a Nascent Soul cultivator before her time travel."
"But now isn’t a time to think about her. I need to get stronger. She is already at Foundation Establishment Realm, and she will keep getting stronger."
Marx muttered as before, using the Qi Concealment Technique to completely hide his presence.
Although it didn’t turn him invisible, it made it impossible for any other beasts to sense his presence.
That’s why he was able to travel between those mountain ranges without engaging in battle with a monster beast.
’Right now, I should have over one hundred and forty-five thousand gacha points, which can be exchanged for the same amount of Gacha Tickets.’
Marx thought to himself while remembering something else.
"By the way, system, did you collect system points from that beast and that golden core bone?"
[No, Host! The system can only collect energy if you don’t use it to improve your Spiritual Roots.]
Hearing that, Marx rubbed the back of his head.
"This is gonna be a problem. No, it won’t be. The Adult Beast was only able to slightly add more energy to my spiritual root."
"If I am going to rely on Adult Beasts, I need to hunt them myself. If I am not wrong, the Adult Beast’s core was taken by her."
"Half of the Beast’s worth would be stored in its core. So, if I hunt Adult Beasts myself, I need to hunt at least twenty of them to improve my Spiritual Root once."
[Host, you haven’t checked that ring yet! There must be a lot of spiritual items. You can recycle any kind of spiritual artifacts that you didn’t like.]
Hearing that, Marx’s eyes lit up.
While running in the forest, he used his spiritual sense to check the spatial ring.
The moment his spiritual sense entered the ring, it suddenly appeared in front of a large catalog.
This catalog stored items, but the more he looked at it, the stranger it felt. All of the items were stored in boxes.
If he knew something, those things had a clear indication with a name tag in front of them.
If he knew nothing about them, they were stored under the names ’Weapon ’, ’ Pill ’, ’ Spells’, ’ Techniques’, ’Misc’
Things he knew, like ’Spirit Stones’, ’Qi Recovery Pill’, ’Qi Enhancement Pill ’, ’Body Tempering Pill ’, had a clear name in front of them.
Not so surprisingly, he didn’t recognize most of them.
’So, this spatial ring can interact with my spiritual sense based on my memories. Does it.....No, cultivators wouldn’t be foolish enough to do something like that.’
’More importantly, this is only a Golden Core cultivator. If he were a Nascent Soul cultivator, I wouldn’t be surprised if he had a soul living inside this ring.’
’In other words, the Spatial Ring works completely different than Spatial Pouch. No wonder, despite having similar functions, their cost is so different.’
The fact that Marx was able to get his hands on a Spatial Pouch, even if it was from killing someone, showed how easy it was to get this thing.
After all, with his Third Stage of Qi Sea Realm, he shouldn’t be able to kill powerful cultivators.
More importantly, Spatial Pouch only costs a hundred spirit stones. Marx didn’t want to spend so much wealth on one pouch.
Even if it were a Spatial Pouch, he would have to constantly buy Qi Enhancement Pills.
Because of his purchases, he had attracted the attention of another cultivator at the Third Stage.
They fought, and thanks to his ruthless attitude and unwavering determination to survive, he managed to kill his opponent.
He was also surprised to find a Spatial Pouch on his opponent. After that, he kept that pouch with him all the time.
He also knew about the Spatial Ring. But when he learned about its cost, he was dumbfounded.
A single ring costs over ten thousand spirit stones.
If one wanted to get a spirit stone for free, they must spend over a million spirit stones at an auction.
From that moment onward, he never thought about acquiring a spatial ring.
’Now that I have one, I don’t need to purchase it from the store. More importantly, I find a lot of useless items.’
"System, do you have a function to identify useless items?"
[Host, every item can be useful for a cultivator. But considering that the Gacha System is directly connected to your soul, I can identify items that you will consider useless.]
"Couldn’t you have started from there?"
Marx’s disappointment changed into joy as he asked with an annoyed expression.
[Host, you must understand every mechanism behind the Gacha System. It is your system, and you are responsible for every transaction.]
"I understand."
Marx nodded. Indeed! If he didn’t even know his system’s functions, how could he utilize it to the best of its abilities?
"Then, start identifying useless items! Make a list and show it to me before recycling those items!"
[Yes, Host]
After giving it an order, Marx continued running towards his village at his max speed.
Two Days Later;
Marx finally reached his village.
It was a small village, located twenty kilometers away from the Maicho Mountain Range.
When he arrived there, his joyful expression turned into horror.
The gates were crushed, the houses were destroyed, and the fire burned in some places where pitiful cries could be heard from the distance.
"No, no, no, no, no!"
"Please, be alright! Please! Please, Please!"
His body donned lightning armor as he rushed into the village. From close by, he could see several burning, destroyed houses and mangled corpses.
He didn’t even think about saving them. His eyes were only on his house. He ran with the best of his abilities, reaching his house in a matter of seconds.
When he got there, his heart stopped.
The house was destroyed, two bodies lay in front of the house, and there was a small child above them.
Those two bodies had serious wounds.
Seeing the bodies of his parents, Marx’s lightning armor disappeared as he fell to his knees.
Thud!
"Noooooooo!"
He raised his head and roared towards the sky. His voice was so loud that it almost shook the entire village.
[Host, they are half-dead!]
