With a thought, Chu Ge summoned the System.
"System, with the Villain Points I currently have, what can I do?"
From Ye Chen, he had gradually obtained a total of 26,500 Villain Points. Chu Ge had no intention of saving them.
[Ding! The current amount of Villain Points can be used to upgrade the basic modules. Each basic module upgrade requires 10,000 Villain Points.]
Upon hearing this, Chu Ge raised an eyebrow.
He had thought that his twenty-odd thousand Villain Points were already quite a lot, yet he hadn't expected that a single upgrade would require ten thousand points. To upgrade all three basic modules once would actually require a full thirty thousand points.
"Then if I want to unlock a new module, how many Villain Points would that take?"
[Random unlock requires 100,000 Villain Points. Designated unlock is priced according to the module.]
"Designated? Then is there a module like 'More Children, More Blessings'?"
Chu Ge's eyes instantly lit up.
"That requires 1,000,000 points."
Never mind, then.
Chu Ge's expression returned to calmness, neither sorrowful nor joyful, the sort of worldly desire disappearing from his eyes.
After pondering for a moment, Chu Ge had already made his choice.
Based on his experience using the System during the novice phase, he had drawn a clear conclusion: writing a diary gave the most generous rewards, followed by daily sign-ins, and lastly by check-ins.
However, considering that the rewards from the check-in function varied with location, the Taihuang Sacred Land where he now resided might allow him to obtain better rewards from daily check-ins than from sign-ins.
As for the sign-in function, its rewards increased gradually depending on special dates and continuous consecutive sign-ins.
"System, consume Villain Points and upgrade the Diary Module and the Check-in Module."
Chu Ge issued the command to the System.
[Ding! Villain Points –20,000. Remaining Villain Points: 6,500. System modules are now upgrading. Estimated time required: two hours.]
Chu Ge glanced at the time. After two hours, it would already be past midnight.
He took out the many books that Luo Huangjun had prepared for him earlier.
They were not cultivation manuals or combat techniques, but rather books on cultivation common sense, history, and various related topics.
Chu Ge had risen to the heavens in a single step and become the Holy Lord's personal disciple; naturally, people would investigate his background and origins.
Luo Huangjun also knew that Chu Ge had previously lived in the mortal world and that his understanding of the cultivation world was extremely scarce—almost zero.
Therefore, instead of immediately forcing Chu Ge to begin cultivation, she had allowed him to first read and familiarize himself with basic cultivation knowledge.
Only after Chu Ge formed a preliminary and clear understanding of both the cultivation world and the path of cultivation would it be time to truly begin training.
Moreover, Chu Ge already possessed a respectable level of cultivation: the Third Heaven of the Aperture Opening Realm /Opening Orifices Realm. In the three paths of essence, qi, and spirit, he had already opened 24 apertures in each—72 apertures in total.
For ordinary cultivators, once the total reached 108 apertures, they could begin preparing to break through to the next realm.
However, this obviously did not apply to Chu Ge.
After all, he was now a Holy Lord's personal disciple—a true heaven-chosen prodigy. Naturally, the more apertures he opened, the better.
Not to mention the fact that his seemingly quirky senior sister, Su Lingyuan, was an absolute monstrous talent who had opened all 324 apertures across the three paths of essence, qi, and spirit.
For ordinary cultivators in the Aperture-Opening Realm:
Opening the three paths initially marked the early stage.
Opening 9 apertures in each path marked the middle stage.
Opening 18 in each path marked the late stage.
Opening 36 in each path—108 in total—was considered the peak of the realm, at which point one could begin preparing to break through to the next Heaven.
Yet beyond the peak, there still existed the state of Minor Perfection:
72 apertures in each of the three paths—216 in total.
And beyond that, the state of Grand Perfection:
108 apertures in each of the three paths—324 in total!
This was known as the Perfect, Flawless Foundation!
And Su Lingyuan was precisely such a heaven-defying prodigy who had forged a Perfect, Flawless Foundation!
Not only that—on top of this perfect foundation, she had also opened quite a few Hidden Apertures.
Each Hidden Aperture was equivalent to the combined power of a dozen, or even dozens, of ordinary apertures!
Furthermore, among these Hidden Apertures were certain unique existences that contained extraordinary and mysterious effects. They could be used as trump cards, with infinite applications and boundless utility!
Chu Ge's immediate small goal was to likewise reach the Perfect, Flawless state of the Aperture-Opening Realm, and upon that foundation, to open as many Hidden Apertures as possible.
In any case, now that he possessed such resources and status, he naturally could not afford to fall behind others.