Chu Ge, of course, had no idea that his diary had already begun stirring up trouble.
[Ding. The Diary Module and Sign-In Module have completed their upgrades.]
[The cultivation reward obtained from the host's daily diary entries is now doubled.]
[The Sign-In Module has unlocked the storage function. The host may store accumulated sign-ins—the more stored, the richer and rarer the rewards obtained.]
The system's notification sounded in his mind.
With the sign-in module now having a storage function, he could stockpile sign-in counts and use them all at once later. The rewards obtained that way would presumably be even rarer and more abundant.
"Not bad, not bad."
As he spoke, Chu Ge summoned the diary panel.
[The system has upgraded again. Now, from recording my diary every day, I can obtain rewards equivalent to opening 1–4 acupoints. That's really quite nice.]
[Unfortunately, my villain points are insufficient again. Tomorrow I'll go intercept a few of Ye Chen's future opportunities—there should be quite a lot of villain points to gain from that.]
[Ye Chen, oh Ye Chen, you'd better hold on and not fall so easily. Right now, I'm counting on you.]
[I wonder when I'll meet another high-quality le—cough, cough—Son of Fortune like Ye Chen again.]
After casually writing a few lines, Chu Ge immediately began cultivating and refining his acupoints.
As for the sign-in and check-in, he planned to save up a batch of sign-in counts.
For the check-in counts, he intended to use them during the day in other areas of the Taihuang Sacred Land; that way, the rewards would be better than repeatedly checking in at the Taihuang Hall.
Time flowed on, and in the blink of an eye, it was daytime.
Chu Ge, feeling refreshed and clear-headed, opened his room and took a look around, only to find—somewhat unexpectedly—that Su Lingyuan was nowhere to be seen, and even his master, Luo Huangjun, was also absent.
He did not think much of it, assuming the two were probably cultivating. He immediately left the Taihuang Hall, preparing to seize those few destined opportunities of Ye Chen.
Chu Ge first went to that long-abandoned desolate peak.
Following his memory, he easily found the legacy left behind by that Sixth Heaven cultivator. The process was smooth, with no mishaps.
[Ding. Congratulations to the host for seizing the future opportunity of the Son of Fortune. Villain points +5000.]
Just as Chu Ge took this opportunity that originally belonged to Ye Chen ahead of time, far away in the inner sect, Ye Chen suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of emptiness, as if he had lost something.
"What's going on?"
Ye Chen frowned. At this moment, he was bare-chested, his body still covered with the injuries from yesterday's beating—bruises of blue and purple all over, looking rather miserable.
He did not know why, but his heart felt extremely unsettled, as if some unseen will in the dark were urging him to do something.
He tried to ignore this feeling and immerse himself in cultivation, but no matter what he did, he could not calm his mind.
"What's wrong?"
The voice in his head asked.
"Nothing."
Ye Chen replied perfunctorily.
With no way to settle down for cultivation, he could only drag his aching body, change into fresh clothes, and leave his residence.
Meanwhile, Chu Ge had already found that fragment of an ancient spirit art in the Scripture Pavilion.
Originally, he had not been particularly concerned with this fragment, but after carefully reading it, he was pleasantly surprised.
This was actually a combat spirit art created in ancient times by a figure above the Ninth Heaven—called the Eight Desolations Annihilation Finger, a killing-type technique!
Its consumption was tremendous, but its power was correspondingly terrifying as well—enough to turn the tide of battle!
The Eight Desolations Annihilation Finger! In its complete form, this technique had six moves. This fragment recorded two of them.
Even so, it was still an extremely rare combat spirit art with boundless marvelous uses. Chu Ge immediately memorized it and stored the fragment into his storage ring.
Within his dantian, the small golden mirror gently swayed and emitted a faint radiance—it actually began to slowly derive and simulate the Eight Desolations Annihilation Finger for Chu Ge!
This was the Myriad Laws Evolution Mirror taking the initiative to demonstrate the art for its host.
If Chu Ge were to further activate the abilities of his Myriad Laws Sacred Physique, then with the two working together, it would not take long at all before he could cultivate this ancient spirit art fragment to the level of great perfection and completion!
Strands of insight began to surge endlessly into Chu Ge's mind. He closed his eyes and immersed himself in comprehension.