Chapter 107: System panel opens! Lucky draw!
Time flew by, and more than three months passed.
On this day, Lu Changsheng’s fifty-ninth child was born.
This child possessed a spirit root.
Not long before, the child Shao Yaoyao gave birth to also had an Eighth-Grade spirit root.
This brought the total number of Lu Changsheng’s children with spirit roots to ten.
At the same time, two system prompts sounded.
[Congratulations, Host, for fathering ten offspring with spirit roots. You have received one lottery chance!]
[Host’s total offspring count has reached fifty, and the number of offspring with spirit roots has reached ten. The System Panel has been unlocked!]
“System Panel?”
Lu Changsheng wasn’t surprised by the first system prompt.
But looking at the system’s second prompt, he couldn’t help but feel a little surprised and puzzled.
He didn’t expect that this time, besides receiving the ‘gift money’ from the system, it would also unlock a system panel for him.
“Shouldn’t something like a system panel be available as soon as the system is activated?”
“Why is it only unlocking now, and it even requires prerequisite conditions to unlock?”
Lu Changsheng wondered.
But he didn’t dwell on it too much.
Maybe the author forgot at first, only thought of it later, and added it now.
Lu Changsheng silently said ‘System Panel’ in his heart, opening his system panel.
[Name: Lu Changsheng]
[Identity: Son-in-law of the Lu family of Qingzhu Mountain]
[Cultivation: Qi Refining Layer 7]
[Lifespan: 25 / 163]
[Talent: Seventh-Grade Spirit Root]
[Cultivation Methods: Immortal Grace Technique, Hundred Refinements Body Refining Technique, Seven Luminaries Great Freedom Sword Scripture]
[Spells: Fireball Spell, Wind Riding Spell, Object Control Spell, Qi Convergence Spell, Spirit Eye Spell, Sound Transmission Spell]
[Skills: Talisman Crafting (Tier 2), Puppet Crafting (Tier 2)]
[Spirit Beasts: Nine Nether Mastiff, Peach Blossom Gu]
[Items: Golden Light Brick Talisman Treasure, Peach Blossom Gu, Black Dragon Dharma Bead, Demonic Fiend Curse Life Book]
[Offspring: 59 / 66 (View Details)]
Immediately, a concise interface appeared.
This allowed Lu Changsheng to see his information at a glance.
“My lifespan is only one hundred sixty-three years.”
Lu Changsheng looked at his lifespan entry.
He had previously thought that after taking the Longevity Pill, which increased his lifespan by fifty years, he would have a lifespan of one hundred seventy years.
He didn’t expect it to be only one hundred sixty-three years.
“It seems I’m not some kind of health-preserving, long-lived person, huh.”
Lu Changsheng didn’t mind the few years of lifespan difference and looked at the ‘Offspring’ section at the bottom of the interface.
With a thought, the interface in front of him immediately changed.
Icons of each child, along with their names, appeared on the interface.
Lu Ping’an, Lu Wuyu, Lu Wuyou, Lu Xile, Lu Xianzhi, Lu Quanzhen…
Looking at his large number of children, he himself could barely recognize some of the younger ones.
Subsequently, Lu Changsheng clicked on Lu Ping’an’s icon to view it.
[Name: Lu Ping’an]
[Lifespan: 6 / 81]
[Talent: None]
[Cultivation: None]
“Eighty-one years, huh.”
Lu Changsheng looked at his son Lu Ping’an’s simple information.
Only the lifespan made him pay a little attention.
However, in the mundane world, living to sixty or seventy years old was already considered long-lived.
Eighty-one years old was also considered a ripe old age.
Moreover, if Lu Ping’an practiced martial arts later and paid more attention to health preservation, his lifespan might even increase.
Afterward, he checked the attributes of a few other children.
They were similar to Lu Ping’an, with only slight variations in lifespan.
Their talent and strength were both listed as ‘None’.
At this moment, Lu Changsheng clicked on his son Lu Xianzhi.
[Name: Lu Xianzhi]
[Lifespan: 6 / 79]
[Talent: Ninth-Grade Spirit Root]
[Cultivation: None]
“So, with this system panel, I can not only clearly see my own information.”
“I can also see the lifespan, talent, and strength of my children.”
Lu Changsheng more or less understood the purpose of this system panel.
It allowed him to see his own clear situation.
And also to see the lifespan, talent, and strength of his children at any time.
After looking at the panels of a few children, Lu Changsheng didn’t look further.
At this stage, the children’s information panels were all quite similar.
There wasn’t much to see.
“System, lottery!”
Subsequently, Lu Changsheng silently chanted, preparing to conduct the lottery draw.
A faint red virtual lottery disk appeared.
“Start drawing!”
Lu Changsheng looked at the lottery disk and said directly.
He had drawn the lottery so many times, and he already had the cultivation method he wanted the most.
So Lu Changsheng’s mood regarding the lottery was very calm now.
After all, only by not having expectations could one receive a surprise.
With expectations, what followed was likely disappointment.
Golden light appeared on the turntable, which spun rapidly.
Then it gradually slowed down and finally stopped on ‘Other’.
[Ding, congratulations, Host, for obtaining a Life Substitution Talisman!]
[Reward has been issued to the system space. Host can view it at any time.]
A talisman pattern emerged from the large turntable, accompanied by a system prompt.
“Life Substitution Talisman? A talisman?”
Lu Changsheng looked at the reward in front of him, raising an eyebrow.
He didn’t expect the system to even draw a single talisman.
In his opinion, a single talisman seemed a bit underwhelming.
It didn’t quite conform to the previous principle of ‘System Output, Must Be a Premium Product’.
Lu Changsheng’s mind stirred, and he looked at the golden talisman in the system space.
Information about it appeared.
[Talisman: Life Substitution Talisman]
[Tier: Tier 4]
[Description: Uses the talisman to connect to body and soul, has the effect of substituting life and warding off misfortune, and the effect of void-breaking escape.]
“Tier 4 Talisman!?”
Lu Changsheng was startled when he saw the tier of this Life Substitution Talisman.
Just now, he had felt that drawing only one talisman from the system lottery was a bit underwhelming.
But he didn’t expect it to actually be a Tier 4 talisman.
As far as Lu Changsheng knew, in the cultivation world, peak Tier 2 talismans were already quite rare.
Tier 3 talismans were already strategic resources that were priceless and had no market.
They rarely circulated on the market.
As for Tier 4 talismans, he had never even heard of them.
Or rather, it was questionable whether anyone in the entire Jiang Country could even craft a Tier 4 talisman.
After all, talisman masters were extremely rare once they reached Tier 2.
Tier 3 talisman masters, even looking across the entire Jiang Country, were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.
If they went to immortal sects like the Heavenly Sword Sect or Qingyun Sect, they could become guest elders or revered figures.
“However, although this Life Substitution Talisman seems powerful and has the effect of substituting life and warding off misfortune, I might not be able to use a Tier 4 talisman.”
Lu Changsheng looked at this talisman, his brow furrowing slightly.
According to the description of this Life Substitution Talisman, it was naturally very powerful.
It could substitute one’s life.
And teleport one thousands of miles away.
It was an extremely rare life-saving talisman.
But talismans were different from talisman treasures or exotic treasures like the Demonic Fiend Curse Life Book.
Activating and using them required consuming one’s own spiritual power and mental energy.
With his current cultivation level and strength, he could at most use Tier 2 talismans.
He simply couldn’t use a Tier 4 talisman.
“However, this is also a problem I anticipated early on.”
“My current cultivation is too low, and the things drawn from the system lottery have a relatively high upper limit.”
“Just like drawing a magic treasure, if I didn’t have the Hundred Refinements Body Refining Technique, drawing a magic treasure would just mean it collected dust.”
Lu Changsheng lightly exhaled and didn’t think too much about it.
He extracted the ‘Life Substitution Talisman’ from the system space.
Immediately.
A talisman that looked like it was woven from golden silkworm threads and outlined with profound talisman lines appeared in Lu Changsheng’s hand.
At the same time, detailed information about this talisman entered Lu Changsheng’s mind.
His eyes immediately revealed a look of pleasant surprise.
Life Substitution Talisman, Tier 4 High-Grade Talisman.
Drip a drop of blood from the center of the brow and a drop of heart blood onto the talisman, then use the talisman to connect with one’s flesh, blood, and soul.
When encountering a fatal attack or dying, the Life Substitution Talisman will automatically activate, taking the place of the user to withstand the fatal attack, and simultaneously randomly teleporting the user thousands of miles away.
And this talisman only needed to be used in advance to connect with the body and soul.
It didn’t require consuming mental energy or magical power to activate at all.
In other words, even if he only had Qi Refining stage cultivation now, he could still use it.
“As expected of a system product, a Tier 4 talisman is indeed a good item!”
Lu Changsheng felt a burst of pleasant surprise in his heart.
He had just thought that this Tier 4 talisman would be useless to him.
“With this Life Substitution Talisman, as long as I don’t encounter a Nascent Soul True Monarch, even if I face a Core Formation True Person, I can escape with my life!”
Lu Changsheng was overjoyed.
Although he had many methods now.
His strength was ultimately still too low.
Even encountering a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator posed a danger.
But now, with such a Tier 4 talisman, the Life Substitution Talisman.
It gave him an extra layer of security.
Facing Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators and Core Formation True Persons, he could also save his life and escape.
As for Nascent Soul True Monarchs, Lu Changsheng didn’t dare to say for sure.
Subsequently, Lu Changsheng stroked and examined the golden talisman, one inch wide and three inches long, in his hand.
He wanted to see if he could discern anything from it.
“I can only say, is this what a Tier 4 talisman is like?”
“I actually can’t tell at all what material was used as the talisman paper, and I don’t understand the talisman lines and patterns outlined on it.”
After looking for a while, Lu Changsheng muttered in his heart.
He had been thinking about whether he could glean anything from this Tier 4 talisman using his Tier 2 talisman crafting skill.
And try to craft a similar life-saving talisman.
After all, many exclusive talismans were researched this way.
His Tier 2 talisman crafting skill, besides experience, also included all common basic talismans.
But it didn’t include those rare, exclusive talisman dao inheritances.
However, after looking for a while, Lu Changsheng knew that he was simply thinking too much.
His Tier 2 talisman crafting skill was completely insufficient in front of this Tier 4 talisman.
It was like a primary school student looking at advanced mathematics, completely incomprehensible.
Trying to research anything from it was too difficult.
“Tier 4 talismans are still too profound. If it were a Tier 3 talisman, maybe I could still discern something from it.”
Lu Changsheng directly gave up the idea of contemplating and researching.
He tapped his brow, patted his chest, forced out a drop of blood from his brow and heart blood, and directly smeared it onto the ‘Life Substitution Talisman’ in his hand.
Instantly, after absorbing the two drops of fresh blood, the Life Substitution Talisman suddenly rose into the air and ignited without fire.
It transformed into a golden little human figure and rushed into Lu Changsheng’s glabella.
This caused Lu Changsheng’s entire being to experience a mysterious and stirring sensation.
However, this feeling quickly disappeared.
“That’s it?”
Lu Changsheng was stunned.
He didn’t expect the use of a Tier 4 talisman to be so fast.
He closed his eyes and looked inward. In his sea of consciousness at his glabella, he immediately saw the golden little human figure that the Life Substitution Talisman had transformed into.
This golden little human figure remained motionless, seemingly containing a vast and majestic power, and there was a subtle connection with him in the unseen world.
It was connected to his physical body and soul.
At the critical moment of encountering a fatal danger, it could play a protective role.
“This Life Substitution Talisman is indeed miraculous, worthy of being a Tier 4 talisman.”
“It completely surpasses my current understanding of the talisman dao.”
Lu Changsheng looked at the Life Substitution Talisman in his sea of consciousness and sighed in his heart.
After completing a round of lottery drawing.
Lu Changsheng thought that he had been back at Qingzhu Mountain for almost half a year.
The materials for purchasing the Hundred Refinements Body Refining Technique and the medicinal pills for cultivation were almost used up and needed to be replenished.
Moreover, he still had three children who were born in Nine Dragons Market, and it was time to go to the market to see them.
Immediately, Lu Changsheng said goodbye to his wives and concubines.
Then he rode the Iron Feather Eagle and left.
Two days later.
Lu Changsheng arrived at Nine Dragons Market.
After purchasing a batch of materials and elixirs in the market, I also stayed in Jiulongfang City for two days.
During these two days, Lu Changsheng also came to the Spiritual Talisman Shop to chat with Lu Miaoge.
And by the way, catch up with Yu Maocheng and Gao He.
Two days later, Lu Changsheng rode the Iron Feathered Eagle back to Qingzhu Mountain.
As for the child, Lu Changsheng did not bring him.
Mainly because it was really inconvenient to hold the child while riding the Iron Feathered Eagle.
If they encountered any accidents, it would be even more impossible.
So, he temporarily left him in Jiulongfang City and had the maid take good care of him.
Not long after leaving the market.
Lu Changsheng suddenly sensed a fluctuation of a fight coming from the side.
He saw three streaks of light intertwined, constantly fighting.
“Huh? Xia Long?”
Lu Changsheng looked at the cultivator in the front, who was rapidly fleeing on a dark cloud artifact, and his eyebrows raised.
This cultivator was his neighbor, Xia Long.
“Brother Xia Long, if you are willing to hand over the opportunities in the Purple Nether Secret Realm, this old man will spare your life for the sake of our past friendship.”
An old man was driving a hammer artifact, attacking Xia Long.
With him was a young man.
This young man held a stack of talismans in his hand, constantly activating them, bombarding Xia Long wildly, interfering and restraining him.
Lu Changsheng could see that the old man should be in the late stage of Qi Refinement, while the young man was only in the middle stage of Qi Refinement.
But under the two men’s attacks, Xia Long’s face was pale, with wounds on his body, and he could only constantly defend, resisting their attacks, and fleeing towards Jiulongfang City.
“Should I save him or not?”
Seeing this scene, Lu Changsheng slightly frowned.
Although he knew Xia Long, his relationship with this neighbor was just average.
There was no deep friendship, just nodding acquaintances, and some business dealings from time to time.
“Fellow Daoist Lu, I, Xia, have been ambushed by two people. Please lend a hand. Afterwards, I will definitely repay you handsomely!”
At this moment, Xia Long, who was fleeing quickly with a bloodless face, also saw Lu Changsheng.
As if seeing a life-saving straw, he immediately shouted loudly, asking for help.
“Fellow Daoist, please don’t meddle in other people’s business!”
The old man saw Xia Long asking Lu Changsheng for help and immediately said in a deep voice.
“Oh? Today, I’m going to meddle in this business!”
Lu Changsheng was originally a little hesitant about whether to meddle in other people’s business and take advantage of the situation.
But when he saw this old man, he immediately decided to meddle.
Because he also knew this old man and had an impression of him.
He was the owner of a spiritual talisman shop called Xiaofu Hall.
When he first arrived at Jiulongfang City, he had been looking for spiritual talisman shops to sell talismans.
Among them, he had sold talismans at Xiaofu Hall twice. After the second sale, the other party left a mark on the spiritual stones and targeted him.
Lu Changsheng remembered all these things.
In this situation, he had no psychological burden to make a move.
As soon as the words fell.
Lu Changsheng patted his storage bag, and the Qingyan Sword unsheathed.
It turned into a stream of cyan-gold light, with sword energy surging, and flew towards the young man in the middle stage of Qi Refinement.
“Song’er, be careful!”
The old man saw the sudden sharp flying sword coming and immediately shouted.
He knew that his grandson was in danger facing this sudden attack.
He immediately took out a talisman and activated it, turning it into a layer of azure light shield, protecting the young man.
“Thank you, Fellow Daoist Lu!”
Xia Long also saw Lu Changsheng’s move, and his expression was also delighted, then it turned fierce, and he stopped running away.
A green talisman appeared in his hand, which he used on himself, temporarily stopping the bleeding from his wounds, and drove his artifact to attack the old man in the late stage of Qi Refinement.
“Clang!”
The Qingyan Sword struck the light shield around the young man, immediately making the light shield’s spiritual light dim and showing dense cracks.
However, at the same time, two talismans flew out of Lu Changsheng’s hand.
High-grade talisman, Lightning Drawing Talisman!
“Boom! Boom!”
The purple lightning of the two talismans filled the air, turning into two violent bolts of lightning, striking the young man and the old man.
Under the Lightning Drawing Talisman, the azure light shield, which was about to break, was immediately shattered.
However, at this moment, the young man’s clothes rustled, making a roaring sound.
Another layer of greenish-blue and emerald-green light shields instantly appeared, covering his whole body, blocking the Lightning Drawing Talisman.
“Good fellow, it seems he’s quite rich too.”
Lu Changsheng was a little surprised.
He didn’t expect the young man to have two protective artifacts on him.
But thinking about it, he understood. This old man himself was the owner of a spiritual talisman shop.
Even if it was just a small shop, his wealth was incomparable to that of ordinary cultivators.
With a slight movement of his mind, he kept the sword energy of the Qingyan Sword surging, unleashing sharp sword energy, and continued to attack the young man.
Seeing this, the young man also summoned an umbrella-shaped artifact to resist and block the Qingyan Sword, blocking the sword light.
His magic robe kept rustling, making the greenish-blue light spread out, blocking the lingering sword energy of the Qingyan Sword.
“Alas, if I want to finish the battle quickly, I still have to rely on the sea of talismans tactic.”
Seeing this, Lu Changsheng knew that it would not be easy to finish the battle quickly without revealing all his strength and means.
He immediately took out more than a dozen mid-grade talismans and activated them directly.
The talismans instantly turned into fire clouds, frost, and wind blades, surging towards the young man like crazy.
“Grandpa, save me!”
The young man was already no match for Lu Changsheng.
At this moment, seeing Lu Changsheng using talismans like this, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he shouted towards the old man.
At the same time, he opened his umbrella-shaped artifact, held it in front, and kept rotating it, emitting a faint light.
With some heartache, he took out a high-grade talisman and activated it, causing a golden light shield to appear around him, blocking Lu Changsheng’s talisman attacks.
“Song’er, retreat!”
The old man who was entangled with Xia Long saw this scene, and his face also looked a little ugly.
He knew that if they continued to fight like this, he and his grandson would be no match for Xia Long and Lu Changsheng.
He could only give up the fat meat that was within reach and signaled his grandson to retreat quickly.
“Want to leave? Too late!”
Lu Changsheng saw the two wanting to escape, and while driving the Qingyan Sword, he took out two more high-grade talismans and used them to attack the young man.
After all, he had already made a move, how could he let them run away?
If he let them run away, wouldn’t he have to worry about being targeted in the future?
High-grade talisman - Lightning Drawing Talisman!
High-grade talisman - Body Binding Talisman!
At the same time, a sharp golden sword energy burst out from his fingertip.
Seven Luminaries Sword Energy!
Facing Lu Changsheng’s flying sword attack and more than a dozen mid-grade talismans, the young man was already struggling to cope, only able to barely hold on with talismans and artifacts.
At this time, the Lightning Drawing Talisman and Body Binding Talisman struck, directly blasting away the shield artifact he held in the air, and the light shield around him also shattered with a bang, and his whole body was bound in place.
“Pfft! Pfft!”
The Qingyan Sword and the Seven Luminaries Sword Energy, at the moment they broke through the light shield, severed the young man’s head and pierced his chest.
“Song’er!”
The old man, who was about to escape, saw his grandson die, and his eyes immediately turned red, his eyes splitting with rage.
“I’ll fight you all!”
The old man looked at Lu Changsheng with bloodshot eyes, took out a handful of grayish, longan-sized round beads from his storage bag, and scattered them towards Lu Changsheng.
At the same time, he activated several talismans, formed a spiritual seal with his hands, and unleashed a set of flying needle artifacts, attacking Lu Changsheng.
“Fellow Daoist Lu, be careful, there are Yin Thunder Balls hidden in these round beads!”
Xia Long saw the gray round beads and immediately shouted a warning.
He immediately formed a spiritual seal with his hands, drove his artifact, and directly attacked the old man, wanting to kill the old man during this gap.
“Yin Thunder Balls!?”
Lu Changsheng was startled when he heard this.
These Yin Thunder Balls are similar to Heavenly Thunder Balls and are one-time exotic treasures.
Although their power is not as good as Heavenly Thunder Balls, they are comparable to an attack from the Foundation Establishment stage.
He immediately took out three Golden Light Shield Talismans and one top-grade talisman, layering three layers of defense on himself and the Iron Feathered Eagle, with three layers of golden light covering them, the golden light flowing.
“Damn it!”
Seeing Lu Changsheng using talismans like this, the old man was not only angry but also extremely frustrated.
He knew that even with the Yin Thunder Balls, he couldn’t blow Lu Changsheng to death.
If they continued to fight, with the methods Lu Changsheng displayed, only he would die.
“Cough cough! You killed my grandson, this enmity is irreconcilable. One day, I will make you pay with blood!”
The old man’s eyes were full of malice, and he roared hoarsely.
He immediately used the flying needle artifact to detonate the Yin Thunder Balls mixed in the round beads, trying to escape while taking advantage of the opportunity.
Boom!
In the sky, a violent black lightning suddenly erupted.
It stirred up circles of terrifying and violent aftershocks.
“Boom boom boom!”
Under the terrifying aftershock attack of the Yin Thunder Balls, Lu Changsheng’s Golden Light Shield Talismans were directly broken through two layers.
Although he was fine, the Iron Feathered Eagle under him, under the violent aftershocks, uncooperatively shrieked wildly, flapping its wings frantically, making Lu Changsheng’s body unstable.
“It’s always like this when it encounters a fight!”
Lu Changsheng frowned when he saw the Iron Feathered Eagle’s appearance, knowing that the Iron Feathered Eagle was in a state of fright again.
He immediately summoned his flying artifact from his storage bag and landed on the flying artifact from the Iron Feathered Eagle.
Then he looked at the fleeing old man, wanting to pursue and kill him, utterly annihilating him.
“Cough cough cough!”
At this time, Xia Long, under the aftershock of the Yin Thunder Ball explosion just now, was blown open and bloody, his aura weak.
He was swaying in the air, looking as if he was about to fall from the artifact at any moment.
“Fellow Daoist Xia!”
Lu Changsheng glanced at him.
“I’m fine, Fellow Daoist Lu.”
Xia Long coughed twice and waved his hand weakly.
Seeing this, Lu Changsheng nodded, used the Seven Luminaries Sword Escape with the flying artifact, turned into a streak of light, and shot out, chasing after the old man.
Looking at the old man in front, Lu Changsheng no longer hid his cultivation.
He fully drove the Qingyan Sword, making the sword body shine brightly, with the sound of dragon roars and crane cries, blocking and intercepting the old man’s path.
At the same time, two talismans appeared in his hand.
High-grade talisman - Soul Shaking Talisman!
Top-grade talisman - Lightning Light Talisman!
“Hmm?”
Facing the sharp Qingyan Sword coming to kill him, the old man was suddenly startled and drove his artifact to parry.
But then.
The sudden Soul Shaking Talisman made him lose his composure, his mind became slightly absent, and his figure paused.
However, he also had a Clear Mind and Awakening artifact on him, which quickly brought him back to his senses.
But as soon as he recovered, he saw a surging and violent endless lightning, like a lightning dragon rolling towards him.
“No!”
The old man looked at the lightning in front of him, not daring to roar in anger, and could only hastily activate his spiritual energy shield and protective artifact.
The next moment, the endless lightning enveloped the old man.
Then, the lightning disappeared.
Although the old man was not dead yet, he was covered in scorch marks, spitting blood, and swaying precariously.
“Pfft!”
The Qingyan Sword flashed with cold light, its sword energy surged, sharp and overbearing, separating the old man’s head from his body.