"Ding, would you like to start the lottery!"
The prompt sounded in my mind again, finally snapping Yi Tian back to reality.
Could it be that I've got a cheat, too?
Suppressing my excitement, Yi Tian slowly gave the order: "Start the One-Star Lottery."
As soon as Yi Tian spoke, the pointer at the center of the roulette started spinning.
It spun rapidly for several seconds, then began to slow down.
During this time, Yi Tian glanced over the items on the roulette wheel.
No "Thanks for playing" slots, not a scam.
Thirty-six slots, looks like the biggest prize is a D-level item.
From the intro to the Celestial Dao Stone, I learned: Heavenly and Earthly Treasures are ranked as E-level, D-level, C-level, B-level, A-level, S-level, SS-level, SSS-level, Divine Level.
The strength of fierce beasts and living creatures is also divided into these nine levels.
Power, agility, constitution—these are the key standards to evaluate strength, but not absolute criteria.
Within what your constitution can bear, consuming Heavenly and Earthly Treasures can boost the Trial Taker's three-dimensional attribute.
"Ding! Congratulations, Master of the Roulette Wheel, you've obtained 1,000 units of iron."
The pointer slowly landed on a random metal. With a "bang," dozens of chunks of iron, big and small, thudded down at Yi Tian's feet.
"Nice!"
Yi Tian made a fist with excitement. The Celestial Dao Stone can instantly craft tools—getting 1,000 iron units beats winning a weapon by a hundred times.
"Next, Two-Star Lottery!"
"Ding! The Master of the Roulette Wheel has not unlocked Two-Star Roulette. Therefore, you cannot witness the entire lottery process."
"Ding! Congratulations, Master of the Roulette Wheel, you've obtained 10,000 units of lumber."
About thirty seconds later, the lottery was over, and next to Yi Tian, a mountain of planks was piling up.
"Uh..."
Without seeing the prize pool, Yi Tian had no clue if he'd won big or just so-so.
Lumber's the main building material. With his puny dozen or so power, he'd die trying to chop that much wood.
Thinking it over, Yi Tian didn't feel bad about it.
"Alright, Three-Star Lottery, quick!"
Yi Tian was getting more and more hyped.
"Ding, you've received an SS-level Spiritual Object, Water of Life."
From the void drifted out a large glass bottle, maybe ten liters, filled with a green liquid.
Yi Tian scanned it with the Celestial Dao Stone. A wave of info flooded his mind: "Water of Life, shortens crop growth cycle; each drop will shorten plant growth by one month. This bottle contains about 230,000 drops. Water of Life cannot be traded!"
"Damn! So half a drop can ripen my vegetables? Such a huge bottle, over two hundred thousand drops, jackpot!"
"Again, again! Four-Star Lottery!" Yi Tian's face was full of expectation.
"Ding! You've received an SSS-level talent, Mountain Lifting and Cauldron Carrying."
While gaining Mountain Lifting and Cauldron Carrying, another voice echoed in his mind—not the Celestial Dao Roulette, but the Celestial Dao Stone itself.
"Detected: Trial Taker awakens SSS-level talent, Mountain Lifting and Cauldron Carrying."
"Trial Taker's power permanently increases by 100 points. Current power: 114."
"Mountain Lifting and Cauldron Carrying: After activation, basic power doubles for thirty minutes. You cannot activate again within three hours after the state ends."
Yi Tian felt all the blood in his body burning, his face turning beet red, unable to control himself.
Ten minutes later, power surged through Yi Tian's body. Looking at his fists, now the size of sandbags, it felt like he could punch an ox to death in one blow.
"Damn..."
Yi Tian swung at the air—his muscles stretched so hard, he grimaced in pain.
That hurts!
Even his bones ached!
Yi Tian instantly understood the problem: too much power, too little constitution, not balanced at all!
In this state, all he could do was light work, no fighting allowed.
Gotta earn money to bump up constitution.
Suppressing the urge to fight a bear macho-man style, he focused on the final Five-Star Lottery.
Four-Star was already this OP, Five-Star's gotta go sky-high.
"Master of the Roulette Wheel has not unlocked Five-Star Roulette, so you can't watch the whole Five-Star Lottery."
One minute...
Two minutes...
Three minutes...
"Ding! Congratulations, Master of the Roulette Wheel, you've received a Divine-level Heavenly and Earthly Treasure, Seven-Colored Gourd Seeds."
Ba-thump, ba-thump, Yi Tian's heart sped up. Divine Level—highest tier reward, right?
He watched as a gourd seed glowing with seven-colored lights slowly drifted down from mid-air.
"Seven-Colored Gourd Seeds, Divine-level Heavenly and Earthly Treasure. Once mature, produce seven gourds: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple. Each gourd contains Divine Liquid, and each liquid gives its user a unique talent. If you water it with Water of Life, the Divine Liquid has a chance to give birth to a Gourd Spirit. Growth cycle: two hundred thousand months."
Yi Tian was dumbstruck. Suddenly he remembered those beautiful childhood memories—Calabash Sisters!
Of course, it's just a chance.
Though two hundred thousand months is super long, Yi Tian's got over two hundred thousand drops of Water of Life.
There's hope!
In Celestial Dao World, a year only has four months—spring, summer, autumn, winter, each exactly one month.
"Seven-Colored Gourd Seeds emit a radiant glow, absorbing the rules of the Celestial Dao World. Once the glow fades, you can plant them. The Divine Light will disappear within eight hours."
As Yi Tian was about to plant the gourd seeds, Celestial Dao reminded him.
Celestial Dao's a tool to assist Lords, super systematized. Early on, it helps Lords solve lots of problems.
Yi Tian pushed off planting for now—a few hours is nothing to wait.
Setting the gourd seeds down, Yi Tian went to a small plot of land. The iron and lumber were stacked not far from there.
Yi Tian planned his home, deciding to build it on the south side of the lake.
Yi Tian had to earn money to boost his constitution. Right now, the fastest cash was definitely fruits and veggies—there wasn't a single vegetable in the auction house. It was all meat!
First, he used Water of Life to ripen all his vegetables. It took less than a hundred drops.
To Yi Tian's surprise, in this world, the output of vegetables was three times that of Earth's top seeds.