As the comic grew increasingly popular, the current sales of Fengyun had reached 27,000 copies. Excluding the fourth lottery draw, the fifth draw was a free reward from the system. In other words, Su Han could now draw twice.
But he had been too busy recently. Every day, besides helping Keqing cultivate the Golden Light Mantra, he also occasionally gave guidance in martial arts, so today was the first time he finally had a break.
"Well then, let's see what treasure I'll get this time."
Su Han opened the system and chose to draw. The familiar pool of cards appeared before him, spinning rapidly. Soon, the pointer stopped on a particular treasure.
When Su Han looked closely, he realized it was another martial art, but this time, not one of Bu Jingyun's techniques. Instead, it was Nie Feng's family's inherited internal art.
[Congratulations, you have obtained the Internal Art from the World of Wind and Cloud - Ice Heart Formula.]
"Ice Heart Formula? Now that's a fine thing."
Su Han's eyes lit up. If he remembered correctly, this internal art did more than merely suppress the berserk blood.
He opened the system description, and just as he expected, it confirmed his memory.
[Ice Heart Formula]: A high-grade internal art of the Nie family, discovered after traveling across the world to suppress the berserk blood. Cultivating it clears one's mind and purifies the spirit.
[Note]: The deeper the cultivation, the greater the improvement to one's mental state.
Seeing this, Su Han immediately chose to enhance it. After all, improving one's mental state benefited all aspects of cultivation, and a strong mind was less likely to fall for illusions or spiritual attacks.
[Note: Enhancing Ice Heart Formula once requires 500 points. Proceed?]
"Yes."
As soon as he confirmed, a cool sensation spread through his spiritual platform. The excitement he'd felt earlier instantly calmed. The feeling was mysterious, almost as if he could perfectly control his own emotions.
[Note: Your internal art Ice Heart Formula has consumed 500 points and advanced from Beginner to Skilled!]
"System, enhance it directly to Perfection!"
He had grown tired of strengthening it bit by bit. He wanted to experience the effects of the perfected Ice Heart Formula immediately.
[Note: Enhancing from Skilled to Perfection requires 7,000 points. Proceed?]
"Yes."
As a large number of points vanished, Su Han's spiritual platform underwent a tremendous transformation. All negative emotions were swept away, and around his spirit sea appeared countless icy and snowy illusions.
They circled his spiritual platform, as if guarding it.
Feeling this strange change, Su Han realized that even if he faced a mind-affecting force like that of the Abyss, he might be able to resist it entirely.
In addition, the Ice Heart Formula granted a special benefit, the clearer the heart, the faster the cultivation speed.
When Su Han looked again at the skill details, he found that the perfected Ice Heart Formula was indeed extraordinary.
[Ice Heart Formula]: A high-grade internal art of the Nie family, discovered after traveling across the world to suppress the berserk blood. Cultivating it clears one's mind and purifies the spirit.
[Level]: Perfection
[Effect]: Spiritual defense is strengthened, and the mind becomes as clear as ice and snow.
[Special Effect]: Immune to external demonic invasion, able to resist evil influences on the spirit.
"A perfected level even grants this kind of special effect? I wonder if it would work on Xiao or Shenhe."
Studying the special effect, Su Han fell into thought. He suspected that even with its perfected level, its effect on an immortal would be greatly reduced, but for Shenhe, it might work surprisingly well.
"Anyway, I'm heading down the mountain to pick her up today. Might as well test it later."
After finishing his first draw, Su Han began the second. His luck was rather average, he drew another Blood Bodhi. Although he still had some points left, considering his ongoing Under One Person comic, he decided not to enhance it for now and stored it in the system warehouse.
Once done, Su Han headed straight down the mountain. In truth, part of his trip today was for cultivation, but another part was to escort Shenhe down the mountain.
As Su Han's relationship with Cloud Retainer grew closer, the immortal began to confide more in him.
Especially after seeing how well Ganyu got along with him, Cloud Retainer began to consider something. Since her eldest disciple had regained her liveliness thanks to Su Han, why not let Shenhe experience the same? After all, Shenhe would soon descend the mountain to visit her parents' graves.
So yesterday, at dusk after a rain shower, while Su Han was still eating dinner, the immortal visited him personally. When Cloud Retainer asked him to escort Shenhe to Liyue Harbor, Su Han almost rushed off that very night.
After all, she was the one he had adored the most before crossing over.
From Dunyu Ruins, he set off and paid little attention to the scenery along the way. Around noon, he finally arrived at the foot of Jueyun Karst. Just as he wondered if Shenhe was still on the mountain, a scream echoed from afar.
"Help! Murder! The witch is killing people!"
Following the voice, Su Han saw several figures rolling and groaning on the mountain path not far away. Standing alone among them was the very person he sought, Shenhe.
Su Han's eyes brightened, and he leapt forward with lightfoot skill.
The injured men, seeing someone flying toward them, thought an immortal had appeared and immediately began wailing louder.
"Ah! Immortal, save us!"
"Please help us! This witch wants to kill us!"
"Immortal, save us~~~!"
Shenhe also noticed Su Han's arrival. Her expression remained cold and indifferent. In her eyes, Su Han was strong, but only slightly so.
Su Han glanced at the men on the ground and asked with a smile, "Why did she beat you?"
The men exchanged glances and began to complain.
"We just came seeking immortal fate after reading the comic, but when we reached Jueyun Karst, we saw this witch walking down the mountain. We only asked for directions, but she suddenly attacked us!"
"That's right, Immortal! Look, she broke my arm!"
"This woman must be evil, just like those from the All-Heaven cult in the comic! Please, catch her!"
Hearing this, Su Han turned toward Shenhe, curious about her reaction.
Her expression remained calm as she said, "These men have impure hearts."
The people lying on the ground felt secretly pleased, who would believe such an excuse?
Then they saw a golden staff appear in Su Han's hand. But instead of striking the white-haired "witch," he turned and walked toward them.
The man with the broken arm asked blankly, "Brothers, why isn't he punishing that woman?"
"Maybe the staff heals wounds?" one of them guessed, a die-hard comic fan recalling a similar scene. "Could be a magical artifact!"
But their hope shattered instantly when Su Han raised the staff and began beating them mercilessly, aiming precisely at the spots that hurt the most.
"No! Immortal, you're hitting the wrong people! We're the good ones!"
"Stop! My arm's already broken!"
"Waaah! We won't seek immortal fate again! Mommy, I want to go home!"
Amid their screams, Su Han showed no mercy, lecturing as he swung.
"Like seeking immortal fate, do you?"
"Like harassing female cultivators, do you?"
"Like crying for mommy, do you?"
Seeing his merciless blows, the fools were finally terrified. Realizing they might die if they stayed, they scrambled away as fast as they could.
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