She scrutinized the transparent window trying to understand its use. At the moment it showed her personal stats.
[Name: Seo-lin]
[Title: deprived soul/harbinger of misfortune/universe's chosen]
[Status: malnourished/ under soul pact/ cultivation block]
[strength: 10
vitality: 5
agility: 15
spirit energy: 500
cosmic energy: 50
skills: none]
She looked at the screen, especially the titles and felt her blood boil. She then noticed her status and wondered why she had cultivation block. As if reading her mind the system window shifted showing an explanation. it was due to her cosmic energy. the system explained that a cosmic core formed while she traversed time and space replacing her old spiritual core hence she couldn't cultivate.
" Nowonder my stats are worse than a toad's," she muttered to herself.
Before she could unleash a barrage of complaints, another explanation followed saying even though she couldn't cultivate, she would be able to manifest laws through the use of runes. She tried to search through the original owner's memories for law manifestation but couldn't find anything. While trying to scroll through the transparent window for an explanation on law manifestation a sudden hilt of pain struck her and loads of information flooded her brain accompanied by a rather dramatic spectacle, her body emanated a strong hue while she levitated a few metres off the ground followed by runic characters surrounded her forming a certain pattern. Choi was stunned by the spectacle before her, even though she could not understand what was going on, she felt a strong aura suppressing her even though she had enveloped herself with spirit energy. The process continued on for a few minutes then ended with Seo sweating buckets. The time that was supposedly minutes felt like an eternity since the pain she had endured was like her brain was threatening to leap out of her head but after a short while she was back on her feet with Choi patting her back. She had acquired knowledge about runes, arrays and formation and how to manifest laws.
" Are you alright" Choi asked, " "yeah I'm alright,"
Choi looked at her wondering what had just happened, she held Seo's waist leading her to a nearby log for to rest a while. After properly sitting her on the log she suggested scouting ahead to know where they would go next then left. Seo took this chance to open the system window to finish reading the system user manual. The system had some seriously broken functions leaving Seo's mouth agape.
[ sign-in: the host can sign in each day after twenty four hours to obtain subsequent random rewards]-unlock conditions( 20 cp)
[rebate: host receives a hundred times return on items given parties related to the host with affection points over 50]-unlock conditions( 10 cp)
[inventory: unlimited space to keep items]_already unlocked
[design: allows the host to design skills and artifacts based on your imagination]- unlock conditions( 2000 cp)
The system then went on to explain that these were the only functions available at the time and more functions would be unlocked after she had gathered a certain amount of cosmic energy. She then asked how to gain cosmic points and the system responded saying the only way to gather points was to naturally naturally gather cosmic energy from the environment through her core or find cosmic crystals that were a condensation of cosmic energy. After getting a basic rundown of system functions she used forty points to unlock the sign-in and rebate functions since that was all her meager points would allow. A sudden glow engulfed the system panel and after it dimmed down a notification symbol had manifested and from what it seemed she had one notification. She clicked the button and opened the notification section.
[" please complete today's sign-in,"]
Her excitement was up the roof, she felt like a kid who was about to board a plane for the first time. She then uttered the magic words to sign-in for the day.
[" Ding!! Congratulations host, you have obtained,
body augmentation pill x2
golden lotus vitality pill x1
rice balls x25
golden spirit apples x5
guardian beast x1
moon weave flowing robe x2
heart of the domain x1
supreme current transformation technique]
This time the notification came in form of a metallic voice inside Seo's head and damn, as she thought, the system was something else giving her some outrageous stuff right off the batt. She viewed their information and almost gouged her eyes out. At that moment Choi returned and by the looks of it she was tired. Seo then opened her inventory and pulled out a golden spirit apple and tossed it to Choi. The moment it landed on her palm, Choi couldn't believe what she was seeing. The item she received was something that even the emperor only ate like twice a year since it was rear and when it appeared it was damn expensive and it was given to her so casually. She thought of returning it but was met with Seo's unfaltering gaze. The moment she took a bite, her fatigue and injuries faded into nothingness, the spiritual energy within it was pure and potent leaving her a relief and calm after effect.
" Since you decided to follow me and as long as you don't betray me and stay by my side, i won't treat you unfairly," Seo said while looking straight into Choi's eyes and then noticed a certain number above her head, 100%. It seems that was Choi's loyalty rating towards her.
" doesn't this girl trust people too easily???" she thought.
Suddenly a prompt rang in her mind,
["Ding! Companion Choi has consumed golden spirit apple x1, you have received golden spirit apple x100]
That single prompt jolted me up from the log in shock. This item was considered a treasure and she had over 100 of them. She then pulled out ten more golden spirit apples from her inventory and gave them to Choi. Before Choi's mind broke she also pulled out then moon weave flowing robe and gave it Choi. In this world treasures were categorized into ranks earth being the lowest rank, spirit, heavenly, divine, immortal, saint and sovereign being the highest. The robe she handed Choi was a heavenly rank item she had only heard nobles talking about as family heirlooms and now she was wearing one without a doubt in the world. Her faced beamed as she looked at Seo with a giant and beautiful smile. After giving Choi the items another notification chimed,
["Ding! Companion Choi has consumed golden spirit apples x2, you have received golden spirit apple x200]
["Ding! Companion Choi has received moon weaving flowing robes, host has received Azure cloud dancing silk(divine) x1]
She took out another set of the moon weaving flowing robe and wore it stunning Choi even more. She could not take out the divine rank set since she was sure it would leave Choi paralyzed with shock, meanwhile Choi was question the woman she had chosen as her master's identity.
" i hit a jackpot. following someone like her was totally worth it," Choi thought to herself.
After the break they decided to head towards the old world ruins. In the history books the previous owner had read, their was something about people relocating from the now desolate dark forest which used to be prosperous to the present empire in search of cultivation resources hence they headed to that direction in hope of finding a suitable place to set up their permanent base.