After saying goodbye to Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan, Xiao Xue watched them leave.
After admiring herself alone by the cliff for a while longer, Xiao Xue returned to her own small courtyard.
As the daughter of the Xiao Family Clan Chief, Xiao Xue naturally had her own small courtyard, although most of the time, she stayed in the neighboring courtyard of Xiao Xun Er.
Ever since Xiao Xun Er came to the Xiao Family several years ago, and Xiao Xue beat up her pedophilic Cheap older brother, she had often stayed with Xun'er, and the two had become quite close.
However, the situation was special today. Xiao Xue naturally didn't go to find Xiao Xun Er again, but instead returned to her own small courtyard and closed the door.
It's better not to let too many people know about cheating. (bushi)
Under normal circumstances, Transmigrators with a System > Transmigrators with cheats/scripts > Reborn people > Original natives.
And as luck would have it, Xiao Xue was a Transmigrator with a System, and at the same time, she also knew the plot of the original work.
Compared to her Cheap older brother, she was already ahead by more than just a little bit.
Jie jie jie... cough cough.
Xiao Xue returned to her room and began to sit cross-legged to Cultivate.
For her, who had Cultivated for many years and possessed the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi, spontaneously absorbing Dou Qi was not a difficult task.
Xiao Xue quickly entered a state of Cultivation, and strands of Dou Qi began to slowly nourish her bones and Meridians.
In her Sea of Consciousness, Xiao Xue opened her System template.
In fact, after Xiao Xue recovered her self-awareness, the System panel could be opened.
It's just that, apart from being able to obtain experience points through some simple tasks, the rest of the functions were locked.
That's right, "experience points".
If viewed from the perspective of the System, everything Xiao Xue was experiencing now was just a game.
And the experience points Xiao Xue obtained through tasks could be used to Upgrade her "Rank", or exchange for Cultivation Techniques and Dou Techniques.
Dou Practitioner, Dou Master, Great Dou Master... Dou Zun, Dou Sheng, Dou Di; there were a total of ten major Realms. Except for Dou Di, each Realm was divided into nine stars.
(Let's put aside the nine revolutions becoming Saint for now; not considering it temporarily.)
In the System, each star level in the battle through the heavens System represented 1—100 Ranks, with the hundredth Rank becoming Emperor.
One Rank in the System corresponded to one "star level" in battle through the heavens.
In other words, Xiao Xue's Rank could be improved by her own Cultivation, and could also be improved by spending points, allowing her Cultivation to achieve twice the result with half the effort.
However, this System had a mandatory condition: every major Rank could only be broken through by relying on experience points.
For example, if Xiao Xue wanted to become a Dou Practitioner, or go from Dou Practitioner to Dou Master, or Dou Wang to Dou Huang, then no matter how she Cultivated, it was useless, and no Medicinal Pill would work; she could only spend experience points to break through.
Moreover, before the System just prompted [Function Unlocked], these Upgrade functions were all locked...
Even if she could obtain experience points, she couldn't rely on experience points to Upgrade and break through!
Therefore, although Xiao Xue had talent not inferior to her Cheap older brother, she had reached the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi three years ago, and her Cultivation had stagnated.
With her Golden Finger not fully opened, she was stunningly beautiful, but in other aspects, she was just on par with her Cheap older brother, who was also a Transmigrator.
However, this did not affect Xiao Xue's mindset.
If it's locked, it's locked; unlocking is just a matter of time!
Fourteen years had passed so plainly, and Xiao Xue remained very certain about this, never having any doubts, and the System did not disappoint her.
Over these years, the System would also occasionally issue some simple tasks. Although the experience points given were not much, over time, she had accumulated quite a bit of savings.
And today, the "game" began, and the functions were unlocked.
When the plot was about to begin, the experience points she had grinded could finally be used.
That is to say, she could finally become a Dou Practitioner.
This is like having a large sum of money in your bank card that you couldn't use before, but now it's finally unfrozen, so you definitely have to take the card out and go shopping.
With an excited heart and trembling hands, Xiao Xue once again experienced the feeling of taking a black card to the mall back in the day.
Xiao Xue skillfully opened her [Character Panel] and found her panel information to browse.
Panel information is as follows:
Name: Xiao Xue
Race: Human Race
Rank: Level 9 (Ninth Stage of Dou Qi)
HP: 900/900
Dou Qi: 900/900
Soul Power: Mortal Realm Middle Stage (Upgradable, Mortal Realm, Spirit Realm, Heavenly Realm, Emperor Realm)
Aptitude: 7 (Upgradable, cap is 10)
Opportunity: π (Permanently fixed, not Upgradable)
Charm: 10 (Reached cap)
Character Panel comprehensive summary:
[A vase of world-shocking beauty]
"Aptitude 7" meant that if she developed normally, she could Cultivate to above Level 70, which was the Dou Zong level.
"Aptitude 8" meant she could break through to Dou Zun, and "Aptitude 9" meant she could break through to the Dou Sheng level.
Dou Zong was indeed a big shot in the Jia Ma Empire, but compared to the entire continent, it was not quite enough.
For this result, Xiao Xue was not particularly surprised.
After all, the strongest person in the Xiao Family nowadays was only a Great Dou Master. For her to have such talent was already quite good.
Moreover, even if she directly used experience points to smash "Aptitude" to full level, her strength would not be improved.
As for Soul Power...
Xiao Xue glanced at the experience points required for Soul Power Upgrade, silently backed out, and by the way, kindly greeted the programmer who wrote this System.
So expensive, are you really planning to sell it?!
A girl who didn't lack money in her past life finally realized the viciousness of human hearts... ah no, the viciousness of the System.
Xiao Xue sighed and clicked on the Upgrade interface.
Now the most important thing that could directly improve her strength was to break through to Dou Practitioner, condense a Dou Qi vortex, and then choose a Cultivation Technique and Dou Technique suitable for herself.
After all, before breaking through to Dou Practitioner, Xiao Xue didn't know what attribute her Dou Qi would be, so naturally, she couldn't choose a Cultivation Technique suitable for herself.
According to reason, the attribute of Dou Qi could be measured in advance.
However, every time she went to the Dou Technique Hall, she couldn't measure anything.
Therefore, Xiao Xue was very cautious about breaking through to Dou Practitioner.
Xiao Xue took a deep breath, slowly calmed down, and gently clicked [Upgrade] in her Sea of Consciousness.
A faint coolness spread from her Sea of Consciousness.
A moment later, a cool, pure energy rushed directly into her body. Xiao Xue's face was calm, and her hands quickly formed the hand seals for absorbing Dou Qi.
Her breathing gradually became steady, the faint Dou Qi in her body moved according to her heart, and then began to frantically refine.
A Breakthrough produced by the System naturally had no possibility of failure, and even the pain during the promotion process was reduced to the minimum.
In the small courtyard, the calm air suddenly rippled violently, and strands of pale white Dou Qi seeped out from the air, then continuously drilled into Xiao Xue's body.
Xiao Xue's mind moved, and her Soul Power spread out directly.
With Soul Power at the Mortal Realm Middle Stage, suppressing the fluctuations when promoting to Dou Practitioner was simply effortless, and all fluctuations were completely covered up.
However, except for Yao Lao, who had not yet awakened, there was one other person who could detect her Soul Power.
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"Old Ling, what is Sister Xue'er doing now?"
"Young Miss," in the dark next to Xiao Xue, the only Dou Huang expert of a certain Ancient Clan saluted a young girl, "Miss Xiao Xue has broken through to Dou Practitioner."
"Oh?" There was a hint of understanding and relief in Xiao Xun Er's tone, "No wonder..."
"And... Young Miss," Ling Ying hesitated for a moment, "Miss Xiao Xue's Soul Power is likely already not lower than the Great Dou Master Realm."
"Oh?" A look of interest appeared on Xiao Xun Er's face, and she turned to look in the direction of Xiao Xue's courtyard: "Sister Xue'er, is this the secret of why you stayed at the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi for so many years?"