Chapter 61. Pyramid Scheme Expert

Chapter 61. Pyramid Scheme Expert

After reading the system panel, Ren Qingchen frowned. To be precise, he frowned upon reading the word inside the bracket next to points talking about devouring souls.

Checking his surroundings, Ren Qingchen dashed toward a huge boulder. Sitting with crossed legs, I saw his mental power fluctuate weirdly. After closing his eyes for five minutes, he suddenly opened both of his eyes.

While still in a meditative position, Ren Qingchen muttered something while holding his chin. "Is this system a soul type weapon?"

He continued to close his eyes and soon, his mental power fluctuated once again. The way it fluctuates is different from the previous one. After another five minutes, his mental power fluctuation changed once again.

This continued until half an hour passed. In total, he fluctuates his mental power using six different ways. Opening his eyes once again, I saw him frown. "All of my soul detection methods are ineffective. It either means this system is not related to my soul or used an extremely powerful method to hide from my detections."

Eh? So he is busy detecting his soul this whole time? Does that mean mental power and soul have some relation to each other?

With the test done, he stared at the screen and asked. "System, what kind of existence are you?"

Waiting several minutes, he saw no answer and decided to look for the answer himself.

Checked the other two functions. First, he opened the map function. Once Ren Qingchen opened it, he could see a circle shaped light at another corner of his vision. Inside, a topographic map is shown with a dot at the center. Beside the dot at the center of that circle, there are also several small blue dots scattered around.

Probably curious about what the dots mean, he went toward the nearest place marked with a blue dot which is actually marking the items containing energy I detected from [Scan].

Once he arrived, I saw Ren Qingchen's face turn shocked. "A century year old Spring Vine!"

With a gentle movement, I saw him slowly pull a vine attached to a tree. After he was done, he placed them in his backpack.

Visiting another blue dot, he saw yet another century old plant. After picking them up, he muttered. "So, the blue dots mean precious plants?"

He visited the blue dots I marked on the map one by one. That is until he went near a certain blue dot. After being this close, I found out it is actually a beast. Changing the color of that dot into red, he immediately saw it.

Ren Qingchen quickly ran toward the place marked by the red dot. There, he saw an eagle perching atop a tree at the exact location that red dot pointed.

Changing his sight between the eagle and his map several times, he muttered. "So, the map can also detect nearby living creatures?"

Perhaps he stared at it too hard. But, my automated program actually detected his stare as an input and opened another screen.

[Name: Unknown

Realm: Qi Refining

Cultivation Method: ?

Magical Technique: ?

Note: An Eagle.]

After thinking for a moment, I saw him dashing toward that eagle. Unsheathing the sword at his waist, he spent a trace of his spirit qi and activated some kind of stealth technique. Sneaking toward that eagle, Rem Qingchen immediately slashed the eagle once it was within his range.

Without even the chance to chirp, that eagle immediately died. After it died, the automatic [Devour] program was activated and sent a notification to Ren Qingchen.

[Remnant soul detected. Do you wish to devour it?]

After gaining that upgrade, Ren Qingquan opened the shop function for Ren Qingchen. Of course, he doesn't immediately add it randomly.

First, he asked me 'System, can you create a refined spirit qi for Ren Qingchen?'

[Yes.]

Then, he continued. 'Add it to his shop. Also, place his absorbed spirit qi and the items he gathered previously to the shop.'

[Done.]

To be honest, I know there are so many ways this can go wrong. But I'll let Ren Qingquan have his fun this time. If push comes to shove, I will just make Ren Qingchen devour his surroundings and summon that space crack thing to kill him.

Waiting until Ren Qingchen killed another beast and a notification telling him he gained 5 points rang. Ren Qingquan sent the message he had prepared.

[Congratulations to the host for unlocking the shop function.]

Ren Qingchen stopped skinning the beast upon seeing the sudden notification. Increasing his dismantling speed, he immediately opened the system shop once he was done.

Looking at the shop that has been filled, I saw his face turn shocked upon seeing the list of items.

[Shop

A Trace of Refined Spirit Qi: 2 points each.

Detail: A trace (1/1000 strand) of Spirit Qi refined by the host. It will immediately be sent to the host's body.

A Trace of Absorbed Spirit Qi: 1 point each.

Detail: A trace (1/1000 strand) of spirit Qi refined by the host. It will immediately be sent to the host's body. Excess Spirit Qi will be retained and automatically added once the host's dantian can contain it.

Century Years Old Vine: 1 point

Detail: -

Morning Dew Petal: 1 point.

Detail: -

Four clawed Branch: 1 point.

Detail:-

...]

The refined spirit qi is already understandable. As for the plants, I just named it according to the word muttered by Ren Qingchen while he picked the plants.

After regaining his composure, Ren Qingchen stared at the refined spirit qi and absorbed spirit qi while muttering incomprehensible words. Once he stared at the part selling plants, he had a thoughtful look on his face. "This list of plants."

Pressing to purchase the Four Clawed Branch, Ren Qingchen spent 1 point. Looking at the branch, he muttered. "As expected, this system is actually capable of listening and seeing my surroundings! Calling this Sweet Chrysanthemum Branch with a nonsensical name was truly the right step!"

Ren Qingquan: (☉⁠。⁠☉⁠)

System: (☉⁠。⁠☉⁠)

Announcement System: mommy, I am scared. Please pick me up.