Chapter 102: A Ten-Pull Summon

Chapter 102: A Ten-Draw Spin

All through the night, the resentment system’s backend was flooded incessantly with Murong Qiudi’s grudge points.

Zheng Jian had long ago set the system backend notifications to "Do Not Disturb" mode.ヾ(￣▽￣)bye~bye~

Surprised? o(n_n)o I really am a clever little trickster.

The next day, Zheng Jian checked the backend. Good heavens, this Murong Qiudi woman was truly vengeful. Just from this continuous surge of grudge points, over 4,000 had accumulated. Combined with the earlier grudges from Xue Keren and Xiahou Xing, the once modest grudge total suddenly neared the ten-thousand mark!

Zheng Jian was delighted. This just goes to show: people-oriented approaches and sustainable scientific development truly pay off.

So early in the morning, Zheng Jian offered a prayer to all the deities and immortals, wishing Murong Qiudi would harbor more grudges, contributing even more resentment points.

It had been ages since he last spun the lottery. Now, flush with a hefty sum of grudge points, Zheng Jian’s fingers itched to draw.

“Just one spin, only one!” he muttered.

He opened the lottery panel. The rules had changed — one spin cost 500 points, but there was a ten-draw option for 5,000 points.

Zheng Jian winced. This was blatant temptation — the ten-draw option was out now...

Thinking about how a ten-draw would halve his grudge points, he hesitated.

“What to do? Just one spin or go big with a ten-draw?”

5,000 points wasn’t a small amount, but not huge either. If he pulled something good, it would be worth it; if not, it would all be wasted...

“Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Might as well take the big gamble!”

“Wait, don’t forget this thing is full of ‘Thanks for participating’ nonsense!”

Suddenly, Zheng Jian felt as if two versions of himself appeared in his mind — one impulsive and reckless, urging him to gamble big with the ten-draw; the other cautious and prudent, advising just a single spin.

In the end, the impulsive side won out. With a flicker of thought, Zheng Jian chose the ten-draw.

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Instantly, the wheel began to spin. Zheng Jian silently prayed to every great master in the heavens before sharply calling “Stop!”

The pointer halted, and items began appearing one by one on the system panel.

“Comprehension +1,” “Luck +1,” “Thanks for participating,” “Thanks for participating,” “Thanks for participating,” “Last-hit Axe,” “Memory Enhancement Pill,” “Thanks for participating,” “Inner Strength Fruit (Level 3),” “Thanks for participating.”

“Damn it! Half of those are just ‘Thanks for participating’! This system is seriously rigged!” Zheng Jian scanned the results and spotted five “Thanks for participating” entries, prompting him to curse loudly.

Of course, the system ignored him completely...

“Ah, whatever, at least I got some stuff. Let’s see...” Zheng Jian comforted himself. “Comprehension and Luck both increased by one — that’s pretty good and useful.”

“Last-hit Axe? What the hell is that?” Zheng Jian’s gaze froze. “Could it be they actually gave me an axe...?”

Imagining himself wielding a sword in one hand and a massive axe in the other, Zheng Jian shuddered; the image was too bizarre to bear.

“Last-hit Axe: A magical axe from another world. Its wielder gains enhanced suppression effects against ordinary units!”

“This is ridiculous — even game items are showing up here...” Zheng Jian grumbled. In the game, heroes carry last-hit axes to deal extra damage to minions, but he was a swordsman! Carrying an axe made no sense.

After some thought, Zheng Jian continued reviewing his haul. “Memory Enhancement Pill... I get that — it boosts my memory. Don’t know if it’ll make me photographic, though... Inner Strength Fruit (Level 3), that’s decent too...”

In the end, Zheng Jian redeemed the Memory Enhancement Pill and Inner Strength Fruit, but left the Last-hit Axe with the system. He really didn’t want to lug an axe around.

Taking the Memory Enhancement Pill first, Zheng Jian was amazed to find previously fuzzy memories suddenly sharpened. Scenes that were once blurred became vividly clear...

“This is a great item, totally worth it!” Zheng Jian said happily, then quickly consumed the Inner Strength Fruit. The third-level fruit had a different effect from the second level.

The second level increased inner strength by 20%, but after repeated use, as his inner strength deepened, the effect diminished until it was nearly imperceptible. That’s why Zheng Jian hadn’t exchanged for an Inner Strength Fruit in a long time.

Now with the third level, after consuming it, he felt a clear boost in his innate energy — roughly a 30% increase.

“The first time eating this kind of fruit gave such a good effect...” Zheng Jian was pleasantly surprised. At his current innate level, inner strength was already profound. The second-level fruit had no effect, but the third-level instantly boosted him by 30% — that was impressive.

“First ten-draw, and the results aren’t bad...” Zheng Jian felt somewhat unsatisfied. Despite five empty draws and a strange axe of no use, the Memory Enhancement Pill, Inner Strength Fruit, and two attribute +1s made it a net gain.

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Most importantly, the +1 to Comprehension and Luck were hard to come by. The exchange shop never offered attribute increases, and Zheng Jian couldn’t see his own stats except through draws.

Comprehension affected his cultivation speed — higher comprehension meant better understanding and more efficient progress.

Luck needed no explanation. For a first spin, it was even more important than comprehension. With high luck, you might randomly help an old man who turns out to be a reclusive master, then ascend to greatness and reach the pinnacle of life...

Checking his remaining grudge points, originally close to ten thousand, only about 4,000 remained...

Opening the exchange shop, Zheng Jian had no interest in three divine martial arts scrolls: “Wedding Dress Divine Art,” “Formless Divine Art,” and “Four Shadows Divine Art” — none suited him.

“Refresh.”

“Refresh.”

“Refresh.”

After five consecutive refreshes, the shop finally displayed some coveted treasures that made Zheng Jian’s eyes gleam.

“‘Undying Seal Art,’ a peerless martial art from The Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty, priced at 30,000 grudge points.”

“‘Adamantine Indestructible Divine Art,’ a legendary martial art from The Number One Under Heaven, priced at 50,000 grudge points.”

“‘Three Swords of Fate,’ an unparalleled martial art from The Golden-Eyed Eagle, priced at 10,000 grudge points.”

Zheng Jian’s eyes sparkled in delight. The five refreshes, costing 2,500 grudge points, were well worth it. Now that he was at the innate stage, these three martial arts were all innate-level techniques — especially the Undying Seal Art, the proud martial skill of the Demon King Shi Zhixuan!

As for the Adamantine Indestructible Divine Art, it was also top-tier among innate martial arts, but...

Zheng Jian: No way I’m going for the reckless Adamantine art. (_)

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(End of chapter)