331: Favorability, off the charts

Star-Gazing Tower.

A highly prestigious restaurant in the Great Xia Dynasty, offering not only various delicacies and exceptional service, but also a storyteller.

This storyteller had a mysterious background.

What he told were not fabricated stories, but genuinely useful intelligence.

“Ladies and gentlemen, let’s pick up where we left off. Last time, we talked about Chu Han’s punch killing the Holy Lord’s daughter…”

“…A single phrase, ‘A Tribulation Stage powerhouse cannot be insulted,’ shattered the sky! Though Chu Han was in the right, how could the Rising Sun Holy Land let it go? Eighteen Tribulation Stage cultivators battled the firmament, and an endless sword array unleashed its Edge.”

Clap!

The storyteller closed his folding fan.

“He fought eighteen Tribulation Stage cultivators of the Holy Land alone. During the battle, he set up countless sword arrays, thereby comprehending the Dao of the Sword and the Dao of Arrays. Wielding the might of heaven and earth, he fiercely countered the Holy Land’s sect-protecting grand array…”

“That’s all for today.”

“To know what happens next, tune in for the next installment.”

As the storyteller’s voice fell, cheers immediately erupted from below the high platform.

“This Chu Han is too amazing! To fight a Holy Land by himself, incredible, truly incredible!”

“The demeanor of an Immortal, the demeanor of an Immortal!”

“Isn’t the Prodigy Ranking out? Chu Han must be ranked first!”

“The top of the Prodigy Ranking, well-deserved!”

“…”

In a private room in the Star-Gazing Tower, Princess Nanfeng listened, utterly captivated. If not for a handsome young man beside her reminding her, she would likely still be immersed in the illusion.

“Princess Nanfeng, the storytelling for today is over. We should go back and Cultivate!”

“Cultivate… Cultivate?!” Princess Nanfeng’s delicate brows furrowed slightly. She didn’t want to Cultivate at all.

She had a System.

“Brother Ningkong, you go back and Cultivate first! I’ll buy some osmanthus pastry here, and I’ll come find you in a bit, okay?!” Princess Nanfeng grabbed Dongfang Ningkong’s sleeve, shaking it gently, and blinked her beautiful eyes.

Seeing this scene.

Dongfang Ningkong’s heart melted.

“I’ll go Cultivate right away, striving to reach the Tribulation Stage as soon as possible. By then, I will definitely ask my father to speak to Your Majesty about our marriage.”

“Then Brother Dongfang must work hard! Don’t make Nanfeng wait too long!”

“Alright, alright, alright! Starting today, I won’t rest. I won’t leave until I reach the Tribulation Stage, it’s just…”

“Brother Dongfang, I will visit you often, so don’t worry!”

“…”

The two interacted for a while.

After Dongfang Ningkong left, the smile on Princess Nanfeng’s face instantly vanished.

Dongfang Ningkong, the son of the Great Xia Dynasty’s Prime Minister, ranked twelfth on the Prodigy Ranking, and his cultivation was at the Late Stage of Body Integration Stage.

“How can a mere Heaven-Grade Luck Child be worthy of me? The Thunder Cleansing Pool is about to open, and that Chu Han isn’t coming to find me. If he doesn’t find me, how can I increase his favorability? So annoying…”

[Chu Han Favorability: -33]

“What’s going on? How did the favorability decrease again?!” Princess Nanfeng was stunned.

The two hadn’t even met, and had no interactions these past few days, yet the favorability could still decrease?!

[Chu Han Favorability: -99]

“No, System! You’re broken! How did it suddenly become -99?!”

Princess Nanfeng was also shocked by this blood-red number, which was just shy of indicating an irreconcilable enmity.

Did she kill Chu Han’s entire family?

[System Notification: The System is updating. The update will take seven days. During this period, favorability display may be inaccurate. Please do not worry, Host.]

“You scared me to death! I thought Chu Han was going to be irreconcilable with me!” Princess Nanfeng patted her chest, looking terrified.

Being targeted by such a Heaven-Defying fellow Transmigrator, just thinking about it was terrifying.

[Chu Han Favorability: -9999+]

Looking again, it had changed.

“Indeed, during the System update phase, favorability will have errors!”

…Great Xia Dynasty, inside a bookstore.

Chu Mo sighed softly: “Indeed, Princess Nanfeng has a problem.”

Lü Yang leaned closer and asked, “What makes you say that?”

“The author of ‘A Chinese Odyssey’ is Dongfang Ningkong. But we’ve gathered so much information in the Great Xia Dynasty, what else does this Dongfang Ningkong have besides some storybooks, poems, and songs that he’s good at?”

“Uh… I don’t understand!”

Chu Mo looked at Lü Yang with disappointment.

“It’s the thought! It’s the thought! Have you ever seen a Transmigrator who Transmigrated to the Immortal Cultivation World and still had old-fashioned ideas?”

Dongfang Ningkong’s poems, songs, and even many of his storybooks could reveal his identity as a modern person.

But there was one thing that wasn’t right.

Besides these, this guy showed no other traces of being a modern person. Furthermore, he acted like a sycophant, constantly fawning over Princess Nanfeng.

Which Transmigrator would be so low?

On the other hand, Princess Nanfeng, who was labeled a Transmigrator from the start, didn’t have anything outstanding about herself.

However, anyone who pursued her…

They could all spout a few lines of Tang poetry and Song lyrics.

“Is she a natural player, or does she have a System? A Harem System? A Male Companion System? A Favorability System…”

Regardless of the situation.

Princess Nanfeng could not be allowed to stay.

From the moment he revealed himself as a Transmigrator, and she did not reveal her Transmigrator identity, the rift had already formed.

The other party clearly intended to scheme against him.

Therefore, this person must not be allowed to remain.

“Brother Chu, are you saying that Princess Nanfeng has a System?!” Hearing Chu Mo’s muttering, Lü Yang was shocked.

“Not only does she have a System, but she’s probably trying to scheme against us… What a pity! If she had been honest, I might have tried to see if I could pull her into the Chat Group, maybe even give her a position, but now, I absolutely cannot let her stay.”

Chu Mo’s goal was now very clear: find an opportunity to eliminate Princess Nanfeng.

“Brother Chu, when do you plan to act?!”

“After the Thunder Cleansing Pool!”

“This time, it won’t be like at the Rising Sun Holy Land, where the plan changed at any moment, right?!”

Lü Yang asked with some suspicion.

At the Rising Sun Holy Land, they had clearly agreed to proceed steadily, step by step, and he was even entrusted with dealing with those guys.

And then what happened?

With a single phrase, ‘A Tribulation Stage powerhouse cannot be insulted,’ the battle directly began!

You had your fun, gaining deep comprehension in the Dao of the Sword and the Dao of Arrays, but what about me? What did I gain?

Just a cold, indifferent cultivation level.

“Oh, right!” Chu Mo thought of comprehending Law at the Thunder Cleansing Pool and said to Lü Yang, “You absorbed so much blood at the Rising Sun Holy Land, haven’t you reached the Body Integration Stage yet? Comprehending the Law of Thunder in the Thunder Cleansing Pool requires at least the Body Integration Stage.”

Lü Yang patted his chest and guaranteed.

“Don’t worry, Brother Chu! I have a lot of experience with the Law of Blood. At the latest, the day after tomorrow, I’ll be able to trigger the Lightning Tribulation.

With the resources of the Rising Sun Holy Land, I can reach Mahayana in at most three years, and becoming a Tribulation Stage within ten years is not a problem.

But, Brother Chu, how exactly did you refine this Physical Body of yours? It’s too overpowered!”

In the battle at the Rising Sun Holy Land, Lü Yang profoundly realized what a stat monster was.

He had originally thought Chu Mo would fight by relying on the Law of Thunder, various sword arrays, powerful sword Dao killing moves, and the method of calling for allies.

But he guessed wrong.

Chu Mo, the big brother in the Chat Group, was a complete stat monster. The most crucial thing was that this stat monster still thought he had a lot of finesse.

The sword array did play a role at first, but later, the Half-Immortal Ye Qingbi tore through the sword array with an Immortal Artifact.

Chu Mo didn’t even bother to act anymore. Black flames enveloped him, black runes covered his entire body, and black smoke billowed from him.

Immediately after, Chu Mo seemed to have gone berserk.

He smashed everything that came his way.

Ye Qingbi, wielding an Immortal Artifact, was almost smashed to death by Chu Mo’s absolute power.

What Law, what Magic Treasure, what Divine Ability secret techniques—in the face of absolute stats, they were all shattered with a single punch.

Regarding this, Chu Mo truly had nothing to say. He could only pat Lü Yang’s shoulder and earnestly advise, “Some things are hard for me to explain clearly to you, but you must remember, some things, if you don’t have them at birth, are very difficult to obtain later.”

How to refine the Physical Body?

He didn’t know either.

During Undergoing Tribulation, was it Body Tempering with tribulation lightning? No! Absolutely not! On his side, the Lightning Tribulation triggered by a Breakthrough was merely a drizzle, like a formality.

Body Tempering the Physical Body with tribulation lightning was something he only started doing here, but the Lightning Tribulation here was quite ordinary for him.

It was the previous battle that had been truly too intense. The more he fought, the more his blood boiled.

Then, his whole body’s Qi and blood seemed to ignite. The Barren Ruin Demon Flame automatically attached to him, and black runes also appeared.

“In that instant, my Physique seemed to be activated. The Demon Body Dao Embryo—the demon part governs battle, the Dao part governs comprehension. Fighting while comprehending, it seems there’s some truth to it.” Chu Mo secretly speculated about his previous state.

The Demon Body Dao Embryo, which had never played much of a role and only brought an increase in Comprehension Ability, finally began to exert its power.

Chu Mo was in a great mood.

At this moment, Lü Yang looked at Chu Mo: “Brother Chu, although the Rising Sun Holy Land is considered destroyed, Lü Fan ran away. Aren’t we going to pursue him?”

“Ye Qingbi used his entire essence blood as a price to escape with a blood escape technique. How easy would it be to chase? Besides, the Thunder Cleansing Pool is about to open. It’s most important for us to improve our own strength. As for Lü Fan, let’s put him aside for now…”

Having said that.

Chu Mo walked in a certain direction.

Lü Yang followed behind and asked, “Brother Chu, this isn’t the way to the Imperial Palace.”

“I know!”