36: Chapter 36 New Feature: Entry Blocking

With a thought, Mo Zixing called up his System panel.

[Name: Mo Zixing]

[Gender: Male]

[Race: Human]

[Cultivation: Qi Refining Layer 9]

[Innate Luck: Candle Dragon Bloodline (Red), Hand-Roasted Chestnuts (Green), Thunderstrike Immortality (Purple), Bottom-out Rebound (Gold)]

[Acquired Luck: Spirit Spring Body Tempering (Purple), Stuck in Bottleneck (White)]

[Stuck in Bottleneck (White): Cultivation has reached the peak of the Qi Refinement Stage; a foundation establishment pill is required to Breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Stage]

Mo Zixing stared wide-eyed at the cultivation column on the panel that read [Qi Refining Layer 9].

All in all, it had only been about ten minutes.

His cultivation had actually been pushed from Qi Refining Layer 8 all the way to Qi Refining Layer 9 Perfection?

This Hundred-Year Spiritual Spring is way too powerful!

If I could soak in it every day, for the whole day, wouldn't that be Foundation Establishment in one day and Crystallization in seven?

His gaze swept over the white [Stuck in Bottleneck] trait, and he couldn't help but rub his chin.

Now he had reached the ceiling of the Qi Refinement Stage.

To Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, he still needed to find a foundation establishment pill.

Medicinal Pills naturally had different grades; to build a solid foundation, he definitely had to use a high-grade foundation establishment pill.

In this Sect, the only place to obtain a high-grade foundation establishment pill was Qingdan Peak, which was overseen by Liu Qingyan.

Although, given Liu Qingyan's personality, there was no telling what extra ingredients she might add to the Medicinal Pills she gave.

But at the very least, he could use the System to scan them in advance.

Whether there was a problem with the Medicinal Pill would be clear at a glance from the panel traits.

If he could truly get a problem-free high-grade foundation establishment pill, it would save him a lot of trouble.

Besides this, Mo Zixing hadn't forgotten about the unlocking of the new function the System had mentioned.

He called out in his mind:

"Hurry up and tell me, what new function was unlocked?"

[The new function unlocked this time is]

[Trait Masking]

[Function description is as follows]

[The Host may use the masking authority once per day]

[The Host can choose any single Innate or Acquired Luck trait of any target character for temporary masking lasting twelve shichen]

[During the masking period, the trait's effects are completely nullified; there are no preconditions for use]

Mo Zixing was stunned for a moment.

Temporary masking?

Once a day?

No preconditions at all?

He immediately thought of Lin Fan.

Although that guy's golden trait [Bottom-out Rebound] was now on him, during the time they first met, it had truly made him afraid to act rashly.

If he had this masking function back then...

He could have just masked the trait first and then gone up and finished him off.

It would be quite convenient when time was tight.

"Not bad, not bad. This function is quite practical."

Mo Zixing praised it in his mind, then immediately remembered the matter with Su Li and followed up by asking:

"Then is there a way to permanently mask a trait?"

"Temporary masking is still a bit lacking; some problems can't be fundamentally cured."

[The Host can use the original Full hatred value Trait Extraction function to indirectly achieve a permanent masking effect]

The corners of Mo Zixing's mouth twitched.

Naturally, he hadn't forgotten about that function.

But he didn't want to have those two black traits attached to himself at all.

[Rest assured, Host. Although the extracted traits will be displayed in the Host's Luck column, the Host can choose whether to enable them]

[Choosing not to enable them will not cause any negative impact on the Host]

[Furthermore, the temporary masking function unlocked this time is an incomplete version]

[Higher levels of authority will be gradually unlocked as the Host increases the Destiny Luck Value obtained from binding]

I see.

That is indeed quite good.

The weight on Mo Zixing's heart was lifted.

Extract one trait, mask another trait.

The path to solving the problems with Su Li has been laid out.

The only troublesome part...

Was that he had to max out her hatred value.

He naturally had a method, and it wouldn't be a waste of that one heart of Heart Favorability from before.

As for what comes after... that would also be easy to handle.

Mo Zixing calculated the action plan in his mind, and the more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

No time to lose.

Let's go!

Having figured this out, Mo Zixing didn't stay any longer and leaped out of the dry stone pit.

He walked toward the exit of the cave.

He saw Great Elder Qin Cangyue standing with his hands behind his back near the mountain wall not far away, clearly having been standing guard outside the whole time.

Seeing Mo Zixing come out,

Great Elder Qin Cangyue was first stunned, then quickly walked over, his face full of surprise:

"Kid, why did you come out so fast?"

"You didn't come out before you finished absorbing it and wasted the spiritual spring, did you?"

Mo Zixing's speed was simply too ridiculously fast.

"To the Grand Elder, it was not wasted."

Mo Zixing replied seriously:

"The spiritual spring water in the stone pit has been completely absorbed by this Disciple."

Hearing this, Great Elder Qin Cangyue turned and walked into the cave.

Sure enough, not even a trace of moisture remained in that stone pit.

He couldn't help but exclaim repeatedly:

"Good, good, good! The younger generation is truly formidable!"

"It took this old man half a shichen to finish absorbing the spiritual spring back then, but you brat sucked it all dry in just this much time."

Mo Zixing quickly said modestly:

"The Grand Elder overpraises me. This Disciple's primary Mind-Cultivation Technique just happens to be suitable, so the absorption was a bit faster."

With the red-quality Candle Dragon Bloodline plus the High Grade Mind-Cultivation Technique 'Spirit Induction Scripture',

with both buffs stacked, how could the absorption speed not be fast?

One plus one had long ago become greater than two.

The more Great Elder Qin Cangyue looked at him, the more satisfied he became, and he smilingly patted his shoulder:

"Good kid, you really are good material!"

"Within three days after the Spirit Spring Body Tempering, there will be slight fluctuations in your spiritual power. Remember to Cultivate diligently after you return to stabilize your Realm."

Before his voice had even faded, a spiritual power halo of the Golden Core Stage already surged around him.

Wrapping Mo Zixing in spiritual power, Elder Qin once again took flight, heading straight for the Outer Sect Disciple residential area.

Before long, the two of them landed at the entrance of the residential area.

Great Elder Qin Cangyue stopped and instructed again:

"You should also make the most of your time these next few days. Once you have decided which Peak you want to join, just take your Inner Sect Token and go report there."

"The Five Great Peaks each have their own advantages. Consider it carefully; there's no need to rush your decision."

"If there's anything you can't decide on, you can also come directly to the Main Peak to find me."

"Yes, this Disciple understands. Thank you, Grand Elder."

Mo Zixing bowed in greeting.

Great Elder Qin Cangyue nodded, gave a few more reminders about the Sect rules, and then turned to fly away.

Mo Zixing watched Great Elder Qin Cangyue's departing back and couldn't help but stretch.

After being busy all day, he was finally done.

From the morning assessment until now, he hadn't even had a bite to eat; he'd better head back to his courtyard to rest first.

He turned and walked toward his small courtyard.

On the way, he occasionally encountered a few Outer Sect Disciples who all stopped and respectfully called out 'Senior Brother Mo' when they saw him.

After all, he was the top scorer of the assessment by a landslide, the ruthless man who sent Lin Zhou, who was at Qi Refining Layer 7, flying with a single move.

He was definitely going to be an Inner Sect Core Disciple in the future.

No one dared to be negligent.

Mo Zixing nodded to everyone and didn't linger, walking quickly toward his small courtyard.

But as soon as he turned the corner of the alley and reached the entrance of his small courtyard, he frowned.

He saw Lin Zhou with that short sword tucked into his waist, standing straight beside the wooden door of the small courtyard.

He was gazing calmly at the alley entrance, clearly having waited for quite a while.

Meanwhile, Jiang Yuwei was holding her long sword, one hand on her hip as she blocked the courtyard entrance, her eyes full of wariness.