167: Chu Qing

As undercurrents surged throughout the Ancient Domain, the power held by various families was gradually redistributed.

Even the small and medium-sized families that governed several cities heard the whispers and convened high-level meetings to determine their future course of action…

After all, when an avalanche comes, no single snowflake is innocent.

At this moment, news arrived from Lin Ziyan, whom Mu Wuchen had dispatched to search for the Son of Destiny.

After more than a year of searching, Lin Ziyan had traveled to many places and finally discovered some clues.

During this time, he searched very diligently, because previously, Mu Wuchen had spent a lot of resources on him, and the value of those resources had already exceeded a million immortal crystals, but he had been unable to make an impact.

As his strength, talent, and realm improved, his painting skills also greatly increased. Now, he could essentially create a painting with a single glance.

The reason he worked so hard was to prove to Mu Wuchen that he was not useless!

He had value!

He was worthy of the resources Mu Wuchen had invested!

At this moment, inside a restaurant near Lin Ziyan, a young man was radiant, with a sharp gleam in his eyes.

“System, sign in!”

As the young man's words fell, a peculiar sound echoed in his mind.

{Ding dong, congratulations to the Host for successful sign-in. A person with great fortune exists within a thousand meters, triggering an SSS-level reward, obtaining…}

As the sound rang out, the young man, Chu Qing, immediately showed a look of pleasant surprise. The content of this reward far exceeded his expectations!

His system was called the Sign-in System.

With this system, he could sign in at regular intervals, receiving random rewards. However, the quality of the rewards was influenced by many factors.

For example, when an extremely powerful magical treasure or a person with incredibly heaven-defying fortune was nearby, the probability of obtaining good items would greatly increase!

Moreover, under certain special circumstances, the system would trigger hidden system missions. As long as he completed the system missions, he would receive generous additional rewards.

Chu Qing, a mere mortal, became the master of dozens of nearby cities precisely by relying on this system!

And he had even greater ambitions!

“Oriental Huaiyu, at that time I was not worthy of you, and your father kicked me out. Now, I am no longer who I was. In a while, I will be able to stand before you with dignity!”

The Eastern Family—anyone familiar with the history of the Ancient Domain would know the prestige associated with this surname.

The Ancient Domain was established by ancient clans. When it was first founded, there were four most powerful families: Eastern, Western, Southern, and Northern.

However, with the changes of time, besides Southern and Northern, the other two great families had gradually declined.

The Western Family was even annihilated due to some disgraceful incidents!

But even though the Eastern Family declined, a starved camel is still bigger than a horse. The Eastern Family still possessed hundreds of cities' worth of assets, controlling resources in a considerable area.

And the once ignorant young man, Chu Qing, actually had the audacity to go to the Eastern Family's mansion to propose to the Eastern Family's young lady, Oriental Huaiyu!

Naturally, this infuriated the Eastern Family's patriarch, Oriental Huaiyu's father, who directly broke Chu Qing's legs and threw him out!

It was in that desperate situation that he awakened the system!

And it was by relying on the reward from his first sign-in that he healed his injuries and began his soaring, cheat-like life!

Thinking of this, Chu Qing clenched his fists. He wanted to prove to the Eastern Family's patriarch, Oriental Huaiyu's father, how foolish his original choice had been!

He wanted him to respectfully and personally give his daughter to him!

Now, he was not far from his goal…

“Huaiyu, wait for me…”

Chu Qing clenched his fists and muttered to himself.

Just then, the voice of the Sign-in System rang out again in Chu Qing's mind.

{Ding dong, the system has detected Lin Ziyan, a person with a black fate. Killing him can grant twenty lucky sign-in opportunities and a super reward. Do you accept the mission?}

{Note: Black fate represents a great enemy of the Heavenly Dao. The mission difficulty is high; please choose carefully.}

Hearing the system's message, Chu Qing was momentarily stunned.

This reward was too generous!

Previously, the most he could get for killing someone was five rewards!

Now, completing one mission could give him twenty chances, and not just ordinary sign-ins, but lucky sign-ins!

And there was a special reward too!

Chu Qing's mind immediately heated up, ready to accept, but then he quickly reacted and calmed down.

The system advised him to be cautious, so it definitely wasn't that simple!

However, the temptation of twenty drawing opportunities was too great for Chu Qing to easily give up. So, he simply communicated with his system in his mind.

“System, can you tell me what realm Lin Ziyan, whom you mentioned, is in?”

Since the system had already given a hint, it was better to be cautious, learn more about the opponent's information, and then decide whether to act.

If the opponent's strength was too great, he would simply give up for now and decide later, after all, opportunity was not as important as his life.

Just then, the system's voice reached Chu Qing's ears.

{Host, Lin Ziyan, the person with a black fate, is at Spirit Sea Realm First Layer.}

Hearing the system's response, Chu Qing immediately smiled.

He had thought that a person with a black fate would be some incredibly formidable figure, someone he couldn't deal with given his current strength. It turned out to be just a Linghai Realm!

Heaven was truly helping Chu Qing.

He immediately made a decision!

“System, accept mission!”

{Ding dong, Host successfully accepted the hidden mission. Mission duration is ten years. Killing him within two years can grant an SSS-level critical reward, doubling the rewards obtained. Exceeding ten years will result in mission failure. After mission failure, no sign-ins can be performed for two years.}

This made Chu Qing even happier. He hadn't expected it; killing a mere Linghai Realm actually gave him ten years!

Moreover, killing him within two years would grant double rewards, which would then be a full forty sign-in opportunities!

Awesome!

Chu Qing immediately executed a Thomas spiral flash, disappearing from his original spot.

He arrived at a high platform and, from a distance, locked onto two individuals: a casual-looking young man, and beside him, a purple-robed elder.

He couldn't discern the elder's cultivation.

Chu Qing narrowed his eyes, immediately understanding why this mission offered such generous rewards and such a long duration. It turned out that person had a powerful protector!

However, Chu Qing still smiled faintly. If direct methods wouldn't work, he could use underhanded ones!

Saying this, he took out a talisman and aimed it at Lin Ziyan. The talisman vanished in the blink of an eye, appearing out of thin air on Lin Ziyan and then disappearing.

This was a positioning talisman, a reward he had obtained during a system sign-in. It could lock onto a person's location. To prevent his prey from escaping if he missed, he first affixed this talisman to Lin Ziyan!

After doing all this, Chu Qing flashed again, arriving next to Lin Ziyan…