novelraw Chapter 154 : Open Cheating
Chapter 154 : Open Cheating
Chapter 154: Open Cheating
“80,000 experience points, plus 1 designated special attribute point!”
Chu Huaixu only felt that the system was truly generous this time.
“It's just a pity there's a note here: can't be added to the Spirit Embryo.” His handsome face darkened slightly at that.
At this moment, he had even already thought about which stat he’d add it to.
“Definitely not comprehension. I'm only in the First Realm, it’s more than enough; any more would be redundant and not cost-effective.”
What’s more, if he kept adding to it, Little Xu, with his Comprehension 10, might once again get a small part of his functions optimized.......
“I can't bear it.” Chu Huaixu let out the sound of a capitalist.
He glanced at his Character Panel and felt that all his attributes looked far too beautiful—almost catching up to how they were before he transmigrated.
As for 【Spirit Gathering】.......
Chu Huaixu: What even is Spirit Gathering?
After closing the panel, he took out the sword scabbard 【Ding Fengbo】.
The Sword Qi stored inside had already been depleted, and he had to replenish it.
Besides, he had discovered that the Sword Qi stored in the scabbard was stronger than he’d expected—especially when used in conjunction with Sword Intent.
“For low-level cultivators, Sword Intent is essentially a dimensional crushing attack.”
“Sword Qi instead becomes the carrier of Sword Intent.”
Moreover, he found that Sword Qi, when nourished day and night inside the scabbard, would gradually grow stronger over time.
Though the boost wasn’t drastic, it definitely existed.
So he made it a habit to replenish it after every use.
“No wonder it's a Supreme-grade Spiritual Artifact.” Chu Huaixu gave his verdict.
After exhausting all his Spiritual Energy, he started popping pills to recover.
Once his energy surged again, he began pouring Spiritual Energy into the medicinal cauldron 【Dao Birth One】.
As he fed it, he muttered to the artifact spirit, “Refine well, will you? Look at me—I have to rely on taking pills just to feed you energy.”
Too bad, despite how hard this black-hearted boss tried to PUA it, the effort had little effect.
The cauldron acted like a mentally deficient child—only ever whining about hunger.
“To think this is the true life-bound item of the Dao Ancestor. How could it be such a disgrace?” Chu Huaixu couldn't understand.
He even began to suspect—maybe the reason the Dao Ancestor never revealed his life-bound item was because it was too dumb?
After all, he thought the Dao Ancestor really cared about appearances.
That elder hid himself too well!
So many damn secrets.
“No wonder he's a Pure Yang Body, the strongest virgin in the Xuanhuang Realm, perfectly embodying that phrase......”
——“A real man needs his pride!”
Of course, this all showed just how utterly untroubled Chu Huaixu was by self-blame.
He never even considered that his life-bound artifact spirit turned out this way because he hadn’t nurtured it properly.
After force-feeding a hefty wave of Spiritual Energy into the cauldron, Chu Huaixu’s energy was drained again.
The next day, it was time for drawing lots.
Since the seeded contestants and the championship favorites had all been wiped out by “the family of three,” those remaining were largely underwhelming nobodies.
The family trio stood together, each hoping they wouldn’t draw one another.
As the head of the family, Chu Huaixu had given a strict command: they must claim the top three spots.
As long as they didn’t face off, they were basically set.
You had to understand—the Eastern Continent Grand Competition held by the Four Great Sects had incredibly generous rewards for the top three. Starting from fourth place, it dropped by a tier.
That alone was enough to make Chu Huaixu consider some sneaky tactics.
“You two go first,” he ordered.
Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing didn’t ask any questions and followed suit—that was the authority of the head of the family.
After seeing their numbers, both of them breathed a deep sigh of relief.
Han Shuangjiang drew number 2. Xu Ziqing got number 3.
As long as Chu Huaixu didn’t pull either of those numbers, all would be well.
When it was his turn, Niu Yuanshan, who was in charge of the draw, flashed him a smile.
That smile even carried a trace of...... doting?
Chu Huaixu was well aware—the people in the 【Organization】 were all thoroughly brainwashed.
He suspected that, with how loyal Old Niu was—plus how far he himself had come in this Grand Competition—if anything went wrong and required Niu Yuanshan to die for him, the man probably wouldn’t even blink.
As for people like that, Chu Huaixu honestly didn’t know what to say. His feelings were complicated.
But aside from that, he actually quite liked Old Niu.
“Go on, I hope you draw something lucky,” Niu Yuanshan gave him a warm smile.
Chu Huaixu nodded. He was planning to choose the lot farthest to the left.
But before that, he casually tossed out an 【Information Probe】.
There were Outer Sect Stewards and Fifth Realm Dao cultivators present—anyone who used spiritual sense to peek would be caught.
But the system? That was on a whole other level.
Forget them—even if Sect Master Xiang Yan came in person, he wouldn’t detect a thing.
Chu Huaixu was now cheating—openly and blatantly.
The lot farthest to the left was marked as number 1. Even if he’d picked it blind, he wouldn’t have run into either of them. Now he just felt more confident.
“Sigh, for this family, I’ve stooped to such disgraceful means.” The head of the family sighed internally, momentarily burdened by moral guilt.
“All for you guys.” He was even moved by himself.
Dead Fox didn’t forget to glance at Old Niu and say, “A great outcome. Thanks to Steward Niu’s blessing just now.”
Niu Yuanshan was immediately flattered into an embryo.
It was as if he had personally contributed to the 【Organization】’s campaign to seize the Eastern Continent’s crown.
He couldn’t help but hum to himself.
But if luck obeyed the law of conservation of energy, then misfortune wouldn’t disappear—it would simply shift.
Since the three favorites didn’t draw each other, it was a disaster for everyone else.
Three cannon fodder were now doomed.
After leaving the drawing area, Xu Ziqing had to return to the Gentleman Temple.
He was swamped with daily lessons—Jiang Zhi had packed his schedule full.
Chu Huaixu found this quite upsetting, like an old father who never intended to tiger-parent his kid, only for the school to tiger-parent him instead.
“Whatever. See you in the finals,” he said to Little Xu.
The delicate youth nodded solemnly. “Okay!”
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As expected, due to the draw, the following day’s matches lacked highlights.
All the battles involving Chu Huaixu and his crew ended in complete dominance.
Especially Dead Fox—he drew a female disciple and didn’t hold back at all, directly crushing the flower to show respect.
However, this female cultivator was quite attractive and apparently popular in her sect, the type with many admirers.
So her senior and junior brothers were all furious, cursing under their breath:
“Chu Huaixu has no grace!”
“She’s such a beauty—how could he bring himself to do that?”
“He’s so much stronger than Junior Sister Xu—couldn’t he have gone easy?”
Absolutely no sense of romance!
Since these were the matches for the top four, there were only four fights in total, all wrapped up quickly.
The draw for the semifinals happened on the spot.
To show the importance of the Final Four, and because Chu Yinyin was naturally energetic and loved excitement, she flew off the stage and personally hosted the draw.
She even started calling names directly: “Chu Huaixu, you draw first!”
The man with cheat abilities, Dead Fox: “......”
Still, it was the semifinals—who they drew hardly mattered now.
After he drew his lot, the other three were called on stage.
Yet as Chu Huaixu walked up, he couldn’t shake the feeling that some male cultivators were looking at him strangely.
Under the gaze of those many fanboys, this Dao Gate disciple—whom they saw as graceless and unromantic—drew the last remaining female cultivator in the Final Four.
The one they all thought was his Dao Companion.
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