Looking at the screen in front of him that was missing all the blue talents that he put to merge, Yang Ze couldn't help but scream at the top of his lungs.

He hurriedly jumped up from his bed and wanted to use his Etheral shadow steps to move around, but the moment he raised his right foot, he paused mid-air. He didn't know what to do next.

Previously, it was more like an instinct… a part of his body that he could use his hands and legs, but now… it was as if someone had removed it from his body and mind. Forget about using the Etheral Shadow Steps; he couldn't even recall any knowledge about it.

"Fuck." Yang Ze finally realised the seriousness of the problem as he took a deep breath and rushed out of his room to find the nearest pond.

It took him a few minutes to reach the nearest one before he immediately plunged his head into it while the rest of his body was still outside.

"...."

"...."

Ten breaths passed… thirty breaths passed…

By the time ten minutes passed, Yang Ze finally raised his head above water while gulping down one mouthful of air after another.

"Huff… huff… huff…" Taking deep breaths, he couldn't help but grit his teeth.

"Affinity to water is gone as well."

Yang Ze's face was turning pale at an increasing rate as he tried his best to suppress his anxiety.

He even tried to use his physical strength. Though the help of the talent Mighty Vigour wasn't that prominent after reaching the Foundation Forging realm and almost negligible in the Vein Expansion realm, he could feel a slight reduction in his strength.

"Damn it… what a goddamn pit." Looking at the small cauldron floating in front of him, Yang Ze almost wanted to punch it to pieces, but the only thing he could do was to helplessly look at it.

Earlier, he had thought that once the merging failed, he would only lose time and have to wait for the next seven days. But who would have thought that failing to merge items would result in the disappearance of the items?

"Fuck." Yang Ze cursed once again before gritting his teeth and walking out of his room.

There was no need to cry about things that have already occurred.

"Let's just copy them again." Since the talents have disappeared, he could simply copy them once again.

Thinking about it, he walked out of his house.

He got his teleport skill, Escape Master, from Xiao Rolan. He might as well copy it again.

Thinking about it, he simply walked in front of Xiao Ruolan's room before knocking on the door.

It took a while before the door opened as Yang Ze was greeted by Xiao Ruolan's puzzled gaze.

"How are you?" Even though there was a smile on Yang Ze's face, he immediately used his system to look at her panel.

[Name: Xiao Ruolan]

[Age: 27]

[Realm: 2nd Vein Expansion]

[Physique: None]

[Talent: Clear Mind(Blue) , Escape Master(Green) , Courageous(Purple), Nimble Fingers(Blue)]

[Evaluation: Someone who can pat you to death at will.]

"Sign in to Escape Master." Yang Ze muttered under his breath, and the system window popped up in front of him, except this time, the message was completely different from before.

[Sign In unsuccessful. Can not sign in to the same talent twice.]

Looking at the message in front of him, Yang Ze felt like the sky was crashing down on him.

It was only now that he remembered that his cheat was a sign-in, not a cheat that could copy talents. In a sense, it was greater than the Copy cheat as it would give him an increased rarity talent. But it was also inferior in the sense that he could not use his cheat on the same talent twice.

"Fuck." This time, Yang Ze couldn't help but whisper softly.

"Excuse me?" Xiao Ruolan, who was standing in front of him, snapped her fingers in front of Yang Ze, finally bringing him out of the daze.

"No… nothing." Clenching his teeth, Yang Ze couldn't help but shake his head before turning around and leaving behind the figure of Xiao Ruolan, who was still wondering what was going on with him.

"It can't be…" Looking at the two sisters sleeping on her bed from the corner of her eyes, Xiao Ruolan couldn't help but narrow her eyes, wondering if Yang Ze saw them. But the moment this thought came to her mind, she shook her head in refusal. She understood her strength the best, and it was impossible for even Soul Tempering realm powerhouse to look through her barrier, much less someone who is at the peak of the foundation forging realm. In the end, she could only blame it on his mood swings before shutting the door.

"What a mess." Yang Ze, on the other hand, after coming back to his room, couldn't help but exhale a mouthful of air. He hadn't expected the loss of so many blue talents at once.

He once again looked at the cauldron of creation in front of him before gritting his teeth.

"Let's just stick to the items."

In the future, unless he had spare talents which were of no use to him, he was never going to use his talents as materials.

Taking a deep breath, he began to look through the small cloth bags that Xiao Ruolan delivered to him. Earlier, he didn't care about them, but now that he needed some items for his next merging, he began to look through them.

"Blood Coagulating grass..."

"Body nourishing flower…"

"Twin pine grass…"

Looking at the small pile of herbs with his All Seeing eyes, Yang Ze began to separate them.

Almost all of them were either for healing or cultivation.

Other than the herbs, there were also a few precious pills which were of no use to the current him.

"I am just gonna throw all of them to merge." Yang Ze took a split-second decision. Since these herbs were useless to him and he didn't find anything satisfactory in the market that he wanted to buy, he decided to use all the herbs to merge. In that way, even if it failed, he wouldn't feel any pain.

"Now, let's just wait…"

Taking a deep breath, he ran out of the room to look for any talent to sign in, but the highest one he found was a green talent that gave him a Vein Expansion pill.

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And while Yang Ze was running around like a headless fly, inside the Duality Sect, in one of the rather simple, plain-looking rooms, the figure of an enchanting woman was sitting comfortably with a jar of wine on her lips as her smooth, flawless, milky white feet dangled in the air while she looked at the sky with a gentle gust of wind occasionally making her purple hair dance around with a silent expression.

Behind her was the figure of a similar, enchanting woman who was in no way less attractive than her, except her hair was white, not due to age, but due to some other factors.

She leisurely walked towards the sitting woman before sitting beside her.

"What are you thinking about?" Lin Meilin reached out to take the jar of wine that was still on Yun Ning's lips before placing them on her cherry lips and drinking one mouthful after another.

Yun Ning merely cast her a side glance before letting out a cold snort.

"Hmph!"

"Can't you just bring your own wine?"

"Hehe." Lin Meilin merely shrugged in response before gulping down another mouthful of wine.

It wasn't until she swallowed a few more mouthfuls that she wiped the corner of her lips before asking with a slight smile.

"What are you thinking about?"

This time, Yun Ning simply exhaled a mouthful of air as her gaze was still stuck on the moon in the sky before she opened her cherry lips to speak in a soft voice.

"Future."

"..."

"..."

The scene plunged into a brief silence as Lin Meilin merely shook her head.

"Don't be so sure."

"Why not?" Yun Ning couldnt help but let out a chuckle. "The preparations are already done, the first step has been successfully executed. Now we just wait for the events at the Sword Sect to unfold."

"Sword Sect, huh." Lin Meilin muttered to herself before asking again. "Did you hear about Cang Yue?"

"Heh, of course I heard." Yun Ning couldn't help but let out a chuckle. "Getting married at this time…"

With a brief pause, she simply shook her head.

"What an idiot… just like her sister."

"Oh!?" Lin Meilin couldn't help but raise an eyebrow as a slight smile appeared on her face.

"Why? Because she is getting married while you are staying alone?"

"....." Yun Ning didn't answer this question; instead just shook her head, ignoring Lin Meilin's bickering.

"But say…" Lin Meilin too followed Yun Ning's gaze towards the moon as she uttered her next words.

"Do you really want to sacrifice Cang Yue as well?"

"Maybe there is another way?"

This time, Yun Ning finally turned around to look at the enchanting face beside her before frowning in displeasure.

"This again?" She let out a cold snort, clearly displeased by Lin Meilin's words.

"Just how many times do we need to have such a discussion?"

"Besides… You should be clearer than me about the fact whether there is another way or not."

"....." Lin Meilin didn't have an answer to her remarks. She just let out a helpless sigh.

The two of them didn't say another word. They just sat beside each other in silence, sharing the drink from the same wine jar.

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"Finally, the cooldown has ended.

Looking at the cooldown that had turned to 'zero', Yang Ze could't help but clench his fists in excitement.

Four days have passed since he failed in his mission and lost all his blue talents.

During these four days, he kept wandering around, hoping to find suitable talent, but to no avail. Other than the Vein Expansion pills that he got as a sign-in reward, there was nothing else.

Most of the talents were absolutely worthless even by the merging standard.

Almost all of them were related to women whom he couldn't even use.

In the end, he just used his sign-in on Green Talents to get the Vein Expansion Pills.

Shaking his head, he cleared all those distracting thoughts before looking at the small cauldron in front of him.

Without any hesitation, he began to pick up herbs one by one and then throw them into the cauldron.

Earlier, he wondered whether there was an item limit, but even after throwing all fifty herbs, he didn't see the 'maximum number of items reached' message, making him believe that he could throw an infinite number of items.

With every passing moment, the once silent cauldron began to shake as a brilliant golden light erupted from it.

"Success."

Yang Ze couldn't help but clench his fists in excitement, but at the same time, a hint of worry appeared in his heart.

The precious mission was so outrageous that it made him lose all his talents. He couldn't help but worry whether it was going to be the same this time as well.

Taking a deep breath, he prayed to all his ancestors in his heart before looking at the mission in front of him, and once he did, he couldn't help but rub his eyes in disbelief before bursting out in an uncontrollable laughter.

In front of him on a transparent screen was a message visible only to him.

[Mission: Marry Cang Yue in the next thirty days.]

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