The eldest and third member took out an object shaped like an amber meditation mat. Its texture resembled pure white crystal amber, and when held, it felt heavy, exuding an endless stream of the Power of Immortal Charm.

This Power of Immortal Charm was exceptionally high-grade and pure, providing significant assistance in Cultivation for Su Mu.

"Where did you get this from?"

Su Mu asked in astonishment.

Over the years, he had seen many top-tier treasures, and this amber meditation mat was definitely a rare artifact of the highest grade.

Considering the injuries on the eldest and third member, did you two sneak into someone's old home?

After the words fell, the eldest and third member said the treasure was obtained by them together, and of course, it wasn't considered stealing.

Su Mu also spent a few hundred Favor Points to heal the injuries of the eldest and third member completely.

In the end, Su Mu earnestly advised the Five Beasts, "In the future, when we're out and about, let's not look for trouble, nor be afraid of it. In any case... whatever you do, staying alive is the most important thing."

As long as they had a breath left and stayed alive till they reached him, no matter how serious the injury, Su Mu could heal them, provided they stayed alive.

That's why Su Mu specifically gave such advice.

...

After returning ashore, Su Mu opened the attribute panel:

[Host: Su Mu]

[Cultivation: Celestial Immortal First Realm]

[Mastered Divine Techniques: Water Control (Level 4), Swimming (Level 4)]

[Mastered Techniques: Cyan Heaven Dragon Transformation Technique (Seventh Layer), Divine Elephant Prison-Suppression Strength (Seventh Layer), Holy Abyss Technique (Tenth Layer)]

[Mastered Law: Power of Spatial Rules (Level 2), Law of Light (Level 1)]

[Water Beast Tamer: Apychelodraco, World Stingray Beast, Stone Axe Beast, Chaos Golden Spirit (Fusang), Golden Heavenly Dao, Spirit of Fortune]

[River Affinity: 6%)]

[River Favor Points: 120,500 points]

....

Let's increase the Affinity first.

[Favor Points -100,000]

[River Affinity: 6%] → [River Affinity: 7%]

He directly spent a hundred thousand Favor Points to increase it by 1%, reaching 7%.

Calculating it, there's still 9,300,000 Favor Points to go until 100%, which seems astronomical, but with gradual efforts, it's not too far off.

Just like a few days ago when he earned 40,000 in one go....

9,300,000 divided by 40,000 is roughly 233 times...

This won't do, I can't think like this, I'll earn it all in due time!

Su Mu is waiting for a big haul. Just like the 40,000 he earned at once a few days ago, what if one day he gets 100,000 in a go?

It's not impossible, right?

People need dreams. Without dreams, how are they different from salted fish?

With 20,000 Favor Points left, it's been a while since he had a draw. The last draw should have been the last time.

Anyway, it's been a long time. For the past two and a half years, he hardly dared to spend recklessly and put it all into refining this broken river.

Today, he has a gut feeling something might drop!

For the first step in the lottery, he started with the mat, conducting ten basic draws for ten points.

[Thank you for participating!]

[Thank you for participating!]

[Thank you for participating!]

....

[Thank you for participating!]

All ten in a row returned with "Thank you for participating," yielding absolutely nothing!

Despite only spending ten Favor Points, the sense of insult is immense.

However, anyone who's played certain hardcore games would know that when upgrading a weapon to its final form, they always start with lesser items—hoping these repeatedly fail to hence improve the weapon's success rate in the long run. Although the chances remain the same each time, one can't help but believe in this mysticism.

Also, with the probabilities in games by that penguin company, everyone knows—though they claim it's 20%, the reality is there are only two possibilities: 0% or 100%.

Keep padding!

Another ten draws!

[Thank you for participating!]

[Thank you for participating!]

....

[Thank you for participating!]

Once again, all returned with "Thank you for participating." Whether to be happy or mad is debatable.

Continuing until a hundred points were spent, and all were still "Thank you for participating." Fortunately, Su Mu currently had many Favor Points; a few years back, he'd have already been crying.

Never before had Su Mu been this unlucky—having not drawn in such a long time, shouldn't in theory he get a surprise?

Feeling like he had padded enough, Su Mu prepared to attempt a ten-point "Bronze Lottery."

[Thank you for participating!] [Thank you...][Thank... ]

In Su Mu's mind echoed the constant thanks, rendering him almost incoherent.

After a string of unpaid results from ten draws, Su Mu was nearing his limit.

Finally, he started with a hundred-point "Silver Lottery"!

[Thank you for participating!]

On the first try, Su Mu refrained from continuing. Already, three hundred points were spent with nothing gained. Don't underestimate those three hundred points; saving them could have saved many crabs.

Su Mu had never tried the thousand-point "Golden Lottery" before.

Having padded this much now, he decided to give it a try. If nothing got drawn, he'd punish himself by working nine to five for the next week, making up for all those unpaid Favor Points.

[Drawing....]

[Congratulations host, obtained "Nine Secrets" (complete)!]

The next second, nine ancient words emanating golden light appeared in Su Mu's mind, namely—Lin, Bing, Dou, Zhe, Jie, Shu, Zu, Qian, Xing.

Subsequently, the nine ancient characters transformed into numerous words, filling his mind....

As Su Mu looked internally at these ancient characters, he found himself increasingly astonished. Such a powerful, profound Cultivation Technique!

Thus, engrossed, Su Mu indulged for several hours.....

Finally, he understood what kind of technique this was—the nine ancient characters represented Nine Secrets, also nine forms.

1. "Jie" as Jie Character Secret, achieving Great Success can enhance battle power tenfold.

2. "Dou" as Esoteric Manual of Battle, a highly potent attacking technique.

3. "Bing" as Bing Character Secret, a secret technique related to Artifact Refining. When Cultivated to Perfection and provided the Cultivation is sufficient, it could control all worldly weapons.

4. "Zhe" as Zhe Character Secret, a secret technique for healing injuries.

5. "Xing" as Xing Character Secret, represents "Extreme of Travel," "Extreme of Speed" in the world, exploring the Abyss above and below!

6. "Qian" as Qian Character Secret, permits brief foreseeing of parts of the future, although sometimes unpredictable.

7. "Shu" as Digital Secret, signifies wisdom and can grasp heavenly principles, Arrays, and fate...

8. "Zu" as Character Assembly Secret, signifies "Recasting" and "Reassembly," summarizing all understanding, comprehending everything.

9. "Lin" as Lin Character Secret, stands amidst high mountains, on the ground, unbothered by the collapse of Mount Tai, unfazed by sudden crises, serving as a Heart Method.

After reading through it, Su Mu gasped, utterly astounded.

He was now impatiently preparing to try Cultivating it. As long as he began Cultivating a portion, after entry, he could use Favor Points for leveling up.

Su Mu looked at the amber meditation mat in front of him, sat upright on it—this was a treasure obtained by the eldest and third member, aiding in meditation and Cultivation; he just decided to test its effects now.

Sitting upright on the mat, he closed his research, starting to comprehend "Nine Secrets."

Unknowingly, Su Mu sensed the surrounding scenes changing constantly; he seemed to have entered a virtual yet so real world!

Suddenly, as a breeze swept by, Su Mu slowly opened his eyes, finding himself amidst the sky, looking downwards, his pupils suddenly contracted.

"Where is this?"

.....

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