"Ding, the chosen one has been detected, meeting the system activation requirements."
"Ding, system successfully activated."
Suddenly, just as Su Yun and the Xiao family came within a meter of each other, a mechanical, jerky notification chimed in his mind.
"System?" Su Yun was startled, then overjoyed.
Six years after arriving in the Dou Qi Continent, the gold finger essential for time travel had finally arrived.
Then, a mysterious sensation entered Su Yun's mind. Su Yun closed his eyes, absorbing it carefully. A flash of understanding flashed through his mind.
This was the system conveying information to him.
A moment later, Su Yun opened his eyes again.
The information wasn't extensive, merely a brief introduction to the system's functions. Having lived two human lives and possessing decent soul power, he had no difficulty digesting it.
"This function is a bit rudimentary..."
But if used effectively, it could be incredibly effective,
Su Yun thought to himself.
In the short time it took for the system to activate, Su Yun and the Xiao family had already crossed paths, going in opposite directions.
"Wait, the Destined One?" Su Yun's eyes gleamed. "Xiao Yan?"
Su Yun turned to look at the boy of the two children, muttering to himself, "Scan!"
"Ding, scanning."
"Scan successful."
Then, a message sheet, visible only to Su Yun, floated in the air.
Name: Xiao Yan
Gender: Male
Cultivation: Dou Qi Stage 3
Cultivation Method: None
Dou Skill: None
Item: Mysterious Ring
"Sure enough, it's Xiao Yan."
Su Yun's eyes flashed with understanding. In this Dou Qi Continent, only Xiao Yan could be called the Destined One.
If he had known he had to meet the so-called Destined One to activate the system, he would have definitely tried every possible means to contact Xiao Yan!
However, it wasn't too late now.
As for the little girl beside him, Su Yun knew who she was without the system scan.
"But it doesn't really matter to me." Su Yun shook his head, not trying to curry favor.
He hadn't had that before the system, and certainly not now.
While this system wasn't ideal, it was coupled with his own foresight. One year to become a Douzhe, three years to become a Douhuang, ten years to become a Doudi, and a horse breaking through the heavens.
But he still had the confidence to thrive in this Dou Qi Continent.
Su Yun's thoughts and worries seemed numerous, but in reality, they were but a blink of an eye.
Su Yun turned around and continued walking forward, but suddenly stopped.
"If I remember correctly, the original Dou Po novel says that Xiao Yan's mother passed away when Xiao Yan was four years old."
"In other words, the ring is already in Xiao Yan's hands now."
After figuring it out, Su Yun's hands trembled slightly, and the heat in his eyes could not be concealed.
He immediately turned around, his eyes flashing green as he stared directly at Xiao Yan's hands.
Sure enough, there was a ring on Xiao Yan's left ring finger.
"System, scan that ring!" Su Yun shouted in his mind.
"Ding, scan failed."
"Scanning item out of range."
The system's notification sounded in his mind, and Su Yun's excitement subsided a little.
He took a few deep breaths, trying to calm himself down.
Su Yun walked towards Xiao Yan and the others. After estimating the distance, he continued to speak to the system: "Scan that ring."
"Ding, scan successful."
"A dormant soul has been detected."
"Continue, scan that soul," Su Yun continued.
"Ding, scanning."
"Ding, scan successful."
Name: Yao Chen
Gender: Male
Cultivation: Peak Dou Zun
Status: Peak 8th-Rank Alchemist
Cultivation: "Scorching Sun Burning Heaven Art" High Earth Rank...
Dou Skill: "Flame Devouring Wave Ruler" Low Earth Rank...
Items: Bone Spirit Cold Fire, Mysterious Ruler, Black Demon Cauldron, Bone Flame Ring...
"Scan Yao Chen's memories."
Su Yun's eyes lit up again as he mentally commanded the system.
"Ding, detecting Yao Chen's dormancy, scanning initiated."
"Ding, Scan completed."
"Recover!"
"Ding, recovery successful, Yao Chen's memories have been stored in the system's warehouse."
An uncontrollable smile played across Su Yun's lips.
He resisted the urge to burst out laughing and immediately turned around, ignoring the puzzled expressions of Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er, and hurried away.
"Brother Xiao Yan, do you know this guy?" Xiao Xun'er asked.
"No," Xiao Yan shook his head, his heart filled with the same confusion as Xiao Xun'er's.
Su Yun's gaze had unnerved him.
He had never met this little boy, dressed simply but resembling a porcelain doll.
"Never mind, let's get back quickly. We've been out for a long time," Xiao Yan said to Xiao Xun'er.
Xiao Yan didn't take Su Yun's strange behavior seriously.
A stranger he had never met, just an insignificant incident.
"Hmm."
...
Returning home, Su Yun locked his door, tossed the food aside, sat on his bed, and immersed himself in the system.
Sure enough, the empty system warehouse had its first resident: a grayish-white cloud of air.
"Is this Yao Lao's lifelong memory?"
"My first pot of gold!" Su Yun exclaimed.
He shifted his attention from Yao Lao's memories and returned to the system.
The system's functions were extremely simple, even crude.
There were only three:
scanning, recycling, and fusion
. Even the inferior online games of his previous life had more than these. Su Yun couldn't help but grumble.
The three functions were simple, as the names suggested.
Scanning: With Su Yun as the center, anyone and everything within a one-meter radius would display a visible image of information visible to him.
Recycling, built on the scanning function,
could retrieve scanned objects—dead objects, temporarily unconscious objects, and living things without resistance—into the system's own system space.
Su Yun was currently planning to try out fusion.
After carefully considering the usage and requirements of this fusion function, Su Yun went out again and arrived at the market. He approached each stall, carefully scanning each one and selecting carefully.
"Ding, scanning..."
"Ding, scanning..."
"Ding, scanning..."
Su Yun waited patiently.
"Ding, scanning for Bone Cleansing Flower."
Su Yun's heart skipped a beat when he heard it, and he glanced discreetly at the stall owner.
"How much is this Coptis Essence?"
"One hundred gold coins."
A sure thing! Seeing the stall owner wasn't paying attention, Su Yun had an idea: Retrieve!
Su Yun glanced in the system's warehouse and saw the Bone Cleansing Flower lying there, securely in its place. He immediately left the scene of the crime.
Having succeeded once, Su Yun repeated the same trick, obtaining the herbs and magic cores he needed from other stalls.
Su Yun was always cautious, taking only one item from each stall.
The market was so vast that it wasn't uncommon for ordinary stalls to lose one or two items.
Returning home, he locked the doors and windows, and, making sure no one was around, began to count his gains.
Three complete stalks of purple-leafed orchid grass, two bone-cleansing flowers, a first-level wood magic core, and a second-level magic core.
A smile flashed across Su Yun's lips. Only one step remained.
(End of this chapter)