Chapter 107: How Am I Supposed to Play Like This?

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Chen Xiang stared blankly at the gray interface before him, his mind struggling to process the situation.
"Damn it..."
With the high-level Nascent Soul shattering, Chen Xiang’s own spirit seemed to explode too. An 80% success rate—and he failed the synthesis! And it was the final step!
Six thousand reputation points, plus the lucky water and lucky stones, totaling 7,300 reputation points, not to mention the original Nascent Soul itself!
“Did I forget to check the almanac before going out today? I actually hit the 20% failure chance!” Chen Xiang said with pain in his heart.
With this, he had lost nearly half of his reputation points, leaving him with just over 8,700. The sting was hard to bear.
“Ding, host’s synthesis of high-level Nascent Soul failed. The system has preserved one mid-level Nascent Soul and granted 400,000 experience points.”
The system notification sounded, and Chen Xiang felt a bit relieved after glancing at it.
“Hmph, I’m never buying Nascent Souls again, next time I’ll just cut off my own hand!” Chen Xiang thought bitterly, planting a mental flag.
He took another look at the preserved mid-level Nascent Soul, hesitated, and decided not to dismantle it for experience, leaving it in storage instead.
The 400,000 experience gained from the failed synthesis only filled half of his experience bar—he was still far from leveling up.
Chen Xiang then looked into his backpack, exchanging a dozen or so Golden Pills for experience, making some progress toward his next level.
Finally, he turned his attention to the upgrade gift pack.
He had received this pack after reaching the Nascent Soul stage but had yet to open it, hoping for something good.
“System, open the growth gift pack,” Chen Xiang said mentally.
A gift box appeared before him; with a flash of light, several streaks of glow shot out, revealing four items.
“Ding, congratulations host ‘Chen Xiang’ on obtaining ten Mid-level Void Escape Talismans.”
“Ding, congratulations host ‘Chen Xiang’ on obtaining one high-level Nascent Soul.”
“Ding, congratulations host ‘Chen Xiang’ on obtaining one Hidden Divine Robe.”
“Ding, congratulations host ‘Chen Xiang’ on unlocking the Celestial-grade Martial Arts and Cultivation Technique Store.”
...
Calmly, Chen Xiang placed both hands under the table and then forcefully flipped it. The wooden table spun wildly in the air, rotating a dizzying number of degrees, hovering for ten seconds before crashing heavily to the ground.
“Damn you, you damn spiral snake ball of a system! Are you trying to mess with me? You have three milliseconds to return my reputation points! Aaaahhh!!” Chen Xiang shouted, his face flushed with anger.

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Just moments ago, he had nervously spent 7,300 reputation points trying and failing to synthesize a high-level Nascent Soul, and now he opened one from the growth gift pack—it was infuriating! He was about to explode with rage!
So all those 7,300 points and the Nascent Soul he had accumulated were wasted?
“System, I demand you list all possible items in this gift pack! Otherwise, give me a refund!” Chen Xiang gritted his teeth.
“Ding, impossible!” the system replied coldly.
“You’re such a trickster!” Chen Xiang was speechless, utterly exhausted.
7,300 reputation points—how many people would it take to save that much? And now it was wasted just like that. As someone who couldn’t bear to waste even a single grain of rice, he felt deeply pained.
It took him quite a while to calm down.
Since he didn’t want to see that high-level Nascent Soul now, Chen Xiang started organizing the other items he had received.
The Mid-level Void Escape Talismans were good items, and getting ten this time was decent.
But the robe was a bit unexpected.
The first ever versatile robe he had obtained had turned to ashes during the thunder tribulation; now he wore a plain robe exchanged in the system store for just ten reputation points—cheap and practical.
Calling it a robe was almost an understatement; it was more like a black cloak, the entire garment black except for golden-trimmed edges.
This style looked particularly classy, making him curious about what made the Hidden Divine Robe special.
He then opened the description page.
[Hidden Divine Robe]:
Not for sale. Made from heavenly black ice silkworm silk, enhanced with various prohibitive runes. Wearing this robe conceals the wearer’s appearance; cultivators below Nascent Soul stage cannot detect the wearer’s form or visage. It can block any spell attack from Nascent Soul cultivators below this stage. When activated by special technique, it temporarily hides the wearer’s presence and aura (note: only undetectable by cultivators below Nascent Soul stage).
“So this robe is specifically designed for cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage!” Chen Xiang thought deeply.
“Hey, system, did you give me this robe because you know I’m going to the Li family?” Chen Xiang suddenly asked, since it was common knowledge in Biyun City that the highest cultivator in the Li family was a seventh-level Transformation stage ancestor.
But the system didn’t respond—or perhaps it was just too lazy to answer.
“Alright, if you don’t answer, I’ll take that as an admission. Didn’t expect you to care about me, system. Keep it up!” Chen Xiang said with a smile.
However, he quickly added, “But I’d be even happier if you returned my reputation points!”
He casually closed a system interface that had ‘mmp’ written on it, then looked at the system store again.
Actually, the thing that excited Chen Xiang the most was the last reward.

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The Celestial-grade Martial Arts and Cultivation Technique Store had now opened!
Chen Xiang steadied his expression and opened the Celestial-grade Martial Arts store.
“Oh!!! Severing Blood Ghost Finger, Fate Creation Palm...” Countless celestial-grade martial arts flashed before Chen Xiang’s eyes.
Although the martial arts in the system store were incredibly tempting, their prices were also substantial.
For example, the top item, “Nine Heavens God-destroying Sword,” a high-level celestial-grade martial art, was priced at 30,000 reputation points! Even selling a kidney wouldn’t cover that!
The cheapest item, “Blazing Fire Palm,” a low-level celestial-grade martial art, cost 3,000 reputation points! Still a kidney’s worth.
He checked the description for “Blazing Fire Palm”; it was barely at the celestial-grade standard, actually weaker than ordinary low-level tribulation martial arts, but it was still celestial-grade!
“Damn, is this a robbery? I wanted a few arts to keep in reserve!” Chen Xiang complained.
But despite his complaints, he understood the difference between celestial-grade and earth-grade martial arts. Even the most ordinary celestial-grade techniques were more powerful than the highest-level advanced earth-grade martial arts.
Chen Xiang noted that he still had over 8,000 reputation points left. Celestial-grade high-level martial arts were out of reach; the cheapest started at 18,000. However, several mid-level celestial-grade arts were somewhat affordable.
“Shattering Nirvana Finger”: mid-level celestial-grade martial art; one finger shatters the void, one finger breaks the heavens; when mastered to the peak, can shatter heaven and earth!
Price: 8,000 reputation points.
“Primordial Spirit Lockkill”: mid-level celestial-grade martial art; cultivates a powerful divine consciousness capable of annihilating the opponent’s primordial spirit in an instant upon mastery.
Price: 8,000 reputation points.
“True Tathagata Divine Palm”: a martial arts secret from the wuxia world, transformed by a great power into a mid-level celestial-grade martial art with tremendous power.
Price: 8,000 reputation points.
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Chen Xiang sighed wearily. The affordable mid-level celestial-grade martial arts all hovered around 8,000 reputation points. How was he supposed to handle this?
“To be continued...”