Chapter 14: Golden Achievement—“Pure Spirit”? Joining the Demigod Kindergarten?
How to Increase Fortune?
This is a challenging question.
Based on Xu Ran’s brief life experience: only golden achievements can increase fortune.
For example, the achievement "Heavenly Talent" immediately adds 20 points of fortune, then grants an additional 5 points every year for 20 consecutive years, totaling 120 points of fortune.
Another example is "Perfect Cub," which, on top of drawing a root bone, directly grants 30 points of fortune.
These rewards are substantial.
Therefore, if one wishes to exceed 300 points of fortune, they might need to obtain ten golden achievements.
"Golden achievements..."
Mentioning golden achievements, Xu Ran suddenly smiled with confidence.
"Isn’t this a sure victory?"
"The hardest part is starting. A newborn infant can do nothing, yet I relied on my own intelligence to secure the most difficult golden achievement in my life."
"If I can conquer the toughest first golden achievement, and I’m already this formidable, why should I fear not obtaining more golden achievements?"
Xu Ran smiled confidently and calmly, then peacefully drifted into sleep...
In the following days,
He remained a disciplined child, devoting himself to self-control every day aside from eating, drinking, and playing with Tiger Girl.
During this time,
His creativity flourished; he held his breath and played dead to trick Tiger Girl, unexpectedly triggering a skill that conceals his health and strength — the Ordinary Deception skill series (progression: Ordinary Deception — Cloak of Mist — Life Substitution — Deceive Heaven and Cross the Sea...).
[Cloak of Mist]: A mist shrouds your body, making it difficult for others to discern your true condition; you can hide your health points and cultivation level.
[Life Substitution]: When combined with a substitute paper doll, it allows you to avoid death once. Even the deadliest predicament can be escaped.
[Deceive Heaven and Cross the Sea]: You can even deceive the heavenly laws of an entire world.
"Quite an unexpected delight."
Amid continuous discipline and occasional surprises,
292 days swiftly passed.
On the 1,000th day since birth, Xu Ran’s health points grew rapidly at a rate of +1 per day, reaching 1,000 points.
[Current Health Points: 1000/1000... Maximum for current life stage reached. Initiate second innate baptism to increase life limit?]
Baptism!
Of course, he must undergo a vigorous baptism! To greatly enhance his life limit!
In the stillness of the night,
Xu Ran issued the command.
With the order given,
The second innate baptism formally commenced!
A cold but surging life energy liquid burst forth from the heart’s position, cleansing the small heart.
Xu Ran felt his heart suddenly contract, his breath catching!
But within just a few seconds, his heart began to strengthen at a perceptible rate.
The pounding heartbeat was strong and powerful, like a drum, as though a fierce tiger was lurking and roaring deep within his heart.
Refreshing!
Xu Ran exhaled a breath of exhilaration.
Immediately after,
The cold liquid was forcefully pumped by the strong heart throughout his limbs and bones!
He could feel his tendons, bones, cells, and even the most distant nerve endings growing stronger by the second.
Accompanied by this were—denser bones, accelerated blood production, longer, fuller breaths, tougher tendons, steadier thoughts, clearer mind, and finer bodily control...
His life limit visibly and fiercely expanded and thickened!
It was as if he had transformed from a fierce tiger cub into a young true dragon.
"No wonder they call it the innate baptism."
Xu Ran grinned broadly, his consciousness turning to his Dao Lord system.
[Name]: Xu Ran
[Age]: 1,000 days old (two years and nine months)
[Health Points]: 1000/10000...
[Spirit]: 12/100...
[Appearance]: 100/100 (destined to possess Heavenly Talent upon adulthood)
[Fortune]: 63 points/∞ (Your fortune is good, excellent encounters may arise.)
[Root Bone]: None
[Divine Ability]: None
[Achievements]:
Heavenly Talent (Golden Achievement, Fortune +30/120 points, one trafficking event yet to trigger);
Disciplined Child (Blue Achievement, +1 health point daily);
Perfect Cub (Golden Achievement, Fortune +30 points, root bone not yet drawn);
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[Achievement Task]: Reach 10,000 health points by age five to trigger the third innate baptism.
Complete this within the time limit to earn the golden achievement "Pure Spirit Body."
[Pure Spirit Body (Golden Achievement)]: Fortune +30 points; toxins, pollution, and ghostly substances entering your body will be slowly purified by your flesh.
...
"Progress is promising!"
Looking at his system interface, Xu Ran nodded with satisfaction.
According to the popular science in the New Era Cultivation Encyclopedia:
Stage One Stele Realm health points: 10–100;
Stage Two Stele Realm health points: 100–1,000;
Stage Three Stele Realm health points: 1,000–10,000;
With 1,000 health points, Xu Ran officially stepped into the third stage of the Stele Realm!
His health was like a stele, standing firm and unyielding.
However,
Compared to ordinary third-stage cultivators, he was far ahead!
After all, since birth, his disciplined training had mastered three fully developed martial arts—Phantom Step, Little Xu’s Flying Knives, and Paper Puppet Summoning—with both movement and damage covered.
Besides that, he had a small mastery of rapid recovery, with incredibly strong regeneration.
He even had a small mastery of Piercing Flaw, which aided in combat.
"However, reaching 10,000 health points by age five? Are they intentionally making things hard for me, Fat Tiger?"
It should be known,
Infants cannot cultivate, and Blue Star offers no cultivation methods for children.
His current health growth relied solely on the blue achievement "Disciplined Child."
At +1 health point daily, it would take a full 27 years to reach 10,000 points.
Waiting 27 years would be utterly useless.
"I knew golden achievements would be difficult, but I didn’t expect it to be this hard. Hah."
There were still 824 days until age five; to reach 10,000 health points, he needed to gain 12 points daily.
An extremely high level of difficulty!
"This third golden achievement, 'Pure Spirit Body,' is really hard to obtain!"
Xu Ran couldn’t help but laugh.
"With current technology, infants cannot cultivate, and no cultivation methods exist for them. Only after eight years old can one practice cultivation techniques and absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."
"Before eight, the only way to increase an infant’s health is by consuming crystal beast meat!"
"The higher the quality of the crystal beast meat, the more health it provides."
"If my father were still alive, he’d surely find a way to provide me with enough crystal beast meat. But now... I must rely on myself."
"Hunting is impossible. Although crystal beasts are farmed outside the city, that would be stealing. Not only immoral and illegal but likely to get caught by experts."
"As for wild crystal beasts, forget it—they’re generally low quality. So hunting them is out of the question."
Xu Ran pondered and shook his head.
Indeed, the saying "poor in literature, rich in martial arts" held truth.
"Should I dive into the stock market and develop a stock trading skill?"
Suddenly, Xu Ran’s eyes brightened.
Wow!
The path to immense wealth!
He had already mapped out the progression: Stock Market Novice — Investment Expert — Financial Tycoon — Invincible Stock God.
"Let me check mom’s phone for stock market info!"
His heart surged with excitement.
Using the perfected Phantom Step, he stealthily took his mom’s phone and hid under the bed to study stock information.
Two hours later,
Xu Ran returned the phone with a fatigued expression.
"Better to cultivate my Dao Lord system than chase wealth. I was foolish to entertain such fantasies."
He lay back on his small bed, a hint of embarrassment on his handsome face.
"I can’t hunt, can’t get rich through stocks, and my family doesn’t have enough money to buy premium crystal beast meat."
"So the best option is to showcase some of my talent and enter a provincial-level demigod kindergarten. With sufficient talent, I can enjoy extremely abundant resources."
"But I don’t have good root bones... Can I get into a demigod kindergarten relying solely on health points?"
Xu Ran murmured to himself...