Watching its remaining few little candles, the system almost cried from heartache, not knowing how it had angered its host to vent its frustration on its precious little candles! It was too pitiful!
This time, Ling Qianji spent a rather long time inside. When he emerged, he was covered in blood and looked quite battered.
"I... I succeeded!" Ling Qianji said excitedly, holding a black box with his blood-stained hand and looking at the system.
Upon seeing the small black box, the system breathed a sigh of relief and hugged its little candles tightly.
"Now that you've got it, cultivate properly."
"Ah? Here?"
The system rolled its eyes. "Otherwise? Time flows very slowly in this cave, so cultivating here is quite good, isn't it?"
Ling Qianji paused, scanned his surroundings, and eventually began to cultivate.
Time flew by.
After an unknown amount of time, the system, which was counting its candles, suddenly felt a blinding light shine upon it. It looked up to see Ling Qianji emanating a dazzling glow all over.
Seeing this, the system couldn't help but sigh, "As expected of the male lead, to reach great mastery so quickly?!"
"Hoo~"
Ling Qianji exhaled a breath of stale air and slowly opened his eyes.
The system said, "Alright, quickly find the next cave entrance."
"Ah?" Hearing the system's words, Ling Qianji looked at it in confusion. "What does the divine beast mean by that?" What did it mean by finding the next cave entrance?
The system realized what it had said and instinctively raised its hoof to cover its mouth. It glanced at Ling Qianji guiltily. Seeing him staring intently, as if he wouldn't look away until it spoke, the system gritted its teeth and decided to spill everything. "Don't look at all these caves; only three of them are real. Back then, the Demon Lord cut Yuan Ji into three parts and sealed them in three places within these caves, suppressing them with three treasures. Therefore, only three cave entrances are real. My host... your master probably wants you to obtain those three treasures. You've already obtained one, with two remaining. Go find them yourself."
Ling Qianji heard this and looked at the densely packed cave entrances, dumbfounded. "With so many cave entrances here, how am I supposed to find them? It would take ages!"
The system whispered, "That's hard to say, you have a halo."
Hearing the system's whisper, Ling Qianji frowned. "Divine beast, what are you talking about?"
The system snapped back to attention and quickly shook its head, "Nothing!"
Ling Qianji suddenly had a thought, his eyes lighting up as he looked at the system. "Divine beast, do you know?"
"..." Yes, but I can't tell you.
The system paused for a moment before saying, "There is a way to find the remaining two parts of Yuan Ji."
"What way does the divine beast have?"
Meeting Ling Qianji's expectant gaze, the system cleared its throat and said, "The three parts of Yuan Ji were originally one. As long as you subdue one of them, finding the other two will be very simple."
After hearing the system's words and thinking of the ferocious beast in the cave, Ling Qianji's mouth twitched slightly. "How about I just crash into a wall and die..."
Subdue? What a joke!
He would probably be swallowed whole by those three heads before he even got close...
"Alas..." Ling Qianji sighed. "How about I just look for them slowly..."