"Water Curse!"
After the excitement, Bai Ye tossed a Taoist talisman. Immediately, water appeared, swirling around Bai Ye's body, helping him recover his strength and to a certain extent, heal his injuries.
Taking advantage of this interval, Bai Ye sat on the ground to rest. It was then that he discovered that after Situ Chicheng's death, he had left behind three fragments of God Stones.
Bai Ye's eyes lit up. He had made a profit!
Furthermore, continuous bouts with masters had another benefit.
Spirit Gathering was complete!
Five Spirit Plate, Spirit Gathering (200/200)
"You have completed Spirit Gathering cultivation. Your Strength, Speed, Stamina, and Spirit stats have increased by 3 points."
"You have completed Spirit Gathering cultivation. Your Five Spirit Curses have been enhanced."
"Due to the enhancement of your Five Spirit Curses, the Lightning Curse has evolved into Sky-Splitting Flash."
After completing Spirit Gathering cultivation, Bai Ye's physical attributes were once again improved. What was even more surprising was that after the enhancement of the Five Spirit Curses, the Lightning Curse among the five Taoist arts had evolved into Sky-Splitting Flash.
However, there were no significant changes in the attributes, only increased power and improved paralysis effects.
Bai Ye was not surprised. The lightning attribute was a purely offensive Taoist art. Generally, regardless of how it was enhanced, the primary improvement was in power.
After completing the second Spirit Gathering, the Spirit Gathering progress on the Five Spirit Plate also saw a leap, directly changing to 0/500.
After a short rest, Bai Ye got up and began to head towards the Broadcasting and Television Tower. He then took the elevator all the way to the top floor of the tower.
"Welcome, Chen Long!"
The old man Bai Ye had met before stood in the hall, looking at Bai Ye as he stepped out of the elevator.
Bai Ye said, "You don't look very happy?"
"Of course. If you had died on your way here, there would have been no winner in this Twelve Great Battles." The old man said, "Otherwise, why must the victor come here to receive their reward?"
"Uh..."
Bai Ye was speechless. So this was the meaning of this rule?
"Just kidding." The old man burst into laughter, then said, "Regardless, you are the victor of this Twelve Great Battles. According to the rules, you are entitled to a Wish Task. However, you are not the trigger for the Wish Task, so you do not have the right to make a wish. You can only inherit the right to choose the wish. Do you understand?"
Bai Ye nodded, "I understand."
This explanation was indeed a bit difficult to grasp, but Bai Ye had participated in Wish Tasks in his previous life, so he understood. Simply put, the wish had already been fulfilled when the Wish Task was triggered. Bai Ye could only choose his desired reward while inheriting the direction of the other party's wish.
The old man continued, "Wish Tasks have five levels, from the lowest one-star to the highest five-star. This time, a two-star Wish Task has been triggered. The reward allows you to wish for anything below black quality. The participant who triggered the Wish Task has already completed their wish, which was for an ability. Therefore, you can arbitrarily choose one ability below black quality as your reward."
After the old man finished speaking, he waved his hand forward.
The next instant, countless light screens appeared around Bai Ye, forming a circle that slowly rotated around his body.
The old man said, "There are a total of 117 abilities below black quality, all of them are here. There are no time limits. You can review them in detail and then tell me your choice."
"No need to look." Bai Ye said, "I choose Phoenix."
Upon hearing this, the old man was suddenly stunned. After a while, he said, "That is not an ability below black quality. It is a golden ability..."
"No, it is a blue ability." Bai Ye said, "The Phoenix ability is blue at its initial stage, and it can only evolve into a golden ability. Therefore, in its initial state, it complies with the rules."
The old man was silent for a moment, then said, "Evolving abilities that grow are not included in the selection."
Bai Ye said, "You did not mention this clause when you explained the rules."
The old man said, "The rules are like this..."
"No, the rules are not like this." Bai Ye spread his hands. "Of course, you are the one who sets the rules. If you say you have temporarily added a rule, then I accept my bad luck. However, I must remind you that rules exist to maintain order. If the rule-maker does not abide by the rules, then the so-called rules are a joke."
The old man was silent again, then said, "Congratulations, you have obtained the Phoenix ability!"
The old man waved his hand again, and all the surrounding light screens disappeared, leaving only one.
Phoenix (Ability) (Blue): An ability bestowed by the legendary phoenix, capable of burning all things to ashes with flames. If one obtains Phoenix Feathers, Undying Flame, and Phoenix Perched on Wutong Wood, the ability can grow and evolve. Effect: Phoenix Flame (Burns targets with flames).
Bai Ye looked at the introduction of the Phoenix displayed on the light screen and nodded with satisfaction. When the old man mentioned "ability," Bai Ye's mind immediately went to this ability, and he chose nothing else.
The old man asked curiously, "Can you tell me how you knew about the Phoenix ability?"
How did he know?
Of course, it was because he had drawn it from a gashapon machine in his previous life!
At that time, Bai Ye was extremely puzzled. Why did he get a blue ability from a golden gashapon machine? It wasn't even considered a high-level ability, let alone matching the golden quality.
Later, Bai Ye realized that the Phoenix was a growth-and-evolution type ability, starting at blue quality and capable of growing into gold.
Of course, there should be more than just the Phoenix among this type of ability, but Bai Ye only knew about the Phoenix. Since that was the case, he naturally chose it.
Bai Ye looked at the old man and said, "Is this something I must answer?"
"Of course not." The old man smiled. "I just hope you can satisfy this old man's curiosity."
Bai Ye said, "I'm sorry, I don't intend to do that."
"Too regrettable. You are a heartless person, unable to fulfill even such a small wish from this old man." The old man smiled, then said, "In ten seconds, you will return to where you left before."
"10, 9, 8, 7, 6..."
After the old man finished speaking, Bai Ye heard the countdown. And the moment it reached "0"...
Bai Ye found the scenery around him shifting. Soon, the surroundings became blurry. However, after only about half a minute, everything began to clear up again. Immediately, Bai Ye found himself back in the market of Rukon District.
And then...
Bai Ye looked in front of him and couldn't help but show a look of disappointment.
The stall owner was indeed no longer there.