Chapter 20: Numb! Win Numb

Li Daoxuan swiftly arrived in the secret room.

"Is the system there? Hurry! I want to claim the rewards!"

\[Rewards being distributed...\]

\[Reward 1: Lifespan increased by 300 years\]

\[Reward 2: Cultivation increased by 300 years\]

\[Reward 3: Family Luck increased by 300 points\]

\[Reward 4: Innate talent upgraded by one level\]

\[Reward 5: Three skill learning cards\]

\[Reward 6: Set of the Heavenly Star Array (Note: This array is at the Earth-level and can be upgraded!)\]

\[Ding~ Congratulations to the host for simultaneously increasing the family's talent by three and receiving a critical hit reward:\]

\[Reward: Innate treasure "Heavenly Tower"\]

Surprise! Shocking!

This is simply aa wave of riches.

The rewards this time are really generous, especially the upgrade of my innate talent.

"Upgrade innate talent!"

Suddenly, a cool sensation swept over Li Daoxuan. He felt that his sea of consciousness was clear and transparent, and his whole person was elevated. With the improvement of his innate talent, his comprehension also increased.

Refreshing!

At this moment, Li Daoxuan's innate talent has reached the peak of the Yellow-level, and it is also a rare and extraordinary Five-Element innate talent.

That's right, it encompasses all five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, and the balance of the five elements has reached the peak of the Yellow-level.

Li Daoxuan couldn't help but say, "Absorb the cultivation of 300 years!"

Hiss~

Spiritual power poured in, and Li Daoxuan entered a state of enlightenment.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Daoxuan suddenly opened his eyes, and a dazzling, colorful starlight flashed before his eyes.

"Ah! Hahaha..."

"My cultivation has finally improved, but it's not much!"

"I've only reached the peak of the Foundation Building stage??"

"This shouldn't be!"

"System, are you deceiving me? With 300 years of cultivation, shouldn't I have reached the Gold Core stage?"

\[Master, what nonsense are you talking about!\]

"The breakthrough to a higher realm no longer solely relies on the accumulation of spiritual power."

"Ah! What a loss."

"I should have reached the Gold Core stage first and then absorbed the spiritual power!"

However, Li Daoxuan quickly stopped caring about these matters and began to examine the rewards.

Things like lifespan and luck are intangible and can't be seen for a while.

But Li Daoxuan is particularly looking forward to the skill cards.

"Use the skill learning cards." Li Daoxuan didn't hesitate and directly used the skill cards, but what followed almost made his head explode.

A massive amount of information flooded into his mind.

The information was quite extensive, including knowledge of alchemy, artifact refining, and array formations.

Li Daoxuan gritted his teeth and persisted, enduring three days and three nights of knowledge infusion before finally completing it.

"Huh? So now I'm an alchemist, an artifact refiner, and an array master??"

That's right, the current Li Daoxuan has become:

A first-level alchemist!

A first-level artifact refiner!

A first-level array master!

Li Daoxuan was a little stunned. He had worked so hard just to get started in alchemy, but now...

This made him lose his motivation to strive in the future.

Make babies! Make as many babies as possible!

Coming back to his senses, Li Daoxuan saw a set of array discs and three hundred and sixty Star Banners.

This is a defensive array formation, the guarantee of the family's future security!

With the Celestial Star Array set up in the family, even Nascent Soul stage cultivators would not be feared.

Perfect! The system's considerations are too perfect.

Finally, a quaint little tower appeared in Li Daoxuan's hand, divided into nine levels.

Heavenly Tower, an innate treasure, of immeasurable value.

In other words, even after thousands of years of inheritance by the Heavenly Dao Sect, there has never been such a precious treasure.

The Heavenly Tower is not only a defensive magic treasure, but Li Daoxuan values it more for its important function, which is the Tower of Trials.

The Heavenly Tower is divided into nine levels, each with its own space, and it will generate different trial environments and levels based on the strength of the person entering.

Of course, there will be generous rewards for passing each level, including techniques, magic treasures, elixirs, and Spiritual Treasure Law Weapons...

Hold back the blood!

Li Daoxuan quickly held back his blood and then stored the Heavenly Tower in his sea of consciousness.

This way, others would know that he possessed a valuable treasure, and all the cultivators in the entire Great Zhou Empire would come to hunt him down.

Even those ancient sects would not let him go.

After storing it in his sea of consciousness, he still wasn't at ease, so he directly placed it in the system space, completely eliminating the worry of leakage.

It's time to come out of seclusion!

After Li Daoxuan finished counting his gains, he happily prepared to come out of seclusion.

Bang!

Bang bang!

Bang bang bang!

The sound of intense impact rang out, causing Li Daoxuan to furrow his brow. Who could it be?

It should be noted that during seclusion, the most feared thing is external disturbances. It could lead to losing control of one's cultivation or even spitting blood and dying.

Even the servants in the mansion didn't know about this secret room. Who could be knocking on the door?

Li Daoxuan directly opened the secret room.

"Qing Xuan, why is it you?"

"Senior brother, you finally came out of seclusion. I had no choice but to disturb your seclusion."

"What happened in the mansion?" Li Daoxuan furrowed his brow.

"This..." Qing Xuan didn't know how to begin.

Her husband was in seclusion, entrusting her to take care of the mansion. She was the strongest in the Li Mansion and could be said to be invincible in the mortal world.

But she actually failed to take care of the family and protect her loved ones.

When Li Daoxuan saw that Qing Xuan was followed by Zi Ling, he pulled the two of them into the secret room.

"Something happened in the mansion, right?"

"Yes."

"Did something happen to You Ruo?"

"Yes."

Li Daoxuan anxiously asked, "What happened to You Ruo? Hurry up and tell me!"

Qing Xuan lowered her head and dared not look at Li Daoxuan. "..."

Zi Ling stepped forward and said, "Husband, it's not Qing Xuan's fault. And please don't be alarmed."

Li Daoxuan took a deep breath and said firmly, "Don't worry, I'm not that fragile. Speak!"

Li Daoxuan knew that his wife, Su You Ruo, had an extraordinary identity.

Perhaps, her enemies were very powerful.

Perhaps, they would one day face these unknown dangers.

But he didn't expect that day to come so soon.

Li Daoxuan quickly calmed down. He had to stay calm!

Zi Ling didn't hesitate anymore and weakly said, "Husband, Sister Su... she's missing."

"What? Missing?"

Li Daoxuan didn't know whether to be happy or worried. Missing! At least there was hope of finding her.

"Yes! Missing!"

Li Daoxuan anxiously asked, "When did it happen? How many days has she been missing?"

Qing Xuan's eyes turned slightly red as she said, "Husband, she went missing on the day you entered seclusion."

"At first, we thought she had gone out, but she never came back. It's been three days, and we still haven't found her."

"We've searched the entire Heavenly River City, but we haven't found her!"

Sobbing, Qing Xuan couldn't hold back her tears any longer.

Li Daoxuan fell into deep thought. He was certain that Su You Ruo would never leave without a word, let alone disappear for no reason.

She must have encountered an unexpected situation.

Or she was abducted by someone!

Suddenly, Li Daoxuan said, "Right! What about the child? Is the child still here?"