In the Qian Yuan Kingdom, located in the Southern Region of the Tian Yuan Great Continent, Ye Han opened his eyes to a strange sight.
It was a green panel, with the words "System Shop" written large at the top, and a series of other information.
Suddenly, a girl's face appeared on the panel.
"Welcome, Host, to the System Shop. I am the System Spirit."
"You may call me Shang Xi."
"The System Shop is a unique system in the universe. As long as you deposit spirit stones into the system, you can buy anything you desire from the shop."
"Would you like to activate the system now?" A clear voice rang out from the panel.
Ye Han felt his mind confused and hazy.
He clearly remembered being at home playing games when his computer suddenly exploded, and he was enveloped by a blinding light.
After that, he knew nothing.
"Where am I now? And what the hell is this system?"
Ye Han tried to look around, but only saw himself lying in a cradle, enveloped by a hazy membrane.
He also couldn't feel his own body.
He tried to wave his arms and legs, but couldn't.
It was then that he realized he had transmigrated into a fetus!
"Agree." He had no other choice.
Perhaps this system was his destiny in this world.
"Congratulations, Host, you have successfully activated the System Shop."
"You are currently a fetus in the womb of Empress Yu Er, son of Emperor Ye Wu."
"You will be born in three months, becoming the Ninth Prince of the Qian Yuan Dynasty."
"Would you like to know more about yourself and this world?" Shang Xi continued.
Ye Han felt dizzy after hearing this.
He transmigrated into a fetus?
And would become a prince?
Was this a xianxia story or a palace intrigue drama?
"No." He refused.
He didn't want to know too much about this new world.
He just wanted to know how to survive and return to Blue Star.
"Then, Host, would you like to view the list of products available in the shop?" Shang Xi asked.
"You can buy anything you desire, from spirit medicines, spirit artifacts, spirit pills, spirit treasures, to cultivation techniques and martial skills. Everything you can imagine, the System Shop has it."
"Really?" Ye Han couldn't help but feel curious.
He knew that this system was his golden finger, and perhaps his only chance to become powerful in this world.
"Of course. As long as you have enough accumulated points, you can exchange them for the products you want. You earn accumulated points by depositing spirit stones into the system. Each low-grade spirit stone can be exchanged for one accumulated point," Shang Xi explained.
"Spirit stones, what are they?" Ye Han asked.
"Spirit stones are a type of rock that contains spiritual energy within them."
Spirit stones are divided into low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and finally, supreme-grade. 100 low-grade spirit stones can be exchanged for one mid-grade spirit stone. 100 mid-grade spirit stones can be exchanged for one high-grade spirit stone. 100 high-grade spirit stones can only be exchanged for one supreme-grade spirit stone. Spirit stones are used as currency in this world.
“The Host can find spirit stones in places with abundant spiritual energy, or where spirit veins are located,” Thương Hy replied.
“Then how do I know my current system points?” Diệp Hàn asked.
“The Host just needs to think of ‘system points’ in their mind, and the system will automatically display them,” Thương Hy replied.
Diệp Hàn followed Thương Hy's instructions, and immediately, a number appeared on his character panel: 0.
“No system points?” Diệp Hàn was surprised.
“That’s because the Host has just started using the system. The Host needs to deposit spirit stones into the system to exchange them for system points.”
“Then how do I deposit spirit stones into the system?” Diệp Hàn asked.
“The Host just needs to think about depositing spirit stones into the system, then specify the amount of spirit stones they wish to deposit. The system will automatically deduct the corresponding number of spirit stones from the Host’s inventory and add them to the Host’s system points.”
“Sigh! I’m still a fetus right now, where would I get spirit stones to deposit into the system?” Diệp Hàn lamented.
“The Host can wait until they are born. At that time, the Host will be able to earn spirit stones and deposit them into the system.”
“I guess I’ll have to…”
“Thương Hy. Can I view the list of products in the System Store?”
“Of course, the Host can. The Host just needs to think of ‘product list’ in their mind, and the system will automatically display it.”
Diệp Hàn followed Thương Hy’s instructions, and immediately, a list of products appeared on the panel before him.
He couldn’t help but be astonished by the system’s diverse and abundant products.
There were products he had never heard of, and also products he was very familiar with from Blue Star.
He saw that each product had a corresponding system point value; some products were dirt cheap, while others were astronomically expensive.
He couldn’t help but be interested in buying a few products to see what effects they had.
But Thương Hy’s voice chimed in at an inopportune moment: “System points are 0.”
He suddenly remembered that his system points were a big fat zero.
That meant he could only look, but not possess.
Was there any pain greater than this? He could only wait until he had spirit stones before he could purchase items from the system.
Diệp Hàn looked up at the System Store panel.
Spirit Elixirs:
Heavenly Heart Imperial Fruit: 10 years old, 10 system points; over 50,000 years old: undetermined.
Note: The Heaven Heart Imperial Fruit is a type of tree that bears heart-shaped fruit, capable of helping cultivators enhance their spiritual energy and cultivation base.
"Shang Xi, why does a Heaven Heart Imperial Fruit over 50,000 years old not have a fixed price?" Ye Han asked.
"Because spirit medicines over 50,000 years old are extremely rare, making their prices incredibly steep. The exact price can only be determined based on the specific age of the Heaven Heart Imperial Fruit the buyer wishes to purchase."
"So, the older a spirit medicine is, the more valuable it becomes?" Ye Han asked, surprised.
"That's right. The older a spirit medicine is, the denser the spiritual energy and power within it, and the better its supplementary effects for cultivators."
"Especially those spirit medicines that can help cultivators break through their limits or enter the state of an immortal – they are items coveted by every cultivator," Shang Xi explained.
"So, if I wanted to buy a 50,000-year-old Heaven Heart Imperial Fruit, how much would it cost?" Ye Han continued to ask.
"That would be an astronomical figure."
"My conservative estimate is at least 10,000 high-grade spirit stones. Out there, if you encounter someone bidding higher, it could even reach hundreds of thousands of high-grade spirit stones," Shang Xi said.
"10,000 high-grade spirit stones… that's a rough calculation of 100,000,000 accumulation points!" Ye Han couldn't help but sigh.
That was a sum of money he couldn't possibly earn in a short amount of time. He could only hope that in the future, he would have the chance to possess such a rare spirit medicine.
Ye Han was no longer interested in the 50,000-year-old Heaven Heart Imperial Fruit. He knew it was far too luxurious an item for him at present. He decided to continue looking at other spirit medicines in the shop.
Ye Han saw many different types of spirit medicines, each with its name and age clearly written on a small plaque. He couldn't remember all of them, but he tried to memorize some of the spirit medicines he was interested in or had heard of.
Ling Yu, Ling Zi, Ling Thao, Ling Guo, Ling Zhi, Ling Hoa… Each type of spirit medicine had different grades and ages, ranging from first grade to ninth grade, and from a few hundred years to tens of thousands of years. He felt astonished by the richness and diversity of the world of spirit medicines.
Ye Han also saw some types of spirit medicines he had never heard of before. They had strange names and unique shapes, such as Ling Xian, Ling Dan, Ling Lei, Ling Feng, Ling Hoa… Each type of spirit medicine possessed different miraculous effects. Shang Xi said they were the rarest types of spirit medicines, only found in the Immortal Realm or by those with exceptional fortune.
Hearing Shang Xi mention immortals, Ye Han couldn't help but be surprised. He asked, "Immortals, do they exist? And where is the Immortal Realm?"
Shang Xi glanced at him and said, "Of course immortals exist, why wouldn't they? But becoming an immortal is not easy. This world only allows cultivators to reach the Half-Immortal stage, possessing a trace of immortal qi within them. If one wishes to become a true immortal, they must ascend to the Immortal Realm. The Immortal Realm is an incredibly exalted world, tens of thousands of times grander than this one."