Chapter 90: The System Library
After school, Si Er unusually did not return to the courtyard outside with Si Xu. Instead, he chose to stay in the dormitory.
He wanted to carefully prepare the gifts for everyone, and naturally, it was most convenient to do so in his own small courtyard.
Si Er first took out five of each type of melon, juiced them all, and poured the juice into different medicinal test tubes to disguise them as potions.
After all, the origin of his melons was difficult to explain. For now, it was better to present them as potions made from a secret family recipe.
Aside from the invigorating bitter melon, the pulp from the other fruits was all fed to the Wind-Flame Ostrich, Benben—waste nothing at all.
Guagua could be picky and refuse leftovers, but Benben never would.
Benben had always known it was the weakest soul pet under Si Er’s contract. It couldn’t even defeat the soul master it was supposed to protect.
In that situation, how could it dare to be picky? Other than bitter melon, it accepted everything!
After all, the bitter melon’s mind-clearing effect was far too terrifying—but the other four melons all made it stronger.
Even if it was only pulp, it relished it.
After finishing all the juice, Si Er took out three storage pouches and divided everything carefully.
Most of the bitter melon juice went into the pouch meant for City Lord Si. Guarding the city was exhausting, and the people who stood watch alongside him worked just as hard.
Si Er felt that at critical moments, they would definitely need something as refreshing as bitter melon juice.
He also stuffed five tubes each into the pouches for Si Yi and Si Xu. Si Yi wandered day and night, and Si Er felt he could use the juice to stay alert.
As for Si Xu, when he became absorbed in refining medicine, he often lost track of time. Drinking some bitter melon juice beforehand would keep him at peak clarity throughout the process.
The other melon juices were divided evenly. Si Er felt that both his brothers needed to grow stronger—and even the already powerful City Lord Si needed to continue growing stronger!
After distributing the five types of melon juice, Si Er began dividing the spirit stones—all of which had already had their baleful energy absorbed by Yu Beixuan.
Because Yu Beixuan had handled them properly, these stones had not yet been tainted again and were very suitable for cultivation.
However, cultivation required suitable techniques, and Si Er wasn’t sure whether they possessed appropriate ones.
He couldn’t help thinking—if only he could find suitable cultivation methods for everyone.
The moment that thought formed, a system notification sounded.
Si Er froze for a moment. To be honest, he often forgot that he was someone with a system.
The system was usually silent. In the beginning, it frequently popped up to display panels for all ownerless exotic beasts and plants—but there were simply too many in the world. Si Er couldn’t possibly review them all, so he eventually turned off that function.
And gradually, he forgot about the system altogether.
Although all his melons were stored in the system space, because the system was so quiet, Si Er sometimes felt his golden finger was merely a melon-growing space rather than an actual system.
<Congratulations, Host. The System Library was unlocked ten days ago. Would you like to enter and view it?>
Si Er blinked. “It unlocked ten days ago, and you’re only telling me now?”
<At the time of unlocking, Host was cultivating together with Yu Beixuan and it was inconvenient.>
The system’s voice sounded perfectly serious.
“And after that? Surely it wasn’t inconvenient every single moment?”
<After that, no need for the library was detected, so no reminder was issued.>
<Now a need has been detected, so this system immediately reminded the Host.>
<Please trust our professional standards. Although minor information gaps may arise based on actual circumstances, such gaps will never delay the Host’s important matters.>
<For example, the Host currently wishes to find suitable cultivation methods for family members. The System Library contains such methods. Please check for yourself.>
Si Er asked curiously, “Are the books in the library free?”
<There is no such thing as a free lunch. Everything in the library must be exchanged with points.>
“Points?” Si Er frowned. “What points? You never mentioned that before!”
<Though not mentioned, all points accumulated by the Host have been meticulously recorded. Please review them yourself.>
As soon as the system finished speaking, a virtual panel appeared before Si Er, listing his total points and the calculation method.
The method was simple. For each of Si Er’s contracted soul pets, every time their cultivation increased by one minor stage, he gained one thousand points.
When they broke through a major realm, he gained ten thousand points.
All three of his soul pets had broken through major realms under his contract, and there had been many minor breakthroughs as well. From this alone, Si Er had already earned over fifty thousand points.
There were also personal reward points for Si Er himself, and the calculation here puzzled him slightly.
Wasn’t his system called the Soul Pet Cultivation System?
Yet the one who seemed most favored by the system was him.
His personal points were calculated in two ways.
One followed the cultivation system of the Ten Thousand Beasts Continent. For example, when Si Er officially became a Soul Warrior, he received ten thousand points, and every minor stage afterward granted one thousand.
When he advanced from Soul Warrior to Soul Master, he received another twenty thousand, and each minor stage afterward granted two thousand.
And so on, increasing cumulatively.
The second method followed the cultivation ranks of the Cang Beast Continent. Entering the Qi Refining stage granted ten thousand points; officially establishing Foundation granted twenty thousand. The accumulation afterward followed the same incremental pattern.
Since Si Er had been cultivating in both systems simultaneously after binding the system, his points were considerable.
But before seeing the library’s prices, he dared not grow too optimistic.
With nervous anticipation, he opened the System Library—only to be stunned.
Because today, there was a sale.
<Today marks the Host’s first time opening the System Library. To commemorate this special day, all items are at clearance-level discounts!>
<Host may purchase more today. Once this opportunity passes, it will not return.>
“How much cheaper could it possibly—”
Si Er had never believed in such marketing tactics.
But once inside the library, he was completely shocked.
At first glance, he spotted a cultivation method perfectly suited for his second brother, Si Xu. It was a Heaven-tier top-grade technique—and the system was only asking for 250 points!
Although that number sounded a bit awkward, it was cheap!
He currently had over a hundred thousand points!
This really was a clearance-level discount—ridiculous to the extreme.
Looking at the original price listed above—8,888,888 points—absurdly expensive, yet somehow it felt reasonable.
After all, it was a Heaven-tier top-grade cultivation method!
“System… you’re not selling counterfeit goods here, are you?”
Si Er was on the verge of impulsively sweeping everything into his cart—but out of caution, he asked first.
