Seized by the System

Saki Yamanashi returned to her room to cultivate the Scripture of Great Ordeal. Unlike previous cultivations, Saki was distracted and uncertain this time around.

They were talking about hundreds of millions of lives here!

Before this, she never really tried to understand the master that she had chose to follow. She had no idea which side he was on, and she only knew that he was a Great Devil Saint.

To the youth, the path of the devils and evil were more attractive to them simply because they assumed that these symbolized unconstrained freedom and free will.

On the other hand, those on the side of justice will usually don a face of superficial fairness, and commit unjust acts such as thievery and prostitution behind everyone’s back.

Now, she finally understood that her perception was correct. Even though that Ling Yunzi was a person that practiced the methods of Tao and had an aura of an immortal deity, he was much more cruel than any of the devils she had met thus far.

At least her master, a being named the Devil Saint, placed emphasis on the voluntary will of the victims before he took their lives…

Ling Yunzi, on the other hand, would willingly sacrifice thousands and millions of the sick, weak, and old just to obtain an arcane realm in America. He had mentioned these lives in such an offhanded way that to Saki, it seemed like these people had meant nothing to the man.

In his eyes, those who had no use were destined to be eliminated completely. The evil displayed by his actions was extremely terrifying for her throughout the ordeal.

After some thought, she switched on her phone and sent out a message using WeChat.

Unbeknownst to her, Claudia, who was stationed outside the room, had witnessed everything.

However, the woman remained silent and did not make any remarks. Instead, she was secretly plotting in her mind.

This girl was the direct disciple of the Devil Lord. She was just a mere servant herself. Matters like this should be Black Robe’s concern, not hers.

There was no chance that she would interfere with this. As the direct disciple, the girl could cultivate the greatest Devilish Abilities around, and it will only take her just a few years to be stronger than Claudia herself. When that time came, the girl would just need to lift her little finger if she wanted Claudia to be doomed eternally.

What good would it bring her if she were to report this issue today?

Black Robe would have known with certainty that the girl would leak the plan out when he decided to let the girl stay and listen.

It did not take a scientist to figure that out. She was just an ordinary human girl after all, merely mentioning using millions of the old and the weak as blood sacrifices. How could her heart contain the news?

She would definitely look for someone to depend on, and the only person that could do so is Vigilante A.

Black Robe must have thought to use this opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. He must have hoped to let this disciple of the Devil Lord finally grow and mature, while also causing some trouble to Vigilante A in the process to avenge the Devil Lord.

When Claudia thought of this, she suddenly missed her brother. With his great abilities in martial arts and his intelligence, he would probably qualify to be the Devil Lord’s direct disciple as well.

Sadly, he had to be undercover around Vigilante A in order to obtain the Undead Realm. He has thus lost his chance to experience this great opportunity…

Nonetheless, her brother is one of the best among the Heliotropes, and Claudia believed that he would definitely achieve great things no matter what Claude has decided to invest in.

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“Today is the first day of harvest in our Draconic Herb Garden. Now, we would like to commend the following staff members that have done great merits for us. The two people that were awarded First-Class Merits are (…) , and they are each given the title ‘Heroes of Medicine’, a bottle of Dragon Clan Honey-flavoured Pill, a bottle of Dragon Clan Salted Pill, and a bottle of Dragon Clan Vinegar Pill. The four people that achieved Second-Class Merits are (…). They are awarded the title of ‘Paragons of Medicine’, and are given each a bottle of the Dragon Clan Honey-flavoured Pill. Next, eight people were given Third-Class Merit, and they will be awarded the title of ‘Pacesetters of Medicine’ and three bottles of Dragon Clan Vitality Nurturing Pill.”.

On a stone platform, Clan Leader Shi Qiankun announced the list of awardees proudly, and he was so loud that his booming voice echoed in the entire third floor of the Draconic Arcane Realm.

Of course, his announcement could not be heard from the other two floors where the arena and the Death Maze were situated. There would be big trouble if his announcement was heard there…

Soon after that, Claude – no – Claus took the bright red certificate from the Clan Leader, his face a show of genuine good-naturedness. With it, he also obtained three bottles of the red, white, and black pills.

He was truly one of the best among Heliotropes, and could excel in any field…

‘D*mn it, what use can I get out of this achievement I have in here?

‘If I had the choice to go back in time, I would never choose to take up this job. I need to fertilize, water, and pamper medicines. I even had to sing to entertain some of the more finicky old ginsengs!

‘Nevertheless, these three bottles of pills are excellent and had miraculous properties, especially in nurturing the soul. In the outside world, it would be extremely difficult to obtain these pills even if thousands of gold pieces were offered for it…’

These should be rare even in the Upper Realm, and perhaps only the pills that were made by the Buddhas and Taoist Saints themselves could gain an edge over these pills.

Aside from these immortal deities, all other powerful individuals that he knew of could never have the capabilities to obtain these pills.

If he were to use these to assist in his cultivation, there would be a high possibility that he could improve his soul endowment and thus catapulting his abilities in the future.

Once he had arrived in this conclusion, Claus had secretly made up his mind to continue fertilizing and watering these medicine for the upcoming years… Maybe he would treat this as a quest to be completed in an online game.

If one did not have gold for progress, one could only sacrifice their liver… (TN: In online games, in-game purchases could largely assist players in gaining progress in a short amount of time. If the player does not have enough money to make these in-game purchases, the player would have no choice but to gain progress by sacrificing their time, which would affect their sleeping schedule. Burning the midnight oil for too long would do harm to a person’s liver.)

Thankfully, this was a fair space and no one would be able to sacrifice as much time as he could. Well, aside from that great green insect that was frankly just a dirty cheater.

That’s right, the other winner of the First-Class Merit was actually the great green insect.

In the past few days, the great green insect was lazing around Vigilante A’s house in hopes to steal another few fishes to enjoy. It never expected to be invited by Clan Leader Shi Gan to come to the Draconic Arcane Realm and receive the title of ‘Heroes of Medicine’.

This was a great fortune that landed straight on its lap. Obviously, it was ecstatic about it.

Chong Daqing grabbed the three bottles of pills and studied them closely before keeping them carefully onto the jade bracelet on its leg.

On the other hand, that certificate was roughly grabbed and chucked into the copper bracelet, as if it did not matter even the slightest to the insect.

After doing all that, it continued to act before the Clan Leader and said, “The Great Azure Dragon always wanted us to survive on our own means and to never take rewards without any work done. I did not water nor fertilize the medicine, so why did you give me the First-Class Merit? How can I get this award again in the future?”

“Haha,” laughed Clan Leader Shi Gan before he explained joyfully, “Miss Daqing, you used to sing all the time to the ginseng king. You made it happy, which directly brings environmental improvements here. It even selflessly helped the other medicine to grow, which has increased 70% of our production capacity. All that was thanks to its efforts!”

“Um, this was definitely what I was expected. I knew that my singing is the most useful method around here. Those people in the Upper Realm never bothered to even listen to me. Hmph, now they must regret how they didn’t learn from my singing skills before this. I must keep this evidence of my award and wait for them to descend.” After Chong Daqing listened to the Clan Leader’s explanations, it quickly took out that certificate and handled it with utmost care. Then, it channeled some energy for the certificate to levitate in the air.

Chong Daqing then proceeded to lie on top of the certificate and read it repeatedly, as if it was the greatest treasure in the world.

“Hehe, hehe, my singing is really the best.” It rolled back and forth on the certificate in joyous glee.

No one was sending weird glances at the scene. Instead, everyone gazed at the adorable green insect with warm and tolerant eyes.

In fact, everyone knew that the reason behind the insect’s singing was to quicken the process for the old ginseng to ripen so that it could take the first bite.

Well, that was really a given since the lyrics to its song was “Grow, grow, oh ginseng grow, once you’ve grown I’ll be the first to nip and sniff.” The insect was completely upfront about its intentions, and had made no moves to hide its plans.

What they had never expected was that old ginseng to be a smart one too. Instead of growing quickly after listening to so many songs as entertainment, the old ginseng secretly channeled vitality to the other vitality herbs in the garden for them to grow more sturdy and mature faster.

This was how the Great Harvest that no one was expecting happened.

Everything was just plots and tricks around here.

At the side, Fang Ning stood and watched everything unfold. He knew exactly what happened, but he did not say anything. Instead, he smiled proudly in relief.

No matter how chaotic the outer world was, this place would always be a safe haven of peace and quiet.

In here, not everyone could achieve immortality, but all beings here could live out their lives. That was easily achievable.

Just as he wanted to speak a few words just to show off his grand presence again, he heard the System proclaim, “Something bad happened. Quick, Big Spender, return to your nest immediately.”

“What happened?” Fang Ning was grumpy as he swallowed the words that were right at the tip of his tongue.

“An ally sent us a message saying that the devil is up to no good again, and the scale this time around was unprecedented. I’m really shocked by it,” said Sir System, horrified.

“Haha, stop trying to act around me again. Have you ever been afraid?” Fang Ning brooded.

“Uh… You really know me well huh, Big Spender? Hehe… It’s nothing much, really. She’s just inexperienced in this area and knows too little. Two evil devils would easily fall right into my palms once I make my move. I could perhaps gain another arcane realm too.”

“Nice, you’re really good at this now.” Fang Ning returned to the System Space to quickly handle this urgent issue