Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!

Little kid?

Jiang Yuan's mouth twitched slightly, then he thought about the senior in front of him who seemed not much older than him but had already lived for over a thousand years. In comparison, he indeed hadn't lived even a fraction of that.

"Thank you for your kind regard, Senior Lin, but it's really inconvenient for me to stay in the Black Tortoise Pavilion to become an apprentice and cultivate." He could only patiently explain.

"Our Human Race cultivators are already scarce, you should plan early while you're still young, don't miss the opportunity and end up regretting it in the future." Chen Mingxuan sighed and asked, "Were you born in the Wilderness or the Mortal World?"

Recalling the background introduction given by the system when he first arrived here, it seemed he was an exiled orphan, and since the small courtyard was built at Shuiyun Lake, it must count as the Mortal World.

"Replying to Senior, I was born in the Mortal World."

"Hmm, the Wilderness sinks at night and can share some spiritual energy, so you can seize this chance to quickly rise again and cultivate, which is indeed not easy. Having a celestial fate, you're much luckier than our ancestors, so you must diligently cultivate and seriously cultivate the heart. We old folks are just waiting for the world to fall into chaos so we can contribute and then die, the future still needs to rely on you young people."

After advising him, the topic shifted, "How many peaches did Lin Yao eat?"

"Two."

"Then give me two as well."

Jiang Yuan promptly offered the "Immortal Peaches," and the other party unceremoniously took them and crunched them clean.

"Are you a sword cultivator?" Seeing him carefully wrap the peach seed in a silk scarf and store it away, Chen Mingxuan asked a question, and without waiting for an answer, continued, "Your pair of spirit swords are good. Since you're a sword cultivator and a junior, and have traveled so far to deliver peaches that increase lifespan, as an elder, I must show some gesture."

With a wave of his right sleeve, the Myriad Swords Map hanging on the wall behind Chen Mingxuan began to move without wind, the image rippled like water and expanded larger and larger, countless sharp long swords seemed capable of cutting the very gaze.

"Go ahead, this is our Chenxi Valley's Myriad Swords Peak; whatever you can comprehend depends entirely on your own luck."

Hearing a voice that seemed distant, Jiang Yuan turned his head only to realize he was no longer inside the guest tea room, but standing at the foot of a great mountain formed by countless sword blades.

Long, wide, big, small... at a glance, countless sharp long swords pointed straight to the sky, as if possessing the power to pierce through the heavens.

[Close encounter with the sword energy of Myriad Swords Peak, Sword Intent +1]

[... Sword Intent +1]

"Sword Intent? This thing seems particularly high-level." He looked at the system continuously accumulating +1, having no concept of Sword Intent's effect.

However, the pair of Mandarin Duck Swords on his back were quite excited, with a clang, the spirit sword automatically drew itself from the sheath, its sharp and cold blade pointing directly at the Myriad Swords Mountain, indicating neither whether it wanted to fight nor merge into it.

"Come back! Quickly come back!" No matter which choice, it wasn't the result Jiang Yuan wanted to see.

No matter how powerful they were, they couldn't contend against so many treasure swords; if they merged in, finding them again for tasks would be difficult.

The Mandarin Duck Swords were clearly reluctant but obediently flew back into the sheath.

In just this short time, Jiang Yuan blinked and found himself back in the tea room from the painting, the Myriad Swords Map gently rippled and then became still, becoming just a painting hanging on the wall again.

"Not bad, being able to comprehend Sword Intent, no wonder Lin Yao wants to take you as a closed-door disciple." Chen Mingxuan, looking at the young man who had just returned from the Myriad Swords Mountain and still carried with him a sharp sword energy, smiled and nodded, "You might not feel the benefits of Sword Intent now, but when your cultivation realm rises slightly, or when your cultivation of sword manual techniques becomes more refined, you'll know the benefits of Sword Intent."

[Sword Intent: A sword cultivator's profound understanding and insight into swords, when the weapon upgrades to a sword, Sword Intent points can be used to increase skill points or attack power]

Oh ho? It started as a jujube wood stick, then upgraded to Whistle Stick + Blade form, and then upgraded to Long Spear, so the weapons provided by the marketplace can continuously upgrade and change forms as desired!

No wonder it's a system product, truly impressive!

Then, wouldn't more weapon forms mean he could become a full-on master!

Having gained much in Chenxi Valley, Jiang Yuan bid farewell and continued to roam the map.

Next, some Supreme Elders of sects ate the peaches without a word, while others, like the three elders of Qingfeng Hall, upheld their principles and refused to taint their cultivation for an extra hundred or two years of lifespan.

Finally arriving at Xie Chenyuan's Cloud Concealment Sect, Jiang Yuan had eight peaches left in his storage bag, but the gifts he had received were piled high.

"Last night, I observed the stars and saw starlight coming from the east, so I guess an esteemed guest would arrive today." The Sect Leader of Cloud Concealment Sect personally greeted him, smiling brightly, "I had the disciples prepare refreshments early on, simmered with spirit fire for eight hours, just right for tasting now."

Jiang Yuan was taken aback, thinking that indeed such a sect could peer into celestial secrets, the Sect Leader wearing the Eight Trigrams Map robe seemed deep and unfathomable.

He just didn't know whether he could see the system bound to him, curious about what the world looked like through their eyes...

"Truly wonderous!" While Jiang Yuan muttered quietly to himself, Cang Rui, the current Sect Leader of Cloud Concealment Sect, was also puzzled. Having entered the cultivation path exploring the Celestial Secret Dao, he had seen countless mortals and cultivators, yet he had never encountered someone so inexplicable!

Whether it was ordinary animals, demon beasts, birds, fish, insects, mortals, or cultivators, as long as it was a living creature, he could see its lifespan, lines of karma, and even its past lives with a single glance.

For mortals devoid of spiritual energy, he could see how many years of life they had left, how many lifetimes they had experienced, their future prospects, entangled grievances and loves, even where they would be born in the next life, without ever making a mistake.

The situations he could see differed among cultivators of varying realms.

In general, for those below his realm, he could easily see all the karmic ties and lifespan of this life;

For those of the same realm, peering into their karmic ties was slightly more effortful, but he could discern most accurately;

For cultivators above his realm, even his master, Cang Rui could now faintly glimpse their karmic associations, with a thirty percent accuracy in ten tries.

His master was a Mahayana Realm peak cultivator, and even the lines of karma and lifespan couldn't completely conceal from him, why then was it impossible to glimpse anything about the young man before him?

He couldn't see his lifespan, his body bore no lines of karma, no past life or future, it was as if he didn't belong to this world, unconnected with the entire sphere of existence!

"Jiang Dao You, please sit for a moment, I'll fetch my master." Cang Rui warmly invited the other to sit, winkingly implying to wait a moment.

As soon as he left the tea room, his previously cheerful expression turned solemn with a hint of excitement and curiosity, and he hurriedly rushed to the rear mountain, "Master! Master, come quickly and see!"

A scrawny old man with disheveled white hair and barefoot, with a carefree and unrestrained appearance, was writing and drawing, deducing celestial secrets.

The papers on the desk were scattered by the wind from the suddenly opened door. He raised his head displeased, disdainfully saying, "You've been a Sect Leader for nearly a hundred years, can you be calm for once? Chased by a dog? What kind of behavior is this yelling and shouting!"

"Master, come quickly and see the child visiting you in the tea room!"

Cang Rui hastily gathered a few sheets of paper onto the table, casually pressing them down with a paperweight, unable to hold back the excitement within, "I've never seen someone so clean before; he doesn't have a lifespan, no karma lines, not even past and future! Do you think... could it be... that an ancient ancestor has successfully reincarnated and returned?!"