Chapter 78: Chapter 74: Where Am I?

[System Prompt: The host has successfully changed the Heavenly Dao and is absorbing life span. Please check later…]

Lu Heng had just ended his private chat with Zhou when the system’s prompt suddenly sounded in his ear.

“The police sure act quickly!”

Saying that, he summoned the system interface and glanced at his life span points.

Before he started the live fortune-telling broadcast tonight, he remembered having only 8 life span points.

But now, the life span points had become 52.

“Just perfect for a five-time lottery draw!”

“Lingbao Celestial Venerable, bless me with some good stuff!”

After muttering a couple of sentences, Lu Heng opened the lottery interface.

“System, lottery draw!”

[System Prompt: Do you want to spend 10 life span points for the lottery draw?]

“Yes!”

Without thinking, he immediately went for a five-time draw.

[System Prompt: Congratulations to the host for winning five bottles of lower-grade Spiritual Qi Pills!]

[System Prompt: Congratulations to the host for winning three bottles of lower-grade Spiritual Qi Water!]

[System Prompt: Congratulations to the host for winning three Thunder Light Talismans!]

[System Prompt: Congratulations to the host for winning one Life-extending Pill!]

[System Prompt: Congratulations to the host for winning three pounds of low-grade Immortal Crystal Rice!]

“Hmm? A new variety appears again?”

Lu Heng opened the system warehouse and took out a handful of so-called Immortal Crystal Rice.

Goodness!

Each grain of Immortal Crystal Rice was as clear and translucent as jade, and calling it rice would surely make no one believe it.

“I wonder what this rice tastes like?”

“Next time, I’ll get a rice cooker and try cooking some!”

He currently had no tools to cook rice, so he had to wait until he could go down the mountain tomorrow to buy a rice cooker.

After putting the Immortal Crystal Rice back in the system warehouse, he took out the Life-extending Pill he had just drawn.

After swallowing it in one go, he successfully extended his life by a year.

“Every lottery draw, I manage to get a Spiritual Qi Pill.”

“It seems the Spiritual Qi Pill is probably the lowest tier prize.”

“Though its tier is low, I can’t do without it when I cultivate.”

“In this spiritual qi-poor world, it’s almost nonexistent. I wonder if there are any other cultivators besides me?”

Reflecting, Lu Heng took a Spiritual Qi Pill and began his cultivation again that night.

The following morning.

When the first ray of sunlight broke through the window and touched his face, Lu Heng woke up.

A trace of joy flashed in his eyes.

Just now, he felt he’d made another breakthrough.

Still that feeling of it coming naturally.

“System!”

Lu Heng summoned the system interface.

Host: Lu Heng (Daoist Name: Qingfeng)

Age: 18

Status: Early-stage blood cancer

Cultivation: Fifth-Layer Qi Refining

Cultivation Technique: “Taiyi Five Qi Spell,” “Heaven-Stepping Cloud Step,” “Immortal Talisman Technique”

Magical Treasure: None

Life Span: 2

As expected!

His feeling was correct.

His cultivation had risen from the Fourth-Layer Qi Refining to the Fifth-Layer Qi Refining.

More importantly, his previous mid-stage blood cancer had reverted to the early stage.

“I was always wondering when I would rid myself of this blood cancer debuff.”

“Now it seems that just by cultivating to the seventh or eighth layer of Qi Refining, I should be able to completely cure this body.”

Looking at the interface in front of him, Lu Heng was very satisfied.

Once he got rid of the blood cancer debuff, his body would be fully restored.

Even the effects of various pills wouldn’t need to be halved anymore.

Thinking of this, he felt an urge to retreat and cultivate until exhaustion.

“Forget it, forget it, cultivation is not something to be rushed.”

“Moreover, my cultivation is still low, and I can’t reveal my identity yet…”

Lu Heng shook his head, dismissing his stray thoughts.

“Go out for breakfast, then find an opportunity to go down the mountain to buy a rice cooker!”

That was his goal for the day.

…

Just as Lu Heng finished breakfast and was about to head down the mountain to buy a rice cooker, Zhao Lili, lying in a hospital bed, opened her eyes.

“Where… where is this?”

Zhao Lili felt a wave of dizziness in her head.

“My dear daughter, you’re finally awake!”

Mom Zhao, who was keeping watch by the bed, was overjoyed.

“Mom?”

Seeing her mother up close, Zhao Lili was a bit dumbfounded.

The setting around her was clearly a hospital?

How did she end up in a hospital?

And lying in a hospital bed?

She struggled to piece together her memories…

It seemed that last night her best friend came over and gave her a cup of milk tea.

Apparently, after drinking it, she lost consciousness.

“My best friend drugged me!”

She wasn’t stupid, and quickly understood what had happened.

“Mom, was it Rui who drugged me?”

Zhao Lili urgently asked her mother.

“Yes.”

Mom Zhao nodded, a look of fury flashing in her eyes.

Last night, the police broke into Zhao Lili’s home, arrested her best friend and her boyfriend, and quickly pieced the story together.

The couple initially tried to deny it, but they didn’t realize the entire process was livestreamed.

Every word they said was recorded.

The case was crystal clear, and denying it was futile.

The best friend was the first to turn, confessing their whole plan to the police.

It turned out her boyfriend had been targeting Zhao Lili for a long time but never had the opportunity to act.

So, he came up with the idea of a ’roundabout way’ to get close to Rui first, and then make a move on Zhao Lili.

Zhao Lili’s best friend, Rui, was originally a vain woman.

Ever since her father’s company went bankrupt, she became even more obsessed with money.

Every time she changed men, she managed to scrape some benefits off them.

This new boyfriend was a master player, quickly spotting Rui’s weaknesses and even managed to get some dirt on her.

Under the boyfriend’s threats, Rui had no choice but to follow his orders and prepare to drug Zhao Lili.

They had prepared for days, rehearsing the entire process several times.

But when it came time to act, they didn’t anticipate that Zhao Lili, forewarned by a fortune-telling Daoist online, had already called the police.

The police’s timely arrival saved Zhao Lili’s dignity.

“Mom, how many years will Rui be sentenced?”

Zhao Lili asked quietly after a moment of silence.

“I don’t know!”

Mom Zhao glared angrily at her daughter.

With such a heartless best friend, who cares how many years she gets?

It would be best if she stayed in prison forever, so she couldn’t harm anyone else!

“Are you out of your mind?”

“The fortune-telling Daoist warned you to call the police as soon as you saw your best friend.”

“But what did you do? You hesitated and let them in.”

“If the police hadn’t arrived in time, you’d have nowhere to cry!”

Mom Zhao reprimanded mercilessly.

Zhao Lili tucked her head down like a quail, not daring to retort.

This time, she finally realized the cruelty of the world.

At the same time, she could also understand why her future self might end up in prison.

Given her personality, if she had been successfully drugged by them, she might have gone to extremes…

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