Having been given a second chance at life, I choose to join the Demonic Sect!

Chapter 6 introduces a new feature: in-game purchases!
After a moment, An Yingji's anger subsided somewhat, and she shouted at Cao Meng:
"You'd better get back to cultivation. With your level of cultivation, I'm embarrassed to even call you my junior brother!"

An Yingji felt that Cao Meng's cultivation level was somewhat embarrassing for her and her master, Consort Duanmu.

Cao Meng said with a half-smile:
"Senior sister, I am currently cultivating!"

"Practice?"

An Yingji was a little surprised, after all, they were just standing outside the courtyard, basking in the sun.

"Senior sister, my constitution is special, and sunbathing is also a form of spiritual practice!"

Cao Meng explained to An Yingji that he had only recently awakened his Ten-Day Sacred Body.

However, he has discovered that sunbathing can increase his spiritual power and yang energy.

Perhaps this is one of the special abilities of the Ten-Sun Holy Body!

"What's so great about a mere furnace vessel for a holy body?"

After sensing Cao Meng's boastful intentions, An Yingji said something rather irritating.

An Yingji wasn't jealous of a mere furnace cauldron body!

An Yingji left Cao Meng at the entrance of the dilapidated house and courtyard, and then returned to her Chun Ting villa not far away.

She-devil An Yingji, you're just jealous that I have the Holy Body!

Cao Meng watched as An Yingji left, muttered something to himself, and then returned to his dilapidated little courtyard.

Cao Meng walked through the overgrown courtyard and into the house.

Although the room was covered in dust, the facilities were still quite complete.

Cao Meng found a clean spot to sit down and contacted the system:
"System, enable the in-game purchase function for me!"

Upon arriving at the Hehuan Sect, a new system feature—pay-to-win recharge—was unlocked by selecting the mission reward.

Because Duanmu Fei and An Yingji were there before, he hadn't researched this function yet.

Now that there's no one around, he naturally wants to study it carefully.

……

Properties panel:
Host: Cao Meng!
Cultivation level: Half-step Qi Refining!
(Each level up during the Qi Refining stage costs 100 low-grade spirit stones!)
Physique: Ten-Day Sacred Body (Level 1!)

(Upgrade possible with 100,000 low-grade spirit stones!)

Balance: 3502 low-grade spirit stones (from storage ring)!

As Cao Meng called out, a property panel interface that only he could see appeared before his eyes.

Cao Meng glanced at the attribute panel interface, then it went black, and he angrily cursed the system:

"System, are you treating me, your host, like a victim of injustice?"

"I can understand why the Ten-Day Sacred Body upgrade is so expensive, after all, it's a special physique!"

"You charge 100 low-grade spirit stones for each level up in the Qi Refining stage? Could you be any more greedy?"

Cao Meng had also cultivated himself in his previous life, so he knew roughly how many spirit stones were needed for Qi Refining stage cultivation.

A single minor realm doesn't require a hundred spirit stones at all.

Especially for the first three levels of Qi Refining, no amount of spirit stones were needed; a few dozen low-grade spirit stones would have been enough!
The only stage in the Qi Refining period that requires a lot of spirit stones is the half-step Foundation Establishment stage, which requires more spirit stones.

From the Qi Refining stage to the half-step Foundation Establishment stage, five hundred low-grade spirit stones are the maximum.

Cao Meng felt that this system was going too far. It had already betrayed him by using the Ten-Day Sacred Body, the furnace of the Sacred Body, leaving him surrounded by wolves.

Now they still treat their host as a victim; this system is going too far in deceiving its master!

Where is the system's customer service platform?
I, the extraterrestrial demon, request after-sales service.

Your system is officially manufactured, so hurry up and replace this extraterrestrial demon with a sensible, obedient, and adorable system!

Ideally, it would be a system that offers bed warming services!
"Host, do not slander this system and tarnish its reputation!"

The system immediately jumped out to refute Cao Meng, saying that it was a good system and would never allow anyone to tarnish its reputation!

"Is one hundred low-grade spirit stones a lot? Not at all!"

"The cultivation gained through this system is pure; the spiritual energy within the body is completely free of impurities!"

"You should know that the cultivation gained from taking pills and practicing cultivation will always contain some impurities in the spiritual energy within the body."

The more impurities in spiritual energy, the weaker the combat power will be, and it will also affect the progress later on! "Purity, that's not even the biggest advantage."

Its biggest advantage is speed; in-game purchases and cultivation points arrive instantly!

"It's pure and fast, and for a hundred low-grade spirit stones, you won't lose out!"

The system felt that its charges were reasonable.

Moreover, spiritual practice takes time!

The main features of this pay-to-win system are speed and efficiency!

Cao Meng thought this system must have been used for online sales before, it's so ridiculous!
The key point is that they don't even know how to refute it!

After explaining the situation to Cao Meng, the system then offered the following advice:

"Host, it's just a mere spirit stone, you can use it now!"

If we run out of spirit stones later, we can always earn more, or borrow some from generous friends!

Tongzi felt that the cultivation world was vast, with so many people.

Once Cao Meng's cultivation level is high enough, he'll have plenty of friends. Lending him some spirit stones won't be a problem, will it?
Cao Meng understood what the system meant by "borrowing," and said irritably:

"Chief, aren't you a good chief?"

Cao Meng wanted to be a good person, but this system was a bad thing, it was corrupting him every day!

If Cao Meng ever turns into a bad person, it will definitely be because of this evil system!
"Host, stop hiding it, you're not a good person either!"

"The reason you didn't do anything bad in your past life was because of Su Qingyue; you suppressed your true nature!"

The system and Cao Meng were bound together. It knew exactly what the host was thinking, so it ruthlessly exposed him!

"Jie Jie Jie!"

The moment the truth was revealed, both Cao Meng and the system let out a sneer!
A host who isn't a good person and a bad system are the best partners!
……

"Master, replenish my cultivation level!"

Cao Meng directly clicked "Upgrade" on the cultivation level in the attribute panel.

He is now a furnace cauldron saint body. If he didn't have some cultivation, he would have no way to protect himself or resist within the Joyful Union Sect.

One wrong move and you'll be pinned down on the bed by those senior female disciples from various sects, left to be abused!

Therefore, his cultivation level must be increased. He, Cao Meng, must not be treated like a fish on a chopping block, and he must not be pinned down on the bed by the senior sisters of the sect.

The initiative must be in Cao Meng's hands; only he can pin his senior sisters to the ground!

"Upgraded to the first level of Qi Refining, deducting one hundred low-grade spirit stones!!"

"Double charge..."

……

"Upgraded to the half-step Foundation Establishment stage, costing 100 low-grade spirit stones!!"

"Host, you have advanced ten minor realms, consuming a total of one thousand low-grade spirit stones!"

"Friendly reminder: There are ten minor realms from the first level of Foundation Establishment to the half-step Golden Core realm. Each level up requires one thousand low-grade spirit stones!"

"Host, you currently have 2502 low-grade spirit stones remaining. Would you like to continue topping up?"

Cao Meng raised his cultivation level to the half-step Foundation Establishment stage and paused the recharge page.

Unfortunately, it takes a thousand low-grade spirit stones to advance one minor realm during the Foundation Establishment stage, which is a bit expensive!

He now has only 2502 spirit stones left, and he needs to carefully consider whether to continue upgrading.

"Advance to Foundation Establishment Level 1!"

Cao Meng hesitated for a moment, but still clicked "upgrade".

Cao Meng had cultivated for a lifetime, and he knew very well that only by reaching the first level of Foundation Establishment could one be considered a true cultivator.

Neither half-step Foundation Establishment nor Qi Refining stage can be considered true cultivators.

The difference between the first level of Foundation Establishment and the half-step Foundation Establishment is like an insurmountable chasm between heaven and earth.

(End of this chapter)