Chapter 407: Hahaha, This Is Fun!

Congratulations! Your digital girlfriend has broken through to the Late Golden Core Stage. Battle Pass rewards are being distributed!】

【Item acquired: Supreme Blind Box (Targeted Version)】

Chen Huaian’s phone buzzed.

Sure enough, it was a reward notification.

Not bothering to hide it, he immediately materialized the Supreme Blind Box.

When Zhang Yibai and Li Qingran saw the box in Chen Huaian’s hand radiating a purple-gold glow, both of them looked completely dumbfounded.

“Brother Chen, what in the world is that?”

“This is a Spiritual Treasure sword embryo,” Chen Huaian replied as he stroked the Supreme Blind Box, a cocky smirk tugging at his lips—Finally! The first Spiritual Treasure of Chen ‘Pay-to-Win’ Immortal Lord is here!

“This thing’s a sword embryo?”

Zhang Yibai stroked his beard and burst into laughter.

“You joking with this old man ‘cause you’re in a good mood today?”

“Master means the box itself can become a sword embryo?”

Li Qingran blinked.

She trusted Chen Huaian a hundred percent.

If he told her this box was an immortal artifact, she’d believe it.

“Doesn’t look like it to me.”

Zhang Yibai had lived for thousands of years and seen every kind of material under the sun.

Just the materials capable of crafting a Spiritual Treasure—he’d seen at least ten or more, and every single one caused heavenly phenomena the moment it appeared.

This box, while clearly not an ordinary item and radiating mysterious purple-gold light, still didn’t quite measure up to those.

“Heh.”

Chen Huaian chuckled softly.

How could someone without a cheat code possibly understand someone with one?

He opened the blind box, and a purple-gold halo burst into view. Golden text appeared in his vision:

【Would you like to spend RMB to select a specific reward?】

“Yes,” Chen Huaian muttered in his heart.

This Venerable One wants a Spiritual Treasure sword embryo!

【Searching...】

【Remaining Spiritual Treasure sword embryos in Cangyun Realm: x1. Extraction requires a designated payment of 50 million RMB!】

The text disappeared.

Chen Huaian was just pulling out his phone, trying to figure out how to pay—after all, this time he opened the box in the real world.

Then he noticed something out of the corner of his eye—a QR code had appeared on the Supreme Blind Box.

“…You’ve gotta be kidding me.”

Nice! Staying up with the times, huh?

Not only did it support QR payments, but it wasn’t picky at all.

Yipay, UnionPay, GreenChat—anything worked.

He scanned it with his phone.

Ding! The instant 50 million left his account—

BOOM—!!

A golden beam of light shot skyward from the Supreme Blind Box.

The blast of wind it generated caught Li Qingran and Zhang Yibai completely off guard.

One couldn’t open her eyes, the other—as a soul body—got blasted straight into the wall.

“S-So powerful! Such intense radiance from a treasure!”

Zhang Yibai was stunned.

“Could it really be a Spiritual Treasure appearing!?”

The golden beam pierced through the roof of the Exorcist Division, tore through layers of clouds, and even shot through a satellite orbiting the planet.

In the Kunlun Immortal Palace, Palace Lord Hua Jin was meditating when her expression drastically changed.

In the Great Thunder Temple, a sleeping old monk kicked open his coffin lid, sat up, and squinted in the direction of the beam.

“Amitabha... a fated treasure! It’s my fate!”

Hidden sects all across the land stirred.

Sect Masters and elders stared at the light with clear unrest.

But the golden beam lasted less than three seconds before vanishing entirely.

Hua Jin and the old monk, both just about to make a move, froze mid-step.

They hurried to divine the treasure’s location—but the results left their faces twitching.

It was gone.

Vanished under their very noses in the blink of an eye.

As if that entire celestial phenomenon had been a figment of their half-asleep imaginations.

“No, impossible.”

Hua Jin narrowed her eyes.

At my current cultivation stage?

No way I could’ve imagined it.

It must’ve been the opening of a new Well of Heaven—the eruption of abundant spiritual energy triggered the emergence of a world-shaking treasure.

That’s how every cycle of reincarnation plays out.

Just… this time, the treasure came earlier.

Judging from the direction of the beam, it seemed to be in Province C.

Still, there’s always the possibility that a treasure of this caliber could teleport randomly and shift locations repeatedly.

“Spread the word. Immediately begin searching for the treasure across the entire Daxia region!

We absolutely cannot let those baldies from the Great Thunder Temple get to it first!”

The moment her voice fell, two disciples behind the screen rushed off to deliver the order.

Shortly afterward, the Great Thunder Temple issued a similar command.

The two ancient hidden factions, normally dormant, suddenly became incredibly active due to this heavenly phenomenon.

…

Exorcist Division, Province C.

Chen Huaian hadn’t even gotten a good look at what was in the Supreme Blind Box—he just tossed it straight into his player inventory.

Only after the light show ended did he finally breathe a heavy sigh of relief.

F**ing hell, that was way too flashy.*

No way can I open stuff like this in the real world again.

Next time, every major faction will be on my *ss.

There’s probably already people tracking this one. Gotta hurry back to Cangyun Realm and lay low.

“Brother Chen! Where’s the treasure? I didn’t even get a good look!”

Zhang Yibai stared at Chen Huaian, eyes shining like a school kid begging for a lollipop.

As the sword spirit of the Black Scales Sword, if he got paired with a decent sword embryo, it’d help stabilize and restore his fragmented soul much faster.

“You were just scoffing at it a second ago.”

“Ahem... Even a well-traveled old man like me has his moments of poor judgment…”

“But I liked you better when you were being all cocky~”

Zhang Yibai opened his mouth... then shut it, looking like he wanted to crawl into a hole.

Chen Huaian didn’t tease him further. “This isn’t the place to talk. Let’s head back to Cangyun Realm first!”

Playing it safe, he immediately had Zhang Yibai return to the Black Scales Sword.

At the same time, Li Qingran’s Divine Wandering in the Void was about to run out of time, so she ended the state early.

Chen Huaian pulled out his VR headset and slipped it on.

The three of them returned to the Cangyun Realm in unison.

…

Sword Pavilion Sect Plaza.

Chen Huaian and Li Qingran stepped out from the void.

The usually quiet sect plaza was now packed with disciples from Lingxi Valley, Alchemy Sect, and the Zhenwu Holy Land.

Laughter and shouting echoed nonstop.

There was even a strange smell in the air.

“Spicy strips! Fresh grilled spicy strips! Sword Pavilion exclusive roast—only 5 Spirit Stones a bag!”

“Lollipops, White Rabbit Milk Candy, cotton candy... completely different from mortal world candy!

So sweet, even if you’ve been fasting for a thousand years, they’ll still win your heart!”

Chen Huaian’s vision went dark.

The f***ing sect plaza had turned into a marketplace.

Disciples from Sword Pavilion were all hawking mystery goods, no one knew from where.

Prices seemed reasonable—but were actually outrageous.

BZZZ—!

The whir of a motor grabbed their attention.

They looked up, and right in the middle of a crowd, Su Qinian had half his body stuffed into a standing washing machine, spinning around like mad.

The Sword Pavilion Sect Master spun in circles, giggling like a fool.

“So fun!”

“Hahahaha! This is amazing!”

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