They All Deeply Regretted It After I Became Indifferent

Chapter 12

Shen Ke’er was truly dumbfounded.

Frozen in place, at a loss for what to do.

She did have some spirit stones on her, which were almost depleted during this period, just like Ye Kaiflowers.

It was because of this that she remembered she still had the Xuanbing Fruit.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t have come to this.

At this moment, she couldn’t express how much she regretted it, and a sense of guilt towards Lin Mo also rose in her heart.

[Ding, it has been detected that someone regrets due to the host, absorbing 8,800 points of regret.]

Wow, that’s a lot of regret points.

And the system only indicates regret, not extreme regret, which seems to be due to his and Shen Ke’er’s ‘relationship’ being out of the ordinary.

Seeing the atmosphere a bit tense, Master Yuehua intervened, “Alright, Mo’er, Ke’er is your junior sister, let’s put this matter behind us.”

As she spoke, she didn’t forget to glare at Shen Ke’er, “Ke’er, you must listen to your senior brother. He has raised you single-handedly, and many things have been brought to you by him.”

Her words were true, and Shen Ke’er had no choice but to apologize to Lin Mo, “Senior Brother Lin, I know I was wrong.”

Lin Mo replied indifferently, “I’m a bit tired.”

“Then we won’t disturb Mo’er’s rest.”

Master Yuehua took the initiative to lead Shen Ke’er and Ye Kai away.

In her view, Lin Mo must have been deeply hurt.

After all, the junior sister he raised single-handedly, to put it harshly, had bitten back at him. Who wouldn’t feel upset?

After leaving, she couldn’t help but warn Shen Ke’er, “Ke’er, I’ll say it again, he is the senior brother you’ve raised with your own hands. Mo’er may be strict with you, but he’s also been very good to you. In some ways, he cares for you more than I do as your master.”

With those words, Master Yuehua left.

Shen Ke’er stood there, disheveled in the wind.

At that moment, Ye Kai spoke up to comfort her, “Senior Sister Ke’er, don’t be too upset. If Senior Brother Lin really cared for you that much, why would he publicly ask you for the spirit stones equivalent to the value of the Xuanbing fruits?”

“Besides, it was always him who offered them to you in the past, you never asked him, did you?”

The heavy stone in Shen Ke’er’s heart, which was full of self-blame, had now fallen.

Right, she never asked Lin Mo for those Xuanbing fruits; it was he who gave them to her willingly.

Why should she have to repay?

“Alright, Senior Sister Ke’er, let’s go down the mountain later, and I’ll accompany you to clear your mind.”

Shen Ke’er looked into Ye Kai’s sincere eyes and leaned her entire body into his embrace, “Junior Brother Ye, only you are the best to me.”

Ye Kai gently patted Shen Ke’er’s back, softly saying, “You are my most beloved senior sister. I’ve seen all the kindness you’ve shown me, and it’s etched in my heart. It’s only right for me to be good to you.”

Lin Mo knew about the commotion outside the door, but he couldn’t be bothered to care.

“System, I think you have a bug!”

[Host, please speak!]

“The cost of forming a core you mentioned before seems unreasonable to me!”

“Qualities determine the upper limit of core formation quality, and I’ve never heard of a Golden Core stage cultivator with a Heavenly Spirit root having a core quality below fifth grade, nor have I heard of any failures during the Golden Core stage for cultivators with a Heavenly Spirit root.”

“If different qualities are charged from 500 points of regret for a first-grade core, isn’t that a bit unfair?”

“Moreover, I can feel that if I were to attempt to reach the Golden Core stage now, I definitely wouldn’t fail.”

Perhaps pondering, the system took a while before responding.

“The host makes a valid point. The system has now tailored a plan for you, host, as a dual spiritual root. Since you are in the late stage of foundation building and in a state of abundant spiritual energy, you can successfully assault the Golden Core. Without the chance encounter of a special elixir, the probabilities of failing to achieve a fourth-grade core is 20%, fifth-grade 35%, sixth-grade 55%, seventh-grade 80%, eighth-grade 100%, and ninth-grade 100%.”

“The host may choose for themselves. For a Golden Core of fourth-grade or higher, I will give you a quote!”

Is there even a need to think about it?

With the system in place, it’s definitely going to be a ninth-grade Golden Core.

“A ninth-grade Golden Core requires thirty thousand regret points.”

Thirty thousand, isn’t that a bit stingy?

“The host may opt for an eighth-grade core formation, which will only cost eight thousand regret points!”

Lin Mo furrowed his brows…

Eighth-grade, it still feels somewhat lacking!

“System, is it that the higher my aptitude, the lower the regret points required for core formation?”

“Yes, if the host were a heavenly spiritual root, then even without this system, you could at least achieve a fifth-grade core, and you would also have a chance to assault a ninth-grade Golden Core.”

Lin Mo stroked his chin.

He remembered the system mentioning before that one could specify the type of abstract prize.

So, can one draw for a spiritual root?

“It is possible to draw, but specifying the prize type costs two hundred regret points per attempt.”

Two hundred per attempt, that’s not too excessive.

After all, he had just harvested 8,800 regret points from that ungrateful junior sister.

Why not go for a ten-draw?

“The prize type has now been locked in as ‘spiritual root,’ consuming two thousand regret points. The draw for rewards begins now.”

…

“Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a four-element spiritual root ‘Metal, Earth, Wood, Water’.”

“Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a five-element mixed spiritual root.”

“Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a four-element spiritual root ‘Metal, Fire, Earth, Wood’.”

“Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a dual-element spiritual root ‘Fire, Wood’.”

…

After a ten-draw, Lin Mo’s two best rewards were both dual-element spiritual roots.

Is the drop rate for this thing really that low?

Unconvinced, Lin Mo started another ten-draw.

“The prize type has now been locked in as ‘spiritual root,’ consuming two thousand regret points. The draw for rewards begins now.”

“Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a three-element spiritual root ‘Fire, Wood, Earth’.”

【Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining the four-element spiritual root ‘Earth, Wood, Metal, Water’.】

…….

This time, not even a dual-element spiritual root appeared.

Lin Mo was furious.

System, are you playing me?

Is this a scam?

【Reminder to the host, the chance of obtaining a heavenly spiritual root is less than 1%, not getting one is normal.】

Damn, are you copying NetY, MiHaY’s scheme?

From noble mtl dot come

Lin Mo chuckled.

Do you have a safety net?

【Reminder to the host, there isn’t one!】

Retracting my previous statement, you’re even darker than NetY, MiHaY.

Spent four thousand regret points and got nothing.

It would have been better not to specify the lottery from the start; that way, I could have drawn forty times, and maybe, just maybe, luck out with something useful.

At this point, Lin Mo had no choice but to continue with the ten consecutive draws.

Soon, a new round of lottery began.

Among the first eight rewards, there was only one dual spiritual root.

Until the ninth reward…

【Congratulations to the host, you’ve obtained the single-element spiritual root ‘Fire’.】

Holy smokes, it actually exploded.

This feeling, it’s truly more wow than MiHaY’s gold before the safety net.

Just when Lin Mo felt completely satisfied.

He had no expectations for the tenth reward.

However….

【Congratulations to the host, you’ve obtained the mutated spiritual root ‘Sword’.】

Lin Mo: “???”