Fate Trading System – Chapter 107

Plan A

Rise in Another World 19

Growth

Outside the stone platform, two elders were watching. They didn’t know why the king, who had previously run out, suddenly came back and requested to enter the sacrificial altar.

The sacrificial altar was an awakening place that only the king could enter, used to enhance one’s abilities. It was a good place, but the price to pay was also high. The process in between was extremely painful, and it was a quick method, no different from “pulling sprouts to help them grow” (揠苗助长, yanmiao zhuzang – an idiom meaning to be impatient for success). If not properly consolidated, it would plant the seeds of future trouble.

They looked at the floating virtual image in the air, very silent. Only four tails left. They had watched this child fight their way to the throne at the fastest speed, at a great cost.

This way, it was hard to tell if it was good or bad.

This was probably the most willful king in their Nine Lives Cat history, refusing to mate.

It’s worth noting that the previous king was more than happy to be surrounded by consorts, with numerous concubines. However, everyone was also pleased with this outcome. To be honest, they were so eager for new clan members that they wouldn’t mind if the king “hehe-ed” (嘿嘿嘿, heiheihei – a suggestive expression implying sexual activity) every day.

If Nan Cheng continued to refuse to mate, her throne might become unstable, as others would have a reason to impeach her. Although strength was respected, there might be internal strife.

This was a frustrating situation for high-level mythical beasts, seemingly no different from the human world. High-level mythical beasts had gained intelligence and thoughts, becoming not much different from humans.

Nan Cheng, soaking wet, jumped down from the iron chains. An elder bent down to pick her up and carried her to her room.

“Your Majesty, before the next spring arrives, you really should consider having an heir of your own.”

“Meow meow.”

No.

“Your Majesty, if you continue to be willful like this, I’m afraid it won’t be long, perhaps a few decades, before chaos ensues again.”

Nan Cheng didn’t answer anymore, just closed her eyes, hiding her azure blue eyes. The cat was placed on the soft bed, and the elder sighed, not saying anything more. Everything that could be said had already been said, more than once. There was nothing to be done if she wouldn’t listen.

After the elder left, Nan Cheng opened her eyes and stared blankly into space.

Actually, she wanted to say, let chaos come if it must, but she couldn’t say that because it would be too irresponsible.

She had ascended to the throne only because she wanted to completely eradicate those people. Even if she were to abdicate now, it wouldn’t matter, but she couldn’t do it yet. She still hadn’t made herself strong enough, and currently, there was no one in the group stronger than her, although the price paid for her current achievements was enormous.

Nan Cheng’s ears twitched. In fact, she just wanted to protect this person, to protect this place.

But she had to accompany Su Xin to the eighth floor, and at that time, she must first clearly separate herself from this place.

Nan Cheng closed her eyes and began to fall into a deep sleep, absorbing and consolidating the power she had just obtained.

Su Xin and Yu Si were challenging the second floor. As soon as they entered the second floor, it was a misty haze, severely obstructing their vision.

Su Xin took out something for illumination, barely lighting up the surrounding environment. The ground beneath their feet was indeed solid soil, and in the light, they could see fluffy things. The temperature was neither cold nor hot, just right, but as soon as they entered, it was as if they had gone blind. Everything in front of them seemed pixelated, nothing could be seen clearly, and the more they looked, the blurrier it became.

Su Xin blinked hard and calmed down, moving forward with Yu Si.

If they couldn’t use their eyes, they’d have to use their ears.

Su Xin heard the sound of something approaching, rustling, like a reptile sliding on the ground.

In the lamplight, Su Xin could see clearly, it was a very large… lizard?

It wasn’t entirely a lizard, after all, its appearance was different from a lizard. Anyway, it was just a very strange animal.

If at the beginning of the first floor, they only had a fifty percent chance of survival, by the time they finished the entire first floor, they had a ninety-five percent chance of survival. Coming to the second floor, it was only thirty percent.

Each floor was more dangerous than the last; this was the rule of the Sky-reaching Tower.

This time, Su Xin and Yu Si were even more battered, escaping death several times.

But it was exciting.

Nan Cheng sensed Su Xin’s danger signals several times, but due to her own reasons, she couldn’t rush over. According to the Sky-reaching Tower’s travel rules, by the time she arrived, all events would have likely dissipated.

She always had to let her grow, but this kind of growth in a place she couldn’t see, facing dangers, didn’t feel good at all.

Who knows how long it had been, they just kept moving forward, as if they would never tire, pursuing power. Yu Si’s opportunity came on the fourth floor, where water elements were unusually active. After this floor, Yu Si pulled far ahead of Su Xin.

The fourth floor almost suffocated Su Xin, with no fire elements, no wind elements, only overwhelming water elements that nearly drowned her.

Moving to the fifth floor, Su Xin reached her paradise.

Active and playful fire elements rushed towards her body. Su Xin had just been suffocating, unable to breathe, and now she was too excited to breathe.

The fire and wind elements inside Su Xin’s body were greatly enhanced, and this was only the fifth floor.

The fifth floor was extremely hot, even the ground was red, with many active volcanoes that could literally roast a person to death. Su Xin didn’t feel much, as the fire elements in her body could help regulate her surface temperature. Yu Si had long since used water elements to protect herself, staying by Su Xin’s side.

Cultivating and secluding oneself, time passed in the blink of an eye.

Nan Cheng, too eager for success, experienced a rebellion of power within her body and had to seclude herself to regulate her body.

But she didn’t expect that when she woke up from this sleep, fifty years had passed.

Nan Cheng hurriedly walked out, and an elder came to greet her.

“How long have I slept?”

“Your Majesty, fifty years.”

Fifty years wasn’t long; for high-level mythical beasts, Nan Cheng’s seclusion for such a short time surprised him.

Nan Cheng followed the mark to find Su Xin’s location, feeling very guilty in her heart. So much time had passed, and she had let her master wander here alone for so long, unable to save her if anything happened.

In fifty years, Su Xin had fought until she was sick of it.

To be honest, she hadn’t expected fifty years to pass so quickly.

Sometimes, just fleeing and fighting took a month, and the Sky-reaching Tower was so large with so many floors. Su Xin and Yu Si fought back and forth all the way, finally standing at the bottom of the seventh floor.

“Do you want to follow me up, or…”

“Of course.”

Yu Si’s voice was firm.

“In this Sky-reaching Tower, wherever you go, I’ll go.”

Yu Si gripped Su Xin’s hand tightly, as if afraid of being left behind.

“I need to find someone, she’s on the eighth floor of the Sky-reaching Tower. It will definitely be very dangerous at that time. Although we’ve made it to the sixth floor now, we don’t have the ability to completely sweep through these six floors, but I don’t have time to go back.”

Su Xin had a little over a hundred years left, which sounded like a lot, but she felt it was far from enough to waste. She had to speed things up.

Even though Su Xin enjoyed the thrill of slaughter and pushing her limits, she didn’t like this feeling of being constantly on the run.

Sometimes, time isn’t directly proportional to quality.

“I’ll say it again, wherever you go, I’ll go. It doesn’t matter if I die.”

Yu Si’s expression was stubborn, sensing that once Su Xin left, she might not return.

Su Xin didn’t want to enter the seventh floor so rashly. The seventh floor was the territory of high-level mythical beasts, and mythical beasts ate human flesh and drank human blood. If the two of them went up like this, the scene might be very chaotic.

Nan Cheng sensed Su Xin’s location, her heart beating rapidly. They were so close.

Nan Cheng felt somewhat proud, proving her master’s strength, her growth rate was so terrifying.

The Nine Lives Cat’s territory was closest to the entrance to the eighth floor, and the Fox Clan’s territory was closest to the entrance to the eighth floor.

Nan Cheng used a teleportation array to arrive at the end of the sixth floor, seeing Su Xin and Yu Si sitting by the fire with solemn expressions. She pounced and hugged Su Xin.

Su Xin sensed Nan Cheng before she came down, turning her head to see Nan Cheng pouncing into her arms, and smiled.

“Master!”

Nan Cheng’s voice was still soft, calling out with a coquettish feeling.

This was a time longer than ten years, much longer, but this time Nan Cheng didn’t feel the bitterness of longing, because she had woken up to find so much time had passed.

Thinking of Su Xin living dangerously in a place where she couldn’t watch over her, thankfully, she still appeared safely before her, with her familiar expression.

“Little One.”

“I’m sorry, I just came out of seclusion.”

“Did something happen to you a long time ago?”

“No, no, nothing happened.”

Nan Cheng denied.

“Really?”

“Mm-hmm, Master, I’ve become very powerful now, I can protect you, even on the eighth floor.”

Nan Cheng made a solemn promise.

“Good girl.”

“Will you enter the seventh floor with me now? As soon as we enter, it’s my clan’s territory, so you don’t need to worry too much, but you should still hide your aura well. I’ll take you directly to the eighth floor.”

“But didn’t you just come out of seclusion? There’s no need to rush, you should take care of your body first.”

Su Xin absolutely didn’t believe that Nan Cheng had no problems at all.

“Alright, I came out too hastily just now. Before I take you to the eighth floor, I’ll sort out my own affairs first.”

Nan Cheng wanted to give up her position as clan leader first, then talk things over with the clan.

If those high-level mythical beasts knew she was associating with humans, they would definitely voice their dissatisfaction, but this was also based on strength.

Nan Cheng didn’t know why, but from the first glance at Su Xin, she knew she must be special.

Very, very special.

Perhaps with another person, she wouldn’t have such intense, fervent feelings, surpassing master-servant relationship and friendship, wanting to develop in another direction.

“Okay.”

“This time, I will absolutely never leave your side again.”

Su Xin didn’t see the deep affection and obsession in the cat spirit’s eyes as she hugged her, reaching a pathological level of fixation, but her voice was still so soft, like a murmur.

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