96 – The Anomaly’s Popular Phase

Next, Wang Shuqing, without resisting, let Wang Ping test his defensive limits.

Of course, even if he wanted to resist, it wouldn’t make any difference.

Soon, Wang Ping was shocked.

He found that even using the power of the Acquired Realm, he couldn’t break through Wang Shuqing’s skin and flesh. Shattering the internal bones was also impossible.

Then, Wang Ping steeled himself and directly used the power of the Innate Realm.

As Wang Ping used the power of the Innate Realm, Wang Shuqing’s skin and flesh finally split open a small crack, and blood flowed out.

“Goodness, this Golden Finger of yours is remarkable.”

Wang Ping clicked his tongue in amazement.

The Innate Realm is already quite strong. Two strong fighters at this level battling it out could easily destroy a street.

Yet, even such powerful force barely broke Wang Shuqing’s skin, which was quite absurd.

It’s important to note that Wang Shuqing currently has no significant power; he’s just an ordinary person.

If he starts practicing in the future and reaches the level of a Martial Saint, it’s unimaginable how abnormal his defense would be.

Wang Ping even doubted whether he could break through Wang Shuqing’s defense after reaching the Spirit Embryo Realm.

Indeed, any Golden Finger shouldn’t be underestimated.

Enhancing defense sounds trivial at first, but upon actual testing, its strength is truly heaven-defying.

Take, for example, Liu Mei’s Golden Finger that adjusts her appearance. Initially, it seemed useless, but during this mission, it proved extremely effective.

Speaking of which, Wang Ping also thought of Zhang Hu and Wu Jun’s Golden Fingers.

Zhang Hu only mentioned the name ‘Knight’s Blessing’ without specifying the ability.

But being chosen directly by the Sword God of their world and taken as a disciple, receiving Forbidden Spell Scrolls frequently, it’s definitely extraordinary.

Considering Zhang Hu’s performance, this Golden Finger likely has growth potential.

As for Wu Jun, his Golden Finger is quite fascinating.

The old members in the group know it seems pretty useless and awkward to talk about.

Wang Ping had always been curious about Wu Jun’s Golden Finger, which made Wu Jun react with such embarrassment.

Of course, if Wu Jun doesn’t speak, Wang Ping won’t press the matter.

Unless, like this time, in the task world, where they need everyone’s Golden Finger to try to complete group tasks, he would then inquire.

“Wang Shuqing, you have a promising future.”

Afterward, Wang Ping came to his senses and patted Wang Shuqing’s shoulder in admiration.

“Uh…” Wang Shuqing was dumbfounded, not knowing how strong his Golden Finger really was.

However, Wang Ping didn’t intend to explain in detail, nor did Wang Shuqing ask further.

Then, with nothing to do, Wang Ping directly opened the chat group page.

At that moment, the chat group page was already buzzing.

After the mission was completed, Qin Tian returned to his world and simultaneously recounted the details of this mission.

Zhang Hu (5): “Gosh, was this mission so easy? I regret not going.”

Fang Yun (3): “A mission that can be completed without any power, I’m shocked.”

Wu Jun (20): “Who would’ve thought Brother Wang could have a day of easy victory… Σ(⊙▽⊙”a”

Cai Yonglong (1): “Does this count as Brother Wang’s easy victory? I don’t think so. After all, without foreseeing the future, no one would know it would be this simple. In that case, they would still have taken a gamble; it might or might not work out, most likely not. Even if it works out, if the mysterious entity’s ability is unknown, getting charmed by it could reveal the identity of the time travelers, and the entity might not possess Liu Mei anymore.”

Chen Yao (71): “Cai Yonglong makes a very valid point.”

Zhang Jun (70): “Honestly, that’s true. We can’t overlook Brother Wang’s contribution just because the task was simple. Without his Golden Finger, who could calmly complete the group task?”

Liu Mei (15): “Exactly, Brother Wang will always be our captain. Without Brother Wang, no task would be easy!”
Wang Ping (66): ‘Hearing you praise me makes me happy. By the way, how many rewards did you all get?’

Qin Tian (77): ‘I got five thousand group points, I’m floored.’

Zhang Jun (70): ‘Shocking, I only got 1,000 group points, and you, who destroyed Brother Wang several times, got five thousand!’

Fang Yun (3): ‘Pfft, hearing this just makes me laugh. Who would have thought Brother Wang would be killed by his teammates someday.’

Cai Yonglong (1): ‘It is kind of funny. But what I feel more is envy for Qin Tian. His Golden Finger is so OP, and he’s already at the Foundation Establishment stage, plus he has a full set of epic cards!’

Ye Xiaofan (75): ‘mmp, I don’t want to talk about it, it’s killing me with envy.’

Qin Tian (77) @Zhang Jun (70): ‘Why are you jealous? At least I contributed in predicted futures. But you just fooled around every day in that world, I’m shocked you still got a thousand group points! Father System is too generous!’

Zhang Hu (5): ‘Goodness, Zhang Jun, were you participating in tasks secondarily and indulging yourself primarily? Risking your life for some wild times, you’re amazing. I, Zhang Hu, recognize you as the strongest in the indulgence world!’

Cai Yonglong (1): ‘Laughing hard, Madara’s coffin lid can’t hold anymore!’

Liu Mei (15): ‘Well, my rewards are a bit special. I not only got 200,000 group points but also an additional ability, somewhat similar to those supernatural abilities.’

Wang Ping: ‘???’

Wang Ping was shocked.

Goodness, Liu Mei got her hands on one of those freakishly powerful supernatural abilities.

With Liu Mei’s Golden Finger paired with this creepy ability, she’s going to skyrocket…

Not just Wang Ping, the entire chat group fell silent in astonishment, all of them were left gaping.

Qin Tian (77): ‘Damn, Sister Liu got a creepy ability? Changing looks and charming… Who cares about power now! This is going to make her a terrifying existence, even creepier than the creepiness itself.’

Cai Yonglong (1): ‘Goodness, this is the start of a takeover! Changing looks with unbeatable charm, causality rebirth technique, charm a strong one, and no one can defeat her.’

Liu Mei (15): ‘It’s not that OP. I got a weakened version. While the charm ability remains, it doesn’t work on group members and is no longer a conceptual power; strong ones can resist. Also, causality rebirth is limited to three times a day.’

Wang Ping (66): ‘Even weakened, it’s still crazy. You gotta hand it to the chat group for being generous.’

Qin Tian (77): ‘Goodness, an extra three lives, and they even have cooldowns, not permanent reductions… How many Rebirth Talismans is that worth? I’m stunned.’

Fang Yun (3): ‘Damn, I want to switch abilities with Liu Mei!’

Cai Yonglong (1): ‘What’s a man like you going to do with charm?’

Fang Yun (3): ‘Damn, Brother Cai discriminates against men. I will raise the flag of male rights and bring you down!’

Wang Ping (66): ‘Let’s not derail. What I’m more interested in is whether we can do this again in the future. If we can trick these supernatural beings into attaching themselves to group members, maybe we can get those weakened abilities.’

With this suggestion, everyone’s hearts skipped a beat.

Goodness, might as well try… If it works, it’ll be a huge gain, plus it offers another way to complete group tasks.

Liu Mei (15): ‘Probably not. This supernatural is special, capable of attaching itself and maximizing its power, while most others don’t have this ability. Once they attach, they can’t change.’

Wang Ping (66): ‘That’s too bad. Still, since most aren’t capable, some might be. We should try it if the chance arises. Supernatural abilities are OP, stronger than most Golden Fingers we crossers get; if we can snag them, we should.’

Cai Yonglong (1): ‘I agree! Excessive drooling.jpg.’

Not just Cai Yonglong, everyone else was getting excited too.

Damn, this group task showed us that tasks don’t necessarily require powerful strength.

Rewards aren’t just points but might include extra perks.

With this information, next time a group task comes up, they have the courage to take a gamble.

After all, nobody wants to be a turtle hiding in its shell forever; everyone wants to quickly become stronger, but there hasn’t always been a better way.

After this, Wang Ping continued chatting for a bit before turning his attention from the chat to opening his task reward red envelope.

Then the system notification sounded.

‘Ding, congratulations on contributing 50% in this group task, earning 200,000 group points.’

‘Two hundred thousand, more than I expected, not bad, not bad.’

Wang Ping nodded in satisfaction.
The Life Simulator is truly wonderful…

Even if he lacks strength or hasn’t exerted real effort, just relying on this Golden Finger, he could earn a lot from every group task.

Though he gained an additional two hundred thousand group points, it is still far from the points needed for the next optimization of the Golden Finger. But he would never dislike it—accumulating little by little is the right path.

Half a day later, Lin Zhan gathered all the items Wang Ping needed.

One has to admit, the efficiency was very fast.

Wang Ping checked everything and saw many special cultivation resources.

Those techniques were also the highest level of source energy techniques currently obtained by humanity, capable of enabling someone to absorb cosmic energy and strengthen themselves most swiftly.

Even those advanced combat techniques had their merits.

Wang Ping couldn’t understand the last set of scientific data, but he could tell it was of exceptional value.

Although Wang Ping had no intention of spreading technology in the fantasy world, transmitting these documents in the chat group would still be a resource. They might be greatly beneficial to some group members in the future.

After all, the laser cannons of this world could obliterate Martial Saints and Spirit Sea Realm experts.

In addition, various fighter jets were also impressive.

“Pleasant cooperation… Well, let’s meet again next time.”

Wang Ping shook hands with Lin Zhan, nodded with satisfaction, and left this world.

Wang Ping’s mysterious disappearance caused Lin Zhan’s pupils to contract suddenly. He sensed the surroundings and found Wang Ping’s presence completely gone, making him sigh in his heart.

The existence of a transmigrator was truly mysterious.

Then, he looked at Wang Shuqing, his eyes flickering, planning to train him well.

As for Wang Ping, after returning to the Sword Spirit Sect, he immediately uploaded all the obtained cultivation system data and scientific data.

At the same time, he sent three sets of resources capable of cultivating to the Grandmaster level to Qin Tian, Zhang Jun, and Liu Mei in the form of exclusive red envelopes.

Wang Ping (66) @Everyone: “These are the cultivation resources I got from Lin Zhan, enough to easily reach the Grandmaster level in cultivation. As participants in this task, you naturally get a share. Besides, I have also uploaded the cultivation system and techniques of the High Martial World. Practice diligently. As for Xiaoshu, since he became Lin Zhan’s disciple, I didn’t secure any resources for him.”

Zhang Jun (70): “Thank you, Brother Wang!”

Qin Tian (77): “Whoa, what a pleasant surprise! Thanks, Brother Wang!”

Liu Mei (15): “Thank you, Brother Wang. With these techniques and resources, I can quickly cultivate and become stronger!”

At this moment, other group members were also alarmed, each of them extremely envious.

The participants of this group task really struck gold… Among them, Liu Mei benefited the most, not only getting a perverse ability but also acquiring these resources, practically destined to become one of the top dogs in the chat group.

Of course, many were envious, but still went to check the group files.

After all, the cultivation system of the High Martial World didn’t require spiritual energy, only cosmic energy, making it viable for practice in almost all worlds, including theirs.

This was their free benefit.

Liu Mei (15) @Wang Ping (66): “Also, Brother Wang, thank you for taking me through the system tasks twice and helping me gain so many cultivation resources. This is a small token of my appreciation, I hope you don’t mind.”

As soon as this message was sent, Liu Mei gave Wang Ping an exclusive red envelope.

Wang Ping opened the envelope to find a hundred thousand group points, which quite surprised him.

Liu Mei was indeed generous.

However, being grateful was a good character trait, making Liu Mei worth befriending.

Other group members who had been helped by Wang Ping saw Liu Mei sending a red envelope and could only smile helplessly.

They remembered Wang Ping’s kindness, but either didn’t have group points or considered repaying him in other ways.

Next, Wang Ping replied to Liu Mei and then exited the chat group.

This group task could be said to have changed the atmosphere of the chat group, but it had now fully come to a close.

“I still have one free simulation left. Time to slowly accumulate again…”
Wang Ping sighed as he came to his senses.

“However, rather than waiting indefinitely for the free simulation to refresh, I should stick to my original plan and go to the Seven Star Archipelago first. After all, no one knows when the next group task will come. If the interval is too short and I haven’t had many free simulations refreshed, it would be troublesome. But with spirit stones in hand, there’s no rush.”

With this thought, Wang Ping’s gaze became subtle.

He never imagined that there would be a day when paid simulations would be more reliable than free ones.

The number of free simulations depends entirely on time.

But paid simulations… all it takes are spirit stones, and as long as you have enough stones, you can simulate as many times as you wish.

“Hmm, I need to make more spirit stones in the future. As expected, no matter which world you are in, you need money. No matter where you travel, or what your status is, you can’t escape the fate of having to earn money.”

Wang Ping covered his forehead, complaining.

Next, Wang Ping left his meditation room and went straight to the First Supreme Elder of the Sword Spirit Sect to explain his intention.

To facilitate things, Wang Ping revealed his cultivation level directly.

When the First Supreme Elder realized that Wang Ping was actually a Transcendent Realm expert, he was completely stunned and couldn’t utter a word to stop him.

Afterwards, Wang Ping also made some arrangements. He left the Red Flame Technique to Bai Tianhong for cultivation.

With the Red Flame Technique, Bai Tianhong would definitely be able to reach the Half-step Transcendent Realm by the time the demon Mo Fan appears, at which point he can easily kill the opponent and eliminate a major threat.

Of course, even at the same realm, Bai Tianhong armed with the Red Flame Technique would certainly be able to kill the demon Mo Fan.

Wang Ping had a lot of trust in Bai Tianhong.

The only uncertainty for Wang Ping was the variable that is Ye Chen.

However, Wang Ping wasn’t too worried.

He was sure that he would return to the Profound Turtle Continent in the future to explore its many secrets.

By then, even if something did happen, with his strength at that time, he should be able to easily suppress it.

After doing everything he needed to do, Wang Ping left the Sword Spirit Sect and went to Wind Valley, arriving at the stone stele formation.

With a large number of spirit stones appearing, Jiang Huai activated the stone stele formation. Wang Ping turned into a beam of light and vanished into the sky.

When Wang Ping’s vision returned, he found himself on a different stone stele formation, in a cave rather than the mountain forest environment of Wind Valley.

“I’ve finally arrived at the Seven Star Archipelago.”

Wang Ping scanned the surroundings with immense joy.

Although he had come to the Seven Star Archipelago many times in simulations, this was the first time he had arrived physically, and the feeling was entirely different.

“Little friend Wang Ping, activating the stone stele formation this time consumed a lot of my soul power. Could you please help me find some precious herbs that restore soul power? Otherwise, I might disappear.”

Jiang Huai’s figure grew more and more ethereal as he spoke helplessly.

“I’ll do my best,” Wang Ping said with a faint smile as he gazed at Jiang Huai.

Then he infused a portion of his spiritual energy, causing Jiang Huai’s soul body to solidify a bit.

As Wang Ping used his spiritual energy to infuse Jiang Huai’s soul body, Jiang Huai’s eyes widened slightly.

However, Jiang Huai quickly regained his calm, as if nothing had happened.

Although Jiang Huai’s expression change was subtle and quickly concealed, it did not escape Wang Ping’s notice.

Wang Ping quickly realized something.

His spiritual energy was no longer the same. Now it was five-element spiritual energy. Even though he used only fire attribute spiritual energy, there was still a significant difference from before.

Jiang Huai, this old fox who had reached the Profound Elixir Realm in his lifetime, must have noticed something unusual and probably figured out that his cultivation technique had advanced to Heaven-level.

“It seems I need to quickly extract all his remaining value and then get rid of him.”

Wang Ping’s expression remained unchanged, but a murderous intent arose in his heart.

He couldn’t fathom what other methods Jiang Huai, this cunning old fox, had up his sleeve.

If this dragged on until they reached the Seven Star Archipelago, and his secret of cultivating a Heaven-level technique was exposed, it would be genuinely dangerous.