Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 220 System Loan Accounts
As soon as the other party finished speaking, Qiu Ci clearly felt that the man beside her was also stunned, but he quickly adjusted and returned to his previous humble and polite demeanor, saying, "What do you mean by this fellow immortal? I don't understand."

"Didn't you ascend to immortality by binding yourselves to the system?" The person sitting in front of him seemed to have known he wouldn't admit it, and immediately started flipping through the books. "Fine, just state your names and which continent you ascended from."

The man's face darkened as he suppressed his anger. After a moment, he straightened his back and spoke arrogantly, "I am the Supreme God of the Aotian Continent!"

"I asked for your name, not your title!" The other party showed no intention of giving in and retorted directly, "A god, my foot! A debtor can't even tell the difference between a king and a queen."

The man's face turned completely black, and his hands clenched tightly at his sides. After a long while, he reluctantly squeezed out three words, "Chu Yongsheng."

Qiu Ci also spoke up, "Chu Qiu Ci, Lanru Continent."

The man who was receiving them then made a few quick hand gestures on the desk. The next moment, the book in front of him suddenly flew up, shining with golden light, and lines of words appeared on it. The man reached out and brought the book back, saying as he read, "Chu Yongsheng, right? You're bound to the Conquest System, aren't you? Let me see... You were bound to it when you were still a mortal, and then you went all the way from Qi Refining to Ascension, which took 365 years. Tsk... that's quite a long time."

"How did you know?" Chu Yongsheng could no longer maintain his arrogance. His biggest secret had been exposed, and his face turned pale instantly.

“Nonsense! This is the Book of Destiny, which records the circumstances of all those who ascended. Everything before their ascension can be found in it, and…” The man waved the book in his hand, then suddenly changed the subject, “How do you think you got your system?”

"What?" Chu Yongsheng was stunned, his expression becoming even more horrified.

"The full name of the system is the 'Ascension Loan System'," the man said unhurriedly. "You originally had no opportunity to ascend, but only because you possessed the system and borrowed this opportunity from the Immortal Realm were you able to become immortals. Now that you have ascended, it is naturally time to repay this debt."

"What debt?" Chu Yongsheng stared wide-eyed in disbelief. "No! Impossible! What loan system? I'm clearly bound to the Domination System."

"That's just a system category title, just like your Godly title." The man curled his lip and said, "Besides, don't you know how you got this cultivation level? The system is originally a celestial artifact from the Immortal Realm, it was just temporarily lent to you, and now it's time to return it with interest."

Chu Yongsheng still couldn't accept it. "No, it's impossible! I am clearly the strongest person on the continent."

The man ignored him, seemingly used to such breakdowns, and simply turned the page of the book in his hand and read aloud, "Based on your original aptitude and the system energy you borrowed, you need to repay your debt in the Immortal Realm for a total of 106,276 years, starting today."

"No! You're lying to me!" Chu Yongsheng clearly couldn't accept it and immediately turned around and fled towards the door.

"Tch, here we go again!" The man merely frowned, and the book in his hand instantly emitted a burst of white light, striking towards Chu Yongsheng.

Ah!
Chu Yongsheng let out a pig-like scream and could no longer move forward. His whole body seemed to be grabbed by some huge hand and floated up. He seemed to be enduring some great pain, clutching his head and rolling around in the air.

A moment later, a golden light was forcibly extracted from his consciousness. He tried to stop it but couldn't resist, letting out an even more heart-wrenching scream. Only when the golden light flew into the hand of the man in front of the table did Chu Yongsheng finally lose consciousness.

Qiu Ci couldn't help but glance at it and discovered that the golden light was the system's true form. The man then cast a spell on the ball of light in his hand, and instantly a contract-like piece of paper popped out. The next moment, it flew towards Chu Yongsheng and pierced directly into his forehead. Almost simultaneously, a character slowly appeared on Chu Yongsheng's forehead. Upon closer inspection, it was a red "契" (contract).

She suddenly remembered the system that had been removed from Feng Shanming back in the Divine Radiance Continent. Inside was a blank contract—could it be a loan agreement about borrowing money to become an immortal in advance? So, were all of them, bound to this system, actually "Alipay Immortals"?

Qiu Ci suddenly felt a bit shocked, but the man next to him holding a book was already looking at him. "It's your turn."

"..." Qiu Ci was speechless. She didn't know if she also had to pay off her debts, or how many years she would have to pay them off. After all, the system she had was not borrowed from the Immortal Realm.

"You're quite calm." The man glanced at her in surprise before lowering his head and flipping through the pages of the book. "Lanru Continent, Chu Qiuci, right? Chu Qiuci, Chu Qiu... Huh? Why can't I find it! There's no record of ascension either. Is there something wrong with this Book of Destiny?"

The man searched through her four times but couldn't find any information about the system on her body. His eyes were full of surprise. "What system are you bound to?"

Qiu Ci felt relieved. Sure enough, they couldn't find any information about the dog system. So she immediately put on a blank expression and asked, "I wonder what kind of system the immortal is that you mentioned?"

"Hmph! Don't try to fool me. How could I be here without a system?" The other party clearly didn't believe her, putting down the book and making a hand seal. "I refuse to believe I can't find it."

After saying that, he directly bent his finger and touched her brow. Instantly, Qiu Ci felt a surge of energy enter her sea of ​​consciousness, as if trying to force the system out. Unfortunately, this wisp of immortal power disappeared in an instant, without even a splash.

"Why...why is your sea of ​​consciousness so vast?" the man exclaimed in surprise.

Qiu Ci was taken aback for a moment, "Isn't that how it is?" Of course, the sea of ​​consciousness needs to be larger.

The man gritted his teeth and sent in another burst of immortal power, beginning to search her sea of ​​consciousness. Qiu Ci originally wanted to resist, but soon discovered that the other party, perhaps due to insufficient sensitivity or lack of proficiency in using magic, swept through her sea of ​​consciousness, passing by the system several times, yet still failed to detect its presence.

"Master, is he tickling me?" Even the dog system couldn't help but complain.

What if someone hears me saying "Shut up"?
Upon closer reflection, it's quite normal that the other party couldn't discover the system. After all, although he is an immortal, and those systems in the lower realms were very likely placed there by the immortal realm, they are still products of Blue Star. In terms of authority, no one could possibly have more power than him, making it too easy for him to prevent others from discovering the system.

Sure enough, the man searched for a long time, exhausting a great deal of his immortal energy, but still found nothing. Seeing that he was still unwilling to give up and wanted to use hand seals to search again, Qiu Ci had to speak up and stop him.

"Immortal Master, if you continue to transfer your immortal power, my cultivation is about to break through!"

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