Mortal: I really didn't want to be reborn as Zi Ling!

at the same time.

Some unknown place.

Zi Ling was completely bewildered.

Three days ago, when she activated the teleportation bracelet, she clearly used a location talisman, and her target was the Miaoyin Sect's stronghold on a secluded island on the edge of Kuixing Island.

She originally planned to go there first to settle down, find out about her parents, and confirm their situation before making any further plans.

However, something went wrong during the transmission.

I don't know what went wrong.

In short, she didn't make it to that island.

She was thrown into a dark cave.

The surroundings were littered with various corpses, the air was damp and cold, and carried a foul smell.

Before she could even use her illumination spell to observe the situation, a purple light swiftly and unexpectedly pierced her brow.

Zi Ling felt as if her brain had been pricked by a needle, then the world spun around her, and her body felt completely drained, causing her to collapse to the ground.

Three days later, Zi Ling woke up and sat up, propping herself up on her arms. Her head was still a little dizzy.

She carefully checked her body. Her clothes were intact, she had not been defiled, her mind was clear, she had not been possessed, her body was unharmed, and her spiritual energy was functioning normally.

Everything is fine.

In addition to the depths of consciousness, there was an extra broken bead.

The bead floated deep within her consciousness, emitting an extremely faint purple light.

"What is this?"

Zi Ling frowned.

In the world of cultivation, having a foreign object inexplicably appear in one's sea of ​​consciousness is not a good thing.

She tried to touch the bead with her divine sense, but it bounced back at her.

I tried to use my spiritual power to drive it away—but the spiritual power passed right through.

Then, she tried to use her divine sense to envelop, squeeze, and repel it—

None of it worked.

That thing seemed to have taken root deep within my consciousness.

Zi Ling tried everything she could think of – expelling, compressing, wrapping – until she was drenched in sweat, her body sticking to her skin.

But the bead didn't move at all; it even lazily turned once.

"Don't waste your time."

A slightly hoarse voice rose from the bottom of his heart.

"It's your good fortune to reside within me, your ancestor! Do you understand? You actually want to expel me! If it weren't for your special constitution, which barely allows me to stay—do you think I would even look at a Foundation Establishment stage ant like you?"

Special physical condition?

Zi Ling's heart skipped a beat, and she instinctively wanted to ask more questions, but she said bluntly, "Then leave."

The pitch-black cave suddenly fell silent.

Five breaths passed in total.

"You—do you even know the origins of our ancestor? Countless people would kneel and beg for it, and you, on the other hand!"

"What's your background?"

Zi Ling was also curious.

With such a boastful tone, you must have some real skills, right?

Could this be his cheat code?

Zi Ling has been transmigrating for so many years, and during that time she has fantasized about what her cheat system would be like.

She's already given up, and the result is—

However, we still can't be careless!

"Listen carefully. This ancestor is—is—is…is…"

The voice suddenly stopped, and became slower and more hesitant as it spoke.

Finally, the originally aged and arrogant voice suddenly became childish, with a hint of confusion in its tone.

"I...I don't remember."

Zi Ling: "..."

She suspected that the other person was acting against her.

"So what use are you?"

"have no idea……"

"What supernatural powers do you possess?"

"have no idea……"

"What martial arts techniques do you know?"

"have no idea……"

"You must know something, right?"

"..."

Ask three questions.

When asked about it later, the voice simply shut up and stopped responding no matter how much Zi Ling called out to it.

Zi Ling remained silent for a long time.

Although she didn't get any useful information, her tense nerves relaxed a bit.

At least for now, this thing doesn't seem to have any ill intentions towards her, nor does it seem capable of doing anything to her.

Let's go outside first and talk about it later.

Zi Ling stood up and raised her hand to cast a light spell.

A soft light shone from the palm of his hand, illuminating the entire cave.

But Zi Ling's face suddenly turned extremely ugly. Unbeknownst to her, wisps of dark purple light filled her dantian.

Zi Ling immediately thought of the broken bead in her sea of ​​consciousness.

"Hey! Was this your doing? Get out here!"

She used her divine sense to touch the broken bead.

"You have the guts to do it but not the guts to admit it? Weren't you so confident just now?"

"Hey—stop pretending to be dead! I know you're awake!"

Zi Ling called out for a long time.

But the bead remained quietly suspended there, motionless.

"Is it asleep, or has it become withdrawn?"

Zi Ling was extremely annoyed.

This broken bead is useless.

She gritted her teeth, too lazy to continue struggling with it, closed her eyes, and sank into her body.

Within his dantian, a wisp of dark purple energy circulated continuously.

Zi Ling tentatively circulated her energy through a small cycle.

The spiritual energy enters the body, flows along the meridians, and finally converges into the dantian—where it is then assimilated.

Zi Ling frowned.

The speed of the cultivation technique was three times faster than usual, and the efficiency of absorbing spiritual energy was also higher, and moreover...

She took a deep breath and decided to start with the spells she was most familiar with.

With a flick of his finger, a fireball shot out, its edges shimmering with an eerie purple light, casting a bewitching glow on the stone wall.

She casually conjured an ice spike, ignoring its trajectory, and instead focused intently on her arm, which was covered in vine armor. Sure enough, fine purple patterns spread across the vines, as if some living creature was moving within them.

The spot where the ice spike struck was left with a dense network of corrosive pits.

A chilling thought crept over her: it wasn't the technique that was wrong, but rather she herself, who had been "contaminated" at the root by something.

The Purple Illusion Technique she cultivates is an attribute-free technique; if it must be categorized, it leans towards the Illusion and Sound paths.

She did not change her cultivation method, nor did she practice any demonic magic.

But the properties of magic have changed.

Not only is it corrosive, but even the nature of the spells cast is tainted with a trace of demonic power.

This is not a function that the Purple Illusion Technique should have.

Zi Ling took a deep breath and sat down cross-legged.

Strands of spiritual energy flowed into the body from all directions, circulating along the meridians and transforming into pure spiritual power, continuously pouring into the dantian and the sea of ​​qi.

As long as there is enough spiritual power, that trace of demonic energy can always be washed away.

Spiritual energy surged into his dantian.

The wisp of dark purple demonic energy, like a snake that has smelled blood, suddenly coiled around it.

The moment spiritual energy touched demonic energy was like a drop of water falling into ink—

Infection, assimilation.

Zi Ling watched helplessly as the spiritual power she had painstakingly condensed was tinged with a dark purple hue after entering her dantian.

She didn't believe in superstitions.

He immediately took out a bottle of pills and swallowed them.

Unfortunately, it was completely useless; the more spiritual power one had, the faster it was assimilated.

A moment later, Zi Ling opened her eyes.

His face was extremely gloomy.

Damn it.

What exactly did this guy do inside her body?

Zi Ling stared intently at the bead deep within her sea of ​​consciousness; she was well aware of her own constitution.

The young woman's genitals are pure and unblemished.

An extremely rare demonic physique, allowing for twice the results with half the effort in cultivating demonic arts, with very few bottlenecks, even surpassing the abilities of cultivators with heavenly spiritual roots.

But she wasn't envious at all.

It is well known that demonic cultivation techniques can be mastered extremely quickly, but cultivators who practice demonic techniques are easily influenced by them, becoming extreme in temperament and prone to going to extremes.

She really wanted to cultivate; given the size of the Miaoyin Sect, finding a suitable demonic cultivation technique would be very easy.

She hesitated to cultivate because she feared that demonic arts would corrupt her mind.

She doesn't want to become a crazy female lead, and she doesn't want her values ​​to be reshaped.

But now—

My magical power was inexplicably converted by a broken bead.

Zi Ling bit her lip hard, forcing herself to calm down.

"We cannot sit idly by and wait to die."

She stood up and scanned the cave.

The stone walls were damp, the ground was uneven, and several broken storage bags were scattered in the corner.

She walked over, squatted down, and flipped through it.

The bag was covered in mold, and its spiritual energy had long since dissipated.

The several magical artifacts inside had lost all their spiritual energy and were covered in rust, as if they were from who-knows-how-many years ago.

After searching for a long time, they found no clues related to the bead.

Zi Ling threw away the last storage bag and stood up.

She dared not waste any more time. She didn't know what the Miaoyin Sect was like now, and she couldn't let her parents' hard work be taken away in vain. At least before the Void Heaven Palace opened, she still needed the Miaoyin Sect's cultivation resources.

He raised his hand and cast a light spell, illuminating the area ahead with a pale purple light.

A salty breeze could be faintly felt in the distance.

(Don't worry, everyone. The cheat code has functions similar to the little green bottle, and not only that. We will explain them one by one later.)