[System prompt: Do you want to use 10 points of life span for a lottery draw?]
"Yes!"
As Lu Heng confirmed, the lottery wheel began to slowly spin.
The entire wheel consists of thirteen pie-shaped sections, colored white, blue, purple, and orange.
According to the system's explanation, the white section has the worst prizes, blue is average, purple is slightly better, and orange is the best.
Therefore, there is only one orange section, two purple sections, and three blue sections.
The worst white section, however, has as many as seven sections!
Lu Heng considered himself the reincarnation of a non-European, so he didn't dare to hope for the orange or purple sections.
He just hoped to draw a pill that would extend his life, saving him from dying young.
After about five or six seconds, the wheel slowly stopped and finally settled on a blue section.
Holy shit!
Am I going to be a god on the first try?
Could it be that my luck has changed and I've gone from bad luck to good luck?
Lu Heng was filled with excitement.
However, the system's notification that followed was like a cold shower, instantly making him feel ice-cold!
[System prompt: Congratulations to the host for drawing the cultivation technique "Taiyi Five Qi Spell"!]
What the hell...
Lu Heng was completely speechless, what the heck is this?
Sure, a blue prize is nice, but I need a life-extending pill!
No matter how good your cultivation technique is, I can't practice it if I'm dead, right?
"System, draw again!"
Lu Heng gritted his teeth, pinning his hopes on this last draw.
[System prompt: Do you want to use 10 points of life span for a lottery draw?]
"Yes! Yes! Yes!"
Lu Heng felt like he was about to turn into a furious guy.
If he could find out who invented this system, he'd definitely strangle them.
The lottery wheel spun again, carrying Lu Heng's hopes, and slowly stopped on a white section.
[System prompt: Congratulations to the host for drawing five lower-grade Spiritual Qi Pills!]
"..."
Lu Heng was numb, completely numb.
I want to live, and you want me to cultivate?
Why bother? What's the point?
He couldn't help but resent his bad luck, constantly plagued by misfortune!
Just then, someone knocked on his door.
"Senior Brother Qingfeng, it's time for Master's lecture!"
A somewhat youthful voice came from outside.
Lu Heng was stunned for a moment before remembering his Taoist name was "Qingfeng".
He quickly got up, changed his clothes, and followed his junior brother outside to attend the lecture.
Although he was terminally ill, he wasn't someone who gave up easily.
There were still 24 days left, and he believed he could draw the life-extending pill!
Of course, if his luck stayed bad, well, then it would just end in death.
...
As Lu Heng was experiencing the life of a Daoist, discussions about him and Hu continued to rage online.
Even though the two's live streaming room had been mercilessly banned by Douhu's official team, people still found ways to discuss them.
"Sigh, I really feel sorry for Hu, marrying a wife like that!"
"Damn! This woman is the reincarnation of Pan Jinlian, she might even poison Hu with her lover in the future!"
"I don't quite understand, although Hu isn't as good-looking as me, he's still at least Xiaoshuai's level and a rich second generation, why doesn't that woman cherish him?"
"Maybe the lover has other 'qualities'!"
"The 'qualities' you speak of better just be qualities!"
"Having a boyfriend like Hu, and she still brings a lover home to mess around, that's outrageous!"
"Outrageous +1! Even more outrageous is that she didn't come to seduce me!"
"Who do you think that Daoist is? Even with a mask on, being all mysterious, he's incredibly accurate!"
"When he streams next time, I want him to help me too, maybe tell me when I can win the lottery..."
Meanwhile, on Hu's side, the drama temporarily came to an end.
With the help of enthusiastic netizens reporting to the police, Hu and others were all taken to the station.
Normally, infidelity dramas are entertaining to the public and not necessarily taken too seriously.
But because Hu is a big-time internet celebrity streamer...
For safety's sake, the police lectured them earnestly.
Afterwards, they dealt with medical expenses or divorces as needed.
After leaving the station, Hu felt empty inside.
Inside, his wife had already explained everything.
Back in college, his wife and Feng were a couple, but they had a falling out at some point.
To annoy Feng, she took the initiative to accept Hu's confession.
Who knew Feng was just as stubborn and quickly found a new lover.
Her initial goal was not achieved, and she cluelessly ended up married to Hu.
Until one day, she met Feng again, and their former passion reignited uncontrollably...
"Sigh! How am I supposed to explain this to my parents?"
Hu couldn't help but sigh.
Being the deceived one, he found it hard to express his suffering!
As this "The Cuckoo in the Nest" incident concluded, the fates of Hu, his wife, and Feng completely changed, whether for better or worse was anyone's guess.
The future was up to them to navigate.
...
After attending the lecture, Lu Heng returned to his place.
One has to say, Shangqing Tao is quite a major force within Taoism, definitely among the top five in Dragon Country.
There are over 300 officially registered Daoists alone.
Being among so many Daoists with vast experience, he didn't stand out at all.
"Why is it still banned?"
Lu Heng checked his live-streaming room status and saw that it was still under a seven-day ban.
Does he really have to wait seven days?
If so, his already meager life span would become even more pitiful!
Lying on the bed, Lu Heng had given up the idea of playing games or watching videos.
Watching his life span tick down from "24" to "23", he was beyond tears.
The system seemed to want to screw him over; not only couldn't he resist, he couldn't even enjoy it.
"Might as well take a look at what I drew today!"
Unable to sleep, Lu Heng once again called out the system in his mind.
The prizes he won were automatically stored in the system's space.
He glanced inside and saw a jade slip emitting a green glow, along with five small white jade bottles.
The jade slip contained the "Taiyi Five Qi Spell".
A thought from Lu Heng, and the contents of the jade slip appeared before his eyes.
But then he was dumbfounded.
What the hell does this mean?
Every single word, he knew.
But together, he was completely lost.
[System prompt: Would you like to cultivate the "Taiyi Five Qi Spell"?]
"Cultivate!"
Bored and restless, Lu Heng opted to cultivate.
The jade slip instantly turned into a streak of green light, drilling straight into his forehead.
"Taiyi Five Qi Spell," the Foundation Establishment Technique, gathers the five elemental energies from heaven and earth to build a flawless foundation.
"It's really an Immortal Cultivation Technique!"
Lu Heng's spirits lifted instantly.
The only question was, with his life span, could he achieve anything meaningful?
"Oh, right! Those Spiritual Qi Pills should come in handy too."
He quickly took out a bottle of the Spiritual Qi Pills and tried consuming one before starting his cultivation.
I'm going to cultivate immortality!
I'm going to defy destiny and change my fate!