White represents ordinariness; the vast majority of ordinary people fall under white.
Red, orange, and yellow indicate minor fortune, though not by much.
Green and cyan are considered medium-level, generally bringing some level of achievement, which is quite good.
Blue and purple represent exceptionally wonderful fortune. People blessed with such fortune enjoy a lifetime of endless opportunities and good luck; if they are injured, someone will save them, and if they get into a fight, someone will help them. They can even stumble upon treasures just walking down the street—in short, their luck is so good it evokes jealousy.
As for gold, it appears only on children of fortune or primary antagonists. For instance, the male protagonist Qin Lingtian possesses two golden fortunes.
The grade of one's destiny grid relates to their entire lifetime's fate; a golden destiny grid belongs to those favored by the Heavenly Dao.
Jiang Qing then looked at the contents displayed in the destiny grid column, thinking to herself that it was no wonder the original owner became the male protagonist's white moonlight and vermilion scar.
Turns out she had drawn the female lead's script, complete with a purple fortune. Pity that her destiny grid carried premature death, heavenly jealousy toward beauties, and the illness talisman, with all three marked in either black or gray.
Given such a destiny grid, it was hardly surprising that even as the male protagonist's white moonlight, the original owner's ultimate end was an early death.
Jiang Qing's gaze shifted downward, and upon seeing the details of the impending turning point, her face darkened instantly.
"Very well, Goodwife Liu, is it? It seems yesterday's lesson wasn't enough. Daring to cause trouble for me, I'll definitely not let you off!" Jiang Qing said with a cold voice.
As for the system's subsequent indication that Qin Lingtian would come to save her, Jiang Qing paid it no mind.
Qin Lingtian liked the original owner, not her; Jiang Qing did not believe the fellow would come to her rescue.
Besides, she didn't necessarily need Qin Lingtian to save her.
Jiang Qing cast these messy thoughts to the back of her mind, and then shifted her focus.
She began exploring the panel before her, discovering that apart from viewing personal attributes and opportunities, there were also two main quests.
The first main quest was "Defying the Heavens and Changing Destiny".
The second main quest was "Becoming an Immortal".
In addition to the main quests, some tasks would occasionally be issued irregularly, and completing them brought rewards.
"Ding! Given that this is your first time binding, a beginner gift pack will be sent. You may recite it mentally to claim."
"Claim!" Jiang Qing muttered mentally.
"Congratulations to the host for claiming the beginner gift pack. The gift pack contains one ten-thousand-year wood essence, one god-tier wood-attribute cultivation method (Longevity Six Paths Samsara Sutra), and one System Warehouse!"
Looking at the beginner gift pack, Jiang Qing felt it was quite decent.
The ten-thousand-year wood essence was something all wood-attribute cultivators coveted desperately—something money couldn't buy on the open market, found only among those Ancient Clans that had passed down their heritage for hundreds of thousands of years.
Naturally, it was also what she needed most at the moment.
The second reward, the cultivation method, was also good. "Longevity Six Paths Samsara Sutra"—just hearing the name suggested how formidable it was; being a god-tier cultivation method made it all the more extraordinary.
One had to know that in the present cultivation world, let alone god-tier cultivation methods, even heaven-tier cultivation methods were rare. Of course, they weren't entirely nonexistent, but they were kept in the hands of major powers.
Well, once her spiritual root was repaired, she could officially begin cultivating.
As for the third reward, the System Warehouse, Jiang Qing couldn't help but inwardly look down on the system. Weren't storage spaces supposed to be a built-in feature of systems anyway? To use it as a reward was truly stingy.
Still, complaints were complaints; this didn't affect Jiang Qing's good mood in the least.
"System, retrieve the ten-thousand-year wood essence!" Jiang Qing muttered mentally.
Immediately, a thumb-sized piece of translucent, emerald-green wood essence appeared. Around the wood essence hovered a faint layer of azure-green light, mystical and beautiful.
Following this, a refreshing fragrance rushed toward her. Jiang Qing took just a single breath and felt her entire body relaxed and comfortable, her mind invigorated.
Items produced by the system were indeed top quality.
"Ouch, so painful!"
Jiang Qing had never cultivated before and had no idea how to absorb the ten-thousand-year wood essence, so she simply swallowed it in one gulp.
Swallowing it into her belly couldn't be wrong, right? Anyway, it was only thumb-sized and not that hard to get down.
Little did she know, while she felt nothing at first, after a short while Jiang Qing felt a violent pain erupting throughout her body, hurting so much she tossed and turned.
What Jiang Qing didn't know was that only she would dare to be so bold as to swallow a ten-thousand-year wood essence with a mortal body; if anyone else had done so casually, they would likely have burst apart and died instantly on the spot.
The concentrated essence of ten thousand years of wood spirits contained terrifying energy that was no laughing matter.
Jiang Qing's wood spiritual root was incomplete and defective; after the ten-thousand-year wood essence entered her body, the vast majority of the wood spirit's vital energy was used entirely to repair her spiritual root, which spared her from the danger of her body exploding.
Of course, Jiang Qing knew nothing of this. She only knew that she was in great pain right now, feeling so much agony she couldn't even breathe...
While Jiang Qing was rolling around in pain on the floor, somewhere deep within her Dantian, her originally incomplete spiritual root was being repaired bit by bit. After more than an hour, the previously defective spiritual root was completely restored.
And the ten-thousand-year wood essence she had swallowed was almost entirely absorbed. Along with this came a foul odor; she noticed her clothes and body were covered in a layer of black grime.
"Was this a cleansing of her marrow thrown in as a bonus? So smelly, I'd better take a bath right away!"
Jiang Qing hurriedly went to take a bath. After washing up, she found her body felt much lighter than before. Although she still retained the appearance of a delicate and frail person, she looked much healthier, completely rid of that previous sickly pallor.
Instead, her skin was white with a hint of pink, tender and delicate, exuding an unprecedented vitality straight from her bones. While her looks hadn't changed, her entire aura and charm were entirely different.
Looking at her reflection in the bronze mirror, Jiang Qing felt a bit more pleased with what she saw.
Afterwards, Jiang Qing remembered the cultivation method rewarded in the system gift pack.
Logically speaking, she was already capable of cultivating now. However, she still needed to find a quiet place where she wouldn't easily be disturbed.
The laundry room was crowded with people and mixed company, making it entirely unsuitable for cultivation.
Just as Jiang Qing was pondering where would be a suitable place to cultivate, a loud "Bang!" shattered the silence. The door to the room she was in was kicked open violently from the outside, and Goodwife Liu stood menacingly in the doorway.
Behind Goodwife Liu stood two other women of similar age. Jiang Qing had the original owner's memories and recognized that those two women were also from this laundry room. Usually on good terms with Goodwife Liu, they certainly hadn't bullied the original owner any less.
Only for some unknown reason, she hadn't seen these two yesterday.
"Oh! You dead girl, what time is it? Still hiding in your room, really think you're some young miss of the Jiang estate? Don't have to work, and expect a few old hags like us to wait on you, do you?" Goodwife Liu sneered sarcastically in a strange tone, and after finishing, she walked right up to Jiang Qing and threw several slaps without hesitation.
Having suffered quite a loss at the hands of this dead girl yesterday, she was determined to get payback with interest today.
Hmph! She had brought backup this time. She refused to believe this dead girl could fly up to the heavens! Today she was going to properly discipline and punish this dead girl.
Seeing the incoming slap right before her eyes, Jiang Qing's gaze sharpened fiercely, and she lashed out, kicking Goodwife Liu heavily in the stomach.
Although she had not yet begun cultivating, her physical fitness was already not much inferior to cultivators at the first or second layer of Qi Condensation.
Aside from repairing damaged spiritual roots, the ten-thousand-year wood essence was also immensely beneficial to wood-spiritual-root cultivators.
Though Goodwife Liu was in decent physical shape, she was ultimately of mortal flesh and blood, and her physical condition naturally could not compare to Jiang Qing, who had swallowed a ten-thousand-year spiritual treasure.