NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1 - What The Hell Is Going On?
— Mystic Spirit Mountain + Immortal Platform —
At this moment, a tall figure stood against the wind, his white clothes fluttering, and his black hair dancing freely against the wind, displaying an indescribable sense of elegance and ease.
And not far away from the place where he is standing, several people who wore similar clothing to him were busy whispering to each other.
“The Holy Son has been enjoying the scenery for three hours. Doesn’t he need to cultivate?” A curious young disciple asked.
“Hush! You don’t understand anything! At his current level, the Holy Son, comprehension of the Art or the Dao is far more important than progressing his own cultivation. If you dare to disturb the Holy Son’s enlightenment, your life won’t be spared!” Scolded an older disciple in a low voice.
“Hisss!”
The young disciple immediately fell silent, recalling the rumored Holy Son’s cruel methods and didn’t dare to speak further.
Unlike the male counterpart, the female disciples who were whispering in their group were feeling enamored instead.
“The Holy Son is truly the reincarnation of an Immortal Emperor. He is enlightening himself again!”
“It’s been half a month already, right? His comprehension ability of the great dao is truly amazing!”
“The Holy Son looks so handsome! Even with his back turned to me, I can still feel his overwhelming handsomeness!”
“Ah~ I really want to be the Holy Son’s pet~”
. . . . .
However, unlike what many of the disciples had thought, right now Li Ran, the “Holy Son”, who had turned his back to the crowd of whispering onlookers, had an extremely horrified expression plastered upon his face.
“What the heck is going on with this?!”
Seeking Enlightenment of the Great Dao?
Sorry, while he understood each of those words when they are treated individually, but when they are placed together, they made no sense to him.
Unlike what they thought, he is not doing some important enlightenment seeking or something profound like that, truthfully, the reason why he is standing tall in this place was just because the breeze felt good.
Having transmigrated to this world of cultivation half a month ago, Li Ran had already accepted his new identity:
Right now, he, Li Ran, is the legitimate Holy Son to one of the top Demonic Sect, and in the past, the original owner of this body is known for his unpredictable temperament and ruthless and violent methods to achieve his goal.
Once, he set off a conflict between two major families over a treasure, leading to the complete annihilation of one of them.
He had also chased and killed thousands of the disciples from one of the Righteous Sect for the sake of seizing an inheritance, ultimately wiping them all out.
Even his own sect’s disciples were not safe from his wrath; those who offended him could suffer physical torment or have their cultivation destroyed, without any mercy.
The original Li Ran of this world is a bastard, and is extremely cold-hearted and has a massive ego.
A typical template for a major antagonist on a Xianxia face slapping story.
But the irony was that he possessed a handsome and charming appearance, with a gallant bearing and sharp features, which made him incredibly attractive.
So, even after doing all sorts of despicable deeds, the girls still fawn all over him.
…
‘God damn it, of all people, why did I have to become the villain of the story? And why did my cultivation get sealed!?’ Li Ran was feeling furious about his circumstances.
When he transmigrated to this new world, the memory of the body is perfectly fine, nothing is missing.
However, his cultivation was sealed, and he couldn’t even perform the most basic techniques, let alone practice cultivation.
In simple terms, he was now a crippled individual with the physical strength of cultivators who are at the Golden Core stage.
To cover up the fact that he couldn’t cultivate, Li Ran had to pretend to be in meditation and enlightenment on this platform every day.
But even this act was becoming increasingly difficult to keep up.
“What the hell! Other people who transmigrated got cheat-like abilities, found countless treasures from the get go, and had all kinds of mesmerizing maidens throwing themselves at them. But what about me? I have countless enemies, and not even a single strand of hair of a beauty!”
“Oi, system, let me tell you, there is nothing binding me to this world, rather than becoming one of those cultivators who think nothing about their fragile ego all day, I rather jump, if you don’t show up, I’m bringing you to the afterlife.”
【Strong emotional fluctuation detected. Daily Benevolence System activated.】
A cold voice resounded in his mind.
Li Ran was startled, then became excited.
“I was just speaking casually, but it turns out you really exist!”
【The Daily Benevolence System is dedicated to helping the host cleanse his heart and become a better person—】
As a wave of information flooded his mind, Li Ran quickly understood what kind of System he had.
In simple terms, the system would issue random Quests, and completing them would earn him some rewards, the higher the completion rate of the Quests is, the more generous the rewards he would receive.
In this world of cultivation where the law of the jungle prevailed, survival of the fittest was taken to the extreme, this is the place where being weak is the greatest sin of all.
With his current condition, if he stepped out of the Sect into the wilder world, his enemies would probably devour every inch of his body down to his bones!
And to some of them, they would do it in the literal sense!
“System, if you can, please start giving me some Quests? I need to increase my strength as soon as possible to up my chances of survival.”
The system’s voice rang out:
【Due to the host’s excessively cold-blooded personality and lack of any close relationships, in order to influence the host’s inner world, please engage in a deeply memorable love affair!】
【Quest: Within 24 hours, proactively confess your feelings to someone of the opposite sex and obtain their agreement.】
【Upon completion of the Quest, rewards will be granted!】
【The quality of the rewards depends on the Quest completion rate!】
Li Ran: “…”
Love? You call this a benevolent act?
It’s not even as virtuous as helping old ladies cross the street!
【If the Quest is not completed, the system will enter an indefinite dormant state.】
【Host, do you choose to give up this Quest?】
Li Ran: “…”
“Hold on! it’s just falling in love right? If it’s something as simple as that, there is nothing for me to worry about, after all, It is something I’m best at!”