Talent Selection

To save a child, an ordinary unemployed youth, Lin Chan, accidentally fell from a forty-meter-high building.

For three seconds, as he floated in the air, Lin Chan's life flashed before his eyes. Poverty and loneliness had surrounded him; it seemed there was nothing worth remembering.

"Then let's start over!"

Lin Chan closed his eyes and plunged into darkness.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself transformed into an infant. Several midwives surrounded him, pointing and chattering.

Then, one of the midwives slapped him, causing the infant Lin Chan to cry out loudly.

After cleaning off the blood and wrapping him in swaddling clothes, he was handed to a middle-aged man, utterly bewildered.

The man gripped Lin Chan with his fingers and infused him with a comfortable energy.

After a long while, the man said with disappointment:

"No Spiritual Root, unworthy to be my son. Send him to Yulin City and give him up to that mortal branch family! My Lin family cannot raise so many useless people."

With that, Lin Chan was casually tossed to a servant.

"Yes!"

The servant nodded after taking Lin Chan.

If only Lin Chan couldn't speak yet and didn't understand the writing in this world.

Otherwise, if he had heard the man's words, he would have definitely complained.

If you can't raise him, why give birth to him!

It was a pity that Lin Chan was just a blank slate now, understanding nothing, capable of nothing. He could only go with the flow and follow arrangements.

Children were this helpless; he hadn't asked to come into this world.

When he arrived in this world with a flaw, he would be disdained by his parents and relatives.

But had he done anything wrong?

Clearly not.

Of course, Lin Yu's limbs were sound, and his features were complete; there was no talk of any defects.

It was just that their Lushan Lin Family was a Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan.

If one was born into this family without a Spiritual Root, they couldn't become a direct descendant disciple and enjoy the family's resources.

To them, immortals, lacking a Spiritual Root was no different from being crippled.

After being abandoned, Lin Chan couldn't even protest before being sent to a mortal family in Yulin City.

Of course, this mortal family wasn't ordinary; they were a branch of the Lin family. The patriarch, Lin Fangzheng, was capable in both literary and martial arts and was a respectable figure in Yulin City.

"Good heavens! I, Lin Fangzheng, finally have an heir."

Looking at Lin Chan, the rugged-looking Lin Fangzheng said happily.

He, Lin Fangzheng, had given birth to over a dozen daughters, but not a single son.

Having no choice, he had to ask the main Lin family to adopt a son to inherit his family business in the future.

For a child from the main family, his bloodline was even purer than his own. He naturally wouldn't mind that it wasn't his biological son; on the contrary, he would be proud of it.

Even without a Spiritual Root, a child from the main family had physical qualities that ordinary people couldn't match.

They would also progress rapidly in martial arts training in the future.

After arriving at Lin Fangzheng's home, Lin Chan became the apple of the family's eye.

Lin Fangzheng even hired two wet nurses for Lin Chan, ensuring he lacked nothing in terms of nutrition.

Lin Chan lived in Yulin City like this, growing up bit by bit.

Before he was even a year old, he had become plump and robust, the perfect picture of a doting grandmother's dream grandson.

Sometimes, Lin Chan would recall his life on Earth. But he was an orphan, and he hadn't had many fond memories growing up. In contrast, in this new world, with the care of his parents and the meticulous attention of the wet nurses, he was happier. As he spent more time living here, he gradually stopped thinking about his past.

Today was his first birthday.

The entire Lin family was busy, hosting guests from all directions.

Lin Chan was given a small table, laden with soft, stewed meats. Two wet nurses attended to him constantly.

While eating, Lin Chan suddenly paused.

Several lines of text appeared before him.

[Successfully survived in the cultivation world for one year. You may choose one of the following talents.]

[Strength of One Ox: Strength grows rapidly, gaining the Strength of One Ox upon adulthood.]

[Spirit Gathering Physique: Gathers spiritual energy automatically, without needing a Spiritual Root.]

[Fire Spirit Affinity: Increases the effect of fire-attribute spells by 10%.]

Looking at the screen before him, Lin Chan's heart was filled with emotion.

Finally, a year has passed.

His cheat system has finally arrived.

This cheat system is very similar to a game he played in his previous life, allowing him to choose one talent at each stage.

Lin Yu considered the three talents.

Strength of One Ox is clearly a combat talent.

However, its effect is very delayed and useless.

Considering that adulthood in this world is at twenty, it would take nineteen years to gain the Strength of One Ox, which is incredibly wasteful.

The third talent, also for combat, Fire Spirit Affinity, is also a useless talent.

It increases the effect of fire-attribute spells.

By the time Lin Chan learns any spells, it will be ages from now, and he might not even obtain fire-attribute spells. It's even weaker than Strength of One Ox.

After a brief consideration, Lin Chan chose the second option, Spirit Gathering Physique.

Upon choosing this talent, a swirling rune representing the entire Spirit Gathering Physique appeared deep within Lin Chan's consciousness.

Even though he chose this, Lin Chan could feel that this thing was probably not very useful either. It was better than nothing, he supposed.

Seeing Lin Chan suddenly freeze while eating, the two wet nurses panicked, thinking he was choking and rushed forward.

Just as they were about to pick him up for an examination, Lin Chan's mouth began to chew again, and they breathed a sigh of relief.

The young master is the master's beloved treasure. If anything happened to him, the master might kill them.

After eating, Lin Chan ran wildly around the courtyard, with the wet nurses chasing after him.

He could go almost anywhere in the vast Lin Family, except for Lin Fangzheng's study and the ancestral hall.

Time slipped through his fingers as Lin Chan ran around.

In the blink of an eye, another year passed.

At this time, although Lin Chan was only two years old, he had grown quickly and was indistinguishable from a three or four-year-old child.

This was partly due to the Lin Family's ample nutritional supply and partly due to the Spirit Gathering Physique.

Although the spiritual energy gathered by the Spirit Gathering Physique was meager, it was subtly improving Lin Chan's physique.

Lin Chan was not yet two years old, but he had already begun to act more steadily, no longer running around aimlessly. He followed Lin Fangzheng and practiced punches with a semblance of skill.

"Chan'er is intelligent, truly a martial arts prodigy."

After Lin Chan finished a set of punches with effort, Lin Fangzheng praised him.

The thing he was most proud of in this life was having a son like Lin Chan.

"Daddy!"

Lin Chan stood still.

"From now on, father and son will practice martial arts together."

Lin Fangzheng picked up Lin Chan with his strong arms and lifted him high.

Lin Yu also laughed heartily.

At this time, he still didn't know he was adopted and considered himself Lin Fangzheng's biological son.

However, judging by Lin Fangzheng's attitude towards him, he was treated even better than a biological child.

A few days later, it was Lin Chan's second birthday.

[Successfully survived in the cultivation world for two years, you can choose one talent from the following list.]

[Speed of One Horse: Speed increases rapidly, and you will gain the speed of one horse upon reaching adulthood.]

[Strength of a Thousand Jin: Instantly gain the strength of a thousand jin.]

[Martial Arts Prodigy: Practice martial arts with twice the efficiency.]

'Can I choose a talent every year? That's really nice.'

Lin Chan thought as he looked at the talents before him.

Last year, at this time, he had chosen a talent, and now another one.

He might get one every year from now on. His potential was terrifying.

Moreover, it seemed that the talents got better each year.

'Speed of One Horse, does this have any synergy with last year's Strength of One Ox? If I collect both talents, will I gain the physique of a bull and horse?'

Looking at the first talent, Lin Chan was speechless.

Although these talents might have synergy, he didn't want to be a bull or a horse.

The second talent seemed very useful and took effect immediately, but based on the information Lin Chan currently possessed, the strength of a thousand jin was only the basic level for a Houtian martial artist.

His father, Lin Fangzheng, was a Xiantian Grandmaster and already possessed the strength of a thousand jin with one hand.

The ceiling for this talent was too low. Lin Chan was safe and sound in the Lin Family and didn't need to fight. Naturally, he wouldn't consider this talent with no upper limit and eliminated it.

So, he could only choose Martial Arts Prodigy.