[The brain...]
[What is that thing... O.o?]
[Deposit box~]
"Useless trash, I'm dying of anger!"
"Can someone tell me how Lin You has managed to muddle through until now?"
"Get the hell out here, we're expelling you from the lineage right now!"
Mo Yun Star Domain.
Inside the ancestral hall of the Lin Family.
The expressions of the various elders twisted like bitter melons as they looked down at Lin You, who stood silently at the bottom.
First Elder Lin Tianshui cursed furiously, his beard and hair flying in rage.
He wished he could hang this good-for-nothing fellow up and give him a severe beating.
"Gr..."
"First Elder, all my cultivation is gone... I didn't expect it either..."
"Can you blame me for this..."
Lin You cowered like a wronged little wife, speaking in a spineless tone.
He was a transmigrator.
His body belonged to this world, but his soul did not!
Who the hell knew how to cultivate.
After pondering for half a month, he had finally managed to figure out a cultivation method more complicated than a dictionary.
However, because his soul and physical body lacked the same origin,
overnight,
he had gone from being a genius of the Three Flowers Gathering Realm to a muggle who hadn't even entered the Body Tempering stage.
Yet, because he was the Young Master of the lineage,
he had somehow managed to skulk by for half a month without anyone discovering it.
And now...
The Heavenly Pride Competition was about to begin, and the lineage had come to check on their cultivation progress...
Lin Tianshui's anger flared anew, his beard and hair bristling.
"You still dare to quibble!"
"You cultivated that yourself; if I don't blame you, am I supposed to blame this old man?"
"Damn it, drag him down and give him thirty heavy board strikes."
"No, three hundred board strikes!"
At these words,
the other elders in the grand hall hastily stepped in to dissuade him.
"First Elder, you mustn't! Three hundred board strikes are simply more than Lin You can endure in his current state!"
"That's right, First Elder, Lin You will be beaten to death!"
"He is, after all, the sole remaining seedling of our Lin Family... Everyone should still focus on finding a solution..."
Lin Tianshui, already in a towering rage, grew even more furious.
"Find a solution?"
"Come, come, tell me what possible solution there could be!"
"There are only three days left until the Heavenly Pride Competition of the myriad realms; am I supposed to conjure up cultivation for him out of thin air?"
At the mention of the Heavenly Pride Competition,
the elders instantly deflated.
That was a matter of life and death for the Lin Family.
Lin You had originally been their only hope, but now...
Sigh...
Sigh followed sigh within the hall.
The gazes they cast toward Lin You were bitter and unspeakable.
[Ding!]
[Detected that the host has fallen into a trough, awakening the Super Cultivation System!]
[Cultivating for one day is equivalent to a hundred days of cultivation for ordinary people!]
[Completing missions allows for a crit on cultivation time!]
[Issuing newbie mission: Regain the support of the Lin Family!]
[Mission reward: Crit Roulette x1]
[Crit validity period: 3 days!]
The instant the system prompt rang out in his mind, Lin You couldn't help but clench his fists.
What did I say!
Traveling through without a system?
What a fucking joke!
I've already transmigrated and you won't even let me be the protagonist?
Half a year!
Do you know how I've lived through these past six months?
Lin You's face streamed with tears as ten thousand mythical horses stampeded through his heart.
Those endless days of putting on airs and pretending he still possessed cultivation—
were gone forever!
Cultivation crits.
I am a genius!
Seeing Lin You shed tears, the gathered elders couldn't help but sigh.
Poor child.
After a long while,
someone finally spoke up.
"Forget it, forget it, none of this is eazy."
"Lin You didn't want to lose his cultivation either; perhaps someone made a covert move against him, and we simply failed to notice."
"The Lin Family... at worst, we can go develop in the Lower Star Domain."
"When all is said and done, this is our dereliction of duty."
The remaining elders wore looks of unbearable pity, yet they could only nod in agreement.
Who else could they blame when Lin You was the sole remaining seedling of the Lin Family?
The star domains were divided into nine grades.
The upper three grades, the middle three grades, and the lower three grades.
The strictness of these hierarchies was formidable enough to rival the universe.
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The upper three grades ruled over the myriad realms, enjoying achievements without effort, and widely reaping the Dao Fruit of ten thousand worlds.
The middle three grades could extract the Dao Fruit treasures of their respective realms and gather the Dao Fruits of the world for them.
As for the lowest three grades...
They were practically no different from slaves; they were forbidden to touch any star domain resources, and no one was allowed to break through to the Martial Immortal Realm.
Violators would inevitably face suppression by the Everlasting Family!
The Lin Family had walked out of the Ninth-grade Star Domain's Mortal Dust Domain, each carrying heavy burdens on their shoulders.
They had given their all for the lineage,
which was how they managed to elevate the unranked Lin Family from the Ninth-grade Star Domain to the Seventh-grade Star Domain.
One had to know that,
between star domains, every single grade difference
represented a world of difference in cultivation resources.
Not to mention the intricate network of connections and years of painstaking effort tied up in it.
To do it all over again...
The Lin Family might not necessarily be able to return to the Seventh-grade Star Domain.
Furthermore, on the path of cultivation, the further one progressed, the more difficult it became to produce offspring.
By the time the Lin Family stabilized, those elders were of such high cultivation that they could scarcely produce children.
Only Lin You, that single seedling,
had been left behind before his father, the former head of the Lin Family, died.
As for Lin You's mother,
she had also died after giving birth to him.
Seeing that everyone had prepared themselves mentally to return to the lower three star domains,
Lin You spoke up.
His eyes burned like fire as he clenched his fists.
"Three days!"
"Give me three days!"
"Whatever damned Heavenly Pride Competition, I'll handle it."
"I ask the elders to trust me one more time!"
Silence was his only response.
The elders, whose cultivation shook the heavens, wore varied expressions at that moment.
Yet their gazes invariably carried a trace of pity.
Lin You looked toward them.
"Elders, what is the meaning of this?"
First Elder Lin Tianshui suddenly burst into old tears, beating his chest and pounding his breast as if he wished to shatter the void itself.
"Lin Dong."
"It is this old man who has failed you!"
"Your only son actually suffered a deviation in cultivation under my care, and now he claims he'll handle the Heavenly Pride Competition in three days!"
"I..."
As he spoke,
Lin Tianshui pressed his palm inward, preparing to end his own life with a single strike.
Fortunately, everyone's reactions were quick enough to stop him.
The corners of Lin You's mouth twitched uncontrollably.
"First Elder, I haven't suffered a cultivation deviation..."
Second Elder Lin Tianshui also spoke up, his old face creased into a bundle of wrinkles.
"Silly child, your cultivation has driven you to talk nonsense."
"It's fine, be a good boy."
"The First Elder was just in the heat of the moment earlier, we don't blame you."
"While you're still doing well and lacking cultivation, hurry up and make a few more little babies for us."
"Our Lin Family will still have hope of starting over."
The remaining elders nodded in succession as well.
That demeanor made it look as though they were saying his sole duty right now was to act as a stud horse.
Lin You's face filled with anxiety.
"No!"
"Believe me, please! Three days, I really can handle this!"
Second Elder Lin Tianshui pointed a large hand, and a medicinal pill instantly popped out into the void.
"Someone come."
"Can't you see the young master's mind is unclear?"
"He wants to break through five realms in three days, going straight from Body Tempering to the Three Flowers Gathering Realm."
"I have a Calming Heart and Righteous Spirit Pill here, feed it to the young master!"
The moment his voice fell,
several shadow guards popped out from the void.
Clad in black clothes and black masks, they moved silently.
Taking the pill, they forcibly pinched Lin You's jaw and shoved it into his mouth.
"Young master, offense taken."
Lin You: Mph... Damn it... Wait!
Before he could speak,
the pill entered his body.
[Ding!]
[Detected a Newbie Gift Pack, would you like to open it?]
"Open it, open it quickly!"
"What took you so long!"
[Crit Roulette x1] [Crit Duration: One day!] [Reward Initial Cultivation: Body Tempering Realm Stage One!]
With a sudden roar,
a strange sound erupted from inside Lin You's body.
Right after,
an invisible wave of qi rippled across the surface of his skin.
The Body Tempering Realm.
It was done!
[Acquiring crit acceleration...]
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