Talent Traits

After learning that this was an era where people devoured one another.

Ye Liuyun had considered that there would come a day when he would see blood. He had just never imagined that his first target would be his own brother.

Huff!

After finishing everything, Ye Liuyun tossed aside his saber, gasping for breath as he slumped to the ground.

Physical exhaustion was secondary. What weighed on him more was the exhaustion in his heart.

"Looks like I really am no good thing."

Looking at Ye Liufeng's corpse, Ye Liuyun suddenly laughed at himself. He did not feel the slightest bit nauseated or disgusted.

Shaking his head, he was just about to rest and regain his strength.

But then, Ye Liuyun suddenly noticed several tiny motes of light drifting out of Ye Liufeng's dead body, some blue and some green.

"What are these?"

Souls? They did not look like souls.

Ye Liuyun raised a hand and tried to touch them. The next instant, several lines of text appeared before his eyes.

"Detected collectible traits: Strong Body (Green), Smug Satisfaction (Green), Blade Talent (Blue)."

"Strong Body (Green): Your body is stronger and healthier than that of an ordinary person."

"Smug Satisfaction (Green): You can easily cause something to fail by becoming overly pleased with yourself."

"Blade Talent (Blue): You possess the talent in blade techniques to inevitably cultivate to the level of a First-Rate Martial Artist."

Seeing those words, Ye Liuyun froze briefly before immediately realizing something.

A system! This was his own system!

After transmigrating for so many days, it was not as though Ye Liuyun had never tried to find one, but nothing had happened. He had thought he did not have such a cheat, but now it seemed that he had simply been using the wrong method.

That made sense. He was a transmigrator, after all. How could he possibly be without a cheat?

"System! Are you there? System!"

"..."

Ye Liuyun tried calling out, but there was no response whatsoever.

If those motes of light had not still been there, he would have thought he was hallucinating.

Could it be that it had no intelligence? After a moment of silence, Ye Liuyun tried another approach.

"System, open my character panel."

Fortunately, this time there was finally a response. A light screen visible only to Ye Liuyun appeared before him.

Talent Trait System!

Host: Ye Liuyun!

Realm: None!

Talent Traits: Petty Theft (White), Lucky (Purple),

"Petty Theft (White): You possess decent talent for petty theft."

"Lucky (Purple): You will occasionally encounter extremely fortunate events."

What a bare-bones character panel. Still, the Lucky trait surprised Ye Liuyun. It seemed he was not entirely worthless after all.

After taking another look at Ye Liufeng's traits, Ye Liuyun suddenly smiled.

"Sometimes, luck is also part of one's strength."

Ye Liuyun continued studying it for a while. Though the system had no intelligence, all the necessary explanations were there; he simply had to read them himself.

Simply put, everyone possessed certain talents, and Ye Liuyun could seize those talents by killing his targets.

At the same time, Talent Traits were divided into different grades.

From lowest to highest, they were White, Green, Blue, Purple, Gold, and Red.

"Looking at it this way, my Purple Quality Lucky trait is already pretty good."

Ye Liufeng's Blade Talent was only Blue, one grade below his own.

When he looked again, the few traits on Ye Liufeng's body were already slowly fading, as though they were about to vanish.

Judging by the time, these Talent Traits would disappear in roughly half an hour.

Ye Liuyun immediately took the Strong Body and Blade Talent traits. As for the Smug Satisfaction trait, he discarded it.

Ye Liufeng had been counter-killed not only because of his luck, but probably because of that Smug Satisfaction trait as well.

How could anyone who liked popping champagne at halftime possibly end well?

Talent Trait System!

Host: Ye Liuyun!

Realm: None!

Talent Traits: Lucky (Purple), Strong Body (Green), Blade Talent (Blue),

With those two traits, his character panel looked much fuller.

As for the original White Quality Petty Theft trait, Ye Liuyun discarded it outright.

He could even throw away what he did not want. Though the system had no intelligence, Ye Liuyun was still very satisfied with its effects.

He stood and stretched his limbs.

After gaining the Strong Body trait, Ye Liuyun felt as if his body had become much lighter, and he had far more strength than before.

He had intended to leave directly, but after recalling something, he walked back over to Ye Liufeng.

"From today onward, I am Brocade Guard Centurion Ye Liufeng."

At first, he had wanted to switch identities merely to survive.

But now that he thought about it, with the identity of a Brocade Guard Centurion, it would be easier to come into contact with people who possessed special talents. He had also heard that martial artists died in the Brocade Guard Prison every day. Was that not an opportunity?

His system was destined to be unable to make him invincible overnight.

A brief period of endurance was necessary.

With that thought, Ye Liuyun moved away the stone pinning Ye Liufeng down and changed into the other man's clothes.

Then, beside the ruined temple, he dug a pit and buried him.

At least he could rest in the earth.

"Though you were no good thing, I've done all I could. At least you won't become a wandering ghost. Don't worry—if I remember in the future, I'll burn paper offerings for you."

A gravestone was unnecessary.

These days, the mountains and fields were covered in little graves without engraved markers.

The dead were simply too common in this era.

After standing there for a while longer, Ye Liuyun picked up Ye Liufeng's saber and left directly.

Before an imposing residence, Ye Liuyun stopped.

He had forgotten that Ye Liufeng was already married. By name, the other woman was also his sister-in-law.

The original owner had little impression of this sister-in-law. In the few scattered times he had seen her, she had always worn a lofty expression. Even when facing her husband's younger brother, she had never spared him a glance.

It could not be helped. Who told him to be an idle street thug?

And he had heard that this sister-in-law came from an extraordinary family. This residence belonged to her. Though his brother was said to have married a wife, it was not much different from marrying into her family.

"Master! Master has returned!"

At that moment, a household servant noticed Ye Liuyun outside the gates and hurried out to greet him.

"Mm."

The more he spoke, the easier it would be to make a mistake.

With that in mind, Ye Liuyun said nothing more. He merely nodded and followed the servant into the residence.

What an impressive place.

Even though he had been here a few times before, whenever he saw this grand estate and thought of the thatched hut where he lived, he could not help but sigh.

"Master!"

At that moment, a beautiful young woman walked over.