Great Shang Dynasty, Imperial Guard Enforcement Agency.
The rising sun hung at the treetops, morning mist filled the air, and northern geese flew south. The weather was pleasant.
A handsome, slender youth with black hair and black eyes wore a Flying Fish Robe and silently held a broom.
His name was Su Changqing. Three days ago, he had transmigrated into this world and become a member of the Imperial Guard Enforcement Agency.
He must have committed some terrible sin. He had transmigrated twice already—who else could have such an opportunity?
In his first life, he had been a programmer on Earth, working endless overtime to earn money, only to die suddenly from staying up too late.
In his second life, he had arrived at Tushita Palace in the Thirty-three Heavens of the Primordial Era, at Laozi's side.
It should have been an unprecedented opportunity, but the place he entered had been the Eight Trigrams Furnace...
Endless flames burned within it. Before he could even react, he had been reduced to ashes.
His third life was even worse.
This world was incredibly powerful. Great Powers crossed mountains and rivers, their divine abilities shook the world, and moving mountains, filling seas, cleaving rivers, and cutting off waterways were all ordinary feats.
The Great Shang Dynasty, where he was now, was one of the world's foremost powers. It suppressed every rival, looking down upon the martial world, Shifting Flowers Palace, Shaolin, Wudang, Emei, the Sun Moon Holy Cult, the Bright Cult, Tubo, Dali... and all beneath the heavens.
The Imperial Guard Enforcement Agency recruited men of clean backgrounds as menial servants from outside to expand the Imperial Guard's strength.
Su Changqing had been recruited in this manner. His talent was poor, and he was a menial servant of the Imperial Guard, responsible for sweeping the front courtyard of the Imperial Guard's main hall.
Two days ago, while sweeping the ground, he had accidentally offended Iron Claw Flying Eagle and been crushed to death by one of his claws.
Only after Su Changqing's soul had entered that corpse had he come to this world.
This was a world where killing was swift and decisive!
Human lives were treated like blades of grass!
"I hold a broom, yet I'm not a Sweeping Monk..." Su Changqing looked at the broom in his hand and sighed helplessly.
"Su Changqing, have you finished sweeping?" A tall figure suddenly stood before Su Changqing.
Li Kongxiang was also a menial servant assigned to sweeping duties. He was Su Changqing's superior, and his aptitude was not particularly good either.
However, he was large and strong. Ordinary menial servants knew no martial techniques and were simply no match for him.
"Come help me clean the main hall!"
He looked calmly at Su Changqing. His tone was not harsh, but it carried an order.
Su Changqing had no other choice but to follow him. If he refused, he would only receive a beating.
Suddenly, a screen of light appeared before his eyes.
Great Villain System!
Name: Li Kongxiang Realm: Body Refinement Stage Seven Fate: Unremarkable (White) Favorability: -20 Life Script: None Recent Turning Point: While cleaning the main hall, he would find three Enlightenment Tea Leaves, tributes offered by the Daoist sect to the Great Shang Dynasty, within a crack in the Three Purities statues. He would swallow them on the spot, transform his bone structure, improve rapidly each day, and greatly increase his talent. Later, he would break through to the Xiantian Realm and become an Imperial Guard Deputy Thousand Household...
What was this?
Su Changqing's eyes narrowed, and his heart stirred.
Web novels had flourished in his previous life, so naturally, he had read quite a few.
"Is this my golden finger? But it doesn't seem like other people's. It can't talk..."
"No, that's not right! My golden finger seems able to see other people's opportunities?"
Su Changqing scanned downward, and when his gaze fell upon the final line of small text, his expression changed.
This was Li Kongxiang's opportunity. After obtaining the three Enlightenment Tea Leaves, he had even become a Deputy Thousand Household, commanding nearly a thousand Imperial Guards.
Although Su Changqing was also an Imperial Guard, he was merely a menial servant. There were no fewer than tens of thousands of disciples like him within the Suppression Bureau!
Li Kongxiang's fate was white, very ordinary.
Some living beings were extraordinary from birth. Favored by fortune, they were destined to possess peerless elegance and astonish the world.
Those with low fates could not easily change them. A random disaster could take their lives, and they would have no opportunities at all.
Take Li Kongxiang before him, for example. His fate was white, yet after gaining an opportunity, he eventually became a Deputy Thousand Household and even surpassed Iron Claw Flying Eagle.
Fates were divided into black, white, blue, cyan, purple, gold...
"What about me?" Su Changqing was somewhat puzzled as he examined his own panel.
Name: Su Changqing Realm: Body Refinement Stage Five Fate: Black Clouds Cover the Top (Black) Life Script: Evil God Descends (An early-death villain among minor supporting characters) From another world, he thought himself extraordinary, but his aptitude was mixed and poor. When breaking through to Body Refinement Stage Seven, his inner force would run wild. Forcibly breaking through the barrier, all his meridians would shatter and his five organs would rupture before his death. He would be expelled from the Imperial Guard Enforcement Agency, fall into hardship and poverty, and freeze to death in the streets three days later during heavy snow, turning into an ice sculpture in a miserable state. Age at death: sixteen.
How tragic.
It was almost too tragic to bear looking at.
Was this his ending?
He had already fallen to sweeping floors, yet he still thought himself extraordinary? That evaluation was far too harsh.
He had done nothing bad in his previous life. He had always worked diligently as a programmer, yet he had not expected to end up so miserable.
"Not only am I a minor supporting character? I'm even a villain!"
Su Changqing was speechless. Since the script had supporting characters, there must surely be a protagonist.
He was probably the most miserable transmigrator ever. He had disgraced his fellow Earthlings...
The two walked along smooth bluestone slabs toward a grand hall ahead—the Imperial Guard's main hall.
Su Changqing stared at Li Kongxiang's broad back.
Seize it!
"Su Changqing, help me sweep the three side halls. Leave the main hall to me." Li Kongxiang turned back with a smile.
The main hall was the largest, yet it was also the cleanest. It could be swept clean with little effort.
Soft sunlight streamed through the windows, casting dappled patches of light.
It illuminated Su Changqing's handsome face. He looked at Li Kongxiang and suddenly smiled.
"Boss Li, how about I sweep all of them?"
"You do have some sense after all. If you hadn't provoked the Hundred Household Commander that day, perhaps you could have spent your old age in the Imperial Guard." Li Kongxiang paused for a moment, then chuckled.
Su Changqing's attitude pleased him greatly.
"Clean this place carefully. Don't neglect your duties. I'll come back later to inspect it."
Li Kongxiang turned and left. He was about to break through to Body Refinement Stage Eight. Once he officially became an Imperial Guard, he would no longer need to sweep floors.
He had no time to chat with useless trash like Su Changqing.
"Alright, take care..." Su Changqing watched him depart.
Holding the broom, he began sweeping slowly. He did not immediately start searching, instead carefully observing his surroundings.
He had long since finished sweeping outside the hall, and there was still plenty of time before he was due to finish.
"The three Enlightenment Tea Leaves are hidden inside the cracks of the Three Purities statues worshipped in the Imperial Guard's main hall. I just don't know which statue holds them."
There were three lifelike statues before him, all sculpted from clay. One glance was enough to tell they had been crafted by a master.
The Three Purities required only clay bodies, while the Buddha required gold plating.
Jade Purity, Grand Purity, Supreme Purity—three statues in total.
"Three Saints, it is not that Su Changqing means any disrespect. I simply have no choice but to feel around today..."
Su Changqing glanced outside. Seeing no one approaching, he hurriedly climbed onto the altar with his broom.
Jade Purity, nothing.
Supreme Purity, nothing.
Forget cracks—their entire bodies were coated in gold lacquer, sealed tight and gleaming brilliantly. They could practically be used as mirrors.
The Imperial Guard had never lacked money.
"Grand Purity Saint, you once burned a little soul to death in the Eight Trigrams Furnace. I wonder if you still remember..."
Please forgive this intrusion.
Su Changqing prayed silently in his heart as he reached out and touched Grand Purity's body.
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