However, before he chose a race, a prompt popped up.
"Please enter your game nickname!"
"Ye Tian!"
Ye Tian directly used his real name.
In his previous life, Ye Tian had discovered after some research that the more domineering, appealing, and concise a name was, the greater the fortune one could obtain.
Moreover, the higher one's fortune, the higher the drop rates for equipment, monster kills, and so on.
At the same time...
This so-called [Red Thread Old Man] identity could also provide another kind of assistance.
Just as Ye Tian was pondering this, a pleasant notification sound rang out, and a prompt appeared.
"Congratulations! Due to possessing the [Red Thread Old Man] aptitude, all fortune-related keywords containing [Heaven] have been automatically banned for you. Therefore, among all players, you are the only one who may use the word Heaven!"
"Your fortune has reached 99.%!"
Yes, that was exactly the assistance he meant!
Back then, during the middle stages of the game, a player named [Ba Tian Fang Pi] had obtained this Red Thread Old Man identity in the real world. For the same reason, all nicknames related to Heaven had been banned, triggering an absurdly massive wave of forced name changes throughout the Primordial online game. It was precisely because of this that the player entered countless people's sights.
It could be said that this fortune keyword-locking assistance alone was enough to place him above countless others.
"Interesting..."
Ye Tian curled his lips slightly and shifted his gaze to the race selection.
Before him appeared seven races: the Dragon Clan, Phoenix Clan, Qilin Clan, Witch Clan, Yao Clan, Demon Clan, and Human Clan. Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Tian chose the [Human Clan].
According to the system prompt, the current version of the game was set in the early days of the Primordial World, during the era of [Three Clans Hegemony], when the Dragon Clan, Phoenix Clan, and Qilin Clan fought for supremacy.
Although the Dragon Clan, Phoenix Clan, and the like were all top-tier super races during the early stages of the Primordial World, Ye Tian knew very well that it was the Human Clan that would shine the brightest in the mid-to-late stages.
Otherwise, why would all these races take human form once they cultivated to a certain level?
"Human Clan selected!"
"Please choose your Novice Village location!"
"Heaven and Earth Village!"
"Confirmed! Please pay attention to the novice tutorial. You are being teleported!"
"Please note: 10 minutes in the real world equals 8 hours in the game world. Enjoy your game!"
As the notification flashed, ripples like water waves spread around him. Ye Tian slowly closed his eyes.
When he opened them again, he found that countless players had already appeared around this place called [Heaven and Earth Village]. Every one of them had a different nickname above their heads. The World Channel and private channels had already opened as well, and the World Channel was full of people cursing...
Because many people were complaining that the domineering character [Heaven] had been directly banned by the system when they tried to name themselves!
"Damn! Did the Game System bug out? Even the word [Heaven] is banned?! It actually became a forbidden word?! I wanted to name myself Long Aotian!"
"I wanted to call myself Long Batian! How badass would that have been? I even wanted to use the name Heavenly Emperor, but the system just wouldn't accept it. I tried countless times before I finally managed to come up with a name by using Earthquake..."
"Don't even mention it. It's nothing but tears!"
The players entering the Primordial World for the first time looked at the lush mountains, clear waters, and the beautiful scenery of the Novice Village, yet few of them had the mood to appreciate such details.
The frustration of being unable to use the character Heaven was something only all the players could understand.
At that moment, Ye Tian slowly closed the novice channel. Looking at the incomparably familiar Novice Village nestled amid the mountains and wilderness, he could not help curling his lips.
Let them tear each other apart. With an aptitude that granted him such high fortune, ninety-nine percent of the things that dropped would belong to him. It was like if one hundred ginseng fruits dropped, he could obtain 99.9 of them, leaving only a tiny scrap of ginseng fruit peel for everyone else. And would Ye Tian possibly give even that last bit away?
Therefore, with such high fortune, as long as he was given time to grow, it would not be impossible for him to interfere in the Three Clans War among the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans!
Furthermore, he had chosen to descend into the Novice Village known as [Heaven and Earth Village] because it held a supreme opportunity no less than a 5S-Rank Red Thread Old Man identity. Having been reborn with memories of the next twenty years, why would he leave such good things for other players to discover?
With that thought in mind, Ye Tian did not communicate with the others. Instead, he directly opened his status panel.
Name: Ye Tian Nickname: Ye Tian Race: Human Clan Level: Level 0 Aptitude: Red Thread Old Man Aptitude. Can matchmake beauties from the Primordial Myriad Races and forge marriages across the Three Realms! (SSSSS-Rank Aptitude)! Strength: 10 Agility: 10 Intelligence: 10 Cultivation: 0 years Magic Treasure: None Skills: None Cultivation Method: None Luck: 99% Merit: 0 Allocatable Attributes: None Money: 0
His gaze swept over the display. Though every row of data was pitifully poor, this was perfectly normal during the beginner phase.
However, that dazzling 5S-tier, heaven-defying super aptitude made it clear that the road ahead of him would absolutely be an overbearing one.
As for luck, there was no need for any further explanation.
Ye Tian suppressed the wild joy in his heart. After all, he had survived twenty years in the apocalypse; he was still capable of controlling his emotions.
As he gradually moved with the crowd toward the beginner village, Ye Tian smiled as he shifted his attention to the attribute description for [Red Thread Old Man].
[Aptitude Name]: Red Thread Old Man. [Aptitude Description]: Possesses the Red Thread Old Man Identity. As the level rises, can matchmake more beauties of the Primordial Chaos and establish marriages throughout the Three Realms. This is a marriage aptitude. When matchmaking lovers, once the red thread is formed, merit will naturally descend!
"Activate [Red Thread Old Man] aptitude?"
"Activate!"
After reading it, Ye Tian did not hesitate in the slightest and immediately activated it.
After all, such a good thing should be done sooner rather than later. Moreover, after years of analysis, Ye Tian had long since formed a complete plan for this matter...
As he thought this, a book that only he could see appeared in Ye Tian's hands.
The book looked much like the Book of Life and Death from film and television dramas. The only difference was that the Book of Life and Death was black and determined a person's life and death.
The Marriage Book, meanwhile, was bright red—the exclusive color of joyous occasions that determined a person's marriage!
Seeing that color, Ye Tian could not help curling the corner of his lips.
After following the crowd into [Heaven and Earth Village], he found a quiet spot and directly opened the Marriage Book.
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