What is this?

In the Eastern Region of the Xuan Spirit Dynasty, within Jiuyuan City.

"So tired~~~" a boy of about 16 was heavily patting his shoulders. This youth had a handsome appearance, with a refined face and sword-like eyebrows that slanted up to his temples, like two flying swords planted in the clouds. However, his eyes at this moment revealed fatigue and numbness.

"It's been half a month since I transmigrated to this cultivation world, but I have nothing. Where are the systems, treasures, and wise old men?" Zeng Fan thought resentfully.

Back on Earth, Zeng Fan was just an ordinary office worker. On his way home from work, he was hit by a drunk driver and sent flying. When he woke up, he had transmigrated to this world. The original owner of this body had lived alone with his grandfather. After a heavy rain a while ago, the grandfather caught a cold and died. The thatched hut where the boy lived was taken over by the village chief, and no one in the village offered any help. After hastily building a grave for his grandfather, the boy came to Jiuyuan City to look for work. Unexpectedly, he was spotted by human traffickers in the city and was to be sold as a male concubine. The boy refused and was beaten to death, his body dumped in the woods outside the city. Zeng Fan then transmigrated into his body.

The boy had no more family, so Zeng Fan took his own name. He initially intended to avenge the boy, but found that he had transmigrated with nothing – no system, no treasures, no golden finger. Helpless, he could only go into the city first, avoiding the area where those people were active. A proprietress of an inn, seeing Zeng Fan's pitiable state and decent appearance, took him in as a helper. Zeng Fan was immensely grateful, though revenge seemed a distant prospect.

Why am I just a waste meridian? Zeng Fan was extremely troubled. This cultivation world revolved around cultivating spiritual meridians. Everyone had spiritual meridians from birth, but ordinary people's spiritual meridians were naturally blocked. A few people had clear meridians and could absorb spiritual energy into their bodies, embarking on the path of cultivation.

Upon hearing this news at the inn, Zeng Fan immediately went to the instrument that tested spiritual meridians. He painfully spent one tael of silver – you ask where the silver came from? He'd borrowed it from the proprietress. The result was like a bucket of cold water poured over him: his meridians were only thirty percent clear, rendering him unable to cultivate.

These spiritual meridians were divided into five grades based on their clarity: Yellow Vein, Profound Vein, Earth Vein, and Heavenly Vein. Five to five percent clarity was a Yellow Vein, six to seven percent was a Profound Vein, eight to nine percent was an Earth Vein, and ten percent was a Heavenly Vein. Heavenly Veins were one in ten thousand, needless to say, but even a Yellow Vein was rare, appearing in only one out of several hundred people.

As he was contemplating his next steps in life, a golden light streaked across the sky above Jiuyuan City. As if sensing something, it actually made a sharp turn and crashed into Zeng Fan, who was contemplating his next move in the city. Zeng Fan only had time to turn his head to look before the golden light flashed and disappeared into his body. "What was that?" Before he could think further, a wave of dizziness washed over him, and he collapsed onto the bed, falling into a deep sleep...

Above Jiuyuan City, a figure rapidly tore through the air. The sky seemed to twist and distort. The figure stopped above Jiuyuan City, and a terrifying divine sense fluctuation swept across the entire city, rendering everyone unconscious. This divine sense unscanned everyone's bodies without restraint, probing them carefully.

"Not here?" the figure muttered. Perhaps the fragments of the Heavenly Dao Bead had a special way of hiding their fluctuations. He might as well refine all the people in this city; then he'd know for sure. The thought had barely formed when a middle-aged man with an ethereal demeanor channeled his magic, preparing to act.

At that moment, the middle-aged man's communication jade slip rang, "Heavenly Dao Bead fragment is here!!! Come quickly and help me!!!" The middle-aged man's eyes flashed with light, and he immediately roared towards a certain direction. Zeng Fan, currently unconscious, had no idea he had narrowly escaped a disaster.

"My head hurts so much, damn it, what happened?" A few hours later, Zeng Fan slowly opened his eyes. What happened? The golden light? Right! The golden light!!! Something flew into me, Zeng Fan quickly felt his entire body, but found no issues. I couldn't have been mistaken.

"Zeng Fan! Where are you? We have a guest," the proprietress's voice called from the front. "Coming, coming, boss." Zeng Fan quickly replied. In this cultivation world, all sorts of strange things happened. As long as his body was fine, he should go to work. He then got up and headed towards the front room.

As night fell and the inn closed, Zeng Fan returned to his room. Just as he was about to take a bath, he suddenly clutched his chest tightly. He felt his heart beating rapidly. What's going on? Zeng Fan's expression changed.

The fluctuation was fleeting, followed by a strange sensation. He felt something intensely calling to him. "Something definitely entered my body today, otherwise, why would it be like this?" After checking his body for any abnormalities, Zeng Fan sat on the bed, lost in thought.

The summoning fluctuation grew stronger and stronger, as if it wouldn't rest until Zeng Fan went to it. Zeng Fan hesitated, "What exactly is it? Is this feeling good or bad? Should I go?" As thoughts flashed through his mind, memories of the original body's owner kept surfacing: his grandfather, who he depended on, died; the only thatched hut was taken by villains; he went to the city for work only to be targeted by human traffickers and beaten to death.

Zeng Fan clutched his chest. "You're not willing to live like this your whole life either, are you? In this cultivation world, wealth and honor are found in danger. Let's go see what it is. That's the least I can do for you!" Without further hesitation, he got up and headed out of the city.