My Temper Is Flaring Right Now

Yang Genshuo had long discovered that checking other people's Character Cards was an incredibly useful top-tier support function. It could help Yang Shi avoid disaster and seek fortune.

As long as someone was within a hundred meters of Yang Shi, he could examine that person's Character Card, seeing their basic information at a glance.

Whenever Yang Genshuo had nothing to do lately, he would browse through passersby's Character Cards.

He wanted to see whether Bluestone County truly had any cultivators.

After a whole year, he had finally found one!

Name: Jiang Xiaobai

Gender: Female

Identity: Beggar

Lifespan: 14/100

Realm: None

Spiritual Root: Five-Element Spiritual Root (Metal: 17, Wood: 23, Water: 20, Fire: 20, Earth: 20)

Comprehension: 20

Fortune: 20

Talent: Wood Affinity (Earth Grade)

Skills: None

Wood Affinity (Earth Grade): Wood-element cultivation technique cultivation speed +10%, wood-element spell power +10%

"She came from outside. This is the first time I've seen her."

Yang Genshuo might not have been able to distinguish the appearances of those filthy beggars, but such a stunning Character Card could never escape his notice.

"Having a Spiritual Root proves she can cultivate. She currently has neither a realm nor skills, so she probably hasn't entered the Cultivation World yet. She's a blank slate. This time, I've struck gold."

Yang Shi had no Spiritual Root and might never become a cultivator in his life. That was a hidden danger for the Yang Family.

No matter how far he went, even if he pushed martial arts to their limit and reached the Innate Grandmaster Realm, he still could not compare to the lowest-ranking cultivator.

"Of all pursuits, every one is lowly; cultivation alone stands high."

From his god's-eye view, Yang Genshuo felt this all the more keenly. Therefore, he had to guide the Yang Family step by step onto the path of cultivation. Even if Yang Shi could not cultivate in this lifetime, the Yang Family's descendants had to become cultivators.

After observing Bluestone County for the past year and hearing rumors from the Treasury Pavilion, Yang Genshuo had inferred some information on his own.

"Among the seventy or eighty thousand people openly visible in all of Bluestone County, not a single one has a Spiritual Root. Statistically speaking, that is already a sufficiently large sample to represent a phenomenon. That proves the birth of Spiritual Roots is not random. If certain conditions are not met, it may be impossible to ever produce a child with a Spiritual Root."

"And those conditions, according to the genetics I learned in junior high biology, are most likely related to whether the parents possess Spiritual Roots."

Cultivators were people too. Yang Genshuo felt that some modern knowledge could explain this phenomenon.

"If the Yang Family's descendants are to produce cultivators with Spiritual Roots, Yang Shi needs to marry a cultivator!"

Yang Genshuo looked at the little beggar on the screen, and even her mud-caked face began to seem delicate and refined.

"Five-Element Spiritual Root—it should be the lowest aptitude, right? But that's fine. Something is better than nothing. Besides, she comes with the Earth Grade talent Wood Affinity. Her cultivation speed should not be too slow. If she can embark on the path of cultivation, then in the future she can become part of my Yang Family's—"

Yang Genshuo, who had been muttering to himself, suddenly froze. His expression became complicated.

"Ancestor, why should I take her in? What is so extraordinary about her?"

Yang Shi knelt in the ancestral hall and asked.

A line of enormous golden words appeared in the air:

"Heaven's secrets must not be divulged. Treat her well, and you will understand in the future."

The golden words vanished. Yang Shi was left with doubts, but he did not dwell on them. The ancestor was an immortal great power; he surely had his own considerations.

He walked into the front yard.

Jiang Xiaobai had just finished bathing and changed into clean clothes. She emerged while tilting her head to inspect the Yang Family Courtyard, her eyes lively and spirited, without the slightest coyness of an ordinary young woman.

With the mud and stench washed away, Jiang Xiaobai revealed fair skin and a petite figure. Her tangled hair had become smooth after being combed, her glossy black locks falling over one shoulder. Paired with her exquisite oval face, the girl's vigorous, fresh charm burst forth at once.

Yang Shi had not dared look directly at a woman for twelve years. At that moment, his gaze darted away. He wanted to look, yet was too embarrassed to stare openly. He forcibly clasped his hands behind his back, maintaining Lord Yang's composure.

"Lord Yang, my name is Jiang Xiaobai."

"Oh, my name is Yang Shi."

"Lord Yang, you're so young. How old are you this year? Are you married?"

"Eighteen. I'm alone."

"Then from today onward, this servant will live here and attend to your daily needs, following your orders. Is that acceptable?"

"Fine."

"Does our Yang Family have any rules?"

"Yes. Entry into the ancestral hall in the rear courtyard is forbidden. Take one step inside, and I'll beat you into a cripple and throw you out for the wild dogs."

"U-Understood!"

Yang Shi's grave, word-by-word emphasis gave Jiang Xiaobai a fright, and her body visibly trembled.

Yang Shi turned around with his hands behind his back, leaving Jiang Xiaobai with a profound and unfathomable silhouette. The corner of his mouth curled upward slightly.

He had never lived with anyone before.

"Lord Yang, what would you like to eat tonight? Would you like to bathe? This servant will prepare everything in advance."

"Mm, rest today. We'll talk tomorrow." Yang Shi paused, then added, "You don't need to call yourself this servant. Just refer to yourself as Xiaobai. I kept you because you and I are fated. And you need not call me lord either. Just call me..."

"Brother Yang?" Jiang Xiaobai softly tested the words.

"That works too."

A year passed, and Yang Shi performed the ancestral rites in the ancestral hall.

With a respectful expression, Yang Shi inserted three incense sticks and reported to the ancestral tablets:

"Thanks to the Safe House bestowed by Ancestor, this past year Yang Shi has gone from an unknown little beggar to Lord Yang. My strength has advanced by leaps and bounds, rising from the Body Tempering Second Stage to the Body Tempering Fourth Stage. Thank you, Ancestor!"

"In the future, I will diligently train in martial arts, reach the Innate Grandmaster Realm as soon as possible, storm the Xiang Family, and avenge the Yang Family's deep blood-sea vendetta!"

Yang Shi's gaze was resolute. He was completely unlike the self-abandoning laughingstock he had been last year.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Yang Shi respectfully kowtowed three times. Amid curling smoke, the offerings on the altar slowly disappeared.

Yang Shi successfully completed the ancestral rites.

Incense Value +10

You received offerings from a Yang Family member: 20 packets of Qi-Replenishing Blood-Nourishing Powder and 10 Essence-Sealing Rejuvenation Pills.

Would you bestow a reward upon the Yang Family's descendant?

One day in the modern world equaled one year in the Cultivation World.

Yang Genshuo had already stared at the screen for an entire day without sleeping.

"Now that feels good~"

Seeing twenty packets of herbs and ten porcelain bottles appear beside his computer, a satisfied smile appeared on Yang Genshuo's slightly weary face.

He had deliberately manifested once and specified the offerings for Yang Shi, lest Yang Shi send him some useless junk he considered valuable.

Although Bluestone County had no cultivators, everyone practiced martial arts, and the culture of Martial Cultivators was exceptionally thriving.

There was a complete range of tonic medicines for Martial Cultivators' training, and their quality was certainly beyond comparison with the ordinary medicinal herbs of the modern world.

These two tonic medicines could be used not only by Martial Cultivators; ordinary people would also benefit greatly from taking them. They were simply too expensive for anyone but wealthy households to afford.

As for their effects, they were simple and clear—they were right there in their names.

"Once I finish bestowing the reward, I'll eat one and test the effects."

As for what he would reward Yang Shi with, he had already bought it around day three hundred of the game's timeline.

"I admit that your world possesses natural materials beyond ours, but if I bring out the modern food industry system, how will you respond?"

"Go forth, my shopping cart!"

Three hours earlier, he had ordered delivery, spent every last one of his ten thousand yuan in savings, emptied several supermarket food shelves, and bought some cost-effective modern industrial foods. This was also the best option he could obtain quickly at present.

Duang~ Duang~

Five enormous boxes landed in the rear courtyard, filled with colorful packaged foods. Yang Shi respectfully kowtowed.

"Thank you for Ancestor's reward~"

Then he picked up the instruction manual Yang Genshuo had written and began reading it.

Meanwhile, Yang Genshuo could no longer wait to try the specialized tonic medicine used by Martial Cultivators from the Cultivation World.

He picked up a herbal pellet roughly the size of a Liuwei Dihuang Pill and held it beneath his nose for a sniff.

It carried a distinctive herbal-medicine scent, along with wisps of fresh vegetation fragrance. Not only was the medicine not unpleasant to smell, it even brought a crisp feeling that seemed to clear his nose.

"This is definitely good stuff. Let me see how effective it is!"

"I hate getting pee on my hand most of all!"

He swallowed the Essence-Sealing Rejuvenation Pill in one bite. A cool sensation shot down his esophagus and into his body, so intense that he could even feel the outline of his stomach.

The medicinal power continuously radiated from his stomach. As his blood circulated, it carried that cool medicinal power with it. The sensation gradually spread through his entire body, as though he had been cleansed from the inside out. His mind became clear and his vision bright, while the exhaustion from staying awake all day vanished without a trace.

Then his blood surged, and under the pull of some unknown force, the medicinal power gathered in his two kidneys.

Boom!

Yang Genshuo exhaled a burst of scorching breath. The coolness vanished, replaced by blazing heat rising from his lower abdomen.

"Hm?"

Yang Genshuo sensed a slight change in his body, as though he had returned to the year he was eighteen, ready to compete with a steel pipe for height.

He immediately pulled out his phone and called his girlfriend.

"Wan Ting, hurry! Come to my place! I've got a surprise for you!"

"Quit dawdling. My temper is flaring right now!"

Two chapters and six thousand words today. I'm amazing~

Unless something unexpected happens, there will be two chapters updated at midnight every day until it goes premium. Thank you all for your support~

There are so many people! Did some big shot give me a chapter recommendation?

This newbie humbly gives thanks!