Caomiao Village, Word Trait Plundering System!

At the foot of Qingyun Mountain, peaks rose and fell in endless succession, piercing the clouds. Mist lingered halfway up the mountains like a light veil, creating a scene both perilous and magnificent.

At the foot of the mountain.

A small village like an earthly paradise lay surrounded by green mountains and flowing waters.

An ancient tree stood at the village entrance of Caomiao Village, its branches lush and leafy, casting a little shade in the blazing midday sun.

A group of children played merrily beneath the tree.

"Zhang Xiaofan's ninety-eighth challenge against Lin Jingyu begins now."

At that moment, a young girl's crisp voice suddenly rang out.

Beneath the tree, two children of around ten stood facing each other with wooden swords in hand, neither willing to concede.

At that moment.

Among the watching children, one dressed in black stared blankly at the scene.

He found everything strangely familiar, as though he had seen it somewhere before.

Ding! The main storyline of the Zhu Xian World has been detected to have begun. The system has absorbed sufficient energy and has successfully activated.

Hearing the sudden system notification in his mind.

The black-clad child finally remembered.

"This is the Zhu Xian World, Caomiao Village!"

"I am Su Han. Twelve years ago, I transmigrated into this world and became an orphan in Heyang City. Later, because the system needed to absorb energy to activate, my consciousness became clouded, leaving me muddleheaded and confused."

"And the reason I appeared in Caomiao Village was because of the system's unseen guidance. I only arrived this morning..."

Su Han stared at Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan confronting each other beneath the tree and muttered to himself.

But moments later, Su Han was suddenly startled.

"Caomiao Village?!"

"The system just said that the main storyline has begun. Doesn't that mean Caomiao Village will be massacred tonight?"

At that thought, Su Han's scalp went numb.

"System, are you screwing with me?"

"You brought me to Caomiao Village at this time. What if my appearance causes a butterfly effect, and when that old monk Puzhi goes mad, he casually kills me too?"

Especially when Su Han thought about how he was neither Zhang Xiaofan, the Child of Destiny, nor Lin Jingyu, an important supporting character. He did not even know Zhang Xiaofan.

And if a stranger suddenly appeared in Caomiao Village, the chances that the crazed Puzhi would casually kill him were practically one hundred percent!

Unfortunately, the system did not respond.

Su Han had not expected the system to respond anyway. His system was merely a program without intelligence; he was only venting in frustration.

"If I want to survive now, I'll have to figure something out myself!"

Su Han took a deep breath and gradually calmed down.

Then he silently said in his heart, "System, introduce your functions."

Ding! This system is the Word Trait Plundering System. The host may use the system to inspect and plunder the traits of any person, demon, beast, or spiritual item.

(Note 1: After a trait is plundered by the system, its original owner will not lose that trait.)

(Note 2: Trait grades, from highest to lowest: rainbow, black, gold, red, orange, purple, green, blue, white, gray.)

"Word Trait Plundering System?"

Hearing the system's introduction, Su Han was instantly delighted. "Dog system, it seems I wrongly blamed you just now!"

The next second.

Su Han looked at Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu in the distance, whose contest had temporarily ended, and willed it.

"System, inspect Zhang Xiaofan's and Lin Jingyu's traits."

Name: Zhang Xiaofan

Identity: Caomiao Village villager

Traits: Child of Destiny (gray), Late Bloomer (gold), Exceptional Comprehension (gold), Good at Cooking (green)...

Name: Lin Jingyu

Identity: Caomiao Village villager

Traits: Heavenly Talent (red), Unrivaled Sword Dao (red), Insight into Weaknesses (orange), Fated Supporting Character (orange)...

Looking at Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu's dazzling array of traits.

Although Su Han felt he had already prepared himself mentally, his eyes were still full of envy.

After all, so many gold, red, and orange traits made his head spin.

But Su Han was soon somewhat surprised.

"System, Zhang Xiaofan's Child of Destiny trait is only gray? That can't be right, can it?"

Ding! The Child of Destiny trait is a rare upgradable trait. It must undergo various destiny-defining events or plunder fortune in order to upgrade. At its highest level, it can become a rainbow mythic-grade trait.

Hearing the system's explanation, Su Han understood. "That makes sense."

After all, Zhang Xiaofan had suffered greatly in the early stages, to the point where he hardly seemed like a Child of Destiny. Only after experiencing a series of events and eventually betraying the Qingyun Sect did his rise truly become unstoppable!

Therefore, it was perfectly normal for his Child of Destiny trait to be only gray at this stage.

With that thought, Su Han stopped dwelling on it.

Instead, he said to the system, "System, open my Attribute Panel."

Su Han was rather curious about his own traits.

Would he possess all sorts of heaven-defying traits like Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu?

Name: Su Han

Cultivation: None

Cultivation Technique: None

Items: None

Spirit Pet: None

Available Trait Plunders: 2 (The number of available trait plunders will increase as the host's cultivation rises.)

Traits: Lucky (blue)

"???"

Su Han looked at his solitary trait, which was only a mere blue one.

Compared to Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu's traits...

"This really is—people die when compared to others, and goods get thrown away when compared to goods!"

However.

Although his traits were currently trash, Su Han was not discouraged in the slightest. Instead, he was still excited.

After all, now that he had awakened the Word Trait Plundering System, what was yours or mine? Everyone's traits were his!

"System, designate Zhang Xiaofan's trait, Child of Destiny (gray), for plunder!"

Su Han did not hesitate in the slightest.

He knew that Puzhi would massacre Caomiao Village tonight. When that happened, of all the villagers in the vast village, only three orphaned survivors would remain alive.

Su Han did not dare gamble on whether his Lucky (blue) trait could truly keep him alive.

Therefore, the first trait he had to plunder was Child of Destiny (gray).

Only then could Su Han be certain that he would not die.

Otherwise, Su Han would have wanted to save both plundering opportunities for Puzhi.

After all, he could plunder Zhang Xiaofan's traits whenever he wanted, but after tonight, Puzhi would be dead.

As he pondered this.

Su Han raised his head and looked toward Zhang Xiaofan, who had already run far away with Lin Jingyu, his expression thoughtful.

"I now possess the Child of Destiny (gray) trait as well..."

"Then Tianyin Temple's supreme art, Great Brahma Prajna, and the Blood Devouring Pearl might not be beyond my reach."

"After all, we're both Children of Destiny. Who's afraid of whom?"

Ding! Congratulations, host. Trait plundering successful. Zhang Xiaofan's trait has been plundered: Child of Destiny (gray).

Ding! Congratulations, host. Trait successfully added. Trait obtained: Child of Destiny (gray).

Ding! As the host possesses the Lucky (blue) trait, which is a subordinate branch trait of the Child of Destiny trait, the system will now merge Child of Destiny (gray) and Lucky (blue) into one.

Ding! Congratulations, host. Trait upgrade successful. New trait obtained: Child of Destiny (white).