[Ye Fan: "??"]
[Fang Han: "??"]
[Shi Hao: "??"]
[Xiao Yan: "?????"]
[Xiao Yan: "Group leader, you seem to know a little too much. Did you pay for premium? Do you have some special ability that lets you learn about our situations?"]
Jiang Xian was someone who enjoyed a bit of fun to begin with, and with two Golden Fingers at his disposal, he had no interest in playing the all-knowing mystic.
He had read plenty of novels in his previous life. Only protagonists without particularly overpowered Golden Fingers, who were rather useless, liked passing themselves off as some omniscient, omnipotent immortal.
Watching those fake mystics made him cringe hard enough to dig a three-bedroom apartment out of the floor with his toes. The group members all had their intelligence mindlessly lowered, somehow never noticing anything wrong with the group leader.
Anyone with some real ability could not be bothered to pretend. Besides, Jiang Xian felt that with his Golden Finger, this talent-drawing system alone, he was almost certain to achieve transcendence in the future. Perhaps his future self had arranged it.
As for gaining benefits, resources were the last thing Swallowed Star lacked. A Great Emperor from Shrouding the Heavens next door would weep with envy. Just reaching the Immortal level granted a nearly limitless lifespan.
Jiang Xian enjoyed having fun. Mainly, he wanted to visit different worlds and do some interesting things.
[Jiang Xian: "I know about your situations mainly because I've read novels with you as their protagonists. Xiao Yan, Ye Fan, you two must know what I mean. As for Fang Han and Shi Hao, you can think of yourselves as the main characters in storybooks."]
[Xiao Yan: "Then what you said about me reaching the pinnacle of life and becoming a Dou Di really is true, group leader? I wanted to ask: did I end up with little sister Xun'er?"]
[Jiang Xian: "You did, but you sure have quite a few other women in your life. Hehehehe. Want me to go into detail?"]
[Xiao Yan: "Ahem, ahem, ahem. No need for that, group leader. Protect my privacy!"]
[Ye Fan: "Group leader, if I'm a protagonist, why don't I have any Golden Finger at all? Xiao Yan has an old grandpa in his ring. Am I just the protagonist of some ordinary urban business novel?"]
[Jiang Xian: "Haha, how could Heavenly Emperor Ye be the protagonist of an ordinary urban novel? Since you're still at your class reunion, your story has only just begun. You haven't stepped into the world of immortal cultivation yet."]
[Jiang Xian: "I have a rough idea now. Xiao Yan and Ye Fan are both at the very beginning of their stories. @Fang Han, Shi Hao, you can tell me your current situations too. I'll see how far your stories have progressed."]
[Fang Han: "Group leader, I'm currently a stable slave for the Fang family in the Great Li Dynasty. I was just punished by the second young lady for falling behind on tending the horses. I wanted to ask: do I ever get to whip the second young lady, then reward her thoroughly?"]
[Shi Hao: "I'm three and a half now, and I'm in the village. I'm getting ready to begin my baptism. Big brother group leader, will I be very powerful too?"]
[Jiang Xian: "Fang Han, you'll eventually gain complete control over the Gate of Eternal Life and reach the realm of eternal life. You'll be able to do whatever you want. Even the world you live in will be your plaything. As for Shi Hao, you'll become the Desolate Heaven Emperor."]
[Xiao Yan: "Group leader, why do all their titles sound so awesome? What's my future title?"]
[Jiang Xian: "Flame Emperor. How's that? Awesome enough?"]
[Xiao Yan: "Not bad, but it doesn't feel as awesome as Heavenly Emperor. I've decided. I'll call myself the Flame Heavenly Emperor! Kekekeke!"]
[Jiang Xian: "? Interesting. Soul Hall Xiao Yan? Soul Hall, the biggest villainous faction on your Dou Qi Continent, all love laughing like that. Has their laugh infected you, the protagonist, too?"]
[Xiao Yan: "..."]
Jiang Xian looked at their replies. It seemed that everyone in the group was only at the very beginning of their story. That included him: the story of Swallowed Star had only just begun as well.
[Jiang Xian: "Everyone's story has only just begun. Is there anything you want to ask me? It's been so long, though, that I've forgotten some of the plot. Also, I sometimes skipped around while reading, so there are parts I never read. I only remember the iconic character details and plotlines fairly clearly."]
[Fang Han: "Might I ask you to tell me about my future, group leader? I will never forget this kindness."]
[Xiao Yan: "Same here!"]
[Ye Fan: "Same here!"]
[Shi Hao: "Same here!"]
When Shi Hao saw that Xiao Yan and Ye Fan had both sent it, an idea popped into his head, and he sent one too.
[Jiang Xian: "No rush, no rush. Let me upload them to the group files. By the way, do you need any privacy protection? Should I make each file visible only to the person concerned? Everyone in the group is of good character."]
[Ye Fan: "Since the group leader says everyone is of good character, and I'm an upright gentleman myself, I don't need that. You can post mine straight to the group."]
[Xiao Yan: "I'm thinking the same thing as Ye Fan."]
[Fang Han: "Same here."]
[Shi Hao: "Me too."]
[Jiang Xian: "All right. I think that's a good idea too. It can bring everyone closer, strengthen the trust between our group members, and let everyone get a clear sense of what the others are like."]
[Group leader Jiang Xian uploaded files:]
[Battle Through the Heavens: Main plot and major characters.]
[Shrouding the Heavens: Main plot and major characters.]
[Eternal Life: Main plot and major characters.]
[Perfect World: Main plot and major characters.]
[Swallowed Star: Main plot and characters.]
[Jiang Xian: "Swallowed Star is the world I'm in. @Everyone."]
After Jiang Xian finished posting, the group fell silent as everyone read the plots.
[Xiao Yan: "@Jiang Xian, why are we all novel protagonists, but the protagonist of your world is Luo Feng, group leader?"]
[Jiang Xian: "Well, I might be a system-type protagonist. I transmigrated into the world of Swallowed Star, and I have a system."]
[Fang Han: "Group leader, is a system some kind of magical treasure?"]
[Jiang Xian: "It's a transcendent program framework that operates independently under its own rules. It depends on no heaven or earth and belongs to no era or plane's Heavenly Dao. It is neither confined by space and time nor constrained by the Great Dao."]
[Ye Fan: "Is a system a special kind of Golden Finger? I don't quite understand."]
Jiang Xian thought it over. At the points in time Xiao Yan and Ye Fan came from, system novels had not yet become popular. They might not know much about them. As for Shi Hao and Fang Han, they were natives of their worlds and knew even less.
Jiang Xian thought of explaining with a few examples.
[Jiang Xian: "I'll give a few examples of different systems so you can understand them more directly.
Jiang Xian: First, the check-in system. The host can obtain treasures, cultivation methods, and talents out of thin air by reaching specific locations and checking in daily. There's no need to fight bloody battles in search of treasure. Just reach the designated spot and check in, and opportunities will come automatically.
There are mission systems that issue various missions and give generous rewards upon completion. The missions come in all varieties: cultivation, combat, clashes with others, and even simply talking to someone can count as a mission. There's no upper limit to the rewards.
There are also shop systems, which are like intangible stores spanning all worlds. You can use special currency to exchange for extraordinary objects, bloodlines, and divine abilities from across the worlds. There's almost nothing you can't buy, only things you haven't thought of.
There are plundering systems too. After winning a fight, you can seize your opponent's talents, cultivation, and secret arts.
As for mine, it's a talent system. I can draw a talent at regular intervals."]
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