"The Seven Star Sect is holding an entrance exam for young talents to participate in. It holds once every year, I wonder who are the lucky seven that would join the sect this time."
"They only accept seven disciples every year?"
"Not only that, but they are very strict with the birth signs of each cultivator, if they were born on an unlucky day... well..."
The trio of men glanced at Mo Han that was standing farther away from them while leaning against a pillar with a bored look on his face. But he didn't mind them, he just narrowed his eyes at them and they looked away immediately.
"I have much better news! The Spirit Sky Pavilion is auctioning a high grade spirit artifact next week. The bidding starts at ten thousand spirit stones!"
The crowd gasped, more people joining the circle of men, but Mo Han frowned crossing his hands. He really was in the eastern age. Right now he doesn't even own his own name, he was just Mo Han of the Ye family, neither can he leave here until he has everything settled.
Joining a sect wasn't going to be too bad.
But he has to fix his physique. The system claimed that the daily quest would help him fix his withered vein body and balance his spiritual roots.
He tore his gaze away from the noisy crowd and fixed it on the women dancing on the podium. Their hips moved in a fluid rhythm, bending in ways that made Mo Han wonder if they might snap. The whole scene felt like a poorly choreographed school play from his university days.
But this time, he was watching the real owners of the dance in person.
Their robes fluttered with every movement their made, teasing the public with glimpses of their toned stomachs and fair skin through the sheer silk fabric. They were undeniably beautiful, but even as his gaze lingered on the lead dancer, the only face he saw was Bai Rong's.
[Ay, Don't tell me you are already falling in love.]
The little fluff ball suddenly appeared out of no where, Mo Han quickly grabbed the ball and pulled it into his sleeves while glancing to his left and right to confirm if anyone just saw what he did, but everyone was doing their own thing, not bothering with him.
[No one can see me moron!]
The fluff ball snapped angrily, as it floated out of Mo Han's sleeve, and then stationed right in front of his face, with a small pout on it's face that Mo Han found cute.
"But they can see me, won't they call me crazy for talking to you?" He asked, shrugging and the little fluff ball rambled on with an aggrieved face, it was rather spiteful that the system caused it's body to be visible to the host.
[That's your business, like I said, you would get a reward for completing your first mission but wait... why are you so docile to all of this?]
Mo Han raised an eyebrow, not understanding what the little fluff ball was saying, but then he remembered how easily he accepted his situation in the dungeon and the system, that he finally understood what the system meant.
He scratched the back of his head with a wry smile on his face. "What can I say, I am used to adapting to situations around me, and you are definitely going to return me to my world once I am done with all this right?" He asked.
The little fluff ball evaded Mo Han's probing gaze.
[Yeah... right... anyways...]
It snapped it's fingers and the blue screen appeared in front of his face, the system message he was meant to receive back at his room but was delayed because he had to be in this banquet.
They held banquet for him, yet no one was approaching him, nor were they trying to talk to him.
Mo Han didn't react to this because he was already prepared to stand at the sidelines while the people enjoyed themselves to the fullest. This world wasn't that different from the world where he originally lived at.
Hypocrites hiding behind a mask of smiles. The ones with power rule the continent, while the weak ones are despised and put down.
All of a sudden he felt like this system wasn't going to be all that bad, because he would experience the feeling of being at the top.
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⟦ MISSION SUCCESSFUL ⟧
Status: Completed
Rewards:
• +10 Charm | +50 Qi points | +20 Vitality Points
• Bai Rong's Desire Points = 80/100
• Unlocked: Special Traits and Abilities
• Unlocked: Relationship Panel
Accept | Decline
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"Accept" Mo Han quickly ordered and soon the system screen changed again.
[Now are you not going to praise the system mechanics for their job well done?]
The little fluff ball chatted, but Mo Han rolled his eyes as new information flashed in front of Mo Han's face. His eyes widened and a smile of interest curved at the corner of his lips.
Maybe the system mechanics were better than he thought before.
[Are you going to keep ignoring me?!!!]
The little fluff ball huffed and Puffed but Mo Han wasn't listening to it.
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⟦ RELATIONSHIP PANEL ⟧
[!character image] Name: Bai Rong
Title: Bunny Demon
Relationship Status: Dual Cultivation Partner
Current Bond: Developing
View her information?
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"What do you mean by Dual Cultivation Partner?" Mo Han finally asked, while walking out of the banquet hall since he was not needed there and stepping into the pavilion surrounded by the pond, Mo Han liked to look at as a kid.
The Ye Family Manor was a very beautiful and ethereal place, the only thing that made the place toxic was the family itself. Mo Han suddenly thought of his grandmother under the moon light.
His hair danced with the wind, intertwining with his robes, creating such an ethereal sight that passing women couldn't help but swoon—momentarily forgetting that this was the so-called good-for-nothing Mo Han.
He was oblivious to this of course, because his mind was faraway from where he was and instead in earth. For the first time, he finally felt he was doing too much rather than staying at the grocery store working as a salesboy.
[Earth to Mo Han!!!!]
The little fluff ball screamed finally snapping Mo Han back to reality.
"Ahem" He coughed out awkwardly, hiding his face behind his huge sleeve, as his eyes settled on a young maiden staring at him so intently. When she noticed he was looking, she quickly looked away.
What exactly did Bai Rong do to his face? Or was it his charm points?
[Exactly what you are thinking! Your charm points equal the attraction people feel towards you, but don't get too ahead of yourself...]
The little fluff ball shook his head.
[The more your charm points increase, the more the women who swoon at you can get close to you in hope they could woo you or introduce you to their parents, right now maybe a handful of noble ladies are swooning over you, but that's the farthest they could go.]
Mo Han immediately felt like they poured could water down his body, dashing his dreams with this woman.
"So what did you mean by dual cultivation partner?" He asked one more time.
[You know, for now she would be helping you advance in your cultivation, but you have to mate with her to refine her Yin essence and cultivate it to help with your Yang Essence, it would make your cultivation faster.]
"Then what about my meridian? I thought it was wounded?" He asked, his brows furrowed confused but the little fluff ball turned his head away, as if it didn't get that question and so he began to wonder if he would have to make use of alchemy to help himself.
"..."
"View." Mo Han instructed and the screen changed revealing Bai Rong's Information.
While this was happening, Mo Han was oblivious to someone staring at him from a dark corner, the whole identity shrouded in darkness as if it was a shadow of misfortune, but it was a person covered in nothing but black staring at Mo Han.
"That's him right?" The person asked and another person stepped out of the darkness and into the moon light though not visible enough for Mo Han to see him.
"Yes that's him! He dared to covet my wealth, so I will be sure to teach him a lesson that he would never forget today." The man spat out in rage, his face contorting into a grotesque shade of fury. His bloated, pot-bellied frame strained against the confines of his extravagant robe, as if even the fabric itself was protesting against his existence.
The one shrouded in darkness just hummed in deep thinking.
"Hmm... Be extra careful, I think I smell something different about that boy..." the person mused but the fat bellied man was too angry to even think about it.
"That's impossible, he is just a nobody. Just watch master, today, this father is going to teach that bastard to never look down on his seniors."