Chapter 1: System, You Finally Came

"Brother, I advise you to be kind!"

"A gentleman uses his words, not his hands; hitting people is wrong!"

"Ouch... you'll beat someone to death like this."

Majia Town.

A frail youth was surrounded by four others of the same age.

The frail youth had already been beaten until his face was bruised and swollen.

He discovered that every time he said a word, they would slap him across the face.

So he chose to shut his mouth.

"Speak up, don't you have a lot of high-minded principles?"

A fat youth patted the frail youth's cheek and said disdainfully.

The youth did not speak.

"Slap!"

Another slap landed on the frail youth's face, distorting his features.

"You're quite tough, impressive.

But if I have someone grab your blind sister and slap her a few times, do you think she'll cry?"

The fat youth sneered.

"Don't, don't, don't... I was wrong..."

The youth, who had refused to admit defeat, lowered his head and apologized.

"Where were you wrong?" the fat youth pressed relentlessly.

"I shouldn't have harbored delusions of becoming an immortal, and I shouldn't have competed with you for the spot," the youth said in a low voice.

"That's more like it," the fat youth laughed loudly.

He patted the frail youth's shoulder, "Remember, you are a lowly piece of trash."

The group left arrogantly.

The frail youth was named Yan Xiao, an orphan adopted by Laojiugui.

Laojiugui had also adopted a blind girl named Qingxue; her name was pleasant, and she was beautiful too.

Laojiugui went to Cuihua Pavilion to drink flower wine every day and accidentally drank himself to death.

He left Yan Xiao and Qingxue to rely on each other for survival.

Watching the backs of those young masters from wealthy families as they walked away, Yan Xiao felt a wave of helplessness.

In truth, if he really fought ruthlessly, it was not certain that he could not beat them.

But he would not do such a thing.

For one, he could not implicate his sister Qingxue, and for another, he was relatively mature.

Inside his body lived a soul of a different age than his actual one.

After playing games all night following the college entrance exam, he had inexplicably arrived in this world.

He knew this world was different from Earth; here, there were cultivators who could fly through the sky and burrow into the earth, martial artists with immense strength, and Demon Beasts of massive size.

Yet, he had always been unable to step onto the path of immortality.

Yesterday, cultivators from Luoxia Mountain came down the mountain to recruit disciples, and Majia Town had eight spots, one of which was his.

But the fat youth's family had immense influence and forcibly tampered with his spot, changing it to the fat youth's cousin.

Today he wanted to ask for the reason, and as a result, he was beaten up by them.

He felt quite unwilling in his heart.

To lose the opportunity to cultivate immortality like this was indeed a pity.

Touching his swollen cheek, Yan Xiao could not help but sigh.

Others who transmigrated were always acting cool and slapping faces, while he... could only be beaten; it was truly stifling.

"System, oh System... give me an immortality cultivation system!"

Yan Xiao shouted in his heart.

He promised that if he had a system, he would definitely cultivate properly, not act cool, not slap faces, and not build a harem...

"Ding: Congratulations to the host, 【Sword Demon System】 activated."

Huh?

A system? Is it really a system?

"Yes, you heard that right; it is a powerful, cool, and awesome system."

"Sword Demon System! It looks very powerful."

Yan Xiao opened the operation panel, and seeing the name of the system, Yan Xiao felt a little excited.

"Not very powerful, it is extremely powerful!" the system emphasized.

Hmm.

Yan Xiao grinned, which pulled at the muscles on his face, making him wince in pain.

"Ma Pangzi, you just wait... hahaha."

Yan Xiao thought happily.

What he had just said about not acting cool had already been forgotten.

"System, grant me power!"

Yan Xiao shouted aloud.

"Very well, Owner, the Sword Demon System has been activated for you, and you have obtained one Magic Sword."

The Magic Sword requires charging, consuming 10 points of Fear Value each time it is used.

Fear Value can be extracted from living beings.

It can be used to strengthen the Magic Sword and redeem items from the System Mall.

Magic Sword grades: Mortal Grade, Middle Grade, Superior Grade, Peak Grade, Spirit Tool, Immortal Tool, Ancient Divine Artifact.

Current Fear Value is zero."

Yan Xiao held the Mortal Grade Magic Sword; the blade was as black as ink, and it felt ice-cold to the touch.

Yan Xiao was so fond of it he could not bear to put it down.

Collect Fear Value?

"Does it mean I have to scare other people?"

Yan Xiao asked.

"Yes, Owner."

Is that so? That's a bit offensive to others.

However, for the sake of cultivation, for the sake of becoming strong, I'm sorry...

Walking down the street, Yan Xiao looked left and right.

He prepared to try collecting Fear Value.

Who should he find as a test subject? He couldn't just kick everyone he saw.

Suddenly, he saw a man trying to steal a young girl's purse.

A good opportunity.

You're the one!

Yan Xiao approached the man nonchalantly, and just as the man was about to steal the item, he grabbed the man's hand.

"Stealing things?" Yan Xiao smiled, "Stealing is wrong."

Ding: Fear Value +1

Huh, it works.

Yan Xiao was delighted.

"Ah, a thief."

The girl gave Yan Xiao a grateful look and hurriedly ran away.

Girl's Fear Value +2.

"Kid, don't be a busybody."

Fear Value +1.

Don't be a busybody? Then how will the Fear Value increase?

"Brother, don't get excited; excitement hurts the liver," Yan Xiao said with a smile, while the Black Sword in his hand showed no mercy, stabbing the man in the buttocks.

"Ah...!" A scream rang out.

The people around were all startled, Fear Value +1+1+1+2+2.....

Yan Xiao was beaming with joy.

"I'm bleeding..." the big man said nervously.

"Hmm, I reckon you'll die," Yan Xiao nodded and said with a straight face.

Fear Value +2+2+2....

The big man was scared out of his wits; he thought this youth was a ruthless person.

Especially that pitch-black long sword, it was truly terrifying.

Fear Value +2+2

"Young hero, I don't want to die. I have an eighty-year-old daughter and an eight-year-old mother at home; I can't die, please let me go," the big man begged.

In truth, Yan Xiao had only broken the big man's skin to teach him a little lesson.

Hearing his words, Yan Xiao chuckled, "Hurry back and bandage it up, otherwise you really will die once the blood runs dry."

Fear Value +2+2.

The big man fled in a panic.

The people around saw Yan Xiao and all revealed expressions of fear, avoiding him one after another.

Fear Value +1+1+1+1+1...

Checking the backend, the Fear Value had soared directly to 200, and Yan Xiao was overjoyed.

Seeing that the System Mall had Spirit Pills for sale, from grade one to nine, the cheapest was a Grade One Pill, priced at 100 Fear Value.

There were two types of Grade One Pills; one was the Spirit Qi Pill, a pill to increase cultivation.

The other was the Attribute Pill, which could activate a person's attributes.

There were five attributes: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.

Yan Xiao looked them over and decided to buy one Spirit Qi Pill first to try it out.

The Spirit Pill melted upon entering his mouth, and a turbulent current flowed slowly through his whole body, nourishing his physique.

"Ding: Congratulations to the Owner for a great advancement in cultivation; current cultivation is Body Tempering Level 1," the system prompt came.

So this is how cultivation begins?

Yan Xiao felt as if he were in a dream.

But his body had indeed become stronger.

Suppressing the wild joy in his heart, Yan Xiao strode toward home.

He had been out for so long, the little girl must be worried.

Thinking of the little girl's eye ailment, Yan Xiao secretly vowed to himself that he must find a way to restore her sight in the future.

Walking to the entrance of his home, he saw many people clamoring and talking about something.

Yan Xiao vaguely heard words like "dead person," "terrifying," "murder," and "monster."

Yan Xiao's heart tightened, "It couldn't be that something happened to the little girl, could it?"

He hurriedly pushed through the crowd and walked inside, only to see a pool of blood at the entrance, staining the ground red.

The front gate had also been smashed to pieces, with Wood splinters scattered all over the floor.

Yan Xiao's nervous state reached its peak, and he stumbled as he ran into the courtyard.

"Girl... Qingxue...!" Yan Xiao shouted loudly.