Chapter 2: Binding the System

The mountains of the Southern Dao Sect are misty and ethereal, filled with dense spiritual energy.

At the practice grounds of the Xian Dao Tang on Lingxiao Peak, over a dozen pre-selected disciples wait for their entrance qualification assessment.

Su Xi leans against a Fu Sang Shu laden with pale green fruit, her pupils constricting as she stares at a scroll emitting a faint blue light before her—

World: Yunze Dalu.

System: Reversal.

System Points: 0.

System Skills: Locked.

Host: Su Xi.

Reversal Points: 0.

Rank: Cannon Fodder.

Race: Human.

Gender: Female.

Age: 15 years old.

Bone Structure: Thunder-type Heavenly Spiritual Root.

Talent: Profound Mysterious Five-Thunder Jade Body.

【What is this?】 Su Xi is bewildered.

A cute, clear voice rings out, 【The host is currently seeing the basic information of the Reversal System. I am the system intelligence.】

【System intelligence?】 Su Xi wraps one arm around her chest and supports her chin with the other, squinting in thought: 【Can only I see you?】

【Yes, only the bound host can see the existence of the system.】

【What is "cannon fodder"?】

【Cannon fodder means the host will be used as a pawn until death.】

【Which death-wish-having person dares to plot against me!】 Su Xi immediately rolls up her sleeves, looking like she is ready to fight.

【Does the host have a cousin named Xue Fuyi?】

【Yes.】

【Her spiritual root is a mortal-grade mixed spiritual root. The host's spiritual root is a Thunder-type Heavenly Spiritual Root. Xue Fuyi seized the host's spiritual root, sealed the host's Soul with a Soul-Sealing Talisman, and sacrificed it to a Soul Banner.

The Profound Mysterious Five-Thunder Jade Body was also refined into a Thunder-Heart Jade Spirit Bone, transforming her mortal body. Although not as good as the host's original version, it is still a decent Dao Body.

The Sect Leader of the Southern Dao Sect accepted her as a personal disciple. Later, she also gained the deep love of the Yunze Emperor, Feng Yan Di, and finally attained the true fruit of ascension, becoming a pair of immortal lovers.

The world erected monuments and wrote biographies for her titled "Yuan Jun Zhuan," which mentioned the host—Yuan Jun's cousin Su Xi, who lamented the immortal path, died at the hands of bandits on her way home, and Yuan Jun led her fellow disciples to execute the bandits and avenge her cousin.】

Su Xi's butterfly-like lashes droop, and her rosy cheeks gradually lose their color.

Suddenly, she raises her eyes, her dark, cold gaze looking toward the young woman surrounded by the crowd.

Xue Fuyi seems to sense her and looks over as well.

What a beautiful, immortal appearance, reflected in Su Xi's eyes.

Standing beside Xue Fuyi is a round-faced young girl, her own younger sister.

When Xue Mengying sees Su Xi, she snorts in disdain.

Xue Fuyi scolds softly, "Mengying!"

"Sister, she doesn't even share our surname, and we have no blood relation, why be so good to her." Xue Mengying pouts, very dissatisfied.

Along this journey, her sister has been warm and considerate to Su Xi, yet completely indifferent to her—who is the real sister after all!

Those people surrounding Xue Fuyi, hearing Xue Mengying's words, look toward Su Xi, their gazes carrying varying degrees of contempt, whether overt or covert.

Su Xi ignores them; she has long been accustomed to such gazes.

【So, the premise of all this is that she snatched my spiritual root and Dao Body!】

【Yes, host. My existence is to assist the host in reversing the destined fate and changing the original plot. It is just that my current level is too low, and what I can do for the host is limited.】

【How can I make your level higher?】

【The host already knows her original destined ending. Next, she must take actual actions to change fate.

The system will calculate the host's actions; if they are effective, points will be awarded. The greater the change, the more points obtained.

The host can decide for herself how many points to allocate to the system. The system's level will rise with the points, thereby unlocking system skills and other functions.】

【Understood. If we obtain points, we split them fifty-fifty, how about that?】

【The host is generous~ I will assist the host with all my might!】 The system's voice is clearly happy.

A middle-aged man emerges from the Xian Dao Tang; he has a goat-like beard, a thin, long face, and deep-set eyes with a particularly sharp gaze that makes one feel fearful involuntarily.

A Daoist boy bows and salutes, "Greetings, Fifth Elder."

All the pre-selected disciples follow suit, "Greetings, Fifth Elder."

Su Xi steals a glance at Xue Fuyi and Xue Mengying, seeing that they both look excited, and knows this person must be the great-uncle they have been talking about all the way here, the Fifth Elder of the Southern Dao Sect's outer sect, Zhong Yi. Those who are fawning over the Xue sisters are all doing so because of him.

Zhong Yi raises his hand to stroke his beard, surveying this batch of pre-selected disciples. Finally, when he sees Xue Fuyi, a flash of something sinister passes extremely quickly through his narrow, upturned eyes. He coughs low and says, "The assessment was originally scheduled for today, but other pre-selected disciples have not yet arrived, so it is postponed for three days. You have traveled far from home to the Southern Dao Sect and have had a hard journey; you may first go to the Waishiyuan in Lingnan Zhen at the foot of the mountain to rest and tidy up."

The crowd responds, and they are led by the Daoist boy toward Lingnan Zhen.

Just as Xue Fuyi is about to leave, a voice rings in her ear, "Fuyi, you stay behind."

Xue Mengying sees her stop and asks, "Sister?"

"You and Su Xi go down the mountain first. I have something to ask Great-Uncle, and I will join you later."

"I don't want to be with her." Xue Mengying walks off on her own.

Xue Fuyi looks at Su Xi and says sheepishly, "Don't mind her, I'll talk to her later."

"It's fine, then I'll head down the mountain too."

"Alright."

Since she already knew her own ending, Su Xi did not want to be with them any longer.

But to leave, she needed to find a proper excuse; after all, her father, mother, and younger brother were still at the Xue Fu.

She looked at Xue Mengying walking in front; although Xue Fuyi was extremely meticulous and deep, this one was different, wearing everything on her face.

Now that they were separated, perhaps it was the perfect opportunity!

Inside the Xian Dao Tang—

"Greetings, Fifth Elder." Xue Fuyi cupped her hands and bowed.

Zhong Yi's expression was much kinder, "Just call me Great-Uncle in private; the last time I saw you was when you were just born."

"At that time, there were strange celestial phenomena, with auspicious clouds gathering like phoenixes; after you were born, there were five-colored rays of light like colorful silk filling the sky, and hundreds of birds circled above the Xue Family for a long time."

"A few days ago, I received a transmission talisman sent by Deacon Cheng Fang, who is responsible for recruiting disciples. He said there were three sisters in the Yun Du Xue Fu, all possessing spiritual roots, with one being exceptionally gifted, and I thought of you. Sure enough, it was you."

Xue Fuyi fell silent.

It was not the first time she had heard about the strange celestial phenomena at her birth. At first, she had been quite proud, thinking she was a darling of the heavens.

That was until she accidentally learned that Su Xi was born on the same day as her, with only a quarter of an hour difference in their birth times.

Most importantly, the Daoist priest who came to the manor to examine their bone structure had no special comments about her, but when looking at Su Xi, he acted as if she were a rare treasure.

"Great-Uncle, I may not be that person of extraordinary destiny!"

A young Daoist attendant led everyone to the Chuansongtai to travel to Lingnan Zhen via the teleportation array.

Su Xi stood closer to Xue Mengying.

Xue Mengying felt disgust, "If it weren't for your father kneeling and begging my father until his forehead bled, how could a lowly servant girl like you even dream of a place like this Immortal Dao sect?"

Su Xi's face turned cold and dark, anger rising in her heart, but she quickly suppressed it and sneered, "Are you jealous because when the Daoist priest was checking our bone structures, mine was better than yours!"

Xue Mengying looked down on her the most, and this mocking laughter directly provoked her into losing her reason; she raised her hand to slap Su Xi, "Lies, you are lying!"

Su Xi turned her head to dodge, taking the blow on her shoulder instead, and seized the chance to run away, shouting aggrievedly, "This Immortal Dao cannot be cultivated, I won't cultivate it anymore!"

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