Chapter 43 My Junior Brother's Happy Life (Part 1) My Junior Brother, I'll Spoil Him...
When Song Ce opened his eyes, he found that the body was sitting cross-legged in a cave, with its hands forming a mudra, indicating that it was cultivating. He simply adopted the posture of this body and began to receive the memories.
This world is a realm of cultivation. The original owner was born into a farming family in a remote mountain village. His mother passed away after giving birth to him, leaving the father and son to depend on each other for survival.
When the original owner was six years old, his father was framed and imprisoned for offending a powerful figure in the county. After enduring torture, his body gave out and he died, leaving the original owner, a mere child, to struggle to survive in this world.
Later, on a snowy night, when the original owner was being bullied by beggars in the county town, he was rescued by Qin Muqing, a nominal elder of the Qingyun Sect who happened to be passing by. Qin Muqing saw that he had excellent aptitude, so he took him under his wing and taught him carefully. In less than a year, the original owner broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage.
Qin Muqing was overjoyed and personally gave him the nickname "Junming," meaning "to see the phoenix soaring towards the rising sun," wishing him a bright future and widespread fame.
Although Qin Muqing's cultivation level is only at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, he is extremely skilled in painting and calligraphy. He adheres to the principle of "following one's heart" and is a rare Buddhist-like person in the cultivation world.
Since taking in the original body, he has devoted himself to teaching it. In addition, the original body has been cultivating diligently. In just five years, the original body has reached the early stage of the Golden Core realm.
Later, Qin Muqing simply took the original body with him to travel around and train. When they passed through the Demon Rain Realm, Qin Muqing unexpectedly saved a mortal woman who had fallen into the hands of a demonic cultivator. After spending some time together, the two developed feelings for each other.
Naturally, Qin Muqing and Lin Wan got married.
Seeing his master Qin Muqing and his mistress Lin Wan so loving, the original owner felt very comforted. He had lost his parents at a young age and valued family ties the most. Now that he saw Qin Muqing so sweet and happy, the original owner felt at ease to bid farewell to his master and mistress, saying that he wanted to go to the Great Thousand World to gain experience on his own.
Qin Muqing smiled and agreed, but before leaving, the original owner of the body personally left Qin Muqing a soul jade, telling him that if he encountered danger, he should crush the soul jade and he would definitely come back.
The original owner of this body possessed exceptional talent, having dual spiritual roots of metal and fire. During his training, he encountered a fortuitous encounter and broke through to the Nascent Soul stage in just eight years. Thus, the original owner happily returned to the home where his master and mistress lived, carrying the rare and precious materials he had collected over the years. However, upon arrival, he only found a dilapidated and collapsed hut.
Could it be that Master and Mistress have returned to the sect?
Thinking this, the original owner quickly arrived at Qingyun Sect, only to receive news of her master Qin Muqing's death.
It turned out that Lin Wan became pregnant a year after the original owner left.
You must understand that Lin Wan was just an ordinary woman. For her to give birth to the offspring of Qin Muqing, who was at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, was almost a matter of life and death. She could lose her life if she was not careful.
So Qin Muqing searched desperately and actually found a secret realm. It is said that this secret realm is only open to Golden Core cultivators. Inside the secret realm is a bottle of pill called the Protection Pill. This pill can ignore the mother's cultivation level. Even a mortal woman can give birth to a child for a high-level cultivator.
It is well known that the higher the cultivation level of a cultivator, the more difficult it is to leave behind descendants. As soon as this news came out, many old monsters rushed to this ancient secret realm.
Qin Muqing's cultivation level was only considered average. How could a mere mid-stage Golden Core cultivator like him possibly have a chance to conquer such a coveted secret realm? The moment he obtained the Protective Pill, he was targeted by the inner disciples of the White Cloud Sect.
Although he was a nominal elder of the Qingyun Sect, he had been traveling for many years. After his only disciple left, he was left to fight alone. How could one person defeat a group of disciples from the sect? With his mid-stage Golden Core cultivation, he struggled for more than two months before being seriously injured and unable to defeat the enemy.
Before this, the Soul Jade in Qin Muqing's arms unexpectedly flew out. He used his last bit of strength to snatch it and swallowed it. His death here today was inevitable, and he couldn't let his only disciple come to his death. However, the Baiyun Sect disciples were on guard against him. Seeing him make a move, they immediately threw countless immobilization talismans at Qin Muqing. In this way, Qin Muqing was immobilized and was pierced through the body by a Baiyun Sect disciple's sword, dying instantly.
Later, after the Baiyun Sect disciples obtained the Protection Pill from the secret realm and presented it to Daoist Changmi, they revealed that Qin Muqing had attempted to send a message before his death. Daoist Changmi was furious and severely reprimanded his disciples. Although he was the seventh elder of the Baiyun Sect, he still had his pride. If others learned that he had ordered his disciples to assassinate righteous people and steal pills for his own selfish desires, endless trouble awaited him.
Therefore, Daoist Changmi used his divination technique on Qin Muqing's corpse and learned that Qin Muqing was a nominal elder of the Qingyun Sect who traveled around all year round, and the person beside him was just an ordinary wife.
The Qingyun Sect has always been timid and fearful of trouble, and Qin Muqing was only a nominal elder. Changmi Daoist was relieved and followed the bloodline guidance of Qin Muqing to find Lin Wan, who was hiding in a mountain village in the mortal world.
On the day Daoist Changmi arrived, Lin Wan gave birth to a son that very night. However, how could a mortal woman bear the burden of a cultivator's offspring? Daoist Changmi calculated that this mortal woman's life would not exceed three months at most.
A relaxed smile spread across his face as he stepped into the house.
Lin Wan, who had just given birth, heard the noise and her eyes lit up: "Husband?" But what awaited her was a blue sword light.
Before she died, Lin Wan bit her lower lip tightly, as if trying to etch that unfamiliar figure into her memory. In her final moments of unconsciousness, she vaguely heard a mocking voice: "Killing you would only dirty my sword."
Not satisfied with Lin Wan's death, Changmi Daoist shattered her soul with a single palm strike before he was at ease.
Looking at the little baby wrapped tightly in red on the wooden bed, Daoist Changmi, with some secret thoughts in his mind, took the baby back to Baiyun Sect and named him Gou'er.
Changmi Daoist naturally didn't have a good attitude towards this "son of an old friend." He would beat and scold Gou'er at the drop of a hat, and if he was slightly dissatisfied, he would make him kneel on the back mountain for a day and a night. At the same time, he also hinted to his disciples that they could humiliate and beat Gou'er at will. In this way, Gou'er stumbled and fell in Baiyun Sect until he was seven years old.
That day, Daoist Changmi was whipping Gou'er when he heard that a Nascent Soul cultivator had gone to Qingyun Sect to look for Qin Muqing. He was shocked and, after inquiring around, he learned that the original body was actually a disciple Qin Muqing had taken in when he traveled to the mortal world. Because he had never brought him back to Qingyun Sect to register his disciple's jade token, the divination technique could not detect the original body's existence.
Changmi Daoist decided to send someone to Qingyun Sect to test the original owner of the body. However, he never expected that the original owner would go so mad. He slaughtered the entire Qingyun Sect with a long sword and then searched their souls one by one. The Baiyun Sect disciples he sent were also not spared from death. They were killed and their souls were searched. In this way, through the fragments of memories of the Baiyun Sect disciples, Changmi Daoist was completely exposed.
The original owner of this body stormed into the Baiyun Sect with a death wish, determined to kill Daoist Changmi to avenge his master and mistress, even at the cost of burning out his lifespan. However, the elders of the Baiyun Sect were not to be trifled with, and in the end, the original owner fought to the very end, and actually only managed to leave Daoist Changmi alive.
What they didn't know was that the dog was locked in the woodshed for a day and a night after being whipped, which allowed it to escape the crisis.
After the dog barely regained consciousness, he pushed open the door of the woodshed with all his might, wanting to go to the kitchen to find some food to fill his stomach. However, what came into view was that Changmi Daoist, who had always bullied him, was lying on the ground like a dead dog, and in front of him was a young man in black, holding a long sword and about to strike him down.
Out of the corner of his eye, Daoist Changmi saw Gou'er. The disgust and hatred in his eyes were like boiling magma, almost about to erupt.
He shouted at the top of his lungs, "My son, hurry!"
A hint of doubt flashed in the dog's eyes. Before he could react, a dark shadow swept past him. He looked at his hands in confusion. Why was there blood dripping onto the ground?
Upon seeing this, Daoist Changmi burst into laughter, his words filled with the manic joy of a vengeful revenge: "Hahahaha! Young man! Do you know who that child was just now?"
The original body stopped.
"He is the only offspring of your good master Qin Muqing! Back then, I sent people to intercept and kill him, and I used the art of deduction to find out the location of his wife. That mortal woman was weak and was killed by me with one sword. I pitied that child who was born without parents, so I simply took him back to the Baiyun Sect, hahahahaha!"
"You deserve to die! You deserve to die! You deserve to die!" The original owner suddenly lost his breath and stumbled to the dog's side. At this time, the dog had obediently closed its eyes, as if it were asleep.
The original owner went completely mad. He concentrated all the spiritual power he could muster into one point and desperately absorbed all the spiritual energy around him. Holding the dog's small body, he detonated the spiritual power when it reached its highest point!
"You...you're insane!!" Before Daoist Changmi could finish speaking, the entire Baiyun Sect exploded at an extremely terrifying speed. Three breaths later, Baiyun Mountain was razed to the ground, and not a single person in the Baiyun Sect survived; they were all wiped out.
The wish of the person making the wish was not difficult. He said that he only had one wish, which was that the person who was tasked with the task could let his junior brother live a carefree and happy life.
Raising children is nothing new to him, but... After accepting the task, Song Ce remained silent for a long time, "Given the original owner's personality, why didn't he also make a wish for his master and mistress?"
702 said calmly, "Their souls have been scattered, so they cannot be selected."
Song Ce said with a sigh, "I see."
702: Alright, host, you can start the task settlement now. Do you want to start?
Song Ce: Activate.
702: Ding! Mission settlement is now open. Mission details are as follows: Protect your wife and daughter from harm, ensure their happiness for life, and bring the bad guys to justice. Completion rate: 100%, Soul Energy gained: 800; Triggered title: Seasoning Master, reward: 100 Soul Energy; Triggered title: Philanthropist, reward: 300 Soul Energy. Due to mission requirements, remaining in the world until the end of your life will not deduct Soul Energy. Total Soul Energy gained from this mission: 1200, current total Soul Energy: 1800.
When the number was announced, even someone as steady as 702 couldn't help but let out a 0.00001 decibel cheer. 702 had a premonition that this mission taker named Song Ce would go very far in the future.
What 702 doesn't know is that this seemingly ordinary soul has actually reached a height that it never dared to imagine.
702 continues broadcasting: ...Randomly dropped reward items x2: [Sleep-inducing Powder x1], item description: a one-time use item that can instantly put any living being into a sleep state for one minute; [Floating Life Fruit x1], item description: a one-time use item that can eliminate evil thoughts, repent for past mistakes, and regret future transgressions, instantly entering a self-purification mode for twelve hours.
Song Ce: "These reward items... don't seem very useful?"
702 nodded. "These two are basically always discounted items in the mall, costing no more than 20 soul energy each."
Song Ce: "..." Oh well, something is better than nothing.
702: The mission participant's soul energy is now greater than 1000, officially unlocking the system shop. The system shop's items are divided into different dimensions, including cultivation, apocalypse, ancient, modern, Western, magic, and future. Each dimension has four main categories: one-time use items, upgradeable items, permanent items, and limited-time items.
Song Ce found these four categories relatively easy to understand. Next, 702 began to explain to him that each category contained things such as various halos, talisman prescriptions, elixir secrets, modern technology, immortal cultivation techniques, spiritual roots and bloodlines, as well as auxiliary items, which can be described as very comprehensive.
Not only that, the system allows users to buy goods produced by the system using soul energy, and also allows users to sell items obtained by the tasker in the small world after the items have been appraised by the platform.
Seeing Song Ce engrossed in the dazzling array of system items in the shop, 702 timely reminded him: "Host, if you choose to purchase system items after entering a world, those items will be valid in this world. However, once you enter the next world, everything you purchased in the previous world, whether it's technology or cultivation techniques, will be recycled by the system. Most importantly, the difficulty of the missions in this world will be increased to a certain extent."
Song Ce: "What?"
702: "Actually, this is easy to understand. If the tasker has the assistance of system items, the difficulty of the task will be reduced. This will directly lead to the tasker's task settlement being affected by the system items after the task is completed, even if the task completion rate is 100%, thus reducing the soul energy reward."
The implication of 702 is to warn Song Ce not to rely too much on the auxiliary items on the system's trading platform.
Upon hearing this, Song Ce pondered and said, "Then, since I used the Divine Chef's Secret Recipe in the last world, does that mean my Soul Energy reward value for the last mission was reduced?"
"No, host," 702 said. "The Divine Chef's Recipe is a reward item from your first world. Reward items obtained from all missions are not included in the scope of the system's auxiliary items."
Song Ce nodded, indicating that he understood.
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Author's Note: A dazzling debut in the world of cultivation! The story has undergone some revisions and may have some shortcomings. I will work on refining it.
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