How to fool the Newbie System 2

Wen Qi had been planning this for a while now.

The moment he understood his situation, the system had come online and it had been nagging him since then.

It did not even ask if he was willing to bind with it and just started trying to get his attention.

Its immature and feminine voice did not do much to hide its excitement.

That alone was enough to tell Wen Qi a bunch of things.

And then it went on and on talking about how strong and invincible it could make him and all the resources that it could give him as long as they went to building the strongest sect in existence.

But how was that possible?

If it was that easy to build the strongest sect, why would it need him to begin with? His suspicions were confirmed when he heard that there were 7 others before him.

A newbie was truly a newbie. With just a few words, it had already agreed to follow Wen Qi for a year and even the mission had changed. The penalty section had disappeared from the HUD in front of him.

"System, since you have agreed to follow me from now on, you have to do everything I say and you will not suffer. Do you have a name? How about I call you Little Sys from now on? It settled then."

[*Blink, blink*…]

That was too fast, wasn't it?

Wen Qi did not give the system much of an option.

It was like training a dog. If you give it too much freedom and many choices, the result might be less than ideal.

Since he said that he would be in charge, he had to show dominance in everything. It was not simple to cheat a system.

At least he had to make sure that the system was convinced that he was smarter in worldly matters.

"Little Sys, was it your idea to give me this family background?"

[Yes. Minister Wen is the strongest Powerhouse in the Great Desolate. With him as your backer, I thought that the sect you build will develop faster.]

"…" Now it was his turn to be speechless.

"Are you stupid or am I stupid not to see your logic? Minister Wen, might be the strongest, but can he take on five opponents at the same time? What about 10, 20, 30… 100?"

"With his position, how many enemies does he have? And here you were trying to force me into building a sect with a death threat. You might as well do the killing yourself."

[But…]

"But nothing. Prime Minister might be powerful, but this is the Ten Thousand Mystic Immortal Dynasty. Will the Sovereign stay silent if he hears that Minister Wen's son built a sect?"

[…]

"Why did you remove the mission?"

[But you said…]

"I did not say that it was impossible. I just said that it was stupid for me as the Prime Minister's son to do it."

[Then who will do it.]

"Of course you will do it."

[Me? That's not possible.]

"Let's not think about it first. Tell me what resources you can set aside for this mission."

[I can give anything as long as it is used to develop the sect. There is no limitation to the resources available.]

"What about techniques, treasures, and all that?"

[The system will provide everything. The only rule is that resources should not be wasted.]

"If that was all, why do I need a sentient system anyway? You must have at least had a rough outline of the sect that you wanted me to establish, right?"

[Yes, according to the plan I had, you would open a sect and recruit a disciple or two and then grow gradually from there. I estimate that the sect would have been the strongest in the Great Desolate in a thousand years.]

"You're quite stupid if I must say."

[…]

"Just look at me? What right do I have to teach others? I am weaker than a chicken and might die at any time. Who would want to be my disciple?"

[But the rewards…]

"And how am I going to explain it? A wastrel like me just woke up one day with a heaven-defying physique and unimaginable strength and went out to build a sect? Who would believe that? And the resources, such wealth would surely attract all the experts of the world to come knocking on my door."

[I was going to make you strong enough to handle the situation. And if you develop your sect well enough, nobody will mess with you.]

"Tell me then how your previous hosts died?"

[…]

"Just listen to me obediently from now on. If I fail to impress you by the end of the year, we can go with your plans."

Wen Qi was not just spouting nonsense to cheat the system. Most of the things he had said were indeed possible, but that was far-fetched speculations that might and might not happen.

The Ten Thousand Mystic Immortal Dynasty had stood for hundreds of thousands of years and had not collapsed even once.

It was stupid to think that a simple sect would pose a threat to the dynasty but it was possible to cause some substantial damage.

His background was also solid enough or else Minister Wen would not be Prime Minister for hundreds of years. And it would instead attract countless people to join his sect.

But was that a good thing?

It was already clear that the system would cover everything, but what about his father? He could not explain his wealth and he was sure that showing it would attract some eyes that were best left focused elsewhere.

Even if the Dynasty did not take action against the sect, would other sects stay still and watch his sect prosper? That was impossible.

The Dynasty had suppressed millions of empires and kingdoms and within these lands, there were also other forces like sects, family clans, and alliances that banded together for interests.

It was impossible for him to come and overtake them just because he was Minister Wen's son.

And who was to say that his father would support him?

Minister Wen was only one person. Would he stay by his side forever? He had already been killed once, it was better not to try it a second time.