Chapter 2: Possible Protagonist

After laughing for a while, Hai Wang calmed down. He had discovered some problems.

It was related to his current identity. Right now, he was the younger brother of Ye Yang.

You can tell that this name was full of protagonist aura. Compared to him, Hai Wang… definitely sounded less manly. Viciously cursing the author in his heart, he refocused.

Ye Yang and he both were studying under the medical saint called Ye Tianyu, who was also a very powerful Warrior.

According to the information he extracted from memories of the owner of this body, Ye Yang was an orphan.

During his travel, Ye Tianyu came across Ye Yang and took him as his disciple. He taught him formidable martial arts and even imparted to him his own understanding and skills of being a doctor. Ye Tianyu treated Ye Yang as his own son and did everything to make him more capable.

However, although Hai Wang was also his disciple, his attitude towards him was completely different. Hai Wang has been 'learning' from him for over two years now but he has nothing to show for it. It wasn't because Hai Wang was incapable but rather this crafty Ye Tianyu was extremely reluctant to teach him anything.

If so, why doesn't he just break their master-disciple relationship? The primary reason is Hai Wang's background. The second reason is he owes Hai Wang's Family.

The entire reason why Ye Tianyu accepted Hai Wang as a disciple was because he got an ancient medicinal journal that supposedly contained the secrets of the Longevity Pill from the Hai Family.

In exchange for that journal, he promised to accept Hai Wang as his disciple and teach him martial arts. However, judging from his behavior till now, obviously, he has no intention of teaching him anything.

However, Ye Tianyu is really clever. He has deliberately not torn faces with him even if he didn't teach anything, only delaying with excuses. He also repeatedly mentioned how talented Ye Yang was, and how he should learn and look up to his senior brother.

Hai Wang has no doubt that Ye Tianyu was trying to him submissive to Ye Yang, trying to make him listen to everything Ye Yang says obediently. All of this was to gain access to his background with him as the medium. He wanted Hai Wang to be Ye Yang's backup.

Hai Wang's identity was really special. He was even known as the prince of Magic City! His family, Hai Family is a giant. His grandfather has a deep connection with the government, his father was called the leader of Magic City and even his mother owns an MNC worth trillions!

Knowing all this, if Hai Wang still didn't understand that he was already caught up in the dog plot, then he has read novels till now in vain and he has shamed his fellow Otaku brothers and sisters.

Everything was perfectly set up for Ye Yang. He has no doubt that he was a protagonist, most likely with a similar plot line to Urban Medical God or something.

The problem he encountered was this: since Ye Tianyu was a powerful warrior, he would obviously sense changes in Hai Wang's strength.

Although he could always say that he got some miraculous opportunity, Hai Wang doesn't want to raise Ye Tianyu's suspicions, or worse, make him suspect that he was holding a treasure. In that case, the consequences would be devastating.

"System, do you have a way for me to disguise my strength?" In the end, he could only rely on the system to solve this problem.

[Skills for disguising strength aren't available in Level 1 Mall. It is only available in a higher level Mall. But if the host is desperate, system can help you out in exchange for some Villain Points]

The end of Hai Wang's lips twitched inadvertently. Just five minutes ago he praised the system, but now it seems like he was too hasty!

But grumbling wasn't going to do anything. So he asked, "well, how much Villain Points?" He was willing to sacrifice some points if he could stay under the radar until he has figured everything out. He was being cautious for sure, but it was necessary.

When dealing with a potential protagonist and his greatest helper, he has to be careful. As a villain, he cannot make mistakes like the protagonist and get out scot-free.

[1,000 Villain Points per day. System will disguise the host's strength, appearing as if he is in the Early Stage Silver Realm. Even immortals wouldn't be able to tell that you are in disguise, much less Ye Tianyu!]

"1,000 Villain Points?" Hai Wang thought for a moment and nodded as if coming to a decision. "Alright, disguise me for a day."

[Happy doing business!]

[Current Villain Point is 9,000. Does the host want to open his stats panel?]

Hai Wang didn't feel anything when the system did his thing. He can only hope that this system wasn't playing around.

"Well, open the stats panel. Let's see what it is."

His voice only fell that a floating holographic blue panel appeared in front of his eyes. It is partially filled with rows of texts.

…

[Host: Hai Wang]

[Age: 24]

[Strength: Early Stage Dark Realm]

[Charm: 95]

[Karmic Luck: 120]

[Villain Points: 9,000]

[Skills: God's Vision]

[Mall Level: 1]

…

After taking a brief look at the status panel, Hai Wang didn't find anything eye-catching.

"System, open the Mall for me." He said.

Immediately, a vast array of items, skills, equipment, pills, and likes presented itself in front of Hai Wang, almost making him dizzy. Furthermore, the price of those things was tens of thousands and even hundreds of thousands of Villain Points. Hai Wang immediately realized that he was, in fact, a poor man.

After swiping the panel to browse through the items a couple of times, Hai Wang gave up and directly asked the system, "Is there anything that I can buy that would improve my strength substantially?"

[With host current Villain Points, he can get Foundation Refining Pill. Host's foundation of strength is poor. If you want to be able to leapfrog in future battles or rise higher in strength, a durable foundation is necessary. Foundation Refining Pill is a good option for that and it is extremely cheap right now because it is sold at a 90% discount, only costing 5,000 Villain Points!]

The system replied immediately, fearing that Hai Wang didn't about this wonderful deal.

"What? 90% discount? You buy one for me immediately!" Hai Wang bought it directly. When he ate Dark Realm Upgrade Pill, he also felt a strange hollowness, now he understood that it must be because of his weak foundation! This pill was literally the thing he needed the most currently!

After the system bought the pill, it appeared on Hai Wang's palm. It was a sparkling, crystal clear pill and it was cold to touch. He thought for a moment and didn't eat it immediately.

He swiftly began descending the mountain. Ye Yang and Ye Tianyu lived in huts around the peak of the mountain, but Hai Wang lived in a villa at the foot of the mountain. He tried living inside the hut at the beginning but as a man from a modern city, he couldn't withstand the environment. Furthermore, who wants to stay with two stinky men?