Dreams and Ambitions

"This..."

Yi Xuan was left stunned after seeing that message. Tears started welling up as he thought,

'Wow, the gods did not forsake me; I did get a transmigration gift after all!'

Yi Xuan looked fixedly at the screen before sighing.

"What do I choose? I thought I would be a loser who could only stay low in a small farming town, but this could change everything."

Yi Xuan was in quite a dilemma. But this was only because he had no idea how good the rewards of this prestige would be.

'This could be a total scam, and I would have no one to complain to. It is precarious and may not give me the results I want.'

'I have never seen a bad system, but it is just too vague.'

'Well, I will sleep on it and decide in the morning.'

Yi Xuan fell asleep and soon had a dream.

It was a dream of him in a small town. Yi Xuan was relatively older, looking to be in his middle years. He was walking through town, and all the citizens bowed to him in reverence. Some bowed down in fear as they saw him walking.

Yi Xuan could feel his power was still at the first rank of qi refining, but he didn't care as he walked to a big mansion on the most prominent hill near the town.

He would drink, eat, and sleep with beautiful ladies from the villages everyday. That was his routine throughout the years.

However, one day something happened. A lone female walked through the city. She had one blade on her back, and a hood covered her head.

Men tried to come up to her and hit on her. They stopped after she knocked a guy through a couple of walls.

Yi Xuan felt the commotion and hurriedly went to see what was happening. He heard a fairy was walking down the main street, and was extremely powerful. Yi Xuan felt confident in his powers as a cultivator so he didn't have any fear.

He walked through the main street with his head held high as anyone causing trouble was usually just a mere mortal.

That was until he saw the lady in green who walked as if she was a fairy. The mortals who didn't cultivate couldn't feel how terrifying that woman was, but Yi Xuan could feel the horrifying pressure from her.

But it wasn't just her strength that surprised Yi Xuan; it was her face. They both looked at each other from tens of meters away.

It was the same face he had seen decades ago on a young girl in the Flaming Sun sect. That same face was as cute as ever but held a matureness and beauty that trumped the face of her younger self.

When the woman saw Yi Xuan, she had happiness in her eyes and slight pity.

This fairy was Frey Hope, the little sister of Hansel and Yi Xuan's good friend.

Yi Xuan called out to her and invited her to his house.

They chatted over tea. Frey was the only one talking. She talked about all the adventures she had gone on, the danger she faced but also the happy times she had when she found a mana hot spring. Her strength was at an unparalleled level now due to her fierce training.

However, when Yi Xuan heard this and saw Frey's face, he felt weak. He felt as if he was nothing compared to the whole world. He still held the façade of being the fun nonchalant elder brother but it was hard for him to do it without having cracks showing.

When he saw the pity in her eyes as he talked about his mundane life in this small village, he felt angry, not at her but himself. That system notification would be put up every day after that first time.

After a while, it only popped up weekly, then monthly. Soon, years would go by without it popping up. He never gave it a chance once.

He was scared, scared that he would lose everything he worked for. Although it was a meager chance it would happen, he still didn't risk it.

All this cowardness made him a drunk womanizer who used his status for cruel things. He lost that second chance he was given when he came to this world.

He slowly looked at Frey as she was talking. By this time, it had been three days, and they were still hanging out. This time the same familiar screen popped up.

<Would you like prestige and change your fate? Say, "I will prestige!">

Yi Xuan gritted his teeth as he looked at this. Frey noticed his weird change but didn't say anything as she stood silent.

What did I want to do back then? Have a comfortable life? Just because I don't have talent? Why should that stop me from going higher? Who said talent was everything? Didn't the great Human Emperor start by just being an ordinary mortal born from mortal parents?

The emotions he held for so many years burst out. Qi burst out of his body as he broke through to qi refining stage two. Frey sat as she saw this, a slight smile on her face.

"He has finally seemed to understand the mistake he made all those years ago. Sadly, it is too late."

Frey could be seen slowly whispering to herself before leaving.

Yi Xuan didn't notice as he let out his emotions.

"Why do I have to be ordinary? Why can't I be strong? I will become strong! So I can say that I did the best I can in this new world!"

After the outburst, the qi finally stopped as Yi Xuan sat down with tears in his eyes. Wiping them, he stood up with a new expression.

"I will grow to heights never seen before. I WILL PRESTIGE!"

....

While Ye Xuan was having the dream, he slept and talked a few lines.

"Why... weak. I am no pooper scooper anymore. Strong. I. Will. Prestige."

It was all a jumbled mess as he seemed to be having a nightmare, but the system still caught it and started the process.

<Starting prestige, 1 hour remaining.>