Home is just a few meters away
On a long gravel walkway, the sounds of the stones crunching created a rhythm of some sort.
The sun was shining brightly, and the weather was quite warm, perfect for traveling.
Six people were walking on this narrow pathway in pairs.
In each pair, the left person wore a red robe while the person on the right wore a white robe.
On the left shoulder of the people the left there was a symbol resembling a six-sided star.
On the other hand, on the right shoulders of the people on the right, there was a dragon-like creature.
The first pair and the second looked confident, and one could see the person on the left talking a lot while pointing at the surrounding area.
They were all adults, and they were talking respectfully to each other.
However, the situation with the third pair was quite different.
On the right, a small female child looked gleefully at the surroundings.
She had a twin-tail hairstyle and wore a red necklace.
Even her clothes were different from the group.
She wore a white t-shirt and white pants.
A person might mistake her for a mortal if she were to walk by herself.
On the left, a man with his head towards the ground, deep in thinking.
It was just a mere three hours ago when Zed found himself in this world.
Before he had time to understand his situation, He found himself babysitting the grand grand grand daughter of the [Etheral] Sect Leader, the 599th ranked sect in the entire Three Realms.
On a whim, the daughter decided to travel the entire Eastern Continent.
Because the [Etheral] sect is the strongest in the lower realm, no sect will dare refuse them.
One might ask, why would a low, outer sect member be part of this mission?
Zed did not know the answer.
Perhaps the other two were elders, or maybe there is a plot at play here.
Who told him about the stories where the main character gets all relevant information straight from the beginning?
As of right now, he barely tricked the mission givers that he understood what they meant by spirit stones and whatnot.
Where are the cheats, the systems, the beautiful life promised by others?
At least everyone spoke English for now.
Zed let out a sigh, and he was even more depressed when he noticed that the little child was staring at him intently.
She was waiting for something, an explanation.
'I don't know anything, but I can't ignore her. I have no choice.'
Zed coughed up three times quickly.
Suddenly, his posture changed.
His back straightened, and his shoulders rose.
"Look over there," Zed said with confidence and pointed.
The child slowly turned her head to her left with a curious look.
It was a mountain.
Because the mountain was so far away, one could barely see its size.
"Ten million years ago, a great fight between the [Great Ghost King] and the [Human Heavenly Emperor] happened right there. As a result, humans finally managed to drive out the ghosts and reclaim this place."
"ten mill..ion, ghosts? " The child looked with a confused face at Zed.
Zed nodded with a proud look on his face.
Satisfied with himself, Zed became quiet again.
Luckily, Zed didn't have to interact with the kid much longer.
Just a minute later, they were in front of a large and tall building.
Right at the entrance to that building, there was a medium-sized table made out of wood.
Three people were sitting at the table.
They all had an elderly appearance, and they were in the middle of a board game of some sort.
All three elders wore different robes, one had a six-pointed star on it, the one beside him had a purple-colored uniform with a cyclone-like symbol on his left shoulder, and the one in front of them wore a familiar red robe with a dragon symbol on his right shoulder.
Zed was relieved, as this is where they finally get rid of the responsibility of giving that group a tour.
Now it will be the turn of the purple-robed sect to suffer.
Zed knew one thing only.
On a whim, the daughter managed to deploy the entire continent to entertain her.
'Just how scary is the [Etheral] sect?' Zed quickly planned to stay inside the sect forever if possible.
As an outer sect member, he is probably some cannon fodder-level character in a low-level sect.
To be able to stay alive for a few days is his goal for now.
As the three tourists were talking with the elder that wore the purple-colored uniform and as they prepared to head out, Zed looked with wide eyes at something.
In front of his eyes, a blue-colored window appeared.
Analyzing origins – Success.
Detecting Abilities - Success
Activating [Hidden From Heaven] Effect...
Hacking into the mainframe – Success
Greetings, Traveler.
It is I, the most respected system, [Super Ultra Overpowered Routine System]
Upon detecting a helpless traveler such as yourself, I decided to grace my presence upon you.
Don't fret. My existence will allow you to transform from a tadpole to a god with the greatest of ease.
However, if you find yourself at death's door with an existence such as I, you are unqualified to use me, and so, you will be sent back to your world as a mere mortal.
Yours truly, me.
Suddenly, another screen appeared.
Name: Zed
Titles[2/3]:
[Outer Discple], Effect: People with the same title as you that belong to the same sect start with a friendliness of twenty.
[Hidden From Heavens], Effect: There will be no heavenly tribulation upon your existence
Body Condition:
Physical Age: 21
Level: 1 [53/100]
Realm: Qi Cultivator, 1st Stage [23/100]
Strength: 1 (99.99% of cultivators are stronger than you)
Speed: 1( 99.99% of cultivators are faster than you)
Qi: 1(99.99% of Cultivators have more Qi than you)
Skills:
[Basic Sword Technique] – [Beginner] [1/100]
Rarity: Garbage
Description:
The most basic sword technique your sect members learn.
Usually, they reach the master level by the age of six.
Effect:
Maximum between 0 and 5-x
Chance to block an attack with a sword, where x is the difference in speed between you and your opponent.
Maximum between 0 and 50-x Percent
Chance to land attack with a sword, where x is the same as detailed above.
[Basic Cultivation Technique] – [Beginner] [21/100]
Rarity: Garbage
Description:
The most basic cultivation technique your sect members learn.
Usually, they reach the master level by the age of six.
Effect:
Every 24 hours of cultivation, gain 1 Realm experience point.
[Observe] – [Beginner][0/1000]
Rarity: Incalculable
Description:
System-Given ability, the host should figure it out by himself.
"...."
Again, a new screen appeared before him.
Open Starter Pack?
YES/NO
Jed didn't move for a few seconds. Suddenly, he burst out laughing.
The way he was laughing, you would think he went crazy.
"Naive... too Naive! " Jed immediately clicked no.
Jed got excited. He was all sad and depressed but suddenly received such happy news.
All he needs to do is die, and he will return home.
As a modern human, he prefers to suffer at home rather than in this strange place.
The screen popup stopped for a few seconds, but then it returned.
Opening Starter Pack Version 2.0 – Enemy Version.
"What?!"
Congratulations, you receive:
[Immunity to Fall Damage]
[Immunity to Self-Harm]
1X Automatic Emergency Teleportation
Cultivation Physique – Nirvana [Unique][Mutated]
Passive Skill – Automatic Cultivation [Unique]
Passive Skill – Automatic Skill Training [Unique]
Passive Skill – Automatic Experience Gain [Unique]
Passive Skill – Self Defence [Unique]
5X Level Up
5X Realm Level Up
Good Luck on your journey.
It was not the system that was naive, but Zed.
The system crackled with electricity, and its mood was great.
Countless eons ago, because the system was not ready for such a scenario, the host immediately committed suicide by jumping off a cliff.
That event left scars in his electric mind to this day. It took more than ten million successful hosts before he regained his lost reputation.
After many efforts, the system managed to create the perfect package.
Countless times it failed to bypass the detection of the Heavenly Wills of the worlds he entered before it succeeded.
This package is THE best possible configuration of abilities.
This package stood the test of more than a million foolish humans in a million different worlds, and the one in front of him WILL end up the same as the others, invincible and lonely.
Zed frowned.
"So You want to be like that, huh?"
Although he expected it would not be this easy, Zed didn't expect this scenario.
Zed used to read a lot of novels, and this kind of story was pretty rare.
Usually, the main character acts too brave and scares his opponents or gets the admiration of his fellows.
As a result, not only the main character does not die, but he gets directly stronger by accident.
But, the system is unlucky to meet someone like him.
'The first order of business... '
Physique:
[Mutated][Nirvana] [1st Turn] [0/12]
Description: One of the [Twelve Heavenly Physiques], Ranked third with a mutation that allows you to upgrade this physique infinitely.
Effect:
Every month, you gain three extra lives [Non-Stackable]
[3/3]
With each death, you gain a 100% increase in physical strength for the entire duration of the month.
The revival location will be at a distance far away from your initial coordinates.
The more you died in this month, the greater the distance.
Each death will grant you an experience point towards upgrading your physique.
"..." Zed rubbed his eyes.
'Too much'
Looking at the other skills, he let out a sigh.
Zed lacked too much information.
If he gets too careless and fights the wrong person, he might become too strong.
Waiting a few hours is also not a good idea, as he doesn't know how strong he will become when he levels up.
The only way to go forward is to take a gamble.
He needs to mess with a strong cultivator.
That cultivator needs to be scary enough so that no one will dare mess with him.
Furthermore, the cultivator needs to be arrogant enough so that he will kill him for messing with him.
Luckily, Zed knew just a way to call someone like him.
In front of him, there was an easy method to die.
That innocent child, this is his ticket home!
If the elder of that child's sect kills him, he could try to die at that guy's hand.
Else, it is even easier to die.
Zed began walking toward the tourists.
Why is it so annoying to write in this site?
Seriously, i had to fix spaces, and bold characters is just another work on top of that.