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Hey everyone, this book was sadly dropped due to a bunch of reasons,
Im in the process of writing a book quite similar which will be released in a mass upload of 30+ chapters on June 4th on this account. Stay tuned ^^

Chapter 931 – City Protection Legion Corps Marshal

 Ouyang Shuo gave a smile that did not look like a smile as he looked at Yang Guang, "Why must I help you?"

 "If Xia King helps me get rid of him, you'll get a strong ally in Great Sui." Yang Guang promised.

 Ouyang Shuo shook his head, "Not enough!"

 In the foreseeable future, Yang Guang probably would not become the ruler of Great Sui.

 Yang Guang also knew that one empty promise could not tempt him. Even if he was the person, it would not work, "What conditions do you want? Please speak."

 "Nice!" Ouyang Shuo nodded, "I need a person."

 "Who?"

 Ouyang Shuo said, "Lai Hu'er."

 The Lai Hu'er that Ouyang Shuo called out came from the Lai family. He joined the Sui army in the early years, helping to calm down the Chen Dynasty and the Jiangnan Rebellion, accumulating credit and being promoted. 

 During the Daye time period, he was in charge of three missions to Goguryeo to calm down the Yang Xuangan rebellion. Following which, he followed Emperor Yang of Sui into Jiangdu.

 618 AD, there was a coup in Jiangdu, and when Emperor Yang of Sui was assassinated, Lai Hu'er fell too.

 "This..."

 Yang Guang hesitated. Lai Hu'er could be said to be one of the generals that were the closest to him. To gift him to Great Xia like that, Yang Guang could not bear to.

 When Ouyang Shuo saw that, he did not rush him and just casually drank his tea.

 Seeing this, Yang Guang gritted his teeth and nodded, "Okay, I'll promise you. Only one thing though, how is the king going to help me?"

 Ouyang Shuo smiled, "I can designate you as the contact for trading to be in charge of Great Sui and Great Xia trade."

 When Yang Guang heard that, he smiled; he could not help but feel impressed. The person opposite was truly a smart person.

 Based on power in the court, Yang Guang did not lose out to Yang Yong. All he lacked was a reason to interfere in politics. If not, he could only hide behind the scenes. 

 Using the identity of trading contact, he had a reason to walk to the front and even take charge of Great Sui diplomacy, which would increase his influence on the Imperial Court.

 Although the matter seemed simple, only Great Xia could help him out in this matter.

 Ouyang Shuo leisurely looked at Yang Guang, "In Quanzhou, Great Xia can be said to have some power. If you have any inconvenient matters, you can ask us for help."

 When Yang Guang heard that, his eyes lit up. He did not hesitate any longer, and he cupped his fists, "Do not worry my king, Lai Hu'er will come over to Shanhai City to report soon."

 It was not that Yang Guang was rash. However, Yang Yong knew many of Great Sui's secrets, which placed Yang Guang in a really bad situation. If Great Xia helped him, the situation would naturally be different.

 Ouyang Shuo smiled.

 He revealed the arrangements of the Shanhai Guards in Quanzhou to help Yang Guang; this would also protect them. In the last few days, Shen Buhai had reported that Great Sui was investigating spies in Quanzhou.

 It seemed like not long later, many of the Shanhai Guard spies would be dug up. Rather than that, why not help protect these spies and also give Yang Guang the ability to fight against Yang Yong?

 A Great Sui that had internal conflicts was really beneficial to Great Xia.

 With the meetings handled, Yang Guang took his leave.
 ************
 8th month, 17th day, Yang Guang brought back the Great Xia promise of free trade to Quanzhou, completing his mission. The morning of the next day, Lai Hu'er and his family headed toward Great Xia.

 Ouyang Shuo got the report and sent men to make arrangements for his family. He would receive Lai Hu'er in the Wuying Palace.

 The Lai Hu'er in the game was 40 years old. He had a high nose and a broad face; he had a moustache and tanned skin, and he had a muscular body. He gave the impression of a second Zhang Fei.

 Lai Hu'er might seem like a rough person, but he cared and loved the men under him, so he gained the trust and worship of the soldiers. 

 Name: Lai Hu'er (King Rank)
 Dynasty: Sui Dynasty
 Identity: Great Xia Dynasty General
 Occupation: Advanced General
 Loyalty: 70
 Command: 75
 Force: 85
 Intelligence: 55
 Politics: 60
 Specialty: Riding General (raises troops combat strength by 30%, raises troops movement speed by 25%)
 Cultivation Method: nil
 Equipment: Iron Spear
 Evaluation: Hu'er loved the men under him, not caring about finances. As for his usage of troops, he has many plots and plans. He is good at calming down soldiers.

 "General greets the king!"

 Within the hall, Lai Hu'er solemnly bowed. However, his tone did not have any meaning of getting close.

 It was not a surprise. Changing so quickly from Great Sui to Great Xia, Lai Hu'er was not able to gather his bearings. However, since Yang Guang personally asked him to move, he had to follow it.

 Since he followed the orders, he naturally would go all the way.
As a result, his loyalty stat was so high, reaching 70 points.

 Ouyang Shuo smiled, "There's no need for the formalities, general. To use such methods to bring general over seems really under the table."

 "...."

 Although Lai Hu'er did not open his mouth, he thought to himself, 'It's good that you know.'

 Ouyang Shuo said, "A fine fowl perches only on a fine tree, and a virtuous minister only serves a virtuous master. The current Great Sui is not the Great Sui of old; the current Great Xia is as good as the Great Sui of old."

 "There's no need to hide it from you, in the future, Great Xia and Great Shuo would have to fight. If you do not think for yourself, think for your children, do you want them to fall again?"

 "...."

 Lai Hu'er kept silent; he was obviously filled with emotion.

 Speaking of which, Lai Hu'er had 12 kids. During the Jiangdu coup, most of them were killed, and only the two youngest ones lived on.

 Along with Lai Hu'er appearing in the wilderness was Lai Kai, Lai Hong, and Lai Zheng.

 As they say, a tiger father would not beget a dog son. During the Jiangdu coup, Lai Kai, Lai Hong, and Lai Zheng were all great generals.

 Ouyang Shuo continued, "In the Great Xia, your sons and you can all get great positions and sweep the battlefield. It's better than staying in Quanzhou like a caged bird."

 What more could Lai Hu'er say? Lai Hu'er said, "Do not worry king, I'm loyal to you."

 At the same time, a System Notification sounded out in Ouyang Shuo's ear.

 "System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi for successfully persuading Lai Hu'er, raising his loyalty by 10 points, congratulations."

 Ouyang Shuo chose Lai Hu'er for his ability; this person could almost match up to Shi Wanshui.

 Secondly, he had two really great sons in Lei Heng and Lai Ji. The two of them were officials during the Tang Gaozong era.

 The two of them at that time were just eight to nine years old. After their family was in dire straits, they lived under tough circumstances. However, they loved to learn and were good at discussing and debating, becoming Jingshi during the Tang Dynasty.

 Amongst the two of them, Lai Ji was more amazing.

 During Emperor Taizong's reign, he was serving as a low-level official at the legislative bureau of government. Lai Ji was also made a scholar at the imperial think tank, Chongxian Pavilion. He was soon made a mid-level official at the legislative bureau and commissioned to edit the Book of Jin—the official history of Jin Dynasty—with Linhu Defen. 

 In 651, Lai Ji was made the deputy head of the legislative bureau, and he became an official in charge of editing the imperial history. However, as he opposed the queen, he was hated by Wu Zetian and demoted to a prefect of Taizhou Prefecture. During this time, the Turks invaded, and he died in battle at the age of 53.

 Although Lei Ji was a civil servant, he had an attitude like his father. He would not back down and bow to authority.

 It seemed like after the next Battle Map, Lai Heng and Lai Ji would appear in the wilderness. With Lai Hu'er here, it seemed like Shanhai City would gain two more civil servants.
 ...
 After sending Lai Hu'er away, Ouyang Shuo summoned Du Ruhui.

 Ouyang Shuo did not only ask for Lai Hu'er because he was a talent. In fact, it was also because he was planning for the 4th legion of the Guards Legion Corps.

 Lai Hu'er's arrival helped fill that last missing link.

 The next morning, the Imperial Court announced a series of appointments.

 Zongyong Marquis Shi Wanshui would be removed from his role of Legion General of the 2nd legion and upgraded to marshal of the City Protection Legion Corps. The Grade 3 Anxi general title would be taken back, and he would be given the Grade 2 Zhenguo general title.

 The City Protection Legion Corps marshal position was left empty till today. Finally, it had someone to take its place.

 Toward an old general who had done so much like Shuo Wanshui, Ouyang Shuo would naturally treat him well. He broke the tradition that marshals needed to be God Generals and promoted Shi Wanshui.

 This also sent a message to the other the old generals and civil servants in the territory - he would not forget all the people who contributed along the way.

 City Protection Legion Corps protected the imperial city. As such, giving Shi Wanshui the title of country protector general was quite fitting.

 Lai Hu'er was appointed as the Legion General of the 2nd legion of the Dragon Legion Corps, giving him the grade 4 rank of Zhenwei general. His three sons Lai Kai, Lai Hong, and Lai Zheng were all moved to the Dragon Legion to either be colonels or Major Generals.

 A family of four generals announced their arrival on the grand stage in such a manner. Facing such kindness, Lai Hu'er's doubts all disappeared, and he brought his three sons into the palace in the afternoon to express his thanks.

 The Lai family was officially taking root in Great Xia.

 Dong Zhonglang General Er'Lai was removed from his position as Legion General of the 1st legion of the City Protection Legion; he would become the 4th Legion General of the Guards Legion Corps. The title of Dong Zhonglang general would be taken back, and he would be awarded with the Grade 3 title Wuwei general. 

 Dong Zhonglang general and Wuwei general were both Grade 3 generals, and the only difference was that Wuwei General belonged to the Guards Legion Corps.

 With Er'Lai's strength and contributions, and his prestige in the army, there would be no one that would oppose him being a Guards Legion Corps Legion General.

 Ma Chao, Lu Bu, and Er'lai were all legendary generals, and they were all gathered in the Guards Legion Corps, making it truly the trump card of the dynasty.

 As for his position of Legion General of the 1st legion, Shi Wanshui, who got promoted to marshal, would naturally take over.

 Zhao Sihu, this Deputy Legion General, was Shi Wanshui's previous subordinate, so they would not have problems working together.

 With that, the matter of the Guards Legion Corps Legion General that he was worried about was finally solved. The only ones that felt regretful were Cao Chun, Xiahou Yuan, and the other Three Kingdoms generals.

 Luckily, they would have chances in the future.

 Along with Er'Lai being appointed, the war against Swordsman City was not that far away. 


Earth Online – a virtual MMORPG that takes place in the future year of 2190 – a game that everyone will bet their futures on. Set in a map that is ten times the size of real-world Earth, players battle for supremacy in the first game to feature personal adventure, territory construction, and grand warfare. For every death you experience in the game, your level would drop back to zero. Ouyang Shuo, an above average player, suffered the ultimate betrayal. For merely a piece of equipment, his sworn brother betrayed and backstabbed him. This time, after he reincarnated in the game, Ouyang Shuo swore to exact vengeance.

However, in an unexpected turn of events, Ouyang Shuo found himself back five years before the betrayal – right before the launch of Earth Online. This time, armed with the knowledge from his past life, Ouyang Shuo would venture upon a new path.

How to perfectly complete quests? What historical battle maps would appear? How should one build up their territory? Utilizing the experience from the predecessors of his last life, Ouyang Shuo makes his bid for the top against all odds. Follow his journey as he seeks to lord over the world!

A different kind of tale that blends historical characters and virtual reality gaming, with heavy emphasis on kingdom building and warfare.

After almost 2 weeks of teleporting and travelling Ichika and Zetsu arrived at Avalon city. On their way to the bank, Zetsu's mind was diverted, by the delicious smell coming from a nearby restaurant and his stomach started to growl. Zetsu was embarrassed at this scene, but Ichika just ordered the carriage to be stopped in front of the restaurant, attracting attention from all the people following their movements and from those in the restaurant. The four puppets guarding the carriage, remained as statues guarding the carriage, while the 2 puppets in the driver seat, got down from their place and opened the carriage doors and silently kneeling on the sides. When the carriage doors were opened, the whole world was expecting to see, who the owner of this small group is.
The first to appear was Zetsu, whose whole appearance was screaming 'i am rich'. He immediately took a quick look of his surroundings and gave a small nod to all those who are watching him. He doesn't want to appear as someone arrogant. He immediately stood to the side too.
The second to appear was Ichika, who appearance resulted in a lot of gasps from the crowd. She may cover her face with a veil, but everyone can easily tell that she is a world class beauty. Only her purple eyes with strange tomoe in it are visible to others, adding even more charm to her appearance. Now they are even more interested in finding about her identity. Some are even captivated by the aura around her and started planning on how to court her. Ichika sensed a lot of people using soul sense to scan her cultivation level, but they didn't find anything. 
Ichika and Zetsu were followed by the kneeling puppets into the restaurant. The restaurant is called Blooming Peacock Restaurant, and is easily one of the top 5 restaurants in the city. The owner of the restaurant is also following Clark Moor's broadcast and when he noticed that carriage stopped before his restaurant, he personally came to the entrance to welcome them.
"My Lady, My Lord, Welcome to Blooming Peacock restaurant. My name is Pan Anzi, the owner of this restaurant. There are 4 floors in this restaurant. 1st floor is for Normal Cultivators, 2nd floor for Government Officials ,3rd floor for Aristocratic and Noble families, 4th floor for powerful cultivators, if you want to dine privately."- Pan Anzi
Zetsu didn't even hesitate as he indicated towards 4th floor. Pan Anzi, quickly ordered several senior waitresses to follow him to the 4th floor. They were lead to a separate room, that is neatly furnished. After taking their seats, Zetsu ordered all the signature dishes of the restaurant, without even glancing at their prices. Pan Anzi was happy after listening to those orders, as this 4th floor may have less visitors, but that's where the bulk of his income comes from, as all the signature dishes are not less than 1000 low grade spirit stones. Zetsu even indicated Pan Anzi to leave them alone and serve other customers.
The dishes arrived in 15 minutes and occupied the entire table. After quick prayer, Zetsu started digging into the dishes at a quick pace, enjoying all those dishes. While Ichika removed the veil covering her face to taste a plate of meat. The waitresses watching on the side are shocked after seeing her beauty. So far Cloud Moon sect, sect leader is said to be the most beautiful Woman in the world. Cloud Moon Sect is a powerful all female sect, while most of the female cultivators were known for their unparalleled beauty. But here, this mysterious lady is easily leagues above all of them. They are also surprised by Zetsu's stomach capacity and Ichika's grace while eating. Zetsu immediately ordered seconds for all the signature dishes.
It took 3 rounds of Signature dishes, before Zetsu was satisfied. The total bill came to 280000 lower grade spirit stones. Zetsu quickly tossed 3000 medium grade spirit stones towards Pan Anzi, when paying the bill, making him so happy.
While they were heading downstairs, 2 people in religious clothing passed by them. These 2 people are Archbishops from Goddess of Faith church. These Archbishops just gave a brief glance to the backs of Ichika and Zetsu, before moving to the 4th floor.
"Hey william, this is the first time i saw, someone not even sparing a glance and wishing us"- Donald Ashler
"Let it go Donald, there are clearly new here. We are regulars to this restaurant and never saw them before"- William Morgan
"But, you know William, i think i saw the crest on their back somewhere before"- Donald
"Yeah, i also feel like i saw it before. I just can't seem to remember where"- William
Even as they are eating, the crest appeared as shadow on their minds, it is then they received a call from their Pope.
"William and Donald, quickly come to my office room"- Pope
William and Donald, finished their meal quickly before rushing towards the Pope's office.
 Pope Jean Silverstone, is the 108th pope of Church of Goddess of Faith. He is dressed in simple white robes with a blue scepter in hand. He is a mid level paragon in strength. The Goddess of Faith is solely established on the purpose of finding the true ruler of Human Race.
After the passing of the last Emperor of Human race, Alexander 8th, without any successors, 6 trillion years ago, the Human race descended into complete chaos. Various so called distant relatives of the Royal family started to fight for the throne of the Human race. There were 12 loyal major aristocratic families supporting the Emperor until then. But as the fights started to become, more brutal they asked for the advice of Joel Silverstone, the previous Rites Minister and Powerful Seer of the Emperor, to select a suitable candidate.
Joel went into meditation to seek the next ruler of the Human race, but instead he was given a prophecy, and few clear images of a lady leading the humans in his dreams and a Simple Golden Crown. Joel at first thought, that he must be dreaming, but when he woke up, he saw the same Golden Crown resting on a pedestal in front of him. Joel immediately revealed the prophecy and about the crown after taking blood oath from the aristocratic families heads, not to divulge the information to the others.
The prophecy states that a lady bearing the crest of fan will appear to lead the humans to prosperity. The signs will be, her powerful mass healing ability, her dual nature of love and destruction, and only she can gain the acceptance of the Golden Crown.
But he didn't reveal, how this fan crest looks like or the colors of the crest. Only his descendants are known this information. On the orders of Joel, 8 of the 12 major families moved to Vanguard Zone, to preserve their strength and support the Empress when she appears, the remaining 4 families moved towards the Human land borders to protect it from outsiders.
Joel also moved towards Vanguard Zone, and established a small organisation to seek the Empress. He was an excellent painter of his time. So he painted all the images of the lady as clearly as he can. He Completely placed his faith on the lady. He even Commissioned a Gigantic life like statue of her riding a strange beast with multiple tails, from his memory. The statue is completely made of Holy marble stone. Over time, this small organisation turned into church of Goddess of Faith. Their influence also became stronger among human race, inviting a lot of loyal followers. He even revealed about the Golden Crown, that only those who gains its acceptance will be Crowned the ruler of Human race. It is his way of putting an end to the power struggles. Many tried their hands and luck at gaining the Crown's acceptance, but all of them failed miserably. Some tried to steal it, but they all ended up dying horribly. Over time Joel penned all of his thoughts and drawings of the Lady in the prophecy into a book. Which passed from one pope to another pope. Anyone who know about this book contents must swear blood oath. Now it is Pope Jean Silverstone turn. He also disclosed the book contents to all his loyal Cardinals and Archbishops to keep searching for the lady.
During these 6 trillion years, Human race divided into various factions. Now they didn't fought for the Crown, but for lands. Who cares about Crown, when they can occupy more lands. The Church or the Aristocratic families only involved, when there is a great disaster to all the humans.
Pope Jean has a habit of following news whenever there is time. 2 days ago, he saw live feed of a carriage protected by powerful paragon level cultivators. But its not them, which attracted his attention, but the banner with the fan crest flying on the top of the carriage. The secret about the crest is revealed only to those who swore blood oaths, even then they are not told about the shape or colors of the crest. But when he confirmed the clear design of the fan crest and its white and red colours, he knew their long search for their Empress has shown some results. So he immediately ordered all his loyal subordinates to come meet him in his office.
As soon as Donald and Willian entered the Pope office, they could see the remaining 30 Archbishops and 8 Cardinals too. All of there are staring at the Monitor crystal in the Pope's office showing a large carriage.
"Hey willian, isn't it the same crest we saw on those 2, back in the restaurant?"- Donald
It was a small question on any another day, but when Donald mentioned 'crest', all the people in the office turned towards them, including Pope.
"William and Donald, are you saying you saw the Empress?"- Pope
S**t, only now did they understand, why did the crest haunted them like shadows. It is the crest mentioned in the prophecy. How foolish of him to expect their Empress to wish them?
"Yes my Lord, we saw them in Blooming Peacock Restaurant. But we don't know it is the Empress"- William
Immediately at his answer, both William and Donald, felt sharp piercing gazes from all the people in the office.
"Didn't you see the crest on their backs?"- Cardinal Blake
"Yes, we saw them. But we didn't remember where we last saw  them"- Donald
"No wonder, Our Church took so many trillion years to find her. She was in front of you and yet you fools didn't recognize her. I just wasted so much of the church resources grooming you both. From, today onwards you both are going to wash the plates, clean the clothes and scrub the church floor for 100 years"- Pope
Are you kidding my Lord? Thats a huge shame for us ArchBishops. We can clean the plates. But washing clothes, thats horrible. Some bastards even throw their socks into the mixture. That's a pure torture, someone save us.
"Pope sir, may be we are coming to our conclusions too fast. We didn't see her healing abilities nor fighting capabilities. For all we know, it may not be her, but her descendants or someone from her family."- Cardinal Rose
"Well we can test it then. We will use the Crown and few people to test her abilities. Its good if it is her, if not we will make sure of her safety, so that we can protect her descendants in the future or request her to communicate with her other family members. Rose lead a team personally and invite her politely to the Headquarters. We will test her. Remember be humble to her, incase you get on her wrong side."- Pope
Cardinal Rose clearly understood the meaning behind Pope Jean words. Even if she may not be the Empress, she clearly has strong influence in her family as seen by her guards. This family will be the next Royal family of the Human race. So he is warning her, not to provoke anyone from the royal family.
But just as Cardinal Rose was about to move, below the headquarters of the Church, the Golden Crown started to leak strong aura, trying to break all the protective formations around it, that were originally placed to protect it. Just as the first formation on it broke, loud alarm formations started to ring throughout the church headquarters.
Startled by the sound, Pope and all the officials who were with him, started to head toward the Underground safety room. Just on their way, grade 3 alarms started ringing, indicating 3 of the formations were broken through. Just as they entered the safety room, the final formation was broken.
But what happened next almost scared the hell out of all those present. Everyone knows that this Golden Crown is a powerful treasure, as it was able to kill many powerful thieves who tried to steal it. But for the first time, they saw the Crown acting as if it possessed a soul. If it possessed a soul, that means the grade of this Crown is easily a grade 15 treasure. The highest known treasure is grade 14 Decapitating Sword of the Dragonoid Royal Family.
Soon the Golden Crown started to float in front of the Pope and started to fly around him in circles, as if indicating him to follow it. Pope Silverstone, seems to understand why the Crown is acting in that way.
"It looks like, we finally have our Empress. The Golden Crown, itself want to rush towards the Empress. Rose, send news to all the aristocratic family heads,  that our search is over. Blake, you and the Archbishops under you Immediately prepare the Palace in the city, for her Highness to rest. As for the others, follow me, we will personally invite the Empress"- Pope
Rose and Blake immediately took their teams to do their duties, while the Pope and the others followed the Golden Crowns directions.

Ichika is chosen as the disciple of the overlord. Follow her, journey, where she moves across different worlds, meets different types of people and punishes evil.
The first 7 chapters are slow but necessary build up to the story. 
There will be 8 chapters released per week from now on.
The cover image is taken from online and the full credit goes to the one who created it.
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Overlord Empress discord link. Come and join. I will be available daily for one hour after everyday server reset

[Ling Tian: System, start project to create cost effective Artifacts - one for Token, one for Office Desk and last one for Diary, following features are must --

Token should have written conversation features, location feature.

Desk should have pocket dimension for storage and should be able to sort itself. It should also be able to link up with tokens, dairies and other desks. Make every desk a database capable.

Dairy should be able to show categorized information with priorities and other tags. It should be able to show map like 2D-atlas with only concerned users, their distance and other details. It should be also capable of requesting queries from the desks.

Lastly after finally completing the project, start a separate project to modify the 3 projects with self-defense measures, alarm system and direct link with you to access. Also add three access levels to those 3 projects - Level 1, 2 and 3 access.]

[System, 3 projects initiated. 2 modification scheduled.]

***

After taking a long break of 10 hours, I opened the system's notifications. The projects where completed hours ago. Oh! By the way, system computational capabilities have improved since the spirit cultivation hit Nascent Soul Stage.

[System: 3 Projects with modification have been completed. Show Report ?]

[Ling Tian: Sure.]

[System: Report:

Token - Earth Low Grade - features - identification, storage, location, receive messages only, User's Living will.

Token - Earth Middle Grade - features - identification, storage, location sharing, receive messages only, User's Living will, health status.

Token - Earth High Grade - features - identification, storage, location, two-way communication, User's Living will, health status.

Desk - Earth High Grade - features - establishes network, storage(auto-sorting), Record files stored (auto-upload, auto-sorting). It has also -

User Access Level 1 - storage usage only.

User Access Level 2 - storage, queries and location(only level 1).

User Access Level 3 - storage, queries and location(all levels)

Diary - Earth Low Grade Artifact - User Access Level 1

1. Generate messages for Level 1.

2. Information and location queries (from only registered desk).

3. Two-way communication (with level 1 and level 2).

Diary - Earth Middle Grade Artifact -User Access Level 2

1. Two-way communication(with level 1 and level 2),

2. Information and location queries(from only self-registered desk)

Diary - Earth High Grade Artifact - User Access Level 3

1. Two-way communication(all levels).

2. Information and location queries(all levels).

3. Grant temporary access of selective features of above access levels to others. Need to grant again after fixed period of time.]

[Ling Tian: Alright, Its time to craft Sample Products.]

***

After 5 days I stopped crafting, during this period of time I have crafted

100 desk, 100 diary(earth low grade), 50 diary(earth middle grade), 20 diary(earth high grade).

100 of each earth grade tokens.

Now its time to look into book publication matter. For now, I'm going of publish books up-to Grade 3 of Artificer only. Then after some time, when the hype has slowed down, I will for plan other occupations.

[Ling Tian: System, add the new finding for artifact crafting and change the books into Grades of artificer with while maintaining Basic and Advance level.]

[System: Yes, host.]

Within five minutes, system notifications came.

[System: Books on Basic of Artifact Crafting and Advance Artifact Crafting is completed for Grade 1 to 4.]

I wrote first book of each book up-to Grade 3 only. And decide to rest for the day and the next day.

Saturday 13th 2010 - Apartment 5

It was 7:30 am. Li Xiuying and Little 4th were showered and dressed. They were sitting at the kitchen counter eating some vegetable dumplings that Li Xiuying had made with soy milk. 

Li Xiuying: "Bad night sleep? You look like a baby panda."

Little 4th looked a little guilty as he told a small white lie: "I slept fine big Sister YingYing." He only managed to sleep for 4 hours the night before.  I can't let Big sister think I couldn't sleep, she might not let me stay over again.

Li Xiuying raised an eyebrow. "Mmm. You'll have to have a nap after we get to the hospital."

Little 4th nodded and continued eating the dumplings. 

Little 4th noticed Li Xiuying smiling at her phone.

Little 4th was curious: "What are you looking at big sister YingYing? 

Li Xiuying: "News."

Little 4th remembered that his big sister had asked his daddy to help her report some news about some Yu Yan and ex-fiance.
Little 4th: "Can I see?" His eyes contained curiosity. 

Li Xiuying put her phone in Little 4th's hand.  He stared at the man and woman.
My big sister is much better than this woman. This man doesn't look worthy of my sister. 

He handed the phone back. They then proceeded to finish their breakfast before heading to the living room to watch some TV.

...

At 8:00 am Qin Jingfei shot out of bed.

Qin Jingfei ran to the living room. "Why didn't either of you wake me up! I only have 30 minutes to get ready, do you know how long it usually takes me to get ready and I have to..."

Little 4th and Li Xiuying didn't look away from the TV.

Little 4th expressionlessly said: "You didn't ask us to wake you up. You should have set an alarm."

Li Xiuying: "14 minutes and 30 seconds."

Qin Jingfei: "AARRRGGHH"
She quickly went to shower and get away from the expressionless zombies on the sofa.

At 8:15 Li Xiuying and Little 4th were putting on their coats and shoes in the foyer. 
Qin Jingfei ran towards them her coat over her arm, her bag half falling from her shoulder, her hair falling all over her face, she had a steamed bun in her mouth and no makeup on her face.

Little 4th looked at Qin Jingfei.

Qin Jingfei finished chewing her dumpling and said sternly: "Don't say a word little 4th."
Qin Jingfei sulked and became even more unhappy after seeing Little 4th's "why do you look like that" face.

...

Li Xiuying and Little 4th strolled leisurely hand in hand towards the hospital.

Qin Jingfei: "What are you two doing right now?"

Little 4th replied in a matter-of-fact tone: "We're walking to the hospital, it takes 20 minutes." 

Qin Jingfei: "I realize we're walking, what I was asking is why aren't we taking the car?"

Li Xiuying: "Exercise and Parking."
Qin Jingfei: "Fine you two walk and get exercise. Can I drive your car?"

Li Xiuying: "Are you covered by my insurance?"
Are all the Qin family covered under my car insurance policy? I should ask Elder Qin.

Qin Jingfei: "..."
This is what uncle must have been referring to when he said that Dr. Li could render people speechless with a few words.

Qin Jingfei cried inside: I thought I could do my makeup in the car!!!

...

An unhappy Qin Jingfei and Little 4th dropped Li Xiuying to her office then headed up to Qin Jingfei's office.  

Li Xiuying sat at her desk with Director Zhang sitting opposite. 

Jiang Huan: "Would you like some tea?"

Director Zhang: "No thank you, I'm supposed to be nil by mouth."

Jiang Huan: "I wasn't erm okay. Dr. Li would you like some tea?"
I wasn't asking you. Now Dr. Li might think I'm incompetent and that I don't even know when a patient should be nil by mouth. 

Li Xiuying: "Black tea, 2 sugars. Thank you."

Jiang Huan left the room to go make tea.

Director Zhang: "Li Yu Yan has spoken a lot about you. I was surprised to find out that the famous Dr. Li Xiuying was her cousin and willing to do my surgery."

Li Xiuying: "I was coerced."

Director Zhang was confused: "Ah Yes?"
Don't people usually say "all good I hope?" or something along those lines. Coerced?

Li Xiuying: "I will be performing a total knee arthroplasty on your right knee due to the osteoarthritic changes.  I know you've had a history taken, examination and X-ray of your knee earlier this week as arranged by my PA."

Director Zhang: "Yes I came in on Wednesday."

Li Xiuying: "I would personally like to take a history and do an examination today, to confirm the findings. But before that I have something to discuss."

Director Zhang nodded. "Is it about Li Yu Yan's admission?"
Li Yu Yan had explicitly stated to him that Dr. Li would only agreed to do his surgery, if she was granted admission into medical school.

Li Xiuying: "Li Yu Yan informed me that you would be willing to accept her onto the accelerated medical programme?"

Director Zhang: "She meets the grade requirements and she has various extra-circular activities and work experience we look for in a well rounded student. If you were to provide a reference it would be the final push she needed to allow her in."

What director Zhang actually meant but didn't say: Li Yu Yan is actually way below the grade requirement for the accelerated programme. She is lacking clinical experience and her extra-curricular activities are limited. We're only willing to bend the rules because she has a connection to the world renowned Dr. Li. 

Li Xiuying: "I want her to be admitted to the normal programme. I don't want her to be treated differently from anyone else. I won't be supporting her."

Director Zhang: "Ah well erm.. yes."
Li Yu Yan told informed me that she was so close to Dr. Li that they were more like sisters than cousins. It seems she lied to me.

Li Xiuying: "Northwest University's medical programme is the most oversubscribed in the country. The normal 5 year programme has an application to places ratio of 85:1, the accelerated programme 116:1, I don't want someone to be given a place by using my name."

Director Zhang nodded.
Dr. Li clearly wanted the admission process to be as fair as possible. And Li Yu Yan's grades just about meet the requirements for the normal programme. 

Li Xiuying: "She probably assured you that I would be willing to conduct lectures and teaching sessions for free, I won't. You'll have to contact my PA to check my availability and pay my usual fee."

Director Zhang: "Your uncle also.."

Li Xiuying: "I didn't realise my time was so cheap?"

Director Zhang stuttered: "I wasn't trying to imply your time was cheap. I was just led to believe that you would be willing to help your cousin and the University."

Li Xiuying: "I didn't receive a notification stating that I owed my cousin or Northwest University anything."

Director Zhang. "..."
I'll have to have a talk to that lying duo; Li Yu Yan and Li Wang. how dare they lead me to believe their lies resulting in me being humiliated!

Director Zhang hopelessly spoke: "Regarding my surgery fees, Li Yu Yan mentioned that..."

Li Xiuying: "You'll have to pay for my time. 100k every 5 minutes cheque or cash. All other costs will be covered by me."

Director Zhang left his anger for the Li family to one side: "Thank you Dr. Li I appreciate you making the time for my surgery."

Director Zhang comforted himself. "I should be grateful that Dr. Li is even willing to do my surgery considering it was on Li Yu Yan's request, there's clearly no love lost between her and her family. I can teach Li Yu Yan a lesson later for lying to me. Without Dr. Li's backing, Li Yu Yan is just another medical student and she's only a mediocre one at best.'

Li Xiuying: "Let's begin, I have a few questions I would like to ask about your knee."

Li Xiuying is the youngest surgeon the world has ever seen. 

Once upon a time, her work had meaning; to save lives. But soon surgery lost all of its meaning to her, she became an operating machine. She didn’t even meet the patient until they were unconscious on her surgical table like a piece of meat waiting to be carved. 

She neglected love, friendship, beauty, her health all to work tirelessly like a dog and continue to make her family happy. Even when she had no more left to give; they made sure she gave.

But betrayal came swiftly and suddenly and Li Xiuying met her untimely end at the hands of her most trusted and loves ones. 

All the world’s a stage and it seems it is not yet time for Li Xiuying to exit. She finds herself waking up in her bed, 8 years in the past.
 
She is granted a second chance at life.

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This is a slow romance novel 

The novel may have realistic elements but it is a Work of Fiction.

There will be medical cases and scenario's included due to the main character (Li Xiuying) being a doctor. I have tried my best to explain as much of the medical terminology as possible.

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After he finished reading the 3 medical books, Qing Shui felt that he had benefited immensely from the contents within. Especially from the &lt;&gt;, this book listed and explained the effects one would get by mixing various herbs together. For example, in some cases, when mixing two types of herbs of the healing element together, the end product may end up being poisonous. Conversely, when mixing two types of poisonous herbs, depending on their properties, the two herbs could actually end up complementing each other, nullifying the poisonous elements within and form an end product that could save lives!
　　The thick &lt;&gt; book mainly speaks of the complex relations and interactions between herbal properties, such as "warm", "cold", "wet", "hot", "cool". The book also explains the effects and things to take note of when mixing medicine in great detail.
　　After receiving the nourishment of the Yin-Yang symbol in his sea of consciousness, Qing Shui's memory could be said to have become perfect. Despite being unable to comprehend the entirety of the detailed information in such a short amount of time, he was still able to engrave the information in his mind. Every time he needed something, he could just refer to the information stored in his brain, akin to flipping the pages of a book.
　　In all job professions, the intricacies of each would be wide-ranging and profound.
　　Qing Shui knew that his wish to embark on the path of an alchemist could still be considered as extremely distant. It was unlike alchemists in MMORPGs, who could just throw a few herbs inside a cauldron and poof, a pill would be concocted. How could being an alchemist be so simplistic? Not to mention, in this world's 9 continents, the alchemist profession was the one with the harshest conditions and highest requirements!
　　Taking one step at a time, with an effort that was worth 100 times, nay, 1000 times of others, and unyielding determination! These were all qualities that Qing Shui possessed, and in addition to his recently acquired spatial realm, they made him immensely confident.
　　Qing Shui could only enter the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal for 2 hours a day. After that, the natural limitations of the spatial realm would kick into place. This means that, for him, a single day could be compared to 15 days for others! Qing Shui was no fool, he deeply treasured the time lengthening effect of the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal and seized every chance he could to cultivate in there.
　　Normally, Qing Shui would purposely select the time period (9pm-11pm) to enter the spatial realm. This way, after the Zi period (11pm-1am), the limitations would reset and he could immediately use it again. During the daytime, Qing Shui would travel or slay beasts that were unfortunate enough to cross his path. However, ever since the encounter with the 3rd Grade Desolate Beast, White-Headed Inky Jade Condor, Qing Shui had no other dangerous encounters.
　　The fiery sun in the sky fiercely shone down on Qing Shui's body, yet his body was entirely devoid of sweat. His body looked akin to a lithe leopard, with his muscles corded, yet not rigidly stiff.
　　Ever since Qing Shui obtained the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal, the lines of worries on his face had smoothed, making him appear more carefree and relaxed.
　　"F*** it, with my current looks, if I was in my previous world, I would be a top grade gigolo, dancing with the filthy rich cougars, eating them up and earning their money. However now, in this World of the Nine Continents, looks are useless! What I want is power, power!" Everytime Qing Shui looked at his charming countenance in the water's reflection, he began to involuntarily cuss.
　　Qing Shui's features were exquisite, without any hints of femininity. Either by nature or design, there was a look of cold indifference reflected on his face. Charisma reflected off the irises in his beautiful eyes. And the violet-colored pearl situated in the middle of his brows, actually had the feeling akin to a master painter adding the finishing touches, granting life to a portrait.
　　Despite Qing Shui gloomily messing up his hair, he was still good looking.In addition to that, there was the absence of even an ounce of excess fat on his graceful and lithe body. People looking at him would have nothing but compliments about his good looks.
　　On his journey, Qing Shui knew that as long as there were water sources, there would be beasts nearby. In this case, he did not need to worry about not having enough to eat! After his countless experiments with barbecuing, his skills could be said to have reach an unfathomably high level. The meat he roasted, be it the color or the taste and smell, were all of a high quality.
　　After travelling for an entire day, Qing Shui went in the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal to rest, after that he started to cultivate. Qing Shui's current cultivation level only allowed him to hit the 48 cycles of circulated Qi. He clearly remembered that during the first heavenly layer of the Ancient Strengthening Technique, the requirement was to hit the 12 cycles of circulated Qi. At the second heavenly layer, the requirement was 24 cycles of circulated Qi. Now, at the third heavenly layer, the requirement was 48 cycles of circulated Qi… Could it be that for him to break into the next heavenly layer, following the pattern so far, he would need to cultivate to double the 48 cycles? To 96 cycles?
　　As he pondered, Qing Shui could not help but recall the instance when he broke through from 12 cycles to 13 cycles and 24 to 25 cycles of circulated Qi.
　　Bottleneck? Obstacles?
　　After contemplating, Qing Shui sighed, he knew that the path of cultivation was not easy to advance on. First, let's not talk about breaking through to 49 cycles. Even after that, he still had to hit 96 cycles, 192 cycles and 386 cycles…
　　No wonder that practicing the Ancient Strengthening Technique to its zenith would allow one to gain a body comparable to the Gods and Demons. The practitioner would have his strength increased by increasing the number of circulation cycles. They would possess tyrannical might just based on their body strength alone!
　　Everytime he encountered a bottleneck, Qing Shui would circulate his Qi in order to break through. The backlash was no joke, in the past 5 years, any breakthroughs of 1 cycle to the next, would entail Qing Shui breaking through a bottleneck! Even though the bottleneck from one cycle to another was small, the pain was still extremely excruciating!
　　The Ancient Strengthening Technique holds two major bottlenecks. The first was from the 3rd layer to the 4th layer, breaking from lower to middle tier, and the second was from the 6th layer to the 7th layer, breaking from middle to top tier!
　　Circulating his Qi based on the Ancient Strengthening Technique, Qing Shui repeatedly tried to break through the barrier of the 48th cycle into the 49th to no avail. That obstacle was as unyielding as a huge mountain, and try as he might, he was still unable to budge it the slightest. Qing Shui gritted his teeth, ignoring and enduring the pain! This was precisely the point of the Ancient Strengthening Technique! Making use of the pain from the backlash in order to temper one's body!
　　Sighing, Qing Shui decided to rest for now. It looks like it would not be so simple to break through the major bottleneck to the 4th heavenly layer of the Ancient Strengthening Technique.
　　Qing Shui took out the few books he had as he decided to use his time to fully comprehend the contents in each book. After taking them out his gaze fell to a rest on the untouched &lt;&gt;, although he had not yet read the book, he knew that the teachings in it would not be too profound. After all, the basic sword techniques, as its name stated, formed the basis of every swordplay in the World of the Nine Continents. As long as one was a user of the sword, at some point, one would surely have read this book!
　　Frowning, Qing Shui narrowed his eyes in suspicion. Why would such a common book have a spot in our Qing Clan Library?
　　"Forget it, I shall take a look first. Everyone in the World of the Nine Continents knows that the techniques within the &lt;&gt; are the lowest grade of sword play. Not to mention low grade, they are so weak that they can be considered as ungraded. Despite that, the foundations of every sword user is built from this! Most of the sword users read the book when they were young and only moved onto the more advanced sword arts after they mastered these basic techniques.
　　Flipping open the first page of the &lt;&gt;, the first page, other than listing out the title of the book, also had a parenthesis that marked the book in his hands as the initial volume. &lt;&gt; (Beginner). Could it be that there were (Intermediate) and (Profound) levels as well?
　　Ignoring this, he continued reading, "Introduction to Swords".
　　The sword, was reputed to be the first amongst the myriad of weapons, emitting an intent of benevolence, suffused with a heroic aura! It could also be considered as the God of weapons and also possessed an air of elegance. So what makes up a sword? A sword comprises of the following: Sword Body, Sword Tip, Sword Sharpness, Sword Core, Sword Spine, Sword Edge, Sword Frame, Sword Hilt and Sword Sheath.
　　Following the introduction, next up was the various sword postures and methods. The main methods of attacking positions consist of: Hooking, Hanging, Pointing, Carrying, Piercing, Slicing, Hacking! During practice, the way of the sword requires the sword to follow one's body, the sword user to use their body and guide the sword. When using the sword as a weapon, one must attain a state of oneness with the sword, one with the Qi, and one with the Spirit!
　　Looking at the elementary content which could be recited by any Martial Warrior, Qing Shui could not help but ask: "So how many of the millions of sword users can actually attain this state of oneness mentioned?" After all ,the more simple a thing was, the more profound the knowledge hidden within it would be. All the basics were derived from the learnings of millions of sword users, condensed down into their most basic form!
　　The way of Sword emphasizes "Speed, Accuracy, Decisiveness" Using these three words as the mantra to complement each of the basic sword attacking positions when practiced to the pinnacle, could kill with 1 hit, destroying your enemies with only a single strike!
　　The way of Sword also further emphasizes on hand-eye coordination, posture, footwork and form.
　　When the user of the sword art has cultivated it to its peak, any part of the sword can be used as a weapon! After attaining the stage of man and sword as one, amalgamating with the sword, and the next stage of heaven and man as one. The user himself, without his sword, can be considered as an unsheathed sharp sword!

A human warrior cultivating the Ancient Strengthening Technique has transcended dimensions and arrived on Kyushu. Together with twelve ravishing beauties with looks that were unmatched in their generation, will he be able to stand on the summit of this world?

This novel is about the main character, named Qing Shui, who transcended dimensions and arrived in the Kyushu continent. Storms of blood and wind, resulting in corpses and bones strewn about are extremely common here. The young warrior Qing Shui forged ahead in his path to cultivate, using 10 years to train himself, only to seek vengeance for the one who had forsaken his mother!

Along the way, Jay asked some questions such as Ace's background, only to receive unexpected and unbelievable answers.
Such a genius has made it this far all by himself with only a master that guided him for a short period of time? Built up his own sect and even recruited an elder that might already be at the Great Martial Master realm.
Be in control of a low spirit grade heavenly root and disciples with noteworthy cultivation talent to be at the Martial Master realm around the age of sixteen on the desolated seven continents..
Most importantly, he wasn't single…
Why did Jay go silent all of a sudden? Even though Ace was unable to understand the intention behind each of Jay's questions, he was surprised by this sudden silence. Don't tell me that it's because I told him that…
"Jay, are you still single?"
The three random disciples who were kidnapped had already been communicating well with each other. One was responsible, one was silent while one was talkative.
But now, they stopped talking in unison as their eyes turned towards their master simultaneously.
"Does it matter?"
Seeing that Jay was slightly pissed off by his question, Ace remained silent and said with his eyes facing the front, "It's because you've yet to see the world with your eyes, but I can tell you for sure that love isn't as simple as you think."
Jay was left speechless by this as he remained silent throughout the journey, Ace was busy thinking about his future plans while the three disciples were chattering with each other on the brief journey.
Arriving at the foot of the sect, Ace registered their name under the sect before realising that there was a notification message from the system.
Curious, Ace opened the system message with a single thought.
[From now on, sect experience, sect points and statistics will only be reviewed every month]
Current statistics are as followed:


Sect system: Level 1 (300/1000) EXP
Members: (50/1000)
Elders: 4 (Clarissa, Arith, Cidd, Jay)
Disciples: 46
Average cultivation base: early stage Martial Master
Average age: 17 years old
Location: Nascent mountain (low spirit grade)
Martial pavilion: 87 high grade mortal, 73 peak grade mortal, 44 low earth grade, 18 middle earth grade, 8 high earth grade martial skills (Disciples exchanged them)
Sect points: 300
Seeing that there were only 300 sect points this month, there was only one thing Ace could spend them on.
Individual dwelling improvement: 3 sect points each, increases cultivation speed of disciple by another 10% while cultivating in their dwellings, stacks with the 20% increase in cultivation speed from the spirit root.
"300 sect points have been deducted, all hundred dwellings for both disciples and elders have been improved significantly, unique cultivation effect has been activated!"


Back in the Nirvana sect, the disciples were currently cultivating within their dwellings as Arith and Clarissa while guiding a few disciples on forging and alchemy respectively only to be disrupted by the disciples outside.
Stepping out of the room, Clarissa lashed at the disciples, "What the hell is going on with the ruckus going on out here?"
One of the disciples stepped out and stuttered in an attempt to explain to Clarissa, but his eyes that were being attracted to the two peaks that were heaving up and down from Clarissa's sudden action betrayed him.
Clarissa looked around, only to realise that the male disciples were staring at her in lust while the female disciples glared at her in jealousy except for a particular few with strong willpower.
Clenching her fist, Clarissa took a deep breath to calm herself down before asking coldly, "What in the world happened?"
Her ferocious tone, possibly having an effect, caused the disciple to regain his senses as he pointed towards the dwellings.
"Our dwellings! They suddenly improved and became so much better, some disciples even mentioned that their cultivation speed was increased significantly when cultivating in the new dwelling.
"What?"
Clarissa blurted out as she made her way towards the dwellings, only to realise that it was significantly improved.
If their previous dwellings were average and just common in the towns and cities, then their current dwelling would be one which would cost them an arm and a leg to afford out there.
Putting aside all other factors, just the increase in cultivation speed made one dwelling worth a sky high price, not to mention that this change occurred to all the dwellings at once for both elders and disciples.
"How's my present for the entire sect this month?"
Ace descended from above and asked. He might be incapable of flight, but Jay had helped him to in order to speed up the journey. It wasn't much, but worth the fun experience to him.
"Sect master, did you just say for this month?"
Clarissa reacted quickly in surprise, only to see that Ace was nodding at her, possibly satisfied with her answer.
Most of the disciples are here, I might as well make the announcement now. Opening his eyes again, Ace raised his voice so that all the disciples could hear him.
"Remember, the more sect missions completed by both disciples and elders together each month, the better the monthly reward!"
"Sect master, are you serious?" One of the well-tanned youths who was still sweating from physical training asked in excitement,
"Sect master, don't go back on your own words." Another disciple who was training with the sabre moments ago warned with a serious tone which caused resounding laughter around him.
"Sect master, how did you do all of this suddenly within just a moment?"
Lancelot who had just left his own dwelling asked the question which everyone has been itching to know, how did this happen in a split moment before their eyes?"
Jay looked towards Clarissa before turning away abruptly. Are all mature women this beautiful nowadays?
"Excuse me, but may I know of your identity?" From behind Jay, Arith called out which made him turn around in shock.
If there was one thing Jay was incompetent in, it was communication with those that don't harbour any malicious intent towards him of all people.
"I...I'm the new elder of the sect, my name's Jay."
After a few moments, Jay finally calmed down and introduced himself.
He'll be in for trouble if he can't communicate well with Clarissa, haha. Arith then approached Jay who seemed confused and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Oh, about that, you see those dwellings which are over there, the sect master just improved them a moment ago and when cultivating in there, our cultivation speed can be ten percent faster than usual." Arith explained calmly, but Jay was already shocked by what he just heard.
What did Arith just say? Ten percent increase in cultivation speed and he mentioned that with a face saying that it wasn't much?
Coughing, Jay then asked, "Aren't you surprised by what your sect master just did?"
Arith glared at him with his eyes saying, you'll get used to this soon enough. "Trust me, the monthly surprise he mentioned would always shock us. This is nothing compared to what he has in store for us in the future."
Jay closed his eyes, bracing himself to what Ace might surprise him with in the future, only to feel the world crumbling before his eyes when Ace took out the spirit seed of the tree.
"From now on, this will be the only cultivation ground that doesn't cost any merit points in the sect." Ace said first before adding on his explanation.
"The only reason I'm doing this is to let you all know that while the sect is helping you to develop, it isn't for free. One day, I need all of you to represent the sect in various competitions, in alchemy, in forging, in cultivation, in weapon terms! The only way would be to constantly improve."
Taking a deep breath, Ace then added on solemnly, "From next month onwards, the bounty board will have higher difficulty missions of rank D, I hope that all of you can complete at least one rank D mission next month."
"Yes, sect master!"
"Dismissed!"
Leaving the scene quickly, Ace then returned to the meeting hall and gathered all the elders.
Cidd who had just entered his cultivation session joined in as Ace got them to report their progress.
Of course, Jay didn't have a need to and when the other elders asked why, Jay would give them a similar answer. "When you guys hear of the four domains one day and beyond that, only then will you guys know my strength."
No one present understood what he meant, but didn't matter as they reported their progress.
Cidd had apparently broken through to the Great Martial Master realm.
Clarissa had officially become a 4th grade alchemist after refining her first 4th grade elixir.
Arith had become a 4th grade blacksmith capable of forging low grade rare weapons.
Everyone was constantly improving and soon, things would get heated up with the annual sect competition that's taking place in three months time.
But in order to qualify for participation, it's about time his sect gets officially recognised and since there was Cidd around, it was fine for him to still be at the Foundation realm.

As the sole survivor of the entire town, Ace had lost all sense of direction in life until he awakened the Nirvana Sect system by a stroke of luck.

But this made him question, why did the system choose me?

Having created his sect and established a place he can call home, he once again questioned himself, why did the system give me this?

Having fallen and rise, all he wanted to was find the answers to life and most importantly, the origin of the system which shouldn't have existed.

With the path to the apex being full of thorns, the lost of his disciples is almost a must.

"I'm sorry...if only I didn't make this decision."

"I'm sorry...if only I wasn't this reckless."

"I'm sorry...if only I wasn't this weak."

Nails digging into his palm, ground dyed scarlet by blood. Tears streaked down his face, muffled by the merciless rain...

Note: Story gets darker from the later parts of volume 1.

The image does not belong to me, if the creator of the artwork wants me to remove the cover, please let me know.

It had been a month since the end of the debriefing. Percy was seated inside his study and had a file in his hands. This file had a cumulative report of the progress of the Seven Deadly Sins training regime. Yes, Seven Deadly Sin. Percy decide to name his Mercenary squad with the name 'Seven Deadly Sin'. 

The report had an in depth analysis of each and every member of the Sin and its future progress. Percy finished reading the report. The report stated that the group had registered themselves as an elite Mercenary group and had performed various missions in a month. The missions were divided into various grades from the highest S++ to the lowest F. The team had completed several dozen A grade missions and few S grade too,. The next mission was supposed to be the last mission an S++ grade mission. An S++ grade mission was never easy, there had never been any mercenary team who had returned alive after completing an S++ grade mission, but Percy was not bothered by it. He had full confidence in his team. 

As he kept the file on the table. There was a knock on the door. 

"Come in."

James in his butler uniform entered the room. He had a sad look on his face.

"Young master, I just received a message from the team. It seems the Sins have completed their mission, although there seems to be some problem. It seems that Vice Captain is heavily injured along with the other members. The Osprey has been set on autopilot and is en-route to the base."

Even though Percy listened to this, he was not bothered by it. In fact he even had a small smile on his face.

"Its alright Uncle James. They will be fine. On the other hand, the date of the launch is coming near. Jarvis mentioned it might start soon within a year. So stop worrying, I guess its time to let the Sin become real Sinners. Its time for a major Upgrade. Lets go meet our team Uncle James "

James was perplexed by Percy's reply. Even though he had utmost trust in him, he couldn't help but worry. Percy went forward towards the Underground level 4, James followed behind. It was his first time entering this deep as even he was forbidden from entry to the levels from 4 to 6.

The Underground base was a complex structure. It consisted of 6 floors. It was arranged in a hive like structure. Each level had its own purpose. Level 1 consisted of the Transport station. Here all the vehicular Transport were parked and would depart too. Level 2 consisted of Living quarters and Training facility. Level 3 consisted of the Production house, which was not yet functional, as all it had was raw materials and was still under construction. Level 4 onward was the Weapon Research Facility.

Percy and James where right now on the 4th Level. In front of them were 7 Tube like structures filled with some fluid and connected to wires and stuff. It looked like a Research facility of some sort. James didn't know why Percy brought him here, yet he still waited silently. Meanwhile Percy was busy typing in commands in the control screen situated in the center of the room. He had a serious expression and was totally focused.

"Jarvis, initiate the Program Seven Deadly Sin. Prepare accordingly, meanwhile i bring the subjects."

After giving the order, Percy turned and started walking towards the elevator towards Level 1. James followed behind him. As they both entered Level 1, the air hatch above them opened with a swoosh and a osprey entered. The osprey was pretty damaged as black smoke billowed out of it. It landed heavily in front of them and the back door opened with a foosh.

Kevin was the first to come out with a wrangled hand, followed by Jason who had lost his one hand and afterwards following Diane and Sophie who had cuts all over their bodies and some gun wounds too. Lucifer was the last person to come out, even though he had less injuries he had a terrifying scar on his face which went from his front to the back. As they all alighted from the osprey, they saw Percy and James standing in front of them. Jason who was supported by Kevin went forward and spoke with a distressed tone.

"I am sorry Captain, I couldn't bring them back without any major injuries. "

Percy saw each and every one's condition and couldn't help but smile. As everyone saw Percy's smile they were surprised. Diane who was with Sophie couldn't help but get angry seeing him smile and started shouting. 

"You Jerk, what kind of a Captain smiles looking at his team injured. You feeling smug now. Who is going to pay for our injuries, our vice-cap even lost his arm saving us and you are smiling."

Percy was not angered by this, instead he smiled even more and said.

"Good, I guess we can say your training is complete now. Now for the last phase let your captain handle everything. Don't worry about your injuries, they will be treated and now its time for upgrade. Follow me."

As soon as he finished he started walking back towards the elevator and urged everyone to follow him. Everyone was surprised but since he said he will be treating their injuries they all followed him.

As the elevator returned to the Level 4, what greeted everyone was the same scene. Just the difference was that the tubes were now horizontal and open and there was no fluid in them. As everyone saw this their mind blanked and they even forgot their injuries for the time being. They didn't knew how was this place, which looked like a creepy research room was going to heal their injuries. 

Percy went ahead of everyone and shouted.

"Everyone do not worry just lie down in your respective capsules. Now it is the time to feel how wonderful were our predecessors and their tech. This research facility will facilitate the genetic mutation of your body in a controlled manner, giving you access to cosmic energy and your own superpowers. Before you ask anything i request you to get in your respective chambers as this process will be quite long and time is what we currently don't have."

When Humanity finds out the biggest secret behind their existence, all is destroyed in the war for their fate. 

The history of their Predecessors and their tragic fate repeats again in a new era.

To change their destiny again, they must fight, but only this time it is a fight to death.

A man, hardens his heart, as he learns of Humanity's tragic past and vows to fight till death with a newly acquired Knowledge and Power.

It's a Journey of Human Race as a whole and the changes it brings about.

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Ancient strengthening technique

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