Chapter-3

Lin Yun walked in front of the maidservant with her face burning in fury!

How dare someone call her big brother a cripple in front of her!!

She disdainfully looked at Maidservant's face as the latter showed a greedy smile, and slapped the maidservant hard in the face.

"Don't you dare to talk about my big brother like that!" Lin Yun angrily spat at the maid.

The maidservant crashed into the wall and blood started to pour from her head. But instead of screaming in pain, the maid quickly kneeled on the ground.

"Please show mercy! This servant was foolish! Show Mercy Young Miss!!" The maid continuously pleaded for mercy. There was not a hint of arrogance left in her tone when she pleaded.

Lin Yun looked at the maidservant and readied her foot to kick the maidservant in the face but a voice interrupted her.

"I think this much is enough, Yun'er." Lin Zhenren spoke calmly as his anger already calmed down now.

Lin Yun turned her head towards Lin Zhenren.

"But Brother..." Lin Yun seemed like she wanted to do more but seeing Lin Zhenren shaking his head, she stopped.

Lin Yun glanced at the maidservant and spoke disdainfully, "If I heard you one more time saying something like this about my Big Brother, then I am going to hang you naked on the City Gate!"

The maidservant shivered. The worst punishment that a woman could suffer.

"This servant will never dare to!! This servant thanks the magnanimous heart of Young Miss!!" The maidservant sugar-coated her reply while shivering.

Lin Zhenren shrugged, 'Well, the one who helped you was me, but I think it would be fun to see a servant hanging naked on the city gate...'

Lin Yun nodded and walked back toward her Big Brother who was sitting at the side of the bed now and took a seat beside him.

"So, why are you here?" Lin Yun coldly asked.

She hold no good feelings for anyone in the Lin Clan, and she wanted to take her big brother out of here but even though she was talented, she was not strong enough.

The maidservant weakly lifted her head and answered in a shaky tone, "Y-Young M-Miss, Third E-Elder called for y-you to his s-study."

After answering, the maidservant again lowered her head.

Lin Zhenren looked at Lin Yun and shook his head and asked with helplessness, "Did you come here again directly after coming out of your indoor cultivation?"

Lin Yun averted her eyes, making Lin Zhenren sure of his suspicion.

As the top talent cultivated by the clan, it was Lin Yun's responsibility to inform the clan about the achievement that she made in her cultivation.

"You know that you should go first. I am always in my room." Lin Zhenren reminded. He was sending Lin Yun away for two reasons, the first one was to inform the clan and the other one was,

[Time Left- 1:12 Hours left]

He had a feeling that something would happen when it reached 0, so he wanted to be alone for that.

Lin Yun glanced at her big brother and mentally felt troubled. She wanted to help her big brother all the time, but it was not possible especially when she was busy with her cultivation most of the time.

But after thinking for a minute, she sighed and replied, "I understand, Big Brother, but I will come here later on."

Lin Zhenren nodded, "You are always welcome here."

Lin Yun nodded and stood up and walked towards the door, while the maidservant also stood and shot a glare at Lin Zhenren which he scoffed off and followed behind Lin Yun, not before closing the door with a loud bang.

Lin Zhenren alone in the room leaned on his bed and looked at the moon that showed from the hole in the ceiling. Cold winds blew in the room, making the already cold atmosphere even colder.

"Haa...it had already been 2 years but those dreams still hurt me. But those dreams also showed me the truth of the world too, it was hard to believe that so many cruel people lived in a modern world too, how could a Father make his son's life hell...wait, I have no right to complain about that, especially when my family is fcked up too..." Lin Zhenren slowly muttered and closed his eyes.

He needed to relax mentally. Even though he hated those dreams, they taught him the truth of the world in a very practical manner.

Money and Power were everything.

Without them, you are nothing, no matter how much good life you live, someone with any of them could ruin your life at a single thought.

That's why he wanted power.

He wanted Fame.

He wanted to make himself known in the world.

He had his own goal, to become strongest and find the truth about his dreams, at the same time, enjoy life with his broken mind.

After some time, Lin Zhenren opened his eyes and looked at the system interface,

[Time Left- 13 Seconds left]

"Haa..." A sigh escaped Lin Zhenren's mouth.

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Excitement rose in Lin Zhenren's heart but along with that was the fear of getting disappointed.

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Lin Zhenren crossed his finger, praying for good luck.

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[Soul Transfer, Start!]

Lin Zhenren suddenly felt his body getting tearing apart!

He wanted to scream but not a single scream left his mouth.

Death started to linger around him. He tried to move his hands but nothing happened, he wasn't able to feel a single thing at all. His whole body felt like a puppet with its string cut.

Suddenly, Lin Zhenren lost consciousness. His body fell on the ground with a *thud*.

Alas, no one was there to collect it.

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In a dark space, so dark that the night sky felt shame, a black-haired boy with a robust build around 18 years old appeared out of thin air.

The boy's whole body was translucent, one could see what was on the other side but there was no point in this place of Eternal Darkness.

The boy continued to hover in the air and floated all over the space for 3 hours before he groggily opened his eyes.

Opening his eyes, all boy saw was black, nothing else other than black.

He becomes shell-shocked!

He remembered feeling pain, and nothing else. And, now he was in a weird place like this.

Who wouldn't feel shocked?

The boy tried to move his arms and legs and found that he was able to do that and using his arms and legs, he was able to float around.

But suddenly, the realization hit the boy as he saw that his body was translucent. He tried to move his hand through his own body and it worked.

His hand passed through his body!

'What?!' The boy becomes shell-shocked again.

He looked around and tried several times and it happened every time he did that.

Just as he was about to move away, a blue screen appeared in front of his eyes. The blue light coming from the screen alone shone in that place.

[Host- Lin Zhenren]

[Select any three of them!]

[1. Technique.

2. Treasure.

3. Spiritual Roots.

4. Meridians.

5. Memory.

6. Talent.

7. Physique.

]

The boy, Lin Zhenren looked at the screen with a curious expression, he recognized that it was the same as the one that was in front of his eyes all the time before today.

'Is this like a gacha? No! that thing is a curse!' Lin Zhenren screamed internally. The knowledge that the dreams bought him was more than he desired.

"What should I choose? Technique? Spiritual Roots? Yes, spiritual roots, they are the thing that would make me walk on the path of cultivation." Lin Zhenren muttered under his breath while his hand was just a centimeter away from his chin.

Spiritual roots decide whether you could cultivate or not. The very foundation (roots) of one's body and soul. Associated with a person's innate talent and elemental affinities.

Cultivation usually requires some minimum level of innate talent, and many people find it impossible to even take the first step. The quality of a person's Spiritual Roots can be tested to determine if they have the talent necessary to cultivate. Rare individuals may even have special Spiritual Roots which allow them to cultivate quickly or grant them other benefits. For example, someone with "fire spiritual roots" might learn fire spells more easily than their peers.

And, Lin Zhenren was born without a spiritual root. His test result shocked the whole city, but alas, living in a cultivation world was bound to be cruel.

"Second would be Physique. Even though I had never heard of anyone having any kind of Physique or even something similar, but from the dreams, I know that it would help me in path too much." Lin Zhenren spoke out loud as he contemplated.

He knows about Physique, they came in different shapes and different quality but in his city, he never heard of anyone having a single physique or someone even talking about that, but he knows the importance that the Physique owns too.

He had a feeling that everything he choose here would be the path that he would have in the future. A wrong move could ruin his future completely.