New job
He could not figure out what to do with the system. He wanted to get rid of it as soon as possible. But neither did he know why he acquired it nor knew how to get rid of it. He was caught between a well and a trench. He decided to do something about it. So he opened up the interface.
System level - 1.0
Experience points:20/20 (System ready for upgrade)
Host:
Henry (Human )
Cultivation - none
Bloodline - none
Status - Healthy
System points: 6
Miscellaneous: locked
Shop: locked.
Mission: none.
"Upgrade?". Henry thought " Why should I upgrade the system?" he thought out loud.
"System should be upgraded to unlock new functions of the system. These functions will help the host as well."
"Oh, maybe upgrading the system will make me powerful in a short time."
"System why don't you upgrade if you are ready.?"
"System requires hosts permission because while upgrading system will remain inactive. The host should plan the upgrade at a time when the host is unemployed."
"Unemployed? couldn't this system come up with some better words?" Henry thought. Thinking about it he had nothing to do now. He could cultivate only with a cultivation technique. But he had none currently.
He noticed something and asked: "System what is the use of the system points. ?"
"System points can be exchanged for various things inside the system shop."
"But the shop is locked, How do I unlock it?
"Locked items could be unlocked by upgrading the system"
Now he was left with no choice but to upgrade the system.
So he commanded the system to upgrade.
"Ping. Upgrade started. Utilising the exp points. 2 days remaining."
'2 days! It wasn't too long, it wasn't too short either.
He has to wait for the system to upgrade.
In the blink of an eye, 2 days passed.
After the upgrade, he opened the system interface to look at what was new.
System-level - 2.0
Experience points:0/200
Host:
Henry (Human )
Cultivation - none
Bloodline - none
Status - Recovering.
System points: 6
Miscellaneous: locked
Shop: (Tap to trade)
Mission: none.
He tapped on the shop to see what he could buy.:
Soul cultivation techniques(tap to see options)
Body cultivation techniques(tap to see options)
Qi cultivation techniques(tap to see options)
Basic alchemy (locked)
Basic array mastery(locked)
Basic poison(locked)
Basic physician(locked)
Basic weapon forging(locked)
Basic appraisal(locked)
Basic beast taming(locked)
Weapon mastery (locked)
Henry clicked on cultivation techniques because he wanted to start cultivating as soon as possible.
He opened soul cultivation techniques. But to his surprise, there were multiple cultivation techniques. What was worse was that every technique cost more than 10 points? It was daylight robbery. The highest was even 1000 points. How the heck was he supposed to obtain that?
By the way which cultivation should he start first? He couldn't decide which cultivation to start first. So he asked the system about it.
"Most of the people prefer qi cultivation as it is the least painful one."
He opened qi cultivation techniques but met with the same dilemma. Everything was too pricey.
In the end, he could only be frustrated and close the system. As soon as one problem ends, another one crept up. Now he had to find some other job. But what job will he get?
He got a new headache now. He was just wondering what to do next.
Since he could not come to any conclusion he decided to ask his sister. "What will be doing now?" since there were six months since the next harvest.
"I was thinking of working as a servant for now. " Angela replied.
"Why don't I work instead, you have always worked for me, let me just work for once".
It seemed to Angela that her brother had grown up to say such things. Also, he could not remain in the house forever, there must come a time when he had to start working. She thought for a while and replied:
" Okay you work, I will take care of the household. We will find some work for you this evening."
In the evening they went around many houses to look for some work.
They could not start a business or open a shop because that required some capital and they did not have much money.
After searching for a long finally, they got some work in Chen's mansion which was the house of the leader of the Chen family. His job was to look after the garden and keep it clean. The garden was around 1acre large and had many decorative plants and two fountains as well as a table at the centre of it.
He agreed to work from sunrise till sunset. He was also given a servant's clothes. His salary would be 1 gold coin per month. 1 gold coin was worth 100 silver coins. These big families sure paid extravagantly. It was a matter of their reputation if their servants were paid less than other families of similar status. This was one of the major reasons why everyone wanted to work under them.
He remembered the various influential families in the "yuwa city" where he lived. Chen's family was not the top family but ranked among the top 10.
The top 3 were - the Basu family(1st ), the Ardolf family (2) and the Su family (3).
The next day he went to work a little early because he had to receive some instructions about the new job and the masters he should know about.
After a brief summary, he was asked to start cleaning, As soon as he started cleaning, he heard a voice again in his mind." ping, new Mission unlocked- Servant: work as a servant for a month. Mission rewards: exp 50, system points :0-30 (depending on the quality of the completion.)
'What the heck! Henry said:" farming only gave me a maximum of 10 points but the job of a servant is giving me a lot more; almost thrice!"
He was very frustrated upon seeing this outcome.