1 Protagonist's Halo System!
Please read up to the 20th chapter to see if you want to drop it or continue reading. just be warned that it has some cliches but is still enjoyable to read even with a fast-paced setting.
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"Spiritual World? The Eastern Desolate Region, Qingcheng city in the Xia Nation?"
"What is this?"
Suddenly, Su Zhan's head was filled with unfamiliar memory fragments. He rubbed his forehead with a puzzled expression, looking around with confusion.
Now, he was in a room that looked ancient.
Although Su Zhan felt dizzy, he quickly forced himself to walk towards the mirror in the corner of the room.
In front of the mirror, Su Zhan saw a young man who appeared to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, with fair skin, a handsome face that could rival many entertainment industry stars!
However, whose face was this? Clearly, it wasn't his!
Su Zhan was shocked and screamed in terror as he touched his face.
At this moment, the strange memory fragments had fully integrated with his own memories.
Finally, he understood what was actually happening.
"Oh my god! I have transmigrated to another world!"
"Moreover, I have transmigrated to a fantasy world where one can become stronger by cultivating, fly in the sky, and live forever!"
"Now, I am in the Qingcheng City, Liang Province in the Xia Nation!"
"My position is quite good! I am the son of the Su Family, one of the Four MajorFamilies in Qingcheng City!"
Wow! I am a rich kid!
Initially, Su Zhan was very surprised and excited. However, the next memory that surfaced temporarily halted his excitement.
Su Zhan was the son of a wealthy family, but on the other hand, he was famous for being untalented in his own family.
His meridians were blocked, so he could only absorb a little bit of spiritual energy from heaven and earth. After six years of cultivation, he had only managed to reach the fourth stage of the Meridian Opening Realm, while his peers in the Su Family had already reached the sixth stage or even higher!
The most talented geniuses had already succeeded in opening up nine meridians!
The difference was huge!
If someone else were in Su Zhan's position, they would surely feel desperate.
However, Su Zhan became even more excited.
As a youth who often read cultivation world novels like Martial Universe, he was very familiar with his current situation.
This was very interesting!
"According to the usual plot, a woman should come to cancel my engagement, and then I will speak the words 'Thirty years stretch eastward, thirty years to the west, do not underestimate a poor youth.' After that, an old man will appear from within the magic ring and ask me, 'Son, do you want to become stronger?' And so on, with the help of the golden finger, I will marry a beauty and rise to the pinnacle of life!
(TN: This is the line Xiao Yan said to Nalan Yaran when she came to cancel their engagement in the novel BTTH)
Su Zhan laughed and looked at his fingers.
Hmm, no magic ring with old men inside?
Perhaps it was because the story hadn't reached that point yet?
After the engagement was canceled, maybe he would find something like a strong incomplete soul or something inside the magic ring somewhere.
Su Zhan guessed silently and tried to perfect the qi in his body.
Before, Su Zhan was a lazy person with no purpose in life, but now as a transmigrator, who knows if something good has happened to his body?
Maybe it did, right
After ten minutes of cultivation, Su Zhan stopped with a disappointed expression on his face.
Compared to the average talent standard, he can only absorb about ten percent of the available spiritual energy from heaven and earth.
And from that ten percent of spiritual energy, only ten percent of it can be perfected into qi within his body.
In contrast, someone with average talent can convert at least thirty percent of the available spiritual energy into qi in their body. This means that someone with average talent can make progress in one day of cultivation that is equivalent to thirty days of Su Zhan's cultivation.
What is the point of his cultivation if he can only produce a third of what someone with average talent can produce?! If not for his father's position as the family patriarch and the abundant supply of rare and nutritious medicines, Su Zhan may never have reached the fourth stage of the Meridian Opening Realm in his lifetime.
Knock, knock!
Suddenly, a knock on the door can be heard from outside. "Come in…" said Su Zhan, but the door had already been opened before he finished speaking. He glared at the servant at the door with an unhappy expression.
"Hey! I haven't finished speaking yet, who gave you the permission to open the door?" he asked.
"I apologize, Young Master. I was in a hurry. The old master ordered me to call you to the living room. There is an important guest who wants to meet you!" the servant replied, although with a regretful tone, there was a tone of disrespect in his voice.
Upon hearing this, Su Zhan's eyes immediately lit up. Has the person who cancelled the engagement arrived? Although he did not remember any engagement agreement, if following the plot trend, this engagement agreement might have happened in the previous generation, so it was reasonable if he did not know about it.
Su Zhan then asked the servant with a curious expression, "What's the matter?"
The servant chuckled with a strange tone as he replied, "In three days, Young Master will have his birthday. Therefore, three major families have sent Qi Sea Realm experts to celebrate your birthday early!"
In this world, someone has to open nine meridian channels before they can gather spiritual energy to become a Qi Sea Realm expert.
A Qi Sea Realm expert can be said to be a great figure in Qingcheng City, and the relationship between the Su family and the three major families has always been complicated, so why did they send Qi Sea Realm experts just to celebrate the birthday of a junior from the Su family? And why three days earlier than his birthday?
Hmm, there's clearly something suspicious...
Su Zhan furrowed his brows, realizing that it was not the woman who cancelled the engagement who had come, but a new problem.
"Young Master, are you afraid?" Seeing Su Zhan's tense expression, the servant immediately sneered, "With trash talent like yours, how can you compete with the geniuses from the three major families? Even if you had eaten the Spiritual Lotus, with trash talent, you wouldn't be able to digest it at all!" 6
Upon hearing this, Su Zhan immediately knew the root of the problem.
'Oh, so that's the problem!'
About three days ago, four major families in Qingcheng City went together to the remote mountains to pay homage to the mountain god. In the middle of the mountains, there was a lotus flower that had begun to emanate spiritual brilliance, shining thousands of rays of light. This immediately caused the four prominent families to fight over it.
However, the lotus suddenly flew in panic towards Su Zhan. Without hesitation, Su Zhan consumed it. However, the potency of the drug contained in it was too much for his body to handle, causing damage to his internal organs and blood vessels. Shortly afterwards, he fainted and died a few days later, only to be replaced by a new Su Zhan.
The three major families were understandably angry about the incident and today they came to check whether Su Zhan was still alive and demanded compensation from the Su family.
The world is full of wonders and only lucky people can obtain them.
What right did trash like Su Zhan have to consume the lotus in front of them? Just because he was protected by the Su family patriarch at the time, they couldn't do anything about it.
If Su Zhan couldn't digest the power of the drug he consumed, it would be a waste of my resources and the three prominent families could use this as a reason to pressure the Su family.
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"What right do you have as a servant to question my talent?" Su Zhan said firmly.
Su Zhan certainly knew this servant, who was Su Heng's servant, Su Zhan's younger brother who was also the brightest genius currently held by the Su family.
Being directly reprimanded, of course, the servant felt angry, but he soon calmed down and answered in a low voice, "Okay, I understand. Please forgive me."
Although he often looked down on Su Zhan, he certainly didn't dare to fight against Su Zhan because of his noble status. As a servant, it meant asking for his death if he dared to directly fight against Su Zhan.
"Young master, let's go. People from the three prominent families are waiting for you." After saying that, the servant immediately left with a cold expression on his face.
Huh, let's see how long you can keep acting arrogant. Soon people from the three prominent families will come looking for trouble, let's see if you can still be arrogant then!
"Ding! Congratulations, Host! The Protagonist's Halo System has been activated!"
As Su Zhan was about to get up and prepare to walk, a mechanical voice suddenly sounded in his ear.
Immediately, a projection screen appeared in front of him, displaying the names of protagonist auras.
"System! Finally, you've come. If you didn't come, I would have been desperate!" Su Zhan shouted with joy in his heart as he looked at the projected screen in front of him.
"Protagonist's Cultivation Halo, Protagonist's Character Halo, Protagonist's Romance Halo..."
After looking at it for a minute, he felt a little confused.
"System, can you tell me how many protagonist's halos I have?" Su Zhan asked.
"Ding! The host has one hundred trillion protagonist's halo!" the system replied loudly.
