Book 1: Slaughter Daoist / Chapter 3 – The First Disciple

Ken closed off his eyes, knowing the fact that his sister's sword was aiming down toward his neck. It's the final moment and Ken wants to savor it as his last memory of this life. However, seconds passed and he still had yet to feel any pain from his neck nor that unknown feeling of death.

He waited and still, nothing happened. He wondered why so he opened his eyes and was dumbfounded by what he was seeing. His sister, who was already in the act of chopping his neck, and the sword which was 3 feet away from his neck, was frozen. And as he noticed, even the surrounding stopped moving. As if time was stopped.

"Is… is this the afterlife!?" He said with a confused tone.

And while wondering, he then felt the heat to his finger. His ring finger to be exact. It shone. He was surprised. "What…"

And a moment later, the ring emitted light and projected a man. With a silk robe, emitting grandness and calmness at the same time. The man then looked at him after being projected.

"You… are going to die right?" The man said.

"Y-yes!" Ken immediately answered. He was shocked he can speak but can't move still.

"Oh… so… if I can rescue you from this predicament, are you willing to be my disciple?" The man asked.

"What!?" His eyes were opened shocked.

"Be my disciple. Are you willing?" The man asked again.

At this moment, Ken was confused and unable to think straight. Unable to provide answers immediately. He remembered the ring he was wearing. It was a memento from his dead mother and it was said to be a heirloom from his mother's destroyed clan. It was said that the ring has been with his mother's clan for more than a thousand years already. It was a storage ring. A normal one with a thousand cubic size. A good artifact.

However, it was never said to be a home of a master or rather, a spirit? Ken was confused.

He snapped back when the man asked again. "Last time, I'll ask. Do you accept me as your master!?" The tone changed and Ken felt the man was quite annoyed already as he was not answering.

"I accept!" Ken answered. He has no choice. He will either die or be accepted as a disciple by this man in the ring and survive. He decided.

"Great! As you master, I am the spirit of my previous self, my name is Nameless Daoist, my disciple!" The man said.

"Nameless Daoist!" Ken uttered.

"Yes! Now kowtow to this master at once!" The man said.

Ken heard, but at the moment, he has no strength at all. And then, a surge of energy goes inside his body and after a few seconds, he can already move his upper and lower body. He was amazed!

"This… T-thank you master!" Ken immediately moved and kowtowed to the man projected by his ring.

"Good! Know that even though I'm already gone in this world, I still have half the power I have when I was alive! So, rest assured that you will be guided thoroughly!" The man said.

"Yes, Master!" Ken didn't doubt. Only those who were so high in cultivation levels can do the energy transferring skill!

"Now, since you have accepted me! I will now start your journey! Here is your first mission!" The man then waved his left hand and a virtual board appeared in front of Ken.

[Mission 1: Kill 1 creature within 1 week!

Rewards: Mortal Pill x1 / Storage Ring Upgrade (1,000,000 cubic meters – Universal Grade Artifact)]

When Ken saw this, he was surprised! I need to kill! Is this what my master wants me to do!?

The man seemed to read Ken's mind and said, "Yes, you need to kill in order to get what you need! In this universe, those who can survive and kill are the ones who can step on the next stage! Keep doing the missions that I'll provide you and you will be stronger than anyone else!"

When the man said these words, something in Ken built up. He too has ambitions, but due to his poor cultivation talent, he was stuck at Mortal Realm Stage 6 for 2 years already. When he saw the reward of Mortal Pill, he felt a shock! The mortal pill was as expensive as any highest Mortal Rank grade artifact! It can even be exchanged for a low-grade Earth Immortal grade artifact!

"Do you accept?" The man added. Ken snapped back from his daydreaming. And then, another virtual board appeared with the words "Accept".

Without a thought. He tapped the "Accept" button.

"Now! The mission has started!" The man said. "In a count of 10, the surrounding will start again. You have 10 seconds to get ready!" He added.

Ken, on the other hand, immediately spotted a wooden stick with an edge and prepared to strike it in his sister's neck. He then heard the countdown.

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"Time start!"

Immediately, the surrounding moved again within a moment, his sister's sword hit the ground. She was surprised. "Where!?" She shouted.

Then a wooden stick, with its shard point, came to her view. It's too late, it immediately pierced her neck and blood flowed out of her neck. She wanted to speak, but her vocal cords were damaged as well from the attack.

She looked at the attacker and she was shocked that it was his brother. She wanted to say "How!?" But the energy was being sucked out of her body. All kinds of confusing theories came to her mind, but all of it became nonsense. In a few more seconds, her eyes became lifeless.

Ken let go of the stick after he confirmed his sister's death. He then grabbed the sword. The wyvern attacked him. Since the wyvern was at Stage 10 of the Mortal Realm, he chose to run.

With the newfound energy, he ran to the deep of the forest where the wyvern will have a hard time attacking him.

Hours have passed and he can still hear the Wyvern's mourn. Ken, at the moment, was camouflaged with the leaves and dirt. This way, he can escape the view of the monster.

Due to tiredness, physically and mentally, he proceeded to sleep while hiding.

>>Scene Break<<

"Ha! He accepted! Now let's see my progress!" James said.

[Ding! System detected mission completion!]

[Ding! Congratulations host for accepting 1 disciple!]

[Assessing…]

[Ding! 1 Mortal Stage Disciple Accepted!

Reward: 10 QP!]

[Name: James Hausser

Age: 1,523,698 years old.

Cultivation Level: Stage 3 – Universal Realm

Current Level Up Points: 10/1,000,000,000]

James looked at his stats and he felt joy! "Ah! I completed 1 quest! Now, this is a system! I really missed those online games. *sigh*"

And within a few seconds, James felt something going inside him. "What?"

Unknown energy was directly added to him. It was minuscule, but the aura it showed was massive!

"Is this the Multiverse energy!?"

[Ding! The host is right! Every QP you earned will be equivalent to Multiverse energy in your body! Keep it up!]

"Ohhh! This is great! Now I'm so motivated! It's been a while since I've been this motivated! Now let's keep this up and guide this boy to domination!"