Chapter 36: Chat Group?
Chapter 1
The spring sun rose high in the sky and chased away the mist that hung over Qing Mountain.is in the morning.
A hundred young people between 15 and 16 years old gathered in a huge square in front of a pavilion. The pavilion had 5 floors in total, and the tiles had their tips angled upwards; The entire area was protected by a group of guards who seemed well trained and disciplined.
The huge pavilion was in the center of the village where the clanGu Yue resided, was a symbol of the clan's power and authority, is a place where each generation of the clan lives, and is also the place where the tablets of the clan's ancestors and leaders are kept.
It is also the place where the entrance to the clan's underground cave is located, in this cave is where the greatest asset that the clan resides.clã protects with tooth and nail - The spiritual source is also the place where the awakening ceremony is held each year.
(A/N: I could be wrong, but if memory serves, the clan's treasure room is in a different area of the underground cave.)
A spiritual source can create primeval stones with its pure energy, and primeval stones are one of the main cultivation resources that a Gu Master needs, which is why it is considered one of the main assets of any mortal clan, as no clan can prosper without a spiritual source.
"Good, it's good that you guys arrived on time" The elder responsible for this year's awakening was the academy elderGu Yue Curved Ya, he has a noble and experienced face like a true elder, and he sported a long white beard that he constantly held with his hand, his robes were of refinement that only someone of his status could acquire.
"Today you will all go through the awakening ceremony, and I imagine your parents have already explained how the ceremony works, so I won't go on too long." Cong Ya waved his hand as if indicating for all the young people to follow him and left the pavilion towards the stairs that led downstairs.
After spending a while descending the stone stairs, they entered a huge underground space, with thick stalactites on the ceiling and some stone pillars that were clearly man-made that supported the massive cavern from the ground.
The most impressive thing about the cave was that it was not dark as expected from a closed cave like this, on the contrary, the cave was extremely well lit. and this was mainly due to the stalactites on the ceiling that seemed to be made of a special type of crystal that produced its own light in neon tones.
"Woah!!!"
"Incredible, mom said I would be impressed by this place"
"Oh my, my, my, my!!!"
The young people were left murmuring, mouths open at the unique view they were having inside this cave. Among these young people, one stands out more than the others, as aheron in the middle of a flock of chickens.
(A/N: Heh. my Chinese dialect can already be considered fluent, I'm almost a young master now)
He displayed a calm and composed smile with his hands behind his back, like a true arrogant young master, and his appearance only corroborates his arrogant attitude.
He could only be described as stunning by carnal standards. Her long black hair was tied into a bun that left only a small part of her bangs covering her forehead that highlighted the small red mark that resided between her two eyebrows.
But the most surprising thing was her dark brown eyes, they were stunning and attracted the attention of anyone who looked. His eyes gave the appearance that they could see everything, the cleverness that emanated from his gaze would leave any experienced warrior on guard.
He wore long black clothes of fine, exquisite fabric with red embroidered details, and a white robe that perfectly complemented the attire of a wealthy young master.
This dazzling young man was Gu Yue Yao Lao, the eldest grandson of the elder in charge of the Yao Ji medicine hall. and at the same time young Yao Le's older brother.
'I waited 15 years and today the time has finally come to awaken my openness.'Theirs TB He had a secret that he never shared with anyone in this world, he is reincarnated from another world.
15 years ago he was reincarnated as the eldest son of the legitimate heir of the medicine hall. At first he found everything confusing and strange, but over time he got used to his situation and integrated into the world.
Over time, he ended up discovering that he was reincarnated in the book 'Reverend Insanity', a book that he had read so many times that he could recite all of Ren Zu's poems and legends by heart.
Knowing that this world was cruel and full of hardships, he prepared as much as possible and studied like crazy, even being recognized as a future genius of the clan thanks to his incredible achievements.
He was living the life of a king, being constantly fawned over for his incredible talent and being extremely well looked after by his beloved parents. but this world always has a way of playing with your life, on one fateful day your parents were killed by an ambush by the Bai clan.
That was the day he was slapped in the face by his own life, with that he felt firsthand what the author meant when he said that people's lives areral and fragile.
From that day on he put 200% dedication into every action he took, the moment he decided to do something, he would do that thing with the greatest perfection and mastery possible.
Para YaoTB The day of the ceremony was not only the day he would awaken to his openness, it was also the day his journey to become invincible would begin.
Clenching his fists tightly, YaoTB looked in the direction of the Fang twins and thought in his heart. 'You may have more experience and be more cunning than I currently am, but I refuse to be a secondary character in the history of this world.'
'If the heavens are against me, then I will be against the heavens. And I will definitely achieve greatness in this world; Isn't that what you always preached in your story, Fang Yuan? Never give up on your purpose, even if it leads to your death! for I will do the same.' YaoTB He looked away from the twins before it attracted attention and became awkward.
(A/N: Ugh... I cringed while writing this paragraph. How embarrassing, but it's necessary: I'm sorry to everyone who dies while reading this)
After a short walk, the colorful lights of the stalactites disappeared and were replaced by a faint blue glow that illuminated the young people's path: a huge river soon greeted them head on, the river flows from the bottom of the cave to the edge of where the young people they were.
The faint blue glow that illuminated the cave came from countless flowers planted at the bottom of the river, the flowers emit a faint blue light that made it magical - These are the Lunar Orchids, a type of plant created artificially by the Gu Yue clan over the years .
It was also one of the clan's special characteristics, along with the moonlight Gu worms that theclã produced.
"What cute flowers"
"Yes, they look like candles in the dark."
The young men marveled at the new sight, and each of them had a light of curiosity shining in the depths of their eyes.
"Very well, everyone pay attention. When you hear your names being called, I want you to cross the river from one bank to the other." The elder drew the young people's attention to him and explained.
"""Understood!!!""" All the young people responded together with a lot of excitement in their voices, it seemed like they wanted to start the ceremony as soon as possible.
The old man showed a discreet smile when he felt the enthusiasm of the young people and remembered that he had the same expression when he was young.
"Gu Yue Chen Bo" The awakening ceremony officially began.
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In the darkest part of the cave a group of elders gathered as they watched the ceremony being performed.
"Sigh. The clan's bloodline is actually getting weaker with each passing generation, almost 20% of the youths have already passed the ceremony and not even half of them have a C-Grade talent." One of the elders who spoke gloomily.
"It really is a shame the current state of the clan's talents" Another commented with his head down.
"You are right, but not all hope is lost. We still have the Poem Genius Fang Yuan and the Refinement Genius Yao Lao, they can still be great talents." The elder tried to cheer others up with his words.
The other elders brightened their expression and agreed with the statement.
"That's right. It is said that the young man of the Fang family was able to speak at three months, walk at four. And at the age of 5, I was already able to recite poetry with unparalleled depth."
"Yes, and Elder Yao Ji's young grandson isn't far behind either. He was already reading, speaking and asking questions at 5 months. And created his own gu recipe at the age of 5, and managed to refine a WormGu aos 10 years, without even having an opening."
"That's right, the Stealth Scales Gu was an excellent Gu worm that helped the clan immensely in the last wolf tides."
"A talent for refinement like YaoTB not seen anywhere, even if he doesn't have a Grade A talent. His talent on the path of refinement can make up for it."
The elders nodded in agreement. They were willing to protect Yao Lao's talent even if he was a mere C-Rank. Since it's not often that a young man without primeval essence can successfully refine a Gu.
"Speak of the devil. Look, now it's his turn." An elder who was paying more attention to the ceremony pointed at YaoTB while drawing the attention of the elders around him.
…
"ToYue Yao Lao!" The old man read the name in his notebook and called.
"Here elder." Yao Lao stepped forward and cordially introduced himself to the elder.
"Hmm. Go, walk as far as you can to the other bank." The old man nodded and pointed the pen he held between his fingers at the river in front of him.
'And thereHere we go!'Theirs TB he nodded and took the first step towards the river. As soon as he touched his feet in the river water, he felt pressure over his body pushing him down.
He had already been informed of this before so he wasn't scared. he raised his other foot and began to take his steps towards the opposite bank.
Quickly, several lights began to come out from within the orchids thatrested underneath the river. These lights surrounded Yao Lao's body and relieved his pressure.
These lights were the Hope Gu, a Gu worm essential for awakening the openness of young people. There was even its own folklore in this world about this Gu, it was written in the book 'The Legends of Ren Zu'.
According to the story given in the book, the Hope Gu was one of the essential Gu that helped humanity's ancestor survive against thepredicament.
Ren Zu ended up giving his youth and middle age to Strength and Wisdom Gu, but in the end these abandoned him when he was cornered by thePredicament. how much he had already given up and surrendered to the inevitable.
A faint ball of light appeared to him and offered a deal. 'Offer your heart to hope and I will help you against thePredicament.' when the ancestor of humanity accepted the deal, he managed to fend off allPredicament and was able to move on.
Since then, Hope Gu has served as a symbol of overcoming for humanity, proof that no matter how difficult your problems are, as long as you have hope, you will be able to overcome them.
(A/N: What did you think? I tried to write down the legends ofRen Zu in a way that doesn't look like I'm simply copying and pasting. USAshortened and gave a clearer direction of development.)
TheirsTB He continued to take his steps, with each step he took, Hope Gu entered his body, soon it seemed like a flood of fireflies attacked him and were chasing him.
The pressure increased with each step Yao Lao took, and over time the Hope Gu began to converge in one direction, they gathered just below his navel in what many could describe as the Dantian.
The pressure decreased with the Hope Gu and increased with his steps, it seemed like he was fighting a tug of war to see who could last the most, but the Hope Gu's resistance soon weakened and he felt the pressure begin to increase.
'33, 34. come on, I'm doing good. 35.36' Yao Lao counted the steps in his mind, he was already happy that he had at least a decent talent, but he wanted to go even further.
'37…'
With every step he took it felt like another stone was added to his back, he felt like his body would collapse at any moment from the intense pressure that the spiritual source emanated.
"38!" With his last remaining strength, YaoTB took the last step. he looked like he had just run a 50km marathon without stopping. his body seemed ready to crack at any moment.
But as if to congratulate him on his efforts. a sudden 'Boom!'he was heard inside his body, as the light gathered and formed a thin membrane that protected a green liquid from leaving the ball that now resided inside his body.
Looking into his aperture with his consciousness, he saw that his primeval sea was covering 75% of his entire aperture; he had successfully awakened his aperture.
[Bip!]
[Energy Detected!]
[Activating System: Opportunity Group Chat]
'What?!' Was all Yao Lao could think when he heard the sound and saw the floating message box in front of him.
"You can continue?" The elder asked worriedly when he saw Yao Lao standing without doing anything in the middle of the river.
Yao Lao threw the doubts to the back of his head and decided to think about it later, he then turned around and returned to where he originally came from.
"Our! 38 steps, is the biggest talent this year."
"Sure enough, Young Master YaoTB It's incredible!"
"Amazing, his talent is greater than Mo Bei and Chi Cheng."
'Yao Lao eh… The greatest talent in refinement I have ever seen in my life. What a shame, if he hadn't died in the Qing Mountain incidentis, I'm sure he would have been one of Southern Border's greatest refinement path Gu Masters.' Fang Yuan looked at Yao Lao's direction and thought.
'I remember he was fond of materials and wormsGood luck, reaching the point of fighting againstyes And Bing only for his Ice Demon Gu. Maybe I can use his curiosity to my advantage.' Fang Yuan rubbed his chin as he came up with plans in his head.
Everyone was looking at YaoTB while thebajulavam constantly. In the darkest part of the cave where the elders were, they were also having a heated conversation.
"Congratulations to Elder Yao Ji for her grandson's talent." An Elder clasped his fists and congratulated the half-hunchbacked old woman who was watching the ceremony as well.
"He certainly has the bearing of a true hero."
The surrounding elders congratulated Yao Ji without stopping. Even the elders who had some disagreements with her were soft-spoken. The clan's medicine department is highly appreciated and recognized by everyone, no one wanted to get on the bad side of the leader of such a faction.
And the fact that the successor of this faction is a talent of Yao Lao's caliber leaves all competitors at risk. They don't want to be on the hook that will lead to their death, so they will definitely try to gain some points with Yao Lao's faction.
"Hoho. I thank everyone for their greetings." Yao Ji leaned on his cane and thanked him while smiling.
Returning to the ceremony below, elder Cong Ya called out to Yao Lao and measured his primeval sea before announcing. "Gu Yue Yao Lao, Grade B talent"
He spoke of Yao's talentTB, but did not say the percentage of its primitive sea. he just wrote it down in his notebook and called for the next young man.
TheirsTB He accepted the flattery and conversations of his colleagues easily and waited for the ceremony to end.
After managing to get out of the wave of children praising him, he stood in a discreet corner waiting to see Fang Yuan's reaction upon discovering his Grade C talent. If he didn't react, then he used the cicada, if he reacted, then he didn't use the buzzer. that simple.
'System. What are its functions?' Yao Lao took the moment to learn more about his newly acquired system, he already had an idea of how it works based on its name, but he wanted to be sure.
Outside of his expectations, the system did not respond as he expected, but a wave of information suddenly flooded his mind, teaching him everything he needed to know about the system's functions.
'Ugh! Why did I have to send all the information at once into my head?!' YaoTB he grunted as he held his head in pain.
'But the functions of this system are almost the same as I thought. The name also made things much clearer.
'O The system literally works like a generic Group Chat, the only thing that makes it special is the fact that: All members are known transmigrates or reincarnated.' YaoTB rubbed his chin thinking that this system might be a lot more OP than he previously thought.
'This Cheat is ideal for an otaku/neet like me, a system that allows me to communicate with people from worlds and with missions in other worlds.' YaoTB He smiled mentally when he thought about the infinite possibilities of this system.
At this moment the young people around him began to react, the crowd was buzzing with conversations.
"What? Fang Yuan only took 27 steps?"
"Genius Fang Yuan is only a C Grade?"
"Unbelievable, geniuses are really worthless nowadays."
A commotion broke out from the crowd of young people.
Yao Lao looked at the lake and saw Fang Yuan returning to the shore with a cold face and indifferent to the insults and jokes from the public around him. "So you really used the cicada." Yao Lao thought in his mind calmly.
Soon after, it was Fang Zheng's turn, but Yao Lao didn't show any interest about it. everything was happening according to his memories of the original work. After everyone went through the ceremony, Elder Cong Ya dismissed everyone with notice of classes starting the next day.
Chapter 2
After the ceremony Yao Lao went directly home. Upon arriving at a luxurious mansion in the center of the village, he entered without hesitation.
""Good morning, Young Master!"" The two guards guarding the front gate of the mansion greeted him politely and opened the door for him to enter.
"Hm…" Yao Lao simply nodded and entered his clan compound.
The Yao clan compound was huge and had several separate compartments and areas, the main courtyard was decorated with a huge cherry blossom tree in the center, and with three circular ports each leading to a different place.
The one on the left led to the clan's medicinal hall, where all the Gu and materials needed for the department to function properly were kept.
The middle one was the central area of the clan, where the current leader's residence was and where the clan's most precious treasure room was located.
The one on the right was the clan's residential area, where clan members stayed, and alsoand the area wherehe is the training yard.
TheirsTB He took firm steps and headed towards the central entrance, towards his house, he lived in the leader's area, together with his grandmother and sister.
Entering the house, Yao Lao first passed through the reception room and then headed towards his room.
"How was your ceremony brother?" Before he could enter his room, he was greeted by a very cute girl with her hair tied into a single big braid. she had a face very similar to Yao Lao, but with fewer complexions.
"Well, your brother is officially one of the clan's top talents right now." YaoTB He smiled when he saw his little sister and patted her head as he responded calmly.
"Wow. I knew big brother would do well." Yao Le didn't move Yao Lao's hand away from her head, on the contrary, she moved closer.
"So how was the ceremony? tell me!" Yao Le asked energetically, she was very eager to know more about the ceremony since hers was next year.
"Hmm. come, I'll tell you how it happened." Yao Lao nodded and invited his little sister to the room so they could talk better.
When Yao Lao opened the bedroom door, he saw a huge mess. There were some gu materials spread out on a table in the corner of the room, countless papers with various formulas and theories scattered around, and a very cute little animal lying on the bed gnawing on a primitive stone.
"Lady D. What is this mess?" Yao Lao saw the mess and directed his gaze towards the little animal that was focused on devouring the primeval stone in its hands or paws.
Lady D. was the name Yao Lao gave to his pet that he adopted a few years ago, it is a 'Three-Tailed Cat' cub, it is a rare beast that can grow to the level of a beast emperor if it lives well.
Yao Lao was lucky to find this cub and raised it from a young age, and studied it. Three-tailed cats are rare beasts of the space path that can make dimensional leaps at will. Because of this, they have almost no predators, as they can flee anything that threatens them at will.
Each tail represents a certain level of power for these felines, one tail means they can teleport freely, two tails mean they can use their claws to attack regardless of distance. and the third tail means they can become intangible for a short period of time.
It is one of the rarest and most special beasts of the space path, it is said that it was created by the Thief of the Heavens himself to enter anywhere they want without being noticed.
They are quite passive and almost never attack anything, but if they feel cornered or threatened they will fight back with everything they have and then flee without a trace.
They tend to be quite vindictive against those who have angered them, they lie in wait and wait for the right moment to steal a precious item from the target or disturb them at an important moment.
Their main food is primeval rocks, so they are most commonly found in places with large amounts of marks.Dao do space path with a nearby spiritual source.
"Meow!" As if to respond, Lady D. finished devouring the primordial stone and teleported to Yao's shoulder.TB then meowed like a domestic kitten.
"Don't 'Meow' me. I want to know why you made such a mess?" YaoLao jHe had been fooled by Lady D's cute and innocent face many times, so he wouldn't be fooled again.
"Moeow!" As if realizing that her move didn't work, she rolled her eyes and teleported away as quickly as possible.
"Your…! No food for you today!" Yao Lao was unable to scold his kitten before she could run away.
"haha. Lady D. made quite a mess." Yao Le smiled as he helped organize things.
"Ugh… You don't need to do that. Let me fix it myself. sit on the bed while I talk about the ceremony" YaoTB He sighed and began to organize his things carefully while talking to his little sister.
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After talking to his little sister for a while, he dismissed her from his room and then locked the door and closed the windows while he opened his newly acquired system.
[Do you want to activate the Group Chat system?]
[Yes No]
As soon as Yao Lao touched the word 'Yes' floating in front of him, a powerful force pulled him somewhere and his consciousness darkened for a while.
"Ugh! I haven't even had this system for a day and I'm already hating the experience." Looking around all Yao Lao could see was a deep and dense fog, he could barely make out the silhouette of a table in front of him.
He had already received all the information on how his system worked, so he knew where he stood. This was the group members' meeting room - walking a little forward Yao Lao pulled out one of the four chairs at the round table and sat down.
The table and chair seemed to be luxury items, the table seemed to be made of pure gold and with some precious stone details, the chairs were white like porcelain and shined with silver details.
"Open starting gift" Knowing what he had to do, Yao Lao called his system and claimed his starting gift.
[Opening Home Gift…]
[Choosing a random gift…]
[...]
[Congratulations! you have acquired the 'Definitive Inventory']
[Implementing 'Definitive Inventory' as an extra personal function…]
[Implementation completed!]
Soon a wave of information flowed through Yao's headTB again, he was already numb to this sensation and only accepted it willingly.
"WhatSort! This gift is perfect for my current world." YaoTB he was ecstatic with pure happiness, he had been lucky enough to get a gift that perfectly fit his current situation.
His gift worked exactly as the name said, it was an inventory, and stored things inside, but what he left behindTheirs Lao was so happy with his auxiliary function - Every item placed inside the inventory will be infinite.
This was perfect for a refinement path enthusiast like him, with his inventory he could for example: place a primeval stone into the inventory and have an unlimited supply of primeval stones.
Over time he calmed down and performed the main function of his system. Send invitations to multiple members across the multiverse.
"Invite members!" Yao Lao dictated his order and a countless number of stars appeared in front of him, they were of all colors and sizes and were spread out at irregular distances from each other.
Yao Lao already knew what to do and to be a little safer, he filtered the stars so that it only showed transmigrated/reincarnated characters that he knew.
Immediately several of the countless stars disappeared, but they still remained in almost countless numbers. unfortunately Yao Lao couldn't see who the characters these stars represented were, all he could do was use a filter to at least invite well-known characters.
Without much choice, Yao Lao selected three stars, making the othersdisappear immediately.
Soon three other silhouettes appeared in the room, and all three seemed to be holding their heads in pain.
After a few minutes they seemed to understand their circumstances and all walked towards the empty chairs at the same time.
As soon as everyone sat in the free chairs, the fog that was obstructing everyone's vision disappeared. and everyone's face can be easily seen, among the three members who entered, two were women and only one was a man.
Everyone seemed to be staring into space while making hand movements. they seemed to be getting their gifts from the system as well. the gift was a benefit that everyone who joined the group could enjoy.
After everyone received their gifts, they looked radiant. Their expressions gave away that they had achieved something they really liked.
For the next few minutes the room was completely silent as everyone assessed each other. Knowing that someone would have to break this impasse, Yao Lao was the first to step forward.
"Good, since no one wants to get ahead of themselves, then I'll introduce myself first." Yao Lao stood up from his seat and placed his hands behind his back to introduce himself.
"I am Yao Lao, main heir of the Gu Yue clan's medicine hall. I am currently a Level 1 Gu Master. Due to some inconveniences in life, I ended up reincarnating in the book I was reading." Yao Lao had no reason to hide his reincarnation, as the system provides a complete file for all members to see, it works as a way of establishing trust.
As soon as Yao Lao finished introducing himself, a transparent blue chip appeared in the center of the table with all his possible information, from his world, how it worked, power ranks and even the situation of his reincarnation.
Everyone who was silent saw Yao Lao's information provided by the system, they relaxed a little and then the only other man in the group decided to introduce himself.
"Well then I'm next." A tall young man with short dark hair stood up. he was wearing a strange outfit that looked like a prisoner's uniform with a registration number on the chest.
"I am Han Xiao, a former online Galaxy Ranker. But for some reason I ended up beingtransmigrated for the game I was playing, and now I find myself as test subject number 0 in the valkyrie project." Han Xiao seemed to be a little indignant when he said this.
Just like what happened with Yao Lao, another screen appeared showing all the circumstances and how Han Xiao ended up in that world. It also explained how the world worked and its power levels.
'Our. so this guy is the famous mechanic Han, if he didn't introduce himself I would never recognize him, he doesn't look anything like the manhua and the description of thenovel It's too vague.' Yao Lao thought in his mind.
"If I may." One of the women raised her hand and said courteously. She looked quite noble and dignified, from her composure and appearance she seemed to be the heiress of some rich corporation.
Her skin looked delicate and soft, her face had light and cold features. His long black hair was loose, and his eyes were as dark as the purest obscurity.
"I am Yura, successor of the groupDaejim. But in the future the world fell into chaos after being connected with another fantasy world, by a twist of fate I ended up acquiring the legendary Demon Slayer class." Yura described her story with a bit of melancholy.
"Unfortunately, I ended up being killed in my fight against the God Yatan. But when I thought it was all over, I found myself in the past before the worlds connected." Yura clenched her fists as she finished her description.
Quickly another character sheet appeared, this time describing Yura's circumstances and the issue of power in that world.
'This is unexpected. Apparently I called a person from an alternate world, Satisfy is not a game in that world, but a different dimension that merged with the earth.' Yao Lao was finding the circumstances of Yura's world interesting.
When everyone finished reading the specifications on the character sheet, everyone directed their gaze to the last person left to introduce themselves.
"Well, I suppose it's my turnthen." The last woman in the group stood up
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