NOVEL WEB Chapter 2: First Plan
[System is found! Copying… Finished! Congratulations! You get Heavenly Golden Bridge System]
Oh! The protagonist is finally arriving here, huh? That's good and bad. It is good because I get his system, and bad because that means the protagonist is on the way to kill me if I am not careful.
"Young master, do you want to return to your room, or do you want me to prepare a medicinal bath?"
I snap from my thoughts and say.
"I shall return to my room. However, can you tell the others to prepare the bath for this evening?"
"Of course, young master. I shall prepare your bath for you."
I nod and walk to my room. I need to think of a way to handle this situation. After I arrive in my room, I release a sigh and think. I can think of two ways of surviving in this world. The first one is to ignore the MC. He can do whatever he wants, and I will ignore him. However, with how horny that man is, I know that he will look at any woman I get close to and is already plotting to take her away from me.
I think that is also one of the plot points in the book. He fancies a woman who already has a fiance, and he smears that man's name to take his woman. So even though I maintain my distance from him, he will have a reason to mess with me and my family sooner or later.
The second one is to kill him before he gets enough power to kill me. That is easy on the surface, but there is a high chance of him getting some ridiculous reason to survive or, worse, reincarnated into someone and getting some kind of cheat that will help him.
However, on the plus side, I can delay him long enough for me to get more power and take all the cheat items he gets from around the world.
Let's take the second route. With his system in me, I already know how to kill him.
For now, I need to gather as much money as possible. The reason? The MC system is a money-hungry system. I take a deep breath and say.
"System, use the Heavenly Golden Bridge."
"Opening…"
A second later, I can see a portal appear in front of me. I walk through the portal and see a massive golden gate standing in front of me with a galaxy surrounding me. This is the Heavenly Golden Bridge, a bridge that connects multiple universes and worlds.
The MC uses this system to go to another universe and gather cheat items. The first world he visits is his previous world. There, he sells all the goods he gets from this world and gets serum from a futuristic world. It might not be as good as the pill from this world, but it is enough for him to improve his pathway and root from trash to an average cultivator.
As I touch the golden gate, I can see countless worlds, and underneath that world, I can see the price tag for that world.
I frowned a little because I didn't hear any system explaining the price tag or what kind of world I could choose.
"Do you need me to explain, host? You look like you know about the system, so I don't say anything. As this is the copy, the personality of this system does not carry over."
"I see. That is good to hear. I don't want multiple voices in my head, after all."
"You only need one system, after all."
"That's right. Anyway, you don't need to explain anything. I already know about this system."
I look at the hundreds of worlds and stop in front of what looks like a barren world that only has grassland. I get close and wince a little at the price. It cost me ten million Spirit Stones. What are Spirit Stones? It is a currency of the Cultivation World. It is a stone that contains Heavenly Energy. It can help in your cultivation as you can directly absorb pure energy from the stone, but when used too much, it will hinder your cultivation. It is great for the final push of a bottleneck but not for daily consumption.
At the moment, I only have one thousand spirit stones in hand. The Xu Clan is the richest clan in the entire continent or even the world. I can ask a billion spirit stones without a problem. However, the clan's name will be tainted if the others see me take that many spirit stones.
It will create problems. Wait. Why do I need to think of a way to gather all that money at once? The MC will not be able to unlock his first world for years because he needs to save his money for almost two decades. That is the plotline where he encounters his first cheat to gather money. I only need to ask for an allowance from my parents, and they will give me some.
Let's ask them about it. I can tell them that I want to train in the forest and mountains outside the city. The Crimson Cloud City is the biggest and strongest city in the Azure Dragon Continent. Because of this reason, it is also the safest as the guard in the city takes care of the strong Spirit Beast nearby.
Asking my parents to let me go inside the forest to train is reasonable.
I turn around and leave the pocket dimension. After changing my clothes, I walk out of my room, and the servant greets me.
"Young master, is there anything we can do for you?"
"I need to speak with my parents."
She nods and follows me to my parent's room.
"Mother"
"Little Chen? Come in."
As I open the door to her room, I can see my mother sitting in front of a mirror with the servant combing her hair.
"Is everything okay, dear?"
"Of course, mother. I came here to ask if I can go to the forest to train my technique?"
"Of course! I guess it is time for you to explore and experience the world. Elder Qin?"
I blink for a second when I see an old man appear next to my mother. Ah, I remember him. He is the old man who died trying to assassinate the MC on my command. Sadly for the old man, the MC has an item that protects him from a lethal attack and uses the surprise to kill the old man using a potent poison.
Elder Qin was also a direct servant to my mother from her family, the Wu Clan.
"My lady."
"Protect little Chen, okay?"
"I will protect him with my life!"
She smiles and looks at me. She waves her hand, and suddenly, a ring appears in front of me.
"Take this Dimension Ring."
I take the floating ring and put it on. Dimension Ring is a ring with a pocket dimension that lets me store anything except humans. As I put the ring on, I can see a huge room full of goodies in the ring.
"I wanted to give you this ring yesterday, but because of the guests that arrived yesterday, I cannot give it to you. There are seven million Spirit Stones, spear technique, Spirit Weapons, technique books, medicinal plants, pills, and elements for you to use."
I look at her in shock and say.
"Thank you, mother!"
"Fufufufu~ What are you thanking me for? You are my son, and only the best is for you. Growing stronger and becoming the best is all I want for you."
"And your son shall be the best of the best, mother!"
I can hear my mother giggle at my words. Man, she is beautiful, and her giggles sound so soothing.
"When will you go?"
"I am thinking of tomorrow morning, Mother. For now, I need to try to break through to the sixth level of body tempering."
"Oh?"
She looks at me for a second and nods her head.
"I can feel it. As expected from my son. Already at Peak Body Tempering before your seventh birthday."
She gets off her chair and hugs me. I return her hug and feel her warm wash through my body.
"Be careful in the forest, okay? I am not worried about the beast but rather the other cultivator."
"Of course, mother! I will be careful; even if people attack me, Elder Qin is with me."
She nods and releases me. After a few more seconds of talking, I return to my room while Elder Qin disappears. While walking to my room, I ask the system.
"System, do the others know about the portal? Or is it the same as the portal the protagonist has?"
"Don't worry, host. The copied system is 1 to 1 copy without any flaw. That means your portal is invisible to anyone and the time will stop as long as you are using the bridge."
Good. That means I don't need to change my plan. What is my plan? Well, the first step is to steal one of the cheats the protagonist gets when he explores the forest near the Crimson Cloud City.
Let's steal the Infinite Cosmos Dragon's Bone.
Xu Chen's Mother, Xu Ai
