Blood alone greases the wheels of history- and the wheel of time is never-ending, churning ever forward, crushing those who stand in its path with reckless abandon.
And yet, here Fang Yuan's soul was, going not forward, but defying heaven itself as he soared through the stream of the River of Time backwards, back, until he found himself in a familiar room.
"This is..." he muttered. Gu Yue village?
The last thing he remembered was being surrounded by his enemies. He had slaughtered twenty million people in order to refine the Spring Autumn Cicada, alas, just as he was savoring his victory, he was cornered and had no choice but to use that gu worm.
It was rumored to be able to take one back, traveling upstream the river of time rather than the normal sequence of events. The price for this was massive- it demanded everything. One's body would detonate, their gu worms and cultivation destroyed as their will would be transported alongside the Spring Autumn Cicada back to the past.
Of course, that was what was rumored. No one could confirm this fact, and it was said that there was always a chance of failure while using the cicada. Given this, who would dare use it?
And yet, with no choice, enemies all around him, he had had no choice but to detonate it.
"Thankfully it worked or else-" Fang Yuan was about to say when something interrupted his vision.
It was not correct to say that he 'saw' it with his vision, more that he saw it in his mind's eye.
Congratulations on awakening the Goody Two-Shoes System!
Fang Yuan was calm as he analyzed this. Was this a side effect of using the Spring Autumn Cicada? It wasn't like he had any person he could ask regarding this.
You have been chosen to bring peace and balance to the world! The Goody Two-Shoes System will be your guide on bringing harmony and joy on your path to becoming a Venerable!
That last line caught his attention. To become a Venerable... though it would not grant him Eternal Life by itself, it was an essential step in his plans on the same.
As an introduction, here is a list of quests and what is in your inventory!
Inventory: Currently empty.
Daily Quest: Complete five push-ups. (Reward: 3 Primeval Stones)
[Daily Quests appear once a day, the more regularly you do them, the greater the rewards!]
Main Quests:
1. Complete the awakening ceremony! (Reward: ???)
[Main Quests are those which are important on your journey to becoming a Righteous Venerable, more of them will appear with time]
Secret Quests:
You have no secret quests as of yet.
[Secret quests can be unlocked or completed with certain triggers. Explore around to find out!]
Fang Yuan frowned. He had encountered many things during his five hundred year's of existence, though nothing of this exact sort. It almost seemed like the inheritance or the land spirit of a blessed land, though he had never encountered something like this within his head though.
Unless this was the will of someone who had entered his mind while he had traveled alongside the Spring Autumn Cicada- though he strangely enough could feel very little 'thought' from it, nor could his own mind grasp onto the will.
As it was right now he lacked the wisdom path methods necessary in order to detect something like that, let alone deal with it.
The first thing, the 'daily quest' caught his eye.
Do five pushups? That seemed simple enough.
As it was, the worst that could happen if he was wrong was that he'd look slightly silly.
"Brother..." as Fang Yuan was in the middle of this impromptu workout, a carbon copy of himself walked in. His younger brother- Fang Zheng.
Ah, Fang Yuan thought as memories poured back in. During this time, Fang Zheng was treated poorly by their adoptive parents- their aunt and uncle. In order to somewhat lessen the harshness of their treatment, Fang Yuan had revealed some of the poems he had learned back on Earth, gaining their admiration as a 'genius.'
Of course, this was all based on his prior knowledge. It was not genuine genius, and on the awakening ceremony, it was found out that Fang Yuan was a mere C-grade talent.
In this world, when it came to cultivation, talent was everything. It determined how far you could go as a Gu master- granted, one with a huge pile of resources could overcome even the worst lack of talent, but in their remote village one would not find anything that could greatly overcome the gap between talents.
Because he had been a C-grade talent, average at best, it meant that Fang Yuan had taken ten years to reach Rank Two in his prior life, and it was only thanks to a fortuitous encounter that he had managed to reach Rank Three a hundred years into life before he had regressed.
In contrast, his younger brother had turned out to be an A-grade talent, meaning that he was able to soar past boundaries that Fang Yuan was unable to. Suddenly, Fang Zheng was showered with praise and resources, and quickly forgot all about his elder brother.
Fang Zheng knew nothing of all of this, however, and still thought of Fang Yuan as the budding rising star of the clan.
He had been a bit nervous, and noted that his elder brother's door was ajar. He had gone to check up on Fang Yuan, only to see him doing push-ups on the floor.
"Is something wrong? Um... shouldn't you be sleeping?" Fang Zheng asked. It was a bit of an odd sight, someone working out like that so late at night. Was he also having trouble sleeping?
Once Fang Yuan was done, he got up, and simply said, "Nothing. I'm fine, you should go to sleep too."
The cold reply stung Fang Zheng's heart, but this was how his brother had always been. He simply nodded and retreated into the shadows.
Fang Yuan saw a notification pop up.
First daily quest complete! 3 primeval stones have been added to your inventory!