Today.
Qin Feng was currently cultivating, seated cross-legged in his courtyard.
Ever since he had broken through to the First layer of the Origin realm, his cultivation progress had begun to slow down yet again. The 33-Day Creation Method that he practised was no longer sufficient to keep up with his growth.
It was like switching to a new car that was better than his last, but the engine soon gave up. Qin Feng knew he needed to quickly master the second day.
"Fortunately, my dear little stupid brother was born. I can do whatever I want now!"
Qin Feng accessed the system and looked at the 32,400 villain points and the single raffle ticket he possessed.
According to the system, raffle tickets were only acquired by destroying the serendipity of a Chosen One. The rewards were fucking amazing, filled with God-level physiques, special magic, martial art, or skills......
"What's going to come out?!"
Filled with excitement, Qin Feng called for the system.
Huala!
Before him materialised a large prize wheel filled with tiny text. As he spun it, the possible rewards flashed before his eyes---Supreme Body, Celestial Body, Martial Saint Body, Chaos Saint Body, Dense pupils, Supreme Bone Structure, True Dragon Treasure Technique, Paranirmitavaśavartin [1]...
"Ding dong! Congratulations to Master for winning the Sky-Splitting Sword Technique!"
Rumble!!
A thunderous echo reverberated within his mind as his spirit felt as though it was transported into another dimension.
A man clothed in black appeared and didn't say a single word.
He nodded and unsheathed his sword!
The clear resounding clang of the sword being unsheathed echoed through the skies, accompanied by a bewitchingly unconstrained sword light. A chilling aura enveloped the surroundings, and the astonishing, dragon-like sword light curled as if it were about to split the sky in two.
The terrifying power of the sword technique branded deeply into Qin Feng's mind!
It was extremely captivating, and it took a while before he could come back to his senses.
"How scary!"
Qin Feng was already drenched in sweat when he returned to his senses.
This was a true sword technique that required no ostentation, and being able to cut the heavens and scorch the earth merely by unsheathing a sword could decide the outcome of battles.
Yet, despite the strength of the Sky-Splitting Sword Technique, even if he knew how to use it, Qin Feng understood that his current age and cultivation were insufficient to split anything. He needed to strengthen his physique and further advance his cultivation first.
"I still need to cultivate a lot more!"
Calling upon the system in his mind, he decided to acquire another Savviness Halo.
"Ding dong! Congratulations to Master for spending 30,000 villain points to purchase a month-long Savviness Halo!"
After three years, Qin Feng felt the same sensation of entering a trance-like state as his soul absorbed profound realisations. Whatever he had trouble understanding previously during his cultivation now became effortlessly comprehensible.
And just at this moment—
An old man appeared in Qin Feng's modest courtyard. Taking a closer look, it became clear that he was the tenth ancestor of the Qin family, and as recorded in the family tree, he was Qin Feng's great-grandfather and his dad's grandfather.
As for his grandfather, he had heard that he was on a journey.
Not a single piece of news from or about him had been heard in centuries, no one knew whether or not he was alive, and his disappearance was the cause of many arguments within the family on whether they should hold a funeral for him.
"My dear great-grandson, your great-grandpa is here to see you!"
With an expression full of love, the tenth ancestor carried Qin Feng in his arms. His eyes reflected nothing but affection for his obedient and hardworking great-grandson.
Ever since Qin Feng's breakthrough into the Origin realm, he had become the source of joy and surprise for the ancestors of the Qin Family.
They were joyful because another genius had been born in the Qin family, and they were surprised because he was a genius that had broken through without the help of anyone. After all, it was a dangerous endeavour, one that could have cost him his life.
And after some discussions among the ancestors, they selected the tenth ancestor to come and mentor Qin Feng.
"Mentor?!"
Qin Feng thought that it was unnecessary.
He possessed the complete 33-Day Creation Method, which was filled with warnings and notes, and as long as he cultivated according to it, nothing dangerous would happen.
As for martial and footwork techniques, it would be easier if they'd lent him his brother's ass for a few days. He could guarantee that he could learn any martial or footwork techniques in two days, no matter the difficulty.
"Cultivators must remember that pride is something that they should never have!"
But the tenth ancestor, sensing arrogance in Qin Feng's attitude, was ready to beat some sense into him. He wanted to instill in him the understanding that no matter how good he was, there would always be someone better, and stagnancy in cultivation was equivalent to deterioration.
The tenth ancestor's Qi sunk into his dantian as his feet stomped at the ground, causing fallen leaves to rise and dance in the air as his two fingers pointed at the fake mountain a distance away.
Xiu! Xiu! Xiu!
The fallen leaves transformed into terrifying weapons as they cut the ten-meter-tall mountain into pieces.
The ancestor started preaching, "Did you see that? This is your great grandfather's ultimate technique that made me famous, Soaring Fallen Leaves. I spent decades in this family, with neither arrogance nor impetuosity, to create this technique, shaking the Jiang Hu [2] the moment I entered and made my name......"
And even before he finished flaunting, he watched as Qin Feng mimicked him.
With a similar display of Qi and a stomp of his feet, the fallen leaves started dancing in the air as Qin Feng pointed his two fingers at a nearby stone table.
Xiu! Xiu! Xiu!
Resembling steel plates, the fallen leaves shot forward, nailing into the stone table.
If it weren't for his First layer of Origin realm cultivation, he could've cut like his tenth ancestor did.
"This thing took decades of hard work?!"
Qin Feng mumbled as he stared at his two fingers, completely unfazed by the level of difficulty. Perhaps this was the effect of the Savviness Halo.
But regardless of the reason, a technique that took decades of hard work was something that he had learned with one look. However, Qin Feng believed these kinds of skills were useless to him, as only the techniques that were bought with the points he earned from beating his second brother's ass were reliable.
At this moment—
The tenth ancestor stood silently at the side, expressing that he had been wounded.
The strongest wound came from the mumblings of Qin Feng, the line, 'This thing took decades of hard work'.
"I need some space!"
He kept comforting himself in his heart, 'Don't be angry, don't be angry, he's a child from your own family, he's a child from your own family.'
"Ding dong! Master's insubordination has been detected. You have obtained 100 villain points!"
"When was I insubordinate?!"
Qin Feng was stunned instantly as he started to suspect that the system was bugged.
It didn't take long for the system to answer, "Ignoring your elder's words was insubordination."
Qin Feng was speechless.
What day and age was this? Who would treat the words of an old man as gospel? It wasn't as if every old man's ramblings were right?!
Forget it!
It's the system, the system was always right!
So what if it was insubordination? Ignoring your elder's words equals happiness! [3]
At this moment—
The other ancestors walked by Qin Feng with stern expressions, moving towards his parent's residence next door without even turning their heads to look at him once.
"What's going on?!"
Qin Feng followed behind in curiosity.
And the moment he entered, he could see the ancestors surrounding his second brother with a few ancient records in their hands.
And it didn't take very long before the ancestors started chortling in joy, unable to contain themselves.
"Sovereign Bones, it's the Sovereign Bones, alright! That mysterious aura was the one-in-a-million Sovereign Bones, so this child was born as an innate sovereign! The heavens have truly blessed our Qin family!"
"This cheaty halo..."
Qin Feng instantly felt unwell. An existence like a Chosen One was truly unfair.
"Ding dong! Congratulations to Master for unlocking the fated villain's Epic-Level Quest! Dig out your brother's Sovereign Bones. The reward is the Undefeatable Dense Pupils......"
Footnotes:
[1] Paranirmitavaśavartin - pertains to the most refined state in which one can be reborn within the desire realm. Gods in this realm enjoy pleasures that were magically created by other gods. Sixteen hundred human years = one day in this realm.
[2] Jiang Hu - cultivation world/world of cultivation
[3] Ignoring your elder's words equals happiness - it's like a rhyme of a chinese phrase 不听老人言，吃亏在眼前 = Ignore your elders at your peril.