In a small town called Riven, in one of the many busy roadways, there is a teenage boy at around seventeen years old with a height of five feet five inches, his name is Ren. Standing behind a flimsy wooden stall, with his dark eyes letting of light sparkles from the sunlight and his dark hair blending into the shade of the stall, Ren's currently roasting meat. With a mysterious smile on his face and a look of utmost concentration, he spreads seasoning and sauces onto the meat and carefully rotates it, when an appetizing smell and golden liquid starts to roll off of it Ren starts to yell into the distance, "Hot and ready! Nicely roasted! Come and taste the legendary roasting technique that can even bring the king to his knees! Only two silvers!".
In the world of Rasch the currency is as follows:
copper
one silver = 100 coppers
one gold = 100 silvers
And so on.
After countless yells, Ren finally attracts a few customers, "I'll take one!"
"I'll take five!"
"I only have 1 silver.."
An old man makes his way to the stall and smiles at Ren, "Kid, do you even know how to roast?"
Ren couldn't help but chuckle, "Old man Ma, you're trying to get a discount again" Old man Ma let off a toothless grin, "I don't know what you're talking about, why would I spend two silvers on your roast meat when I can roast my own? It might not taste good, sell it to me cheaper so I can try, or you could give me a free sample? hehe". The corner of Ren's eye started to twitch as he finished roasting the last piece of meat, "Old man Ma, you know I don't do discounts, this is already cheap, and no free samples either, even if I sold this at three gold it would still be considered cheap".
With a sigh Ren looked at Old man Ma, who started to look uncomfortable, "Don't make me tell aunty that you're bothering me again".
When old man Ma heard that, an expression of fear appeared on his face is he turned to run, "Ah! I forgot to water the horse! I wasn't here!".
Looking at the sunset with a bewildered look Ren sighed, "He took up the rest of my time, that old man...."
After packing up the stall Ren started heading home, 'Ah, even though my clan was already reduced to a humble status, we even lost the manor, all the maids either got married or went to find other jobs, it's only aunt Leah and me now, we even lost all our business, I'm the only source of income..'
Ren kicked a couple pebbles and scared away a stray dog, 'I need to reach the rebirth stage, otherwise I can't hunt vicious beasts, selling roast meat can only help so much'
The rebirth stage is the foundation for cultivation, this stage is divided into three tiers, each tier is divided into three levels.Each tier strengthens the mind and body, allowing you to reach the limits of the human body, and temper the soul in the last tier, this stage doesn't increase longevity.
Ren looked at the rising moon as the last rays of the sun vanished from the horizon, 'After the rebirth stage... I shouldn't think of that for now, first I need to enter the rebirth stage'. While Ren was absorbed in his own thoughts he already arrived home, It was a slightly small house with a very shabby appearance, with a six foot wall and a rusty iron gate surrounding the house, outside the gate was an old but lively maid with a worried expression on her face, "Young master Ren, you're late, I was worried".
"Ah!" Startled, Ren quickly explained why he was late, "Aunty Leah, I'm sorry I worried you, I wasn't keeping track of time".
Smiling Aunty Leah looked at the full moon in the sky, it was a clear sky with the stars sparkling like diamonds and the moon as if a snowy white gem laying on a dark cloth, "Ren, you have to be careful, even though we are in such a humble state, we still have our secrets, the other clans will attempt to get their hands on the secrets".
Aunty Leah rubbed Ren's head, and an awkward expression appeared on his face, "Ren, those clans might target you, Ah, we better get inside or else you'll catch a cold"
As Ren was being led into the house by Aunty Leah, He was staring at his feet, he was wearing extremely worn out cloth shoes and even his toe was sticking out, 'What secrets could we possibly have? We're in such a state already and we have to deal with such troubling things.. What could those old men possibly want that we have? Whatever, Aunty must have her reasons for not telling me..'
As he entered the house, beneath the house in a dusty corner of the cellar, a jade grey box trembled slightly emitting spatial ripples, and causing dimensional cracks to form. In between those dimensional cracks you could see a small blue planet, with metallic objects floating around it, and a silver-grey moon with little metal machines crawling across the surface. After a slight tremble the jade grey box stopped emitting the spatial ripples, and the scene vanished.
That night a light aura appeared around Ren as he slept, and a breeze like voice went through the room, "Last of my bloodline, I can't watch over you anymore, before I leave, I'll leave you some gifts, my knowledge, and my experience... I, Reincarht, wish you the best"
With a light breeze, the aura vanished, and Ren started his night of troubled dreams...