As Li Tang Zi's aunt, Si Xiu, stood in the doorway, she started to cry upon seeing Shen Ying. Even though the police had notified her that this was simply a machination of the God of Fate, and the girl in the bed was not her niece, she was still strangely comforted by her niece's alive body.
As she wiped away her tears from her face, she stumbled towards the hospital bed that Shen Ying was at. She then fell onto Shen Ying, hugging her tightly with a lot of strength. Her tears wet Shen Ying's blue hospital garb.
Shen Ying did not know how to respond. Eventually, as Si Xiu continued to hug Shen Ying, she reciprocate the gesture, using her arms to hug Si Xiu.
After they hugged for a while, they got out of the embrace. Si Xiu grabbed Shen Ying's shoulders, and repeatedly wiped away tears from her puffy red eyes.
"I'm sorry. Even though I know you're not my niece, you just keep reminding me of her." Si Xiu continually took the tissues from the side of the bed and wiped the mucus leaking from her nose with them.
"Oh. I'm sorry for your loss. We still have to get on in life somehow." Shen Ying tried to console Si Xiu. She did not like to see others cry in her presence, and she was scared that the mucus that was leaking from Si Xiu's nose would get on her.
"You don't understand. She was the only thing that my brother left behind, how am I going to face him in the Underworld?" Si Xiu continued sniffling.
"She's still alive, since she bought that God of Fate insurance policy or whatever you people call it." Shen Ying casually said to Si Xiu. She was still a bit indignant that she got sent to this world, not even allowing her to say her goodbyes to her family.
"Oh! I remember why I was here now! You're free to go now, since I signed this release form for you. You might as well come with me to stay since you have no other place to stay at." Si Xiu convinced Shen Ying with her argument.
So Xiu showed the release form to Shen Ying. On it, the hospital had stated that she had been medically certified to be not injured, and could leave from the hospital.
Anyway, Shen Ying agreed to staying at Si Xiu's house. Her counterpart had been orphaned secretly, she had always been sulking, not able to make any friends at her school.
There was no good place for her to stay. Not only that, she could also probably get some advance in her cultivation from that manual that her counterpart's parents had left behind if she went to Si Xiu's house. It was a win-win solution for everyone.
As Si Xiu and Shen Ying collaborated in packing up the latter's belongings, Si Xiu got curious about Shen Ying's origins. Where did the girl that had replaced her niece come from?
"I came from a world very far away, and was a princess from the Lian Empire. I lived a comfortable and sheltered life. It was too bad I was not allowed to cultivate, but I regret not treating my family better." Shen Ying mused about the life that she had before she came over.
"Oh, so in your world you can cultivate as well?" Si Xiu let out a small gasp of surprise. She could not believe that on other worlds, there were actually cultivators as well.
"Perhaps cultivation is a universal effect, allowing everyone to have the opportunity to cultivate?" Shen Ying gave out a proposal. Si Xiu nodded her head and thought that it was definitely that case.
As they finished packing Shen Ying's bag, Si Xiu took out a pocket device called a mobile phone, and used the "Quick Taxi" app to book a taxi. She moaned about the price of booking the taxi for 3 dollars to Shen Ying, who did not really listen to her, instead looking at the various people that she passed by in the corridor.
With her aunt by her side, she did not have to be on the lookout for potential threats. Her aunt was a high tier Spiritual Foundation expert, who could crush a lot of the lackeys or grunts that anyone would send.
She was focused on how the people of this world were dressed. They wore unconventional clothing, and some even wore leather purses. Normally, in her world, a silk pouch was normally used to store women's valuable necessities. Some of the richer cultivators even used spacial displacement rings to store their items.
Before long, Si Xiu and Shen Ying reached the entrance of the hospital. There, a taxi was waiting there for them. The taxi drivers got down from the taxi, opening the trunk as soon as he saw Si Xiu carrying Shen Ying's bag. She hoisted the bag and lowered it into the trunk, while Shen Ying got into the taxi.
After Si Xiu got into the taxi and notified the taxi driver to drop her off at the location she had specified, the taxi drove off. Si Xiu nodded off soon after the taxi had left from the hospital.
Meanwhile, Shen Ying looked around at the environment outside. There were carefully groomed plants, that looked very neat and smooth. The pedestrians also walked around on the street, talking through phones and were very busy all the time. It was a far cry from her Lian Empire, which was very peaceful and rarely had any incidents happen in it. Although, it was mostly due to her brothers' cultivation being quite high, around Rotating Core mid tier.
As she thought about it, it triggered a reaction in her mind. The system had said that completing missions would allow her to be able to redeem items!
Shen Ying closed her eyes and opened the system in her mind.
[Name: Shen Ying
Cultivation Level: 1-tier Body Building
Cultivation Path: Unshaking Cultivation (10/100)
Skills: Dawn of the Living Dead(1/10000)
Redemption Shop
Missions
System Rewards]
Shen Ying clicked on the "Missions" on the system menu. Immediately, something popped up.
[Mission: Physical training is important to help advance one's cultivation. Even a normal person can be in better health after getting their blood pumping!
Task: Do 100 push-ups or sit-ups(0/100)
Rewards: 100 general points
Mission: Sparring can increase your combat intent. To increase your prowess, spar with worthwhile enemies!
Task: Defeat 1 Spiritual Foundation cultivator while they are using their full power(0/1)
Rewards: 10,000 general points
Mission: Getting a mentor is of utmost importance. Without a good mentor, you are more likely to stray from the cultivation path.
Task: Get a Rotating Core high tier mentor(0/1)
Rewards: Cut Time Low Skill Book]