After spending the rest of the week with his siblings, Xia Lin was already at the gate of Floating Cloud City with his family of four. Xia Yuanba was crying his eyes out and Xia Qingyue had a sad look plastered on her face with tears on her eyes, Xia Hongyi, on the other hand, had a look of determination on his face.
Xia Lin just smiled warmly at the biggest and smallest persons in the group and said to them, "Guys, I'm not going to die you know? I'll just be gone for a while and I'll be coming back in a few months so don't so sad okay?"
Xia Lin just looked confused at his father's determined face and asked, "Patriarch, what's with the look?"
Xia Hongyi looked at him with fire in his eyes and shouted, "XIA LIN!! I WILL NOT REST UNTIL I FIND A WAY FOR QINGYUE'S ENGAGEMENT TO BE BROKEN OFF WITHOUT ANY DAMAGES TO OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE XIAO FAMILY!!! SO THAT WHEN YOU RETURN, IT WILL BE YOU WHO WILL BE MARRYING OUR LITTLE PRINCESS!!"
Xia Lin just deadpanned at this and then facepalmed while listening to his father.
After letting his father's words sink in, he couldn't help but see a certain bowl-cut bushy-browed person's face overlap with his father.
Xia Yuanba laughed at his big sister's face that was so red that he just couldn't help but laugh at her.
Xia Qingyue felt so embarrassed at her father's words that she just kicked his balls.
Xia Hongyi held his balls and let out a shriek of pain and hunched his back as he cried tears of pain.
Xia Qingyue then looked at Xia Lin who was laughing at her. Suddenly feeling that the pain she gave her father wasn't enough, she punched her father so hard that he was flying away.
She then looked at her older brother and suddenly turned red as she suddenly remembered the embarrassing actions she did earlier.
Xia Lin then walked over to the two of them and hugged them. He said to them, "Guys, I'll be going now. Remember to cultivate well and look after each other okay? And you, Yuanba don't eat too much or you'll be going to be big too fast."
He smiled at them before turning around and walking away.
Xia Qingyue felt sad that her older brother didn't say anything extra to her as he did to Xia Yuanba.
Seeing this, Xia Yuanba quickly shouted to Xia Lin who was already a few meters away from them, "Big brother! Don't you have anything to say to Qingyue!?"
Hearing what Xia Yuanba said, he turned around and give a thumbs up and shouted back, "Little Princess! Stay cute!!"
Xia Qingyue turned red and waved cutely at Xia Lin who laughed at the distance. Then Xia Lin's distance suddenly increased so great that the two younger siblings and the other people at the gate couldn't see his silhouette anymore. The two then returned to their manor while crying silently.
Xia Lin who suddenly disappeared from the people's view could be found in the forest surrounding Floating Cloud City. Before he could continue his journey he heard a sound echoing in the forest so he put his guard up.
[Ding!]
[Host, Samael has a new message for you]
Raising his eyebrow, Xia Lin the thought, 'What the hell does this bastard want?' He then remembered that this was the guy who dumped him in a forest unknown to him that could have many monsters surrounding with no strength in him. He then ignored what the system was saying and continued walking not even bothering on checking what Samael wants.
[Ding!]
[Hey Xia Lin! It's me, Samael! I knew you were gonna ignore me because I dumped you inside the forest with no powers that could be called an offensive power and that there could have been beasts around you at that time. Word for word, I knew what you were thinking about because you're so predictable. And I bypassed the system for you so you can't ignore me like an angry girlfriend. I just had to tell you that there are tons of techniques in your library that you are wasting because you aren't even thinking about them because of your narrow mind. You didn't even use your training chamber for the past year and a half! Dumbass. And didn't I tell you that you can make a mess in that world!? Why are you even following the plotline!? Sacrificing a potential harem candidate for the sake of the plotline. Pshhh. Fuck You! You aren't making things entertaining for me up here! I gave you those wishes and made you travel the cultivation for my entertainment you know!? So hurry and make things interesting okay? I'm bored up here.]
After hearing this, Xia Lin shaking with fury. He was gritting his teeth at the message Samael had sent him. He then thought, 'This bastard. I'm following the plotline because YOU THREW ME IN A WORLD THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY FUCKING CLUE ABOUT!!! I just read the fanfiction of ATG! I didn't even read a single thing in the original novel! So I'm following the flow of their story. Okay, Samael? And for fucks sake, I couldn't even go into the Training Chamber without either Xia Yuanba or Xia Qingyue noticing! Either one was with every single time I'm awake! If it's not just one of them then it's the both of them!! I couldn't have any privacy except when I'm showering or sleeping! I don't even know the perfect place to travel to! DAMN YOU SAMAEL!'
He then thought of the Training Chamber and smiled. He then thought, 'Now, I got my perfect training spot' He then said to his system, "System, I would like to enter the Training Chamber now"
[Ding!]
[Entering host inside the Training Chamber]
After hearing that, the only thing that Xia Lin could see was white. He then looked around and saw a house in the far distance and thought, 'When I said I would like a Training Chamber like the one from the Dragon Ball Series, I didn't mean I would like a literal copy of the one in DBZ. I thought he would give me something unique! Not this plain shit that looks like it was a prototype of heaven. Huh, it does look like what I've imagined heaven would look like except the cloud aren't present here. So that's why God added the clouds in heaven! Because if he didn't then it would look like this piece of garbage!'
[Ding!]
[Samael said to the system to say to the host that the host should keep things that are important in the host's mind and keep vain thoughts out of the host's mind and speak it out loud]
Xia Lin had an annoyed look on his face and scoffed at the nothing. He then sat down and tried to cultivate in peace, but he heard the system's sound again.
[Ding!]
[Host should know that Samael changed the name of your techniques and rearranged the format of the system. And the system would like to remind the host that the system has other functions, not just status.]
Xia Lin couldn't believe what he heard, he thought, 'Can that bastard stop meddling with my life anymore? He keeps changing my plans and keeps popping out of nowhere. Damn, I forgot about the system's other functions over the year?'
He couldn't help but feel stupid after realizing that he forgot about checking the system for other uses, other than the status he never really checked the system.
He then said, "System please show me all of your options." The system then showed,
[Ding!]
[Host, the system has four functions, it is Status, Inventory, Store, and Quests. Samael has removed the feature of items in the host's status and put in the system while changing the name to inventory. The system only had three original options but Samael changed it.]
Seeing the Quests and the Store feature, Xia Lin couldn't help but be scared. He then thought, 'Am I gonna have the legendary 'You will die if you don't do this' quest feature?'
Wanting an explanation, he then said, "System! Why do I have 2 options that I didn't know about? Couldn't you have given me a notification or even said to me that I have these 2 options?"
[Ding!]
[No host, Samael deliberately commanded that the system should not tell the host and that the host should try to find out about this feature all on his own. Samael then said to the system to tell the host, "Hey Xia Lin, you're a dumbass if you don't know about this feature until now." That is all host.]
Xia Lin couldn't be more speechless in his life other than now, especially due to the last message that he received.
He just didn't say anything because what Samael said had a point. He couldn't believe that he didn't check on the system all this time.
He just looked at the store option and saw,
[Ding!]
[Opening Store]
System Store:
Items- [Enter]
Skills- [Enter]
Body Physique- [Enter]
Techniques- [Enter]
Bloodlines- [Enter]
System Points: -1000
Looking at all the things that he could buy in the store he couldn't help but be excited. But seeing the number of points he has it left him numb. He then lowered his head, while doing so his body shook with rage.
He then asked in a quaking voice, "System, why is my system points on the negative side?"
[Ding!]
[Due to host not being too entertaining and didn't change the plotline, Samael deducted 111,000 SP on your tab.]
After being given the shocking news, he couldn't help but shout,
"SAMAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"
After shouting this, Xia Lin could be seen in the Training Chamber releasing all kinds of attacks utilizing his Profound Energy. Perfectly using his Energy Manipulation skill or what he thinks he still has, all kinds of shapes and sizes made out of Profound Energy was thrown around in the Training Chamber.
After raging for a few more minutes, Xia Lin calmed down and looked at what he could buy in the store. He then entered the Item part of his store and saw,
[Opening Items Tab]
Items-
Sky Poison Pearl- 150,000 SP
Miracle of Life (Complete Scripture)- 100,000,000 SP
Purple Veined Divine Crystal- 1000 SP
Mirror of Samsara- 150,000,000 SP
Heaven Smiting Devil Slayer Sword- 800,000 SP
Looking at all the items that were available in the item part in the store, he couldn't help but curse the prices in his heart.
He could understand why the prices would be so high but he didn't expect that it would be this high!
He didn't even know if his system is generous in giving SP or not.
Feeling dejected on not having anything that he could buy, he looked at the Quest Tab and saw,
[Ding!]
[Opening Quest Tab]
Main Quest-
Be the strongest person in the novel Against the Gods in the next 5 years
Reward- 10,000,000 SP and the chance to pick your next world
Punishment for failure- Be stuck in this world for the next 15 years
Side Quests-
Breakthrough to the Peak of Sovereign Realm before Xia Qingyue's wedding day
Reward- A pill that was made by the system to help you breakthrough to Divine
Punishment for Failure- Lowering the Host's Realm to the True Profound Realm for 3 months
Raid the Dragon's Lair and loot all his treasures
Reward- 200,00 SP and all the dragon's treasure
Punishment for failure- Deducting 200,000 SP from host
Do not tamper with the storyline
Reward- Samael's ire and deducting 500,000 SP
Punishment for failure- Samael's enjoyment and entertainment and an additional 500,000 SP
Xia Lin looked at all the quests again and thought, 'This should be easy.'
Xia Lin then looked at the last side quest and smiled, he then thought, "I think I have a quest to give it my all to."
He then remembered that Samael changed his status too and said, "Status"
[Ding!]
Status
Name: Xia Lin
Cultivation: 3rd level of the Earth Profound Realm
Profound Veins: Primordial God Veins
Techniques: Primordial God Veins
Skills: Killer Instinct, Basic Sword Arts Mastery, Basic Fist Fighting Mastery, Basic Movement Arts Mastery, Intermediate Medical Knowledge, Energy Manipulation (Perfect)
Seeing the skills, Xia Lin was puzzled. He then asked the system, "Hey system, why are names for the skills are different now?"
[Ding!]
[Samael thought that the names you gave for the previous arts were kind of like words coming out a Chuunibyou's words. He thought you had an Eight-Grader Syndrome and changed the names into simple but easy to understand. The ranking for the skills are; Basic, Intermediate, Expert, Master, and Perfect.]
Hearing the system say that to him, Xia Lin couldn't help but be embarrassed and said, "Well, I couldn't think of any better names for it! But his is kinda good, we'll use that."
He then looked at the distance and said, "Well, lets start training."