Snowy Leaf City, Lu Family Clan.
As the morning sun rose in the city, there remained a slight hint of cold, pure pre-dawn air. However, all the disciples, servants still embrace the warm blanket as they are still asleep in deep slumber.
"Morning!"
A young youth acted on feeling, flung off his hot, warm blankets, bolted up from his bed, and set his clothes on. All of this was done in one whiff.
This young person was around 12 to 13 years of age, with a slim frame and a childlike face. He wasn't graceful, but he was still good-looking.
Especially his eyes. They were sharp and full of vigor.
" Well, what the hell happened? where is my golden finger? "
This youth's name was Lu Zhou. Three days ago, he showed up from Earth's generation of negligence. To this earth full of fantasy and miracles, to his astonishment, he transmigrated into this body of a young master of the Lu Family.
His initial conclusion was going through any mischievous trick. Doing pranks on somebody was a youth's game on Earth, with this kind of abstract thought to carry out this kind of setting was a possibility. However, the previous body memories tell him otherwise.
Bewildered about his status, he overreacted and shut himself inside his room. Digesting the memories of the previous host. When he gets out and the outcome was true and can't be reversed after praying for an entire day, he accepted his current fate.
The previous name for this body had the same name as him. Half a month ago, he entered from the Cloud Step City's Lu Family side branch house to the Snowy Leaf Lu Family sect, relying on his achievement.
At the Cloud Step Branch, he was a talent for his age and was the first to reach the 1st rank of the Martial Path. From then on, he left behind the world of mortals and went down into the gateway of cultivation.
Every household member in the Cloud Step City praised him for his talent, expressing his future could not be measured…
His parents, relatives, and specifically his younger sister, all had big expectations for him.
However, only Lu Zhou knew how many more years the struggle he invested in compared to his associates, recognizing him to develop into the genius of the Cloud Step City.
Cloud Step City Lu Family was one of the main Lu Family sect's side branches. Including other places in the northern territory under the main Lu Clan, every 5 years, there would be 5 people suggested to the leading sect.
And the strongest person among the five was Lu Xue, a young woman who reached the 1st rank of Martial Path only 3 days before him.
After leaving Cloud Step City, Lu Zhou was full of fighting will resolve to move to the main Lu Family Clan and show off his skills.
However, after he went to the main Lu Family sect did he know he was just a toad at the bottom of a well.
In terms of the populace, Cloud Step City Lu Family only had 200 people, with only 10 to 20 people around his age.
At the main Lu Clan, however, there were tens of thousands of people, and they handled vast pieces of territory, mines, and resources. Compared to the Lu Family of the Cloud City, this family was over a hundred times greater!
In the side branch of Cloud Step City, they looked at him as a genius, like a talent for some. Here at the Lu sect, however, he was a common cultivator for his age, an average outer disciple.
In the Lu sect, they were many youths his age who had broken through to the 2nd rank of the Martial Path. There were indeed some who were talented, having broken into the 3rd rank. And according to some stories, there are family geniuses who had already broken through to the 4th rank...
Confronted with this truth, Lu Zhou knew that he was nothing compared to them. He was naive and insignificant in relation.
Furthermore, Lu Xue, the pretty girl who entered with him from the same territory in the northern part of the Lu Family branch, who had his affection prompted, became far from him and the separate three after entering the Lu sect. She also connecting herself with one of the leading 5 disciples among the outer disciples.
Looking backward, he had no serious relationship with her and the other three except for some conversation for has been elected as the contestant for entering the major household. However, Lu Zhou, with his optimistic nature, requested her to a date. And she agreed. Regardless, his confidence was shattered and his first affection was gone.
From then on, he became more and more despondent and gave further exercise into his cultivation after feeling sorrow.
He pledged; that he would get a spot at the lead at Snowy Leaf City in the Lu Family. Otherwise, he would never be allowed to think love ever again!
But his death was imminent and was taken over by Lu Zhou from Earth.
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Snapping his finger, Lu Zhou sought to emulate his desires to make the golden finger appeared. For the previous three days, every dawn, he would wake up and seek to arouse his golden finger.
Sighing, Lu Zhou had a deep sigh and thus went towards the family sect's martial arts field.
" Hah! ".....
Lu Zhou took a half step with both fists carrying the breeze, and practiced the Lu sect's " Iron Fist ".
" Iron Fist " was merely a core martial art, but Lu Zhou practiced it thoroughly and polishing it gracefully. In this world, strength was essential and intellectual prospect was relatively meaningless. With this was embedded in the previous host memories, Lu Zhou was silent and shock. A dog-eat-dog kind of world? damn.
And thus, he planned to wake up in the dawn, urging for the golden finger to show up, and work out for the rest of the day. The early day was kind of difficult for him, but accompanied by the remembrances, he improved this martial art to be the same or more appropriate than utilized by the previous host.
In laymen's terms normal martial arts were put into 5 grades: Core, Initial, Middle, Upper, and Peak.
Core martial arts, the least of martial arts, were applied to strengthen one's body and blood, the damage given by them was greatly restrained.
Normally, the higher the class of martial art, the greater the blow given by it would be and the stronger it would be for cultivating.
However, with Lu Zhou's capability, it was extremely hard for him to get access to high-level martial arts.
" Lu Zhou has been lingering at the 1st rank of the Martial Path for a time now. Is it the martial arts or times?."
After warming up for a while, Lu Zhou's face was raining with sweat, and his breathing was rapid.
Lu Zhou's talent wasn't deemed poor, the reason why he couldn't catch up to the others was that he didn't have martial skills of a higher rank. He likewise wasn't wealthy, like the leading family disciples who could obtain precious pills to enhance their cultivation speed.
They would apply these precious pills from birth to strengthen their bodies. Before reaching 10 years of age, they had already broken through the 1st rank of the Martial Path, achieving a clear advantage compared to others.
At the starting lines, Lu Zhou was very far from them. Almost every year, in the Cloud Step City, he will obtain some medicine for his cultivation. Even then it was sufficient to threaten the wealth of the Lu Family in the Cloud Step City.
Half a period afterward, the sunlight rose into view.
At the martial arts field, some Lu sect disciples slowly and steadily but entered, and some laughed and showed with one another.
However, when their visions had on Lu Zhou, their views became cold, and some even showed contempt.
This perspective wasn't just placed at Lu Zhou alone. The Lu sect disciples looked down upon everybody who joined from the side branches. In presence of those who entered from the side branches, they held an absolute amount of authority!
When Lu Zhou was absorbed in his thoughts, an echo came hissing from his back, Hold there! "
" Pah!
A hand as hard as metal struck him heavily on the shoulder.
"URG… It's you".
Lu Zhou was caught off balance and stumbled. His training to familiarize himself with his new body was effective. Using his core skills, he steadied himself.
The man who appeared up was a youth clad in black. His shape was robust and athletic, and he had thick eyebrows and yellow hair. His black eyes had a tinge of playfulness inside them as he looked down at Lu Zhou, who had just stood up.
"Lu Peng, what's up? "Lu Zhou had a face of indifference.
When Lu Zhou first joined the Lu sect, the two of them had a slight conflict. This was because Lu Peng was mocking those who showed up from the separate branches, and the previous Lu Zhou was dissatisfied with him.
Lu Peng was a character who would like to vengeance at every viable opportunity, and from then on, when he met Lu Zhou, he would humiliate him in every way.
"Lu Peng! With your strength, if you cannot take this side branch disciple in three steps, then it would not be cool!"
"Three moves? Lu Peng is already at the peak of the 2nd rank of the Martial Path. To fight that kid, one step will be more than enough!"
"One blow? That's good for fighting straight on. If not, it will not be that simple!" The disciples nearby said, ready to watch the spectacle. Most people did not care about what happened, so they spoke without restraint.
But contrary to their expectations, Lu Peng having a strange face. The neutral face of Lu Zhou confused him.
Where is his usual temper? Is he having brain damage?
When the previous hit on Lu Zhou could make him fall, Lu Peng contributed all of that to his strength. Reaching that conclusion, the particular face on Lu Peng disappears.
"Three moves? Hahaha....." Lu Peng raised his head and laughed with a face of contempt, " You are all looking down on me, Lu Peng! To crush this kid, I will merely require one step."
The disciples who were present had looks of awe on their faces.
One step?
Lu Zhou's eyebrows scrunched up and his face changed. The reluctance in his mind rose anew.
' Sigh… why did you have this impulse for provoking a stronger enemy?"
Lu Zhou wants to run away, but in this world of dog-eat-dog, showing weakness would bring challenges, challenges mean conflict, and conflict brings dooms to oneself. With this way of reason, Lu Zhou needs to deal with it. Besides, they are fellow clans, they will not kill or cripples his cultivation. Right?