Chapter 3 : stingy system
The sigh sounded familiar for some reason and carried a heavy trace of sadness and self-loathing and accompanying the sigh a row of golden words emerged in his turbulent mind, annotating
[Ding! Detected a Revenant Request, if you help him cut all karma to this world before his time runs out and is forcefully pulled down to the netherworld, (10)days left, Rewards:???]
The message immediately caused the confused Lin Min to stop in his tracks.
"A revenant?...what is that?" Lin Min muttered in confusion under his breath unaware if he would receive any form of reply.
Luckily he got a reply but it wasn't in form of words this time but an expressionless voice.
[Revenants are beings of another plain that return after death, they roam the land of the living like outlaws with a countdown looming over their heads, and it's all due to a strong attachment or tether to the land of the living they have causing them to cling to existence and stopping them from descending to the netherworld ]
"So that's how it is" Lin Min subconsciously nodded, the reply made sense and aligned with the guesses he already had, but then he realized something odd, who did the voice sounding in his head belong to?
"Who are you? are you related to that glorious book I saw before I died?" He asked after pondering for a little while.
[you can say that but I'm not allowed to say more about it for now. so you can just call me the Revenant Extraction system]
"A system?" Lin Min was still confused after the reply and asked again.
[Yes, I am the ultimate helper created since the dawn of time for the sole purpose of helping the Host climb to the peak of all things, after going through your memories I decided to stimulate the games from host memories from your past life to help you grow stronger.]
The emotionless voice sounded once more in Lin Min's head.
The reply dumbfounded Lin Min and made him briefly forget his precarious situation.
He wasn't surprised the voice was aware of his rebirth after all it sounded in his mind but surprised that he got a system of his own!
Meaning he got a golden finger of his own like the protagonist transmigrators of many novels back on earth, and with it, he could easily walk the path of an expert and rapidly rise to the top of the cultivation world.
Thinking up to this point Lin min grew excited and he immediately asked with his chest burning with glee, "so what are the benefits that you'll offer me as a welcoming bonus, give me one of those magical pills that can regrow lost body parts so I can heal my eyes and see once again"
His voice was filled with a tinge of excitement and expectation as he spoke unfortunately the system's reply pour cold water on his joy.
[I'm sorry that's not how this work, your level is too low and I can only rob of benefits from a Spirit chattel after you've helped them sever major karma with the land of the living, to sum it all up in a few words, you meet Revenants, you help them, and you are handsomely rewarded with my help of course]
"Just that?" Lin Min's lips twitched at that response, he revealed a strange expression right then.
This sounded like he'll have to be working for ghosts like a ferryman of the dead or something before getting anything good, couldn't he have gotten a system that will strengthen its host by just breathing, signing in, binding pets, recruiting disciples like other protagonists usually get.
'Seems I'm only destined to be a supporting character in this world.... that's if I don't die tonight " Lin min sighed helplessly.
However, since that's what he got he could only live with it and work hard in the future the system might evolve when he became stronger.
With a sigh, Lin Min reluctantly came to terms with the system before asking, "what benefits do I get from all my hard work for this so called revenants"
[What I'll be able to rob for you are not fixed but random instead and largely depends on what the Spirit's chattel in the past the only thing that is fixed is I'll always rob the spirits of their talents before they descend to the netherworld, and you'll get other things in addition, like physical wealth, special body physiques and so on but rest assured the rewards will all be exceptional] the system patiently explained
Lin Min's downtrodden expression eased up a bit after hearing that, it seems the system was a little bit reasonable, even though it's not as overpowered as most protagonists it had some useful perks that will help him grow.
"That's not bad, but can you give me a pill to recover my eyes first" Lin Min asked again.
The system reply was the same and it was short [No]
"But I won't be able to leave the forest without my sight," Lin Min asked again, he was getting desperate.
[No]
"Can't you at least help me recover my injuries first?"
[No]
"But I might really die, and you won't have a host anymore"
[If that happens that means your luck is not good and not deserving of me a supreme....eh I mean the system]
Lin Min:"..."
He was speechless, this system was a bit too stingy and sounded so heartless and twisted, how come you are willing to abandon your host, Lin min fell into a daze.
[However rest assured if you can come out of the forest alive an opportunity to heal your injuries will present itself, besides even though you can't see, I can, so I can be your eyes if you want.] As Lin Min was losing interest in his ordinary system, the voice continued.
[Detected Revenant's Request do you want to accept?]
[Yes][No]
Hearing those words Lin Min nearly cursed out loud but he soon calmed his mind and accepted, he was at wit's end now and could only hope the Revenant Request might provide the timely help he so dearly needed.
As soon as he accepted another series of messages appeared in his mind.
[Ding: Revenant Request- Lingering desires accepted]
[Revenant: Lin Min, cultivation before death: none, Race: human. Spiritual root: low-grade white (system evaluation: peak tier trash! Host must strive hard to stop being this worthless)]
[Revenant Request 1: after living a meaningless life Lin Min regrets all the pain and suffering he has brought his mother and wishes he could see her smile one last time by returning home alive since you have inherited his body the responsibility falls unto you]
[Reward: Random cultivation mantra from the system + Random chattel from Revenant]
[Second desire: find the real cause of death and the dark hand that framed Lin min]
[Reward: Bedrock setting pills ×1, Body Regenerating pills and low-level Revenant source]
Lin Min's eyes lit up when he saw the last set of rewards, has recognized the importance of both pills from his predecessor's memories but was oblivious to the use of the so-called Revenant source so he asked "What is a Revenant source, and what are the uses?"
However, the system didn't reply but instead warned him, [You are not qualified to know, for now, what you need to worry about are the two wolves standing in front of you].