But i thought to myself.
"What would an Emperor choose?"
I contemplated as i thought back to the novels in my previous world.
The protagonists never choose one.
They create an unprecedented path of their own.
And so I thought "Surely I have the best of talent, right?"
After all I have reincarnated, I have to have a golden finger don't I?
I might not have a system or a great master.
But as a reincarnater, how could i be normal?
I'm not like the other children, i have the intellect of an adult.
I have the will of someone who has been in pain throughout his life.
And thus,
I will create my own path to the Emperor Realm.
I will train as a Body Refiner and a Soul Cultivator.
Although It will take me longer to increase my cultivation compared to others.
I will walk down a road of unlimited potential rather than limit myself.
1 month later.
In a small room with a simple bed and a table a young boy is doing an exercise which is termed as a "pushup" on earth, or atleast trying to.
The young boy is sweating profusely as he falls to the ground and takes a deep breath before mumbling
"Even though I can't do a full pushup yet doing it halfway is still monstrous for a 2 year old child."
I started refining my body a month ago.
Since I can't cultivate currently i cannot use the normal methods to refine my body, so i decided to do what i can.
In the morning the young girl whose name is still unknown to me, since everyone thinks I can't speak.
Brings me breakfest.
Afterwards, i go to the yard of the orphanage and start running only stopping when I am incapable of doing so.
Finishing my daily run i take a freezing cold shower to temper my body so it can better tolerate temperatures.
As the day's go on I use colder water than the previous day.
During noon I attempt to do a pushup until im exhausted.
After which i take a cold shower once more to cool myself off before going to bed.
This was my routine for a month.
It was painful pushing my body to my limit constantly, but i could see my progress and knew that my journey wouldn't be painless.
I kept my sanity by comparing myself to the other orphans who were far behind me.
Which was, admittedly childish of me.