As the sun rose over the horizon and the light bathed a small city a young man woke up with a groggy expression. He had the appearance of an average teen around 15-16 years of age with medium-length brown hair and emerald green eyes. After coming to his senses his expression turned sour as he saw the glimpse of sunlight that had snuck through the blinds and glared right at his face.
This was certainly not the best way to wake up, but after a quick moment, he came to a startling realization.
'Isn't the window in my room facing away from the sunrise?'
Quickly after noticing the oddity he looked around the room and realized he was not where he was supposed to be, not at all.
After realizing he was not where he was supposed to be he soon realized he was not who he was supposed to be either. Quickly he thought of many possible explanations.
'Isekai? Transmigration? Cool! Do I hope I am a rich young master with beautiful maids and many admirers!'
Right as he was thinking of all the amazing possibilities he heard a strong manly voice.
"Bai Xiang get down here right now!"
Instantly although it was not clear the fresh transmigrator instantly felt like the man named Bai Xiang was him, and if his parent was yelling his full name it could only mean he was in trouble! What had this guy done previously to get called down so early in the morning?
Instead of getting any memories when he arrived he was fresh out of luck and could essentially be considered as having possessed the original boy's body.
Despite the trepidation caused by being in a new place Bai Xiang quickly got dressed and headed out of the room in the direction he heard the voice earlier from.
After a few steps, he arrived at a room with a table with three chairs, sitting on one chair was a man with a gruff but sturdy appearance who would soon be considered middle-aged. Although he was not particularly handsome he had a strong and reliable look, it could be assumed he was Bai Xiang's father.
Upon arriving in the room the man looked up from his breakfast and look at his son with an expectant expression before finally speaking after a short silence.
"I am going to work soon and your mother has already left for the tanner, I expect you to give up your strange goal and get a normal job today. Even if your core is cracked since you first formed it you can still find plenty of work."
Bai Xiang was slightly dumbfounded upon hearing about his father, he just got sent to a cool new world and this geezer wanted him to get some menial job. That sounds terrible!
In wake of his annoyance, he also picked up on what his father said, cracked core since formation. That meant this was a fantasy world! A xianxia most likely! And he got the short end of the stick and landed in a cripple's body!
After thinking for a short time he decided even if he was not going to become immortal he at least would not be a manual laborer!
"Father I wish to follow my dream for a little longer! Please allow me to give all I can before I settle for a common job."
In response, his father looked at him incredulously in the middle of lifting a spoon of egg into his mouth.
"Listen, boy, I don't know why that old many gave you the idea to become a gigolo since you cannot cultivate but our family does not have the appearance to attract any wealthy women. It is best not to be delusional. There are plenty of jobs in the service industry you can get that you can live a decent life without worry doing."
Once again Bai Xiang was completely shocked, the previous owner of this body wanted to be a gigolo who got pampered by noble ladies.
'Isn't this guy kind of a genius? If you cannot cultivate in a cultivation world is that not the next best thing? I would not mind doing that, even if the lady was not very attractive!'
Sadly judging from what his father said neither of them was standout when it came to looks though, maybe he could use his knowledge from his previous life to start a business?
As he was contemplating what to do since his career path would impact his entire new life he suddenly heard a distorted mechanical voice in his head.
Ob-Je-ct-ivE: Re-P-aiR c-ORE
RE-wa-rd: SyStEm S-taB-ility
Hint: Visit the local pill store, Aquae Vitae, to find the method to repair your spiritual core.>
After the message ended he couldn't help but widen his eyes, he had a system! It seemed to be damaged, but still!
Not only that, but he could also repair his damaged core, he could cultivate and become an immortal!
Of course, there were alchemy pills in this world that could fix anything, what else would be expected from a fantasy world like this?
With that in mind, he spoke resolutely to his new father.
"Father I need to go buy something first and need money, afterward I promise I will get a job and get rich to pay you back ten-fold!"
In response, his father just looked at him completely stunned, first, this guy wants to be a gigolo and now he is apparently going to get rich. He wanted to be a gigolo because he was untalented and average in every other realm, how is he going to get rich?
Even being confused he still signed and pulled out a pouch from his pocket and took out some coins and put them on the table. They had a silver color and a certain mystical shine to them, unlike any earth coin.
"I will give you 10 silver coins this time since you have never asked for money before from us, this is a month of my salary as a guard thought so don't go spending it on worthless things like fancy clothes to try to seduce some young miss!"
Instantly Bai Xiang jumped for joy, if this went by the normal fantasy exchange rate it should be a decent amount of money for an average person.
100 bronze coins = 1 silver coin
100 silver coins = 1 gold coin
100 or 1000 gold coins = 1 low-quality magic stone or a platinum coin>
From his initial observation, his father was an average city guard or something similar so 10 silver coins were very generous to give his son for something, what a caring father he had!
"Don't worry Father, I will not disappoint you and Mother!"
Even though he was not the original owner of the body he was in it felt very natural to be a part of this family even if he still had not met his mother.
After his father finished eating he left for work and Bai Xiang dressed in the most formal clothes he had and set out to search for Aquae Vitae to find a way to repair his core.