A certain dilapidated courtyard in the Heaven's Pillar City.
At this moment, a young boy with short black hair was sitting under a dead tree in the courtyard.
The young boy had a touch of youthfulness on his face, yet his eyes seemed to hold the weight of countless years. He kept frowning and relaxing and then frowning again.
This kept going on for a while, as his green robes kept fluttering as though touched by an invisible wind.
This boy's name is Lin Tarlie, he was 16 this year.
He was currently trying to cultivate, but it was apparent that it wasn't going too well...
"System!"
[Ding! Host, I'm here at your service.]
"What are the chances I get someone with purple-gold luck in the Royal Cultivation Academy?"
[Ding! Host, the chances are high! Because anybody who can get to study at The Academy definitely has lots of luck to get there. You can then try to intercept their opportunities and get stronger really fast!]
The system was painting a big pie for Tarlie.
That's right! Tarlie has a system!
And not just any system, but a system that can check other people's future opportunities!
Tarlie suddenly woke up a couple of weeks ago to find that he had occupied another's body. He was terrified. He didn't have any qualities when he was on Earth.
Not only that, he now had a mother of this body to take care of.
But then he got excited when the system came about. Haha! Sure enough, he was truly loved by god! He had read many such novels before and knew he was the protagonist, perhaps this is a novel world itself.
As the system introduced itself, he got more and more enthusiastic about his future. Although, this body wasn't very talented, if you can keep stealing... I mean intercepting other's opportunities, then you should make up for it.
Out of stubbornness, he still tried cultivating, but in vain.
'Hah... too slow, let's go out to check other people's future opportunities.'
This has become Tarlie's daily routine. He often finds some good stuff, like Qi refining pills or talismans that are similar to disposable spells.
'Haaah... still poor. Damn it!'
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"Who... who is that?! How can someone be that good-looking!"
"Hey look, look! That must be someone powerful, with so many high-level cultivators. Wait is that who I think it is!?"
"And look at the woman behind him. Fuck! If only my pregnant wife had 5% of her beauty!"
"Honey, I'm not pregnant. What are you talking about?"
"Hmm? No no, you look like you at least have twins! Don't talk nonsense."
"Motherfucker, you calling me fat?!?"
Passerbys were chattering constantly.
At this moment.
Gu Dynn was levitating in the air, his eyes flashing a rotating reddish hue, looking at the gate of a certain home.
"Yep. It's here. The dots connect perfectly, the woman of an unknown background giving birth to a child. The child's father, who was kicked out of the Gu family, mysteriously vanishes one day. The child probably bears a grudge."
"Perfect plot for my little cousin brother, Lin..."
"Lin Tarlie, master", Pelly reminded him from the side obediently.
"Oh, let's go in, after all, he must miss me, his outstanding brother", Dynn said with a ruthless smile on his face.
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"Who's inside? Master Gu has to come visit!", a guard raised his voice by a couple hundred decibels using a spell.
"Who? Master Gu?", startled by the loud voice, a mature lady who was currently lying on the bed, suddenly stood up.
A sudden feeling of unease came about.
Although she was fully clothed, it couldn't hide the charm in the least. Her hair was combed behind her head, like a proper housewife. She had a mature plump body, with curves and thickness in the right places. Her waist was slim, but just below it was wide, and she had fullness in her thighs, making anybody just want to pick her up and hold her.
Her breasts were tightly wrapped, but still, one could only imagine how tough it was for her to bear it for all these years. Her status as a 'widow' surely added a few points to her charm.
She looked as if God had carved her out of the finest clay.
Her name was Lin Moon, the mother of the child, Lin Tarlie.
Suddenly, she heard footsteps.
Without even waiting for her response, the entourage had already arrived.
"Aunt Moon, apologies for the sudden intrusion at your house. Hope you won't mind", the voice of Dynn was without any hints of arrogance.
He looked amicable, just his mind was filled with many perverted ideas.
'98 out of 100. Top tier!'
'Where has she been hiding all these years?'
"Young Master Gu, what has brought you to my poor place? If there's anything I can help you, I will do so", even though she was willing to give in, her face seemed to have a hint of displeasure.
It has nothing to do with the sudden arrival, but rather the past events relating to her husband.
Her husband was a loving and caring person, and he was from a branch of the Gu family. But just after Tarlie was born, he was one day thrown out. Ever since they had moved to this house.
But, one day, she woke up to find that her husband had gone missing. People started spreading rumors that he had died somewhere.
The plight of a young single mother is hard to imagine. Yet she tried her best to raise the young Tarlie by herself.
"Aunt, I know you might be angry due to what happened in the past. But that doesn't change the fact that you're already a member of the Gu family. Now that you're still holding onto the past and letting yourself suffer after all these years, it seems a bit too much."
"Not to mention, think about what would happen to cousin Tarlie. You're simply ruining his future", saying this, Dynn seemed to sign with regret as if he was truly concerned about his cousin.
Moon was confused, why suddenly was he saying all this? He was the young master of the behemoth Gu family. Is it really because of this reason that he came all the way here?
But what he said... is true... am I ruining Tarlie's future?
Before she had time to think deeper, the half-open door burst open.
"WHO! Who are you all? How dare you bully my mother?!", a roar sounded.
Lin Tarlie had arrived, huffing with rage, his blood was rushing.
He was sure these people were here to bully his mother. No other reason could explain this because his mother would rarely go outside. Could they be here to claim some scam debt?
"Tarlie! Don't spout nonsense! These are our guests", Moon's eyes were wide open, she was afraid Tarlie would offend Dynn, causing a disaster.
"What kind of guests come barging in like this!? Tell me, what do you guys want?"
"Oh, this might be my cousin!"
Dynn was smiling even harder now.
'Hehe, found it, my little treasure chest!'