Yi Xian wakes up from his slumber. Like any other transmigrating protagonist of cultivation novel, he starts having a flashback of his current body memories.
Low cultivation. Check. An orphan. Check. Descendant of a glorious sect that had fallen to ruins. Check. Died from qi deviation. Check. Based on Yi Xian previous experience as an avid novel reader he is sure that he has the 'main character's template.
Now, if only he has a system of something similar, things will be complete but that will have to wait for now.
Yi Xian rises from his bed and walks to the bronze mirror next to his next. He looks into the mirror and sees the face of a handsome 16 years old boy, a far cry from his normal looking 32 years old middle age guy from earth.
"Not bad. Just a little bit more handsome than my original face. Just a bit." Yi Xian said to himself to convince no one.
Face is a VERY (in all CAPS) important attribute. It can make or break a deal. Living for 30 years on earth had convinced Yi Xian of that sure facts. Face and look is pretty much the difficulty setting in the game of live. Good looks = easy. Ugly = hell.
Yi Xian thinks he was having a medium difficulty setting back in earth, now he finally has the opportunity to try the easy setting.
Well done truck-kun.
Now that he thought about it, he has to thank truck-kun for gracing him with the chance for a transmigration. He was a the lowest point of his earth live when he just failed a 30 millions Yuan deal. Yi Xian got a taste of the real corrupted adult dealing when the competitor managed to bribe the contractor with illegal prostitutes.
Yi Xian was unable to convince the contractor to sign his company deal since he is unwilling to dirty his hand. As he was walking at night from a failed negotiation, he was struck by truck-kun from behind as his was not paying attention to anything.
Hold. And. Behold.
The truck-kun did his service again.
Now that Yi Xian finally have his thoughts sorted, he starts to plan for his new life. He has been thrown to a cultivation world by truck-kun without any instructions manual.
He has not idea is he has any kind of 'cheat-plugin' that most transmigrators have. He also has to consider if there are any other 'main character templates' in this world.
He has to avoid them at all cost. Before gaining a cheat and overwhelming cheat, getting involved with a main character is suicide.
Main character are walking disasters. A 'peaceful' cultivation world without any major event will sudden face wars and alien invasions just by having a main character born in the place.
One such example is a kid-detective on earth who always have a murder case happening everywhere he goes. What a scary kid.
It is a great luck that the current family compound that Yi Xian lives in is very isolated at the border of a small country and a vast inhabited land. The country is called Qian Kingdom. This kingdom thrives on commercial activities.
Merchants are the major players in this country. Unlike most countries on this cultivation world, there are very few cultivators in this country.
The spiritual qi in the air surrounding Qian Kingdom is very thin, it will take a great effort for cultivators to cultivate within this land. On the other hand, the vast unihabitated land beyond the border is completely barren from any spiritual qi.
Qian Kingdom is very rich and wealthy but it is also called a barren frontier. The kingdom spent countless wealth to secure the protection of a mysterious super strong cultivator to found an organization called Merchant League. Merchant League is the guardian on this kingdom from the violent cultivators.
The vast majority of the citizens of Qian Kingdom are normal civilians without any cultivation. These people are completely vulnerable to the strength of the cultivators. Hence, the Merchant League is required to maintain the law and security of the kingdom.
Ironically, this creates a unique ecology where the Qian Kingdom grows into a weak 'small' country with a vast area spanning the whole border of the barren land but without any military power.
On the other hand, the Merchant League is a giant organization with branches all over the the cultivation world that no one can look down at.
The relationship between Qian Kingdom royalty and the management of Merchant League is shrouded in mystery. These two landlords have managed to maintain a prosperous and peaceful civil country in this barbaric cultivation land for hundreds of years.
This is the reason for Yi Xian's ancestors decisions to run to this country after their sect's demise. Yi Xian greatly admire his ancestors for choosing this country. This is a great choice in ensuring his safety. However there is one point that his ancestors overlooked. The family has neglected to cultivate talents in management and business acumens.
A century ago, when the family entered Qian Kingdom, they brought a lot of valuables and a great amount of the sect's inheritance. Nevertheless, without any knowledge and the lack of talents in business and management, they fall prey to the unscrupulous merchants of Qian Kingdom.
Within a century, the unworthy descendants of a great sect had squandered more of the inheritance and finally had to use the last few saving to get this compound near the border. Now, there is only young master Yi Xian and an old couple, Uncle Su and Aunt Su.
Uncle Su is a hunter and a farmer while Aunt Su is the housekeeper. These couple are the only people left in the family.
The original Yi Xian of this world died from qi deviation when he tried to cultivate a cultivation manual from the sect inheritance without proper guidance. The barren qi environment caused a lot of turbulence to the thin qi in the air. Any attempt for cultivation required the guidance of an exper even with a cultivation manual t to ensure safety. Trying to cultivate alone on this land is pure suicide.
"R.I.P. original body. I will try to live happily in your stead. Thank you for this face." Yi Xian is very thankful to the original Yi Xian, without such suicidal act, he may never get to experience this transmigration adventure. The original totally get the setting of this world wrong. This is not really a qi cultivation story. This is business cultivation story. This is a business! And I has to finally get the business deal this time!