A study table was placed in the room, books scattered on it. Few were open with some pages marked, some with paper stone on them.
Across the table was a luxurious chair, with someone resting on the chair. Adjacent to that was a big mirror of seven to eight feet.
"Books hmm, good table." The man seated on the chair mumbled with sleepy voice, his eyes half open barely awake from sleep.
"Life Sutra, Increase of lifespan, Longevity medicine..." With a slight pause after reading these words the man finally woke up.
Curious, he moved his hand to turn the pages of the books. To his surprise, the hand was not the strong one he had, it was a wrinkled, old hand.
Scared, in surprise he stood up from the chair. Now fully awake, he figured out that the room he was in was not his.
The room was large, luxurious, and had a giant bed he never had.
Finally his surprised eyes landed on the right of his chair, on a mirror. An old face, white hair and short beard was staring back at him.
"NO WAY?" An old man, draped in luxurious clothing, adorned with gold and jewels in every possible place on him, mumbled in shock.
"Me? Dying? King?" Ray mumbled in shock. He was asleep for a while, he remembered reading a book at his study table and falling asleep there.
But now, here he was in a old dying body. He was restless , panicked and thus looked into the books, there was a handwritten note.
The note said " Remaining lifespan 3 years"
"Next heir 3rd child"
He glanced at those books on the table again, read the titles and highlights of the pages which were already opened.
Every book, every highlight was somehow related to lifespan, increase of lifespan, longevity.
The notes in between the books also had mention of lifespan remaining and certain thoughts which according to him was the old guy's.
He sat back on the chair he was asleep in a few moments ago, starting to calm down.
"Did I cross over?
No, no! this must be a dream, a bad dream. Why would I crossover into an old man trying to increase his lifespan." He frantically thought about the feasibility of his transmigration.
"There must be some books, any notes, a diary. Yes, a diary sounds good." He again sat up from the chair and started looking for any book or note he could find.
He already had little success from the books previously.
"A man desperate to increase his lifespan must have made some notes, a record of his research progress." The room was large but empty.
Except for the study table and chair, the luxurious bed there was nothing at all. After looking through the possible corners, under the bed, he did not find any other reading material.
What surprised him though was the physical strength of his new body. Despite being old, he was easily able to go under the bed, crawl, effortlessly move around.
Another surprise to him was the location of his room, he was actually in a large manor. A king level large with a beautiful garden.
"No diary, or any notes, I'd have to read the books on the table first." He thoroughly searched the room and it did not seem likely for him to get any new book without interacting with another person.
Talking with someone the old man already knew did not really sound like a very good plan to him. He also feared being burned as a demon.
He started off with the Life prolonging Sutra, the first page explained the lifespan of creatures compared to humans.
The book further explained the living habits of those creatures, their habitat.
Almost in the middle of the book, the writer put down the possibility of extension of lifespan if a human were to move his Ki energy and imitate it with a creature.
Though it was only a possibility, since an individual able to imitate Ki breathing of a demonic creature won't be dying because of lifespan limits.
To his amazement, he found out that Ki was an energy accessible to all in this world. A systematic training could not only strengthen an individual but also increase their lifespan.
Ki could also aid the life energy and increase the lifespan of the user albeit the difference between breaking through and increasing lifespan naturally and using ki to increase lifespan had difference in efficiency.
He moved himself from the chair to the bed, sat cross legged and entered a meditative pose like it was in the book.
Within a minute or two, he was actually able to feel the Ki inside his body, and it was huge. Bigger than the amount he had read in the book demonstration.
The ki energy was warm, listening to his mental commands. He instantly had thoughts of battles and other interesting applications of putting the energy to use.
Unfortunately, he already knew that the king's body was on death's door, only able to live because of the Ki inside the body compensating for the life span.
Moving the energy to do try any of the flashy moves was idiotic and could easily result in his death instantly or maybe a prolonged suffering.
"What's this? Crossing over but no knowledge or memory.
Being a Noble but at the end of his life.
Having ki but not able to actually use it." Ray laughed at his unfortunate circumstances.
Exiting the meditative pose, he lay down in the bed, devoid of thoughts.
Few hours of staring at the ceiling, his heart palpitated. He brought all the books from the table on the bed and started reading them.
After the first hour he completed his first book.
His gains were
Method 1 - Imitate beasts (theory)
Method 2 - Breakthrough ( difficult with current body)
Method 3 - A life elixir, medicine
Progress 100% [ Life Sutra ]
"is this another of his abilities?" he could see a green progress bar on top of the book.
From what he had read in the books, there were some abilities inherent to the users. He tried looking for the source of this new ability, again entering a meditation.
Upon concentration he could see a notebook like screen with contents:
Life sutra 100%
Increase of lifespan 93%
Longevity medicine 100%
History of Aeratia 100%
Dester family KI technique 60%
"These are books? and their progress, and the catalog of the total books i have read?" without any reservations he tried accessing them.
Not only could he see the book's content he had read himself, he could also see the ones the previous guy read, there were also notes option available in the books.
He saw all the important as well as useless remarks made by the dying man on different topics.
Apparently the ability of his, was a notepad of sort where he could add the information like content of the book he saw and his personal notes.
But it was not only limited to that, it also showed the progress of his skills based on the information it had stored.
He made it to the top of his family with this ability. Since he could essentially see the effects of his decisions by the progress percentage.
Unfortunately he was kind and indecisive, leaving him poisoned and dying by his own descendants.
Even in the end, the guy only blamed himself and his lack of strength for his tragic end.
"What a naive man, does he not get cringed by his behavior" Ray could not help but curse the stupid guy in disdain.
"Anyways, what does it matter to me if he died? At least he had some information on prolonging his life.
Yin and Yang life technique, he died off even with the ability to prolong his life in his hands, maybe he was tired of living this life.
Sounds too good to be true but that's the only possibility i can imagine."
"Terias Val Avan, i will take your revenge and use this body to the fullest. From now on I am the Viscount of this province." He was not really delusional but with the sudden gain of power and abilities with a perspective of a modern citizen, he could not help but make grand plans for future.
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The morning next day
After having his meal, Terias asked for his butler Warner to stay behind and give him the province's report, according to the notes this was his daily routine.
Warner was a brown haired tall man, with slightly lean physique, he looked to be in his early forties. He had a groomed beard and was dressed in a black and white butler attire.
"There are three families affected by the recent burglary, sir. Only the widow woman and children have survived" Warner explicitly mentioned after reporting the normal stuff.
Though, Terias felt nervous pretending to be someone else, he did not show it.
"Widows? Alright , I would provide them with shelter. Bring them to be my new attendants." Terias was all set to practice the ying yang technique and of course it needed to be done with a woman willing to spread legs for him.
As for whether they would agree? who would reject a noble's lifesaving grace.
"Have the old ones already taken sides? I am sorry sir, I should have replaced them sooner." Warner bowed with an apology.
Terias did not care if the old attendants had chosen one of his enemies or allies side to aid them in order to finish him off. He was happy that his remark to bring the women did not make the butler suspicious.
He was excited at the idea of getting a mature women under his study table, having them all the time at his call and that too exclusively for his personal use.