After 5 minutes, Long Tian finally gets ready to make his appearance in front of his "new" family.
Long Tian is a young man with long, flowing silver hair that reaches his shoulders and glowing red eyes that stand out. He is wearing a black fur cloak, giving him a regal vibe, over a rich crimson robe with golden accents.
His accessories are elegant: long, gold earrings with red gems and a matching necklace. His expression is confident, with a slight smirk.
"Not too bad, no!?" he muttered with a smirk as he looked at himself in the full-body mirror in front of him.
As he was a relatively handsome young man even in his past life, getting a new, handsome body and face didn't surprise or excite him, as he was already used to it.
"Now then... shall I meet my family now!?" he muttered before making his way out of his room.
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"Oh yeah, did you hear about the Black Azure Sect, one of the strongest sects, hosting the disciple recruitment test once again?" one of the maids gossiped with her friend.
"Eh, so fast!? Wasn't it just some time ago that they did it the last time?" her friend replied with a confused look.
"Dummy, it's already been 2 years since they did it," her friend replied back to her as she lightly flicked her friend's forehead.
"Ouch, what was that for!? Oh, and did you hear about another news!?" she angrily said as she covered her forehead with her hand, rubbing it slightly.
"News? What news?"
"The news about the eldest young master of the Hung family coming back to the Hung family after staying in the Black Azure Sect for the past decade."
"Eh, is that so!?"
"I guess ZhenYi City is gonna be chaotic after his return."
"Yeah," the maids gossiped about the hot topic news of the day.
And while gossiping, they didn't even notice who was behind them.
"Why are you blocking the way!?" As soon as they heard the voice that said this, all of their hair stood up as they shivered, as they guessed that it was 100% their crazy young master.
"W-w-we're sorry, young master!! For daring to block your esteemed self's way!!" both of them shouted at the same time as they did a 160° bow with their foreheads fully covered in sweat, as well as their backs.
Right after that, they immediately made way for him to pass as Long Tian walked away.
And after he got a little far, they both let out a sigh of relief.
"Phew... finally, that monster walked away."
"I thought I'll die of fear," they both muttered while letting out a sigh of relief, as Long Tian was kind of like a monster to them—no, to most of the maids, as even if they were stronger than him, they couldn't refuse or rebel against him, as that was the same as courting death.
...
"Damn! My predecessor has installed hella fear on these maids... "
"Well... but since it's a good thing for me, I ain't complaining 'cause..."
"A wise man said, 'Fearing you is better than people loving you because people can pretend to love you, but when they fear you, it's genuine.'"
And just like that, he walked through the long hallway of the Long Family Estate/Mansion (idk what it's called), and after a whopping 4 and a half minutes, he finally reached the dining hall.
"Finally got time to show up here!?" his father, Long Yan, the family head of the Long family, sarcastically said with a small laugh.
"Sort of," Long Tian replied as he sat down on one of the chairs in the long dining hall.
"Snap!" As soon as Long Tian sat, he snapped his fingers, and the maid who was standing like a doll in the corner of the dining hall moved quickly, went inside the kitchen, and brought him his dinner.
"So..."
"Why did you call for me, Father?"
"I don't believe you would actively call for me if it's not important," Long Tian said, as with his eyes closed, he elegantly used his fork and ate his food.
"Haha, you really know me too well."
"Well, to be honest... I really called you for something important."
"You should've heard by now, right?"
"That the Azure Black Sect, the strongest sect of the Eastern region, is holding their disciple recruitment test that they only hold once every 2 years?" Long Yan said with a serious look on his face, his playful expression disappearing almost instantly.
"I know," Long Tian said, as he heard it from the maids gossiping.
"Since you know, then... this will make it easier to tell you."
"Since you're talented... and have reached the Golden Core realm at just the age of 18... which takes even a talented one at least fifty or even a hundred years."
"And this way, the Long family will get another ascender and... an extra layer of protection from the Azure Black Sect," he said, his serious expression changing into a playful, a bit excited one.
The reason for that is that, in the past thousand years, nobody from the Long Family has ascended into the upper realm, and he also can't do it as he has already exhausted his talent while using everything that could patiently break through him to the stage he's in right now.
"I see... when is the recruitment?"
'Well... it could benefit me in a way since I'll be exposed to a lot of people, beautiful women... and what that means... is a hell of a lot of quests,' Long Tian thought with an excited look.
As he was a mortal before with no chance of such supernatural things happening, it's natural that he'll get excited at the prospect of being able to become the strongest and destroy the multiverse, universe with a flick of his finger.
"The recruitment is just a month away."
[Ding, a new quest has been assigned to the host.]
'Oh, a new quest? Show me,' Long Tian commanded the system while resisting the urge to grin.
[Quest: Reach The Nascent Soul Realm within a month] [Reward: Based on how quickly the host completes it.]