Dragon Country, Qingyun Mountain.
Heavenly Master Mansion.
At this moment, the Heavenly Master's inauguration ceremony had just ended three days ago.
Qin Hao, draped in a Taoist robe, stood on the mid-slope of Qingyun Mountain, looking down at the laymen incessantly ascending the mountain to burn incense and worship the gods.
He sighed.
"I never thought that, in the time it took to sleep, I'd actually transmigrate to a parallel world, and even become the current Heavenly Master of Qingyun Mountain. This is a bit outrageous."
Qin Hao.
24 years old.
Originally, he was not from this world.
He had just graduated from a university on Earth three days ago, and while sleeping at home that night, he suddenly transmigrated.
The day he transmigrated happened to be the moment when his counterpart in this world inherited the position of Qingyun Mountain's Heavenly Master.
Just like that, a baffled Qin Hao was awarded the Heavenly Master Seal and a sword by a group of Taoists, inheriting the position of Heavenly Master.
Now, Qin Hao had officially become the 106th Heavenly Master of Qingyun Mountain.
But inheriting the position of Heavenly Master, Qin Hao was not happy at all.
In fact, he was freaked out.
Because he had transmigrated!
He knew absolutely nothing!
He hadn't cultivated any Taoist or Divine Skills.
He hadn't even read a single scripture. What if someone found out?
Moreover, most crucially,
Recently in this world, a photo of Qingyun Mountain's Heavenly Master went viral on the internet.
Many netizens had turned their attention to Qingyun Mountain and those wearing purple robes.
Online, many stories circulated.
The Heavenly Master Mansion's people in purple robes are all top figures.
Ordinary people couldn't last even half a move under a Purple Robed Heavenly Master.
Online, it was exaggerated to the point where it was rumored that even evil ghosts must bow twice to the Heavenly Master.
The narrative of the invincible Heavenly Master spread all over the internet.
"Scared of ghosts? What a laugh. Living next to the Heavenly Master Mansion, we're not scared at all! Evil Ghosts that come here get slapped twice, and even King Yanluo has to offer the Heavenly Master a cigarette as he passes by."
"Ghost: Buddies, steer clear of Qingyun Mountain, I heard it's haunted with Taoists lately!"
"Challenge the person in a purple robe? Dude, I advise you to go at noon, because there will definitely be trouble in the morning and evening!"
"I'm not boasting, but the guy in the purple robe in this photo, if I punch him, he'd have to kneel on the ground and beg me not to kill him!"
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Seeing these comments, Qin Hao was truly getting more scared as he read!
Who the hell posted that photo?
He was the Heavenly Master, the one in the purple robe.
Qin Hao really wasn't as powerful as the comments section made him out to be!
He now feared that some hot-headed fool would actually take it seriously and come to Qingyun Mountain to challenge him.
That would be utterly humiliating.
The thought alone terrified Qin Hao.
If he had the choice, he really did not want to wear this purple robe.
Just as Qin Hao was worrying over this,
A crisp notification chime sounded by his ear.
"Ding! Host detected as inheriting the position of Heavenly Master, successfully bound to the Super Divine Heavenly Master System! From today onwards, this system will safeguard and assist you!"
System?
Qin Hao was startled by this sound at first, thinking he might have heard wrong.
But then, he saw a virtual screen appear before him.
He finally realized.
He was really bound by a system?
Qin Hao was ecstatic!
He obviously knew what a system was.
From the web novels he had read on Earth, once a protagonist, no matter how badly they were doing, got bound to a system, didn't each one rise rapidly to success and reach for the skies?
Showing off and slapping faces was merely an appetizer.
Instantly becoming a saint or ancestor, dominating the world wasn't a dream!
He hadn't expected to be bound by a system himself.
Indeed, having a golden finger seemed a standard package for transmigrators!
Looking at the system in his mind, Qin Hao asked, "System, introduce yourself first!"
"Ding! This system is the Super Divine Heavenly Master System, born to assist the host in becoming the strongest Heavenly Master! As long as the host completes the tasks issued by this system daily, you will receive corresponding rewards!"
Listening to the system's introduction,
Qin Hao smacked his lips.
It sounded simple and brutal.
Complete tasks and receive rewards.
He just didn't know, how difficult these tasks mentioned by the system were, specifically.
While Qin Hao was pondering,
The system at this moment began to issue the first mission.
"Ding! Issuing a beginner's mission, take a group photo with the laymen climbing the mountain and receive the reward [Soaring Cloud Steps]!"
Group photo with the climbing laymen?
And receive a reward?
Really?
That simple?
Hearing this beginner's task, Qin Hao almost couldn't believe it.
Wasn't the difficulty of this task too low?
As Qin Hao was questioning the task's difficulty,
A few laymen climbing the mountain had already passed by.
Just then, two young couples climbing the mountain together saw Qin Hao standing beside the mountain path.
The two couples approached and greeted Qin Hao.
"Young Taoist Master, the scenery here is quite nice. Could you please help us take a photo and also take one with us?"
Qin Hao looked at the two pairs of couples. Originally, he wasn't very keen on taking photos with others.
But then, thinking of the system's task,
Qin Hao finally nodded.
"Okay!"
Standing on the side of the mountain path, Qin Hao took the camera handed over by one of the couples and snapped several photos for them.
Then, he took a group photo with the two couples.
As soon as the group photo was taken,
Qin Hao's ear again heard the system's notification chime.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the beginner's mission, taking a group photo with the laymen! Reward received [Soaring Cloud Steps]!"
Qin Hao himself didn't expect that this first task would be completed so easily.
After taking the photos with the two couples,
At that moment, one of the boys asked, "Taoist Master, how much for the group photo? Should I transfer it to you via Zhi Fu Bao?"
Qin Hao chuckled and replied, "Layman, those who come to the mountain are guests, this place is Xuanmen's land of cultivation, we do not speak of money, only of fate. Our group photo is a matter of fate, to talk about money would be vulgar!"
Upon hearing this, the two couples were stunned by Qin Hao's response.
They thought to themselves that Qingyun Mountain truly was the orthodox land of Xuanmen.
Even a junior Taoist Master speaking like this possessed such cultivation, quite remarkable!
Feeling somewhat ashamed of their shallowness,
After bidding farewell to Qin Hao, the two couples continued climbing.
Meanwhile, Qin Hao started looking up the system task reward on the spot.
Soaring Cloud Steps?
What's that?
Qin Hao clicked to check.
Soaring Cloud Steps: "Basic movement technique, created for climbing mountains. In front of Qingyun Mountain, from top to bottom, there are three thousand four hundred steps. With this movement technique, climbing stairs is like crossing through the air, as if riding on clouds, reaching the summit in an instant!"
Looking at the system's explanation,
Qin Hao was half-believing, half-doubting.
Climbing stairs like crossing through air, reaching in an instant?
Really?
He found it hard to believe.
Qin Hao directly extracted it.
The next second, a surge of pure energy rushed into his body.
Then, information about the Soaring Cloud Steps appeared in his mind.
At this moment, Qin Hao's movement technique instantly reached its full potential.
He wanted to test out this movement technique, praised by the system as incredible, to see if it really was that powerful.
As Qin Hao made his move, wielding the Soaring Cloud Steps, his figure transformed into a wisp of blue smoke, directly rushing from the mid-slope toward the Heavenly Master Mansion on the mountain.
The thousands of steps under his feet, in his eyes, appeared almost non-existent, his movements swift as the wind.
In the blink of an eye, he had surpassed countless climbing laymen, including the two couples who had just taken photos with him.
What he left to these passersby was only a dashing silhouette.
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(Before reading, a warm reminder: this world is a parallel world; Qingyun Mountain is not Dragon and Tiger Mountain; the book's setting of Heavenly Masters also differs from all those in the real world, please do not compare directly.)