Chapter 2: Awakening In A New Realm (2)
After I had sorted out my thoughts, I moved my head to look at my surroundings. The room was not big, only about the size of a two-bedroom apartment, but it was fully furnished, and everything looked expensive.
"System."
I tried calling out, hoping to see if I had a system. But after waiting for some time, there was still no response.
"Let's hope it's not one of those cliche plots where the heroines can hear my inner voice. That would really give me a headache."
I say this because, in the novels I've read, there's sometimes the trope of the inner voice, and it really feels unreal. Like, even if someone could hear what you say in your heart, how would that make the heroines—or anyone else—interested in you?
It's a good thing I've arrived in this world almost at the start of the plot. If I'd been thrown in during the middle, I probably wouldn't even know how I died.
I checked my cultivation level according to my memories: I was in the Qi Gathering Second Realm. The author of this novel must have been lazy because he didn't introduce new terms and just stuck with the traditional cultivation levels.
The reason for my cultivation level was also easy to guess. One day, Aerich got a jade amulet and decided to wear it around his neck. Like, how stupid can both the author and the protagonist be? First, he encounters a strange amulet, then just decides to wear it. It was also painfully obvious that his cultivation only started to deteriorate after he put on that strange thing. He fell from being regarded as a one-in-a-thousand genius to trash, being treated worse than the servants in his family.
What's laughable is that he had reached the Foundation Establishment Realm before the age of 15, but now he was 17, his cultivation had fallen so much, and it was still continuously decreasing.
While others his age, the current me, are still in the Qi Gathering Fifth Realm, only a few children of the family elders—with help from their parents' and grandparents' resources—have reached the Ninth Level of Qi Gathering.
Well, forget it. Looks like I have no choice but to rely on the Divine Transformation Master in the jade amulet.
If I get the chance, I really want to explain to Mo Jian, the villain, that I'm not the protagonist but just a simple university student from Earth, like him.
What if… he still decides to kill me even after I explain?
"No, no, no… Change of plans. Let's just leave the family after the engagement is called off. According to the plot, it should be tomorrow."
How can we have a novel without this clichéd scene? But I will not be saying that "Thirty years…" line. I don't even remember it.
I'll quietly back off. My father is still the patriarch of the Yu family—even if we're not rich, he can still give me some money to live my life quietly. Once I'm gone, the villain will have no idea where I've vanished to.
My jade amulet should also awaken tomorrow, just before my father calls me to the Main Hall.
Then I can start cultivating and peacefully reach my original potential. By original, I mean without the treasures the protagonist was destined to obtain in the novel, since the villain will take them before I get there. He might even set traps for me, thinking that I'm also a transmigrated person and plan to grab the hidden treasures first.