Rebel: The Inheritance System

Chapter 1 - The New World

God then proceeded to toss me into a world that wasn't peaceful so I would thank god each and every morning of my new life for my past life.

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The next thing that I remember is that I was probably smacked on my butt, and it was so painful that my entire body was screaming. I couldn't open my eyes and I could not control my body well enough to speak. I guess I was born and I was one of the stupid babies who didn't know how to breathe so they had to smack me until I cried. Still, you didn't have to smack me that hard right?

My memories of my baby hood were in pieces as I could only remember blurry bits and pieces of my memories. I vaguely recall adults making stupid faces at me, and often feeling sleepy or feeling hungry. When I was 6 months old, my eyesight got slightly better and I started to sleep less, so I started to be aware of more things. I learnt that my parents are part of the Shang family. Similar to my past life, we were just a branch family. My name is now Shang Shi, and the reason why I was named "stone" is simply because that i did not show much emotions as a baby.

As a reincarnation, I was naturally not amused by the silly faces my parents made when they played with me and I rarely showed any emotions as a baby so they decided to called me a stone. It was also around this period of time that I realized I could remember everything of my past life and had not forgotten anything.

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the next major event I remember is my thirteen month birthday. It seems like this world celebrates the 13th month of a baby, similar to the Chinese people on Earth and during my 13th month birthday, the system activated.

[Beep!]

[The Inheritance system is a gift from God and has activated.]

I become very excited after hearing the robotic voice in my head. God gave me a cheat system! This was what I thought and I was thrilled! All the novels I had read in my past life are finally going to be of use! I can already see myself as the main character of this world and that i live a wonderful life with my many wives that I will collect!

[Beep!]

[The system has determined that the host faculties are too weak to sustain the system at this point. Returning to dormancy.]

What?! No, don't sleep yet! Give me some super high level skill to practice before you go to sleep! I yelled in my head as I was still unable to speak coherently.

However, it was useless. There was no reply or beeps from the system.

Feeling disappointed and depressed in my crib, I watch my birthday being celebrated by people I have never before, enjoying the happy atmosphere in my house's courtyard. After some time, I start feeling left out as it seems to be more of an event for the adults to socialise and I was neglected by everyone as they just left me in my crib. I eventually grew bored and tried calling for some attention, but i grew tired and fell asleep...

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A few years later, I started learning the world's language when I turned three years old. I found out that this world's language is similar to the old, traditional Chinese language which bears a strong resemblance to the drawings of its intended meaning.

Being the universe's smartest child, I quickly read through all the children books and started reading the books at my father's study. There were some martial art manuals there but I couldn't practice any as it is detrimental to a child's development to practice martial arts before they turn 6 in this world, so I ignored them. The martial art manuals are not running away anytime soon, so I could always return to read and practice them when I get older.

I soon started going through my parent's things as well and eventually found out that in this world, there are cultivators! They are kept secret by the government and only known by the powerful and influential people in the empire as they are above the law and usually live in seclusion. They sometimes come of their seclusion and visit to pick out children with potential, and cause massive damage if they start fighting but are never held responsible. In one conversation I eavesdropped on, I found out that the royal family are all cultivators and it is not the most capable person who inherits the throne, but the most useless...

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Several years have passed since and I am now 6, the age of entering school if I was born into a family of the merchant caste. These people of this world are separated into 4 distinct castes. The highest caste belongs to those who are scholars, priests, and those who belong to the government. These people do not interfere with politics and are allowed special rights by the emperor. They are also the only people who can bring people out of the lowest caste without consequences. The merchants are ranked second in the caste and the labourers are ranked third. Finally, the lowest caste belongs to the untouchables, who are often slaves.

I was taught this so that I would not associate with people in the lower caste since I am now capable of leaving the house alone. Personally, I do not really care about the caste system but it is taboo and I should be aware of this as a member of a powerful family so that i do not bring shame upon my family. I also never left the family's estate grounds as it is huge and everything I needed is provided by the servants of my parents.

The 5 rules of the family that I was taught:

1 – Blood is thicker than water, Family first always.

2 – The scholars are there to be recruited to work for us;

3 – The religious people are crazy, do not provoke them, but do not allow them to overstep their bounds;

4 – Merchants are to be used, they are merely tools.

5 – The laws only exist for the weak, be powerful.

The system also appeared again on my 6 year old birthday, and this time, it's staying.