Rebel: The Inheritance System

Chapter 2 - The Inheritance System Awakens

My father has a square face and a chiselled jawline. He looks really handsome as most people I have seen so far has an oval or circular shaped head. His body is chiselled and exceptionally fit. He is now working as a local magistrate so he is preparing to head off to work now.

After finish my food, I take my mother's food as she is just staring at her food with a blank face. I guess that she does not have any appetite this morning as she is pregnant right now and properly has morning sickness this morning.

Soon, my father finishes his breakfast and puts down his chopsticks.

*Ting*

He looks at me seriously and starts talking with a serious tone.

"Shi-er, you are now 6 years old and you have to decide which path in life you want to take. Our Shang family are not only powerful because we serve in the government, but also because we are one of the few families that can send the young children of our family to train in the immortal sects."

"People from the immortal sects will come to the capital every 10 years to select talented disciples who will follow them back to the select and cultivate in the immortal way. They will be arriving in six months and they will test if any of the children in the capital has enough talent to cultivating in the immortal sects. If you are chosen, you will have to leave the house and follow them to their sect."

"Alternatively, you may stay here with us if you do not want to join the immortal sects or think that you do not have any talent in cultivation and instead join the government as an official. You should have already noticed that we also have manuals of the martial ways in the library and we have a cultivation method passed down from our ancestors but it is much weaker than those from the sects. Decide which path you want to take and tell me by the end of the week."

He looks at me for some reaction as he finishes speaking.

[Beep! Host, you should no-]

"Dad! I want to join the sect!" I immediately inform my father without waiting for the system to finish what it was saying.

[Beep! Host, you should not jo-]

"Are you sure son? You will have to go alone to the immortal sects if you are chosen."

My father and the system's voice overlaps.

"If you are sure, then I will teach you the <Drill Punch> after breakfast."

[Beep! Host, you should not join the sect! Joining the sect will put you in danger! You should just live like an ordinary citizen; praise God daily and die of old age quietly!]

I have thought about this many times at night when I am unable to fall asleep if God sent me here to suffer, why did he allow me to reincarnate into an ancient family with such power and deep roots? When I became aware that cultivation is possible in this world, my super intelligent brain quickly guessed the plot of my new life. All the tribulations should be from the cultivators or from powerful figures that I cannot even fathom right now. Their power should be unimaginable.

Staying as an ordinary person would only mean that I will only get swept up by the waves of tribulations and watch as everyone around me suffers! I will not allow that to happen! I will cultivate, become strong and gasp my own fate in my hands! I will live a happy and comfortable life here!

Although I do not want to leave my family, this is something that I must do! I ignore the system's warning against cultivation and quickly eat up my breakfast, then pull my father into the yard so he can teach me the <Drill Punch>.

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In the yard, my father explains how the sect will select those who they want to bring back to their sect to me.

"In our world, we have a mysterious energy called "Qi". Everyone possesses it from the day they are born and the elders believe this to be the breath of the gods as collecting it will allow us to reach immortality and become a God. The people from the sect will bring what is called a spirit stone with them, which is a result of qi solidifying and they will allow us to extract the qi from the stone into our bodies. The talented ones will be able to extract it faster and hold more qi in their bodies."

"This <Drill Punch> which I am teaching you is the manipulation of qi inside our bodies and teaches you the very basics of how to manipulate qi. Watch closely as the qi moves from my heart acupoint to my fist and exit my body through my fist"

Shang Jian Rui takes a basic fighting pose and slowly extends his fist, and then suddenly a small explosion occurs when his fist is fully extended.

[Ding!]

[Inheritance received! <Drill Punch> learnt.]

(System you can help me master skills immediately?!)

[Host, I am the Inheritance System and you have inherited your father's wish.]

(Hahaha! I am the main character of this universe! This is my story!)

Feeling excited about the praises that I will receive and the start of my journey as the genius that this world has never seen before I run to an empty spot in the courtyard and tell my dad to let me try executing the fist.

"Let me try dad! Let me try! Your son is a genius! Haha!"

I quickly adopt the fighting stance and execute the Drill Punch.

"Drill Punch!"...

Nothing happens...

"Drill Punch!"

"Drill Punch!"

"Drill Punch!"

(System what is this!!! You said I mastered the Drill Punch!!!)

[Beep!]

[Host is too weak at the moment to use any kind of Martial Skill.]

My father watches me at the side and sighs as he shakes his head.

"Son, it looks like your form is perfect but you don't have enough Qi to execute the <Drill Punch> right now. You might want to reconsider your decision and think about becoming an official like your father instead of going to the sects."

He makes a soft sigh and explains why I cannot execute drill punch, "As we manipulate the Qi in our body, we are also exhausting it every time we manipulate it and it seems like all the Qi in your body is exhausted before the <Drill Punch> is fully executed."

He takes out a spirit stone from his bag and passes it to me and tells me what I should do next, "While our body will absorb qi on its own, it will not increase its quantity without cultivation or external stimulus. I will ask the family for some spirit stones so you can amass more Qi in your body. You can just hold the spirit stone in your hands while you execute the <Drill Punch> as the first cultivation realm is merely increasing the amount of Qi in your body. Go back home and rest so your body can restore its qi. I need to go to work now or I will be late."

Watching my father walk towards and the main gate, I feel like I've let my father down, watching his back becoming smaller as he walks further and further away.

(System can you provide me with a cultivation method or let me absorb Qi faster?)

[Beep!]

[Host, I am the Inheritance System and you have nothing to inherit right now. I suggest you just live like an ordinary person, praise God daily and die of old age peacefully. If you wish to view your weak status, I can allow you to do that.]

Status? You can show me my status!?

"Status!"