The Seven Stars Mountain Range winds and twists, akin to a giant dragon coiling around, lying atop the Nine Dragons Continent.
At the far end of the Seven Stars Mountain Range, there is a small town called Baili Town.
Now, in the Qixing Wine House of Baili Town.
"My head..., it hurts so much, what... exactly happened to me?" In the best 'Tian' suite of the Qixing Wine House, a boy of about fifteen years of age crawled up slowly from the dining table, his hand clutching his head.
Seeing everything in front of him both familiar yet strange, the teenager stood rooted on the spot.
"Did I... travel through time?" He pinched his arm hard and then slapped himself hard. Like waking up from a dream, the boy came to his senses.
That's right, Huo Tianci on Earth had gone through time and space.
Before the travel, on Earth, the rare once-in-a-century Leonid meteor shower was happening. And finally, it really did descend. A nearly ten-meter tall meteorite had directly bombed Huo Tianci's house into pieces.
Meanwhile, the Huo Tianci on the Nine Dragons Continent died inexplicably.
It was most likely due to the coinciding timing and the identical names that two unrelated yet related entities—one body and one soul—miraculously combined into one, and eventually were reborn.
"Ow... it hurts!" Just as the soul took possession of the body, memories from the two lifetimes merged, making Huo Tianci's head start to ache faintly.
"Here's... the Nine Dragons Continent!" In the end, Huo Tianci knew the name of this new world—the Nine Dragons Continent.
Nine Dragons Continent, where martial arts are respected. The unity of nine stages of martial arts forms the Profound Body, generating the Profound Qi. As long as one refines the Profound Body and generates the Profound Qi, even the weakest Profound practitioners have the power of thousands, even tens of thousands of heavy pound, capable of breaking a monument, cleaving a rock. The powerful practitioners are able to cut rivers and split mountains, while there are saintly figures in the Xuan Dao who can penetrate the heavens, shatter the void, and travel throughout the universe.
Martial arts determine one's destiny, life, and death. The weak are bullied while the strong can overlook the world.
However, the first point of learning martial arts is having a Dantian. But in his previous life, Huo Tianci was just an ordinary person, and moreover, he was a flawed ordinary person who didn't even have a Dantian.
"He turns out to be a good-for-nothing who doesn't even have a dan field!" Huo Tianci is filled with frustration. These kinds of things only happened in novels. What's more, in those novels, the cultivation disabled only had a congenital deficiency in their dan field, leading them unable to practice cultivation. But this body was a whole different story; it had an outright absence of a dan field.
"Dang it." This revelation causes Huo Tianci, now in a different world, to curse bitterly. Fortunately, in this new world, Huo Tianci was one of the three tyrants of Baili town and also the young master of the Huo family, a classic rich second generation. It was not a bad identity and at the least, he wouldn't be bullied.
What's slightly regrettable is that this Huo Tianci does not have any parents. It is said that he was adopted into the Huo family by the current master of the Huo family, old man Huo.
"Ding! The host has awakened, and system integration is in progress. Please wait, host..."
Suddenly, a clear, crisp voice exploded in Huo Tianci's mind.
"A system? Integration?" Huo Tianci's eyes widen in shock.
Just as he was trying to figure out what this 'system' was, it emitted another prompt.
“Ding! System integration successful. Please claim your lucky draw gift package, host.”
"Claim... lucky draw... gift package?" Huo Tianci was even more stunned because there was, surprisingly, a gift package he could claim. After blinking a few times, the recovered Huo Tianci weakly asked the system, "How... How do I claim it?"
"Operation guide is being imported, please wait..." the system mechanically prompted him once more.
Moments later, a series of data fully integrated into Huo Tianci's brain.
"So that's how it is!" Huo Tianci woke up as if from a dream. Then, with a shift in his thoughts, a slot machine-like lucky draw machine emerged in his mind. Next to this machine, there was something the shape of a giant gift package waiting for him to claim.
With another shift of his thoughts and a light tap, he opened the gift package. Inside, however, was only a manual for newcomers and a lucky draw coin.
"A coin? Slot machine? Do I have to put this into it?" Huo Tianci had played with slot machines before in his previous world, Earth. So he immediately knew what he had to do.
Finally, the Huo Tianci holding the lucky draw coin directly inserted it into the slot machine.
"Ding! This coin is a newbie experience coin, with a 100% chance of drawing a divine-grade item, but the effect is only for one-time use."
For such a thing, Huo Tianci was somewhat familiar, after all, it was only a trial pack.
Finally, he pressed the lottery button on the slot machine, and then, the entire machine was activated.
"Holy crap! Is this... isn't this Amaterasu, a technique used by Uchiha Itachi in Naruto? And this... Isn't this Ruyi Jingu Bang, the weapon of Monkey King Sun Wukong? Also, this one, the supreme martial arts technique from wuxia TV series, Nine Yin Manual! Oh my heavens! Does this mean that anything can be obtained inside this slot machine?"
As he saw an array of prize items spinning inside the machine, Huo Tianci's entire person was dumbfounded.
However, to this question, the system only answered one word to Huo Tianci, which was: "Yes!"
Hearing this answer, Huo Tianci gasped in disbelief, because it was too incredible, but then again, it was quite unbelievable in the first place.
"Hehehe, with this slot machine, let's see who dares to call me a loser in the future!" Huo Tianci was the young master of the Huo family and had the protection of old Master Huo. However, the fact that he couldn't cultivate was always a wound in his heart. Because in the Jiulong Continent, martial arts were regarded as the most honorable. Anyone who couldn't cultivate was looked down upon!
Just as Huo Tianci was spinning the slot machine, a wealthy, rotund man adorned in gold and silver walked in front of the Seven Stars Tavern.
This chubby man was a well-known businessman in the town of Baili. He stepped inside and immediately signaled a waiter, "Quickly prepare the 'Tian' suite for me. I will be dining shortly."
Upon hearing these words, the waiter's expression changed because the 'Tian' suite was currently occupied by the young master of the Huo family.
Seeing the waiter's changing expression, the businessman frowned and asked, "Is there someone inside?"
The waiter awkwardly smiled and said, "You guessed correctly, sir. It's indeed the one from the Huo family."
"That worthless brat again!" Upon hearing that Huo Tianci had secured his private room, the businessman was livid. "Damn it, I couldn't lay a hand on him before because of that old man's protection. But now, hmph, let's see if he dares to be arrogant!" Saying this, the businessman, along with two of his henchmen, walked towards the 'Tian' suite on the second floor.
