Chapter 1

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Chapter 1 – The friendly neighbour, Light Continent

Where am I?

Whose body is this?

Dressed in a long white robe, barefoot, Kong Wu Ying stared bewilderedly at his surroundings.

The room was furnished very simply.

One table, one chair, and one bed. The furniture was somewhat old, and it carried an air of decay.

Kong Wu Ying turned his neck slightly. The action was stiff and slow, as if he was a cold and hard marionette.

Looking at the calligraphy paintings on the wall and the woodgrain patterning of the furniture, he didn’t seem to be in the Shadow Continent, but in the distant neighbouring Light Continent.

And he seemed to be possessing the body of a recently deceased youth.

The Light Continent was separated from his homeland, the Shadow Continent, by a great distance. Their customs were very different, but the citizens were simple and kind, warm-hearted and sincere. Over the years, the relationship between the two remained harmonious, and they shared good trading relations. Being placed here was not a big problem; once he regained his strength, he could return to his homeland.

Kong Wu Ying inspected the condition of his body, and felt slightly satisfied.

(Translated by jillaimee at Silent Moon Translations)

Just at this moment, a light flashed across his eyes.

Following that, a voice rang out, “The binding was successful! Congratulations on becoming the second host of the Core Emperor system! This system will protect you and help you become the Light Continent’s next Core Emperor!”

Kong Wu Ying’s expression changed slightly, and he subconsciously reached out to grab a strange stone hanging around his neck, because that was where the voice was coming from.

The voice carried some traces of glee. “There’s no need to panic! No need to feel lost! This system is not a bad guy, obtaining this system is worth eight lifetimes of blessings! As long as this system is here, no matter how poor your talent is, you can become the roaring dragon over the seas and dominate Light Continent!”

Kong Wu Ying furrowed his brows slightly, his long fingers stroking the stone and sending a trace of spiritual energy to investigate it. This seemed to be quite an interesting little thing.

The voice was completely unaware that it would soon be investigated thoroughly, and was still following its usual routine of answering all the questions on the host’s mind.

“What? Do you not believe me? You are this system’s second host, whereas for this system’s first host, I believe you must have heard of his great name! He is one of Light Continent’s three kings, the famous and awe-inspiring Godly Spiritual Eight Paths Core Emperor – Chu Li Yuan. Even the most ignorant person must know who Emperor Chu is!”

The voice spoke factually; Kong Wu Ying became slightly distracted as he searched for the name Chu Li Yuan in his memories.

Oh… so it was that young man. He was indeed a child full of vitality.

“Of course, your qualifications are still far from Chu Li Yuan’s, but it’s alright, with this system’s help, you will definitely become a Core Emperor, the strength of Light Continent! At that time, you can attack Shadow Continent, allowing us to vent the anger we’ve endured for so many years!”

“Attack Shadow Continent?”

Why?

The theme of today’s world was to work towards peace and progression ah?

“What is it? Coward, are you scared after hearing that we have to attack Shadow Continent? That Kong Wu Ying has already died three years ago, and his twelve godchildren have been fighting relentlessly amongst themselves for territory, this is the perfect time for us to counter-attack! Do yo want us, the Light Continent, to remain as the colony of Shadow Continent forever?”

“…Colony…?”

What colony? Haven’t they always been upholding the policy of peaceful diplomacy and friendly relations? Aren’t Light Continent and Shadow Continent as close as family?

There seems to be some sort of misunderstanding here.

“What is it if not a colony? Don’t tell me you really believe what the wicked Shadow people said, that we are as close as brothers? Peh! Since a thousand years ago, that devil Kong Wu Ying has been forcing us to pay tributes every year, otherwise he would send troops over to Light Continent. A thousand odd years, how many precious resources have been snatched away by Shadow Continent ah!”

Tributes? It wasn’t a tribute ah, they were just peacefully trading. The Shadow Continent also took out their most precious Shadow stones to exchange for these resources ah.

The system continued, “The most infuriating thing is, those damnable Shadow people, acting like whores but still wanting to be praised for being virtuous (idiom for hypocritical and shameless). Giving us some rubbish stones in return, even if you use them to lay the floor, no one would want it!”

Kong Wu Ying: “…”

That was the incomparably precious Shadow stone, a large piece could buy an entire city!

Rubbish your sister ah!

Once the system started talking about the faults of the Shadow people, it had an unending stream of comments: “The Shadow people are all despicable, shameless and evil, they are practically inhumane! In the past, my first host Chu Li Yuan once rode alone towards Shadow Continent to challenge them for the sake of Light. That despicable and shameless devil couldn’t win against him, and so sent a bunch of beauties to xx him, causing that generation of Core Emperors to meet such a hateful end, tell me, isn’t that shameless!”

Kong Wu Ying: “…”

That year, the young man suddenly proposed a life and death duel; although he didn’t really understand, he thought that it was possibly a tradition of the Light Continent, it seemed that they were all filled with that sort of hot-blooded Knighthood belief. Out of respect for their culture and traditions, he accepted the challenge, and showed his greatest sincerity in his response. He sent out the most beautiful, most talented female spiritual puppets to face him, there was nothing wrong with that ah.

Why is it that it has become an example of shamelessness and evil? xx, poisoning, sowing dissension, assassination, weren’t those very common strategies?

“Anyway.” The system was already concluding the entire affair on its side. “There is not a single good thing in Shadow Continent. We must cooperate together and resist their violent acts, save the entire Light Continent! Work hard! Work hard! Work hard!”

(Translated by jillaimee at Silent Moon Translations)

Kong Wu Ying slowly withdrew his hand. He had already almost completely understood this so-called Core Emperor system. In terms of its mechanism it was similar to the spiritual puppets of Shadow Continent. The material used was a little crude, but it contained some knowledge and skills he was unable to make complete sense of. Truly quite interesting.

Recalling his spiritual energy, a trace of smile appeared on Kong Wu Ying’s face. This body had a clean and fresh appearance, and when he smiled, it portrayed a quiet, gentle demeanour.

But the Core Emperor system shivered slightly. Was it its imagination? Even from earlier, it had the feeling as if it had been completely stripped bare and exposed. Was it because he had been drifting for too long without having a host to nourish itself, resulting in it becoming a little weak?

Thankfully that feeling faded away quickly.

The system saw that Kong Wu Ying remained unmoved despite all its dramatic rhetoric, and decided that it needed something more concrete.

“Tomorrow is the day of the master-oath competition between you and Alchemist Huang Xun. Though that brat’s refining skills are rubbish, he is still a true blue rank 1 alchemist. You can’t even refine a strengthening elixir, to surpass him in this competition is a feat as impossible as ascending to the heavens, but now, with this system, things are different. I guarantee that you will shock everyone, destroy Hung Xun, and successfully save your beloved disciple!”

Master-oath competition?

Kong Wu Ying pondered for a while. Although he was not a citizen of Light Continent, he was quite well-read, and had some general understanding of Light Continent’s customs.

A disciple could only recognise one master in his lifetime, and revere him like a father and brother. But there were times where one would recognise the wrong master, and that was when a master-oath competition would take place. When a disciple caught the attention of another master, a challenge would take place between the two masters. The challenge could not be refused, and if the master who was challenged lost, he would have to give up his disciple to the challenger.

Of course, if the challenger lost, he would have to offer enormous compensation, otherwise if everyone went around conducting master-oath challenges willy-nilly, things would be a huge mess.

From this, it could be seen that the original host’s disciple had excellent talent, to be able to be the cause of a master-oath competition.

From Kong Wu Ying’s perspective, how could any random trash issue a challenge to this monarch? It was only because he was following the customs of the place he was in. Perhaps he could also experience a little of this Alchemy.

Seeing that it had roused the host’s attention, the system immediately struck while the iron was hot. “To help you quickly improve your Alchemy skill, this system will generously gift you a newbie package containing a Pill Refinement manual. This manual contains the essence of Alchemy. It is different from the general Alchemy methods of this Continent, the host should follow the instructions strictly and not modify it arbitrarily.”

A ball of light appeared and darted into Kong Wu Ying’s forehead.

When the boundless spiritual energy in Kong Wu Ying’s body sensed the intruder, it roared and made to surge forward. Had Kong Wu Ying not managed to rein it back in time, that light would have been completely consumed without a trace.

(Translated by jillaimee at Silent Moon Translations)

A large amount of information entered Kong Wu Ying’s mind.

“Manual of Pill Refinement, instructions for use:

This product must not be used with other Pill Refinement packages.

Those with heart disease, mental illness, or epilepsy, please do not use this product.

Those below 12 years old, please use only with parental supervision.

If you feel unwell within 4 hours of using this product, stop immediately and seek medical advice.

The right of interpretation of this product belongs to the manufacturer. The manufacturer will not take any responsibility for any accidents that occur.”

What nonsensical rubbish was this!

At least the main text after the instructions for use was somewhat normal.

A huge amount of information and pictures flowed into Kong Wu Ying’s mind, allowing him to understand all the information in an instant.

Seeing Kong Wu Ying open his eyes, the system said, “Done, now go and try refining an elixir.”

Kong Wu Ying nodded, entering his Pill Refinement room.

It was located beside his living quarters, a very humble room measuring five feet square.

The system sighed inwardly as it appraised his refining equipment.

Blue iron furnace, coal fire, heartless water, and these medicinal herbs that obviously dried up within less than three years… this new host was really poor! How it missed Chu Li Yuan’s alchemy lab, as big as a football field, the countless rare herbs that could be obtained with a wave of the hand, the Heaven-grade cauldron…

Sigh, beginnings were always difficult. Since it ended up with such a host, it could also make do, it was not as if it could just leave.

As it thought like this, its new host had already swiftly opened the lid of the cauldron and started the fire, adding in mugwort leaf, goosegrass, Fengyang flowers, amongst another herbs. It seemed like he was going to refine a strengthening elixir.

The strengthening elixir was considered outdated, but amongst the outdated elixirs it could be considered high-grade. It had the effect of quickly restoring one’s stamina. Its host was only a mid-grade Alchemy apprentice, and had previously failed countless times when trying to refine the strengthening elixir. But things were different now. With the help of the Pill Refinement Manual, it was guaranteed that he would succeed in one go!

Mn… he has already thrown in all the ingredients, and mixed it up, not bad, the technique was completely identical to what was written on the manual, without the slightest mistake.

The next step was to infuse wood spiritual energy. With the host’s wood spiritual energy levels, it would take approximately an hour.

The process of refining pills has always been laborious. A high grade elixir could take more than a year to refine. Although this strengthening elixir was outdated, with such low quality ingredients and cauldron, if not for the guidance of this system and its manual, it was completely impossible to refine it!

Hmmph… this was already the shortest possible time needed to refine the elixir. If there was someone who could refine it in a shorter time under some circumstances, this system will chop off its head for him to use as a stool!

Just as the system thought so smugly, Kong Wu Ying withdrew his hands and opened the cauldron. “Done!”

System: “…!”

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