Look at the man. He is pale, full of anger and His eyes are devoid of sleep and completely red. His clothes are dignified, and he seems to belong to someone of importance.
I look at him with pity as he screams.
"Why, why me?"
"Why, you ask?" I retorted, my voice dripping with malice. "You already know the answer to that question. You meddled where you shouldn't have. You could have stayed out of it, but no, you had to stick your nose where it didn't belong."
My words cut through him like a knife.
"If only you had listened to me," I continued, my tone laced with false sympathy. "If only you had given up, none of this would have happened. But now, your death is necessary for the greater good. For the sake of those in higher positions, you understand, don't you? Now DRINK this, It'd ensure your family's safety and my Promotion."
He perhaps wanted to scream again, to curse me for my treachery, but ultimately found himself powerless against my cruel intentions. All he could do was watch helplessly as he forced the vial to his lips, the liquid burning as it slid down his throat.
People might call me evil but there are two most important things for me, and that is promotion and money. The more I grew in social standing, the more my greed became endless.
I know, I'm not a genius despite graduating from the costliest school and best college. I can't handle a candle to toppers but despite that, I landed a job in the Police department and now I'm a Senior Superintendent. I'll soon be promoted despite my inexperience and incompetence. why? I betrayed and sold out my friend and got this as a reward. I would just need to be cautious forever to make sure I don't meet such an end. My life will be sailing smoothly.
..... This is how it was supposed to be, but I learned by chance in a medical test some years later, that my death is approaching soon and it's inevitable.
It was not a big deal as I could use my black money without just saving and start indulging myself into worldly pleasure and I could donate a bit of money to charity, so People remember me as a good guy.
What good would it have done by being salty toward fate and cursing it, surely it would not change the result.
Two years passed this way.
I was lying on my bed and started losing consciousness. Maybe this was the end. I had no regrets. People sympathized with me and thought good of me. I died in a large luxurious bungalow. I didn't die as a failure but as a hero.
...but fate had different plans.
[1%...17%...78%.... 100%.]
[Complete synchronization with "Ji Yan" has been completed.]
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Did fate let the man's soul transmigrate to another world so he could learn morals and do good or was it to reward him for his greed and hard work?
[Complete synchronization with "Ji Yan" has been completed.]
A massive amount of memories started flooding my brain.
When I opened my eyes, I was in an unfamiliar world but still familiar
My surroundings shifted, and a surge of memories overwhelmed me. Opening my eyes, I found myself in an unknown yet strangely familiar world—Jianghu, as Ji Yan, the 90-year-old city lord.
Bright curtains framed my bed; the room was a stark contrast to my modern life's design. A translucent blue screen materialized, displaying my 'status info'.
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Name: Ji Yan (9)
Sex: Male
Age: 90
Occupation: City Lord
Achievement: none
Title: Divine Child, Your Highness..
Charm: ∞
Strength: 7 Agility: 14 Stamina: 20 Luck: 98 Qi: 9
Unallocated Stats: 100
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There were two thoughts which came to my mind. First was that I had a problem in my brain and second was that I was lucid dreaming.
Before I could gather my thoughts, I heard a voice.
Stolen story; please report.
"Lord, Are you awake?" "With your due permission shall we enter the room?"
I didn't know what reality was and what was Illusion anymore.
Too many supernatural and incomprehensible things were happening at the same time, but I kept my composure as by remaining in shock, I would not reach a reasonable answer.
I gave them permission to enter the room. The 3 attendants entered the room and greeted me and asked permission to clean the room. I naturally had granted them permission.
One attendant informed me that the Elder of One of the 8 Great demonic sects - Temple of Bliss, and the Vice Head of the Divine Baek family of the neighboring Kingdom - the Han Empire are expected to arrive today and have requested the presence of Lord and wishes for the lord to dine with them.
I didn't respond and ordered them to prepare the bath. There was already so much chaos going on but now I needed to handle this bullshit too.
Once all the Attendants left, I surrendered to the reality at hand and let out a sigh. "Let's delve into this system Panel," I muttered to myself since I was a very adaptable and incredibly sensible person. It was a skill or virtue, you could say, I had to cultivate so I could survive in the Police force and get steady promotions and transfers in the best places.
After thoroughly looking into the System panel and having some conversation with system, I had finally grasped the situation and foresaw the infinite possibilities and limitless Power I could get with it.
The Martial arts here are power and money. Surprisingly, there exists only one Human race, yet there's a myriad of eye colors, hair textures, and colors, and despite the singular race, a spectrum of skin tones ranges from deep blacks to radiant whites. It's like a mix of murim and fantasy world.
This was not the only surprising fact but here in this world the Humans age like Dragon and have fertility larger than any demonic beast. So, I was just a kid in front of everyone in a radius of 1 million miles. I may as well not be considered a teenager until I cross 100 years old.
And since it's a world ruled by cultivation here everything is based on meritocracy with the exception of the royalty privilege granted to people like me. Well, this brat is also talented.
There are 2 Greater continents with multiple kingdoms, all under one empire and one emperor where the Continent I was born in was divided into 9 main provinces, namely Qingzhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Binzhou, Xuanzhou, Yunzhou, Huazhou, Youzhou, and Jizhou.
Right now, I am the Ruler of Gandara Jianghu which came under the one and only Empire, Yan Empire, and shared the same Bloodline as the current Emperor of the Yan Empire so It wouldn't be wrong to say that I have no lack of authority and money, but I still realized that I was still lacking in individual Power.
So first I started allocating my unallocated stat points.
Then I allocated 50 stat points into luck as it would keep fate and time on my side and distributed the rest evenly to Stamina and Qi as it would pave a foundation for my martial arts.
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[Luck stats are the highest]
[5 extra points will be allocated to stamina]
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The young attendant entered the room by slightly pushing the door and informed me that Bath was ready.
Subsequently I started heading toward the bath.
I had perfectly blended in the role of Compassionate Cold hearted City Lord and acted so naturally that no soul could feel that there was a change in their king.
I liked the feeling too since there were attendants escorting me and then for unpleasant reason there was a Groom of the stool walking with me. But I perfectly blended into my character, so I did not stop her from performing her duties.
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After the bath was over, a couple of servants started to help me get dressed.
After performing their duty, they finally left, and my face returned to complete cold indifference instantaneously.
Time passed and now I had to make preparations so I could face Guests from the demonic sect and the Divine Baek family.
After all it was undeniable now that I was Ji Yan since I had the memory of this brat and had become him.
'Well, I like his personality.'
Brat was a genius but cold-hearted nerd who only focused on formation arts which was natural for his age given the puberty but as a Ruler of Jianghu, this was a fatal weakness. He could be taken advantage of by People belonging to the justice faction and the Demonic faction.
I headed to my office.
While heading to the premises, I was greeted by Imperial Guards and Various Scholars.
After entering the premises I called for the Provincial leader to give me complete details about the reason for the Divine Baek family and Temple of Bliss visit.
The provincial leader greeted me and then gave brief details of the reason for their visit.
The provincial leader was a young-looking, white-haired Eunuch but despite his appearance, He was actually a 470-year-old cunning snake with 200 years of experience. He was a direct family member of the Jin family who joined the government after not being able to become a patriarch.
[Quest 1: Meet the Elder of One of the 8 Great demonic sects - Temple of Bliss, and the Vice Head of the Divine Baek family.]
[Completion reward: unknown]
A voice came from a middle-aged man. He was the commander of the Flying Squad of the Imperial Army. He reported to me about the arrival of Guests.
I told the commander that he'd be there in a short while.
"I'll be there. Instruct them to wait in the dining hall," I said and instinctively commanded.
"…mmm. Don't permit them to sit. Ensure they stand and receive no hospitality from us until I arrive."
From the expressions on some people's faces I could see that everyone wasn't able to comprehend what I meant but the lord's Intentions are supreme and as they were nothing but subjects of mine. They simply followed the order.
"You all may leave and this order is also for you Provincial leader."
"Then the Vice Commander, Commander, and I shall meet you in the Dining Hall," responded the Provincial Leader with a bow, and then quickly left.
1 hour passed this way.
"He is supposed to be just a 90-year-old brat who just got appointed here after being thrown from Royal City. Even if he is the city Lord, how can he make the Guests wait for so long and not even offer them to sit?" The Vice head of the Divine Baek family thought to himself.
I finally made my entrance.
"I hope I didn't make you wait for long."
I tried saying it with such a charming smile and captivating voice that no one could even think of anything to refute. Forget saying something.
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[Strong negative emotion detected earlier]
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[0.1 bonus stat awarded] x3
[0.1 bonus stat awarded] x3
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Everyone greeted me and the guests also gave me various types of gifts from a painting to many 5000-year-old ginseng, 10000 year old ginseng, 100000-year-old ginseng.............. and some artifacts etc.
"Thank you, I really am impressed and happy with the gift you've provided but there was no need for such expensive gifts."
"Now then make yourself comfortable and take your place."