[Rewards calculated]

[Rusty Ring of Luck obtained]

[Missions have become available]

*Gasp*

With a start Rain woke up from his dreamless sleep

Looking around he noticed he was back home in his warm bed. Looking closer he even found a ring on top of his sheets.

The ring looked quite ordinary, if not finely crafted. If the ring was not so worn down it might have been worth a fair amount of money, now however It'd only be worn for sentimental value.

Picking up the ring he closely examined it from every angle. The hell? Dont tell me that voice is real, why did it only start talking now?

[Host had yet to accomplish anything of worth, benefits from the system can only be gained from merit]

With a jump Rain fell of his bed from the sudden voice

Ow. Rubbing his head he pondered the possibility of this being a prank. Nope, no one in this manor has the balls to play a prank on such a devilish Young Master 

Well not like anything will be accomplished by sitting on my ass. Having made his decision he decided to put the ring on. Nothing ventured nothing gained

[Rusty Ring of luck equipped. Calculating luck value]

[Luck Value: Above Average]

Only above average? I guess it makes sense, I am a cripple after all.

As he was considering the effects of such a ring Isla came barging in with tears in her eyes

"Master!"

With a lunge she tackled him back of his bed onto the floor.

Damn I just got back on the stupid thing.

"How dare you pass out like that!" Well I'm sorry. Next time I'll make sure to ask the nice voice in my head to be gentle.

Snifle "I was so worried, please don't leave me"

Seeing such a pitiful expression on her beautiful face Rain couldn't help but smile.

"Come on Isla your crying like a child. I'll never. Ever. Leave you, okay?"

Sitting on the floor rubbing Isla's head he failed to notice the butler quietly enter.

"Ahem. I'm sorry to interrupt but your family would like to see you, they seem quite upset."

"Thank you Alfred, I'll make sure to go when this crybaby gets off me"

"I-I'm not a crybaby! I umm... just had something in my eye!"

Chuckling at the site of the two bonding Alfred dutifully stood at the side waiting for his pledge to get ready.

After a few minutes she seemed to finally be satisfied and let him stand up.

"I'm afraid to interrupt again but we must be going, we've already kept them waiting"

"Understood" looking at his current dress he couldn't help but sigh "I suppose I don't have time to change?"

"Fraid not sir, but worry not, you've appeared in public with far worse than a bathrobe"

"Sigh, that was one time. I had a hangover and couldn't find my clothes, you don't suppose I should have waited for the husband to come back do you?"

"Haha, the time for jokes is later. Let us be on our way"

Walking out the door into the main hall he headed towards the great room without a sense of shame, both personalities happened to lack one.

Not being ready to leave him alone so soon Isla trailed behind him holding onto the cusp of his robe. Alfred stood behind him with a aura of magnificence that could only be accumulated through countless life and death battles in brutal campaigns.

As such Rain ended up walking into a important clan meeting in only a bathrobe.

Nothing out of the ordinary.

[Mission obtained: quell thoughts of rebellion]

[Reward: Endless Prosperity cultivation technique

Upon Failure: lose a decade of life]

Rebellion? Guess the family couldn't stand a cripple inheriting the title of Family Head after all.

As the trio walked into the room a division could Cleary be seen, one side if the room housed his mother and her loyal followers while the other held his step mother's minions. His father was nowhere to be seen. Typical

Yep, in this world it wasn't strange for clan heads to have multiple partners. It wasn't ALL about pleasure, part of it was to inspire competition between future heirs, this was a dog eat world and only the strongest survived.

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"Tch Here comes the cripple"

"Looks like he still hides behind a girl too"

"F'n pretty boys"

Hearing such statements ring out I couldn't help but smile, mainly because they came from my side.

"What was that? I couldn't hear you over my sheer perfection"

Walking to my beloved family hugs and handshakes were exchanged. It has been far to long

My mother quietly went to stand in front of me staring with such strong eyes you could swear she could see through all deciption. Did she see through me? I May have inherited his memories but our personalities are a mix of both.

"Mother" with a small courtesy I held her hand as I lead her to a nearby couch to sit down. Generally affection was not allowed to be shown in public, rather it was a private affair.

The couch I chose happened to be parallel to where my Stepmother and half sister were sitting.

"Hmph you don't see your sister for a month and this is how you treat me? By ignoring me?"

"Haha dear sis it's not for why you think it is, I assume you heard about how I passed out correct?"

"How couldn't I? I was the laughingstock of the house for being related to such a baffon!"

"Fraid you'll have to live with it, the blood that runs through our veins come from the same source, and that's something you can't change, anyway as I was saying I passed out which meant I couldn't go gift shopping. In all honestly I fear for my life right now."

"You mean?"

"Yes. I'm afraid you'll have to wait for the next time I'm kicked out by dad for the 'goods' "

Instantly the aura around his sister changed, gone was the sarcastic sister who loved to banter and in her place stood a creature of ice, literally.

His sister Lin's dominant element was ice and as such when ever she got emotional she tended to affect the weather around her. Currently her entire body looked like a ice sculpture as all the water vapor around her froze and formed a layer of ice top of her.

"Now, now, daughter of mine, what did I tell you?"

"To con-"

"To control your emotions yes, and currently you are failing. I WILL NOT allow anyone, including you, to defile the honor of this household"

"I'm sorry to interrupt your scolding Stepmother but I would like to get down to business"

"Oh?" With raised brows she questioned "whatever do you mean?"

"While I would love it if this family was close enough to all come together without a motive, I'm, despite what you would believe, not a idiot. We as a family only come together for one reason. A regime change.

All across the room silence pervaded. Now that it was pointed out so bluntly they could no longer pretend, while they tried to hide it Rain saw it the moment he walked in, a split between the family right through the center.

"Well I guess we can leave the pleasantries for later, we are not satisfied with such a weakling being the family successor"

"We are a merchant family, we use money to solve problems not our fists"

"Even so it is a disgrace on our family to have a cripple in such a exalted position"

"For the past five generations the public has never seen the face of the family head, our enemies use assassination against us, not direct confrontation"

"You are only a mortal, your lifespan is short compared to cultivators"

"So? When I die you simply have to hold another family succession"

"The family head gets the best resources, by then the next head will be left in the dust in terms of cultivation"

"And so the truth comes out, resources. I will be blunt, I am a Cripple,  I can't Cultivate, what do you not understand? My monthly spending on worldly pleasures doesn't even equal the cost of a single decent herb."

"Even more the reason, if you won't use them they should be given to one one who will, and the position of head should follow"

"I tire of all this court drama so I will end this nonsense. I don't like telling people of my plans but I guess now I have no choice. First, all my resources will go to my sister"

That invoked quite the reaction between the onlookers, resources were EVERYTHING in this world.

"They are rightfully her's, not only is she talented she is also dedicated to cultivation, no one else deserves them more than her"

"And that brings me to my second decision, I will be blunt, I know nothing of subtlety after all, Lin holds no desire for the position"

Even louder voices could be heard, who wouldn't want such a position? The power was unfathomable.

Quite peeved was Lin's mother, she was ready to blow a fuse.

Seeing such a expression on her face brightened his day "as I said she is dedicated to cultivation, SOLELY to cultivation. To force a position of management on her is the same as death. Why do you think it is so rare for clan heads to breakthrough? It is because they are confined to paper work and meetings. By the time they realize their blunder and go into closed door training it is to late, their youth has passed them and their Qi has gone to long unstirred."

"As such I propose this, a divide in the power of this family, on one side would be the manpower, they would be the generals and soldiers who take care of the hands on work. On the other side would be the Logistics branch, the brains of the operation if you would"

"You think me a fool? If we did that we would simply turn into your minions, forever to do your bidding!" Fumed his Stepmother

"You see that's the problem, our side would be taking the loss,. you'd have all the power. If you wanted to you could barge into our offices and hang us by our necks. The one who holds the army holds the world, or so they say" not like we have a army. We're a MERCHANT clan for God's sake

Hearing such a enticing offer caused pause. What would we lose? We can always just perform a revolt if we're not satisfied.

"Fine. You will be in charge of politics while we command the warriors."

For the next three hours a furious debate was held where the two sides finalized the conditions of the deal, both were immensely happy with all the benefits they gained.

"Now that that's over you'll have to forgive me, I'm running on fumes quite honestly" and with that Rain passed out again. Not from physical exertion but rather mental exhaustion. To contain the Endless Prosperity System in his soul was quite a burden, it would take a fare bit of getting used to it. Going to a meeting for three hours definitely didn't help.

"YAWN" man it really was a good decision to get this phoenix feather bed, even being yelled at and being kicked out was worth it.

Yep, He got kicked out for a month because of frivolous spending. In fact the previous owner of the body died from to much wine and women during his suspension, not that Rain would ever admit that.

[Mission complete: Endless Prosperity Cultivation Technique obtained]

It hit him like a Jackhammer. A ocean of knowledge as if a tidal wave flooded every orifice of his being. He was quickly consumed in the near endless waves of knowledge that battered his soul space.

For the next  hour he sat staring with glazed eyes at the wall in front of him. If any of his servants were to see him they'd have been worried he was turned dumb.

Eventully Rain was able to slowly wake from his daze and when his eyes reached full clarity he couldn't help but laugh boisterously.

"it's really made just for me! First step; cripple yourself!"

HAHAHA! Just what kind of idiot would practice such a technique? Indeed this was a one way road, other techniques let you destroy your cultivation and practice a different technique, but this one? Not only could you have not have used any other cultization techniques prior, you are also unable to practise any other techniques for the rest of your life. If you do you'd explode from cultivation deviation.

When I got to this world I expected many things, to be born a cripple was one of them, I've read many books after all. But to experience it for myself? To go from a cripple to a cultivator? It's breathtaking. I have to resist the entirety of being not to shout out towards the heavens.

I had pretended that I was fine wasting my days away in mortal pleasures, but now that the opportunity is in front of me? I'll seize it with all my might.

And the first step is to catch up with my peers. No self respecting Sect would take in anyone less then peak body refining, regardless of the bribe.

The cultivation technique started out much like any other; breath in and try to feel the Qi in the air.