Chapter 3: System's Mission.
As soon as he turn it on Lin Mu immediately heard a loud background sound playing at the back of his head, like a symphony of hundred instruments playing at the same time. Creating a harmony that greatly helps him to relax and focus his mind.
Lin mu can’t describe the sound it makes as he finds it hard to compare it with any song or music he knows. But he is sure about one thing, and that is listening to it can have an added benefit to his cultivation.
It’s like an additional buff was added to him making him 2 times faster than before. But the feeling didn’t last long as he was disturbed by the system announcement.
Ding! A new mission was generated.
Mission: Create a sect that revolves around music in this world.
Mission reward: Unlock advanced cultivation techniques that can be cultivated up to the Nascent realm, a new battle technique that can be upgraded with strength, and a beginner's guide for formation creation.
Lin Mu was excited by the new mission, but also a little unsure of how to go about it. He had never heard of a sect that focused on music before, and he wasn't sure if it was even possible. But he knew that he had to try.
It was known that sects are created for a purpose which might be to strengthen oneself and to spread their influence It also might have something to do with gathering more cultivation resources but every cultivator aims for one thing. And that is to attain immortality.
Since the start of the cultivation era, many people have tried to reach the top of this realm but only a few survive. The cultivation world is a harsh and cruel world, where everyone vies for something they desire. It is very the reflection of the human heart.
The race to reach the top of the cultivation world is full of danger as many would not hesitate to kill anyone for the chance to become immortal themselves.
Even Lin mu himself is aware of the dangers he might face as countless tales were told to him when he was young. Mostly from his mother, as she always tells him about her life on the immortal continent.
Her nightly stories about the cultivation world and immortality have become their routine for the next first 6 years of his life.
It was only broken after her mother gave birth to his fraternal twin siblings one male and one female.
They were held as the pair of Dragon and Phoenix of many of their people as they are considered to be the gift of a miracle given by the high heaven.
It was known to many that cultivators are people who suffered greatly when it comes to fertility as their chance of conceiving a child is much much lower than normal.
Before Lin Mu's parents can give birth to him, it took them an entire decade fo work before his mother conceive him. But now, just after 6 years of his birth a pair of fraternal twins was suddenly born. It was a great shock as it usually takes a cultivator decades before they can conceive a child.
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Lin Mu's mother herself was surprised by this event as she never expected to get pregnant in just less than a decade. After all, it was widely known that powerful cultivators like themselves take a long time before they can conceive another child, after giving birth to the first one.
They attributed this miracle to their son Lin Mu as he was their lucky star. Thanks to the stone of luck the bracelet on his wrist that he got from the system on his first birthday, not only Lin mu became a lucky star, but even the entire Lin kingdom itself experience a smooth journey over the past 16 years.
No wars, no natural disasters, no famine, no plagues not a single bad thing that could affect their development, and the kingdom of Lin experience this good luck since Lin mu was born.
That's why he earned the title of Lucky star. Even his siblings are born with rare constitutions that are both known to be one of the best physiques in the cultivation world. But this information remains a secret for most people as there are techniques that can steal the body of a young child and occupy it with their soul, and Lin Mu's parents are aware of this grave danger.
However, that pair of twins are known for their mischievous franks in the kingdom. They once put an entire drum of chili essence on the palace's well. Wasting an entire drum essence of 1st level spiritual plant into the water well, and also making everyone who drinks that water suffered an extreme heat on their body.
The chili essence is a well-known drug or aphrodisiac, which is a by-product of a spiritual plant that promotes stamina and strength for men and can induce unbearable heat in women. Forcing their body to enter the copulation period, putting them into some kind of heated state.
Thankfully, this spiritual plant isn't that effective for people who have the slightest cultivation on their body even if they're just a beginner of the qi realm. They would only feel a slight discomfort in their body but they would be able to resist its effect.
And all the soldiers and servants working in the palace are all qi practitioners. If normal people accidentally drink some water from this well then it could only result in a mass sex craze. Thankfully, it didn't happen.
But Lin Mu's parents are extremely mad about this incident, and the pair of twins are punished to kneel on the big plate full of salt for an entire day. Although the twins already have low cultivation for their age this punishment is still painful for them as they still have a mortal body.
It was Lin mu who helped them cure their wounds after that day but he was also angry with this pair of younger siblings. Because the chili essence they poured down the well is his property that he painstakingly collected for 2 years.
Lin mu was planning to use them as an ingredient for the pills he is planning to produce but this pair of brats have actually wasted half of his entire storage of chili essence.
For cultivators, chili essence is a kind of supplemental drug that can help them settle some of their needs, Like for people who had some deficiency with Yang qi. Consumption of chili essence could actually replace what they lack.
Yang qi is attributed to having good health because people who are rich in yang energy can barely suffer from any normal disease. Yang qi was also an important part of cultivation as most of the cultivation manual was focused on them.
While Yin qi is the opposite of yang qi, Yin qi is often attributed to cold and ghosts as they are one of the most important ingredients for cultivating ghosts. Places rich in yin qi are often those land that suffered a terrible war where many people died.
For Lin Mu his cultivation is currently focused on music and it's not even on the minority of cultivators in this world as there's only a handful of people who managed to reach the Nascent realm cultivating the Dao of music.
But since Lin mu got the system, most of its tasks are always related to music forcing him to cultivate this path. Lin mu doesn't have a problem with this because he loves music, the only problem he has is the few cultivation manuals available on his cultivation path.
Lin Mu's mother is cultivating the Dao of nature while Lin Mu's father is cultivating the Dao of swords.
It is even strange for their son to Cultivate the Dao of music as they never thought him this path, but nevertheless, Lin mu's parents are still happy for him as he finds a path that he is happy with.
Many cultivators in this land were actually not happy with their path of cultivation as they don't really live what they are doing, causing them to have a really slow progress on their cultivation or worst they get stuck in their cultivation, never seeing their chance to ascend the higher realm. It happens because they were forced to cultivate this manual, or they don't have a chance to find a different cultivation manual that follows their same interest.
For Lin Mu he decided to take the path of cultivation because mainly it was given by his system and it was something he enjoy. Playing music to his heart desires has allowed him to see his own Dao at an early stage. Allowing to have a smooth journey throughout his cultivation, only encountering a few bottlenecks on a few occasions.
Some might have begun cultivation for revenge, some wanted to prolong their life, some just wanted to become strong, or for others is the only way for them to change their life.
Nevertheless, Lin Mu's future is set, He would become a cultivator that was never seen in any era, and this system mission would be his first step into that path.
His mission is to create an entire sect that focuses on music cultivation, the only problem is, there wasn't a lot of people who takes this path and Lin Mu is already having a hard time thinking about how he was gonna complete this mission.
Especially in their kingdom which had banned the existence of sects on their land.