Chapter 4：An Opportunity

- Ding! You have reached Shaolin Village.

It was not until he got the notification that Xue Bao opened his eyes. Although he did what was recommended, he still felt like puking his guts. But with sheer will, he held it in. After that, he noticed his surroundings and found himself standing in the middle of a well-built road. Peach trees were planted on both sides of the road.

"System, where am I?" he couldn't help but ask as he couldn't find a single human in his sight.

- Replying to host, you are currently 245.78 meters away from Shaolin Village's main gate.

Currently, he was in a world, not on earth, called The Unified Continent. Unlike earth, this world's geographic layout was a little weird. There was no divided continent but a single massive one that reached for billions of miles. A thousand year ago, this wasn't named as such but due to the appearance of a powerful king, who with his mighty army and his strong cultivation, managed to unify it under his flag. After unifying he created his dynasty and named it Zhao Dynasty.

Under this Zhao Dynasty, there were 19 Empires, under which were 59 Kingdoms. Both these empires and kingdoms, as well as the cities under them, were separated according to stars. Lowest being 9 stars while highest being one star.

Currently, he was heading towards Shaolin Village, which was under Flower City, a 5 starred city under 8 starred kingdom named the Luo Kingdom.

Another thing he discovered was about the powers of this world. Unlike in earth where internal energy was a myth in his country, here it wasn't so! In here, people were born with the ability to cultivate, the process of using the heaven and earth qi in the surrounding to nourish their body and evolve.

With each evolution, their lifespan also increases. And there was one statement that blew Xue Bao's head, in this world, anyone can achieve immortality as long he or she was willing to. As for the cultivation, it was divided into Qi gathering, Houtian, Xiantian, Core Formation, Reborn and each stage was further divided into nine grades. Each this nine grade are then further divided into 4 phases, early, middle, peak, late.

The average lifespan of a mortal and commoner in this world was 75 years. When a person starts Qi gathering, their life expectancy increases to 120 years. Then when they stepped into Houtian, this lifespan then further increases to 240 years. A xiantian stage cultivator could live up to 500 years. When they reach the core formation stage, their lifespan doubles again, and they live up to 1000 years. As for the Reborn stage, it was rumoured that only the emperor of the Zhao Dynasty had reached such cultivation stage. They can live up to 2000 years.

Hearing all these, Xue Bao couldn't help but sweat a little. Living for so long, one could only imagine what kind of problem it would have been if this world wasn't so big. But it also made him impress on one point, these people, living so many years, their strength should be on another level. After hearing all these, a sudden desire appeared on his heart, carefully contemplating about it, he, in turn, decided to ask the system.

"System, can I cultivate?"

--Affirmative. If you acquire a cultivation technique, then you can also cultivate. Currently, you can buy 999 cultivation techniques from the system.

"Really? Wow!! So much is this cultivation technique costs?"

--the lowest price of a cultivation technique is 100 black coins.

"Fuck! Isn't that expensive? Why it is so expensive?" Xue Bao was about to cough up blood when he heard about the price.

--Cultivation techniques were a gateway to immortality. It was coveted by everyone no matter the status. You won't get one even if you have all the money in this world. The price was set up correctly by the creator of this system.

"I see!"

And finally, while he was bickering with the system, the black iron gates of the Shaolin Village appeared in front of him. The village was surrounded by 20 meters tall wall, and the only opening to it was the thick iron gate. Due to these walls, he couldn't see inside.

"So this is the Shaolin Village!"

--Affirmative

But as he neared the gate, he found something was wrong. There was a huge mass of people gathering in front of the gate, holding different weapons. There were also some who were carrying torches. Leading such group was a man wearing an expensive looking battle garment and was holding a big reddish-black sword in his hands. his narrow face and small eyes, coupled with sword-shaped eyebrows, he was extremely handsome.

As he neared the gate, he was able to hear what they were talking about.

"Everyone, on behalf of my father, Lord Yap, I sincerely thank you, everyone, for gathering here on short notice. This afternoon, we discovered that the young lady of our family had gone to the nearby forest to hunt for some animals. Unfortunately, during her hunt, she and her party were ambushed by a group of level 0 hyenas. That won't have been a problem, for she had an escort with her who was a 7th level Qi gathering stage expert. But there was a level 1 hyena among that pack. As such he was heavily wounded while protecting our young miss. Currently, they are hiding in a cave while being surrounded by those hyenas.

Today, I have gathered this party to rescue our young miss. Don't worry, I will take on that level 1 hyena. All you guys have to do is to kill the remaining ones."

"Yes! Young master Yap was really strong. Although he was only 21, he has already stepped into the houtian level."

"I know right! I also heard that he had once hunted and killed two level 1 eagle at the same time. a mere level 1 hyena would be nothing in front of him."

"Although lady Lin was the adopted daughter of the current clan master, she was treated as a real daughter of his in the family. Besides, rumour has it that young master Yap was in love with lady Lin and would marry her in the near future."

Many discussions broke out as the people started to gossip. By now, Xue Bao had already reached near the gate and was silently listening to their talks. As he continued to listen, suddenly an idea struck his head.

"System, what is the probability of me defeating a level 0 hyena?"

--62.7%

"Enough!" currently he was in dire need of black coins. A single cultivation technique cost 100 black coins. Without sufficient strength, he couldn't move freely in this world, let alone rescuing his classmates. Currently, an opportunity presented itself, if he could kill even two hyenas, he could gain a little more black coins. Having more black coins means having a kind of insurance to his life.

As such he had decided to follow this group and kill as many hyenas as he can. If God blesses him and he kills ten of those, then he could easily buy a cultivation technique. Although he wasn't that optimistic, there was no problem in dreaming big.