Re-life: Life as a demon patriarch

Chapter 2: What?!Green?!

Peng Shui remained confused for over 30 minutes as he stared at the pale green transparent box hanging in front of him.

[Ding!]

[Quest complete... Basic movement training has been assimilated.]

[calculating...]

He finally reacted in the end by waving his hands in order to wipe the screen away, but something else caught his attention, his hands, they looked aged, rough and callused.

Shocked to his core, he looked for somewhere to sit and began to feel up his body and after several tests, He realized that he had changed into the character he made earlier today, In fact, even the robes were the same!.

Although He couldn't see his face, He could tell that, it was just as he made it, but, this...no matter how he looked at it, this was a real living person and he was here in this person's body!.

"D-did I just transmigrate into another world? or some virtual video game of the 'Future?' or both?"Gu fang mutters excitedly but suddenly thought of something else, "My body!... Er Probably crushed by Truck Kun..."

'eh... Even if my body was alive, do I really want to go back?,Hehehehe!!, so interesting!, isn't this the thrill I've been looking for?!!Didn't I say I would role-play? what better stage than this strange place?!!' a sinister glint flashed through his eyes as he let out a wretched laughter, 'Besides, that place was getting boring anyways... Why are my emotions all over the place?."

'wait does that mean I would be inheriting those Traits and perso...f*ck!'

"Song Chaosan o Song chaosan, It's just unfortunate I have left the game early Hehehehe!!, You're probably saying Karma finally caught up with me no?, But... Forget it". He then put things behind him and started frantically looking around what he believes to be the system interface, The windows had been all over his view and kept following his line of sight, whenever he turned his head to the sides. So he decided to stop his thoughts and read what was written on them.

[Welcome to 'Eternal Glory', an all new full immersive VRmmorpg with 99.99% realism and a complete cultivation system, packaged with Fully automated AI technology and an wide explorable World.]

[NPC system privileges have been unlocked]

"???"Peng shui or rather Gu Linfang as he named this character, was now surprised by the last notification he read, this further convinced him of his earlier guess of this being a game. 'But, I don't think it's that simple' With this thought, he looked at his new alleged daughter who was now taking a nap and the strange memories in his head, in fact, he felt if he thought about...he could remember a 'wife', along with how he 'felt' when his daughter was born.

Unable to get any more information for now, he decided to continue going through the notifications... perhaps he would find something useful there.

[Reputation is an important aspect of this game. Earn personal reputation to earn rewards]

[Based on your earlier choice, You have been automatically assigned to the Evil camp.

Also based on your main storyline, Your created factions would be automatically assigned to the Evil camp.

Increase your faction's reputation to earn rewards]

[Rewards would be based on your camp.]

[Due to your camp, Reputation has been changed to Notoriety.]

"Uh..."

"what kind of Bull... wait... This is actually interesting." After reading through all these, Peng Shui almost released an outburst but the pain from the alleged poison got him coughing, so he calmed down.

Soon, he could see his character's status screen though it didn't have much to it besides showing his name and cultivation realm and some more stuffs.

Name: Gu Lin Fang

Affiliation: Gu Clan(on the verge of a collapse).

Bloodline: Gu clan(Green)

NPC qualification: Green rank Elite.

Occupation: Poison maker lv 5(Primary), Alchemist lv 2(Subsidiary).

Standing: Gu clan Alchemy Elder.

Cultivation Base Qi: Nascent soul Early stage.(Weakened)

Cultivation Base Body: None

Cultivation manual: Wailing Ghost Qi gathering method Lv10

Martial arts Techniques : Poison Ghost Palm Lv 3, Nether Poison needle Lv 2

Dao: None

Traits]

: Intimidating Demeanor

: Prodigy

: Broken

: Calculating mind

: Villain's fortune

: Fugacious Aura

[Personality]

: opportunist

: Trickster

: Vicious

: Malefactor

: Arrogant

: Sensitive

: Authoritative

: Pretentious

: Resilient Mind

: Wild

: Interfering

"Hmm...if I go by what I have read about web novels, how did this fellow get to Nascent soul realm...Ah I see, he only just broke through while fighting off enemies with will alone but it seems to have affected his foundation?" Gu Lin Fang's expression became dark as confusion sets in until he went through his new memories.

Suddenly, he felt the urge to roll his eyes, "Severely lacking if I must say, trash!! Sigh!...to think he was even dreaming of reviving the clan".

But then he questioned himself on why he felt he had the right to be arrogant, after all he owns the body now. Setting it aside, he went on looking through the screen, another notification popped up.

[D******d complete]

[Nascent soul beginner package has been downloaded successfully.]

He then spotted a flashing gold icon in the shape of a stuffed bag which drew his attention, it read 'Unload starter package'.

His eyes hovered over the icon and it popped like a clown's balloon.

Pop!!

[package unlocked, preparing Random selection]

[Bloodline elixir x1, Qi restoration pill x15, Blood Demon Tao(purple), Banshee Footprint (Green), Crooked war finger(Orange), plum blossom Umbrella (green), Silent goose steps (White), 20 years old spirit ginseng x3, cleansing spring pill x5, Hanfu (white) x3...]

A long list of items spread across his face, leaving him speechless.

He looked at his inventory and his eyes couldn't help twitching involuntarily, so he began sorting out everything, he placed the pills on one side, skill books on another side, cosmetic items such as clothes and the like were placed on another end.

When he was done, he felt more comfortable,"haa... that was so uncomfortable to look at".

He then focused on what he now had. there were a lot of trash and materials here, but he didn't dare discard them as they might be useful for something else he was not aware of, besides He was more interested on the techniques he found, there were about 7 of them, so he chose to learn them.

But, surprisingly he couldn't, well not that he couldn't but after learning the two movement techniques it stopped due to his dizziness. He has a feeling that if he forced himself to learn further, he might die here.

After some investigating, he found out that it was because of Talent!.

His present talent despite being a prodigy only allows him to be able to learn four techniques, and this was because he has access to the system as a cheating NPC with some player privileges, a normal NPC would find it somewhat difficult to learn the complete four.

'Looks like the prodigy trait just allows you to be good at what you do at your level, Talent is a different ball game' Gu Lin Fang did some calculating in his head subconsciously and soon found the problem.

With that, he brought his attention to the Bloodline part of his status page.

Bloodline: Gu clan(Green)

Going by what has been available since the history of gaming, White has always been judged as the lowest and orange or red being the highest ones.

"White, Green, Blue, purple, orange and then red... but the clan bloodline is f*cking green?!!", Gu fang yells in frustration, 'No wonder they were easily wiped out by a few Wudang sect inner disciples and their guardian...come on, their Patriarch was just a peak level Auroras core Expert.' 

His outburst startled Gu Linju awake, "Ah! Father! Do you feel any pain?!" But Gu Lin fang conveniently remained mute, He was not in the mood to entertain her just yet.

He suddenly felt like his life wasn't going to be easy as he imagined.

'Because of this and the number of techniques as well as quality, I am rated as just a Green rank Elite creature by the system' Gu fang mumbles and then he thought about players.

'If those players get a mission from the clan's enemies to wipe us...' Startled with the thought, he came to a realization, "Can I even respawn?" He really had no idea.

There was also no way to confirm, in fact, he didn't want to try as he didn't even know what lies ahead for him.

He immediately opened the so called Eternal glory forum and found that, there wasn't any post aside from a count down that stated 128 hours along with a date that says 22 April, 2109.

'That's roughly 5 days plus' he calculated while closing the forum but inwardly, he was surprised by the date itself...the date he remembered was, 22 April 2019, the difference was just too huge.

Gu fang couldn't help thinking, 'Ah this is even more troublesome now...'.

'Does that mean...is the time between that time and the game time even the same?'He wondered as he tried calculating.

'I Know nothing about this game, yet I have to learn in just 5 days or however long that time is in game!' while grumbling, he quickly looked through his pills to see if there's anything he could use to make himself stronger.

"Aha!" He looked at the vial that says bloodline elixir. His actions startled a small creature that quickly burst out of a shrub and dashed in the opposite direction.

Gu Linju whom was watching Gu Lin Fang curiously earlier quickly pulled out a knife from her sleeves in an alert manner, Gu Lin fang was the same as he raised his guard up with a frown, ready to make a run for it.

Seeing his alleged daughter's action, he couldn't help but secretly nod his head in approval. This also reminded him of their current location, so he struggled up to his feet.

"Who would think that there's someone that would poison himself by accident during combat" Gu Linfang grumbled about the body owner's incompetence and lack of talent.

"Let's find somewhere to recuperate first" He soon says while wondering what to do, he hasn't had a kid or taken care of another creature in his life...even his mother was handled by the nurses he had employed.

Gu Linju sheaths her knife and rushed to Gu fang while saying, "alright, do you need help?...no let me help you".

He couldn't be bothered to say anything at this point as he felt like he was repeatedly stabbed all over his body with each step.

They moved in the general direction of the closest city in his memory silently.

'Ah! This future looks bleak!...Gu Lin Fang o Gu Lin Fang, you can rest assured, I'll make us number 1 in the world'.