2022-03-01 15:16:00Date published:
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["You just killed five men! What do you have to say for yourself."
"Oops?"]
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[Defeat the 10 men. 3/10
Reward: 500EXP, all stats raised by 1
Penalty: Death ]
Zhi Ruo stood on the pile of corpses, the blood amassed on her feet pooling. Her boney hand was stained red, nevertheless she didn't stop walking.
"Who the fuck are you?!" The slave trader had viciously kicked the man that was tied away from him. The man along with the others tied with him like a leash had fallen like a domino. And yet strangely enough they didn't make any noise as they fell. The swords that hang from their waists was taken out and was pointed at Zhi Ruo.
Zhi Ruo didn't flinch, she calmly crouched down and grabbed a handful of sand that moment a slave trader had aimed a sword at her throat. She harshly threw the handful of sand on the face of the slave trader, that person momentarily blinded reached for his face cursing out laud. But only an eep was heard as a rock came down from the back of his head.
Due to the strength at which Zhi Ruo had exserted on the rock, that rock and the man's skull cracked on the pressure. She side stepped the moment she felt someone behind her, and dashed for the sword on the man she had just killed. Blocking an in coming slash, by back flipping she threw another handful of sand at the nearest face she found and stabbed the chest on that same person.
She dragged that person's body and used it as a meat shield for the slashes that rained down on her body. She took out a new sword from the person behind the corpse she was holding before killing that person with his own sword. Spinning on her heel, she kicked a person away and jumped on him with her sword raised killing him instantly as she made contact.
She paused the moment she felt like she had backed on the wall of the alley. Three of the men had already fallen to their knees the moment Zhi Ruo pointed the sword at them. And the last one and managed to parry her sword before being killed.
[Congratulations! You have earned 500EXP]
[All stats raised by 1]
[Congratulations! You are now level 3!]
[Congratulations! You are now on level 4!]
[You have earned an skill! Your status has been updated]
[Congratulations you have earned 10 stat points!]
[Congratulations you have earned 20 stat points!]
[Congratulations! You have achieved your first kill! You have received 1 lottery ticket!]
[Congratulations! You have achieved your first skill! You have received 1 lottery ticket!]
[Congratulations! You have achieved your first achievement! You have received 100 stat points!]
[Your status is updating!]
Zhi Ruo leaned back on the wall panting, she glanced at the fallen people still tied up and attempted to walk to them. But the system's notifications had blocked her view. She read all of it before grinning, she didn't mind the looks of curiosity at the fallen people who had sat down without saying anything.
[Name: Liu Zhi Ruo
Race: Human
Skills:
Sand throw (stun): rank 0
Level: 4
Cultivation level: Gathering; Concentration rank 1
Titles: Owner of the lotus dimensions, transmigrator, Trash Xiaojie of the Liu Fu....
EXP: 150/400
HP: 80/80
MP: 80/80
AGILITY: 17
SPEED: 22
STRENGTH: 17
DEXTERITY: 22
ACCURACY: 17
CHARM: 22
LUCK: 22
INTELLIGENCE: 27
STAMINA: 17
Stats points: 130
Lottery ticket: 2]
She checked her status unhurriedly, although curious as to what the lottery ticket is and how her new skill works. She first distributed her stat points. This time she carefully divided it all.
[Name: Liu Zhi Ruo
Race: Human
Skills:
Sand throw (stun): rank 0
Level: 4
Cultivation level: Gathering; Concentration rank 1
Titles: Owner of the lotus dimensions, transmigrator, Trash Xiaojie of the Liu Fu....
EXP: 150/400
HP: 80/80
MP: 80/80
AGILITY: 27
SPEED: 27
STRENGTH: 30
DEXTERITY: 25
ACCURACY: 30
CHARM: 25
LUCK: 25
INTELLIGENCE: 32
STAMINA: 35
Stats points: 57
Lottery ticket: 2]
Zhi Ruo felt the instantaneous rush of power surging within her everytime she added a point in a specific category. But before she could continue to add carefully, she was approached by the people that was tied up. Still linked together by robes, they approached the sitting Zhi Ruo.
The body they have was less than what Zhi Ruo's current weight count. From just looking at them people could tell that, they were harshly beaten up. Even as they walk they left bloody footprints on their wake. But they didn't make a single sound, not a bit. Zhi Ruo had raised her head and looked up. Her face was still hidden from underneath her robe and the blood the she slipped on her clothes were not seen.
[MP: 60/80]
Sighing Zhi Ruo tossed them a bottle of water their were about 7 of these men. Without any clumsy movements the caught it, the clear bottle of spring water was tainted red when it was on their hands. "Twist the top" Zhi Ruo's voice reached the ears of the tied people but despite being tied they opened the bottles without difficulty.
"Drink it." Zhi Ruo simply stated as she stood up. They didn't even mark Zhi Ruo suspicious and drank it unconditionally, without caring if it was poisoned or not. Normal people would question as why they were handed with such a weird object but they didn't care and just followed what Zhi Ruo said without any questions.
Zhi Ruo grabbed a sword and slashed it towards the men that was drinking like they found an oasis on a desert. The ropes fell on the ground with a thud. They clutched the bottle on their hands, and their eyes was fixated on Zhi Ruo. They were all bearded, and their hair was long and unkept, patches of dirt and mud was sticking on their hairs. But Zhi Ruo didn't care, she looked at them.
"I'll give you two choices." She raised two fingers. "Become my subordinates, or walk away." Zhi Ruo calmly walked to them and assessed them. Spoils of war, that was the thing that caught Zhi Ruo's attention. They would be most likely be soldiers from the opposing country, or war spies that was abandoned. "Choose." She tossed the sword and waited for them.
Suddenly they sank to their knees and knowtowed. "This one greets master!" They shouted, the voice that was hoarse didn't hide the determination that the words carried.
[Congratulations! You have achieved 7 subordinates! You have received 70 stat points!]
Zhi Ruo dismissed the notification, and pulled down her hood. Her eyes and long hair was revealed and her voice changed drastically. "From now on I am your master. I am Liu Zhi Ruo." The men raised their head the moment Zhi Ruo pulled down her hood, their expressions revealed that they were surprised that their master was a girl, and nonetheless they now served the trash Xiaojie of the General Liu Fu.
It was a well known fact that the Xiaojie of the Liu Fu was considered as a trash that only exist to make the Shu Second and third Xiaojie shine. Trash, ugly, and existing like a ghost, those were the usual words that portrayed the existence of Liu Zhi Ruo. She was the most common topic of the century, normal conversations had this topic as an ice breaker. No it was not 'what a great weather we have today' it was 'that Xiaojie of the Liu Fu'
"You..you are Liu Zhi Ruo?" The man who had sharp eyes looked at Zhi Ruo in silent disbelief. If he cleaned up his beard and unkept hair, it can be said that he looks sharp and boyish. But Zhi Ruo noticed that the others had some deep respect for this person.
"Indeed" Zhi Ruo nodded as she started to walk. "Let's get you guys a bath and some clothes. Then we'll talk things out." The rest silently padded through the alley way, Zhi Ruo already pulled up her hood. Zhi Ruo scanned the area that she was familiar with, she bypassed the stone gambling establishment ignoring the stares that was thrown on her way and the line of slaves behind her.
She found a isolated inn, after confirming that she there was a bath house in the inn, she booked 8 rooms. The inn keeper was happy to comply after he was handed with a single Gold paper. He enthusiastically welcomed Zhi Ruo and the others, ushering them hurriedly.
[MP: 78/80] → [MP: 30/80]
"Take these clothes, also take these" on the hallway of the rooms Zhi Ruo had handed them some robes that Zhi Ruo had designed for an historical TV drama along with it's matching shoes. After they received the soft robe fabric, Zhi Ruo had also handed them Shampoo and soap. "Use this to apply to your hair when it's wet, and use this to apply to your body. Make sure that these won't get through your eyes and ears." Zhi Ruo slapped away the hand that was handling a bar of soap going to the mouth. "-dont eat that! Those aren't supposed to be food."
"But it smells good." The man innocently stated.
"It taste bitter contrary to the sweet smell, it's also poisonous." Zhi Ruo sighed. "I want all of your bodies clean, without a speck of dust. If I see a clump of mud in your hair I'm going to wash them myself. I don't care if you used all of these just make sure you clean yourself." She waved her hand dismissively, "whatever, after your done meet me at my room when you are all finished."
"Yes master." They bowed deeply in unison before going into their respective rooms. Zhi Ruo also made her way to her room.
She slid the door shut and sat on a chair. "Names...I have to ask for their names after this." She lightly stretched out her arms, after hearing some popping sound from her joints did she stop. She looked at her hands that was just wounded from the rock she had just cracked. The wound was healing in a very fast rate, she checked her status and found out that it was at full bar.
[MP: 49/80] → [MP: 5/80]
Her breath quickened after she used Qi to open up her dimension, but the table in front of her was full of buckets of chicken. She had about 8 huge chicken buckets. She lightly leaned on the chair breathing heavily.
"System, how do I increase my Qi---err MP" she asked through the empty air.
[Answering host, by increasing your cultivation level.]
She closed her eyes after hearing the system's robotic voice. She tried again. "Then what's that lottery ticket?" She opened up her status, and checked the new thing that was updated.
[Answering host, you can gacha to equip yourself with powers, people, armour etc.. up can get anything as long as you have tickets.]
She played with her remaining 960 Gold papers. She snickered to herself hearing the word gacha, it was like a game, well the system is already game-like. She tossed 400 Gold papers into a replicating dimension, ignoring how her MP dropped, and kept the remaining 560 on her inner pocket of her robe. "Then what about that sketchy skill that I got. How do I use that."
[Answering host, Sand throw is a stun skill. It blinds the opponent for a brief period of time. Current rank of the skill 0, the higher of the host's charm the higher the duration of the skill and more potent. If the host keeps using said skill, it could rank up.
How to use: just shout it in the host mind or say out loud. Sand would automatically be in your hands even if their are no sand around.
Skill MP consumption: none ]
"This little shit system, do I look like a fucking WEEB? what kind of an activation is that?! Bitch what the fuck?? And charm?! Am I not charming enough?! That may be some useful skill but the one created this is a fuckin WEEB." Zhi Ruo snorted to herself before opening her status.
But she paused, because she was stuck with it no matter if she likes it or not, even if she doesn't like the implications that the 'system' brought with it.
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[You know else starts with "T" other than Tea? Tension.]
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