"Look, that trash Su Lin is still climbing Jade Spirit Mountain!"
"What's there to see? He's going to fall again. But I must admit… This jerk is very persistent in failing.
"His days are numbered anyway. Instead of climbing on women's beds, he climbs rocks."
"Hahaha! Come on, we can't miss Sister Hua's battle."
Su Lin heard every word the two young cultivators said as they flew past on their swords.
Even though he had grown accustomed to such humiliation, he was enraged but powerless to act.
"Focus. Today, you're not allowed to be distracted."
Hanging from a jagged rock, Su Lin tried to maintain his composure as the peak was only an arm's length away.
The wind howled as Su Lin clawed upward; the taste of dust hit his tongue, and the rock crumbled beneath his grasp.
"No, not this time." Su Lin's eyes darkened; he frantically looked for a foothold.
…
After transmigrating as a handyman disciple of the Taixuan sect, Su Lin learned the tragic fate of the original owner.
The young man he had once challenged to a life-or-death duel in a year had already advanced to Qi Condensation and become an outer disciple. Yet Su Lin was still stuck at the Body Refining stage.
He could not even leave the sect, not with the Su family hiding underground on the brink of extermination.
The original owner had known his end was coming, only a few months left, so he chose poison over waiting for death.
But then, Su Lin arrived with the system.
[ Congratulations, Host. The Ultimate Sign-In System has been unlocked. Would you like to bind? ]
When Su Lin first saw the virtual interface, he burst into tears and decided to bind himself right away.
[ System Binding… ]
[ 0%... 10%... 49%... 95%... 100% ]
[ Authentication incomplete. Please verify… ]
[ Requirement:
Wave your hand at Jade Spirit Mountain's peak.
Time limit: 69 days.
Outside assistance is forbidden.
Failure means complete erasure of both the System and its bound host. ]
"...Fuck."
If he had just waited for the duel, he would have had at least 100 days left; even Ye Chen might have spared him out of pity.
But what about now?
The Jade Spirit Mountain was the tallest peak in the outer gate, but it had no spiritual energy, so aside from the wild plants and animals, there was nothing, not even a safe route to reach its peak.
For the past two months, Su Lin climbed the mountain again and again without any success.
And today was the last day.
The day of life or death.
Above his left, in the midst of the despair, Su Lin noticed a half-dead tree branch jutting from the cliffside.
Whether the branch could bear his weight or not, there was no time to think; the rock he clung to was collapsing into the abyss; he could not stay like this for long.
With a desperate lunge, he seized it into his palm. The branch groaned under his weight, but it held together.
Gritting his teeth, Su Lin pulled himself up, and then, with a final heave, he rolled onto the summit.
The peak was bathed in blazing sunlight as the sun sank into the horizon.
Su Lin stood tall, raised his hand, and waved in victory.
"Finally, I survived…"
[ Congratulations. Host has successfully bound to the system. ]
[ The first sign-in task has also been completed. Do you want to receive the reward? ]
"Receive."