On the outskirts of Wutan City, by a lake.
"Ten years witness the passing of spring and autumn, a hundred years prove birth, aging, sickness,
and death, a thousand years lament the rise and fall of dynasties, ten thousand years witness the shifting of stars." A willow tree swayed in the wind by the lake, and beneath it, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy sighed. His eyes revealed a world-weariness beyond his years.
"Sigh~ I've been in this world for a month now..."
"Damn it! You brought me to this Dou Qi Continent just to make me a useless cripple, unable to cultivate, to be ridiculed and humiliated!"
He suddenly spat out the grass he was chewing, pointing angrily at the sky, venting his discontent.
Indeed, Ling Feng was not a native of the Dou Qi Continent.
Originally, he was from Earth in the Solar System, from a moderately wealthy family with land, a house, and a domestically produced ABC car, living a comfortable life.
Who knew that after meeting the 'Douyin' female internet celebrity he had spent 100,000 yuan to meet, he would instantly suffer social death and inexplicably transmigrate to this Dou Qi Continent.
Having transmigrated, Ling Feng, a seasoned reader of countless online novels and known in the online novel world as the "Jade-Faced Old Bookworm," quickly accepted this reality.
He was even somewhat excited, believing himself to be the chosen protagonist, destined to reach the pinnacle of life.
But fate had other plans; he transmigrated into an ordinary family, and to make matters worse, he was a cultivation failure. He hadn't even broken through to the first level of Dou Qi.
While cultivation failures weren't unique on the Dou Qi Continent, in this world where the strong reign supreme, weakness was the original sin!
The weak were to be oppressed, mere supporting characters to the strong, without any rights, killed at the whim of the strong, like weeds. The original "Ling Feng" had been humiliated and killed, only to be usurped by the transmigrated Earth "Ling Feng."
Upon arriving, Ling Feng was initially confused, then excited. But upon learning of his tragic situation and his useless physique, he became utterly depressed.
He had envisioned reaching the pinnacle of life, but instead, he was on a downward spiral. He became the lowest rung of the Dou Qi Continent, forced to treat those above him with the utmost respect, like a slave. Otherwise, he would suffer.
As a member of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Ling Feng's core belief was equality for all. But upon arriving on the Dou Qi Continent, he witnessed a ruthless and rigid hierarchical system.
Ling Feng refused to accept his fate and refused to be subservient. He desperately cultivated his martial arts, but his physical limitations shattered all his dreams. This led to the resentful Ling Feng he was in now.
He had been cultivating his martial arts for a month on the Dou Qi Continent, but had made no progress. Just like his predecessor, "Ling Feng," he had made no progress for over ten years.
This useless physique drove Ling Feng to utter despair.
"Sigh, venting my frustration is no better than going for a swim."
Ling Feng shook his head helplessly, deciding to stop thinking about his troubles. He took off his clothes and placed them under a willow tree. Then, with the force of a mountain crashing down, he jumped into the lake, disrupting its calm and causing a splash and rolling waves.
"Wash, wash, wash, hehe ha hehe... wash away the salty smell, let me turn over and sing..."
Ling Feng sang a little tune as he washed himself, amusing himself and casting aside his bad mood. He knew very well that instead of complaining all day, it was better to try to change things.
After washing, Ling Feng didn't get out of the lake, but instead went underwater to enjoy his own private world.
This lake in the suburbs was a wild place, rarely visited by people, making it a rare haven of tranquility.
The reason Ling Feng knew about this place was because his predecessor, 'Ling Feng,' was often bullied and dared not go home, fearing his mother's worry, and unexpectedly found this place to lick his wounds alone.
However, just as Ling Feng was underwater, a beautiful figure suddenly approached from afar. Reaching the lakeside, she looked around, and then began to undress.
Coincidentally, Ling Feng surfaced from the water, and the direction in which the woman was undressing came into view of him. Instantly, a real-life nude woman's erotic scene unfolded.
"Cough cough..."
Ling Feng's eyes widened, his anger flaring, but to his dismay, he choked and coughed. In an instant, Ling Feng knew he was in trouble and quickly covered his mouth.
But it was too late!
The woman had already noticed Ling Feng's presence and even met his gaze. The next moment, a sharp female voice rang out.
"Ah!!!"
The woman hurriedly grabbed her clothes to cover herself and fled. At this moment, Ling Feng seemed to see a turbocharged duck, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but chuckle slightly.
"Tsk tsk...this woman is truly top-notch! Even prettier than the widow next door..."
He licked his lips, his eyes unblinking, seemingly still savoring the moment. His expression seemed to be a mixture of amusement and regret.
"Eh~"
At this moment, Ling Feng suddenly exclaimed in surprise, his expression shifting from savoring the moment to one of delight.
"I actually broke through?!"
The emergence of battle qi within his body was a sign of reaching the first stage of battle qi, filling Ling Feng with a mixture of surprise and delight.
"If I had known that looking at some erotic pictures would trigger such an exciting breakthrough, I would have gone to peep at Widow Wang next door while she bathed. Although Widow Wang isn't as pretty as that woman, her figure is still quite good..."
Recalling the erotic scene from earlier, Ling Feng's heart pounded with excitement.
At the same time.
"Stare!"
"Congratulations to the host for breaking through to the first stage of battle qi. System officially activated, binding begins..."
"Ten percent..."
"Fifty percent..." "
One hundred percent..."
"System binding complete, Treasure Box Draw System officially online."
Immediately afterward, an attribute panel that only he could see appeared before Ling Feng's eyes.
Host: Ling Feng
Physique: Useless
Strength: First Stage of Battle Qi
...
Looking at the attribute panel before him and listening to the unique system voice echoing in his mind, Ling Feng was immediately stunned. Immediately, his face lit up with ecstatic joy. "Hahaha... System, you're finally here! I knew it! Every transmigrator has a cheat code, it's just that my strength wasn't enough. Now that it's activated, I'm going to rise to power!"
What is a system?
As someone who has read countless novels and is known as the "Jade-Faced Old Bookworm" in the online novel world, Ling Feng naturally knew that a system was the kingpin of showing off, a cheat code that would lead you to the pinnacle of life.
With the system by his side, Ling Feng instantly felt powerful again, quickly accepting this fact, and even forgetting about the erotic nude pictures from earlier.
"System, please begin your performance."
[Yes, host.]
After the initial excitement, Ling Feng couldn't help but want to understand the system's functions, but as a young man with a passion for online novels, he remained relatively calm.
"System, you mean, as long as I level up, I can draw a treasure box once?"
[Yes, host. As for what level of treasure box the host can draw, that depends on the host's luck.]
Hearing the system's explanation, Ling Feng understood the system's basic operating rules.
This is a treasure box drawing system. Each time the host levels up, they can draw a treasure box once.
The treasure boxes are divided into eleven levels: Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Diamond, Star, King, Rare, Epic, Legendary, and Mythical.
Each treasure box contains numerous magical abilities; the higher the level of the selected box, the stronger the ability. Some can even grant godlike power!
"If I break through to the next level of Battle Qi, will I get one drawing opportunity?"
[Yes, host, do you want to draw now?]
"Draw immediately."
Ling Feng's face was full of excitement, eager to try.
[Drawing begins...]
The system voice sounded, and then the attribute panel in front of Ling Feng suddenly changed. His vision was filled with three treasure boxes resembling those in the game "Honor of Kings."
These three treasure boxes were randomly assigned, without distinction of level or ability.
It could be three Iron-level treasure boxes, three Mythical treasure boxes, or one Iron-level and two Mythical treasure boxes.
"Jade Emperor, Queen Mother of the West, all the gods bless me. Goddess of Fortune, please favor me and accept my confession..."
After rubbing his hands together and bowing in prayer, Ling Feng selected the second treasure box.
2—clearly an auspicious number.
With a flash of light, the second treasure box slowly opened, followed by a system voice:
[Congratulations, host, you have drawn a rare treasure box and obtained one-tenth of the bloodline power of the ancient ferocious beast Taotie...]