I can see your main character's halo.

As Yuan Lin stepped into the first town, he didn't forget to make his aura to resemble a peak stage Mortal King level 7 which is three realms below True Immortal.

When he first entered this world, he is taught about the path of immortality cultivation levels and the races available in this world. The path of immortality started from Mortal Fighter, followed by Mortal General, Mortal King, Mortal Emperor, False Immortal, True Immortal and so forth. Although he has never seen anyone before he stepped into the town, he goes by the intuition from the novels he read before and regarded his age as twenty years old cannot be too strong but cannot be lower than Mortal King since he has to show that he is a prodigy even though he isn't one. Therefore, he settled in the Mortal King realm. As for the level 7, he just picked it casually among the nine levels without any particular reason.

Just as he stepped into the first town, he saw the scroll floating in front of him.

[You have arrived at Prosperous Wind Town.]

He almost panicked into thinking that other people could see the scroll and think of it as a treasure but he realized that although everyone stole a glance at him, no one look at the scroll. Instead, it was as if their line of sight sees through the scroll. He sighed in relief. It would be a disaster if anyone knows that he has a magical treasure with him.

Since he is a true immortal, he does not hesitate to check the surrounding with his spiritual energy to see if there is an interesting scene going on in the town. Unfortunately, he was disappointed by this world for the lack of drama even though this is the world of martial art, no one fight for anything.

Meanwhile, he was thinking about how he should raise his reputation to level 1 which is equal to one thousand people know about him. Sadly, he had no idea. He was thinking about telling lies or become a storyteller to raise his fame but the scroll read his mind and simultaneously turn into burning scroll. Without even anyone to tell him, he knew right away that the system disapproves his thinking.

While he checked the surrounding with open eyes and walking, he heard the people talking in a whisper tone.

"Hey, look. I don't seem to hear anyone as young as him reach mortal king?"

"True, I also never heard it before. Although the crown prince of Jun Imperial Palace reached that realm, he is already thirty years old and people thought that is already wonderful enough."

"Why did such a prodigy suddenly came to our town?"

"Who knows? Eh- look."

While he eavesdrops the merchants' conversation, he realized that a group of people is heading toward him. Just right in front of him, the group of men in armor stopped and the chubby middle-aged man in front of them walked slowly toward him before bowing.

"Sir, please forgive our rudeness. I am Jiang Li the mayor of this town. May this lowly one know your purpose of coming over to this town?"

Yuan Lin took a glance at the man and said nonchalantly. "My titled name is Shui Yao Ren (Water Sorcerer). I've just come to take a rest. Please do not mind me."

"Shui Yao Ren? Could it be that sir came from the Holy Water Temple Sect? If that's so, please pardon our rudeness and please allow us to provide a resting space for you."

Yuan Lin was flabbergasted. He had made up the name and somehow the man linked him to some sect. He remained expressionless and said nothing. He looked at the man and gives a small nod. The man seems so honored, he immediately turned around and shows the way to his mansion.

"Profound Master Shui, hopefully, this room will satisfy you. If there is anything you need, the girls outside of your room will attend to your needs." After the man said, he quickly left the place in fear of disturbing the young man.

In Yuan Lin's mind. 'This man is this town's mayor. He is a talent but not much.' From his Eye of Discerning, he found out that the middle-aged man earlier is in the Mortal General realm but from the conversation he heard earlier, this man does not count as a real talent. He is in his current stage due to his hardworking. 'A real talent would be like that boy.'

Yuan Lin looked at outside the window while sitting in his room and smiled.

'Jiang Chen. Age fourteen. Innate born Gouging Divine Lightning. Although this boy is only at Mortal Fighter level 4, his real talent indicated the otherwise. If not for his father unconditionally spent money to buy elixir and medicinal pills, the boy will not even reach the level 4. He will be stuck at level 2 after he formed his core. Since his innate is often mistaken to be similar to Wondrous Lightning Innate born, the people assumed that this boy is a trash. What a fateful encounter. This boy is certainly the main character in a novel.'

The boy with his hair tied loosely at the end stubbornly hits the huge tree as if it is his mortal enemy. His eyes are telling many stories but all of them are a humiliation to him.

"If you cannot control your emotion, then, your fist will never be the lightning you intend it to be." A smooth voice rang in the distant and the boy immediately turn around to see the owner. He immediately realized the person in front of him is a strong cultivator. Although he cannot see the depth of the man's real cultivation stage, he could at least guess the man is already above his father's realm.

He clasped his hand and bowed toward Yuan Lin.

"Greeting sir, this one is Jiang Chen." The boy straightened his back and looked at Yuan Lin in the eyes. "What do you mean by what you just said earlier, sir?"

Yuan Lin smiled but kept his calm composure. He said in a smooth tone while walking slowly toward the boy. "You are not a fire cultivator. You are a lightning. Fire often depends on the mood while the lightning is calm yet destructive. If you don't understand even this, how can you understand the innate talent in you? How can your fist carry the destructive power of a lightning if you continuously defeated by emotion?"

He holds the boy's hand and tightened it into a fist. "This fist can carry be so powerful that even a king has to bow before it but with how you are right now, it can only bow before the others." He released the hand and looked at the boy shorter than him.

"My titled name is Shui Yao Ren. I may not be a lightning cultivator but I have a deeper understanding in every element, compare to most people. Take my advice if you wish to be strong. But, if you wish to remain as of how you are right now and waste the effort of your father as well as your nine years of training, you may forget about it." After he spoke, Yuan Lin walked away from the courtyard and entered his room again. Since he is a True Immortal, it is not hard to notice other people presence even if they tried to hide it. He noticed that Jiang Li was hiding behind the wall and eavesdrop his (YL) conversation with his(JL) son.

He does not mind it because this way, his reputation will increase slightly. One can do a kindness with no one around but since no one will know about it, you won't benefit. A crime should be done in the night, a virtue should be done in the daylight. Although he did not do it in his past life, he intends to follow it in this life.

Yuan Lin sits in his room while playing with the water. He didn't use the skill Degree of Water. He only plays with water casually.

Since he is an immortal, there is not a need to eat or to sleep and since he did not eat, he does not need to excrete too. Although he has a craving at this moment, he withstands it to protect his pride as a strong cultivator. Thankfully, he won't feel hungry or he would have to give up food at this moment.

He wished to take Jiang Chen under his wing. He is confident that with his knowledge of the countless reading, he will be able to raise the boy into a perfect main character and he will be the main character's master. How perfect can that be?

Also, apart from the trash-misunderstanding plot, he found out that Jiang Chen stat is incredible. Innate Talent: 9 | Intelligent: 8 | Determination: 10 | Luck: 7. Stat point 10 is the highest and 1 is the lowest. Other people like Jiang Li's guards only have innate talent 3 or at most 4 and Jiang Li is a little special, his innate talent is 5. While intelligent and determination is important for cultivation, if their innate talent is below 3, they will have a harder time to break through the realm and may encounter a bottleneck in every stage.

Jiang Chen, on the other hand, has such a high number on the innate talent but because he has cultivated using the wrong manual and technique, he is wasting his effort. If not, he won't be like other people that will meet bottleneck when they wish to break through the realm. He could effortlessly become Mortal General and Mortal King as long as he has the right technique to cultivate the spiritual energy. Which is why Yuan Lin wished to take in the boy under his wing. With the stat such as this, the boy is certainly the main character in a novel.

As for his reputation level, he is still thinking about it.

For now, he is thinking about how to take in the boy as his disciple. He is not a lightning cultivator, therefore, it is harder to convince the boy and his father that he can be a helpful master to the boy. He truly wonders how the masters in the novel able to convince the main character to trust in them.