Will you accept?

With quickened steps Jin Mu walked up to the 7th floor, which is the limit for public access. If one wants to go to 8th and above floors, then they would have to pay the corresponding price.

Jin Mu had a motto, and this motto was probably overused already, but it was "If you can get out of trouble, then why not?". There were many novels out there in this era that depicts the heroic tales of cultivators. A lot of them tries to make commonalities with mortals to make them become more engaged in the story. Jin Mu has read ones where a weakling reincarnates, or is given a system as a boon, or some cheat ability.

That is precisely what he wanted yesterday. He might have felt compelled to resist against that red robed youth if he also had such a cool system. Well too bad he didn't. Thus it would be wiser to crawl when they tell you to crawl then to be squashed like a bug. Both cases they lose dignity, but at least he is still healthy.

As he looked through the books in the higher floors he gained some foundation knowledge as well. The current world consists of five great countries separated by a mass of water. The East Country, West Bird Nation, North Iron Village, Southern Water Nation, and Unholy Cat Church.

Jin Mu was very interested if West Bird Nation and Unholy Cat Church are actually run by animals, that would be interesting to see.

Once he was done skimming through couple of the books he quickly left the Central Library. The whole place was like a ticking time bomb for him, not knowing when someone will pop out to step on him.

"Hey, you! Wait!" A shout came right when Jin Mu left the building.

"Me?" Jin Mu looked back and saw the red robed young man walking towards him. The young man was far away but he rapidly closed in despite walking very leisurely.

'Cultivator!!?' Jin Mu was astounded. It seemed like cultivators were not rare at all, could this youth who looked around his age be a senior of his GarbageUnlimited company?

'No.. he must be cultivating a different dao. He doesn't share the aura that Senior Goh had.

After interacting with Senior Goh and his coworkers yesterday, he became more familiar with auras around cultivators.

"Haha what a coincidence to meet you again. I am Yin Huo, the fifth commander of the royal battalion"

Jin Mu was in shock, and felt like his life has been meaningless. Around the same age and one just got his first job, while the latter is a commander. Each country have come to consensus to limit the royal commanders to seven people. The only exception is Unholy Cat Church, who chose to only have three.

"What would sir need from me?" Jin Mu asked cautiously. He was glad that he handed over his money without resistance. One could imagine the future of someone who resisted a military commander.

"Haha well I liked your attitude back in the library, so I wanted to give you a chance" Said Yin Huo.

"A chance?"

"Yes, a chance. I want you to participate in the our East Countries' 'Master Force' program. The benefit is unimaginable, you can become a cultivator that surpasses those above your age. The only downside is death if you were to fail. Not too shabby right?" Yin Huo spoke with confidence.

"That sounds tempting.. But I already signed a contract with a cultivator agency" Jin Mu wanted to test GarbageUnlimited's power.

"Oh? A poor kid like you can get into one? What is the name of the company?" Yin Huo was pleasantly surprised by the current outcome. He thought someone from district Q should not have had any interactions with a cultivator, joining one even less.

"It is called GarbageUnlimited.." Jin Mu spoke with a blush. Why did the garbage collecting company need 'garbage' in its name? Why couldn't it be Heavenly Eco Sect or Dragon Environment Company. Clearly the founder had poor taste.

"Ga.. GarbageUnlimited!!?" Yin Huo's face went pale as he quickly bid farewell and left.

"Huh? Is.. is my company this fearsome? Even a commander can't lay his hand on me!?" Jin Mu was beyond happy as he made his way home.

After reapplying the medicine and bandaging it up, Jin Mu solemnly sat on a brand new mat he got from the flea market. The material was cheap and obviously didn't have any special abilities that cultivator's mat has.

'I was told to cultivate this book once I come back from the library...' Jin Mu opened up the book to find that there is cover with a single digit number lock.

"How would I know what the password is??" Thinking up to this point he got an epiphany.

'This is only a single digit lock, so there will eventually be a number I could open it with'

With such a thought Jin Mu rolled the lock until 4 was shown. "Lets test my luck! My life will be not be successful without luck, hence it shall be four[1]!"

(Click)

The latch opened and there was a small rectangular recording device inside.

"What is this? I thought this was a book!" Jin Mu was slightly frustrated, and felt like he was being playing around with. However since this was given by his superior Senior Goh, he decided to press play.

(Bzzzz)

"Hello there, it seems like you have chosen number four. You might have thought that choosing a single number for the lock was meaningless, however that is not true. Every decision we make daily reflects what will happen in the future, whether it will be tomorrow, or after a year, nobody knows. Except for the Unholy Cat Church that is.

I am Monarch Xue Yang. I have already left this dimension to travel with my beloved wife. I have left behind four recording devices with a fragment of my consciousness within for this world. You have been fortunate enough to be bestowed one.

After the Great Disaster, books have become scarce and the mysterious spiritual qi eats away the paper, making legacies disappear over time. Hence the monarchs decided to use this method. There was a youngster who seemed to have the ability to recreate books that were in his mind, but I can't recall his name. Probably only he would be able to maintain the books.

The cultivation technique I will bestow upon you is one which I have gained but could not train in. It requires a young man to have virgin blood inside him. However when I gained this method I was already 10,000 years old, and slept with my wife countless times.

I can't say how strong this technique is, however I can guarantee you that you will love it.

As you know the spiritual qi that surrounds us is not as convenient as others claim. There are no way to simply gain cultivation by sitting on a mat doing breathing exercise. Spiritual qi enters people who have done more 'deeds'. It could be good or bad, spiritual qi belongs to neither.

That is why you now steps on the path of cultivation after getting hired. You have met the first mission, to obtain a cultivation technique, and now you embark on your second mission. You can think of it as a spiderweb. Doing certain deeds will spread out your spiderweb, and the spider is your cultivation technique.

The technique I teach you, unlike others, can not be replaced after learning it. Are you still willing to learn it?" Xue Yang asked solemnly.

'If I were to say no, then he probably won't give me a different technique to choose. There might not be any opportunity to pick a different technique after this unless I go to Yin Huo. However Yin Huo seemed to show fear towards GarbageUnlimited, which shows their prowess.

After pondering for a minute, Jin Mu chose to accept the technique.

"Good Choice, the technique I am about to teach you.. Is mainly to steal the blessings of others."

[1]: In Chinese 4 is si and sounds a lot like si (death) with just a tone difference.