Tori's Familiarization

Tori spent the next few minutes sorting the massive amount of foreign memories, before recounting the important bits.

This body's previous name was also Tori, and his mother is Mary. Little Rang and Elder Bo are fellow slaves in their "master's" herb garden, an obese cultivator named Nug. Nug is an alchemist who enslaves commoners to produce his alchemy ingredients.

None of the slaves know his exact cultivation rank, but it is common knowledge that he is still in the Body Tempering Stage. After multiple decades of cultivation, it is clear that his cultivation aptitude is terrible.

Nonetheless, his being an alchemist makes him have much more influence than a normal Body Tempering cultivator.

Moving on, Tori's father was never present, and his mother doesn't speak of him. All Tori knows of his past is that all three of them were travelers from a different continent, but an extremely powerful cultivator killed his father for a past grudge and left the two of them on their own.

They were later found by bandits and put in the black market, and Nug bought them for a cheap price. He was an illiterate child back then, and they have been slaves for multiple years.

From Tori's past life's experience, he could already assume that his father was a powerful figure, but was unfortunately too weak to defend himself.

If his mother, Mary, heard him say this, she would surely slap him in the face for such an insensitive remark.

Alas, that is the way this world works. If you are not strong enough, you are weak. If you are weak, you will die. If you die... you no longer live.

Anyway, tori decided to inspect the Cultivation System a bit more while he had the chance.

'Status.'

{Name: Tori}

{Age: 11}

{Race: Human}

{Cultivation: Rank Four of Body Refinement Stage}

{Cultivation Aptitude: Immortal's Pain Physique}

{Cultivation Technique: Immortal's Wisdom Technique}

{Cultivation Manuals: None}

{Treasures: None}

{Inventory}

'Cultivation System, how do I get a Cultivation Manual?'

[Do you want a Cultivation Manual?]

Tori paused.

'Erm... Yes?'

[Congratulations on enduring ten minutes of intense torture! You received a Celebration Gift!]

'Wait, Cultivation System, isn't this too spontaneous!?'

His eyes widened in shock, but he compliantly opened his inventory.

{Inventory: 1/100}

{Celebration Gift}

'Um... Please open the Celebration Gift?'

[Congratulations! You opened a Celebration Gift and received Immortal's Punch Manual! Would you like to see the info?]

'So generous! Yes, I would definitely like to!'

[There was once an Immortal who could never find a suitable weapon to battle with. This immortal didn't give up though, and used his own body as a weapon! Practicing this manual will let you use your body to attack and defend with unparallel skill]

Tori didn't know why the Cultivation System suddenly handed him a seemingly top-notch Cultivation Manuel, but he didn't refuse!

'Coug cough, hey Cultivation System, mind handing me a Treasure?'

Tori shamelessly asked for more, but wasn't upset when he received no response. He could only guess why it did so and guessed that it was just using a feat he accomplished as an excuse to give him the gift.

And he was right! Although it isn't hard to come up with that conclusion using critical thinking skills...

Anyway, after he calmed himself down, he decided to ask the Cultivation System what his Cultivation Aptitude, Technique, and Manuel did instead of giving him a story.

[Immortal's Pain Physique allows one to grow stronger the more pain and damage their mind and body experience. Experiencing pain and damage while cultivating will also increase your Qi absorption, but outside distraction can be risky during Tribulations.]

[Immortal's Wisdom Technique allows one to better sense, regulate, and control their emotions. This is incredibly helpful to resist the Seven Sins and Six Desires. In addition, it will also allow one to make better judgments while in a frenzy and remain calm during tense situations.]

[Immortal's Punch Manual allows one to learn the ways of hand-to-hand combat, relying upon one's body to deliver devastating attacks and perform unshakable blocks. One will learn how to use their body efficiently and quickly, and to use direct yet strong attacks, or multiple frenzied blows.]

In conclusion, his starting gifts were extremely powerful! Tori couldn't help but smile in happiness. Who knew his once uncertain fate would suddenly become bright and glorious?

His thoughts returned to "master" Nug whipping him in front of everyone else.

His fiery red eyes gleamed with a cold light, but his happy smile remained.

At this moment, he made a vow to himself that he would never forget.

'I cultivate to be invincible!'

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That is the end of the slightly shorter third chapter! I decided to leave it with this specific ending since most of this chapter was just info-dumping anyways.

Does anyone want to guess how Tori will exact his revenge on "master" Nug? Whether he will be brazen and bold, or quiet and discreet? Cruel and vengeful, or quick and ruthless?