Self challenge - 24

You have chosen your starting point as a scholar.

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You were originally a little kid born into a normal family however you were born with a sharp and quick-witted mind, one day a wandering person sees your talent and purchases you from your parents at the cost of 4 spirit jades.

After that, he teaches you how to read, and write, not to mention, even helped in cultivation by providing rare and powerful treasures.

However one day, for failing the heavenly tribulation, the old man was pushed to deathbed and before dying he gave you a mysterious scroll that was empty yet a powerful aura could be sensed on it.

Following his death, you lost interest in everything and went to cultivate in a deep secluded cave, where no one could find you.