Chapter 1: Zixin
"WE'RE LOSING HIM! WE'RE LOSING HIM!"
"Doc, the CAT scan results are back and it's bad. The patient has numerous internal injuries, many ruptured veins, cracked ribs and even brain infection from a head wound!"
"WHAT?! DO YOU KNOW THE CAUSE OF THE INJURIES?]
"We have his old medical records from his teens and the patient was suffering from bullying. He'd come here to get his wounds treated but one day, he stopped coming."
"Oh my goodness, just how fucked were these bullies to inflict such deadly injuries? Contact his rela… shit, we're losing him!"
TUUUUUU
"File a report."
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'So I'm finally dead. Those guys really did a number on me. Man, how I wish I could give them the taste of their own medicine. Give them the same pain they give to me but it's already too late. In my next life, I won't remain silent, I won't be bullied. I will fight back, I'll definitely fight back!'
These were the patient's last thoughts before he passed away. His memories flashed before his eyes and in these memories, he was constantly being beaten up.
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"Mhmm, my body is aching all over like I was hit by a truck. Wait, wasn't I supposed to be dead?" sounded out a young male voice in disbelief.
"Oh my goodness, where am I and why am I covered in blood…aaagh!!!" Before he could finish speaking, the person screamed in pain and hugged his head.
'These are… memories…' he thought before losing consciousness.
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Xong Zixin, a sixteen year old young man from a humble background was accepted by the Greencloud Sect when he was thirteen years old. He died because of Qi Deviation after trying to break through to the Organs Tempering Advanced Phase.
"I see. So transmigration really does exist and I've transmigrated into the Cultivation World where I can become immortal and live forever! Great, from today onward, I'm Xong Zixin, a disciple of the Greencloud Sect." said Zixin.
Xong Zixin only knew the province he was in, the Spring Province which had vast amounts of lands occupied by both humans and beasts and some places still unexplored. He also learned about the cultivation realms from his inherited memories and he had to say, the journey was long, in complete congruence to the novels he read back on Earth.
Body Tempering Realm, Foundation Building Realm, Core Condensing Realm, Soul Forming Realm, Soul Transformation Realm and the Unification Realm.
Each realm had three stages and three phases. The Body Tempering Realm had the Bones, Meridians and Organs Tempering stages and the Initial, Mid and Advanced Phases of each stage. In fact, although the three stages were different for each realm, the phases were the same for all realms; Initial, Mid and Advanced Phases.
The Foundation Building Realm had the Qi Gasification, Qi Liquidation and Qi Solidifying stages.
The Core Condensing Realm had the Solid, Liquid and Gaseous Core stages.
The Soul Forming Realm had the Gaseous, Liquid and Solid Soul stages.
The Soul Transformation Realm had the Infant, Adolescent and Adult Soul stages.
And finally, the Unification Realm had the Minor, Major and Perfect Unification stages.
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"Time to activate my golden finger. System Activate!" exclaimed Zixin while sitting cross legged but nothing happened.
"Is it the type of golden finger that needs to meet certain requirements in order to activate, forget it then, let's just cultivate."
Zixin closed his eyes, got his heart and breathing to the same rhythm and started to absorb the invisible Spiritual Qi in the air.
Pfft!
Cough!
Not even a minute in and Zixin coughed up a mouthful of blood and his expression turned pale. He then lost consciousness shortly after.
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Hours later, Zixin woke up feeling very weak and feeble.
"Damn, I almost died from Qi Deviation again, fortunately my internal system is a complete mess from the first Qi Deviation."
[Ding! Host has successfully activated the Attack Catching System/Ability! Sending all the information about the Attack Catching System/Ability to the Host]
[Ding! Host has successfully caught Qi Deviation attack and it's now stored in the Attack Vault and the Host can use it anytime!]
A monotonous voice sounded directly inside Zixin's mind then information poured into his brain but fortunately, it wasn't as painful as inheriting memories. Soon, Zixin assimilated all the information into his brain and understood it completely.
Firstly, the reason why his System/Ability referred to itself as such was because it was both a system and ability. Somewhere inside Zixin's body, an independent space where attacks were stored existed in him and it was called the Attack Vault. The system was there to assist him in using this ability of his more efficiently.
Secondly, the way this ability worked was that if he could survive an attack then that said attack then it would be captured and stored in the Attack Vault. The whole process of capturing and storing attacks was completely automatic. There wasn't a limit to how many attacks he could store as long as he managed to capture it. Also, he only had to think to take out an attack he wanted to use.
And thirdly, especially for those paranoid novel protagonists, Zixin didn't obtain the system because it was a ploy from fate/destiny or plotting from a powerful being or anything of that sort. He obtained this system because his soul was obsessed with paying back the same pain to those who hurt him.
And he got this system because his Soul drifted away from Earth's Reincarnation System and entered the Cultivation Reincarnation System so he obtained this ability as a means to protect himself from this cruel world. In fact, he wasn't the first person to transmigrate to another world.
And lastly, every transmigrator's golden finger was unique to them, once a golden finger came into existence, a second one won't exist even if the original creator of it died.
"Hahaha! It finally came! My golden finger came and it's what I wished for. Now, anyone who dares try to bully me will suffer from my wrath!" said Zixin with glowing eyes.
"Let me check what it looks like inside the Attack Vault." said Zixin as he sent his consciousness there.
Inside The Attack Vault, the space inside was vast but dark and a marble sized ball floated in this empty space. Zixin looked at the ball and inside it was an unstable energy inside which Zixin thought represented Qi Deviation.
"It seems I have to become a Body Cultivator and let go of the Qi Cultivation path. But before that, I got to heal my injuries. Let me go to the Medicine Hall for some healing pills then I'll see if the elders will give me a different cultivation technique."