CHAPTER 338: CHAPTER 338: I AM THE CHOSEN ONE!

The process of guessing is unclear, and the result is a bit off.

Probably after dying, they discovered they’ve turned into a ghost, so they think where there’s ghosts, there must be gods and cultivators too. They’re still hoping to become a Ghost Cultivator and achieve the status of a Ghost Immortal?

Guessing well, don’t guess next time.

Jiang Yuan played with the spark in his hand and shook his head, "I’m not a Cultivator, I haven’t seen a Ghost Cultivator, and I don’t know any Cultivation Techniques. As they say, dust to dust and ashes to ashes, since you’re dead you should go where you need to go. Staying here to sow discord in couples’ relationships is too lowly."

"Ha! Who told them to show off their love in front of me every day?" The shadow lounged on the sofa and said coldly, "That guy is like an old woman, no skills, no masculinity. Why does he get to have such a pretty and sensible girlfriend?

Qiao Xiyu is pretty, earns a lot, doesn’t ask for a dowry, doesn’t need a house or car. Nowadays, good women like this are almost extinct..."

"If you’ve never seen such women, it’s because there’s something wrong with your circle, as birds of the same feather flock together." Jiang Yuan interrupted, "Many of my classmates have relationships that start in school, then they work hard together and share family responsibilities after graduation. Just because you don’t fit into a circle of good people, you can’t stand seeing others happy and cause trouble. If that’s all, you should go reincarnate sooner!"

As he spoke, the spark in his hand suddenly grew larger and began to burn fiercely, emitting scorching heat.

"No, no, no!" The shadow retreated in fear, feeling the threat of death. If the spark consumed him, he would be completely destroyed and become nothing.

He hurriedly explained, "I... I just couldn’t stand it, so I occasionally tried to scare them to split them up. I didn’t harm their lives or anything... I know I was wrong!

Fellow Daoist, believe me, I’m the chosen one, decisive and exceptionally talented. As long as I have a Ghost Cultivation Technique, I can make a comeback!"

Jiang Yuan couldn’t help but roll his eyes, the chosen one? Clearly, he’s been reading too many novels and got obsessed.

"I swear everything I’m saying is true!" The shadow, seeing Jiang Yuan’s disbelief, became a bit anxious and cautiously asked, "Fellow Daoist, was your Celestial Eye innately opened?"

"No." He wasn’t used to lying and replied honestly, "It was after encountering some things that I could see what ordinary people can’t."

Unexpectedly, the shadow misunderstood and slapped his thigh regretfully, "I knew there are many strange encounters in this world, not just me! Fellow Daoist, sit down and listen to my story, after hearing it you’ll know I’m truly the chosen one, investing in me won’t be a mistake!"

Jiang Yuan looked up at the clock and reminded, "I’ll give you two minutes, speak quickly, finish up, and be on your way."

"Have you played Stardew Valley?" The shadow eagerly leaned forward and asked. He shook his head in response, "I’ve heard of it, but it costs money to buy it, so I didn’t play it. But I’ve played similar farming games."

The shadow sighed, "I bought it but didn’t find it fun, so I put it aside. The encounter I’m talking about is very similar to this game, really! I... I bound a system!"

Jiang Yuan nodded expressionlessly, "Continue."

"It’s true!" Seeing Jiang Yuan’s disbelief, the shadow sat cross-legged on the ground and explained earnestly, "It was April 1st last year, I remember it clearly!

I had been unemployed for several months by then, the food factory where I was running some business got closed due to violating safety guidelines, and my decent job with a ten-thousand-yuan monthly salary was gone. I couldn’t find a more suitable job and was slowly eating away my savings.

That day, I was pondering over some April Fools’ jokes, thinking of asking a girl out when a game download alert suddenly popped up on my phone. I can’t quite remember if it was called Wilderness Survival or something, but anyway, I was idle, so I clicked download and opened the game, and guess what?"

He answered his own question, "As soon as I opened the game, I transmigrated!"

Jiang Yuan’s eyes widened instantly, how come this process seemed so familiar?

The other person thought Jiang Yuan was shocked by the ’transmigration’ and said with a hint of pride, "That’s right, I transmigrated just as simple as that. I was surrounded by a forest, and the system showed a beginner tutorial that taught me how to chop wood, mine, and mow the lawn... After I was done, it gave me a thousand Gold Coins as a reward.

Then the beginner tutorial ended, and I found myself standing in a shabby, overgrown yard. Just like a farming game, the system played soothing background music and gave me a task to buy tools and start building the estate."

"Then what?"

"Then I followed the tasks, there were rewards for completing them!" The shadow reminisced, "I first familiarized myself with the various functions of the system, then I discovered that the account could withdraw money and also recharge.

At that time, I was thrilled, having read many online novels about farming systems, I knew that immense wealth was finally in my grasp, and the next step was to reach the peak of life and marry a rich, beautiful woman!"

But you died... Jiang Yuan gave him a look and quietly listened, hoping to gather more clues.

"I was thinking that with just a thousand Gold Coins, it’s useless to withdraw them. Better to earn a few billion, and I would be a billionaire!

But soon I found out it was impossible, those Gold Coins quickly depleted after buying tools, and doing tasks often required spending money. Not only was withdrawing impossible, but I had to recharge money to enjoy it thoroughly.

Luckily, I was chosen, had a system, and good luck. While clearing land, I dug up a Treasure Chest, and inside was a partial Cultivation Technique manuscript. After reading, I learned a Skill—Ice Cone!

Just like in games, clicking to release the skill summoned an Ice Cone for killing people.

The game started with a background showing that my identity was something like an orphan exiled to an Island, which justified making me build a small wooden boat to fish. Heh, I didn’t go!"

"Why didn’t you go?" Jiang Yuan was pondering that it seemed to be the same type of system, but the other’s yard was an Island, different from his courtyard environment, so their development routes should differ.

Yet this "chosen one" bound the system and didn’t follow the tasks, which was somewhat surprising.

"Of course, because I wanted to cultivate immortality!" The shadow answered confidently, "As soon as I discovered the cultivation technique, I could immediately learn to use it. Didn’t it give me an advantage over other cultivators? I had transmigrated to a world where I could cultivate immortality—oh no, back then, I thought it was a game, but it makes no difference, I could cultivate immortality, so why farm?

These days, can farming make you rich overnight? Absolutely not! Of course, cultivating to improve Level and combat power, dominating the world with unparalleled supremacy! Having extraordinary abilities and still thinking about farming, you’re either a fool or have a hole in your brain letting rainwater in!"

Jiang Yuan: ...

"But the Skill Level was quite low, using it once required a fifteen-minute cooldown before it could be released again. Meanwhile, the farming system was very annoying, constantly reminding me to prepare a certain amount of wood, which took ages chopping away. I’m a modern man, I’m not stupid, if I have money why should I work so hard?

So my solution was to invest money and use it to wield a small wooden boat to a larger nearby Island to recruit workers and buy maidservants to serve me.

In the game settings, Gold Coins were incredibly valuable, one dollar equalled one Gold Coin. Those natives—back then I thought they were NPCs—had never seen Gold Coins, and for one dollar per person, they followed me back to the Island to work.

Timber, ores, seafood, and so on accumulated without me lifting a finger. And in order to raise Skill Level, every fifteen minutes I would randomly pick a worker to go to a hidden spot, release a skill to kill them and toss them into the sea.

After killing almost all of the forty to fifty workers I had recruited, the Ice Cone Skill finally reached Level Two, and the cooldown time became slightly shorter..."

Even if it was initially thought that the Wilderness was a game and those people were NPCs, seeing they were no different from real humans, how could one bear to kill them directly?

Jiang Yuan listened with a frown, "You’re saying you used the killing of innocent islanders to level up Skills? The system didn’t stop you?"