The square buzzed with anticipation, occupied mostly by young people who were standing. They were all dressed in the same uniform. Some had nervous faces and some held their heads high, confidence written all over their faces.
In a less crowded area stood a boy with an average appearance and long black hair. You could tell from his face how nervous he was.
"I hope I awaken a good job. Even if it's a tier five job. Even tier three would be good," the boy lowered his head, thinking to himself.
"Hao Chen, what are you thinking about? You're worried about the job awakening, aren't you?" A girl suddenly appeared beside him, put her hand around his shoulder and said with a smile.
Compared to the average appearance of Hao Chen, her beauty could be said to be top class in the city.
"Sister Ying...." Hao Chen said with some headache.
You could tell from the way she behaved, she was close to him.
"Don't sister me. Tell me yes or no...." The girl said, trying to put up a serious face.
"Sister Ying, I'll soon awaken a job, do you really have to treat me this way in front...." Hao Chen looked around in embarrassment. He could even see some people looking at him as if looking at a child.
"Hmm...!" Sister Ying said, making her face look as serious as possible.
"Yes." Hao Chen had to admit defeat. He knew she wouldn't stop and he'd only get bullied like a child.
"I know you are. I was also like you when I awakened my job. I didn't even want to come during the awakening, my dad had to bring me himself. But now you see me? Aren't I alive? No one among my peers is even my opponent...." She said, trying to comfort Hao Chen. But all he could hear was her boasting about herself.
Hao Chen rolled his eyes. "How can I compare to the great and most talented awakener in the entire school."
"Of course you don't have to be as talented and awesome as me. But don't be nervous, even if you don't awaken a good job, your big sister would surely take care of you." She said, puffing up her chest.
Hao Chen couldn't help but be drawn to it.
"Hey...!" He received a tap on the head.
"Don't have any thoughts about me or you receive a tap on the head," she said, putting on her serious face again.
Hao Chen quickly rubbed his head to alleviate the pain. Although that was only a normal tap, it was a tap from a cultivator.
"Yes, yes Sister Ying. I won't try it again," Hao Chen said with a grave face. He couldn't help but miss his previous life.
Yes, he is a reincarnator.
In his previous life, he was just an ordinary guy from eartg and a working student and was as normal as could be. One day, while he was working, he was suddenly caught in the crossfire of the local gangs. A bullet couldn't help but find its way to him and he died in the process.
He reincarnated into this world as a baby and was adopted by Sister Ying's parents. When he was little, they found him on the street and after asking around for more than a month, Sister Ying's mother's heart was bleeding seeing him go into foster care, so she decided to adopt him.
He grew up with them till this day. Within sixteen years, he has gained enough knowledge about this world. And the most common knowledge is that everyone awakens jobs when they are sixteen. After finding out about job awakening, he thought that he might have reincarnated into a world of job awakening with dungeons, killing to level up, etc.
But what he learned next shocked him greatly. There were no dungeons in this world, no killing monsters to level up, etc. Although there are beasts, killing them won't increase level like in the novels he had read.
What the people in this world do to increase their level is to cultivate. Yes, cultivate.
They increase their level by absorbing the energy between heaven and earth.
There are also currently known different tiers of awakened jobs, ranging between 1 to 10 tiers.
Mostly everyone he knows has awakened a job, which makes him desperate to also awaken one.
The awakened ones are far stronger than the non-awakened. Even the normal tap he received from Sister Ying hurt him more than a normal tap.
He missed his previous life where a normal tap would stay a tap.
Sigh! He couldn't help but sigh.
"Hey! What's wrong with you?" Noticing the change in Hao Chen's expression, Sister Ying asked.
"Was it the tap? Ohh I forgot. I get carried away sometimes," Sister Ying said, showing a guilty expression covering her face with her other hand.
"Of course you did..." Hao Chen rolled his eyes again. He wouldn't be tricked by her guilty expression.
'Hao Chen!" A group of boys suddenly walked by with an air of arrogance.
Recognizing the voice, Hao Chen furrowed his brows.
"I didn't expect you to come, given how trashy you are. Do you think being awakened would make you less of a trash?" The boy in the middle said with a mocking smile.
"Liu Kai, why waste your time with him? We should go to where the popular kids are. I'm sure Mei Li would be there by now," the boy at his left said, as wasting any more time with Hao Chen was a waste too.
"Hmph…!" Sister Ying, who still had her face covered, heard this and couldn't help but snort.
The three boys looked in the direction of the snort and when they saw who it was, their eyes widened.
"Se… Senior Sister Yi… Ying….!" They said, stammering and their legs a little shaky.
"You stinky little boys, how dare you belittle my brother?….." Sister Ying's eyes turned sharp.
Hao Chen at the other side looked at her with an annoyed look. 'Belittle, you couldn't use any other word?'
"Cough, cough…!" Sister Ying realized she had said something wrong.
She gave the look that said 'Don't look at me that way, I'm trying to help you!'
Hao Chen rubbed his forehead, he felt a headache coming on.
"Now…." She faced the group whose legs were still trembling. "How are you going to compensate my little brother?"
When the boys heard this, they almost lost their balance.
"How… D.. Do you expect us to compensate?" The boy in the middle said, stuttering.
"Hmm.... Bring five gold coins each." She thought for a moment and said.
"But....." The boy at the right wanted to bargain.
"Hmm.... Make it six coins," Sister Ying quickly raised the price.
"Isn't that robbery..." The boy at the left yelled.
"Make it seven coins," Sister Ying smiled.
"But...!" The boys at the left and right both yelled.
"Shut up...!" Liu Kai couldn't take it anymore and yelled.
"Make it eight gold coins," Sister Ying said, word for word.
The boy in the middle took a deep breath, put his hands into his pocket and took out six gold coins. His hands kept trembling.
"Senior Sister Ying, I only have six gold coins. I'll pay you the rest later," he said with gritted teeth.
"Hmm...!" Sister Ying nodded and then took the coins. "Add one more to it, making three."
When Liu Kai heard this, his heart skipped a beat.
"You, you." She looked towards the two boys beside Bao Ling.
The two boys unwillingly took out six and five coins respectively.
"You can go. If I catch you belittling my brother again, you'll have to pay more than gold coins..." she said with a serious face.
"Yes, Senior Ying," the three boys said in unison. But before they left, they gave Hao Chen a deep look.
"I made some money today," Sister Ying said, playing with the gold coins in her hand.
"Aren't the money mine?" Hao Chen was surprised. Who was it they compensated?
"Ohh, you want it?" Senior Sister Ying asked with a smile that wasn't a smile.
"No… no. I was just playing." Hao Chen regretted asking.
"Hmph! Coward." She quickly drew her attention back towards the gold coins.
After some minutes.
"Look! It's the vice principal!" Someone shouted, pointing towards a certain direction and drawing everyone's attention.
A middle-aged man was seen hovering on a disk, approaching the square at incredible speed.
"I wish I become a Soul Armamenter! At least then I'll be able to fly," someone said with envy written all over his face.
The man landed on a podium in the center of the square.
The disk beneath his feet turned into small blades and turned into a sword at his back.
"As you all know, everyone awakens their job at the age of sixteen. I'm sure you're familiar with the most common job tiers. I hope each of you awakens a powerful one today," the middle-aged man said with his hands behind his back.