"Come out of that goddamn hole, Yang Ze."
It was a loud voice that tore through the morning's mist.
"You still owe the Bronze Bull Gang ten gold coins. Do you think you can stay here and hide?"
Speaking these words, the burly man kicked the door in front of him with all his might, shaking off a large amount of splinters everywhere.
"If you don't come out today, then this dogshit place will belong to the Bronze Bull Gang from now on." With every word, he kept on kicking the door, wanting to break it. Fortunately, the door didn't break easily. But judging by the intensity of the cracks, it wasn't going to last for a long time.
"Ugh... What a mess." Yang Ze was leaning against the wall while constantly rubbing his head in displeasure.
He didn't know how or why, but he inexplicably found himself in the body of a young man who had just turned eighteen.
The previous body owner was an orphan who lived in Yuyang City all his life, doing odd jobs. But two months ago, he was love-struck by an extraordinary woman, and to please her, he spent all his fortune. Later, the woman told him about her poor family and how she was going to be sold as a worker for one of the major families of Yuyang city. Yang Ze immediately took a huge loan from the Bronze Bull Gang to help her out.
It wasn't until yesterday, when he turned eighteen and wanted to have a small chat with her, that he understood that the so-called attractive woman whom he was in love with was actually the leader of the Bronze Bull Gang, and it was one of her hobbies to play with naive boys like him.
She would first make innocent boys like him fall in love with her, then, under the guise of paying off her debts, make them take a loan from her own gang. Later, she would just disappear from their lives, letting the gang extort money from those fools.
After he understood this, the previous body owner committed suicide in despair, letting Yang Ze occupy his body and the mess that he had made.
"Ugh! What a mess." It took a long time for Yang Ze to digest these memories, and once he did, his face turned ugly.
He didn't arrive in an ordinary world, but in a world where one could cultivate immortality. But instead of getting excited, his heart turned ashen when he understood more about this world.
In this world, Heaven favours women, resulting in them being stronger than men. They could cultivate faster, have fewer bottlenecks and even have extraordinary talents. Whereas men were at the bottom of the barrel. Unlike women, they cultivated extremely slowly and even faced lots of bottlenecks in their cultivation.
Due to this fact, women have been in charge of everything in this world, and the position of men was at the very bottom. This caused such an imbalance in this world where men became the mere plaything of women, only being used for having children and then being discarded soon after.
Initially, Yang Ze thought that this was a world with reverse gender roles, and he wasn't wrong. In a way, this was a world with reverse gender roles, except the women here absolutely loathe the men. He even doubted if not for the fact that men are needed to have children, the women here might have just killed them all.
"Gulp." Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, tears almost fell down his cheeks as he desperately tried to come up with an idea that could first salvage the current situation.
"Brother Hu... Brother Hu, please calm down." He spoke softly, afraid to agitate the guy any further.
"HUH!? So you are still alive? Good... Good." Brother Hu outside nodded with a smile as he kicked the door once again.
"Open it up honestly, otherwise, it wouldn't be pretty if we have to invite ourselves in."
"Brother Hu, please listen to me first." Looking at the shadows of three people outside his door, Yang Ze was desperately trying to think of a solution.
"I have the money, but it needs some time. Give me one week... no three days. I will repay your money in three days. Otherwise, you can do whatever you want to me." Gritting his teeth, Yang Ze could only utter those words. He didn't have any money right now, and to escape from this predicament, he needed time. He was sure that in these three days, he could definitely find a way out, and even if he couldn't, he would make a run from this city.
Brother Hu didn't immediately reply to him but went silent for a long time. It was as if he were thinking about Yang Ze's proposal.
"Okay." After thinking for a long time, he finally gave Yang Ze an answer. "I will give you three days to come up with money. Otherwise... Hmph."
Looking at their shadows slowly disappearing and the sounds of their footsteps fading away, Yang Ze finally let out a sigh of relief.
"Damn it... what a shitty world." Thinking about how he needs to come up with such a huge sum of money, Yang Ze was already having a headache.
"Should I just try to steal from others, or should I try to leave this city?" Yang Ze thought for a long time, but couldn't come up with a solution. Both paths were filled with danger. If he got caught stealing, the lightest punishment would be to have his hands chopped off.
As for running away from the city... He could try to make a run for it, but he doubted that the Bronze Bull Gang was going to let him go this easily. They would definitely monitor him. And even if he manages to escape this city by some luck, he would face countless monsters and beasts outside.
"What... what the hell am I supposed to do?"
Just when Yang Ze was having a headache about what he was going to do, a translucent screen appeared in front of him.
[Special Sign-In system at your service.]
[Now, instead of those regular boring sign-ins, you can sign in the talents of those around you. For every talent the other person possesses, you can sign in once a day.]
[You can also sign in at special places to receive more rewards, but the rewards will be random.]
[The higher the talent, the better the reward.]
"EH!?" Yang Ze raised an eyebrow as he looked at the screen in front of him. He should have been filled with excitement, but instead, he was full of confusion.
"System... English, please." He tried to communicate with the system, but didn't receive any reply.
"Personal panel!" He instinctively called out, and sure enough, a translucent screen appeared in front of him, displaying everything about himself.
[Name: Yang Ze]
[Age: 18]
[Realm: None]
[Physique: None]
[Talent: None]
[Evaluation: A trash amongst the trash.]
"Ugh!" Looking at his evaluation, the corner of his mouth twitched as he tried to force himself to calm down.
"Sign in?" He didn't know if this place was special or not, but at the moment, he just wanted to give it a try.
[Because this is your first sign-in, the limitations will be removed.]
[Congratulations to the host for getting Supreme Dao Body.]
The moment Yang Ze saw the reward, he was unable to move for a while. It wasn't until he saw the message about whether to receive the reward that he beamed with joy.
"HOLY SHIT." Without any hesitation, he immediately chose to accept it. Just from the two words 'Supreme' and 'Dao', he could already imagine just how heaven-defying this physique was going to be.
The moment he chose to accept it, his entire body was enveloped in a warm current.
There were no heaven-shaking phenomena or any other changes. The world around him was strangely peaceful, as if completely oblivious to his new Supreme Dao Body.
The changes lasted for almost ten minutes, and when Yang Ze finally came back to his senses, he was stunned to see that there were almost no changes to his strength.
"What... what's going on?" Clenching his fists, he couldn't feel any earth-shattering strength. Instead, he felt even weaker than before.
"Damn it, what the hell is going on?" Yang Ze was almost going crazy. He couldn't understand why he would get even weaker than before.
Just when he was about to experiment further and check his personal panel, he was stunned by his own reflection in the mirror on the wall.
On that mirror, what was being reflected was a boy with a delicate jade-like skin, a face that seemed to be carved out of the finest gems and hair that was tied up in a ponytail and on his forehead was the tattoo of a small, lifelike lotus. But the biggest change was his eyes, which have now turned dark blue, like an ocean.
If not for the torn clothes and some dust on his face, one would have mistaken him for a heavenly immortal.
"This... this... this..." The more Yang Ze looked at his own reflection, the more speechless he got. He was absolutely sure that the previous body owner didn't have such exquisite features.
"This is the so-called Spureme Dao Body?" Yang Ze felt his scalp tingling. If he were to go out with such an appearance, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Damn it." Immediately checking his panel, he looked for the changes, and sure enough, he found his answer.
[Name: Yang Ze]
[Age: 18]
[Realm: None]
[Physique: Supreme Dao Body]
[Talent: None]
[Evaluation: A delicious treat waiting to be devoured.]
Looking at the evaluation, he felt his legs go weak as he checked the information about the so-called Supreme Dao Body.
[Supreme Dao Body: A mythical body that only exists in legends. Anyone who dual cultivates with this body can increase their talent, comprehension, bloodline, realm, and potential, as well as easily grasp the great laws and Dao.]
"Gulp." Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Yang Ze almost fainted in anger. The moment he received the reward, he thought it was something heaven-defying. Well, it was heaven-defying, except it was heaven-defying for others and not him.
"Run... I need to run." Yang Ze didn't dare to imagine what would happen if the words about his physique got out.
Immediately making up his mind, he first smeared his face with some mud and soil and scattered his hair all around, giving him the appearance of a beggar. He even made sure to smear his hands and neck with soil, hoping to hide his delicate smooth skin.
Looking at his reflection in the mirror with satisfaction, he finally let out a sigh of relief. Compared to his heavenly appearance before, he looked like a starving beggar now. Just to make things authentic, he even tore off his old robe in a few places.
After making sure nothing was out of place, he finally opened the door and walked out of his house carefully.
"East or west?" Just when he was pondering over which direction to take, he felt someone grab him by the back of his neck and lift him in the air.
"HUUUUUH!?" Yang Ze immediately began to flap around like a bird, hoping to escape the grasp of whoever was grabbing him, but his actions were met with disdainful laughter.
"HAHAHAHA, finally caught this little bastard." It was Brother Hu who spoke these words.
"Damn it." How could Yang Ze not understand that this bastard merely acted to lure him out of the house? His previous action of agreeing to his demand for an extra three days was merely a pretence.
"Little shit, since you are unable to pay us back, we have decided to make some use of you. Rejoice... You will be sold to the Lin family as a slave. Good Luck."
"HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAA"
With loud laughter, he just dragged Yang Ze towards the headquarters of the Bronze Bull Gang, leaving behind a group of frightened crowd who didn't dare to breathe.