Pei Xuan's birth was not the result of drunken incest as Pei Wanjun said, but a long-planned rape.
Pei Wanjun had been coveting his ex-wife's maid for a long time, so he took advantage of his ex-wife's pregnancy and took action.
After the incident was exposed, Pei Xuan and his mother were driven out of Chang'an City by Pei Wanjun's ex-wife.
Over the years, Pei Wanjun has never looked for them.
There is only one reason why Pei Xuan was brought back this time, and that is that Pei Wanjun has no son.
Pei Wanjun's eldest son is named Pei Qingye, born to his ex-wife, and is nineteen years old this year.
He studied at the Imperial College and was sent out for training during the summer vacation, where he died unexpectedly.
After his only son died, Pei Wanjun remembered that he had an illegitimate child outside, and Pei Xuan had the opportunity to come into contact with the top dignitaries of the Daliang Empire.
So, why did Pei Xuan know all this? The reason was that Pei Xuan had a system.
Just the day before Pei Wanjun found Pei Xuan, a mechanical voice suddenly sounded in Pei Xuan's mind.
The voice claimed to be the system and said that Pei Xuan had been chosen to carry out an ultimate mission.
The system said that this world originally had a treasure called the "Original Marrow Pearl" which could provide an endless supply of spiritual energy.
But later, the original marrow bead was suddenly sealed for some reason, resulting in the current situation of thin spiritual energy.
Pei Xuan's mission is to find the original marrow bead and remove its seal, so this system is called the "Spiritual Energy Revival System."
In addition to issuing tasks, the system will naturally have various functions to help Pei Xuan find the original marrow bead as soon as possible.
One of the functions, and also the most important function, is that the system can form a "blood pact".
As long as Pei Xuan obtains the blood of anyone through non-violent means, the system can make the other person form a blood contract with Pei Xuan.
After forming a blood pact, Pei Xuan will be able to gain absolute control over the other person's body, giving them life or death with a thought.
The second function is the store function.
By forming a blood pact, you can gain corresponding points, which can be exchanged for various goods in the store.
The third function is the know-it-all function.
As long as Pei Xuan asks a question, the system will answer the real situation of this world.
But the system is not omniscient, it can only answer low-level objective facts.
For example, the system can know what a person ate for the last meal, but it cannot know what the person wants to eat for the next meal, because "ideas" and "thinking" are subjective things and the system cannot detect them.
With the help of the know-it-all function, Pei Xuan already knew the truth about those events back then, so naturally he didn't believe Pei Wanjun's current performance at all.
But even though he didn't believe it, Pei Xuan still looked touched on the surface.
After saying this, Pei Wanjun's expression became solemn. "Xuan'er, the children of our cultivation family all start practicing at the age of five or six. You are already seventeen, and it is probably too late to start the conventional practice method now. Especially since I have already arranged for you to enter the seventh grade of the Imperial College, and your classmates have already practiced for more than ten years."
The Imperial College was where the children of all the noble families in the empire, including the royal family, studied. In addition to cultivation, other subjects were also taught.
Usually they start school at the age of eleven, in the first grade, and graduate from the ninth grade at the age of nineteen.
The legal age of adulthood in the Daliang Empire was twenty, so after graduating from the Imperial College, one was considered an adult and could become an official, join the military, engage in business, or marry into another's family.
"Then what do you think we should do?" Pei Xuan felt that Pei Wanjun's words were full of meaning.
Pei Wanjun lowered his voice and said, "We in the Pei family have a secret technique. For fear of jealousy, no one has practiced it for a long time. If you practice according to this technique, you can get twice the result with half the effort. In five years, you can reach a level that others would have practiced for ten years."
"Thank you very much." Pei Xuan nodded obediently.
Pei Wanjun was very satisfied to see Pei Xuan was so obedient, and immediately handed the booklet containing the martial arts technique to Pei Xuan.
"Remember, you must not let anyone see it, not even our family members." After giving many instructions, Pei Wanjun gave up this time and waved his hand for Pei Xuan to go and rest first.
After leaving the study, the housekeeper was already waiting outside and took Pei Xuan to a bedroom deep in the second floor.
When Pei Xuan went in, he found that the room had already been furnished with a large soft bed, an exquisite wardrobe, and a solid wooden desk with the latest computers and mobile phones. In addition, there was a full set of bathrooms and toilets.
Pei Xuan took off his old clothes, went into the bathroom to take a shower, and then lay down in the wide bathtub that was large enough to accommodate five or six people.
While taking a bath, I called out the system.
"System, is there something wrong with the technique Pei Wanjun gave me?"
"This system cannot answer this question." Pei Xuan had to rephrase the question, remembering that the system could not answer subjective, abstract, and general questions.
"System, does the technique Pei Wanjun gave me have any negative effects?"
"This system cannot answer."
"System, if I practice this technique Pei Wanjun gave me, will it have a negative impact on me?"
"Yes." Finally there was an answer, and Pei Xuan smiled with relief.
"What are the negative effects?"
"Lifespan is halved." Pei Xuan was stunned, and after he realized what was happening, he immediately cursed Pei Wanjun in his heart.
From the beginning, he was skeptical. How could such a top-grade technique be abandoned for such an inexplicable reason as "fear of being hated by others"? Unless there were extremely negative consequences.
Lifespan halved... Pei Xuan pondered for a moment, then asked, "System, how long can I live?"
"This system cannot answer."
"Excluding unexpected factors, if I maintain my current lifestyle, how long can I live?"
"Seventy-eight."
Seventy-eight? Half that makes it thirty-nine? No, that's too short...
"System, can I buy life-extending products in the store?"
"Okay." Since Pei Xuan hasn't formed any blood pact yet, the store has not been unlocked yet, and he is not clear about the specific situation of the store.
"System, how much life can I buy at most?"
"Infinite." Pei Xuan was satisfied.
Since the lifespan can be extended by relying on the store, the negative impact of halving the lifespan can be ignored.
After taking a bath, although it was very late, Pei Xuan was still too excited to sleep.
He simply took out the martial arts technique and practiced it all night long, falling into a deep sleep in the second half of the night.
When he woke up the next day, it was almost ten o'clock. Pei Xuan washed up in a hurry, put on a set of clothes from the closet full of expensive new clothes, opened the door and prepared to go downstairs to find something to eat.
At this moment, the door of the opposite room opened at the same time.
"Good morning, sister."