My Young Lord Is Really Righteous - Chapter 8
Chapter 8: Opening The Door To Cultivation
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Luo Hong never paid attention to the consolation prize because he never thought that he would have to go for the consolation prize.
After all, how hard would it be to be a bad guy?
He believed that he would be able to get the special prize easily, if not the second or even the third.
Little did he know that he would have to settle for the consolation prize after a turn of unfortunate events. The requirement for the consolation prize was anything between +10 Sin Level and any number below -1 Sin Level.
Given Luo Hong’s -18 Sin Level, he was only eligible for the consolation prize, so he strongly believed he was at a huge loss.
He would have felt just as bad if there was no comparison. The other prizes sounded alluring but the consolation prize, which was the Random Demon Cultivation Arts Fragment, looked like a piece of garbage when compared to the others.
Immense heartache stung Luo Hong’s heart as if he had lost the entire world in a gamble.
He felt like he could have gotten a Rolls Royce, but due to some unforeseen circumstances, he had gotten a bag of rice instead. The despair was painful enough to tear him apart.
Among all the prizes in the Prize Pool, only the consolation prize was not grayed out because Luo Hong met the requirements.
“Random Demon Cultivation Arts Fragment…” Luo Hong adjusted his mood but could not find a reason to be alive. His eyes were blank as if he had given up on life.
“How am I supposed to get the consolation prize?”
Right when the thought popped into his mind, his sight started to become a blur and his world spun. When the spinning finally stopped, Luo Hong’s heart felt like it had cracked open.
His mind was suddenly filled with many memories that he never had before. He rubbed his temple and started to comb through the abrupt memories.
“Demon Cultivation Art: Phantom Shadow (Incomplete)
“Phantom Shadow: the loner that lurks in the darkness. Death delights you, killing excites you. The shadow that summons the dead transforms into the ruler of darkness! Bones are piled up into a mountain as the world dreams of death in the abyss that sins!” A depressed, sinister, and gloomy monologue sounded in Luo Hong’s mind.
If he had not seen the name of it, the cringe-worthy introduction alone would have given him chills. This cultivation art really sounded evil, but unfortunately, it was an incomplete fragment.
As for what level the cultivation art was, Luo Hong had no idea, but it should not be too absurdly high. After all, it was just a consolation prize and an incomplete fragment. The first prize was the Heaven State Demon Cultivation Art, thus compared to that, this one should not be that powerful or that high of a rank.
On top of that, the name alone made it look like some lousy item.
“Wait a minute…With this cultivation art, does it mean that I can at least feel like a bad guy or have the presence of one? People will know that I’m a bad guy at first glance!”
Luo Hong’s eyes shone.
Clothes maketh a man. Sometimes a change in looks could affect people’s sensory. With cultivation art, it would be easier for him to increase the Sin level.
The prize was inserted into his mind, and he still had the choice of whether to cultivate it or not.
He thought for the span of two breaths and decided to cultivate it.
This world was an unusual one, and this would be Luo Hong’s first contact with cultivation art, therefore he did not want to give it up.
Even though this cultivation art might not be powerful, to him as a mere mortal, it might be able to open the doors to the vast world of cultivation for him.
Cultivation arts came with many parts. Luo Hong closed his eyes and started to make sense of what he had learned.
A long while later, he leaned back on the chair with his eyes closed. There was a layer of black energy above his skin, circling him like mist.
Luo Hong furrowed his brows and the black energy quickly gathered at his dantian1*.
The energy converged into a tiny vortex and then disappeared.
“The first step is to gather the body’s ominous energy. Concentrate the wicked and ominous energy in the dantian and when the energy is rich and sufficient, it’ll mean that I’m successful. Based on the description, I can summon and concentrate the shadow of the dead and bend it according to my will.”
Luo Hong exhaled heavily, feeling refreshed and more energetic, lighter even, as if his bones had become lighter.
He clenched his fist and faint energy gathered around it. Cultivation was a way to strengthen the body.
He turned his attention back to the human skin manual. He might not know where the manual was from, but it seemed like it was really something else.
Then, he went back to the character statistic page.
Character: Luo Hong
Level: 1
Sin Level: -18
Title: Little B*stard
Race: Man (Mortal)
Cultivated Arts: Phantom Shadow (Incomplete)
State: Ninth Rank (Jusha)
‘It changed?!’
Luo Hong was shocked when he looked at the character statistics. The cultivation arts had changed to the Phantom Shadow that he had just cultivated.
Nevertheless, the addition of the Phantom Shadow was not enough to excite him. Instead, he was excited because there was a new row: ‘state’.
“Ninth Rank1 Jusha2…Jusha State? Is that my current state?”
Luo Hong calmed his excitement. He had finally entered the ranking cultivation system, and it would only be a matter of time for him to encounter other mystical arts. He was exalted with the result. Even though he got a piece of garbage of a consolation prize, at least, he was able to take his first step into the world of cultivation.
He turned back to the Prize Pool and looked at the remaining prizes. His eyes turned slightly red and his heart felt a stinging pain.
“This is just a consolation prize. If I can get the special prize, or the first, second, or third prize, I might become some superior, almighty, and omnipotent existence in the cultivation world. I’m really losing big time here. No! I must do my best to become an antagonist! I want to become the evilest guy out there for the sake of the better prizes!”
After he got the consolation prize, that particular column was gone and what replaced it was a new word: ‘updating’.
When a prize was taken, it would take the manual five days to update. In the meantime, it could not be used.
“Does it mean that if I get the special, first, second, or third prize, the Prize Pool will also be updated? Does it mean I will get even better stuff?!” Luo Hong started to breathe heavily.
“Mine! All Mine! As long as I’m evil and bad enough, I can get everything!”
Luo Hong took a deep breath as he was deeply motivated by his thoughts. He had to learn to be humiliated before learning how to be brave. After all, one should climb up to where he had fallen.
He was determined to conclude his failure for the day, and he ought to commit to boosting his Sin Level the next time.
“In conclusion, there are two reasons why my plan failed this time. Firstly, my luck and the timing suck. I blame that lousy scholar! He made me lose the chance of becoming the superior, almighty, and omnipotent existence in the cultivation world.
“Secondly, my reputation precedes me.”
Luo Hong leaned back on the chair and fell into deep thought.
The sky outside the window had slowly darkened as the sun had already set over the horizon.
“My lord, the servants have cleaned Ms. Yao up.” Zhao Donghan’s voice came from outside the door. He sounded like he was deeply impressed and filled with admiration.
His voice surprised Luo Hong.
“Wait a minute. Something’s not right! Zhao Donghan is trying to praise me again and lower my Sin Level!”
It was then that Zhao Donghan brought the clean Little Douhua a.k.a. Yao Jing into the study.
Luo Hong lifted his head up. He ignored the buff and rugged Zhao Donghan after a little pause and concentrated on the clean and fresh Yao Jing. She had changed into a yellow dress.
