blueteamnovel Chapter 1 Profession: Immortal Cultivator
Chapter 1 Profession: Immortal Cultivator
DR1490, the withered month, the autumn wind begins to rise.
The bright red withered leaves that covered the cemetery were blown up by the wind, making a rustling sound.
A hooded statue of a deity, symbolizing death, overlooks the entire cemetery.
Ronan stood silently with his head bowed before the brand-new tombstone.
He had just given his mother, who was still alive, a fairly decent funeral.
He was not originally from this world; he had only transmigrated here three months ago and become a fisherman.
In the memories of her predecessor, her mother in this life always kept the identity and whereabouts of her predecessor's father a secret.
The original inhabitant had never met her father and had always lived with her mother.
My mother in this life has always had a chronic illness. Two months ago, her condition suddenly worsened. Even though we spent a lot of money to have a pastor perform magic, it was not curable.
Although he and the person buried underground were only mother and son for three months, he still had memories of his previous life in his mind, so he also had deep feelings for his mother in this life.
After standing there for a long time, Ronan sighed softly, put down the white tulip in his hand, and turned to leave.
Returning home from the cemetery, Ronan sat down at the dining table, looking at his home in this world.
This is a single-story house of about fifty square meters.
Although it's not big, it has a living room, kitchen, and bedroom, which is more than enough for him and his mother.
Because it's near the sea, there are black mold spots on the walls, and there's a faint musty smell in the house.
Ronan looked away, stood up, and began sorting through his mother's belongings.
He stood on an old wooden stool and moved a dusty wooden box off the wardrobe.
In the memories of the original owner, the original owner opened this wooden box when he was a child, and then it was left on the wardrobe and no one paid any attention to it.
The wooden box was locked with an ancient copper lock, which was covered with a bluish-green rust. Both the lock and the box looked very old, perhaps passed down from my mother's ancestors.
The wooden box hadn't been opened for over ten years, and he'd forgotten where he put the key to the brass lock.
After searching around the house for a while, I finally found a rusty key in the corner of a cabinet.
The key unlocked the box, and a strong, almost pungent, fragrance immediately wafted out.
Upon opening the chest, a red wedding dress was found on the top shelf.
Picking up the wedding dress, she discovered a blue-covered, thread-bound book underneath.
Immediately, the memories of his predecessor became clear.
When I was a child, I read this book, but I didn't recognize the words.
But at this moment, he could recognize the words on the cover.
—The two characters are written in Small Seal script, which are called "Heavenly Book".
He suddenly recalled the legends about the heavenly book from his previous life.
Jiang Ziya read three lines of heavenly scripture and founded the Zhou Dynasty, which lasted for eight hundred years; Zhang Liang (Zhang Zifang) read two lines of heavenly scripture and established the Han Dynasty, which lasted for four hundred years.
There is also a legend that the heavenly book is called the "Ruyi Book", which contains the seventy-two Earthly Fiend Techniques, the thirty-six Heavenly Dipper Methods, and various other Taoist wonders.
Immediately, he remembered that when his predecessor was a child, his mother had said that her ancestors came from a continent called "Karatu," in the far east of the Faerûn continent.
It is said that the inhabitants of this continent all have black eyes and yellow skin, and the professionals are mainly martial monks and priests. The titles of the gods they serve are quite similar to those of the gods in the ancient China.
His mother doesn't know the exact origins of her ancestors because of the passage of time.
His mother only vaguely knew that her ancestors had traveled a long way to reach Baldur's Gate, a port city that was almost the westernmost part of the Faerûn continent, in order to escape the war.
"Could it be that the gods on the continent of Karatu are truly the same gods from Chinese legends?"
Filled with questions and anticipation, Ronan opened the book.
The first page is filled with densely packed small seal script characters.
Ronan only vaguely recognized about 60-70% of them.
Just as he finished reading the third line, the book in his hand suddenly turned into a wisp of white smoke and entered his forehead.
The next moment, a stream of data flashed before my eyes, and several lines of text appeared.
Name: Ronan Jonas
Race: Human male
"Profession": Level 1 Immortal Cultivator (0XP/300XP)
--property--
【Power 12】
【Agility 11】
[Body Condition 12]
[Intelligence Level 13]
【Perception 10】
【Charm 12】
"Magic Tricks & Taoist Arts": Summoning, banishing, and shifting scenery.
"Class One Ring - Taoist Arts": Flame Breathing, Demon Slaying
"Features": None
"Professional Specializations": Silent Taoist Spellcasting, Instant Taoist Spellcasting, Spellcasting Material-Free
Personal Specialty: Swordsmanship
At the same time, a wealth of knowledge flooded his mind.
"Isn't this just a Dungeons & Dragons character card?"
"These attribute values would be considered exceptional among ordinary people, but among professionals, they are truly unremarkable."
In the world of Dungeons & Dragons, the average attribute of an ordinary person is around 10 points.
He just barely surpassed 10 points, which is only slightly better than the average person.
In the attribute values,
Strength refers to muscular strength;
Agility represents the sensitivity of motor reflexes. In combat, this means being able to attack faster and dodge enemy attacks with greater ease.
Constitution represents the resilience of the body, that is, the ability to withstand blows and recover. Once this attribute value reaches 20, it is called Troll Constitution, which allows the limbs to regenerate.
The reason his three attribute values are higher than average is twofold. First, he is naturally strong, especially after the age of 14, when his muscle definition became increasingly pronounced. Second, his years of fishing have provided his body with a certain degree of physical training.
Intelligence represents learning abilities such as memory and logic. People with high intelligence are suited to become monks.
He believed that the reason his intelligence was 3 points higher than that of ordinary people was because he had undergone nine years of compulsory education, secondary education, and higher education in his previous life.
However, he had graduated many years ago, and his memory and logical abilities were not as good as before. If he had traveled to this world a few years earlier, his intelligence might have been higher.
Perception represents the ability to perceive all things, including the divine and the natural world. Priests and Druids generally have high levels of this attribute.
Both his predecessor and he were faithless, and their attribute values were at the level of an ordinary person.
Charisma represents an affinity for all things and the ability to influence them, whether it's influencing others or the magical and elemental energies that roam the world. Sorcerers in this world are generally highly charismatic.
The knowledge that flooded his mind taught him that cultivators must mobilize the energy of heaven and earth to perform Taoist arts, and the main attribute of this profession is charm.
His charm is rated 12 points for two reasons: firstly, his appearance in this world far surpasses that of Eddie Peng; and secondly, he may indeed have some talent as a sorcerer, and with a little training, he could mobilize the violent magical energy wandering in the air of this world.
However, in this world, 12 points of Charisma is considered very low for a warlock.
Even now, although he can use Taoist arts, the power is not great because the amount of natural energy he can mobilize is extremely limited.
However, among the knowledge implanted in his mind by the "Heavenly Book" was a cultivation manual that could enhance attribute values—
The Secret of Qi Circulation.