Chapter 4 | The Novel Marked Me for Death, So I Found a Cheat Game Instead

Humming a little tune and singing along the way, Ye Lin finally returned to his small courtyard in a leisurely manner.

On the way, he casually slapped a few wild rabbits to death and dug up a wild mountain ginseng, planning to stew them for dinner.

After all, this was a real game. Since he planned to live here for the long term, he certainly couldn't mistreat his stomach.

But what he didn't expect was that when he killed the wild rabbits, he actually triggered the special achievement reward for "First Blood."

Thus, as soon as he got home, he quickly threw aside the wild rabbits, mountain ginseng, and hoe, then ran into the house, eager to open these two achievement gift packs.

【Ding! The Special Achievement Reward has been opened. Congratulations on obtaining Trait 1: ‘Time Walker’. After equipping this trait, when you die, time will reverse to one day ago, allowing you to resurrect without any side effects.

Note: The effect of this trait can only be activated once a day and cannot be accumulated.】

【Congratulations on obtaining Trait 2: ‘Random Replication’. After equipping this trait, all the cultivation resources in your hands will be replicated at a random multiplier, with a minimum of onefold and a maximum of a thousandfold.

Note: "All cultivation resources" specifically refers to any entity that can be refined by players to increase their cultivation.

This includes various spiritual energies, special energy, natural treasures, miraculous pills, various rules and laws, etc...

It does not include cultivation techniques, divine abilities, spells, weapons, talismans, formations, etc.

Each resource can only be replicated once, and replicated resources cannot be replicated again.】

“Awesome! The effects of these new traits are simply heaven-defying.”

Once he clearly saw the powerful effects of the two new traits, the smile on Ye Lin's face could no longer be contained.

Since logging into the game, what he had been most worried about was actually not his low natural talent or extremely poor luck.

From beginning to end, his greatest worry was that he only had one life. How was he supposed to survive in the cracks of this world?

After all, this was an incomparably cruel cultivation world. Who knew if he would be captured by some devil and refined in a Ten Thousand Soul Banner the moment he stepped out of the beginner village?

But now that he had the trait 【Time Walker】, all these problems would be easily solved. As long as he didn't act recklessly, he basically possessed an immortal body.

As for the trait 【Random Replication】, it was of equally immense significance to his subsequent path of cultivation.

In the path of cultivation, one emphasized "wealth, companions, methods, and lands," with wealth being the most important. Yet, the trait 【Random Replication】 could randomly replicate cultivation resources at a multiplier.

If this was paired with the trait 【A Daily Immortal Destiny】, then once he truly embarked on the immortal path, it could be said that his cultivation path would never lack basic cultivation resources in the future.

“Not bad, not bad. I'll lay low in the beginner village for a few more days. Once I farm enough strengthening pills for all seven elemental Spiritual Roots to upgrade my talent, I can consider walking out of Great Desolation Village to seek cultivation opportunities.”

Having obtained the trait 【Time Walker】, Ye Lin also promptly adjusted his grand cultivation plan in his mind.

After all, although he now had multiple trait cheats in hand, he lacked the necessary cultivation techniques and basic cultivation resources.

If he wanted to quickly increase his strength, he either had to take the initiative to contact the cultivation sects outside.

Or he would have to rely on his good luck to find a decent cultivation method through the trait 【A Daily Immortal Destiny】.

But with his pitiful single point of luck, this would probably be difficult to achieve.

Therefore, his only option for now was to leave the village in a few days and personally find a sect to join.

As the first player to join a sect, he would surely be able to farm another wave of heaven-defying rewards. It was simply killing multiple birds with one stone.

Having made up his mind, Ye Lin bound the two traits to his True Spirit.

Seeing the sun setting and the sky growing dark, he leisurely began to prep the wild rabbits and wild mountain ginseng.

More than half a shichen later, a pot of fragrant mountain ginseng stewed wild rabbit was completed.

“Whew, this feeling is truly comfortable.”

Having eaten and drunk his fill, Ye Lin comfortably lay down on the rocking chair in the yard, listening to the frogs and insects around him, and watching the fireflies filling the sky in the distance.

Gazing at the bright moon and the star-filled sky, he suddenly felt an indescribable sense of ease and comfort in his heart.

If possible, he really hoped that his future cultivation life would always be this peaceful and comforting.

But clearly, this was impossible. Putting aside the fact that he was just a cannon fodder villain in the high-martial world, and the death trap set for him by that world's Heavenly Dao had yet to be resolved...

...even this fantasy world before him was bound to be far more cruel than the high-martial world of the Blue Planet. If he didn't have strength to back him up, even a passing dog would dare to slap him twice before leaving.

“One day, I will take control of my own destiny and have the comfortable life I want.”

Raising his right hand above his head, he opened his fingers and gently made a grasping gesture toward the star-filled sky, murmuring to himself in his heart.

The night passed in silence. When the first ray of light appeared on the horizon, a new piece of secret news about an immortal destiny refreshed in his mind.

【Today's immortal destiny: An ownerless small storage bag is buried in the river sand three li east of Great Desolation Village. It only requires a wisp of spiritual energy to open. The items inside might be helpful to you; it is recommended that you go and retrieve it.】

Waking up groggily from his sleep, Ye Lin glanced at the contents of the immortal destiny secret news and self-disciplinedly got out of bed.

After a simple wash and making himself some breakfast to fill his stomach, he headed out unhurriedly.

On the way, many villagers who woke up early to work even greeted him familiarly.

This made Ye Lin unable to help but marvel at how awesome the game 《Mortal Fate, Immortal Path》 was. Although he was clearly just a player, to these villagers, he was an orphan who had grown up in Great Desolation Village since childhood.

After dozens of breaths, guided by the immortal destiny secret news, he successfully dug up a fist-sized grey storage bag from the river sand.

It had to be said that the trait 【A Daily Immortal Destiny】 was truly useful. Aside from being able to detect an immortal destiny every day...

...this trait would also thoughtfully mark a detailed route map, just like the GPS navigation from before his transmigration. It was incredibly convenient.

Happily tucking the storage bag into the clothes on his chest, Ye Lin walked back home with leisurely steps, resting his hands behind his head.

After taking inventory of the items in the storage bag, he would still have to find opportunities to farm more Common-grade achievement rewards today.

However, just as he left the riverbank, he encountered a dark-skinned youth with powerful vital energy and blood, and a confident smile on his face.

For a split second, Ye Lin actually felt as if the youth walking toward him was a human-shaped fierce beast.

But with only a casual glance at the other party, he didn't care much.

It was a fantasy world, after all. It was normal for highly talented people to appear. Besides, what did other people's excellence have to do with him? He only needed to follow his own pace, step by step using his cheats to become stronger.

“This young man is somewhat unusual.” Just as Ye Lin left, the murmur of his mysterious master rang in the ears of the dark-skinned youth Xu Qing'an.

“The world is so big, and outstanding people are countless. I will meet more people like him in the future.”

Hearing his master's whisper, Xu Qing'an only thought he had run into a decent genius, so he immediately spoke in a confident tone.

Since meeting his mysterious master and learning that he was one of the Chosen Ones of this world, and that he even possessed the heaven-defying ‘Desolate Ancient Divine Physique,’ Xu Qing'an's spirit and confidence had increased more than a thousandfold compared to before.

The so-called "a youth naturally has ambitions that reach the clouds, daring to promise to be of the very first tier in the human world" was exactly like this.

He believed that even if the sky was filled with shining stars, he would surely be the brightest one.

The mysterious woman had originally wanted to say that with her abilities, she actually couldn't deduce the opportunity and fate of that young man just now, and wanted to warn Xu Qing'an to pay attention because this person might have a big secret.

But seeing how confident her disciple was, she didn't say anything more.

“My remnant soul has only just awakened. Any random sacred artifact could block my probe. Perhaps that kid just had good luck and obtained a sacred artifact that recognized him as its master.”

With this thought, the mysterious woman stopped paying attention to Ye Lin.

After all, there were quite a few quasi-immortal artifacts inside the jade pendant she was attached to. A mere sacred artifact was something she didn't care about at all.

And if Ye Lin were to hear this mysterious woman's murmur, he would definitely curse her for being blind. He only had a single point of luck in his entire body; how could his luck possibly be good?