LIGHTNOVELONLINE Gifted System
<Nate POV>
Nate's consciousness gradually awakened. Opening his eyes, his vision brightened to see an unknown ceiling. Gazing at his surroundings, he slowly got up.
'What's going on… Where am I? How is it that I am here? I vividly remember that I was in some black place and got sucked by something, how can I still be alive! Somehow I can now feel my body… And I do not even feel the slightest discomfort? How is this happening?' Nate thought.
Nate inspected his surroundings and found himself in a comfortably soft bed, with a red banner hanging above him, rendering a festive atmosphere.
"Ah! Xiao Che! You… You woke up!"
A girl's gasp of surprise was heard from his ear and the same girl appeared in his line of sight.
At a glance, the girl dressed in green looked to be 15 or 16 years of age. She was as fair as snow with charming rosy lips and a delicate nose.
A touching look of deep surprise was expressed by eyes as clear and transparent as a pool of translucent spring water. Her face exuded a dazzling gentleness and softness. At this young age, she already exhibited such charm, who can possibly imagine what sort of beauty she would be in the future.
Staring at the nearby girl, Nate took a closer look and unconsciously let two words escape his lips: "Little Aunt?"
The fair girl lifted her jade-like hands onto Nate's forehead and relaxed soon after. With a joyful expression, she spoke: "How delightful; your temperature is almost back to normal. You nearly scared me to death. Xiao Che, are you okay? Tell me if you feel uncomfortable anywhere."
In the face of the girl's eyes that filled with deep concern, Nate woodenly shook his head. He stared openly into space with a vacant gaze.
"Rest here for a while, I'll go and tell your grandpa that you're awake. Today is your day! When you fainted, your grandfather almost went crazy and personally went to find Dr Seto for you."
The girl was in such a rush that she did not notice the abnormality of Nate's current state. She pushed Nate's shoulders, signalling him to lie back on the bed and hurriedly left.
As the door shut Nate sat up on the bed, hands clutching his head.
This was one of the cities in the far east located in one of the Seven Empires of the Profound Sky Continent — Floating Cloud City. And he was the only grandson of the fifth Elder in the Xiao clan — Xiao Che! He had just turned sixteen this year.
That was his current identity.
Suddenly, his memory overlapped with Azure Cloud Continent's 20 or so years of memory and also his memory on earth, he burst into confusion.
'If I am Xiao Che… Then why do I have memories of Azure Cloud Continent and of Nate on Earth? Is it because I travelled to this body after I died in Azure Cloud Continent and Earth?
No! I am obviously Xiao Che! This entire room is familiar to me and I clearly remember all the events of my childhood. Everything from my memory was from personal experience and there is no way I would steal another's memory!
Then was everything from Azure Cloud Continent and Earth all just a dream? Was it only after I jumped off Cloud's End cliff and died in a plane crash that I truly woke up?
But the memories of living in Azure Cloud Continent and on Earth were as clear as day.. How could those twenty-four years of love, hatred, and lonesome be only just a dream!
What the hell is going on?' Nate was confused and started replaying his memories again and again.
Nate… The now Xiao Che stilled for a long time as he slowly calmed down and settled his thoughts.
It was still early in the morning and the sky has not fully brightened. Today was his and Xia Clan's big wedding day. Two hours ago he was woken up by his Little Aunt and put on his red wedding robe. He ate the porridge his Little Aunt personally made and lost all the strength in his body.
He did not remember anything that happened after that.
He did not wake up until now.
[Ding!]
[Invincible System Activation Status-1%.....45%...77%.....]
[....90...95....98...99..100%]
[Invincible System Activated!!]
Nate heard a mechanical sound ringing in his head. A game panel appeared in front of him and he read its content. He wiped his eyes and feeling his eyes playing a prank on him. But no matter how many times he rubbed them, the game menu ahead of him didn't show any signs of disappearing.
[Host has wished to live a life and has been granted this system by Gods.]
[The current body memories is fused by the Host]
After reading the system's message, his heartbeat speeded up and he was thrilled. Tears streamed down his face and fell on the blankets. Quickly wiping his eyes, he felt happy that he is now free and can lead his life the way he wished. He now has finally regained his freedom. He won't slack off and explore the continent he is in.
A notification appeared in front of him. Nate's lips tucked slightly. His expression darkened.
[Ding!]
[Scanning Host's body....]
[Murdering Heart Powder is found in the digestive tract of the Host's body.]
[Finding solution....]
[Solution found... Initiating treatment using Sky Poison Pearl]
[Treatment succeded...]
Nate is confused. How come he be infected with poison? Curious to find about more about the poison, he clicked on the notification.
The message enlarged displaying the content clearly.
[Murdering Heart Powder was made by combining a unique soul grass and the purple striae from a cherry-apple tree.]
[If dissolved in water, the poison is colourless and tasteless. A person would lose his life ten seconds after the poison entered the body and nobody would know the cause of death for it was also a traceless poison.]
Nate's eyes clouded over and he instantly understood what had happened.
In fact, the current body owner did not really faint but instead, he drank the porridge containing the Murdering Heart Powder, and was poisoned to death! Yun Che was born in Azure Cloud Continent but after he lept off Cloud's End cliff…. he was actually reincarnated in this world inside a dead body!
If one were to hear this, it would sound like it came from one of the stories in Arabian Nights but that was the only reasoning Nate could imagine!
Wait a minute…. So the original body owner died and reincarnated person called Yun Che also died and he was born in a place of those two!
That means, he has the memories of both Xiao Che and Yun Che with his own set of memories on Earth. Actually, Nate felt belt bad for the bad ending of both Xiao Che and Yun Che but what could he do. Now he shares the same memories of both of them. So, maybe literally they are dead but the memories of them reside in him. So technically they aren't dead.
Yun Che was the victim of persecution from Azure Cloud Continent's countless strongest individuals. Although he died in the end, he shook the world by himself; how awe-inspiring and astonishing was that! However, his body right now, was only average... no, speaking without restraints, it could be considered the epitome of weakness.
In Profound Sky Continent, profound strength was most important. Although Xiao Che was born in the Xiao Clan and was even the grandchild of the strongest Fifth Elder Xiao Lie, his profound power was still at level one in the elementary profound realm, even though he is already sixteen.
He started training his spirit power when he was seven and a half, entered Elementary Profound level one at the age of eight, and then didn't improve for an entire eight years. He was mocked by all of the Xiao Clan. Afterwards, Xiao Lie invited Floating Cloud City's top-class doctor Dr Seto to examine his body and shockingly found that Xiao Che was born with damaged profound veins.
The damage was so severe that it was almost impossible to recover from. In this state, Xiao Che would stagnate at the first level of the Elementary Profound Realm, and could never improve further no matter how hard he worked.
Even if he trained with his life on the line, he would stay at the first level of the Elementary Profound Realm his entire life.
This kind of person was unquestionably the lowest existence in the Profound Sky Continent and was a total laughingstock within the Xiao Clan. If not for his grandfather Xiao Lie being the strongest in the Xiao Clan, who also could even be said to be the strongest in the Floating Cloud City, no one would bat an eye against him.
Xiao Clan was one of the three major families that trained in the ways of the Profound in the Floating Cloud City and have limitless strong entities. In the large number of youths coming forth from the same generation, Xiao Che can be said to be an unnecessary existence.
Even if he died someday, not many except a few would care. But there were some today that actually tried to murder him using the extremely hard to get and expensive Murdering Heart Powder. Nate clearly knew the reason why now.
Because today was the wedding day between him and Xia Qingyue.
