That idiot from the Sword Sect turned out to be a lucky charm.

When Lin Zhifeng first woke up, he thought he was in a game instance. He wasn't afraid at all, but now he felt a chill – no wonder something felt off. If he was still in the game, where was the control panel he usually minimized and placed in the upper right corner of his view?

He hadn't noticed because there were so many people around and his attention was scattered. But now, with the sudden appearance of this so-called "God of Luck" system, he immediately realized the problem.

Before he could think it through, the system said in an electronic voice, "Don't overthink it, Master. You were already brain dead in your original world due to a malfunction in the game pod."

"However, since you are the chosen one, it would be a pity for you to die like this. So we captured your soul and let you transmigrate into the body of a character in this cultivation world."

"Don't worry, as long as you complete the tasks I assign and accumulate enough luck points, becoming an immortal or a god will not be a dream in the distant future!"

Lin Zhifeng didn't take the system's promise of "becoming an immortal or a god" seriously, but he was indeed stuck here and couldn't go back.

Lin Zhifeng thought about it and decided that this place wasn't bad. He was already addicted to cultivation games, spending all his time in the game pod until his body was weak. Now that he had the chance to live in this cultivation world, Lin Zhifeng believed that with his abilities, he wouldn't do too badly.

Lin Zhifeng communicated with the system in his mind: "Tell me, what's going on with this God of Luck system of yours?"

The system popped up an operation panel, but the screen was so low resolution that it was even worse than the old-fashioned handheld game consoles that Lin Zhifeng had seen in the museum.

Lin Zhifeng couldn't help but feel a little disgusted.

The system sensed his brainwaves and quickly explained, "Master, your luck value is currently zero. I'm still at level zero, so my appearance and functions are very weak. Once you achieve some success and upgrade me a few times, things will improve significantly. You have to believe me, Master!"

Lin Zhifeng had no choice but to believe it.

Lin Zhifeng patiently looked at the control panel. Currently, there was only one taskbar, one inventory, and one character bar.

Lin Zhifeng first opened the character panel, and a cartoon character representing Lin Zhifeng appeared on the screen, along with some parameters displayed next to it.

Lin Zhifeng: 20 years old;

Sect: Sword Sect;

Cultivation level: Mid-Foundation Establishment;

Talent: Superb;

Luck value: 0

Lin Zhifeng exited and opened his inventory, finding ten empty slots.

The system interjected at this moment: "Master, this inventory is essentially a high-level spatial artifact. Although, because your luck value is zero, you can only put one item in each slot at the moment, there are no restrictions on the size, shape, or weight of the item. Even if you die, no one can take the items stored here."

Lin Zhifeng: "..."

This inventory is a great place to store treasures.

He opened the taskbar again.

The taskbar now displays a main quest: Lin Zhifeng must annul his engagement with "Yufeng Valley" within seven days. Successfully completing the main quest will reward you with 10 Luck Points and one Golden Essence Pill; failure to complete it within the deadline will result in quest failure. There is no penalty for quest failure, but the refresh time for the next main quest is unpredictable.

In addition to the main quest, there is also a side quest: teach the treacherous servant Mingyue a lesson and reclaim what the original owner was cheated out of. Successfully completing the quest rewards one point of luck; failure incurs no penalty. All side quests refresh at unpredictable times.

After reading the task panel, Lin Zhifeng made up his mind and minimized it, placing it in his usual position when playing games.

He finally figured it out: he was just changing locations to continue grinding quests, progress, dungeons, and luck stats. His final level-up was probably largely related to this luck stat.

On the bright side, now that we don't have to stay in coffin-like gaming pods, the working environment is a hundred times better.

He asked the system, "What's going on with my original body? You should at least tell me something, right? Even games have a story synopsis!"

The system said, "Master, I will now transfer your memories. Once it's complete, you'll know everything."

Without waiting for Lin Zhifeng's agreement or giving him any time to prepare, it began transmitting the message.

Lin Zhifeng felt dizzy and his head throbbed with pain as he was bombarded with a large amount of information in a short period of time.

By the time Lin Zhifeng had finished processing this information, the system had already cowered in the panel, too afraid to utter a sound.

Lin Zhifeng was too lazy to argue with it, since he couldn't do anything to it anyway. He just warned it, "Be careful next time!" and went to sort through the original owner's memories.

Just as Lin Zhifeng had guessed—the original owner of this body was an idiot.

But his stupidity isn't the kind of simple low intelligence. It's more like his condition is caused by an incomplete soul.

His body possessed exceptional talent for cultivation, but due to an incomplete soul, he couldn't cultivate normally like others. His father, Lin Yuan, the sect leader of the Sword Sect, provided external assistance to help him draw qi into his body during his youth, enabling him to successfully refine qi. Later, he spent a large sum of spirit stones and medicine to elevate his cultivation to the Foundation Establishment stage.

The original owner reached the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment before the age of twenty simply by using in-game currency. Although he was far less powerful than the geniuses of the major sects, he was not bad compared to ordinary people.

Not to mention he has a father that everyone envies—the sect leader of the Sword Sect, one of the top three sects in the entire cultivation world.

This good father also doted on his simple-minded son—he practically gave everything he had to plan and scheme for him.

Who doesn't know that the Sword Sect is the poorest? Their sword cultivators are all dirt poor in order to upgrade their swords!

In the twenty years following the birth of his mentally challenged son, the Sword Sect Master's cultivation had stagnated completely, without any progress. This was partly due to his lack of time for proper seclusion and cultivation, and partly due to his lack of funds to forge and refine his sword.

A year ago, the Sword Sect Master disappeared during a joint battle against the Ghost Domain involving multiple sects.

After that, the original owner became a child without a father, and also heard a lot of rumors and suffered a lot of bullying.

Before that, from childhood to adulthood, who dared to say a single bad word about Lin Yuan's son? Who dared to touch a hair on his head?

However, now that his once-powerful father is nowhere to be found, Lin Zhifeng, who has taken over this body with the same name, plans to avenge the little fool on behalf of those who bullied him. He hopes to find his responsible and powerful father someday.

Lin Zhifeng is currently more focused on the main quest of annulling the engagement issued by the system.

This marriage is quite interesting.

Twenty years ago, the Sword Sect Master was already at the late stage of the Void Refinement Realm, making him one of the top experts in the entire cultivation world. Furthermore, sword cultivators were invincible among their peers and rarely suffered defeats in challenges against those of higher levels.

Who wouldn't want to curry favor with him?

As a result, sects of all sizes came knocking on our door under the guise of marriage alliances.

After much deliberation, Lin Yuan chose Yu Bingqing, the daughter of the master of the second-rate sect "Yufeng Valley," to be the future wife of his foolish son.

Since everyone has their own agenda, this marriage alliance isn't entirely pure anymore, but it's not a big deal that everyone gets what they want.

Lin Yuan has been missing for over a year now, his fate unknown. Looking at it this way, Yu Feng Valley feels this marriage is a huge loss, so they're considering breaking off the engagement.

Although Lin Yuan has disappeared, there is no guarantee that there will be even a one in ten thousand chance that he might return in the future. If he were to return safely, the Yufeng Valley would not be able to bear the blame. Moreover, regardless of Lin Yuan's side, they would not dare to provoke the remaining people of the Sword Sect.

But they were really unwilling to let the Valley Master's daughter marry off to a fool without a powerful father.

That's why they staged this farce of using financial compensation to exchange for a peaceful annulment of the engagement.

Lin Zhifeng felt it was perfectly reasonable for the other party to propose annulment. From the perspective of the people of Yufeng Valley, they had no further use for him! Before he transmigrated, the original owner of this body was a mentally challenged person with an incomplete soul. Why should a beautiful young woman like him marry a fool?

Moreover, the other party also has to provide financial compensation.

This is a win-win situation no matter how you look at it!

retreat!

I'll talk to the elders tomorrow and make it clear that this engagement must be called off!

Now that he is the master of this body, the marriage with Yufeng Valley will have to be called off sooner or later. Even if the other party doesn't back down, Lin Zhifeng will arrange for it to be called off anyway.

Wise people don't fall in love! Isn't cultivating immortality and ascending to heaven more appealing? There's no point in getting involved in romance!