Jade Cloud City.
The Lin Family, Training Grounds.
At this moment, the Lin family was conducting their monthly strength assessment.
Among the crowd off to the side, a handsome young man stared blankly into the void before him, his expression dazed.
"A month has passed. I never thought my golden finger would finally arrive."
In the void, there was clearly a status panel visible only to this handsome young man.
*Whoosh!*
"Divine Replication System."
"Host: Lin Xuan."
"Realm: Body Tempering, Seventh Layer."
"Talent: Mid-Grade Cultivation Talent."
"Martial Arts: Rolling Stone Fist (First-Tier Upper Grade, Minor Mastery), Yellow Sand Palm (First-Tier Mid Grade, Grand Mastery)."
"Energy Points: 573."
"Personal Space: 7."
Staring at the rows of attribute fields, Lin Xuan let out a long breath, his expression dazed as he mused over his past and present lives.
Indeed, he was not from this world.
Originally, in his past life, he had been just an ordinary orphan, an office worker, diligently working just to survive.
Who would have thought that after waking up from a nap, he would transmigrate into this world where martial arts reigned supreme and strength was honored—the Tianyuan Continent.
This Tianyuan Continent was just like the web novels he had read in his past life.
All the rules were essentially the same.
The only difference was that in Tianyuan Continent, everyone was born with innate talent.
At the very least, they possessed cultivation talent.
Thus, it could be said that everyone pursued martial arts.
Similarly, the level of martial talent largely determined a martial artist's future achievements.
After transmigrating, Lin Xuan quickly accepted his current situation and memories, becoming the Lin Xuan of this world.
Not having a golden finger had been a regret for Lin Xuan.
Fortunately, he wasn't the typical useless underdog.
Instead, he was a minor genius within the Lin family clan.
Though he fell short of the Lin family's three great geniuses, he was still second only to them.
Naturally, there were none of those cliché scenes of being bullied and insulted.
Now, a month had passed.
Lin Xuan had also adapted to life here.
It was the day of the Lin family's monthly strength assessment.
He was just about to try out the feeling of combat.
But unexpectedly, at that moment, his golden finger arrived.
It left Lin Xuan with a bittersweet feeling.
Without a golden finger, he could still live decently.
But it would be just like his past life—living as an ordinary martial artist.
With a golden finger, however, he was bound to live a more exciting life.
After a moment of reflection, Lin Xuan snapped back to reality and began studying this golden finger.
Just then, a flood of information surged into his mind, causing Lin Xuan some discomfort.
Before long, Lin Xuan had fully digested it, his eyes gleaming with ecstatic light.
He hadn't expected this golden finger to be far more powerful than he had imagined.
The Divine Replication System!
As the name suggested, it had the effect of replication.
But it was far more impactful than it appeared.
By consuming energy points, it could replicate treasures from other martial artists, even demonic beasts.
These treasures included, but were not limited to, talents, martial arts, demonic beast flesh, and so on...
In Tianyuan Continent, martial talent was the most important attribute for a martial artist, largely determining their future.
And this Divine Replication System could replicate various talents from other martial artists by consuming energy points.
Then, it could extract and fuse them into oneself, enhancing one's talent.
One could imagine how heaven-defying it was.
Moreover, replicating talents was just one of its functions.
No wonder Lin Xuan, who had lived two lives and was usually composed, was so overjoyed.
However, it didn't take long for Lin Xuan to calm down.
No matter how strong the golden finger was, he still had to improve step by step.
After all, haste makes waste.
Then, Lin Xuan continued studying the Divine Replication System.
"This system doesn't seem to have sentience. So, how do I obtain energy points?"
Soon, a doubt surfaced in Lin Xuan's mind.
"Brother Lin Xuan, what's wrong?"
Just then, a light, melodious voice came from beside him.
It belonged to a gentle, jade-like young girl.
The girl was dressed in green robes, with long black hair cascading down, her features pure as water.
At just fifteen or sixteen years old, she already possessed such grace.
One could imagine how stunningly beautiful she would be when she grew up.
"Yun'er, I'm fine."
Lin Xuan turned and smiled at the girl beside him.
This green-robed girl was his betrothed fiancée, Lin Shiyun.
The two had grown up together and had always had a good relationship.
They had long agreed to marry once they came of age.
This was one of the reasons Lin Xuan had adapted so quickly to this world.
"Mm, that's good."
Lin Shiyun chuckled softly.
Since he couldn't uncover any more secrets of the system, Lin Xuan decided to let it go and started chatting and laughing with Lin Shiyun.
Before long, he had Lin Shiyun giggling softly.
As someone from the technological age in his past life, he was far better at this than the martial artists of this world.
Meanwhile, from another crowd in the distance.
A handsome, somewhat effeminate young man watched the intimate interaction between Lin Xuan and Lin Shiyun, his eyes filled with jealousy.
"Lin Lei, go challenge Lin Xuan next. Make him suffer a bit—make him spit blood, get injured. How dare he ignore my words!"
The effeminate young man snorted coldly.
"Brother Hai, don't worry. Leave it to me."
A rather sturdy young man beside him looked at Lin Xuan in the distance, rubbing his fists.
Soon, the two on the arena settled their match.
"Next, who else wants to challenge?"
The referee steward on the arena scanned the crowd and announced loudly.
"I will!"
Lin Lei shouted, stepping onto the arena.
"Who do you want to challenge?"
The referee steward asked.
"Lin Xuan!"
This time, Lin Lei's voice was even louder, drawing the attention of nearly everyone in the training grounds.
The referee steward nodded, looked at Lin Xuan, and announced:
"Lin Xuan, step onto the arena!"
The surrounding Lin family disciples, seeing this, showed expressions of understanding and began murmuring among themselves.
"Lin Hai's lackey, Lin Lei, actually chose to challenge Lin Xuan. This is getting interesting."
"Yeah, Lin Hai, as the eldest grandson of the grand elder, has had his eye on Lin Xuan's fiancée, Lin Shiyun, for a long time. It's just that Lin Xuan and Lin Shiyun have firmly rejected him."
"Before, Lin Shiyun always protected Lin Xuan. This time, there's no way around it. Let's see how Lin Xuan handles it."
"..."
The disciples looked at Lin Xuan with schadenfreude in their eyes.
Hearing this, Lin Xuan raised an eyebrow.
He hadn't expected Lin Hai to still refuse to give up.
In the month he had been with the Lin family, Lin Xuan had come to understand the family's dynamics.
Lin Shiyun, Lin Hai, and the clan leader's son, Lin Yun—these three were the Lin family's three great geniuses.
Next came minor talents like Lin Xuan.
As one of the three great geniuses and the Lin family's top beauty, Lin Shiyun naturally attracted the covetousness of many Lin family disciples.
Among them was Lin Hai.
But Lin Shiyun had always been devoted to Lin Xuan.
Although Lin Hai had tried various schemes, due to Lin Shiyun's interference and her own not-so-simple background, Lin Hai had never succeeded.