How To Be A System (Dummy-Proof Edition)

Chapter 64. Preparation Phase Of Artificial Protagonist Project

Once Ren Qingquan woke up, he stretched his body followed by several consecutive yawns before thinking 'System, can you summarize what happened while I slept?'

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You dare to ask me that after leaving me alone with Ren Qingchen?!

Take a deep breath, me.Teamwork makes dream work, teamwork makes dream work. Who knows, Ren Qingquan might have a new genius idea.

Once I chanted those words and regained my composure, I answered him.

[Do you wish to spend 10 points and look at the summary of Ren Qingchen's adventure last night?]

'Yes.' With his affirmation, I collected my memories from the previous night stored inside my [Storage]. Then, I used [Calculate] to edit the scene before transferring those scenes to him.

Within twenty minutes, Ren Qingquan finished watching my edited footage. He commented. 'Darn, Ren Qingchen is incredibly scary! Guess I need to go as far as possible from him. Also, how many lackeys does Young Master Gu have?'

After giving his two cents, Ren Qingquan thought. 'System, open my panel.'

[Name: Ren Qingquan

Realm: Golden Core 0/150

Absorbed Spirit Qi: 4/15 (Auto Refill OFF)

Points: 14,500

Profession: Formation master (Extremely Weak.)

Cultivation Method: Immortal Body Tempering (Immortal Ascension)

Magical Technique: Armaments Transformation (Perfection), Agile Step (Perfection), Body Hardening (Perfection), Super Duper ... Turtle Shell Technique (First Section), Turtle Divination Art (First Section)

System function: Devour, Shop, Scan, Library, Map (1000 meters radius), Calculate, System Storage (100 cubic meters), Sub system, Quest, Transfer (100 meter/points).]

"Oh?" Seeing the amount of points in his panel which increased by 500 points compared to yesterday, Ren Qingquan smiles blissfully. 'Gaining money while sleeping is the best!'

'Now then, let's give more people with subsystems and harvest more points. The more the merrier!' That idea is exactly the same as I had. Of course I need to warn him about something, especially with how thoughtless Ren Qingquan usually is.

[Host, System recommends you to look for subsystem hosts from outside the sect. If too many subsystem hosts are gathered around the Pure Wave Sect, there might be some clue left behind. Cleaning the mess at that time will be extremely tiring, especially if you somehow got pinpointed as the one spreading those subsystems.]

I actually used a small psychological manipulation technique here. Since he reached the Golden Core stage with the Immortal Body Tempering, I feel Ren Qingquan is getting more and more lazy. So just in case, I added the word 'will be extremely tiring' on the message I sent previously.

Ren Qingquan nodded upon reading my advice. 'Well, what the System said is true. Just Ren Qingchen alone is already extremely scary, I can't imagine how sly those thousands of years old living fossils are.'

[Indeed, host. A cunning rabbit won't eat the grass by its own burrow. Also as this plan is still in trial and error phase, System recommends you to limit the amount of subsystem hosts to around 5. So if there are any bugs that may accidentally divulge important information, you can repair it without much repercussions.]

Frowning, Ren Qingquan thought for a moment before replying. 'Do you mean a bug like the list of items sold in Ren Qingchen's shop, that revealed your ability to detect his surroundings?'

[Yes.]

Shrugging, Ren Qingquan finally rose from his bed. 'Well, fair enough. But that means I need to travel around to look for suitable people, which is a pain in the ass. To be honest, I truly don't wanna go...'

Ren Qingquan then went to take a bath while I focused my attention on Ren Qingchen. Or what? You want me to peek at him as he bathes?

During the twenty minutes Ren Qingquan spent to view my edited footage, Ren Qingchen had already finished gathering his loot and cleaning all traces of the fight.

Currently, he is continuing his work with gusto. After I watched him collecting herbs and slaying beasts for several minutes, Ren Qingquan finally finished bathing.

Punching his hand to the air, I heard him say some internal pep talk to cheer himself. 'Alright, let's go and search for suitable subsystem hosts to make them work for me. No pain no gain!'

Bringing the token used to open his cave abode, he controlled the formation to open before quickly running while following my map to reach the sect's exit.

Midway, Ren Qingquan 'coincidentally' met Elder Fengyun. Still with a gentle smile plastered on his face, he asked Ren Qingquan a question. "Junior brother, may I ask where you are going?"

Why do I say 'coincidentally'? Well, that is because Elder Fengyun has been waiting nearby for a long time.

Of course this Elder Fengyun is not the one I met before, and only a clone or something similar that has been left behind to observe Ren Qingquan. There are two telltale signs that give away his identity as a clone. First, this clone contains a much lower energy compared to the Elder Fengyun we met before. Second, the scene seen from the subsystem I attached to elder Fengyun is not Ren Qingquan's surroundings.

Currently, the original Elder Fengyun is staying in his office while staring at an eight sided trigrams that show what his clone is seeing. As what he does seems important, I left some of my attention to him before refocusing on Ren Qingquan.

"Greetings, senior brother Fengyun." cupping his hands, he answered Elder Fengyun's question with half truth and half lies. "Junior is thinking of leaving the sect to travel around the world and search for fortuitous encounters. After all, I just recently arrived at the cultivation world and don't have much common knowledge "

Nodding his head, Elder Fengyun replied. "Well, it is good to have the will to learn. We, as cultivators, must have extensive knowledge. After all, knowledge is one of the means for us to pursue the Dao."

Hearing Elder Fengyun' word, Ren Qingquan just nodded.

"It seems, you are already getting impatient to start your adventure, so I won't take your time any further." After saying that, Elder Fengyun's clone waved to Ren Qingquan. "Also, good luck. May the heavens bless your journey."

Once his clone left, the [Scan] I placed on Elder Fengyun's main body saw him rub his chin with a thoughtful look.

"Should I send someone to follow him or not? If he knows someone is following him, the sect is in danger of getting on his nerves. But if we don't, I am afraid he might offend some powerful cultivators and involve the sect." Next I saw him sigh while playing with an ornate jade seal on his hand. "Well, whatever. Let's leave this mess to the Sect Master. This thing is beyond my pay grade."

Sending some of his spirit qi toward that Jade seal, Sect Master's sound comes from it. "What's wrong, Fengyun?"

Once he heard the Sect Master's voice, Elder Fengyun then told Ren Qingquan's plan to travel and search for a fortuitous encounter. "Alright, leave it to me."

When I heard Elder Fengyun's conversation, I started to get a headache. It seems after Ren Qingquan's massive luck is known, leaving the sect without being followed will be a bit difficult.

Switching my view to the subsystem attached to Sect Master, I saw him talking with seven other people while surrounding the Heavenly Sight Mirror that is covered with table clothes. On top of it, there are many mahjong tiles scattered around.

"Ren Qingquan is leaving the sect to search for fortuitous encounters." The word that came out from Sect Master's mouth directly silenced the surrounding people.

Soon, a woman with a runic dress screamed. "Damn, let me take a break! We just had a meeting talking about him yesterday! Why must he decide to travel around immediately? Can't he just stay at a place silently."

This time, a middle aged man with sideburns spoke with his charming voice. "Don't get too hard on him. Do you all remember the other child of luck that came with Ren Qingquan before?"

Eldee Gu's superior, the guy with a serious eyebags problem replied. "Yeah, pretty sure he is also called Ren something and both come from the lower realm."

"His name is Ren Qingchen." Then, the middle aged man continued. "That boy went under my disciple's tutelage and hasn't caused any problem even after leaving the sect to train at a mountain for several days. Well, at least I haven't heard about any problems."

Hearing the middle aged man's words, an old man called Seven Sequence Talisman replied with a frown."That is because his luck is lower than Ren Qingquan! With the insane amount of luck Ren Qingquan has, I won't get shocked if he suddenly angers an Immortal Ascension stage cultivator who casually sent a palm to flatten our sect! For information, I am pretty sure the child of luck that charmed my master has a lower amount of luck than Ren Qingquan."

Eh? I am a bit surprised at the sudden mention of a familiar name. Are they talking about Ren Qingchen? Also, It seems their fear of child of luck is a lot worse than what I initially thought.

At this time Sect Master stopped their chatter. "You guys know how disastrous a child of luck with that much luck wandering around is. So, I suggest using the Heavenly Sight Mirror to observe him. At least if he indeed somehow offends an expert, we will have time to prepare our leftover trump card and escape."

Seeing Sect Master's serious expression, the other seven nodded their heads and gave their agreement. ""I concur.""

"Then, we will take turns to power the mirror. As I am the one who suggested it, I will do it first." Sect Master then proceeded to wave his hand and caused the mahjong tiles to float and entered a wooden box. Pulling the now empty table clothes, he folded it before placing his hand on the mirror while inputting some spirit qi.

Suddenly thinking of something, Sect Master pointed at the middle aged man with sideburns. "Junior brother, I think you need to enter secluded meditation and check on your mental state, your words just now make me a bit concerned. You might've unknowingly been affected by luck and have your intelligence lowered."

When I heard Sect Master's words, I have mixed feelings of being a bit dumbfounded, some respect, coupled with dreadfulness. Those guys actually know about the intelligence lowering aura some novel MC usually have.

As for the dreadful feeling, it comes from my fear of being affected by that intelligence lowering aura. It seems I also need to do some checks on my mental state occasionally.

Dispersing those useless thoughts, I gathered my composure and returned to the most important topic right now.

Because what Ren Qingquan was going to do must not enter anyone's sight, I decided to make some preparations before leaving the sect. Writing some word on the screen, I sent a message for him to switch direction and visit a place first.

[Host, System suggests you visit the sect library first and create a suitable stealth technique before leaving the sect. Elder Fengyun has told the sect's higher-ups about your plan to travel around, and it seems they are extremely concerned about people with massive luck like you. Just now, System saw them trying to observe you using their Mirror.]

'What the hell!' Hearing my advice, Ren Qingquan can only sigh while feeling a bit speechless. 'So, you mean I need to find a stealth technique to hide from their observation?'

[Yes. If possible, System also recommends the host to learn movement techniques. Who knows, there might be a limit to that weapon's range.]

'Alright.' Nodding his head, Ren Qingquan said 'Then system, open the map and mark the library's location.'

Thanks to the sect's guide book Ren Qingquan previously got, I know the approximate location of that library. Placing a book shaped symbol at the border of the system map, I told him to follow it.