Chapter 1: The Bloodline Family System
Dongxi Village.
Along the narrow path at the entrance of the village, Jianyi Wentian walked beneath the fading glow of dusk.
A straw hat sat upon his head, and a rough hemp vest clung lightly to his body. His trouser legs were rolled up to his calves, a hoe rested across one shoulder, and in his hand dangled two large grass carp tied together with a strand of straw.
The last rays of the setting sun stretched his shadow long across the earthen road, casting a warm bronze sheen over his skin.
"Wentian, heading home?"
Beneath the great locust tree at the village entrance sat an old man with faintly graying temples. A palm-leaf fan moved slowly in his hand as he enjoyed what little cool air the evening could offer.
When he saw Jianyi Wentian approaching, he greeted him with familiar warmth.
Then his gaze fell upon the two large fish in Wentian's hand, and the old man smiled.
"Not a bad catch today."
"Uncle Chen, cooling off here again?"
"What else can this old man do?" Uncle Chen snorted softly. "The heavens are playing tricks on us with this heat. On a day this scorching, you're probably the only one in the village who can still work under the blazing sun for so long."
Jianyi Wentian merely grinned.
He was a little over six feet tall, with a balanced and well-proportioned figure. Among the men of Dongxi Village, he was not considered especially burly. In fact, in the eyes of some, he even looked a little lean.
Yet everyone in the village knew one thing.
From childhood until now, Jianyi Wentian had never once fallen ill.
The villagers often said that he was a man blessed with good fortune, favored and protected by the heavens.
But that was not the truth.
Jianyi Wentian was a transmigrator.
And he had arrived in this world with a special gift.
He had been born into an ordinary peasant household. His father, Jianyi Ping, had once worked as a long-term hired laborer for the wealthy Xu family of Dongxi Village.
When Wentian was three years old, still ignorant of the world, his mother passed away.
When he was fifteen, his father also died, worn down by years of excessive labor.
With the wisdom and memories of his previous life, Wentian learned quickly. In matters of farming, he was exceptionally capable.
The Xu family had valued him greatly. After his father died, they had even raised his wages several times over in order to keep him.
But Jianyi Wentian still resigned from his work with the Xu family without hesitation.
He used almost all of his savings to buy ten mu of rice fields.
The villagers all said he was shortsighted.
After all, the Xu family was a famous wealthy household throughout the surrounding region. Becoming one of their long-term workers was no easy matter. Jianyi Ping had worked there his entire life, and in the beginning, Wentian had only been accepted because of his father.
Yet now, he had given up that position for nothing and handed the opportunity to someone else.
But Jianyi Wentian did not think so.
How could working for another person ever compare to working for oneself?
Besides, after keeping a low profile and quietly developing for fifteen years, he felt that the time had finally come to establish his own household.
As a transmigrator, Jianyi Wentian had been accompanied since birth by a System.
Its name was the Bloodline Family System.
At present, however, the System's family register possessed only a single page.
And on that first page, there was only one name.
His own.
To be recorded in the family register, one had to drip blood upon it. Only then would a name appear.
Jianyi Wentian had discovered this by accident when he was six years old.
Back then, the result displayed by the System had been rather miserable.
Ding!
Bloodline Family System activated.
Family Register detected.
Current registered member: Jianyi Wentian.
Jianyi Wentian: First Generation of the Jianyi Family.
Spiritual Root: Incomplete.
Talent: None.
Bloodline: None.
In other words, he had started as a true "three-nothing youth."
No complete spiritual root.
No innate talent.
No special bloodline.
Fortunately, the Bloodline Family System had later awakened three initial abilities for him.
They were [Dragon's Vitality], [Daily Divination], and [Heaven Rewards Diligence].
All three had been applied to himself.
[Dragon's Vitality] gave him abundant energy day after day, along with vigorous blood and qi.
That was why he had never suffered illness or disaster.
[Daily Divination] allowed him to ask once per day about fortune, misfortune, and the flow of luck.
Most of the results were ordinary divinations, neither auspicious nor ominous.
That was also related to Jianyi Wentian's cautious nature. He kept a low profile and never went out of his way to cause trouble.
As for [Heaven Rewards Diligence], its effect was simple.
As long as he persisted in doing something, he would eventually obtain results.
The enhancement it provided was not exaggerated, but after years of steady effort through summer heat and winter cold, it had still allowed him to surpass ordinary people by a considerable margin.
In farming, for example, he had already become an expert. Many peasants in Dongxi Village had come to seek his advice.
For common folk, fields were their very lifeblood.
Because of that, Jianyi Wentian's relationships in the village were quite good.
Apart from farming, he was also skilled in carpentry, fruit tree cultivation, medicinal herbs, and even had some ability with the bow.
Through his own efforts, Jianyi Wentian married when he was twenty.
His wife was the eldest daughter of another ordinary peasant family. Her name was Bai Jing.
She was three years younger than him. Her appearance was gentle and pretty, and her temperament was hardworking and kind.
It could be said that the two were well matched.
Six years had passed since then.
Bai Jing had given birth to two sons for him, and she was now pregnant with their third child. In another two months, it would be time for the child to be born.
"Uncle Chen, I won't chat with you any longer. I still need to go home and check on my wife."
"Go, go." Uncle Chen waved his fan and laughed. "When the child is born and the full-month banquet is held, remember to invite me for wine."
"Then you'd better remember to bring a gift."
"You really refuse to suffer even the smallest loss, don't you? Hahaha!"
Jianyi Wentian laughed and continued toward his home.
Before long, he arrived.
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