Uchiha En returned home, lay directly on his bed, slowly closed his eyes, and turned the dial in his mind.
His vision shifted, the dial disappeared, and countless light points scattered in all directions, coalescing into new text.
"You have logged into the Cuiwei Realm."
"Cuiwei Realm? A brand new world?" Uchiha En instantly became interested.
"The Cuiwei Realm has eight continents. You were born on the Yellow Wind Continent in the southeast."
"The Yellow Wind Continent is vast and composed of hundreds of small countries. You are a princess of one of these small countries."
"Wait! Why a princess? Shouldn't it be a prince?" Uchiha En complained.
But clearly, the text game paid no attention to him and silently continued to advance the plot.
"Your royal father and mother loved you very much, and you grew up safe and happy."
"Today is your 16th birthday, and a grand banquet is being held in the imperial palace."
"Your royal father was assassinated at the banquet, and your brothers fought fiercely for the throne."
"Neighboring countries took advantage of the chaos, your country was destroyed, and you were captured."
"You became a trophy and were bestowed upon a meritorious general."
"The general sent you to the Jiaofang Division, where you learned the techniques of serving men."
"Three months later, the general brought you back, dressed you in splendid attire, and presented you to a young master."
"You became the young master's maid."
"One day, you discovered that the young master was actually a legendary Immortal Cultivator."
"You began to secretly observe the young master's cultivation."
"One day, halfway through his cultivation, something unknown happened to the young master. Suddenly, blood gushed from his seven orifices, his body convulsed, and he died."
"Suppressing your fear, you took a ring from the young master's hand, which he had always worn. Through days of observation, you knew that all of the young master's treasures were stored in this ring."
"You escaped to a deep mountain and, imitating the young master, dripped your blood onto the ring."
"The ring opened, revealing more than a dozen crystal-clear stones, two small jade bottles, three jade slips, and some clothes, gold, and silver."
"Through experimentation, you determined that the jade slips contained the cultivation techniques of the young master."
"You began to cultivate."
"You discovered that you seemed to be a genius in immortal cultivation, learning things exceptionally fast. In just three days, you had achieved getting Started."
"Two months later, you broke through to Qi Refining Stage One, officially becoming a cultivator."
"Ten years later, you established your foundation."
"You flew back to your country."
"Originally, you thought that with Foundation Establishment Stage, you could sweep through these mortal armies and reclaim your country, but you overestimated yourself. Although mortals do not cultivate immortals, they also have powerful martial artists.
"You were defeated by a Grandmaster martial artist."
"Your cultivation was crippled."
"You were sent back to the Jiaofang Division."
"Unable to endure the humiliation, you chose to commit suicide."
"Game over!"
"Obtained attribute points x5, Storage Ring x1."
After this text game ended, Uchiha En was immensely grateful that it was just a text game.
Otherwise, he would have had to truly experience the misfortunes of that unlucky princess in the text game.
However, putting aside these tragic experiences, the rewards for this game seemed quite good.
Thinking of this, Uchiha En claimed the reward, and a hazy gray ring appeared in his hand.
The style of this ring looked very simple, at first glance, it was like an ordinary small iron ring, and one that had been left for a long time.
Uchiha En was very satisfied with the appearance of the Storage Ring. Such an inconspicuous little thing probably wouldn't attract anyone's attention, right?
Uchiha En, imitating the unlucky princess in the text game, performed a blood-bond recognition.
The ring was thus opened.
The internal space was estimated to be 2 meters in length, width, and height, which is 8 cubic meters.
There was nothing in the space.
Uchiha En then transferred everything from the sealing scroll into the Storage Ring.
Afterward, Uchiha En tried it out and found that it was significantly more convenient to retrieve items from the Storage Ring than from the sealing scroll.
With just a thought, items from the ring would appear in his hand.
After playing with the Storage Ring for a while, Uchiha En added the 5 points he had just received to his Chakra.
Now Uchiha En's panel looked like this:
Chakra Amount: 49
Physique: 30
Dōjutsu Power: 70
Vitality: 7
Nature Affinity: 3
Level: lv12 (19/20)
Attribute Points: 0
The next day, Uchiha En went to the Ninja Academy as usual.
Today's lesson was a theoretical class, with the teacher explaining the placement and disarming of traps.
This course was quite crucial; there were countless traps on the battlefield, and having some knowledge of them could somewhat increase one's survival rate on the battlefield.
However, to Uchiha En's surprise, halfway through the class, an Anbu suddenly arrived at the classroom, informing the teacher that a temporary sparring match would be held between Class 1 and Class 2, and Hokage-sama would personally observe it.
Before the teacher could speak, the students below erupted in excitement.
These children, indoctrinated by the Will of Fire, became as excited as if they had been injected with stimulants when they heard they would meet the Third Hokage.
To avoid appearing out of place, Uchiha En also put on an excited expression.
"Stop chattering! Everyone, go to the training ground and prepare now."
At the teacher's command, the students rushed to the training ground, vying for the lead. On the way, they also encountered the students from Class 1 who were similarly heading to the training ground.
This was Uchiha En's first time seeing the pillar Ninja of Konoha in the early parts of the original work.
Asuma Sarutobi, the son of the Third Hokage; Kurenai Yuhi, the daughter of Konoha's Genjutsu Master Shinku Yuhi; Ebisu, the future tutor of the Third Hokage; Shiranui Genma, the bodyguard of the Fourth and Fifth Hokage; Ibiki Morino, the captain of Konoha's Torture and Interrogation Force; Might Guy, Konoha's Blue Beast, recognized by Uchiha Madara as the strongest Taijutsu Ninja; as well as Uchiha Obito and Rin Nohara, the future disciples of the Fourth Hokage.
Tsunade's disciple, Shizune, was nowhere to be seen. At this time, Tsunade had already left Konoha, and Shizune should have left with Tsunade.
Just as Uchiha En was observing these people, cheers suddenly erupted from the crowd. He looked up and indeed, the Third Hokage had arrived.
This was Uchiha En's first time seeing the Third Hokage, with only a dozen meters separating them.
Uchiha En looked at the Third Hokage before him, dressed in a white Hokage robe, with a red Ninja uniform underneath, and wearing the Hokage hat, feigning the same admiration as the other students.
Unlike the Third Hokage in the original work, who was already elderly when he first appeared.
The current Third Hokage was only in his early 50s, in his prime.