“It doesn’t even tell me how to make use of it! Do I crush it, store it in my dantian or just
read it? Ugh!”
Just as he said that, an option appeared. “Use?” However, when Chen Yi mentally
pressed it, a line of text under it appeared. “Cost: 50 points”.
Without a moment of hesitation, he pressed yes.
Jolts of pain coursed through Chen Yi’s body, nearly making him faint. However, he
endured the agony in anticipation of the reward he would obtain.
After a few minutes, the pain ceased and knowledge on a new skill began to flow into
his brain. Knowledge on how to use it, its advantages and disadvantages and on how to
make it more powerful.
Just as the pain ebbed, he exclaimed half sarcastically,while in a state of joy,”This skill
is staggeringly powerful ,and all I had to do to obtain it was to sit behind a boulder, while
watching my clan members get slaughtered and massacred!”
The power that made him cry out loud was the power to copy and use the power of
anyone or anything he had ever met, it was called mimicry. However, it had its
downsides as well, as Chen Yi discovered. The skill itself could only replicate skills that
could be utilised at an efficiency of 70% and could only be used once every two days. It
also stated that if the power was forcefully generated, a backlash would be issued,
weakening him, the user for a day.
He thought it over and collected his thoughts,saying to himself , “But why does it say
that only a part of it has been unlocked ?” As he thought it over, he realised how
phenominal the skill must have been, to be able to allow the user to copy the skills of
others, even with a portion of the ability and skill given to the user. It helped further his
imagination towards what was achievable as it was something people had not been
capable of doing in his previous body.
As he was on his way to his father’s abode to ask of the losses and gains of the battle,
he overheard his brother talking to someone in his room. Feeling ever curious, a want to
eavesdrop washed over him.As he trotted over to the door with his ear pressed on the
door, he tried to listen to the conversation discreetly, but it was a vain attempt.
Suddenly, another voice began to talk and responded.His brother’s fiance! She asked,

“Who are you going to assassinate?And who will do it?” He responded, “as for who will
do the job, no one can do a better job than one's self. The one we will have to mourn for
is the future chief of the Chen sect, my brother”
As Chen Yi heard these words, his heart sank. It beated once, twice, thrice. Then he
started thinking, “There is no way this is happening, I must be imagining it right??? No
way my brother would kill me right?” he anxiously thought, panicking. His brother said,
“let's go, my father, your father-in-law is waiting for us.” I took off running, my heart
pounding faster than it ever had pounded before. I ran till I reached the place wherein
the clan leader resided.
As he entered my father’s mansion, he saw his father perched over a desk that had the
map of the surrounding regions and the factions that controlled them etched on it. He
entered to also see that he was speaking to one of his chief advisors.They were
conversing about many matters, including rebuilding the clan, and ways to retaliate to
regain face lost from the past skirmishes with the enemy. Then the clan leader saw him.
“Come here! According to our sect rules, the eldest son of the patriarch becomes
patriarch and that means that you are next in line.
We cannot have such a weakling as this sect’s leader, for otherwise, how would our
great clan survive in the future? Our ancestors’ effort would go to waste and we cannot
allow that. I shall send you into a secret realm tomorrow in which you will try to improve
your cultivation realm. It should increase your capability and abilities by two fold. The
first level of cultivation is a martial arts master, which you have already achieved.
You have to achieve the bronze body which is the beginning of your path to true
cultivation.Achieving this milestone will improve your constitution such that you will
become much stronger than you ever were before, right now you are just getting
started. You will soon grow into an improved version of yourself, it will be as if the gods
have smiled down upon you and given you power and their blessings.You will feel more
energized, you will have improved your cognitive abilities, imagine the possibilities.
Imagine yourself in ten years from now!”
Chen Yi started to imagine himself in the future, he thought to himself, “I could get used
to that uncountable wealth including jewels, gold and more but let's not forget about the
most important thing, I would have power comparable to a god, no I could become a
god myself” he fantasized, afterwhich, he told his father, “Oh dear father, that would be
the most magnificent experience , I will do as you say and will cultivate for the sake of
the sect.”
“Very well, now go see if your brother is on his way here, it is also his duty to come see
me regarding the sect.”

“Yes father, I will go check on him,” he said. As Chen Yi walked out, he thought to
himself, “This is dangerous! I know my little brother wants to kill me, but how do I avoid
getting rid of this problem?”As Chen Yi was thinking he had passed his brother Chen
Wei, whom he did not notice until his brother called out,” Brother! Brother! Where are
you going?Why are you in a rush?”
Chen Yi responded, I was on my way to fetch you,and bring you over to father’s room
for the meeting. Chen Wei responded perfunctorily, “Thank you for coming to get us.I
was just about to go when I saw a broken vase outside our room and we had to call
someone to clean it up. You don’t happen to know anything about it, do you?” asked
Chen Wei. Chen Yi thought, “Trying to pry my mouth open , huh? Well I just have to
play dumb. Your accomplice, and your fiancee, is gone from the room, but I do know
about her part.” Chen Yi convincingly responded,”I am sorry but I do not know anything
about this matter but if you would like me to investigate I would be happy to help.”
Chen Wei told Chen Yi, don't worry, I will take care of my situation, but thank you dear
brother for offering to help me out.
He responded, “you are very welcome, after all we are brothers who grew up together.
It's only natural to help each other out.”
As he headed out to his home, Chen Wei started to lag behind. Just as he did that, he
used his new skill to borrow the ability to be able to listen like an owl. He listened in
while Chen Wei mumbled to himself. Chen Yi heard Chen Wei mutter, “what if he
knows, what if it was him? But let's be honest even if he did, there is no way he could
prevent what's imminent. I have got a lot of people backing me up, I have even got the
support of people high up in the clan to use as my trump card. Let's not worry about it
and instead enjoy what's going to unfold.”
As he left his brother behind, he had resolved to stop at nothing to save the clan, for they
had given him a reason to live again. He owed a lot to the clan, the patriarch and
especially his ring, that had given him another chance to live. Because had thrown away
his first life, he decided that he would not waste time but would instead save and take
care of those around him, because god had given him a new chance of life, so he
thought he might as well take it!
In the last few seconds of his newfound ability, Chen Yi heard, "We cannot leave
anything to chance, accelerate the development of the plan" from his nefarious brother.
He simply smiled and said under his breath, “I will make sure you will get what you
deserve, you will pay for this betrayal!"