Transmigrated Scoundrel's Exchange System-Chapter 87: Letters From The Family
To Han Cai, the blood contract sounded demonic. Han Cai liked to represent himself as pure-hearted person.
As a pure person, he liked pure-sounding techniques and methods. In general, most of the techniques or methods related to blood were considered demonic in this world.
Han Cai asked the system if there was any better version and cheaper contract method like a blood contract but not cheap and demonic sounding like a blood contract or beast slave mark so he could have a clear conscious while making someone his slave.
The final option system gave him was something called a soul contract. This contract was a bit more expensive, but it directly binds the soul of the person to your soul. To Han Cai, it sounded a bit more classy compared to the beast slave mark and blood contract.
Soul contracts already exist in this world. It was not accessible in the northern region but was mostly used in central regions.
There was one problem with the soul contract it would burden the soul of the person who is initiating the contract. One or two were fine, but if they wanted to have a soul contract with many, then their soul would suffer unless they cultivated their soul and increased its strength.
If Han Cai signed a soul contract with Yongnian, then in the future, he might not be able to contract more subordinates through a soul contract unless he reached a nascent soul.
It was not that Han Cai planned to sign many soul contracts, but he was not ready to burden his soul.
This was unnecessary since he had the ultimate cheat.
Han Cai decided to use an improved version of the soul contract.
It was similar to a soul contract, but it worked through the system. System enslaved-cough-contracted and controlled the souls of the people. Since they were binded with the system not his soul there would not be any burden on him. The only difference was instead of controlling or killing them directly, Han Cai had to use the system to control or kill them.
Han Cai asked the system to name this contract as a "subordinate contract." How could a pure and innocent-hearted person like Han Cai could use a demonic word such as "slave"?
Contracting through the system had more advantages. Han Cai could use the system to improve their cultivation or stats too.
The contract was not cheap but neither expensive. Its cost was around Han Cai's month's allowance.
The contract had only one rule: the person had to sign it with free will. It meant you could not beat the shit out of them and Force them to sign the contract with you. You could actually do that, but if there was any resistance, then the contract would not work. They had to accept the contract wholeheartedly.
Han Cai knew, The concept of doing it willingly, this was just an illusion of freedom as you could kidnap their parents and ask them to agree to the contract. If they agreed wholeheartedly to the contract, because they wanted to save their parents, the contract would be valid. Even though they were being blackmailed and forced here, they chose and agreed, so they did it willingly.
If you beat them and they do not agree. Then keep beating them until they decide to agree wholeheartedly and willingly to accept the contract.
But if the system finds any unwillingness from their soul, the contract will not be valid.
With Yonginan, there was another loophole. He was already a slave by beast mark. So it was very easy for Han Cai to make him agree to sign a contract with him through the system.
The process of contracting was simple. Han Cai had to ask them if they agreed to be his Subordinates. Once they agree, the system will scan them and see if the person who agrees to the contract is actually willing. If the person is willing, the system will send its energy and imprint the soul of the person, and the contract will be formed.
Han Cai also noticed a minor detail when the contract process began. The energy used by the system seemed to be a higher type of energy, better than celestial energy. Han Cai thought about asking the system about this energy, but then the old fear came crawling into his spine, telling him he shouldn't bite more than he could chew, and Han Cai immediately gave up on that idea.
Han Cai asked Yonginan if he agreed to be his subordinate, and Yonginan nodded obediently. Han Cai directed the system toward Yongnian and initiated the contract by spending 500k exchange points. The process was very quick Yongnian shivered for a second, and then everything was back to normal. Han Cai immediately felt a kind of connection built with Yongnian; he knew the contract was a success. Han Cai felt bad for Yongnian a bit. Yongnian body and soul were both his slave-cough-subordinates. What a luck this poor old man had.
Han Cai checked the system panel.
[Name: Han Cai]
[Age: 13]
[Life Span: 300 Years]
»Strength: 55
»Perception: 90
»Agility: 65
»Speed: 65
»Constitution: 75
»Intelligence: 11
»Charm: 10
»Cultivation: Qi Condensation level 4 (Celestial Ascension Technique, Soaring Sky Cultivation Technique)
»Skills: Crane Sword Style (Level 4)
»Skills: Cold Precision Sword Technique (Level 2)
»Skills: Qigong Cloud Soaring Technique (Level 1)
»Skills: Invisibility Technique (Level 2)
»Skills: element escape technique (Level 1)
[Exchange Points: 13,400(45/day)]
[Extract Exchange Points: 45,00,000 (source EARTH, WIND, SPACE, FRIGID)]
[Storage Space: Spirit Stone (100) Gold Coins (100)... ]
[Subordinate: Yongnian]
[System Update:? (Initiate System Update?)]
[Scan]
[Initiate Law of Equal Exchange?]
Han Cai saw new feature[Subordinate: Yongnian] was mentioned in the panel. When Han Cai clicked on it. It showed
[Name: Yonginan]
[Age: 45]
[Life Span: 150 Years]
»Strength: 270
»Perception: 65
»Agility: 260
»Speed: 260
»Constitution:280
»Intelligence: 2
»Charm: 5
»Cultivation: Foundation establishment level 3 (Yin Death Cultivation Technique)
»Skills: Poison body (Level 2), miasma breath (level 2), Break Step Movement technique (Level 1), Star dagger technique ….
Other Details: subordinate of Han Cai, an Expert in poison.
Now Han Cai did not have to scan Yonginan to see his stats.
Also he could use exchange points to increase his cultivation or skill levels.
After the subordinate issue was fixed, Han Cai looked at the massive amount of exchange points he had saved last ten months. If Han Cai wanted, he could update the system or get his cultivation level five Qi condensation, but Han Cai did neither. He kept saving spirit stones and earning exchange points.
Han Cai knew two years' time was too short for him to improve his cultivation, where he could do messed up missions given by dark hall without worrying about death, so Han Cai contemplated.
If or when Han Cai began the dark hall missions, he wanted to be sure that he would be safe. But dark hall missions always came with dangers. Even core condensation cultivators found it difficult. It would surely be more difficult for Han Cai, who was just at Qi condensation. To solve this problem, Han Cai needed a massive amount of exchange points to increase his cultivation to a safe level.
To solve this problem, Han Cai started doing what he felt he was an expert in, procrastinating and planning.
When he started thinking of the plan, he asked himself, What did he want to achieve?
The answer was higher cultivation and skill levels so he will not die in the dark hall mission. Han Cai knew he would not be able to wiggle his way out of the dark hall missions no matter how much he impressed the sect master or elder Dongmei.
Because in their messed up minds, he was a clean slate and a soft iron that needed molding into a sharp sword.
Next Question Han Cai asked himself how to get his cultivation and skills to a safe level where he could take dark hall missions without worrying about dying.
The answer was again obvious use his cheat to upgrade his cultivation and skills. But that required a massive amount of exchange points, and those exchange points needed a massive amount of spirit stones. With him cultivating celestial ascension technique, five hundred spirit stones were no more than peanuts.
Finally, the biggest question and problem Han Cai landed on was "How to earn a shit load of spirit stones."
Where could he earn more spirit stones? There were many options. The fastest way was robbing rich cultivators, but any cultivator who had a massive amount of spirit stones would have powerful cultivation. Even if the cultivator was not powerful and a recluse like Han Cai, where would he find rich sheep to shear so easily? He will have to go out and roam the whole continent for it.
The second option was businesses.
Han Cai could ask for his family's help, but they were not done settling down. Han Cai had received news from his master and elder Dongmei that his family was shifted to cloud mountain city and a town near the sect.
A few days after Han Cai's family moved to the town and cloud mountain city. Han Cai received a letter from his father. The letter mentioned how happy he was that his son became a cultivator. The letter also talked about how well they were treated by the sect. He mentioned in the letter then Han Cai did not need to worry about the family anymore. There were cultivators protecting the family.
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Thanks for the support and gifts. It helps the book reach out to more like-minded readers who enjoy a book where the main character does not prefer courting death unnecessarily.
One of the readers told me that Han Cai is too dependent on the system.
It is more about how you look at it. If the main character is a sword master and uses the sword to fight and carve a place for himself in the world, then will you blame him for being too dependent on the sword?
