"Shit, bro, we've gone a little too far this time, haven't we?"
"Big trouble. Prince Seven, this moron seems to be dead!"
"His limbs are all stiff, Prince Seven, Third-born, what should we do? He might be a moron, but his father is our Great Yan Empire's Grand Duke!"
"Hmph, dead is dead. A mentally-challenged ten year old who can't speak is all he is. What of the Grand Duke? His rank was bestowed by the Great Yan Emperor. Does he dare to take revenge on me, the son of the Great Yan Emperor?"
"Prince Seven is right. If the Grand Duke dares to pick a fight, it's tantamount to treason. At that time, not only the moron, but his clansmen will also be executed. He won't be that stupid!"
"Let's go, let's go, Mr. Zhou hates late students the most. Let's hurry to the academy!"
.....
The whispers came from all directions, followed by the sound of several people walking away.
"Uh...."
Jun Buyu slowly opened his eyes, staring blankly at everything in front of him, then feeling his limbs and body becoming stiff.
After a few breaths, Jun Buyu finally realized his predicament.
"Did I just time-travel?"
"Did I just freez to death right after time-traveling?"
"Oh, God, are you kidding me?"
The roars came from Jun Buyu's mind, but he couldn't open his mouth because his body was frozen.
The culprits behind all of this were precisely the young folks he had seen commenting brazenly beside his [corpse] earlier!
The Seventh Prince of the Great Flame Dynasty!
The third young master from the Peacekeeper Marquis' Residence!
The son of the Great Solar Army's general!
As well as a few weaker followers.
As for the original owner of this body, he was the only son of the National Guardian Marquis, hailing from a respectable lineage in the Great Flame Dynasty.
Unfortunately, he had been born mentally challenged, and at the age of ten, he still couldn't speak!
"You're quite pitiable you know, being cornered by those fellows and forced to endure a night alone in these frigid conditions. The temperature is likely below-zero now. How could a ten-year-old endure this?"
Jun Buyu sighed silently. In his previous life, he was a common white-collar employee burning the midnight oil.
Who would have thought that he would've traversed to the fantasy world depicted in one of the novels he read in his spare time to kill the boredom?
However...
"It seems like I'm going to die soon. Unlike the strong warriors of this world who can fly through the sky, pluck the stars, and catch the moon, I'm fated to become a frigid corpse under the capital city.
Jun Buyu thought to himself, feeling the extreme cold creeping up on him. Incapable of even uttering a cry for help, he could only opt to slowly close his eyes, waiting for death's arrival.
Yet at this very moment!
"Ding~ Host life force detected to be on the verge of depletion. Activating Divine Check-In System!"
"Ding~ Reward for the host's first random check-in! The check-in location is the royal city of the Great Yan Dynasty..."
"Ding~ Congratulations to the host on a successful check-in, obtaining the [Undying Holy Body]!"
A string of mechanical and indifferent voices echoes in Jun Buyu's ears, sending a chill down his spine. He quickly opens his eyes and looks towards the corner covered by the afterglow of his vision.
However, there was no one in sight!
Before Jun Buyu could continue searching for the source of the voice, it resumed.
"Ding~ The host's life force is detected to be continuously dissipating. The blood inside the host's body can be refined into a drop of Immortal Holy Blood to restore the life force to its peak condition. Do you choose to refine the Immortal Holy Blood?"
This time, Jun Buyu heard it clearly.
The voice seems to come from inside his own brain!
"Could this be the unique golden finger, the divine check-in system, just like the protagonists in those novels?"
Jun Buyu couldn't help thinking, the thoughts that had resigned before, instantly became excited.
Without any hesitation, he conveyed a thought in his mind.
"Quick! Help me refine the Immortal Holy Blood!"
He had no choice, if he didn't return to his normal state, Jun Buyu felt like he was going to die for real.
After all, this was just the body of a ten-year-old child. Despite being in a world with a cultivation system, the prince of the nation's marquis was foolish from childhood. Even if the marquis himself imparted to him the art of martial arts cultivation, he made no progress at all. Therefore, up till now, he had no martial arts cultivation, causing public behind-the-scenes talks that the marquis's lineage was about to end, with no one to succeed him.
With the accumulation over ten years, even many common people in the royal city gradually lost some respect for Jun Buyu, the prince of the nation's marquis.
Otherwise, relying on the Duke of ZhenGuo's prestige in the Dayan Dynasty, even the Seventh Prince would not dare to insult Jun Buyu like this.
The old Jun Buyu died in the cold wind of last night.
Now that he had traversed into this body, he was going to live a different life!
"Ding~The host has accepted the order. The Undying Holy Blood is being transformed!"
"Ding~The host's body's qi and blood are low. Condensing the Undying Holy Blood requires the host's full qi and blood. This will cause the host's internal organs to lose vitality. Considering this is the host's first time activating the Divine Grade Check-in System, the host gets their first full recovery as a reward! Afterwards, every time the host condenses the Undying Holy Blood, they must devour enough qi and blood to proceed."
With the sound of the system, Jun Buyu first felt a profound emptiness within his body, as if all his strength had been drained. Immediately after, an immense amount of energy surged into his body, replenishing what was lost, making him once again feel fulfilled.
However, Jun Buyu hadn't recovered to a normal state. He knew this was the 'full revival' the system had mentioned. The reason was his body's extremely low qi and blood, or the fact that he hadn't begun practicing martial arts yet. If he were to concentrate the Undying Holy Blood, his body would die. Even if the Undying Holy Blood could restore him to his peak state, Jun Buyu's organs would already be dead, and he wouldn't survive for more than a few days.
"Martial arts..... Since I've crossed into such a world and awakened such an awesome golden finger, if I don't become a martial arts expert, I might as well give my brain to someone else!"
This was what Jun Buyu silently concluded, setting a small goal for himself - to step into martial arts training!
"Ding~ Undying Holy Blood has been successfully condensed. Host, do you choose to absorb?"
About three or four minutes later, the system's mechanical prompt once again echo in Jun Buyu's mind.
Suddenly, Jun Buyu saw a drop of dark purple blood, lying on his sternum like a piece of agate, magnificent and profound, emitting wave after wave of powerful energy fluctuations.
"Is this the Undying Holy Blood?"
Jun Buyu was astounded, and without hesitation, he replied, 'yes'.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
The next moment, a strong heartbeat echoed from Jun Buyu's chest.
A warm breath, like a sun rising in the cold morning, spread from Jun Buyu's sternum to his limbs and bones, melting the stiffness in his frozen state and gradually rejuvenating his body.
"Ding! The host's first sign-in is complete. The next sign-in can be a year later, or when the host reaches a random location... the random location is selected... selection completed. The random sign-in location is: Dayan Dynasty Sacred Academy!"