40: The Opportunity System

Original or Fanfiction

In a cultivation world, it is said that the only things truly needed to advance are talent, resources, and, above all, opportunity. After all, without opportunity, talent goes nowhere, and resources do nothing.

Enter Brother Xiao, a young man of middling talent in a low-level sect in the middle of nowhere. Yes, he is mostly safe, but very little in the way of opportunity or resources come to this backwater. Until the day he gets hit by a piece of Meteoric Iron from out of a clear sky.

This is no ordinary Meteoric Iron, however! No, this is the Body of the Opportunity System, an experiment from a beyond-divine being that he accidentally dropped. It was pure luck that it hit Xiao, even greater luck that it hit his dantian perfectly, and a damned miracle that it fused with his dantian instead of crippling his cultivation.

This system is a bit different from others, though. Every bit of growth is up to the user! All the system does is use its knowledge and resources (a whole multiverse exists inside it) to guide its user to cultivate. How?

*Ding* Daily Opportunity is open! Complete the Challenge (Swim for Ten Miles at one go!) to comprehend .05% of the Dao of Water!

*Ding* Daily Opportunity is open! Complete the Challenge (Draw Your Sword 10,000 Times in a Row) to comprehend .05% of the Dao of the Sword!

*Ding* Daily Opportunity is open! Complete the Challenge (Read Every Book in the Sect on Alchemy in one go) to comprehend .05% of the Dao of Alchemy!

*Ding* Daily Opportunity is open! Complete the Challenge of (Complete the Monstrous Exercise Routine) to achieve .05% of Basic Body Tempering!

*Ding* Daily Opportunity is open! Complete the Challenge (Cultivate for 3 Hours Straight) to Receive 1 Basic Cultivation Resource!

*Weekly Opportunity Reminder* Achieve a High Success Rating in Daily Challenges to Receive 1 Intermediate Cultivation Resource!

*Weekly Opportunity Reminder* Complete the Weekly Challenge (Reach 1% Comprehension of the Surrounding Area) to Receive 1 Basic Cultivation Treasure!

*Weekly Opportunity Reminder* Complete both Weekly Opportunities to Receive a 10% Minor Realm Cultivation Boost!

*Monthly Challenge Reminder* Push Beyond the Limits of both Daily and Weekly Opportunities to Receive one High Yellow Cultivation or Martial Technique!

*Yearly Challenge Reminder* Achieve Twelve monthly Opportunities and Twenty Wild Opportunities to Receive one High-Grade Cultivation Resource!

*DING* A Wild Opportunity has appeared! Beat the Stronger Than You Spirit Beast to win rewards! 100% Chance at Pill Ingredients, 25% Chance of A Low-Level Pill, 1% Chance at Spirit Beast Core, and .01% Chance at a Spirit Beast Egg!

Each challenge was technically above his level, some even WAY above, but through perseverance, he soon learned that the average cultivator had NO idea what each level could actually do! Watch as he takes every opportunity to make his way to the top!