Da Qian Dynasty, Hong Feng City.
The sun was already shining bright in the morning.
Outside the huge gates of the bustling city, there were men and women, with horse carriages and carts filled with goods waiting to get in.
Lin Xuan Qi was one of them.
Unlike them, he didn't have much on him.
He only had a bundle with his clothes, some documents and copper coins inside it.
Lin Xuan Qi wiped his forehead, looked up and marveled at the tall walls of the city that were carved with scriptures on them.
It was nothing like what he had seen before.
Lin Xuan Qi wasn't from Da Qian Dynasty.
He was a university student from Earth, and just when he graduated and thought his life was about to start, he transmigrated to Da Qian Dynasty.
The young man with the same name he transmigrated to was an orphan. Barely able to survive on his own.
Which was why he was here in Hong Feng City.
Lin Xuan Qi awakened a Clan Prosperity System, and he was here in Hong Feng City to inherit the mansion allocated by it.
If he was able to complete the task, he would get ten taels of silver as the reward. Which would change his life for the better.
Also, there were rewards for him if he recruited people into his clan. A daily delivery of five kilograms of rice.
He certainly wouldn't mind if he could build up his Lin Clan, as what the system's name suggests.
Lin Xuan Qi was alone in this world, and having a clan would ground him and let him have a legacy of his own.
"Next!" The soldier at the checkpoint of the gate shouted at him, disrupting his thoughts.
Lin Xuan Qi quickly went over, and the soldier asked him a few questions.
"Why are you here? Where are your documents?" The soldier asked in a menacing voice.
Boom!
The soldier was disrupted by a loud boom and everyone stopped what they were doing and looked up.
Lin Xuan Qi saw an old man engulfed in an amber glow flying across the sky.
His eyes followed the old man closely with envy.
If only I could do that, he thought.
Lin Xuan Qi knew that Da Qian was a world with cultivators and even evil beasts, but it was still stunning to witness it in person.
"Stop looking. The immortals are doing their duty to protect the city," the soldier shouted.
He stretched out his hand and waited for Lin Xuan Qi.
"I'm here to move into my property."
Lin Xuan Qi took out the documents for the ownership of the mansion from the system and handed them over to the soldier.
The soldier reread the documents three times just to be sure as Lin Xuan Qi wasn't dressed like a young master.
After ensuring the documents were valid, the soldier let Lin Xuan Qi through the gates.
Inside the gates of the city, it was even more vibrant and bustling.
"Noodles! Tasty noodles!"
"Hairpin, necklace for the ladies!"
"Pots and bowls."
Merchants shouted behind their makeshift stalls lined on the side of the streets.
Men and women streamed through the streets, occasionally giving way to horse carriages as the sound of the horses galloping came nearer.
The aroma from food of the street vendors reminded Lin Xuan Qi of his hunger.
He walked over to a plump man who was lifting the cover off the bamboo steamer.
"Morning, feel free to have a look. These freshly made meat buns are cheap and delicious for one copper coin each," the plump man said to Lin Xuan Qi.
"Give me two meat buns," Lin Xuan Qi said.
He dug into his bundle that he carried and took out two copper coins.
The plump man bowed and took his money.
As the plump man proceeded to pick up two meat buns from the bamboo steamer, Lin Xuan Qi asked the plump man, "Do you know where the Lin mansion is?"
The plump man paused for a moment, looked at Lin Xuan Qi with a concerned look and said, "Go straight till the end of the street, make a left turn and you will see it.
"The Lin Mansion has been deserted for quite some time, I'm afraid you wouldn't find anyone there."
"Thanks for your concern, I will be fine," Lin Xuan Qi replied.
The plump man thought Lin Xuan Qi was preparing to stay in the mansion illegally, he pulled him close and whispered, "Don't you think of staying there, it's rumored to be haunted."
Lin Xuan Qi nodded and didn't think too much about it.
Haunted or not, he wasn't going to give up on the reward.
He bid the plump man farewell and walked in the direction of the mansion.
Finally, when he got to the end of the street and made a left turn, he saw the Lin Mansion.
The Lin Mansion was relatively huge.
Its wall stretched as long as five hundred meters.
Whereas the walls of the other mansions nearby only stretched around a hundred meters.
Lin Xuan Qi got closer to the Lin Mansion and had a better view from close distance.
It looked just as impressive with the towering presence of the three-story main building.
Creak.
The heavy wooden gates creaked as they were opened by Lin Xuan Qi.
Inside the gates, the main building of the mansion was surprisingly still looking new, the only things that were off were cobwebs in some corners and dust that had settled on the furniture.
He marveled at the building, thinking how much it would have cost him if it was on Earth.
But now, right in front of him, everything belonged to him.
Lin Xuan Qi could picture himself spending the rest of his life in this place.
As he basked in the excitement, a familiar sound erupted in his mind.
[Ding!]
[Congratulations to host for accomplishing first task.]
[10 taels of silver delivered to host.]
[Bonus: These 10 taels of silver can't be taken away by anyone unless host spends them.]
[Bonus: Host is undefeatable in the mansion's compound.]
[Keep up the good work and complete other tasks.]
[System shall be upgraded when it's done.]
Lin Xuan Qi read the information that had appeared in his mind, and he immediately felt the bundle that he was carrying get heavy in an instant.
He quickly took down the bundle from his back and opened it.
And there they were, ten sparkling taels of silver that gleamed under the bright sun.
He was overjoyed.
Ten taels of silver can last a family of five for more than a year.
However, it wasn't enough for him to rest on his laurels.
With such a big mansion to upkeep, he knew he had to find a way to have a stable income soon.
Lin Xuan Qi glanced up at the huge and empty mansion and said, "Next, time to hire the servants."