BTTH: Template System

"Xiao Yan, Dou Zhi Qi (Dou/Battle Disciple), 3rd Stage! Rank: Low!"

The examiner announces the test results of Xiao Yan the young master of the Xiao family, he looks at the expression of the youngster with somewhat amused expression. To his disappointment, a young man stood there calmly with a somewhat cold look on his face. He clenched his fist in frustration ignoring his body's pained scream because of the bleeding.

Even though the examiner kept his inner mockery from showing on his face too much audience below didn't hold back their mockery.

"3rd stage? Hmmhmm, I see. This is the difference between 'genius trash' and normal trash. He isn't just stuck at his current stage but even cultivates backward."

"Ai, this piece of trash really disgraced his entire clan."

"If his father wasn't the clan leader, this kind of trash would already have been kicked out of the clan. Nobody would care about him, and there wouldn't be such a thing as leeching off the clan home."

"How could the once famous genius of Wu Tan City fall to become like this over the past few years?"

"Who knows? Maybe he did something unforgivable and now tasting the divine punishment of the gods."

He thought over the past few years he got used to the ridicule and laughter of the crowd but when they reached his ear they always felt as if piercing his heart. Causing his breath to become heavier as anger inside him burns.

He raised his head to reveal a delicate and immature face, jet black eyes does a quick search through the people of his age that ridiculed him as well. All too familiar bitterness returns to his mouth as he sees familiar faces.

'These people, were they always this cold? Or was it because three years ago they smiled humbly to congratulate me, and now they wanted to take it back?' He covered his bitterness with a smile that was as ugly as it could and silently walked back to the crowd. His lonesome figure tried its best to fit in his surroundings in the hope of the ridicule disappearing sadly which made him stand out even more.

"Next up, Xiao Ming!"

Hearing the examiner's voice, another teenage boy jumps out from the crowd landing on the stage swiftly. The moment he got on stage, the murmurings and discussions quietened down and their attention fell on the new boy.

He was about the same age as Xiao Yan, his face was still immature but followed by an eerie calm expression. His figure wasn't tall or imitating but there was certain something about him that just didn't settle up with the crowd.

He gently steps forward the Dou Qi Tester and places his hand on it making it shine brightly once again.

'Dou Zhi Qi, 9th stage!'

"Xiao Mei, Dou Zhi Qi, 9th stage! Rank: High!"

Silence falls upon the crowd, not quite reacting to the news yet until the boy already reaches the edge of the platform.

Praise was obvious which was followed by unexpected concerns not for the boy but for the Xiao clan that the boy belongs.

"Is it possible that he is cultivating some kind of forbidden technique?"

"Perhaps evil cultivator?"

"I heard the disappearance of the people getting more and more serious in Wu Tan City recently."

"Next up! Xiao Mei!"

All this commotion wasn't the least of his concerns, after all, he isn't paid by the hour so quicker he finishes this quicker he will go home. On this aspect, humanity is the same everywhere, even in this magical world of cultivators.

Just before leaving the crowd, she glances at the boy who gives this strange gloomy feeling, as he lies against the wall distant from the crowd. Paying no attention to the examination anymore.

"Next up! Xiao Mei!"

Xiao Mei quickly rushes towards the stage afraid that the examiner will lose his temper and skip her.

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Xiao Ming the target of the crowd murmur awkwardly scratches the back of his neck. It's not exactly his fault that this gloomy aura is surrounding him.

Cursed Energy: it's energy that doesn't belong to this world which also means he is the only one capable of using it. Because it's energy born from the negativity of humans it's spiritual energy in nature making it highly comparable with Dou Qi of this world. By enhancing each other the negative feeling it spread around him passively also improved greatly granting him an eerie aura similar to ones possessed by the demonic cultivators.

'If I knew this would have happened I wouldn't have absorbed [Gojo Satoru Template] so hastily.' He was indeed glad to possess his powers and talent also various other benefits come with it thanks to Dou Qi but damn did he make the decision too quickly.

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His eyes wander towards Xiao Yan the supposed protagonist of this world, still caught up in his past according to the system he almost forgot about his previous life. To the point even if he takes out the TV in front of him and watches some famous TV Shows he won't realize a thing.

As someone who read numerous xianxia novels in his past life that were both good and bad, he can probably guess what he is thinking. He is probably monologuing about how it's unfair to lose his cultivation and how ruthless the world is towards the weak.

The higher you stand the stronger the fall will be and edgier the protagonist might become.

"Next, Xiao Xun Er!"

Another name that's famous among the crowd. The crowd immediately quieted down their commotion and shifted their gazes toward the certain figure.

At the center point of attention was a teen girl clad in a purple dress, elegantly standing there. Her calm, tender, and immaculate face was completely unaffected by the many gazes of the crowd which was filled with both good and not-so-good intentions.

Her calm and indifferent attitude could be compared to the blooming of a lotus. At such a young age, she already had the air of a refined lady. It would be hard to imagine how she would affect the city and the nation once she grew up.

'For some reason, the appearance of the people of this world gives unnatural feeling. As if caught between realistic 3-dimensional rendering and artistic 2-dimensional art style.'

This purple dress girl, if compared to previous Xiao Mei in terms of beauty, was clearly several leagues above. Considering this is based on the era when the age of marriage was 15 and possibly even lower it was somewhat understandable that the crowd reacted that way.

'FL with a great family background. It would be only logical if I target her right?' He glances at the protagonist again this time meeting eye-to-eye with each other. 'I just become his enemy aren't I?' Cliche of underdog protagonist and some genius fighting over the FL.

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'Perhaps it has unexpected use for me?' He sends a smirk at him making him frown. 'Little cliche but arrogant young master persona should do the trick.'

"Dou Zhi Li, 9th stage! Rank: High!"

The crowd bursts into cheers after hearing the result of her test. Xiao Mei and several other female cultivators looked at her with a little jealousy.

The examiner stated his bootlicking speech: "Miss Xun Er, half a year later, you should be able to condense the Dou Qi vortex. If you succeed, you'll be a Dou Zhe at the age of 14, the second person to do so in the Xiao clan."

Of course, the second person. First would be the fallen genius, Xiao Yan. Who looked at the ground bitterly in defeat.

"Thanks." The teen girl nodded her head lightly, her calm face showing a little happiness because of his praise. She quietly turned, and amid the crowd's attention, slowly walked to the downtrodden youth in the back of the group.

"Brother Xiao Yan." At the youth's side, the teen girl stopped. She faced Xiao Yan and bowed respectfully. Her beautiful and gentle face showed an elegant smile which would make the surrounding girls jealous.

Only Xiao Ming's stomach starts reacting strangely because he isn't exactly used to the beautified almost perfect-looking faces of the people of this world. It just gives him a feeling that everyone had a plastic surgery from a young age and turned most of their face into something like silicon.

"What qualifications do I have right now for you to call me that?" Xiao Yan faced the girl who could be considered the clan's radiant pearl and said bitterly. Even though he know that Xiao Xun Er always kept this respectful attitude with him that only made his imagination go even wilder.

"Brother Xiao Yan, you once said to Xun Er before – to take on anything, one must first be able to let go. One is only truly free when he can take on and let go easily." Xiao Xun Er said gently, her smiling face full of warmth.

"Haha, truly free? I only know how to say it. Look at me now, do I look like a free person? This world wasn't mine to begin with." Xiao Yan laughed at himself, saying dispiritedly.

Facing Xiao Yan's somber mood, Xiao Xun Er's fine brows furrowed a little, and she said seriously: "Brother Xiao Yan, though I don't know what's happening to you, Xun Er honestly believes that you will rise again and reclaim your lost glory and dignity…" She stopped for a moment, her white tender face reddening a little. "Back then, there were a lot of people who were attracted to you…"

"Haha…" Hearing the girl's whole-hearted truth, he laughed awkwardly but didn't say anything else. Other people would be swayed by it, but he did not have the qualifications or the mood. Instead, he silently turned around and walked away from the square.

Standing still and facing the lonely back of the youth, she hesitated for a while before chasing after him and walking side-by-side with him. Attracting the jealous look of the crowd of boys. They would never realize that by holding themselves back from doing anything rash they are saving themselves from the clans behind them also a newly emerged genius that long disappeared from the corner he was in.