The Villain from the Immortal Royal Clan Where Every Member Is a Cunning Schemer - Chapter 1:

Chapter 1: Opportunity Critical Hit System

Heavenly Martial Domain.

Shenfeng City, Jiang Family!

“Mm…”

A faint groan slipped from the young man’s lips as he slowly opened his eyes. He lay on the bed, staring blankly at the unfamiliar surroundings.

“Where is this place? I…”

“Hiss—”

Before he could finish muttering, a sharp pain suddenly exploded in his head. A torrent of unfamiliar memories surged forward, flooding his mind.

The Four Great Families.
Second Young Master of the Jiang Family.
Jiang Chen.

“I transmigrated?”

After digesting the information, Jiang Chen’s face filled with shock.

He had originally been from Blue Star. Not long ago, he had been gaming at an internet café with his roommates. Yet after waking up, he found himself in this completely foreign world.

As he continued sorting through the memories, the astonishment on his face deepened, and a trace of excitement appeared in his eyes.

Heavenly Martial Domain.

Here, martial strength reigned supreme. Once a cultivator reached a high enough realm, they could ascend to the heavens to grasp the bright moon or overturn rivers and seas with a single motion.

[Cultivation Realms: Body Tempering Realm, Divine Sea Realm, Creation Realm,  Heavenly Dominion Realm, Void Breaking Realm, Soul Fusion Realm, Transcendence Realm, Dao Fusion Realm.]

As more memories settled into place, Jiang Chen’s expression gradually turned grim.

His background was indeed respectable. He belonged to one of Shenfeng City’s Four Great Families. Although his father was not the patriarch of the Jiang Family, his authority ranked just below that position.

What depressed Jiang Chen was the body he had transmigrated into. Its cultivation talent was abysmally poor. Even the 5th stage Body Tempering Realm cultivation he possessed had been forced up through piles of medicinal supplements.

The worst part was that the original owner had been overly confident, believing his talent was unmatched through the ages, spending his days indulging in wine and pleasure.

Just a few days ago, he had accepted an invitation from the second young master of the Xiao Family and gone to Celestial Fragrance Pavilion to drink and enjoy himself. Flattered repeatedly by the other party, Jiang Chen had quickly drunk himself into a stupor.

In his hazy state, he vaguely felt something prick him. After that, he gradually lost consciousness.

Recalling this, Jiang Chen immediately rolled up his sleeve. Sure enough, he found a tiny puncture mark. If one did not look carefully, it would easily be overlooked.

Combining this with his current situation, Jiang Chen instantly understood. The original owner had clearly been schemed against, and he had just happened to take over the body.

“Were they trying to harvest my kidneys?”

The thought that someone had secretly targeted him made his scalp tingle.

Although he had been reborn, the danger had not disappeared. If that person discovered Jiang Chen was still alive, they would certainly try again.

Jiang Chen muttered firmly, “No. Since the heavens have given me this chance to transmigrate, I can’t die so easily.”

“My fate can only be controlled by myself.”

After encouraging himself, Jiang Chen suddenly remembered something. Transmigrators were supposed to have a golden finger.

With that thought, he cautiously called out, “System, are you there?”

[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for discovering this system’s existence so quickly. Special reward: 10 slaps!]

[Binding Opportunity Critical Hit System…]

“…Huh?”

Hearing the mechanical voice in his mind, Jiang Chen felt both shocked and annoyed.

He was shocked that he had actually summoned a system. He was annoyed because not only did it fail to give him a beginner’s gift package, it even wanted to reward him with ten slaps.

Who could tolerate that?

Jiang Chen gritted his teeth, “System, you #%&$…”

“Please turn on the microphone for communication!”

After what could only be described as a very friendly exchange, the system ultimately did not distribute the slap reward.

Jiang Chen cleared his throat. “System, what exactly does this Opportunity Critical Hit do? How can it help me?”

[Ding! Host only needs to gift personal opportunities to others to trigger the system’s critical compensation. The critical multiplier is random…]

After listening to the explanation, Jiang Chen finally understood.

As long as he gave his own opportunities to others, the system would randomly generate a critical multiplier and return a new reward to him. The higher the multiplier, the better the reward.

Moreover, the minimum multiplier was 2 times.

…

Knock, knock, knock—

At that moment, a knocking sound came from outside.

“Second Young Master, great news! Wonderful news!”

An eager voice followed.

Jiang Chen opened the door. Standing outside was a sharp-eyed young man around twenty years old with cultivation at the 3rd stage Body Tempering Realm.

The man wore an excited smile. From the memories, Jiang Chen recognized him as Chen Ming, his most trusted lackey.

However, Jiang Chen noticed something subtle. Although Chen Ming smiled, the moment he saw Jiang Chen walk out of the room, his pupils shrank abruptly and a trace of gloom flickered across his face.

Sensing this and recalling how the original owner had died inexplicably in this very room, Jiang Chen immediately understood that Chen Ming likely had a problem.

Still, Jiang Chen controlled his expression perfectly and looked directly at Chen Ming.

“What’s the good news?” Jiang Chen asked coldly. “It’s early dawn, and you’re already shouting. If you don’t give me a satisfactory reason, I’ll break your legs today.”

Chen Ming froze briefly before quickly suppressing his confusion.

With a flattering smile, he said, “Second Young Master, the eldest young lady of the Yun Family has come to the Jiang Family. She’s in the reception hall right now.”

“The eldest young lady of the Yun Family? You mean Yun Xixue?”

“Yes, that’s right. Yun Xixue. She’s accompanied by an elder from the Falling Cloud Sect.”

The Falling Cloud Sect stood on equal footing with the royal dynasty. The sect was filled with powerful cultivators. If one could join it, the family’s status would soar.

Jiang Chen frowned. “Are you sick? What does Yun Xixue coming to the Jiang Family have to do with me? How is this good news?”

He was about to slap Chen Ming again when Chen Ming hurriedly continued, “Young Master, they’ve come to break off the engagement with Jiang Yu.”

“The Master said that if we seize this opportunity, we can successfully take the position of patriarch. By then, you’ll become the Young Patriarch of the Jiang Family. Isn’t that great news?”

“Hmm?”

Jiang Chen quickly searched through his memories.

Jiang Yu was the son of the Jiang Family patriarch, Jiang Wenkang. He had once been one of the Jiang Family’s rare geniuses, but during an outing, he suffered an accident and lost all his cultivation talent.

Yun Xixue, as the eldest daughter of the Yun Family, had been engaged to Jiang Yu because Jiang Wenkang once did the Yun Family a great favor, and the two great families also had cooperative ties.

…

Originally, if nothing had happened, the two would likely have ended up together.

However, not long after Jiang Yu’s accident, Yun Xixue was recommended by a disciple of the Falling Cloud Sect and accepted as an inner sect disciple.

Because of this, the relationship between the Jiang and Yun Families became delicate. Jiang Chen had also heard rumors that Jiang Yu’s injury seemed related to Yun Xixue, though the exact reason remained unknown.

As for Jiang Chen’s father, he had long coveted the patriarch position and constantly made things difficult for Jiang Wenkang. Internal competition within the Jiang Family had never ceased.

…

“A genius turned cripple?”

“Fiancée coming to break off the engagement?”

Jiang Chen’s lips twitched. “Why does this sound so familiar? Isn’t my big brother basically a Chosen One?”

A famous line suddenly flashed through his mind.

“Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river. Never bully a poor young man.”

Seeing Jiang Chen lost in thought, Chen Ming urged again, “Young Master, we should hurry. That useless Jiang Yu should be arriving soon.”

Slap!

Before Chen Ming could finish, Jiang Chen struck him across the face.

“Watch your words,” Jiang Chen said coldly. “Even if my elder brother’s cultivation has regressed, he is still the Young Master of the Jiang Family. If you dare to overstep your bounds again, I’ll take your life.”

Thud!

Chen Ming immediately dropped to his knees.

“Young Master, spare me! I won’t dare again!”

Facing Jiang Chen’s murderous gaze, Chen Ming was full of confusion, but his reaction was swift. He kowtowed repeatedly, not daring to lift his head.