The System Arrives: Leading My Clan to Become the Strongest

5: Chapter 5: Leaving Tianlin City, the System’s Final AppearanceJust as the group arrived at the city gate...

”Rumble...”

A series of booming sounds echoed; looking back,

dust and smoke billowed from the former bases of the Zhao Family, Zhou Family, and others.

Everyone shuddered at the sight.

At this moment, the way they looked at Jiang Chen was as if they were looking at a god.

Fortunately, Jiang Chen had made the decision yesterday, otherwise, they would have followed in those people’s footsteps today.

On the other side, the Sun Family was the same. They stared blankly at the scene for a long time, unable to snap out of it.

Several Elders of the Sun Family had originally been very dissatisfied with Sun Chongan’s actions—taking a land reclamation token without consulting them—but after this, they felt that following the Clan Chief wasn’t a bad idea after all.

At the Zhongli Family, Su Ningshuang casually dealt with several Qi Refining families and took Zhongli Feiyan away from Tianlin City on a flying boat.

Following Zhongli Feiyan’s departure, the other two Foundation Establishment families ceased all movement, while the Zhongli Family continuously dispatched Clan Members to take over the assets of the destroyed families.

”Let’s go.”

At the city gate, Jiang Chen’s words brought everyone back to their senses as they walked toward the gate tower.

Seeing Jiang Chen and the others leaving, the city gate guards didn’t step forward to question them, perhaps having been notified in advance.

The guards likely didn’t think much of these Jiang Family members who only had Qi Refinement Stage strength, watching indifferently as they walked out of Tianlin City.

Perhaps, in their minds, Jiang Chen and the others would never return after leaving today.

Stepping out of Tianlin City without the city walls blocking the view, Jiang Chen felt a bit dazed as he looked at the endless mountain ranges towering in the distance.

In seventeen years, this was his first time stepping out of Tianlin City. Facing the endless dangers ahead, he didn’t even know if he would be able to return alive.

If only... Sigh—

[Ding! Detected Transmigrator 2368726 of the Yanhuang Bloodline has made an incorrect decision and is about to face a desperate situation. The Cradle of Civilization has activated a space-time transmission channel. System No. A9523 is about to arrive. Please check and accept.]

[Binding in progress... Binding successful. Scanning this world... Matching... Match successful.]

[Detected that the host is facing a desperate situation. Scanning... Detected that the host possesses a land reclamation token. The System is automatically updating to the land reclamation sign-in system.]

Jiang Chen was stunned. A System? He was already seventeen! Seventeen! Did it know how he had survived these seventeen years? He had been treading on thin ice!

If the System had come earlier, he wouldn’t have had to lead his Clan Members away from their ancestral home... ”System, are you there?”

Jiang Chen asked cautiously, fearing that he was hallucinating.

[I am here, host.]

The System’s voice quickly rang out in Jiang Chen’s mind.

”Really? That’s great! Why did you only arrive now?”

Jiang Chen asked excitedly.

[It’s because you were too impulsive, host. The Cradle of Civilization’s Systems are limited. Originally, while you were developing steadily, this System was meant to help other Transmigrators in greater need. But because of your mistake this time, the Cradle of Civilization had to temporarily activate a space-time transmission channel to send me here to help you.]

”The Cradle of Civilization still remembers me.”

Hearing the System’s words, Jiang Chen felt a lump in his throat.

[The Cradle of Civilization will not abandon any child wandering far from home.]

The System said coldly.

”System, what functions do you have? What help can you give me right now?”

Jiang Chen quickly snapped out of it. With the System’s help, if he still couldn’t rise quickly, he would truly be an embarrassment to all Transmigrators and might as well kill himself by running into a block of tofu.

[This System is the land reclamation sign-in system. It assists the host in reclaiming land more quickly, allowing the host to rapidly establish a foothold in the Great Wilderness. At the same time, the sign-in function allows the host to sign in daily to receive random rewards.]

”Fantastic.”

Jiang Chen secretly rejoiced.

”Right, where’s my newbie gift pack?”

Jiang Chen asked. Whether he could quickly establish himself depended on the newbie gift pack.

[Opening the newbie gift pack: Obtained divine grade aptitude pill, obtained fifth-tier spirit vein (with attached map), obtained Formation ”Nine Star Chain Formation”, obtained supreme grade foundation establishment pill, obtained 100,000 Top-Grade Spirit Stones.]

”That’s it?”

Jiang Chen was listening with great interest, but the System’s voice suddenly stopped, leaving him feeling dissatisfied.

This was too fast. Although the items the System gave seemed very powerful and high-end, none of them seemed useful to him at the moment.

[That’s it.]

The System replied curtly.

”These are useless to me! I could face danger at any moment. If my strength doesn’t improve by leaps and bounds, isn’t giving me these rewards like throwing a meat bun at a dog—never to return?”

He had thought the rewards in the newbie gift pack would at least allow him to reach the Nascent Soul stage in one step, or at the very least, make reaching Foundation Establishment easy.

Instead, although he snagged a supreme grade foundation establishment pill, for someone like him at the Fifth Level of Qi Refining, it was something to be looked at from afar but not used yet.

[The host is currently a Clan Chief; the primary task is to develop the Family. No matter how strong an individual is, fighting alone is not advisable for land reclamation. Furthermore, the map attached to the fifth-tier spirit vein marks a safe route, allowing the host to arrive safely.]

Hearing this, Jiang Chen finally began to examine the map in his mind.

On the map, a white dot appeared in the bottom corner, while a yellow dot in the top-left corner showed the location of the fifth-tier spirit vein. Moreover, it was an unclaimed spirit vein—he had hit the jackpot.

Jiang Chen calculated that it was about a thousand kilometers away. Fortunately, for Cultivators like them, if all went well, they could arrive by tomorrow.

A fifth-tier spirit vein... He had originally thought it would be good enough if he could find an unclaimed first-tier spirit vein within two years. That would allow them to quickly establish a Market Town, giving the Jiang Family another base and speeding up their development.

Jiang Chen clicked on the detailed information of the items:

[divine grade aptitude pill]: Consumption directly raises Aptitude to Divine Grade.

(Cultivation Aptitude levels: Trash, Ordinary, Yellow Grade, Black Grade, Earth Grade, Heaven Grade, Saint Grade, Divine Grade)

[fifth-tier spirit vein]: A Spiritual Vein that can provide the energy needed to Breakthrough to the Spirit Transformation Realm.

[Nine Star Chain Formation]: A fifth-tier Formation. Formation objects are buried in nine vital locations of the Family according to the nine-star positions extending from the Big Dipper. When facing a powerful enemy, the Formation nodes create Spiritual Qi whirlpools that restrict intruders like quicksand. It also uses the terrain and Spiritual Qi to build a defensive barrier, drawing power from the mountain’s Spiritual Vein to enhance its strength.

[supreme grade foundation establishment pill]: Allows one at the Ninth Level of Qi Refining to Breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm with a 100% success rate.

”Clan Chief, what’s wrong?”

At this moment, Grand Elder Jiang Xuanting’s voice came through, and Jiang Chen quickly snapped back to reality.

It turned out that after leaving the city gate, the group was about to head toward the forest ahead, but Jiang Chen suddenly stopped, leaving everyone staring at him in confusion.

Seeing Jiang Chen’s vacant eyes, the Grand Elder couldn’t help but ask.

”It’s nothing. Let’s go.”

Jiang Chen signaled for everyone to move forward quickly.

”These forests near the outskirts of Tianlin City are fine; there isn’t much danger, but there aren’t many resources either. Only by going deeper can we find more, but the danger increases accordingly.”

His grandfather Jiang Suhai’s voice sounded in Jiang Chen’s ear.

”Grandfather, are you very familiar with these outskirts?”

Jiang Chen asked.

”Yes. Although Cultivators visit these outskirts often, there are still quite a few first-tier spirit medicines and such. Qi Refining families like ours can only come here to look for Cultivation resources; we can’t go any deeper.”

Jiang Suhai said with a sigh.