Time flowed like water, and in the blink of an eye, a week had passed.
Xu Feng had climbed out of the slump and adjusted his mindset. After all, one has to face reality. Since he'd transmigrated, complaining about fate was useless; being downcast was the choice of a coward. The road ahead was still long, and Xu Feng was quietly planning his life's path.
In fact, after calming down and thinking carefully, transmigrating... wasn't so bad. Over these seven days, Xu Feng had already gained a basic understanding of Hailan Star. It was a beautiful magical world, inhabited by all kinds of intelligent beings. The most powerful among them were humans, beastmen, and elves, but there were also dwarves, dragons, and many more...
The social structure was about equivalent to Earth's Middle Ages. Here, the most tempting thing for men was that, as long as you had ability, the law allowed and protected polygamy.
Of course, 'ability' was a very broad term—it included money, power, strength, and so on. Nobles usually took many wives. On Hailan Star, bloodline was highly valued, and there was also a privileged class: mages. Although this place had a highly developed magical civilization, not many had the talent to become mages.
In the future, what choice should I make？
Even though he had thought a lot, Xu Feng was still very confused. In novels, the protagonist always had lucky encounters and could get money and beautiful women without much effort. But... reality wasn't that easy. Pies don't fall from the sky, y'know—if you want to stand out, you have to work hard yourself.
But what could I do? In college, Xu Feng had majored in programming, but here... there weren't even computers—no place to use his skills. And besides, he hadn't exactly mastered his major courses all that well.
During this past week, Xu Feng had been living in the baron's manor, all thanks to Catherine's hospitality. The servants were extremely curious about the young lady's actions. Catherine, a mid-ranked knight known as the "Thorny Rose" in Rour City, had never been interested in men. But this time, she had taken in that youth. Could it be that she...?
Gossip is human nature. Though the servants dared not speak openly, they all secretly speculated in their hearts. But Xu Feng knew that wasn't the case at all！
In this world, how many cases of love at first sight could there be? Besides, in his current down-and-out state, he was a far cry from a Prince Charming. It would be strange if Catherine actually liked him. The reason she took him in was more out of curiosity. After all, Xu Feng, who came from Earth, behaved and did things very differently from the people of Hailan Star.
Curiosity can kill a cat. It was precisely because, in Catherine's eyes, Xu Feng was always shrouded in mystery that she kept him in the manor.
But Xu Feng didn't like his current situation. A real man shouldn't live under someone else's roof. Since he had transmigrated, he had to live a brilliant life and carve out a future. Although he didn't have a clear plan yet, he didn't want to just freeload at the baron's manor.
If he wanted to stand out, he had to go out. The world outside was vast. Rour City was too small. As beautiful as it was, there would be no real development here.
But that was easier said than done. To leave, travel expenses were a problem. As the saying goes： "Money makes a hero bold." Without wealth, leaving destitute... don't even talk about a bright future; in a few days, he'd probably be starving and begging. That would be a disgrace to all transmigrators... Xu Feng didn't want to end up that miserable！
What to do? The moment he thought about this problem, Xu Feng felt incredibly frustrated. In novels, the protagonist could always easily make money using knowledge from Earth, but reality wasn't that simple. Thinking carefully, he did have a lot more knowledge than people of Hailan Star in physics, chemistry, astronomy, geography, and the like. But what use was it? At least for now, Xu Feng still hadn't thought of any way to turn that knowledge into money.
Before he knew it, he had walked into the garden. A beautiful young woman caught his eye—it was Baron's daughter, Miss Catherine. The girl was practicing martial arts, her graceful body wrapped in a blaze of fire-red Battle Qi.
Boom！
A rock weighing several hundred jin was shattered by her. From an Earthling's perspective, this was simply impossible. A delicate, slender little hand possessed such terrifying power, but on Hailan Star, it was nothing unusual. This was Battle Qi！
Incredible Battle Qi！
On this beautiful planet, although knights were inferior to mages in status—after all, the threshold for cultivation was lower—there was no denying that a knight with excellent martial skills was equally respected. And Battle Qi wasn't easy to master. In fact, among warriors, low-rank knights made up the majority. The boundary between low-rank and mid-rank was a watershed. Only by becoming a mid-rank knight could one possess Battle Qi. And each rank was further divided into upper, middle, and lower grades. For Catherine to become a lower-grade knight of the low rank before the age of twenty was already quite remarkable.
Xu Feng watched with some envy, his eyes turned red with it. But don't misunderstand—it wasn't because he coveted the beautiful woman before him, but rather her outstanding martial skills！
“Is there something you need？”
“Miss Catherine.”
Xu Feng nodded. At first, the baron's daughter was very curious about the young man's attitude. You see, Hailan Star was in the medieval period, with a strict hierarchy. According to imperial law, commoners had to bow to nobles and maintain due respect. But this young man seemed... not to care at all.
His attitude remained neither servile nor overbearing. Though he was very polite when with her, Catherine could tell it was only because she had saved his life. Toward the nobility, this young man exuded a bone-deep contempt.
It wasn't just posturing. From the look in Xu Feng's eyes, Catherine found that this young man truly didn't want to bow to anyone. Could it be... that he was of very high status, perhaps a fallen noble or royalty？
This guess was quickly dismissed. Though over the past few days, Xu Feng had been very polite and well-mannered, completely different from common folk, clearly having received a good education, he was obviously clueless about aristocratic etiquette.
Who exactly was he? A shroud of mystery always surrounded the young man...