"Brother Yu! Tell us a story! Tell us a story!"
In the northwest corner of the Cangwu Academy, in the courtyard of the servant quarters, a sixteen-year-old boy dressed in blue sat on a stone bench under a tree. Surrounding him was a group of boys of similar age.
The boy in blue was named Li Yu. His short hair made him stand out among the group of boys with their long hair tied up.
"Brother Yu, please tell us a story!"
"Yes! Yes! The story you told yesterday about the romantic scholar Liang Shanbo disguising himself as a woman to sneak into the ladies' academy was very interesting."
"Right! And the one about the invincible Monkey King, Sun Dasheng, sweeping through the Cave of Silk with his staff, defeating 108 female demons, was also great."
"Sigh..."
Li Yu sighed deeply, his face full of helplessness. "It's not that I don't want to tell you stories, but... I haven't finished my work yet! What should I do?"
"That's nothing! Leave it to us."
"Yeah, Brother Yu, don't worry. These chores are no trouble at all. We'll handle everything."
The boys eagerly volunteered, ready to help Li Yu.
"This... how can I accept?"
Li Yu seemed a bit embarrassed, lowering his head slightly. Of course, if someone looked closely, they would see the slight upward curve of his mouth, betraying his true feelings.
"We're brothers, what's there to be embarrassed about?"
"Exactly. Brother Yu, your body is weak. No need for you to do heavy work. Leave it to us!"
"Then I'll trouble you all."
Li Yu clasped his hands together in thanks, smiling. "Later, I'll tell you a story about the amorous adventures of the Tang Monk in the Kingdom of Women. How about that?"
"Hahaha! Great! The amorous Tang Monk, that's fantastic!"
"Hehe. The Kingdom of Women? Awesome."
The boys were instantly filled with enthusiasm and worked even more energetically.
"Sigh..."
After the boys left, Li Yu sighed again, this time genuinely.
"I must have traveled through time the wrong way!"
Li Yu looked at his thin arms and legs, shaking his head in frustration.
"It's one thing that I've become younger, but why did I have to travel to such a formidable world?"
"I went to help in the kitchen and got knocked over by a rooster. What kind of rooster is that? It's so strong I couldn't even pin it down! Now everyone knows I'm weak as a kitten!"
"If even a chicken is that fierce, you can imagine how strong people are. These servant boys can easily carry a hundred or two hundred pounds as if it's nothing!"
"If I weren't so helpless, why would I tell these dirty jokes to get them to do my work?"
Shaking his head helplessly, Li Yu picked up a teacup from the stone table in front of him and took a sip.
"System, you've been starting up for months. When will you finish?"
Li Yu complained silently in his heart. "Not even a progress bar? Who designed you? Completely clueless."
Yes, he had a system.
When he first traveled through time, Li Yu collapsed to the ground, face down. He was picked up by Yin Kangming, the overseer of the servant quarters.
Normally, if someone like him collapsed on the roadside, Yin Kangming, no matter how kind-hearted, would at most give some food and money. But Li Yu's extremely frail body intrigued Yin Kangming.
He wanted to know how someone as weak as a reed and with such poor health could survive. Thus, Li Yu was brought to the servant quarters of Cangwu Academy as an unofficial servant.
When Li Yu learned the reason, he nearly spat out blood.
"My body is perfectly normal! It's you guys who aren't normal! Kids here throw twenty-pound stones as if it's nothing, and they can throw them ten yards away! In my world, they'd be superheroes!"
In the servant quarters, Yin Kangming tried teaching Li Yu some basic body-strengthening techniques. Unfortunately, after two months, Li Yu's body remained the same.
Li Yu felt helpless.
Because of the system! Whenever he tried to build up his energy, it was immediately absorbed by the system, which would then display "System Starting Up..." in his mind and nothing more.
"It's been months! When will you finish starting up?"
Li Yu held his head in his hands, sighing.
"Li Yu, you're slacking off again!"
A young girl in a yellow dress suddenly appeared behind him, her eyebrows furrowed as she glared at Li Yu.
"Oh, it's Yin Luo!"
Li Yu turned and greeted the girl with a smile.
This girl was Yin Kangming's fourteen-year-old daughter. Although still young, she was quite charming and the dream girl of the twenty-seven boys in the servant quarters.
Well, that didn't include Li Yu. After experiencing countless visual stimuli in his past life, he had no interest in girls so young.
"Li Yu, why are you slacking off again? With your weak constitution, if you don't train, my father says you might not live past thirty. Do you want to die young?"
Yin Luo glared at Li Yu, seemingly angry.
Seeing Li Yu's indifferent expression, Yin Luo huffed, stomped her foot heavily, and left a small dent in the ground. The teacup on the stone table clattered noisily.
This was the reality.
Looking at the seemingly delicate girl, Li Yu felt a pang of helplessness.
This world valued martial arts highly, and even ordinary people knew some basic fighting moves. In a place like Cangwu Academy, a center of scholarly and martial training, people were superhuman.
"Feeling this weak is unbearable! System, hurry up and start!"
Li Yu's heart cried out in frustration.
With a clink, a jade bottle was thrown onto the stone table in front of him.
"For you! Eat it quickly!"
Yin Luo's angry face appeared in front of Li Yu again.
"For me?"
Li Yu picked up the jade bottle, opened the lid, and was immediately hit by a fragrant aroma that made him feel invigorated.
"What is this?"
Li Yu knew the contents must be extraordinary. If Yin Luo had given it to him without her father's permission, she might be in trouble herself.
"My father asked me to give it to you. It's a Vitality and Blood Nourishing Pill. Eating it should help improve your health."
Yin Luo looked at Li Yu, her eyes showing concern.
"My father also said that your body is inherently weak. Medicine can only help so much; you still need to train. Don't be lazy, work harder to get better."
"Oh, got it."
Li Yu nodded and casually replied, taking out the pill from the bottle. His body was actually fine; he didn't believe that nonsense about not living past thirty.
"I wonder if this pill can finally start the system."
Looking at the pigeon egg-sized, blood-red pill, Li Yu smiled and swallowed it whole.
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The Master of All-Heavens Systems
Science Fiction"Lord of the Heavens System" tells the story of a young man named Li Yu who becomes the sole system supplier in countless worlds. The novel begins with sixteen-year-old Li Yu, distinguished by his unique short haircut, sitting in the courtyard of th...
