novellhall Chapter 2 Genius on the Left, Trash on the Right
Chapter 2 Genius on the Left, Trash on the Right
Looking at his parents laughing heartily, Fu Chen shook his head regretfully.
It's like we're from completely different worlds.
Perhaps they will understand when they grow up a bit more.
Fu Chen wasn't lying; he not only had a system, but he was also a transmigrator.
His good deeds in his previous lives allowed him to transmigrate to a modern technological society where martial arts exist and all kinds of magical potions can be concocted...
He possessed extraordinary wisdom, martial arts talent, and alchemy aptitude from birth.
But here's the problem: perhaps due to the good deeds he accumulated in his previous lives, in addition to his outstanding talent, he also awakened a system.
[The Underdog's Rise to Power System]
Yes.
Fu Chen, recognized as a genius, awakens a misplaced system.
The system randomly sealed away his martial arts skills and alchemy techniques.
The system requires him to maintain his "useless" persona and complete various tasks that fit his identity. Only in this way can he obtain generous rewards and temporarily unlock his sealed martial arts strength and alchemy skills.
This made Fu Chen wonder, "I think I was a monk for a while in my past life. Could it be that Heaven doesn't like bald monks, so it's deliberately messing with me?"
He opened the panel.
【The Trash Can Turn the Tables System】: This system is dedicated to helping the host transform from a trash character into a chosen one!
[Scrap Material]: Fu Chen
【三维】：悟性（80，平均水平50）、力量（82，平均水平56）、体质（88，平均水平60）
[Martial Arts Cultivation]: Third Tier, Fifth Level (Under Sealing)
(The average cultivation level of his peers is Level 2, Stage 1.)
[Alchemy Level]: Advanced 1-Star (Currently Banned)
(The average cultivation level of peers is low-level three stars.)
[Current Task]:
1. Successfully enrolling in "Lanshan City Peicai Middle School": Reward: Level 1 in martial arts cultivation, and "Pink Mood Agent," a key material for the purple magic potion "Little Knife Pulls Butt."
2. Upon enrollment, if you become the last in your class: you will be rewarded with a level 5 martial arts cultivation and a bottle of the orange-grade magic potion "Essence Absorption Enhancement Potion".
3. If you become the last in the entire school after enrollment: you will be rewarded with +5 to your comprehension!
Fu Chen had already figured out this panel long ago. His martial arts cultivation and alchemy level were sealed, and he could only occasionally unlock them by maintaining his useless persona.
Otherwise, with his extraordinary talent that far surpasses that of his peers, he would be unable to do anything.
After all, some ordinary university graduates only have a third-level martial arts cultivation and an intermediate-level eight-star to advanced-level one-star alchemy level, while he has already reached both.
Therefore, he had to deliberately ruin his grades to create the persona of a loser.
As a result, his acting was so good that he not only fooled the system, but everyone around him firmly believed that he was just a flash in the pan, a useless and stupid talent who failed to live up to his potential.
If this restrictive system only limited him, then Fu Chen would have already made his move. The most crucial point is:
This broken panel's tasks are divided into three difficulty levels, and the corresponding rewards are also different.
The higher the difficulty, the richer the reward; however, in Fu Chen's current view...
As long as he successfully enrolls in the useless middle school tomorrow…
Oh, it's Pui Choi Middle School.
Then all three tasks can be accomplished smoothly.
Because he scored zero on his high school entrance exam.
There was no lower score than this, so as soon as I entered the school, barring any unforeseen circumstances, I was able to complete three tasks of varying difficulty directly.
Just thinking about it is exciting! +5 to Comprehension? What kind of crazy feat is that? 85 Comprehension? Is that even human? The average Comprehension is only 50!
Moreover, once the mission was completed, the acquisition of various cultivation-enhancing potions directly propelled him to the fourth rank of martial artist. At less than sixteen years old, he had never reached the fourth rank before in the entire country!
But what will be the price?
A genius who is extraordinary in his field must continue to maintain the persona of a good-for-nothing and a stupid underachiever in front of others. This kind of difficulty is no less than the difficulty of "recording" without physical consciousness.
dong dong dong...
The knocking interrupted Fu Chen's thoughts and also his parents' teasing.
Their house was on the first floor. In the decade or so before Fu Chen displayed his amazing talent, their house was always bustling with visitors. Not to mention the ordinary neighbors who came to get acquainted with them.
Others were either people of high status who came to make connections, or leaders from the district or city who came to offer their condolences.
However, ever since Fu Chen's grades and talent plummeted from genius to worthless, he was instantly forgotten.
The developer who promised to waive the remaining 20 years of mortgage payments on their house in order to befriend the Fu family has also disappeared.
We were once envied by others...
The only one was Tan Shiyun, Fu Chen's childhood sweetheart whom he had played with since they were young, who had been on the street for the past two days.
Fu Chen opened the door.
Her high ponytail was tied with a pink rubber band, and she wore a pair of athletic shorts and a short-sleeved shirt that showed off her fair skin and slender, well-proportioned figure. Her cool and indifferent temperament changed with joy after seeing Fu Chen.
It really is her.
The girl's eyes flickered guiltily as Fu Chen stared at her, and finally she spoke in a weak voice:
"Fu Chen, school starts tomorrow, Holy Spirit..."
Seemingly worried about touching Fu Chen's weak spot, she coughed, her face flushed, "My school is a boarding school, so I might only be able to tutor you on weekends from now on..."
Having grown up together since childhood, the two seemed to lack the worldly tendency to favor the strong over the weak. Even though Fu Chen was considered a good-for-nothing by outsiders, Tan Shiyun's attitude towards him never changed.
She has been trying her best to get Fu Chen back on track, tutoring him almost every day.
"If you don't work hard, no one can help you. If you still give up on yourself after going to Pui Choy High School, I will be very disappointed."
With a tone that seemed to convey a sense of disappointment and frustration, Tan Shiyun stuffed a martial arts textbook into Fu Chen's arms. The textbook was covered with her own notes and annotations.
When Fu Chen looked up, Tan Shiyun had already walked away.
After carefully flipping through the textbook, Fu Chen suddenly smiled knowingly.
This girl, with her first-level martial arts cultivation and just reached the low-level three-star alchemy level, is even tutoring me.
However, he understood the girl's feelings and decided to help this lovely childhood friend.
After seeing Fu Chen close the door, his father, Fu Longhu, gave him a reminder.
"Ms. Han has already stopped her daughter from seeing you. I ran into her a couple of days ago, and her smile was completely different from before. She was no longer warm and gentle, and she avoided me like she had seen a ghost."
Liu Liping: "That's normal. Teacher Han is looking for a future son-in-law for her family. You two are childhood sweethearts, and our Xiao Chen is so smart, so it's definitely a perfect match."
But now… Shiyun has been admitted to the best martial arts high school in Lanshan Province… it’s full of true geniuses and children of high-ranking officials, so of course her mother is preventing Shiyun from seeing Xiaochen.”
"Let's not talk about them anymore. Xiao Chen, you need to find someone after you go to high school, otherwise it will be increasingly difficult to find a wife later!"
Because this world allows people to learn martial arts and attain enlightenment, and to refine medicine and cultivate magic, the strong are respected, and wealthy, powerful, and influential people usually have several partners. Therefore, ordinary people have very weak competitiveness in marriage.
Fu Chen scratched his head. There were too many annoying things in this world. When he became powerful enough, wouldn't it be enough to just refine a personality-changing potion?
"Mom and Dad, what if I become a failure and can't even find a wife?"
"Hey, we gave you an ordinary name, a pig brain, and an unremarkable, even poor, family background, yet you managed to rise above others? You couldn't even dream of such a thing if you were in a deep sleep."
Fu Longhu: "Yes, that doesn't make sense."
Liu Liping looked at her son, her thin face still showing kindness: "It's good that he's not very capable. Although he can't make a lot of money, at least he doesn't have to go to wars all day long."
These days, the news is always talking about conflicts between countries, or monsters in some secret realm or border area... Being a martial artist or alchemist is extremely dangerous.
It's safest to just be a good-for-nothing! Even if I can't find a wife, it's not a big deal; these days, dolls are made so realistically!
The two elders patted Fu Chen on the shoulder, comforting him.
"Then buy me one now?"
The two elders' smiles vanished, and they kindly withdrew their hands from Fu Chen's body.
The next day, September 1st, marked the start of a lively new school year.
Every household on Xinqiao Street with a child entering high school set off firecrackers to wish them a smooth academic journey.
Fu Chen's family put it away.
They also set it off at Old Wang's house next door, and even deliberately placed it in front of them.
"Isn't Old Wang's son just starting high school? Why are they setting off firecrackers too?" Fu Longhu and Liu Liping were always slow to think.
Fu Chen smiled and patiently explained, "Uncle Wang is kind-hearted. Back when I was told by fortune tellers that I was the reincarnation of the Wenwu Shuangqu Star, they were worried for two months straight and couldn't even eat. I think it was because they heard that geniuses are prone to misfortune and were worried about my growth."
"Setting off firecrackers in front of me now must be their heartfelt congratulations on getting into Pei-Cai Middle School."
Old Wang is such a good person!
The three of them grinned and hailed a taxi. Thirty minutes later, they arrived at Pei-Cai Middle School.
The surrounding area was deserted, and the parents and students coming and going had almost no smiles on their faces, except for Fu Chen's parents.
The green teaching building was no different from that of an ordinary school, but since they had never attended high school, they were full of curiosity about everything that seemed ordinary. After hastily dropping Fu Chen off at the teaching building, the two of them held hands and went to stroll around the campus.
Fu Chen took a deep breath and completed the enrollment procedures at the Academic Affairs Office. The teacher noticed his name and glanced at him a couple more times.
He didn't care what it meant, and walked towards Class 5 of Grade 1 with his student ID.
As long as you sign in at your class, you can easily get the rewards for all three difficulty levels!
Fu Chen was full of confidence.
In response to the rewards from this stupid misplaced system, Fu Chen had been forced to play the fool for so long... and was finally about to reap the first rewards!
A meticulously planned score of zero in all subjects would absolutely be enough for him to achieve his goal of being last in the entire school.
After all, even if there are "heaven-defying" students like him, they would at least get zero points in the high school entrance exam, just like him.
Even if all scores are zero, he would still be tied for last place, and he would still be able to complete the task.
Whenever Fu Chen thought of the reward for "achieving last place in the entire school" in the mission, which was [Comprehension +5], he would unconsciously puff out his chest.
Only such a reward can justify my feigned ignorance during all the hardships I endured along the way!
[Congratulations on completing the Level 1 difficulty mission and successfully enrolling in Pei-Tsai Middle School. Reward: Level 1 Martial Arts Cultivation. You have also obtained the key material for the purple potion "Little Knife Pulls Butt," namely, "Pink Mood Agent."]
The system's voice excited him.
The reward materials even appeared directly in his hands.
but…
Why is only one task indicated as completed?
What about two and three?
Isn't he the worst student in the class, or even the whole school? How is that possible?
He arrived at the door of his classroom and saw a blue and white class sign that read: "The seats are assigned according to the entrance ranking, with the ranking in order."
Fu Chen was stunned.
Because he saw that his seat was in the first position.
Does this prove that he is ranked first in the class?