After Becoming the Youngest Son of a Lord [Western Fantasy]

Complete: The Entire Cultivation World's Family Tree Was Torn Up and Rewritten Starting with Me is updating now. Also, please check out the upcoming story I Miss You So Much in the Underworld. -------------------- Blurb -------------------- On a cold winter's day, the Free Lands of Francis, abandoned by the gods, welcomed the beloved youngest son of its lord and lady. Grateful to their brave lord and kind lady, the people of Francis brought out the best food in their homes, gathered around the bonfire, and sang beautiful hymns. At the time, no one knew what astonishing changes this frail child would bring to the barren land. Eli Curtis Francis, the soul of a computer science student from another world, was five years old. He stared pensively at the card he'd drawn from the late-arriving card-drawing System. Other people got forbidden spells, mythical beasts, and peerless divine weapons. He got potatoes, sugar beets, and architectural blueprints. Well, not quite. At least the System gave him a dragon from the start. Fine. While everyone else slays dragons and hunts for treasure in a world of swords and magic, he'll pick up a hoe and get to work developing the land. A cantankerous dwarf master shoulders his bundle and makes a long, dusty journey to the continent's first smelting plant. Elves who want nothing to do with humans cradle bowls of soft, creamy ice cream in the bustling streets. A bard sits atop the towering city wall, plucking his strings and singing at the top of his voice. The Free Lands of Francis The place abandoned by the gods Its people are brave in battle, its lands are prosperous and just Purple irises bloom across the endless ice fields A dragon's shadow sweeps across every sun-scorched land The Free Lands of Francis The place the gods cannot reach It is splendid and radiant, gentle and welcoming Praise the Free Lands of Francis A frail mage bottom obsessed with development x a ruthless, beautiful, tragic half-elf top The top and bottom get along terribly at first. There's a groveling arc and a ravenous wolf turning into a loyal dog, but both happen later on, since the top appears quite late. To the bottom, magic is programming. He's the light of the computer science department. The bottom catches a dragon from the start, and there's a special reason he isn't suspected of having unusual powers. Everyone in the Church is evil. Francis does not worship gods. We only believe in the hoes in our hands, the swords at our waists, the bonfires before us, the magic we sing, the sunset over our lands, and the laughter we share. Coming soon: The Entire Cultivation World's Family Tree Was Torn Up and Rewritten Starting with Me Chao Xing is probably the human cultivator with the strongest family background in the entire cultivation world. His father is the most cunning and ruthless patriarch of a cultivation family. His mother is the cultivation world's most beautiful woman, adored by countless admirers. His master is the most cold and unfeeling Tribulation-Transcending Venerable of the human race. His younger brother is the second most unruly troublemaker on Guiyi Sect's Jueyun Sword Peak. And among his ancestors is an ascended powerhouse to whom the entire cultivation world owes a debt. For a while, he thinks he'll coast through life. He's even figured out exactly how he plans to spend his days eating, drinking, and enjoying himself. Then a thing claiming to be a System drops from the sky. The System tempts him: [Spirit beasts and plants, rare pills, peerless secret arts, we've got it all.] Chao Xing, who has never lacked for spirit beasts and plants, precious pills, or peerless secret arts, throws the System out of the courtyard. The System keeps tempting him: [Becoming the number one person in the cultivation world will be a piece of cake.] Chao Xing, whose master is already the number one person in the cultivation world and who has no desire to usurp him, throws the System from the east side of Yuexia Cove to the west side. The System doggedly tries again: [I can grant all your wishes.] Chao Xing, whose greatest wish is to lie flat, finally loses patience, grabs the System, and heads off to tell his parents. The System shrieks: [Without me, your family is going to die!] Chao Xing stops in his tracks and carefully picks up the System. That won't do. He'd better hear what this is about. The ascension passage in the cultivation world has been blocked for a long time. No one has ascended successfully in countless millennia. Recently, even the lightning tribulations between major cultivation realms have become harder to survive. For the first time in history, the human, demon, and fiend races join forces, but one great cultivator after another falls at the final step. Some cultivators say, "The Heavenly Dao is unjust, its will impossible to resist. The three races are doomed to be wiped out." Then, one day, a strange fish-shaped magical device shoots into the sky. After a massive explosion, the ascension passage not only reopens, but opens wide enough for everyone in the cultivation world to enter. Everyone: W-what kind of master could do something so terrifying? The master smiles, tosses away the System that struck him on the head many years ago, and says, Great! Now I can finally lie flat in peace! A bottom who performs sit-ups and runs an arsenal of formations x the number-one unruly troublemaker who turns into a lovesick fool when it comes to romance Theme: Human will can triumph over fate