The Despised Man's Magic Turn

The Despised Man's Magic Turn

Your adoptive mother, suffering from lung cancer, travels to the Su family to see you before she dies. You ask the Su matriarch for $500,000 for her medical bills, but they refuse, offering only $20,000 as a hardship fee for your three years as a son-in-law, and demand you kick your mother out. Disappointed, you leave with your mother, only to witness an elderly man being hit by a car. You rush to help, but he grabs you and won't let go. You give him $2,000, and the man pulls you into a mystical space, revealing himself as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven. He takes you as a sworn brother, passes on his powers, and leaves you a manual teaching the "Earth Fiend Seventy-Two Transformations," along with three hairs that can save you three times.