The One Who Fled

"Hmm? Where is this?"

Lin Tian opened his eyes and looked around.

He discovered that everything around him was shrouded in a grey haze; he could see nothing.

He was instantly stunned. "What kind of place is this? Was I kidnapped?"

Lin Tian instinctively reached out to touch his body, checking to see if his kidneys had been harvested.

He saw that his body was gone; he was completely transparent.

"Am I... have I turned into a ghost?"

Lin Tian was shocked, his heart filled with confusion.

He only remembered that he had drunk a little alcohol the night before and was grumbling while holding a grey bead he had bought from a street stall.

Suddenly, the bead fell into his mouth, he hit his head against the wall, and passed out.

As it turned out, Lin Tian had just broken up with his girlfriend the day before.

He and his girlfriend, Li Na, were alumni of Bamboo Sea University.

When school first started, the two had fallen in love at first sight due to an accidental encounter.

Back then, Lin Tian began to pursue Li Na.

He constantly created surprises and showed her care.

Three months later, they naturally became a couple.

Just like that, for all four years of university, the two were inseparable.

Just as Lin Tian was looking forward to graduating from university, finding a good job, and earning money to support Li Na, reality taught him a lesson; he sent out many resumes, but no one wanted him.

In the end, he had no choice but to deliver food.

Meanwhile, Li Na became a real estate agent.

However, Li Na did not complain about Lin Tian.

Instead, she encouraged him and cheered him on.

This made Lin Tian cherish Li Na even more; even through wind and rain, Lin Tian worked day after day without complaint.

One day, Lin Tian was delivering an order of condoms to a hotel, and the person who opened the door was Li Na!

The voice of a middle-aged man drifted out from inside.

Lin Tian was instantly stunned; he rushed in and beat that man up.

He had seen him before—that old man had dropped Li Na off at home previously. Although it was only a fleeting glance, Lin Tian still remembered it vividly!

In the end, the middle-aged man called the police, and Lin Tian was taken to the police station.

His university classmate, Xiao Hua, found out and paid the bail to get him out.

"Buddy, let's go! We're going to settle the score with her!"

Xiao Hua was furious on Lin Tian's behalf; for the sake of that woman, he had worked hard every day, only to have his brother cheated on in the end.

This was intolerable!

But he was stopped by Lin Tian, who simply wanted to maintain his final shred of dignity.

Returning home, he found that Li Na had already packed her things and left, leaving behind a note.

"You cannot give me happiness. Don't look for me again; let's break up!"

Although it was only eighteen characters long, every single word pierced Lin Tian's heart.

Lin Tian shed tears; he hadn't even cried when life had been unsatisfactory before.

For Li Na, he finally shed tears.

"Heh, everything was fake! Fake!"

Lin Tian roared in unwillingness, as if trying to vent the resentment in his heart.

For a long time, Lin Tian stared at the note in his hand, silent.

To forget Li Na, he threw himself into work from morning till night. His good friend Xiao Hua knew that if things continued like this, it would definitely not end well.

Therefore, he called Lin Tian and prepared to relax by going to the nearby Antique Street to take a look.

Lin Tian wanted to say that he had already moved on, but faced with Xiao Hua's insistence, he couldn't refuse and had to go.

Antique Street was huge, filled with all kinds of people and a vast array of antiques.

Most people came to try their luck, hoping to pick up a genuine treasure and strike it rich.

Lin Tian walked listlessly, ignoring the passionate introductions from Xiao Hua beside him.

Suddenly, Lin Tian noticed a grey bead on a stall ahead flash with a grey light, but it vanished immediately after.

Lin Tian hurried over and picked it up to examine it, but he didn't find anything unusual.

The shopkeeper saw business arriving and hurriedly began his pitch, "Young man, you have a sharp eye! This was passed down from my ancestors a thousand years ago; it's incredibly precious. I usually can't bear to part with it, but since we're fated to meet, let's say two million!"

Xiao Hua was instantly infuriated upon hearing this. He cursed the profiteer and pulled Lin Tian, ready to leave.

However, Lin Tian stopped him. Lin Tian remarked that it was just a marble and worthless, but since he happened to want a souvenir, he offered a flat price of thirty.

The shopkeeper wouldn't have it and tried to haggle further.

But at this moment, Lin Tian pulled Xiao Hua and started to walk away.

Seeing the deal about to fall through, the shopkeeper hurriedly blocked their path. His eyes darted around as he thought, It's just a trinket I picked up from a farmer anyway, and I haven't made a single sale today. Fine, thirty it is!

Thus, after some back-and-forth, the shopkeeper and Lin Tian finally settled on a price of thirty yuan.

"Lin Tian, why did you buy that thing?"

Xiao Hua was somewhat puzzled; it was clearly a fake at a glance.

Lin Tian smiled faintly, "Coming to Antique Street, I had to get something as a memento."

He was certain that what he had seen earlier wasn't a hallucination; this bead was definitely not simple.

However, it wasn't easy to explain this to Xiao Hua, lest he be treated like a lunatic.

Xiao Hua stopped talking.

After the two finished their meal, they each returned to their own homes.

However, Lin Tian bought a crate of alcohol.

As it turned out, he had wanted to message Li Na earlier to ask how she had been lately.

But he found that Li Na had blocked him.

Lin Tian gave a bitter smile; years of affection were ultimately no match for the temptation of money.

Night fell.

Lin Tian drank himself into a stupor alone.

In his daze, he took out the gray bead, looking it over from left to right, but couldn't make heads or tails of it.

He held the bead up and started cursing at it.

Unexpectedly, the bead fell into his mouth, causing him to choke on the spot. He stumbled into the wall and passed out.

When he woke up again, he was here.

"Right, that bead? Could it be that the bead brought me here?"

Lin Tian searched high and low, but couldn't find it anywhere.

At this moment, Lin Tian noticed that although he was in a soul state, the gray energy surrounding him had no effect on him whatsoever.

Suddenly, a message surfaced in his mind.

After a long while, Lin Tian finally opened his eyes.

"So, the thing that brought me here was the gray bead I bought; it is the Chaos Pearl! I obtained it by accident, and because of it, I transmigrated to the Chaos."

Lin Tian breathed a sigh of relief; it was good to understand the ins and outs of the situation.

"But I don't have a body now? Chaos Pearl, you didn't even give me a cultivation technique, how am I supposed to cultivate?"

Lin Tian was speechless; there was no information about cultivation techniques in his mind.

In his current soul state, what could he possibly do?

"Isn't it said that there are Three Thousand Demon Gods in the Chaos? Why haven't I seen a single one?"

He looked at the boundless expanse around him, where there was nothing at all.

"Which Chaos Demon God am I supposed to possess? Give me at least a hint!"

Lin Tian was at a loss.

Suddenly, a rumbling sound echoed from the sky above Lin Tian.

Immediately after, a gigantic eye appeared, looking left and right, until finally, its gaze locked onto Lin Tian.

It radiated an ancient aura, incomparably majestic.

Lin Tian was stunned, "What is this?"

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he exclaimed, "This wouldn't be the Eye of the Great Dao, would it?"

A moment later, a mechanical voice rang out. Though not loud, it resounded throughout the entire Chaos.

"Anomaly? Must be executed!!!"

Instantly, a dozen bolts of Great Dao Divine Thunder poured down.

"Ah! I'm going to die, I'm going to die!"

Lin Tian was terrified, watching as the Thunder descended.

Suddenly, a gray light emerged from Lin Tian's body, enveloping him.