Hunter

Foreword:

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Time flows like water in the mountains.

Ever since I transmigrated, Yun Jiang has been in a daze, sleeping most of the time. Even when he occasionally woke up, he was utterly bored.

After all, he seemed to have transmigrated into a book, a book left behind in the deep mountains and old forests.

Whenever Yun Jiang woke up, this nameless book would emit a colorful glow. However, in this remote wilderness, it only ever attracted unintelligent wild beasts.

Fortunately, the book's body was made of some unknown material. It was impervious to rain and could not be trampled into pieces. After being tossed around in the mountains, it had only gotten a bit dirty.

Yun Jiang had no way to complain about the atrocities committed by some wicked beasts. He just wanted to escape this forest as soon as possible and be picked up by someone to be cleaned.

As the saying goes, books are the ladder of human progress. Surely, no one would treat a book lying by the roadside as nothing. As long as someone found him, he would eventually regain his pristine form.

When bored, Yun Jiang could only recall novels, anime, and game content from his past life to pass the time. He couldn't understand how he had suddenly transmigrated.

He had only had a full-body check-up a few days ago!

The night before he transmigrated, he had played a small game that was like a cultivation family simulator: a family gacha cultivation and development game.

At the time, he found the game content too simple and boring, so he exercised his freedom of speech in the mysterious game review section, striving to be a keyboard warrior, very chatty.

As a result, he woke up and transmigrated to this world.

Good news: He transmigrated.

Bad news: He transmigrated into a book.

I don't want to be a person anymore!

Ah, sob sob~

The beautiful memories of his past life were truly nostalgic, truly tear-jerking.

Huh?

Suddenly, he heard footsteps approaching from not too far away. The owner of the footsteps was very cautious, as if afraid of startling the fierce beasts in the mountains.

Having transmigrated into a book, Yun Jiang's senses and hearing became even sharper. As for his sense of smell, Yun Jiang didn't want to talk about it. He clearly sensed that there was a person nearby!

A person!

He finally encountered a human!

Heaven has mercy, am I finally escaping this sea of suffering?

Yun Jiang was excited.

The nameless book, which had been faintly glowing, instantly erupted with dazzling, brilliant multicolored light, revealing its presence amidst the canopy.

Don't be scared away, hurry up and come over.

Come here quickly!

The Jingyang Mountain Range, the largest mountain range in the Eastern Ancestral Divine Continent's Changqing Kingdom, stretches for over eighteen hundred li to the west. It is home to countless wild beasts and many rare medicinal herbs, supporting the livelihoods of numerous hunters and farmers living on its outskirts.

Legend has it that great demons reside in the depths of the Jingyang Mountain Range. Ordinary farming families would not dare to venture deep into it. It was common to hear of noble families and even royal clans forming teams to enter the deep mountains, only for none to return.

At the southwestern foot of the Jingyang Mountain Range, bordering the Jingyang forest, lies Nanshan Town, where the hunter Yun Family resides.

Today, the head of the family, Yun Ji, after teaching his two sons and one daughter martial arts, packed his equipment and entered the mountains early to hunt.

The Immortal Realm is abundant in Spiritual Energy, and harvests are generally good. However, the lives of farmers remain as they are. In this class-based environment where strength reigns supreme and profit is paramount, they can only be exploited.

Yun Ji successfully began bone forging at the age of sixteen and entered the Xiantian realm at twenty-seven. He is now fifty-six years old, with a face etched by time and a few strands of white hair among his black locks.

The Xiantian realm only made him a skilled hunter and improved his family's life slightly. Ultimately, the Xiantian realm is still that of a mortal.

Every thirty years, Immortals from the Changqing Immortal Sect would visit Pingyang County to test for immortal destinies. Anyone between the ages of 8 and 18 could participate.

There were still three months until the immortal destiny test.

Yun Ji's only wish now was to save more silver to send his children for the test.

His three children, his youngest daughter is now 11 years old, and his eldest son is 18, both eligible to participate.

Although the Xiantian realm is still mortal, those within it hold considerable status and strength among mortals, easily dealing with weaker beasts.

The Xiantian realm cultivates True Qi. In storybooks, this is the realm of experts who dominate the continent. Those martial arts powerhouses who shatter the void are also at the peak of the Xiantian realm or have just entered Qi Refining.

Not long after entering the mountain, Yun Ji already had quite a few prey on him. None of them were particularly valuable species, but they would still significantly improve his family's meal for the day.

Yun Ji searched cautiously in the mountains as usual. The trees were tall and the forest was dense, casting a dim light within. Suddenly, Yun Ji saw a colorful light flash not far ahead.

In an instant, it was blinding.

Yun Ji's expression turned grim, and he became even more cautious. His muscles tensed, True Qi circulated rapidly within him, and he slowly retreated step by step.

It's a joke. When something unusual happens, there's always a demon behind it.

My life is more important.

Yun Ji had lived for fifty-something years; he wasn't some greenhorn who got excited by everything he saw.

This made the diligently glowing Yun Jiang suffer.

Yun Jiang was a bit confused. Why did this old geezer retreat? Was he that scary?

When a normal person encountered something like this, shouldn't they feel curious and excited after the initial shock?

Yun Jiang didn't know that this was no longer Earth. Who knew if there were monsters?

But Yun Jiang wouldn't give up just like that. The light emanating from him remained constant; it was the only thing he could do.

Yun Ji retreated over three hundred meters, yet he could still see the light in the distance. He wasn't scared away. He had lived over fifty years and felt he had lived long enough.

Of course, it was best to survive. If he could secure an opportunity for his children, Yun Ji wouldn't give up even if it cost him his life.

Yun Ji continued to stall, keeping the light in his sight from afar. After nearly fifteen minutes, he cautiously approached the light source.

This old man is so timid. Yun Jiang breathed a sigh of relief.

Upon approaching, Yun Ji realized the light wasn't dazzling. He clearly saw a book at the center of the light!

A book radiating a multicolored glow!

Yun Ji's heart trembled, a mix of nervousness and excitement. He had a premonition that his Yun family's opportunity...

Had arrived!

Yun Ji wiped his hands and grabbed the book. He felt a sharp pain in his palm as the book's light instantly vanished, leaving behind a dusty, ancient tome.

The cover clearly read: Yun Family Genealogy.

The Yun, Yun Family Genealogy?

Yun Ji stared blankly at the book.

His Yun family had no genealogy. For generations, they had only had one son. It wasn't until his son's generation that the family finally branched out, with three siblings.

Now, he had stumbled upon a miraculous Yun Family Genealogy.

Could this be fate?

Yun Ji opened the genealogy. The name of the very first ancestor was the clearest.

Jingyang Mountain Yun Clan:

First Generation Patriarch: Yun Jiang.

The other names were blurry and kept fading, disappearing. Finally, the writing on the second line gradually became clear:

Second Generation Patriarch: Yun Ji.

Immediately after, Yun Ji saw his children's names listed prominently.

Third Generation:

Yun Long

Yun Hu

Yun He

Yun Ji felt his head buzzing. He looked at his palm again; a scar in the middle was barely visible.

My Yun family has a genealogy!

A divinely bestowed genealogy.

Yun Ji was overcome with excitement.

He didn't know Yun Jiang's origins, but according to the genealogy, Yun Jiang was their ancestor, possibly the Immortal who bestowed the genealogy upon him.

What hunting?

Going home. He had to go home immediately.

Yun Ji tucked the genealogy away and hurried down the mountain to return home.