Chapter 2

Blurb

A Whimsical Introduction—

A tragic young man who had his throat slit by the bride and her lover on his wedding day was reborn.

Only to run into this unreliable half-baked immortal—

"In exchange for rebirth, you must become my believer~~"

"Young man, go gather the power of faith~~"

He had thought this was nothing more than a rebirth journey with cheats enabled,

But he ended up becoming a charlatan who gathered the power of faith for others.

In short, this was the story of a reborn young man with a spatial dimension and a half-baked immortal, traveling through all sorts of worlds to gather the power of faith and striving to become a god.

Hehe O(∩_∩)O~

A Suspenseful Introduction—

The wastrel Qin Yi was reborn, with a half-baked immortal thrown in for good. At first, he thought this was merely a hot-blooded urban rebirth novel, but then an interdimensional trading system appeared—

Fine! Qin Yi admitted that this might be an urban superpower novel.

But in the blink of an eye, cultivation dimensions, descendants of the First Emperor, mecha starships, and all that stuff unfolded before him. Even more damnably, he discovered that his brother actually...

The seemingly random journeys through various dimensions were ultimately all connected, like an enormous net slowly drawing Qin Yi into its folds.

Was it coincidence, or had it all been planned long ago?

Tags: Portable Space, Farming Story

The Unlucky Groom

Qin Yi felt that he was very unlucky.

Truly, unlucky to the extreme.

Ever since his first □ with the class beauty in middle school at age twelve, he had roamed the field of love for more than ten years. There had been no fewer than a hundred men and women by his side, and it had always been mutual consent, easy meetings and easy partings. Yet he had never expected to be kidnapped by his bride and her lover on his wedding night.

His gaze swept over the desolate surroundings, and Qin Yi swallowed before saying, "Could you put down the knife hanging at my neck first?"

"Don't move, or I'll kill you!" Frenzy and terror covered the woman's beautiful face, and the knife pressed against Qin Yi's neck tightened further. A stab of pain came from his throat. Qin Yi knew he was bleeding.

"Fine, I won't move. I definitely won't move. Don't get nervous. Whatever you do, don't act rashly." Qin Yi forcibly suppressed the urge to roll his eyes and coaxed her softly.

"Why? Dad clearly knew that the one I loved was Brother Haotian, so why did he force me to marry an ignorant good-for-nothing like you? I don't want this, I don't..." the woman said emotionally.

...I'm an economics graduate of Harvard University in America, all right? Even if I bought the diploma with money, I still count as someone who studied abroad. How am I an ignorant good-for-nothing? Qin Yi curled his lips and grumbled inwardly. But seeing the woman's trembling hand, he wisely kept his mouth shut.

"You're only able to throw your weight around in S City because your father is the richest man here. Without your father, how could you live like a fish in water? How could you marry such a perfect Xiner?" The man beside Wang Luoxin glared at Qin Yi with jealous eyes and roared.

"...My mother and my brother are pretty impressive too!" Qin Yi looked at the man's reddened eyes. He had not wanted to speak, but seeing the man stare at him without shifting his gaze, he thought it over and spoke anyway.

The moment Qin Yi finished speaking, the man's gaze turned even colder.

Qin Yi dejectedly rubbed his nose, lowered his head, and said nothing.

In an instant, silence filled the cramped car. The atmosphere congealed.

After a long while, Wang Luoxin asked, "Brother Haotian, what do we do now?"

Nie Haotian glanced at Wang Luoxin, then at the restrained Qin Yi. After pondering for a moment, he said, "We'll drive to J City first. I've already had my brothers make arrangements there. We'll hide there for a while, then return to S City once the heat dies down. By then, the raw rice will have been cooked into cooked rice. The marriage alliance with the Qin family will be completely ruined, and your parents probably won't be so insistent anymore."

"Brother Haotian, I'll listen to you." Wang Luoxin looked at Nie Haotian with complete trust and replied, "What about Qin Yi?"

"Him..." At that, a flash of killing intent passed through Nie Haotian's eyes as he looked at Qin Yi.

"Uh... if you do anything to me, I swear my father absolutely won't let you off. But if you let me go, I'll pretend none of this ever happened, and I'll take the initiative to call off the engagement with the Wang family." Qin Yi spoke obediently. He had never felt much for Wang Luoxin in the first place. They had merely grown up together, and their parents had arranged a childhood betrothal. Since he had no one he loved to death, he had naturally planned to follow his parents' arrangements once he reached the proper age. Who could have known such a mess would happen?

Thinking of this, Qin Yi could not help complaining to Wang Luoxin, "If you already had someone else in your heart, why didn't you say so earlier? If you'd told me before, I would have canceled the engagement directly. Why go through all this trouble?"

"I did say so. I told my father and mother that I only loved Brother Haotian! But they refused to agree and insisted on forcing me to marry you! I truly had no other choice. I can't live without Brother Haotian." At his words, tears streamed down Wang Luoxin's face. She whimpered and complained.

"...Why didn't you come find me?" Qin Yi was rather speechless. Uncle Wang was his father's secretary. Once something like this happened, of course he would do everything possible to suppress it, or his future source of wealth would be gone. Even an idiot knew that.

"How could you possibly agree? How could you not want such a beautiful fiancée as me? Sob..." The more Wang Luoxin thought about it, the sadder she became. If not for Qin Yi's existence, how could she have ended up in such a predicament?

No matter how beautiful she was, she was still only a woman. How could she be more important than his own life? Besides, Wang Luoxin was not even his type to begin with.

Though that was what he thought, Qin Yi wisely did not say it aloud. Anyone knew that saying such things would be far too hurtful. Now that things had come to this, there was no use saying any of it.

Qin Yi immediately sorted through his thoughts and said to Wang Luoxin, "That's because I didn't know you had someone you liked. How about you let me go? Once I get home, I'll explain things to my father. I won't blame you."

"No! You must be trying to trick us into letting you go. Once you get home, you'll definitely have your father call the police and hunt us down everywhere. If Xiner falls into your hands then, you'll certainly keep her like some forbidden possession. Xiner, you absolutely must not listen to him," Nie Haotian immediately said.

"Qin Yi, you're so despicable!" Wang Luoxin stared at him in disbelief. "How can you be so cruel? How can you bear to hurt such a weak and innocent me? How can you—"

I mean it sincerely! Qin Yi stared wordlessly at the heavens. "I—"

"Shut up! No matter what you say, I won't believe you. Qin Yi, stop talking." The knife in Wang Luoxin's hand tightened again, and Qin Yi sensibly shut his mouth.

"Enough. Stop talking. Leaving S City comes first." As Nie Haotian spoke, he started the car.

No one spoke for the entire journey.

After an unknown amount of time, Qin Yi's drowsiness was jolted away by the piercing wail of police sirens. Turning his head, he was blinded by the glaring headlights behind them. Then he heard someone shout, "The car ahead, stop! You are surrounded. Pull over to the side of the road immediately and cooperate with us. Otherwise, we will open fire."

Dad?

—The sudden brake sent Qin Yi pitching forward with the momentum. The knife at his throat suddenly plunged into his flesh. Bright red blood spurted from his neck. Qin Yi took one last look at Wang Luoxin's terrified face, stained red by blood, before gradually losing consciousness.

Fuck...

Author's Note: A new story is starting. Come stomp around, everyone. Hehe O(∩_∩)O~

Rebirth: Laying the Groundwork for the Charlatan's Path

Qin Yi stared blankly at the bustling traffic and dense crowds before him, feeling as though he had crossed into another lifetime.

The old streets, the low single-story houses, the noisy snack stalls lining the road, the cars roaring past and kicking up clouds of dust.

Qin Yi subconsciously wiped the mud splashed onto his face. When he saw the hand raised before him, his slender eyes widened in astonishment.

They were still fair and clean, yet they were several sizes smaller—the hands of a child.

Qin Yi lowered his head and looked at what he was wearing. A half-old school uniform hung loosely from his body. The faded, washed-out fabric still vaguely bore the emblem of S City No. 4 Primary School on its chest. Qin Yi stared blankly at the emblem for a long time without saying a word.

"What's wrong with you? You look unhappy?" A voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

"Wasn't starting over your wish? Why are you pulling such a long face now? Don't tell me you regret it?" The voice deep in his mind pressed on. When Qin Yi still did not react, it flew into a rage out of embarrassment. A tremendous force swept toward Qin Yi out of thin air. The next second, Qin Yi, who had been standing by the street, suddenly vanished. The crowd surged around him, and no one noticed.

The magnificent, resplendent hall was empty. Above the lofty divine throne hung a cloud of black mist whose form could not be made out.

Qin Yi stood blankly in the gold-carved, jade-built hall, silent.

"Speak! Why aren't you speaking? Wasn't it you who begged me to send you back to the past?" The voice came from all directions, ethereal and shifting, filled with fury.

"I... I was just... saying it casually..." Qin Yi froze, then seemed to snap back to his senses as he answered.

"Um... I really was reborn?" After a while, Qin Yi cautiously asked.

"Nonsense. Otherwise, do you think you're dreaming right now?" the voice said irritably.

"Then you..." Qin Yi's thoughts were in chaos. He still could not understand what had happened.

He remembered clearly that Wang Luoxin had slit his throat and killed him thoroughly. In his hazy state, he had heard a voice ask whether he was unwilling to accept it, whether he wanted to live again. He had answered instinctively. Then...

Qin Yi blankly swept his gaze over the empty space, forced himself to calm down, and asked, "What do you want?"

"I want you to become my believer," the voice said in the manner of a charlatan.

...A believer? What, should I be a fanatic too? Damn it, had he run into a lunatic? Qin Yi sighed toward the heavens and fell silent.

"Actually, I'm from another dimension. In your words, I'm a god. It was only because of a twist of fate that I ended up stranded on your planet. Our abilities are cultivated through the power of faith from our people, which becomes divine power and allows us to wield great supernatural abilities. But I discovered that the people of your planet have almost no faith. My divine power has been leaking away more and more, and then I happened to encounter your soul just as it was about to dissipate. So I used the Great Prophecy Technique to save you. You aren't thinking of going back on your word, are you?" The voice sounded somewhat annoyed. "My divine power was only enough to pay for one use of the Great Prophecy Technique. Even if you regret it, I can't send you back. You must help me regain the power of faith!"

"So in other words, goods sold cannot be returned?" Qin Yi curled his lips.

"...You don't have to put it so harshly!" the voice retorted weakly.

What kind of fate was this? When others were reborn, they would run into fully qualified gods like the King of Hell. Yet even in rebirth, he had managed to encounter an unreliable half-baked fraud.