Transmigration

Transmigration

This text was written entirely by hand without any AI involvement.

Demons and ghosts in this book love to eat human brains, please prepare one just in case.

Great Wu Kingdom.

Five miles outside Yueyang County.

"Where am I?"

Gao Fei smelled the fragrance of green grass and opened his eyes to see two moons not far apart in the sky, one large and one small.

The small one was about the size of the one on Blue Star, while the other was twice as large.

The moonlight was bright, casting a gentle radiance that illuminated the earth.

He struggled to climb to his feet and swept his gaze around in the moonlight.

There were a few shriveled corpses nearby, their mouths stripped of flesh and their scalps no longer able to cover their teeth, leaving their front teeth completely exposed.

On the clothing of one of them, a large character for "Constable" was clearly visible.

In the distance were a few unidentified leg bones and a large number of erected gravestones.

His body had never felt so heavy.

He looked at his own hands, resembling someone straight out of an African refugee camp.

Lacking flesh, his skin hung loose.

From his wrist to his upper arm, everything was the exact same thickness.

Memories slowly surfaced, centering on the original owner's final moments.

The headlights of an Ahri and the headlights of a Dayun truck merged, taking both his and the original owner's lives at the same time.

Even that final shudder was just a memory.

What a hard life, he missed out on the pleasure and had to bear the suffering!

The draining was so thorough this time that even the memories were blurry.

Excessive weakness made him forget how to think, leaving him unable to feel any fear.

He got up and began walking slowly toward the home in his hazy memory.

A quarter of an hour later.

He was back at his original spot once again.

A ghost's maze?!

"Get lost!"

"I'm about to forget the way home, and if I do, you'll regret it."

Suppressing the crushing weight of his body and his rising anger, he stepped forward once more.

When he returned to the exact same spot yet again.

Gao Fei flew into a rage; when luck was bad, even a lowly ghost dared to bully him.

"You'd better kill me right now, or when dawn breaks, I'll dig up your grave!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a sharp voice rang out in the distance.

"Hehehehe!"

"Leftovers, eat, eat...!"

The voice drifted elusively and sounded like it belonged to someone young.

At the same time, a black figure darted rapidly about, flickering from left to right.

The speed was so blinding that Gao Fei struggled even to turn his head to keep up.

He was annoyed too!

Dragging this body around for so long only to end up right back where he started, his temper was burning hot.

He had heard old folks say that ghosts were things that feared you as long as your guts were big enough!

"Come on!..."

"It's not like I've never been a ghost before. Once I shake off this flesh, I'll be a ghost too, and after I turn into a ghost, I'll eat you straight up!"

Although he couldn't clearly make out what this ghost looked like, judging by its short stature, he knew it had to be either a woman or a child.

It was a fierce threat, but lacked momentum.

A few breaths later.

He blankly swept his gaze around and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Looks like it got scared off."

The moment he relaxed, a chill swept over his back and goosebumps broke out all over his body.

He turned his head back.

The words of the older generation appeared in his mind: if you encounter a ghost, never suddenly turn your head back.

Damn, I got possessed by a ghost.

As the black shadow invaded his physical body, Gao Fei fell straight down.

Before losing consciousness, he unconsciously heard a scream.

Ah! Four-Pillar Pure-Yang...

The little ghost had entered in too much of a rush.

The moment she entered, his blazing hot physical body rapidly melted her away.

She did not even have time to escape.

Eliminated wandering spirit, Merit Points +1!

Remaining Merit Points: 10

System activating...

An hour later, Gao Fei opened his eyes once more.

A transparent attribute panel appeared before his eyes.

He rubbed his eyes hard, only to realize it was not an illusion.

The panel was extremely simple.

Name: Gao Fei

Lifespan: 3 days

Four-Pillar Pure-Yang Body (Damaged 2/100)

Merit Points: 10

Blood-Qi Realm (Initial Stage)

Blood-Congealing Art (Initiation) +

Six Harmonies Spear (Initiation) +

Eight Blades of Breaking Edge (Initiation) +

A wisp of chilly breath lingered in his lower abdomen, refreshing his mind considerably.

Memories relating to cultivation techniques also began to appear.

Blood-Congealing Art

It included stance-training, simple punches and kicks such as front snaps and straight punches... all methods for tempering blood and Qi.

Eight Blades of Breaking Edge

A martial art from the military, featuring the most direct chopping and slashing moves.

I have a golden finger! Max out Blood-Congealing Art!

Gao Fei no longer had any strength left, and his voice was so faint that he could barely hear it himself.

In an instant, he entered his conscious space.

Six black figures appeared all around, their faces unclear, strictly and methodically practicing fist techniques, stance-training, and tempering blood and Qi...

It felt as though eyes had grown all over his body, allowing him to see every practiced figure and movement with absolute clarity.

Slowly, he began to follow along and practice.

When he opened his eyes again in reality.

He felt as though ten whole years had passed. Having only lived for twenty years, he had spent a full decade just practicing martial arts.

This caused his mental maturity to increase significantly.

Remaining Merit Points: 0.

One Merit Point equaled one year.

He looked around and glanced up at the sky.

It was exactly the same as when he had entered.

If it required time, it was not long either. How much time specifically was needed would have to wait for later experiments.

He looked at the panel.

Blood-Congealing Art (Great Accomplishment)

Middle Qi-Blood Realm (Realm has reached the late stage, but the power of blood and Qi has not)

Lifespan: 30 days.

The flesh and blood on his hands had recovered a lot, though overall he was still rather thin—one could only say he looked somewhat human now.

That chilly aura in his lower abdomen had completely vanished.

He felt much stronger, but every cell in his body was starving, hungry enough to devour a whole ox.

It seems using a cheat requires consuming energy.

Hearing the sound of thunder rolling in his belly, he let out a sigh.

I'll head back first anyway; if I'm going to die, I need to be full first so I can hit the road in peace!

With his stomach rumbling, Gao Fei took two full hours to finally catch sight of the Yueyang County Seat.

The county seat was not large, consisting of a dozen or so long streets, much like a small town of ten thousand people from his original world.

A stone-piled wall standing over a zhang high protected the interior of the city.

The area immediately outside the city was bare, devoid of any trees.

As the morning sun first appeared, the city gates opened.

At this moment, people entering the city had already begun forming a long queue.

Gao Fei walked over slowly and took his place at the very back.

Standing right in front of him was a burly man carrying a load of firewood on a shoulder pole.

Feeling someone behind him, the man turned around with a smile, ready to make small talk.

Idling about meant he had time to spare anyway.

When he saw Gao Fei's face clearly, however, his expression turned to one of utter terror.

"My lord, you go first..."

With that, he stepped behind Gao Fei, incidentally pulling along the person in front of him as well.

By now Gao Fei was starving to the point of being truly unbearable.

He offered the burly man an apologetic smile, then cut forward by two spots.

Gradually, he noticed something was amiss.

People pulled one another along, letting him cut the line one by one; as soon as the people ahead spotted him, they scurried swiftly behind him to yield their places.

Before long, he was standing at the very front of the line.

Even the guards watching the gate smiled at him, bowing and scraping.

They didn't even collect the city entry fee.

"Buns, fresh buns..."

As soon as he entered the city, he spotted a steamed bun shop.

With food right there, Gao Fei could not wait any longer.

Without even queuing up, he snatched two steamer baskets of buns directly from the waiter's hands, turned around, and prepared to find a place to sit.

The crowd, which had been packed full and leisurely eating breakfast just a moment ago, grabbed the belongings off their tables and bolted away.

In an instant, the small shop was empty as a ghost town, not a single person left.

Gao Fei had no idea why, but since everyone else was leaving, he might as well leave too!

"To-go! How much?"

"My lord! You're too kind!"

The waiter swiftly wrapped the buns up in yellow paper and waved his hands frantically.

Gao Fei took them, patted himself down, only to find his pockets feeling just as heavy, and awkwardly froze for a second.

"You know me?"

"I do."

As he spoke, the waiter curled his hand into a fist, extended his middle and index fingers, spread the two fingers apart—making a "V" sign—pointed the fingers straight down, and lightly tapped the tabletop three times.

"Do you know what that means?"