At Xihong City No. 7 Middle School, Ling Yi sat on the steps at the edge of the sports field, gnawing on a tea egg as he watched the students running back and forth before him, utterly speechless.
He had never expected his second world to be a modern one.
It was a modern world with no special powers whatsoever, too. No magic, no superpowers, no Jianghu experts... just a perfectly ordinary modern world.
This transmigration was baffling. Truly... random.
The Passive Transmigration Aura really was passive...
The city was called Xihong City, and the school was Xihong City No. 7 Middle School. But Wang Duoyu had probably only just been born, because this world was... the world of Xia Luo's Special Troubles.
But what could he possibly gain in this world? This was a complete waste of a transmigration opportunity.
For a time, Ling Yi felt so down and listless that he didn't want to make any effort at all. So he decided to be a salted fish for a while and see what happened once the plot began.
Xia Luo had just broken his leg and was recuperating at home. It was the part at the beginning where the guy thought he was dreaming, bravely took a leap of faith from the second floor, and successfully landed himself in the hospital.
Broken bones took a hundred days to heal. It would probably be at least a month or two before the guy returned to school.
Of course, it wasn't all bad news.
After transmigrating, Ling Yi learned from the information the system passed on to him that time in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer World had frozen after he left.
Once the Passive Transmigration Aura reached level 4, he could return to worlds he had transmigrated to before.
But level 4... Just thinking about it made his scalp tingle.
Going from level 1 to level 2 required 100,000 points, and the cost of each subsequent level doubled. Level 4 would take 400,000 points, and he didn't have the points...
He didn't know why, but after arriving in the world of Xia Luo's Special Troubles, he seemed to have completely relaxed.
Maybe it was because there was none of that Jianghu atmosphere?
Ling Yi wasn't a student. After transmigrating to this world ten days ago, he had used some unconventional methods to become a PE teacher at the school.
What was the plot of Xia Luo's world again?
Ling Yi thought back. The general sequence was that Xia Luo had achieved nothing in the future. He attended his first love's wedding, got mocked, and then found everything about his own haggard wife unbearable.
After getting drunk, he successfully transmigrated in the bathroom sink.
Compared with Ling Yi's transmigration, Student Xia Luo's was far too... far too casual.
Someone had once analyzed it online and concluded that Xia Luo hadn't transmigrated at all; he had merely had a dream.
But Ling Yi knew this was no dream.
Because Ling Yi could sense that this was a real world, a world with a complete set of rules.
To be precise, Xia Luo had transmigrated to the past of a parallel space-time, not the past of the world he had originally lived in.
Or perhaps Xia Luo's transmigration to the past had created a parallel space-time.
In any case, Xia Luo had returned to the past, and what followed was a series of moves as fierce as a tiger.
He tore up books, burned curtains... and took a leap of faith. It was only because of that leap that Xia Luo finally confirmed he had transmigrated.
After that, he lived a life of non-stop cheating.
The guy freeloaded off songs from the future. One performance of "The You of the Past" set the whole school on fire, and he was then discovered by a music company, setting him on the path to stardom.
His life turned around. He had money, a car, a house, and crowds of beautiful women, living in the lap of luxury.
The movie sped through that part of the plot, but reality wasn't a movie.
From student to star, and then to being screwed over by "One Plum Blossom" and "White Lotus," the process probably took more than a decade. By the time "One Plum Blossom" appeared in the movie wearing a fishing outfit, he was already nearly thirty, so the span of time couldn't possibly have been short.
In other words, Ling Yi would probably have to stay in this world for at least a decade or more.
Or he could simply wreck the plot... That would depend on his mood.
At least for now, Ling Yi wanted to be more of a salted fish. For instance, he could use the Mind-Reading Technique to listen to young girls' thoughts.
It was an ability derived from his Yang Soul becoming a god and his powerful Spiritual Sense and mental power. Of course, if someone insisted on calling it a superpower, that wasn't wrong either.
Wow, this new PE teacher is so handsome! He's even more handsome than my Brother Guan.
Black lines covered Ling Yi's forehead. No, I'm not worthy. Compared with Teacher Guan, I'm trash.
Teacher Ling's arms must be so comfortable. I really want to try them out. Oh, I'm blushing.
Now that's an idea... Ling Yi smiled at the girl, instantly making her blush until her face burned.
He had to admit, high school girls in this era were much older than those in later times.
They were basically all seventeen or eighteen and up, and quite a few were even over twenty.
Students started school late these days. Plenty were sixteen or seventeen before they entered middle school.
In his previous life, Ling Yi had run off to make his way in the world without even attending middle school, and he regretted it somewhat.
As for girls out in society, too many were snobbish. Their innocence was an act, their hymens had been repaired, and few were good-looking. After all, how many girls who ran with that crowd were decent? Even if they were good-looking, it was the result of surgery.
Ling Yi marveled at how wonderful this era was.
Two months later, Xia Luo finally returned to school.
His leg still didn't seem to work very well, though. Xia Luo's behavior had been so outrageous that the school had given him a major demerit and required him to make a self-criticism in front of all the teachers and students.
Then came the famous scene. Xia Luo publicly confessed his love to Qiu Ya in front of the whole school, becoming the talk of the campus overnight.
Ling Yi, however, felt a little annoyed. How could watching someone else show off possibly feel good?
So Ling Yi decided he ought to do something. He soon had an idea and couldn't help chuckling. He wondered what Xia Luo would think when he found out.
Today was the most painful day of Ma Dongmei's life. The boy she secretly loved had confessed to another girl, and to top it off, that girl was the school belle.
For a girl experiencing the first stirrings of love, only she herself knew that pain.
When she got home, Ma Dongmei shut herself in her room without even eating, leaving her mother somewhat worried.
But as her mother, she knew her daughter's temperament all too well. She would probably come running out in an hour at most.
Growing up, the girl had never missed a meal.
Just then, someone knocked on the door, followed immediately by a young voice.
"Excuse me, does Ma Dongmei live here? I'm a teacher at his school, here for a home visit."
Ma Dongmei's mother was a little puzzled to hear it was a teacher. When she opened the door and saw the outrageously handsome young man standing there, she was stunned.
Is this a teacher? He's a star, surely?
"My name is Ling Yi. I'm a teacher at Xihong City No. 7 Middle School."
"Hello, Teacher Ling. Please come in, come in! Dongmei, a teacher from your school is here. Come out, quickly."
"Mom, if you're going to lie to me, at least come up with a better excuse. When has a teacher ever come to our house? I'll eat later, so don't worry about me."
"Honestly, child, it's Teacher Ling from your school. Stop talking nonsense and come out."
"Teacher Ling? Which Teacher Ling...?" Ma Dongmei muttered as she came out of her room. When she saw Ling Yi, she froze too.
"It really is Teacher Ling." Ma Dongmei naturally knew Ling Yi. He was the new PE teacher at their school, and the most handsome PE teacher they had ever seen.
In private, the girls had fantasized about this PE teacher plenty. Even Ma Dongmei herself had fantasized about him. In the girls' eyes, good looks were love.
So when she saw Ling Yi, even the carefree Ma Dongmei blushed a little.
"Um, may I ask what you wanted with Dongmei, Teacher Ling? Did she get into trouble at school? I was wondering why she didn't even eat when she got home today," Ma Dongmei's mother said, a little angry.
"Ma Dongmei didn't get into trouble. How should I put it? I used to be a music teacher. I heard Ma Dongmei sing once before, and I thought she showed promise..." At this point, Ling Yi noticed that both Ma Dongmei and her
mother were looking at him strangely.
Ling Yi knew why, and he felt a little depressed too. It's a lot of trouble for me to make up an excuse, all right? Can you show a little respect?
"Teacher, are you sure? Dongmei, with that cracked-gong voice of hers, shows promise?" Ma Dongmei's mother looked utterly skeptical.
Ling Yi thought, You're right, but if I say she shows promise, then she shows promise. Even if she doesn't, she does. I'm using cheats. Cheats, understand?