My Name Is Chu Yannian

Chirp chirp! Bugu!!

Outside the house, the chirping of sparrows gradually grew louder, occasionally interspersed with one or two clear and melodious bird calls.

Chu Tianshu drew back the curtains, squinted slightly, and looked outside.

A locust tree was planted on the side of his house, its branches stretching out horizontally and getting quite close to the window.

In the mornings, the sparrows especially love to hop around on these sturdy branches.

After returning from the Northwest, Chu Tianshu met up with Helai across the river and then went to the Spirit Realm.

The plantation project has indeed begun.

He set up a deckchair in the plantation and slept for a full thirteen hours, feeling completely refreshed. When he woke up, a faint fragrance lingered in his nostrils.

And then there's Teacher Xiaobai, who somehow snuggled up to his belly.

The unique nature of cats allowed Teacher Xiaobai to actually enter the Spirit Realm. Upon waking up, she could touch a gentle cat, which greatly improved her mood.

Xiaobai Bai is there because Feng Jianhua is active in the Spirit Realm. He discovered a new way to practice his skills: to create a vessel for himself, the worse the better, but at least it should be able to serve as a vessel.

Using a substandard medium, he carried some of his internal energy to practice in the Spirit Realm, honing his skills to a more refined level.

Once he returned to his physical body, he used that power as a catalyst to refine his own power to a higher level.

Starting from scratch, he became the principal of the largest martial arts school in the Jianghuai Greater Region, nurturing talent for decades.

Graduates of the Golden Saber Martial Arts School are now scattered Jiangnan, and some are even active overseas.

Once Chu Tianshu understands the contents of that martial art, and Feng Jianhua enters the Taboo, focusing on practicing the "Drifting Tumbleweed Under Heaven Peaches and Plums Diagram, supplemented with true skill, it will definitely be very suitable.

But now is not the time to bring this up. He handed over Lin Chucheng's experience and insights on his breakthrough to the principal and Helai, and then went home.

Several sparrows flew to the window and seemed to want to peck at it.

Chu Tianshu extended a finger with his right hand and tapped it on the window.

Four-Leaf Seal, about an inch in size, appears and is gently turned.

The sparrows, like a flock of homing pigeons practicing their circling flight, circled in front of the window before flying back to the branches.

A sparrow tilted its head, seemingly puzzled by its own actions.

"You can bark all you want, but don't peck at my window! The seals on my windowpanes are worn out; if you peck at them again, they'll have to be repaired."

Chu Tianshu breathed on the glass, channeled his Mind Power, and wrote a Mosquito and Sparrow Repelling Spell.

The Mind Power seeped into the glass, so that when the sunlight was bright and the viewing angle was slightly off, the outline of the runes could be vaguely seen inside.

This spell should keep you protected for a while.

Chu Tianshu washed up, grabbed his coat from the bedside, and went downstairs to make breakfast.

Today is the day of another time travel. He doesn't know what the other world will be like, so he will refrain from practicing the Tribulation Ash Sword Manual and maintain his most relaxed and alert state.

I don't eat meat for breakfast, but I make a small bowl of oatmeal from the Spirit Realm with nearly two liters of water.

This was grown in the Spirit Realm by people from the research institute. It is a different species, grows very quickly, and its fragrance is so pure that it is close to the Water-Refined Solomon's Seal product of the People of Deer Wilderness.

But this is just the raw material. If we use the Water-Refined Solomon's Seal method on this basis, we should be able to refine a medicinal herb with a much stronger potency than the original Polygonatum.

However, production of this product is currently low, and they haven't completed the trials yet.

Chu Tianshu only took one portion back to try it out.

Regular oats take a long time to cook if they are not soaked beforehand, but this stuff only took ten minutes to cook, and each grain opened up like a little flower.

Chu Tianshu scooped up a bowlful, ate it, and made a soft "mmm" sound.

Even though every grain of wheat has fully opened up, it still has a slightly chewy texture.

It boasts both aroma and taste, and the soup it produces naturally has a slightly sweet flavor.

"Good."

Chu Tianshu posted a taste review in the group chat. After finishing the soup, he exhaled a long breath of hot air and sent a message in the smaller group chat saying he was going out to play.

The door was locked, and I entered the main hall.

The Three-Seven Sword on the sofa sensed his approach and flew up from its sheath when he came within three meters.

Chu Tianshu caught the longsword, hooked the thin chain on the scabbard onto the side of his belt, straightened his sleeves, and stepped out.

The token is activated, and heaven and earth shift.

Chu Tianshu's footsteps trod on a highway.

The weather in the Jianghuai lately isn't really suitable for wearing a trench coat, so he wore a denim jacket over a black short-sleeved sweater, along with belted trousers.

Anyway, we don't know what kind of world it is on the other side. If it's ancient times, we can find an opportunity to change into a clothing style that isn't too conspicuous in that area.

But when he saw the road beneath his feet, he knew that this time, he had not arrived in the ancient world.

This road is made of concrete and has many cracks. There are many yellow lines on the lanes, which are already broken and faded.

The sky was a clear blue with many clouds, and the sun was half-hidden in the clouds, like a bright white spot.

On both sides of the road, there were endless fields.

Even someone like Chu Tianshu, who wasn't exactly an expert in farming, could tell.

There are more weeds than wheat in this field; it looks like it hasn't been tended to for many years.

In the distance, in the wilderness, there are rows of power towers, but they are all covered in rust.

Further away, the outlines of towns can be seen.

At the crossroads leading into town, hundreds of cars of all kinds were stuck there, but not a single horn was sounded, and no one got out of their cars to move around.

The traffic lights are off.

Although the sky was bright, the entire town's roads were so quiet that they seemed gloomy.

"This..."

Chu Tianshu had seen many movies, and this scene gave him a bad feeling. He was about to walk to the intersection to take a look when he suddenly stopped and looked at the roadside.

In the fields beside the highway, the lush weeds swayed, and a figure rose up.

This person had long, thin, dry, and messy black hair, pale skin, deep-set eyes, and no pupils or whites in their eyes, just pure black.

He was still wearing a black down jacket with many holes, his limbs were skin and bones, and his skin was uniformly pale.

Chu Tianshu's gaze darkened. The person in front of him was not breathing and had no heartbeat.

"Have we wandered into some kind of zombie world?"

As soon as Chu Tianshu entered, he habitually raised his full power to be on guard. With his skill level, he did not sense any toxicity in the air that would affect his physical constitution.

"Ah!"

The monster pounced on Chu Tianshu at a speed similar to that of an ordinary person running and jumping.

To be on the safe side, Chu Tianshu launched a finger strike from ten meters away.

The blue finger strike landed on the monster's chest with a loud thud.

The strange man slid more than a meter away, his limbs stiffened, his clothes and skin torn on his chest, from which green blood flowed.

Chu Tianshu's finger strength has the characteristic of dispersing and transmitting, sealing acupoints.

This monster appears to follow certain characteristics of human anatomy.

However, the effect of acupressure is partly achieved by affecting the blood and qi in a living person.

This monster doesn't even have a heartbeat, and the green fluid inside its body is definitely not as vibrant as normal human blood, so the effective time of acupressure will likely be greatly reduced.

Just as Chu Tianshu was about to observe the monster, his ears twitched, and he turned his head to look.

At the crossroads, a red motorcycle suddenly took to the air.

Thump! Thump thump thump!

The people on the vehicle used their waist strength to propel the motorcycle, causing it to bounce repeatedly on top of the crowded vehicles.

In the blink of an eye, people and motorcycles sped down from the outermost bus rooftop.

The motorcycle accelerated again, and the people on it looked up and noticed Chu Tianshu.

The man was wearing a black helmet, a leather jacket, and a brown scarf around his neck.

Upon approaching, the motorcycle suddenly veered off course, its tires screeching against the ground as it came to an abrupt stop.

"Brother, are you from Jinling?"

The voice came from inside the helmet; it was a bit muffled, but you could tell it belonged to a man who wasn't young.

Chu Tianshu's mind raced. "No, you're from Jinling?"

"No, it's not me. I'm on my way to Jinling."

The motorcyclist said, "Brother, traveling alone in the wilderness, you must be a master."

"Many of us are heading to Jinling. I've come to scout ahead. A lot more will be coming soon, so I hope I haven't bothered you, brother."

Chu Tianshu had gradually begun to hear the sounds of numerous vehicles driving on the main road on the other side of the intersection.

It sounds like they're all heavy vehicles like buses, public buses, and trucks.

There was a lot of noise inside and outside the car; the sounds weren't too loud, but they were quite mixed.

You can hear elderly people and children sitting inside the car opening their windows to ask if the people walking outside are tired.

Then you hear people moving the congested, abandoned vehicles.

Chu Tianshu's heart stirred slightly, and he smiled, "Actually, I was also going to Jinling, but I ran into some trouble on the way and am now a bit lost."

"Brother, could you tell me how far it is from here to Jinling? It would be even better if we could travel together."

The motorcyclist seemed to consider it for a moment.

"When you're out and about, you rely on friends. If everyone helps each other out, there's nothing inconvenient about it."

He took off his helmet; his hair was quite long, with a lot of gray hair at the hairline, but his eyes were bright, his face was lean and strong, and his beard was clean-shaven.

Chu Tianshu's eyes showed a subtle, almost imperceptible change.

Excluding the gray hair, this face looks exactly like someone else.

"Hello, my name is Chu Yannian."

The man pulled a deflated cigarette pack from his pocket, shook out one, and handed it to him. "What's your name, brother?"

"I don't smoke."

Chu Tianshu raised his hand in refusal, staring at him as he said, "I also have the surname Chu, Chu Tianshu."

So, his name is Chu Yannian, not Lin Baisui.

"Ah!"

At this moment, the frozen monster roared again, the pressure point effect had worn off.

Chu Yannian was startled and flicked his finger, sending a silver needle flying out.

The silver needle traced an arc through the air.

Although Chu Tianshu was standing in front of the monster, he could guess that the end of the arc was at the monster's tailbone.

Strangely enough, the monster was unharmed despite being struck hard in the chest, but when it was pierced by a needle in its tailbone, it screamed in agony and collapsed.

However, Chu Tianshu no longer cared about the monster at this point.

He recognized the aura of Mind Power he had just sensed.

This man, who is known for his Yannian, is clearly using the Mind Power of the Ghost Gate Shamanic Physician Lineage.

Yannian muttered, "It's already 2036, and there are still zombies who neither went to the forbidden zone nor starved to death."

2036?!

That's true. You can travel to a world in a more advanced era, but you could also end up in a world in a more advanced era.

However, the worlds I visited before not only differed in time period, but also in their cultivation systems, which were nothing like my hometown.

A multitude of complex thoughts flashed through Chu Tianshu's mind, churning within him, before he blurted out, "Your name is really Chu Yannian?"

"Certainly."

Yannian was a little surprised, then clasped his hands in a fist and smiled, "I'm over fifty years old, and because I know medicine, my friends in the wasteland support me, so I have some face."

"Now that we're making new friends, there's no reason for us to use fake names."

"Besides, once I arrive in Jinling, someone will recognize me. If I reveal my false name, wouldn't I be exposed immediately? That would be embarrassing, haha!"

(End of this chapter)