Chapter 1: Yun Che, Xiao Che
Yun Che's consciousness slowly awakened.
What is going on... Am I not dead? I clearly fell off Jueyun Cliff, how could I still be alive! And there's no pain in my body... not even any discomfort? What's happening?
Yun Che abruptly opened his eyes, quickly sat up, and was shocked to find himself lying on a soft, large bed. Above the bed hung a big red canopy, creating a festive atmosphere.
"Ah! Xiao Che! You... you're awake!"
A surprised girl's voice came from beside him, and then a delicate face appeared in his line of sight.
This was a girl who looked only fifteen or sixteen years old. She wore an emerald green long dress, her tender face snow-white and exquisitely beautiful, her rosy lips full and tempting, her delicate nose slightly upturned, and her beautiful eyes, brimming with deep surprise, were like a clear spring—transparent, crystalline, and movingly lovely. Her entire face was gentle, soft, and radiant. To have such grace at such a young age, one could imagine what peerless beauty she would become when grown.
Looking at this girl so close, Yun Che was briefly dazed, and three words slipped out completely unconsciously: "Little Aunt?"
The girl raised her snow-white wrist and pressed her warm, jade-like hand against Yun Che's forehead. Her expression relaxed even more as she said happily, "Your temperature is almost back to normal. That's wonderful. I was almost scared to death just now. Xiao Che, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere now?"
Facing the girl's gaze overflowing with deep concern, Yun Che shook his head numbly... his mind completely in a daze.
"Rest a bit first. I'll go tell your grandfather immediately. Today is your happy day. When you suddenly fainted, your grandfather almost went crazy with worry. He just went out himself to invite Master Situ."
In her urgency, the girl didn't notice the strangeness in Yun Che's expression. She pressed his shoulders to make him lie back down, then hurriedly left.
The door closed, and Yun Che sat up again from the bed, clutching his head with both hands.
This was Liu Yun City, the easternmost small city of Cang Feng Empire, one of the seven nations of the Tian Xuan Continent. And he was Xiao Che, the only grandson of the Fifth Elder of the Xiao Clan in Liu Yun City! He had just turned sixteen.
This was his current identity.
His memories, and the memories from over twenty years on the Cang Yun Continent, instantly overlapped, leaving him dazed.
I am Xiao Che... Then what about the memories of Cang Yun Continent?
Could it be that after dying on the Cang Yun Continent, I transmigrated into this body?
No! I am clearly Xiao Che! I know everything in this room intimately. From childhood to now, all memories are clear, everything I experienced personally—it absolutely cannot be that I stole someone else's memories!
Could everything on the Cang Yun Continent have been just a dream? After I fell off Jueyun Cliff, the dream suddenly ended?
But the memories of the Cang Yun Continent are equally clear... How could those twenty-four years of grudges and loves be a dream!
What exactly is going on?
Yun Che... now, he should be called Xiao Che. He was dazed for a long moment, then his eyes gradually calmed, and his thoughts slowly became clear.
It was early morning, the sky outside not yet fully bright. Today was his and Xia Qingyue's wedding day. Half an hour ago, Little Aunt had woken him up, changed him into a big red wedding robe, and then he drank a bowl of porridge she had personally made. After that, he felt weak all over... and then he knew nothing.
He only woke up now.
Just then, a strange taste came from his lips. Xiao Che pressed his lips together slightly, and his expression changed.
This is... Heart-Slaying Powder!!
During those years on the Cang Yun Continent, with the Heavenly Poison Pearl on him, Yun Che knew every poison in the world. There was virtually no poison he didn't know. With just a light sniff, he could instantly identify a poison's name and composition. Moreover, with the Heavenly Poison Pearl, he was immune to all poisons. No matter how potent the poison, it couldn't harm him.
Heart-Slaying Powder was made from Soul-Extinguishing Grass and Purple-Striped Crabapple. Dissolved in water, it was colorless and odorless. Once in the body, it could snatch away life in just over ten seconds, causing instant death. And the corpse wouldn't even show any trace of poisoning.
Xiao Che's eyes darkened, and he instantly understood.
So, he hadn't fainted earlier. The porridge he drank had been laced with Heart-Slaying Powder, and he had been poisoned to death! After his death, he had reincarnated in the Cang Yun Continent, and after falling off Jueyun Cliff there... he had somehow been reborn into his former body from his previous life, right after it died!
Although this sounded like complete fantasy, it was the only possibility Xiao Che could think of!
Wait... If that's the case, this current body should have no resistance to poison. Why was he perfectly fine after touching the trace of Heart-Slaying Powder on his lips?
A faint, strange sensation came from his left palm. Xiao Che raised his left hand and was shocked to find a green circular imprint imprinted in the center of his palm.
The shape, color, and size of this imprint... were exactly the same as the Heavenly Poison Pearl!
Before falling off Jueyun Cliff, in his desperate situation, he had directly swallowed the Heavenly Poison Pearl into his stomach. He had no idea what consequences that would bring. But now, this mark on his hand seemed to indicate that the Heavenly Poison Pearl had also transmigrated with him!
"Heavenly Poison Pearl..." Staring blankly at this imprint that looked just like the Heavenly Poison Pearl, Xiao Che murmured subconsciously.
As his voice faded, the green mark on his palm suddenly released a burst of emerald light. His vision blurred without reason, and his mind felt slightly dizzy, forcing him to close his eyes. When he opened them again, the world around him had turned into a vast expanse of green.
This green world was empty and boundless, with no end in sight. Everywhere, there was a faint aura unique to the Heavenly Poison Pearl. Xiao Che was stunned for a long while before finally realizing that his spirit had entered the inner world of the Heavenly Poison Pearl.
So inside the Heavenly Poison Pearl, there was such a vast world! Even more incredible was that he had swallowed the Heavenly Poison Pearl without considering the consequences, and it had transmigrated with him and seemed to have become a part of his body!
Since he could enter, he could surely leave.
Xiao Che closed his eyes and moved his thoughts slightly. The surrounding green world quickly dissipated. When he opened his eyes again, his sight was back to the familiar room.
Looking at the light green mark on his palm, Xiao Che slowly smiled... Although he didn't know why such an incredible thing had happened, he had not only died and been reborn but also possessed memories of two lives. Perhaps heaven itself was dissatisfied with the tragedy of both his lives and had mercifully given him another chance at life!
Yun Che had suffered countless hardships on the Cang Yun Continent and had already reached Level 10 of the Initial Xuan Realm, on the verge of breaking through to the Xuan Entry Realm. For someone to reach such a level at sixteen, she was the first in the Xia Clan in a hundred years, and none of the younger generation in all of Liu Yun City could compare to her. There were even rumors that if her progress continued like this, in a few decades, she might become the first person in the Xia Clan's history to step into the Earth Xuan Realm... and perhaps even reach the Heavenly Xuan Realm, something no one in Liu Yun City had dared to hope for in a hundred years!
More importantly, she was not only incredibly talented but also possessed peerless beauty, recognized as the number one beauty of Liu Yun City. Almost every talented young man in Liu Yun City with any standing was infatuated with her. If the Xia Clan held a marriage selection, the line of suitors would likely stretch from the north gate to the south gate of Liu Yun City.
Such a celestial maiden, the most outstanding in both talent and beauty in Liu Yun City, was actually going to marry the most useless member of the Xiao Clan, a man with no future at all. Many people in Liu Yun City beat their chests and stamped their feet in indignation... This was utterly a proud lotus blooming atop cow dung that no one would bother to look at!
Those who were infatuated with Xia Qingyue naturally hated Xiao Che with a burning jealousy, and even more, they felt unwillingness... That someone would poison him was not surprising at all to the current Xiao Che.
"Truly, beauty is a curse." Xiao Che got out of bed and muttered to himself. But thinking of Xia Qingyue's stunning beauty, he grinned and said, "Still, marrying such a wife is not a bad start at all."
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For convenience, the Xuan power level system of this book is directly attached here, from lowest to highest: [Initial Xuan Realm], [Xuan Entry Realm], [Earth Xuan Realm], [Heavenly Xuan Realm]. Each level is divided into one to ten.
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