Chapter 255: Prefect Xu of Yangyue Prefecture

"It seems I have heard another incredible secret."

Lin Chao sighed.

Unfortunately, he could only hear the mysterious woman's side of the conversation.

He could not know the words from the other side.

The mysterious woman ended the exchange and continued walking through this desolate world.

Although she had already said many times that that person was dead, she was still searching.

Just like that, he did not know how many years passed.

Lin Chao's life also became less dull and tedious.

But one day, the woman suddenly fell from the air and landed on the ground.

There was a damp trace on her left eye: "Why can I not become you?"

A tear rolled down and dissolved into this world.

Lin Chao stared at that tear, certain it was a treasure.

Unfortunately, even he did not discover where that tear had fallen.

Not knowing how much time had passed, the woman stood up.

In her hand, a drop of blood appeared.

"All things... revive."

The mysterious woman spoke, a solemn expression appearing on her face.

The aura about her also changed at this moment.

If she had previously possessed a woman's tenderness, now she was of supreme majesty.

This world seemed to have undergone a tremendous change.

"Is this... creating a world?" Lin Chao was slightly stunned, his gaze becoming urgent, "This drop of blood..."

Was this woman creating life for this world?

And the drop of blood in the woman's hand gave him a sense of familiarity.

The woman stood there, and the heavens and earth suddenly underwent countless changes.

Unfortunately, three days passed, and Lin Chao let out a sigh.

"She failed."

This world was still a place of dead silence.

There was not the slightest trace of any living creature appearing.

"An ancient battlefield truly cannot forcibly create life; everything must be formed by nature."

The mysterious woman sighed leisurely and left this world.

Lin Chao's life became dull and tedious once again.

Lin Chao slowly digested the insights from when the woman created the world.

For him, this was also an opportunity.

Not knowing how many years had passed, Lin Chao awoke from these insights.

"It is too profound."

Indeed, that mysterious woman was too profound.

With his current level of attainment, he could not see the mysteries of those methods at all, nor the Dao principles contained within them.

"However, the blood that appeared in her hand, it was..."

Deep within Lin Chao's consciousness, a drop of blood suddenly appeared.

This drop of blood was the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood hatched by the Transcendence Fragment.

The blood in the woman's hand was somewhat similar to the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood that Lin Chao possessed.

"The Main God Tier is the Ninth Tier, focusing on the perception of life and death.

This life and death, perhaps..."

Lin Chao had an epiphany in his heart.

Perhaps his opportunity to break through to the Ninth Tier lay in this drop of Ten Thousand Spirits Blood.

"Use Ten Thousand Spirits Blood."

Lin Chao did not have any hesitation.

When he reincarnated, the Reincarnation Simulator followed as well.

Therefore, this drop of Ten Thousand Spirits Blood could naturally be used.

Suddenly, this world underwent a tremendous change.

It was as if countless specks of starlight had fallen into this world.

The world went from desolate to chaotic.

Lin Chao's consciousness also became heavy as he used this drop of Ten Thousand Spirits Blood.

It was as if his body were bearing the entire world, unable to withstand the burden.

Lin Chao's consciousness also became blurred, and his thoughts were intermittent.

"Can I also be considered to have been a creator god for once?" Lin Chao murmured.

This world had completely changed.

Countless chaos dissipated, and countless gases darted about.

Countless collisions occurred in places invisible to the human eye.

Not knowing how many tens of thousands of years passed, this world had an ocean.

I do not know how many more tens of thousands of years passed, but some green appeared in the sea.

Time flowed on, and the seas changed into mulberry fields.

Lin Chao let out a yawn.

Vaguely, he saw a bird flying.

He fell asleep again.

Waking up once more, he saw upright living beings lighting a torch.

"Humans?"

His consciousness was muddled and dim.

I do not know how many more years continued to pass.

For Lin Chao, it was perhaps just a nap, but for the living beings of the world, it might have been that their descendants had been cut off and their tribes had gone extinct.

Suddenly, one day, Lin Chao's consciousness awakened.

A thought arose.

……

Daxing Kingdom.

Yangyue Prefecture.

Xiao'an Mountain.

The red clouds were like Fire, burning half the horizon, and some dark shadows could already be seen on the mountain.

"Sigh, Xu Ling, we didn't manage to pick any precious medicine today either." The thin boy wore clothes full of patches and carried a basket larger than himself.

In the basket, quite a few freshly picked medicinal herbs were placed.

It was a full basket, looking like a large harvest, yet the thin boy frowned with a worried expression.

"Picking medicine?" The young man named Xu Ling raised his head, a trace of confusion flashing in his eyes.

Very quickly, this wisp of confusion dissipated, and a glimmer of sharp light flashed in his eyes.

"What's wrong, Xu Ling?" the thin boy asked with confusion.

"It's nothing, just feeling... a bit sleepy." Xu Ling spoke, digesting the memories in his mind.

This youth named Xu Ling was naturally Lin Chao.

This reincarnation was a rather special case.

Perhaps because he had experienced the creation of the world, he had consumed too much.

So much so that for all these years, Xu Ling had not possessed Lin Chao's own memories and had lived an Ordinary life.

According to Lin Chao's memories, he was already sixteen years old in this life.

In his previous life, his parents died early, and at thirteen, he was valued by the old doctor of the Iron Blood Medicine Hall and became a shop assistant at the medicine hall.

He had spent two years peacefully just like that.

As a result, the Iron Blood Gang, which stood behind the Iron Blood Medicine Hall, was wiped out by the Green Feather Gang.

Those of them from the Iron Blood Medicine Hall were implicated.

The old apothecary who had always taken good care of Xu Ling died, and in the end, Xu Ling fled with the old doctor's orphaned daughter to Yangyue Prefecture.

In order to survive, Xu Ling had no choice but to join the Medicine Gang of Yangyue Prefecture, becoming a medicine-picking boy for the Medicine Gang.

Only in this way did he barely manage to stay alive.

"Wang Gai, you go back first. The sky isn't too dark yet, and I don't have night blindness, so I can still pick some more medicine.

Wan Lian just gave birth not long ago and is still in her postpartum recovery; she needs to eat more to nourish herself."

Having digested all the information, Lin Chao spoke.

Wan Lian was the orphaned daughter of the old doctor.

"Sigh." Wang Gai wanted to say something but hesitated, "Xu Ling... Wan Lian, she..."

In the end, he did not say anything and left carrying the basket.

Lin Chao's gaze was calm; he naturally understood what Wang Gai meant.

Wang Gai wanted to persuade him to save up more money for a wife so that when he was of age, he could marry a wife and live a good life.

Instead of being like he was now, carrying a burden.

Watching Wang Gai's departing figure, Lin Chao gave a self-deprecating smile: "Without the Awakening of my memories, I really was... quite useless."

He looked up at the sky, only to see half a sky of red clouds.

"I wonder, is the me in the sky still there?

Or perhaps, have I fallen into a deep slumber?"

This reincarnation was extremely special.

Lin Chao was not clear about these things either.

The sky gradually grew dark, and the buzzing sound of mosquitoes arrived.

Before long, Lin Chao's arm was bitten by a mosquito, resulting in a large, bloody swelling.

Following his memories, Lin Chao skillfully took out a medicinal herb and applied it to his exposed skin.

Immediately, the mosquitoes became fewer.

"The current me, am I immortal? But can I still die?"

Lin Chao contemplated for a while.

Indeed, the current him was immortal, and his appearance would be frozen at eighteen.

However, he would still get injured, and he would still die.

"The current me is too weak; if I run into a tiger, I can only slide-tackle it."

"Cultivation..."

Lin Chao immediately began to cultivate.

Immediately, a look of disappointment appeared on his brow.

"As expected, the cultivation methods of Jiuzhou and the Supernatural paths of Qiyuan World cannot be practiced."

Not only that, but even the path of the Spirit Martial Artist is impassable.

What he has now are only the insights of some experts, or rather, combat techniques.

Dealing with Ordinary people is fine, but dealing with experts is not possible.

"Why would this situation occur?" Lin Chao thought for a moment, but really could not figure it out.

"Although my lifespan is endless, I will still die, so I had better keep a low profile."

According to his own memories, there are Martial Masters in this world.

Back then, the Iron Blood Medicine Hall was wiped out because the young leader of the Green Feather Gang also broke through to the realm of Martial Master.

One gang with two Martial Masters is an absolute Overlord in a small county town.

The Medicine Gang where Lin Chao is now also has two Martial Masters holding down the fort.

These Martial Masters are invincible against a hundred men.

Even with Lin Chao's current excellent combat techniques, it is very difficult to defeat these Martial Masters.

"Literature is for the poor, martial arts are for the rich; I must save money first to have a chance to learn martial arts."

Having experienced so many worlds, this is the first time Lin Chao has felt that money is so important.

Without money to nourish the body, with his current small arms and legs, he can't learn a damn thing about martial arts.

Moreover, learning martial arts requires paying tuition.

Lin Chao stayed on the mountain for a while, then returned to the Medicine Gang under the moonlight.

Half an hour later, Lin Chao appeared outside the Medicine Gang's compound with a medicine basket on his back.

He poured out the medicine from the basket and counted it one by one.

Beside him, the gap-toothed old man glanced at it: "A total of ten jin and three liang, worth three wen."

As he spoke, the old man pulled out three copper coins and tossed them into Lin Chao's hand.

Lin Chao took the money, a smile like the ones from the past on his face: "Thank you."

Three wen, according to the prices of his previous life, is equivalent to 6 yuan.

In other words, he picked medicine for a day and earned 6 yuan.

It is indeed very little, but in this world, the rice that three wen can buy, if eaten sparingly, is enough for a family of three to eat for several days.

"Kid, didn't you say you wanted to follow me to learn how to read?"

"I'm short on money lately, the tuition won't be three big coins, one big coin will do," the gap-toothed old man said with varied intonation.

Literacy was a matter of great pride for him.

"Sorry, Uncle Liu, my sister just gave birth, I don't have much money, so learning to read will have to wait," Lin Chao said, a look of deep disappointment appearing in his eyes.

However, he felt a bit happy inside.

Having recovered his memories, he actually saved the one big coin for literacy fees.

One big coin is equivalent to one hundred wen, which Lin Chao would have to pick medicine for a month at the Medicine Gang to earn.

The gap-toothed old man's expression changed slightly, and finally he waved his hand, seemingly disgusted with Xu Ling.

Lin Chao did not pay it any mind.

Having finished the settlement, he began to return to his own room.

After picking medicine for a day, his arms and waist were now a bit sore.

To him, it did not count for much.

Before long, a dilapidated farmhouse courtyard appeared in Lin Chao's field of vision.

Outside the courtyard was a thick fence, which was built by Xu Ling.

A few years ago, a famine occurred in Yangyue Prefecture, and the people in the village all fled to beg, leaving the courtyard empty, and it became the place where Lin Chao now stays.

Just as he entered the courtyard, Lin Chao heard the sound of an infant crying.

Lin Chao pushed open the Wood door, his gaze passing through the room, and he was slightly stunned.

"Wan Lianjie?"

Lin Chao entered the inner room, where a woman lay on the bed, covered by a tattered cotton quilt.

At this moment, there was no longer any breath in her body.

On the table sat an empty bowl, with some medicine residue still inside.

Beside it, a baby girl was crying incessantly.

Lin Chao looked at a letter on the table, on which a few lines were written in a crooked hand.

"Xu Ling, it is my fault for being useless, bringing shame to the family, and unable to avenge Father."

"Help me take good care of Xiao Jing."

Looking at the cold body on the bed, Lin Chao let out a long sigh.

This style should be fine, right? *Cough cough*. Finally finished filling it in!

(End of this chapter)