1 Awakening
Warm and soft.
Nan Ming felt a soft arm on his cheek, and the breath of a gnat came from his ears, with a hint of moist heat and the unique sweetness of a girl.
He opened his eyes, and the dark pupils of his eyes showed the dazed feeling of waking up from a big dream.
What greeted you was a simple room, with old and yellowed masonry on all four walls, and slippery moss crawling on the corners. There was only one bed in the room, the door to the left of the bed, and the window to the right, and the brick wall along the window was cracked, and only a few planks were hastily nailed, and the cold wind seeped in through the cracks, and the roof tiles clicked.
It's noisy.
He frowned. The eyeballs were deflected to the corners of the eyes, and a glimpse of a clean, fair face in a deep sleep.
It was a female human lying asleep at the head of the bed, her face and arms very close to him, her nose rising and falling with her chest and breathing warm breath, which made him feel a little itchy.
Nan Ming stared at her for a moment, and the latter suddenly shook his eyelashes and woke up.
β...... Are you awake?"
The woman jerked her head up, rubbed her wistful eyes, and a smile of relief bloomed on her tired face.
And Nan Ming also looked at her, his face calm with a hint of curiosity.
The moment he woke up, he ate the original soul of this body by the way, and the memories of a sixteen-year-old boy named "Nanming" flooded back to his heart, allowing him to know some information about the world and himself.
Fengjian Zhou, North Qi Ling, Wucheng. Winter.
"Myself" is a collateral descendant of the Wucheng South family, since he was a child, his brain is not bright, and he has no cultivation qualifications, because he was born to a slave and was ostracized, coupled with the early death of his mother, his father died a few years ago when he practiced martial arts, and since then his treatment in the family has deteriorated sharply, and he has been assigned to this dilapidated firewood house, raised like a dog, and often bullied.
And with such a piece of waste wood, there is a fiancΓ©e who was married in her mother's womb, and she is still the pearl of the Guo family in Wucheng, named Guo Ruyi.
This Guo Ruyi not only looks like a heavenly immortal, but his cultivation qualifications are also of the highest grade, and half a month ago, he was favored by the elders of the Quartet Sect who traveled here and accepted him as a closed disciple. The day before yesterday was the day when she officially joined the church, so she took advantage of the situation to come to the door and asked the Nan family to regret her marriage.
So, that's why I'm lying in bed "dying" now.
The woman in front of the bed is her half-sister Nanyin, and she is the only person in the family who cares about herself, if she hadn't been taking care of her in front of the bed for a few days, the young man's body would have been cold.
It's just that Nan Ming is a little puzzled, this woman ...... Aren't you afraid of yourself?
He looked down at his body, which was obviously not his own, but for some reason, this body had not been assimilated by his own existence...... In other words, he actually changed his body?
It is not the dove that occupies the magpie's nest, nor is it the art of changing the skin without changing the flesh, but it has indeed become a new existence.
Because of this, his body no longer exudes the kind of crazy aura that makes everything tremble and retreat, as long as he does not deliberately reveal his true body, this mortal body is his best disguise, making him look no different from a harmless teenager.
It's a little bit exciting.
No wonder this woman was not scared at all in the face of herself, and she had no intention of screaming or running away, she regarded herself as her "younger brother......
It's funny.
But how long did you sleep?
He remembered that the last time he was conscious was during the Age of Famine, the world was not like this, there were not so many continents and islands, the whole world was just a vast landmass, surrounded by boundless oceans.
He was a little skeptical that he had come to a new world, but the faint aura of heaven and earth told him that this was where he had been.
As for why the world has become so strange?
Nanming struggled to remember.
This sleep was really a long sleep, he only remembered that before he went to sleep, he seemed to have swallowed an extremely delicious food, and the pleasant feeling of satiety accompanied by a strong sense of sleepiness made him feel as comfortable as if he was soaking in a hot spring, he lazily did not want to move, and his brain gradually gave up thinking.
When I woke up again, it was already a sea of vicissitudes, and even my body was changed.
Could it be that I did something unconsciously when I fell asleep? No, no, I don't have the habit of sleepwalking...... Didn't you?
He suddenly became a little unsure.
Never mind......
Nan Ming stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, giving up thinking about the cause and effect of this matter. No matter what the world becomes, it doesn't matter what it does to him, so let's take it as a game version update.
"Little Styx...... Can you hear me?"
At this time, Nanyin shook his hand lightly, and asked with concern in a somewhat anxious tone, "Your face is so bad, is there anything uncomfortable?"
"Sister, I'm fine. β
Nan Ming followed the young man's original thoughts, and responded as much as possible to imitate the tone of a human being.
But as soon as he opened his mouth, he immediately realized that his voice seemed to be too full of energy, not like a person who had not recovered from a serious injury, so he quickly turned pale and coughed a few times pretending to be weak.
"It's okay, it's okay! You better stop talking and take care of your injuries. β
Nanyin didn't seem to think much of it, and quickly brought him a bowl of warm water. She looked at her brother's languishing face distressedly, and a bleak haze passed through her eyes.
Since their father's death, the siblings have had a hard time in the family.
Her situation is a little better, her mother is the daughter of another cultivation family, although she only came to marry far away, and died of illness shortly after giving birth to her, but after all, her mother's family has some power, and her daughter is not completely without status in the Nan family.
But the little ...... This poor child is really helpless, except for her sister, the huge Nan family no longer has a relative who cares about him.
Fortunately, my sister finally has the strength to protect you in the future, my dear brother...... Little Stygian!
Nanyin meditated in her heart.
She gently brushed Nanming's hair with her hand, and a simple copper ring flashed on her finger.
Nanyin looked at it with confidence and determination in her eyes.
This is the ring she found not long ago when she was sorting out her father's relics, she thought it was just an ordinary worthless jewelry, but she didn't expect that after accidentally cutting her finger and dripping blood on it, she actually activated the soul that had been sealed in the ring for countless years.
The image of the soul is a sloppy old man, he claims to be the "Xuanyuan Tianzun" of the chaotic era I don't know how many years ago, and his cultivation is superb, and at the end of the era, because he was unwilling to fall, he paid a big price to seal his remnant soul in the bronze ring.
And this bronze ring is said to have been a famous artifact back then, but now it has been wiped out by endless years, and its power has been lost.
Xuanyuan Tianzun passed on the secret of his life to Nanyin, and also taught her the method of transplanting the corpse.
Under the guidance of Xuanyuan Tianzun, Nanyin found a subordinate servant in the family who had cultivation qualifications but did not know it, gouged out his left eye on a dark and windy night, extracted the corpse and transplanted it to himself, thus obtaining the qualification of cultivation.
And the price Nanyin paid for this was a promise to find a way to resurrect the remnant soul of Xuanyuan Tianzun when he was successful in his cultivation in the future, and help him relive his life.
In the end, it was just a blank check, but it could be exchanged for so many tangible benefits, it was difficult for her not to doubt the intentions of this Xuanyuan Tianzun - she was no longer a naΓ―ve little girl who believed that pie would fall from the sky.
However, Nanyin has no choice, she needs this opportunity, only by letting herself have the strength can she protect herself and her younger brother from harm in this sinister world, and the weak have no way to control their own destiny.
Two days ago, when the elders of the Quartet Sect slapped Nan Ming with one palm, only she who was refining her body cultivation stood next to her and couldn't do anything, and she didn't even have time to react, if it wasn't for the head of the Nan family to stop her in the face of her face, my younger brother was afraid that he would die on the spot.
When she thought that she had almost lost her only brother, she couldn't help but feel a palpitation and fear, and at the same time felt the sadness of being a weak person and hated her powerlessness.
Guo Jia...... Guo Ruyi...... Quartet Sect!
Gritting his teeth in his heart, he read these names, as if he wanted to engrave hatred in his flesh and blood, and Nanyin's eyes became gloomy.
But she is a sane and calm woman, knowing that she is not yet capable of taking revenge on those behemoths, and that there is a more important thing waiting for her to do.
The entrance test for Yunliu Xuegong is just today. She should leave in a moment.
When she successfully passes the test and becomes a student of Yunliu Academy, she will receive more attention in the Nan family and will have a greater right to speak. Those who want to bully themselves and their younger brother will have to weigh it carefully in the future.
Thinking of this, even though there was so much reluctance and worry in her heart, she still stood up.
"Xiao Ming, my sister has something to go out now. You lie here obediently and recuperate, don't move, don't open the door no matter who comes, you know?"
"Oh. β
Nan Ming nodded obediently, and watched the figure of the cheap sister disappear outside the door a little strangely.
This ant seems to have some strange feelings for herself...... Look at yourself in the eyes, just like the way you look at food, gentle and doting, with a hint of possession.
- Does she want to eat herself?
It's so funny, Nan Shen thinks about how many years he has lived, and no one has ever made such a claim to himself.
Oh, maybe there were, and when the little ones hadn't seen their real bodies, they always jumped in line to deliver them to their mouths like takeaways......
It's a pity that this innocent and cute little guy was slowly eaten and exterminated by himself, and the rest were slippery old ghosts like loaches, who ran away from a distance before he saw him, making him very hungry for a while.
There was no way, wild food was easily unattainable, so he had to raise it himself. It took a whole epoch and 100,000 years to raise a fatty food that was enough for him to salivate, and then he couldn't help but swallow it, and then he slept beautifully, and only now woke up......
Hungry again.
Nan Ming touched his shriveled stomach, a little unsure whether this was a physiological reaction of the human body or his own real "appetite".
If the latter is the case, I don't know if there will be food in this world that will fill his stomach.
The cute and delicious little ones seemed to be hiding, at least not a single trace of them for now.
As for the delicious food that has lived for a long time, he has no hope, those guys must know themselves, and they will never appear in front of them, and they can only try their luck if they want to eat them - see which unlucky one accidentally stumbles on the door.
Nan Ming can only hope for the newborn lambs who have not yet seen their existence.
He's a "mortal" now, and as long as his acting skills are slightly better, it should be easy to trick them into his mouth.
After so many years, the food must have multiplied more and more...... It's really exciting.
He licked his lips and grinned a grim smile.
At sunset, the light in the house was dim, and there was no sound except the click of the north wind stirring the tiles.
This is the corner of the Nan family's mansion, and no one usually comes here on weekdays, so quiet that you can hear even the leaves falling on the ground.
With Nan Ming's hearing, it was easy to spot the faint footsteps of a few people coming from the path outside the house, and he couldn't help but show a hint of amusement on his face.
Then a small charred hole appeared in the closed window paper, and a slender straw pole reached in, and the end of the fire emitted a puff of smoke, and soon the room was filled with a faint fragrance.
This is...... Ecstasy?
Nan Ming took a sip of this aroma, a little unsure of its effect, and when he was worried, the door of the firewood room creaked, and it was actually pushed open.
He was shocked, and quickly tilted his head to lie down, pretending to be "caught off guard and fainted after inhaling ecstasy incense".
At the crack in the door, three men dressed as servants crept in, turned around and closed the door.
The sturdy man at the head only had a thin cloth coat on his body, he was not afraid of the cold in this cold winter, and seemed to be a practitioner, and the other two were a tall and thin man, with sharp beaks and monkey gills, and a treacherous appearance, while the other was dark-skinned and honest, and a trace of cunning occasionally flashed in Mu Ran's eyes.
"The incense given by the Guo family's mother really works, look at how heavy this kid sleeps, he can't wake up from thunder. β
The tall and thin man walked to the side of the bed and took a look, and said with a smile, "Brother Tiger Head, people are already unconscious, let's do it?"
"Really...... What the hell?"
The swarthy man seemed to hesitate a little, and muttered, "Although this sick man is not welcomed, he is also surnamed Nan, if we really treat him-" He made a neck cut gesture and lowered his voice, "Can the people of the Nan family let us go?"
"Who knew we did it?"
The sturdy man known as Brother Tiger Heads glanced at the two of them, took out a medicine bottle from his pocket, and uncorked it, "Miss Guo said, as long as this medicine powder is sprinkled a little on that kid's wound, he will die without knowing it." Besides, this kid has been injured so badly, and there is nothing strange about him dying, even if the Nan family wants to pursue it, they can't find us. β
"Brother Tiger Head is right, this kid is already dead, even if we don't do it, he won't live for a few days. Anyway, they are all people who are going to die, so what's the difference between dying early and dying late? It's better to earn us two dollars to spend, don't you say that's the reason? β
"That'...... Well, I just need to have enough money for my wife's treatment...... Do it, I, I'll give you the wind. β
"Cut, look at you cowardly. β
The tall and thin man glanced at the swarthy man with disdain, and at the signal of the tiger-headed brother, he lifted the quilt on the bed.
The pale young man closed his eyes tightly, curled up and his emaciated body motionless, as if dead.
Nan Ming felt the approach of the three ants, and also heard the conversation between them, which was very interesting.
A hand ripped off his clothes and groped around his body, and after a while, a gasping voice came: "Sizzle...... This kid's body is really cold, can't he already be dead?"
Another hand probed his snort: "Dead fart, isn't this still angry? Hurry up, don't let his sister come back and see it later!"
"But Brother Tiger Head, this kid is ...... No wounds, huh?"
"How can there be no wounds!, but I heard that Miss Guo invited the Immortal of the Quartet Sect, and this kid received a flaming palm from the Immortal, and a big hole almost burned in his chestββ"
Brother Tiger pushed away the tall and thin man, stepped forward to take a look, only to see the skin that was so smooth without a trace of flaws, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, and then his face became gloomy, "Could it be...... This kid was dropped? No way, I recognize this face, it's just that he's right. β
"Brother Tiger Head, what should I do now? Feed him this powder?"
"No, that girl from the Guo family said that it was sprinkled on the wound, what if you swallow it and you can't die?"
Brother Hutou's heart was crossed, and he untied a firewood knife from behind his waist, "What's the panic? This wound is not there, won't we give him a whole one ourselves?"
After that, he grabbed the firewood knife with his backhand and slashed at Nan Ming's left arm, but when the knife went down, the arm was intact and not even a drop of blood flowed.
He also thought that the blade of the firewood knife was too blunt, so he pressed the blade on his arm and tore it a few times, but he still couldn't break the skin, and he couldn't help but panic a little in his heart.
"Hell, what the hell is going on with this kid?"
Brother Tiger Tou stuffed the chai knife into the hand of the tall and thin man, "You can try it!"
Seeing this strange situation, the thin and tall man was also a little apprehensive in his heart, trembling and holding the knife and slashing a few times, shaking his head again and again: "No...... No, Brother Tiger Head, you can't cut it!"
The swarthy man who was looking at the wind was also a little scared: "I heard that those immortals in the Yunliu Academy Palace have cultivated immortal methods, which are invulnerable, and invulnerable...... This baby is so evil, could it be that she has also practiced......"
"Cultivating a fart, if he has that qualification, he will still live like a dog in the Nan family?
Brother Tiger Head took a sip, thinking that if he hadn't been unqualified back then, where would he have fallen to this Nan family as a servant, although he learned a few crop tricks from the head of the guard, but compared to those immortals who went to the heavens and the earth, it was completely different.
He had heard people say that these qualifications were not all innate, and that some methods could plunder other people's souls and turn them into their own spiritual qualifications.
However, it costs a lot to do that, and ordinary small families can't afford it easily, and the Nan family will definitely not spend so many resources on this kid.
But the eldest lady of the Guo family agreed, as long as he did this, she would use this method to transplant a corpse for him.
For this great opportunity, even if there is a sword mountain or a sea of fire in front of him, he dares to break through!
"I don't believe in this evil!"
Brother Tiger snatched the firewood knife back from the tall and thin man, ran outside to find a whetstone, and sharpened it again and again until the edge of the blade was sharp and shiny.
His eyes showed ruthlessness and madness, and under the frightened gaze of the other two, he slashed heavily at the young man's neck with all his strength!
Click.
Nanming's neck was broken in two, and his head fell off.
The broken section of the neck was so smooth that you could clearly see every pulsating vessel, but the rushing blood seemed to be locked, and not a drop of it flowed out.
The three of them gathered around the bed and watched this extremely strange scene in a daze, only to feel a snake-like chill rise from their backs, and their bodies unconsciously swayed.
Nan meditated for a while and felt that it was probably a bad performance, so he opened his eyes and greeted them in a friendly manner.
"Hello. β
β...... Ghost...... Hell!
The firewood knife fell to the ground with a "dang long", and the three people who were frightened didn't bother to pick it up, turned around and ran away from the door.
Nan Ming looked at them with a disappointed expression.
Why can't you just run away when you see him, and you can't have a good chat?
He reached for his head, pressed it back to his neck, and rolled over and stepped out of bed.
This terrifying picture was even more terrifying in the eyes of the three of them, and they looked back in horror while shaking and pulling at the door, but they couldn't open it because of their nervousness, and they couldn't help but let out a hoarse cry.
"Help, help, there's a ghost......"
"Don't come here...... You don't come over ......."
"Someone, someone!"
Nan Ming touched his chin.
The way you look...... Is it that terrifying? Obviously not as good as those scary and experienced old ghosts, let alone his real body, the human psychological capacity of this era is really terrible.
"You're so noisy. β
He looked down at the people who were screaming like pigs, and couldn't help but shake his head, this voice would have attracted the others, "Don't you just want to get out? I can't even open a door...... Let me help you. β
With that, he tilted his head and opened his mouth, the corners of his mouth wide open to an angle that was creepy and impossible for a normal person to reach, and then put his whole arm down his throat, as if searching for something.
The tiger head brother happened to look back and see this scene that violated common sense, and the whole person was stunned and wanted to retreat, but his legs were as if they were nailed to the ground, stiff and weak.
"Ah, I found it!"
Nan Ming's hand was finally pulled out of his throat, and his mouth returned to the appearance of a normal person in a blink of an eye, and there was a dark and worn flashlight in his hand.
The three of them didn't know what this stick-like thing was, but just staring at it, a chill that penetrated deep into the bone marrow inexplicably arose in their hearts.
Nan Ming held a flashlight in his hand and squinted his eyes.
Syllable!
The white aperture of light instantly enveloped the three people at the door, and they saw their bodies shrink and shrink rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye...... Until they turned into ants as subtle, they didn't react to what was happening to them, only to find that the gate blocking them suddenly disappeared, and there was a bright road in front of them.
They were ecstatic and ran out on the ground!
"Look, isn't this going out?"
Nan Ming turned off the "flashlight" and grinned with relief as he watched three ant-sized people slip out from under the crack in the door.
Then, he slowly and methodically took out the wooden bolt, put it away, gently pushed open the door that a few people couldn't open just now, walked leisurely to the two little people, and squatted down.
The little men seemed to realize that something was wrong, and the panic, fear, and despair on their faces were as clear to him as the lines on the leaves, and they sat on the ground, their mouths as if they were screaming and crying something, but the sound was too small for him to hear.
- It's a lot quieter.
Nan Ming stretched out a finger and teased them for a moment like an ant, feeling a little bored, so he pressed them all to death.
Then he bent down again, reached out and broke a low weed, and a gentle smile appeared on his face: "Is hide and seek fun?"
The weeds shook for a while, and a small figure fell out of the back with a rolling belt, which seemed to be the tiger head brother among the three just now.
At this moment, he was trembling like chaff, kneeling on the ground with five bodies on the ground, his head convulsed like crazy, and he begged for mercy with tears in his eyes.
And Nan Ming yawned, stretched out two fingers, gently picked him up and put it into his mouth, and stuffed the "flashlight" back by the way.
The world in his womb can not only store dead things, but living things can also live in it, but he didn't intend to let this little creature live in his stomach, and in the process of swallowing, he completely digested him and snatched memories from his soul.
"Guo Ruyi?"
As he expected, these servants were appointed by the eldest lady of the Guo family for the purpose of killing themselves.
What made him a little puzzled was that the Miss Guo family had obviously seen that "herself" was seriously injured and her life was short, even if she could survive, she would be a waste person in the future, so she actually let people kill herself.
What kind of deep hatred and hatred made her refuse to give up even after she quit her marriage and abolished people, instead of asking for her own life?
Can't figure it out.
Even in the previous sixteen years, Nan Ming and Guo Ruyi had no grievances, and they even met each other for the first time two days ago.
Nan meditated on it and felt that he really couldn't understand the brain circuits of these humans, but this was also what made them interesting.
An ant's grudge didn't bother him, but if she continued to trouble herself, she couldn't handle it with her body's superficial abilities.
Nan Ming looked up at the sky, the twilight was about to fall, and the breath of the cheap sister was still far away, and she shouldn't be back so soon. Do you want to do something after dark?
He grinned.
It was such a happy decision.