《My Big Brother is Seeking Death Again》 Chapter 1 The sky was gradually getting darker. Besides the occasional croaking frogs and buzzing insects, there were no other sounds. There was no one present except for a dying young man who was lying on the ground. His entire body was covered in blood with knife and sword cuts. There was no flesh on his skin that was not riddled with injuries. He could not die here. The young man suddenly opened his eyes as he tried to preserve his last bit of consciousness. He didn¡¯t want to die before he repaid the bloody debt for the extermination of his entire clan. Hundreds of dead spirits from his clan were waiting for him to avenge them. So, how could he easily admit defeat? How could he die in such a place? But even so, what could he do? He was poisoned, his meridians were broken, and he had been pushed down an uninhabited valley. He had no chance of survival. It was already dusk before he knew it. His heart, brimming with unwillingness, slowly began to cool off. The Heavens do not have eyes. It seemed that he would be unable to escape from this calamity. ¡°Cough, who¡­¡± Suddenly, he heard a crisp yet melodious voice. It was like a clear stream pouring into his dying heart. There¡¯s someone here! He abruptly opened his eyes once again. The blood in his eyes blurred his field of vision. With great effort, he stared at the figure standing next to him. He could only see the vague outline of a woman. She was wearing clothes that he had never seen before. The young lady calmly stood next to him as though she couldn¡¯t see the blood on his body. How could there be such a daring girl in this world? Is this a dream? ¡°Is your name Long Aotian?¡± This must be a dream. Otherwise, how would she know his name? The young man bitterly laughed at himself. Even at this point, he actually expected someone to save him. ¡°Hey, are you Long Aotian or not?¡± The girl in his dream frowned. It seemed like she was losing her patience. Since this was nothing more than a dream, there was nothing wrong with telling her his name. He was no longer the young master of Dragon City. Right now, he couldn¡¯t even avenge his clansmen. His name, Long Aotian, had lost its meaning. He took a deep breath and nodded his head. ¡°It seems like this time I didn¡¯t deliver the item to the wrong person.¡± The girl nodded her head in satisfaction as she pulled a book out from behind her. She handed the book to him saying, ¡°Here you go! Your golden finger has been delivered. Please examine the goods and remember to leave me a good rating!¡± He blankly stared at her. What is a golden finger? Are all the people in the dream realms so hard to understand? Presumably seeing his doubt, the young lady sighed and explained, ¡°The golden finger can¡¯t be eaten.¡± Huh? But he didn¡¯t ask if golden fingers can be eaten? ¡°A golden finger is much more useful than food.¡± The young lady patted the book, ¡°As long as you learn everything in this secret martial arts book, you can defeat monsters and level up in the future. You will be able to become a martial arts expert and the head of the Martial Arts Alliance. What¡¯s more, is that you will be able to marry the most beautiful woman and embark on a journey to the peak of your life!¡± A secret book? Could she really be holding such a powerful secret martial arts book in her hand? ¡°I don¡¯t have much time left. I will leave the secret martial arts book here!¡± The young lady put the book down next to him. She flipped open the book to a certain page and then left. Long Aotian turned his head to look at the book. He was shocked to see that the page she flipped to was the chi strengthening page. If he practiced the methods shown in the book, he would be able to recover from his injuries. ¡°Oh, I forgot!¡± The young lady, who had already walked ten steps away from him, suddenly walked back towards him. She pointed to the pond next to him and said, ¡°The strange-looking fish in the pond are able to cure the poison inside your body. The strange-looking grass over there can heal your meridians. You would¡¯ve found out in the future so I¡¯m just telling you this in advance. When you have time, find some food to eat. That¡¯s it, goodbye!¡± Antidote! Heal his meridians! Long Aotian felt a storm rising from the bottom of his heart. If it was like this, then he could survive. No, with this secret martial arts book, he might even be able to get revenge. ¡°Young lady¡­¡± He used his remaining strength to call out to his benefactor. Long Aotian could clearly see it now, he wasn¡¯t dreaming. He had actually met his savior. ¡°Yes?¡± The young lady turned around, ¡°Is there anything else?¡± ¡°May I ask what¡¯s your name?¡± ¡°Me?¡± The young lady stared at him blankly. She frowned and thought about it for a moment before replying, ¡°I¡¯m not important. You can just consider me an express delivery person. I¡¯m leaving! Bye!¡± Once she finished speaking, she had already walked far away. Long Aotian stared at his savior¡¯s figure until she was no longer in his line of sight. The Heavens didn¡¯t turn his back on him! Even when he had been hurt to this degree, he was still able to meet a savior. He took a deep breath and promised to practice the secret martial arts manual with gratitude in his heart. He would get better. Not only would he cure himself of the poison and heal his meridians, but he would also learn the martial arts from the book. After he avenged his clansmen, he would repay the kindness his benefactor had shown him. He would always remember his benefactor¡¯s name: Express Delivery! Achoo! A hundred meters away, the young lady, who was wearing casual summer attire, couldn¡¯t help but sneeze when she felt something cold behind her. Huh? Why did she feel like something was wrong? Forget it. The task had already been completed. She needed to return. She took out her phone from the pocket of her pants and clicked on the app that had the word¡¶Transmigrate¡·on it. Sure enough, the submit button on the bottom of the task had already lit up. Right above the submit button, it displayed: Task progress: 10/10. When the young lady saw that, she sighed in relief. Your mom! I can finally return home. Ever since the self-proclaimed ¡®system¡¯ linked itself with her, she was forced to travel between different worlds to deliver golden fingers to the protagonist of each world. Even her phone had installed the ¡¶Transmigrate¡· app. She was a nice young lady who believed in modern science. However, the app challenged everything that she had once believed in. After delivering express deliveries for a full month, she had finally filled the entire progress bar. Once she returned home, she would eat fruit pancakes with ten eggs! ¡°Hey, system! I have delivered all the express deliveries you¡¯ve asked me to. Can you uninstall yourself now?¡± Ding! The sound of electronic whirring suddenly entered her ears and brain; just like how a sudden burst of crackling fireworks would feel. Congratulations on fulfilling the task and understanding the essence of helping others. The ultimate goal of the system: To train the young ladies on the five emphases and four points of beauty. The system¡¯s goal has been completed. [T/N: The five emphases are on stress on decorum, manners, hygiene, discipline, and morals. The four points of beauty are the beauty of the mind, language, behavior and the environment] Psh! What are you talking about? Helping other people? You are only helping the protagonists! After transmigrating to so many worlds, the only task has been delivering golden fingers to the main protagonists. I don¡¯t even receive a salary. What five emphases and four points of beauty? Shi Xia internally ridiculed the system¡¯s hypocrisy. Please submit the final task. Shi Xia quickly pressed the submit button on her phone. The task has been submitted. The final transfer will start in 5, 4, 3¡­. My fruit pancakes¡­I am coming! She felt something flash before her and in the next moment, she was no longer at the bottom of the valley. The place that surrounded her¡­was an even darker valley. I thought I was going home. I don¡¯t remember living next to a canyon that has a huge forest next to it! ¡°System get out! You said that as long as I finished the deliveries, you would happily uninstall yourself from my phone and let me go home. Where is this place?¡± Don¡¯t tell me that there¡¯s a ¡®difficult express delivery¡¯ that I still need to make! Ding! The final transfer has been completed. The system will be uninstalling. 100¡­90¡­70¡­40¡­ Shi Xia panicked, ¡°What the? Send me home first before you uninstall yourself! Where am I? Why did you send me here?¡± 40¡­30¡­20¡­ ¡°Wait! Don¡¯t uninstall yourself yet! Where is this place?¡± 10¡­5¡­uninstallation complete. ¡°¡­¡± A burst of a buzzing sound caught her ear before everything became silent. What the? The system uninstalled itself. It had honestly left her in this kind of place! Shi Xia glanced at the screen. Sure enough, the ¡¶Transmigrate¡· app had uninstalled itself. She suddenly felt a cold chill in her heart. Did the system have to play around like this? Shi Xiao tried to recall how this had all started. A month ago, she went to the supermarket to buy some dried fish for her big brother¡¯s stupid cat. When she left the mall, a self-proclaimed system suddenly appeared in her mind. Not only did the system force her phone to install a navigation app, but it also gave her a pile of things: secret books, talismans, space rings, and even strengthening pills. Then, the system sent her to a variety of strange worlds to deliver golden fingers to protagonists. It had said that if she didn¡¯t finish the deliveries, then it wouldn¡¯t uninstall itself. It would keep following her. In order to return home, she began sorting out the deliveries. Then, one world after another, she sent golden fingers to the people the app had assigned. With great difficulty, she finally finished delivering all the golden fingers. Now there was only a packet of dried fish in her pocket. It shouldn¡¯t have been like this. Why didn¡¯t she return to the supermarket? Why did she get stuck in this unknown place? Could it have been because¡­the brand of dried fish snack she had bought was wrong? No, no, no, the Heavens wouldn¡¯t treat her like this. It must be because the system had encountered a small error when it was sending her back home. She must have returned home. It was just that her house was a little farther away from her than usual. Shi Xia turned around to look at the forest in front of her. The phone showed that it didn¡¯t have any signal. Okay, fine. This place isn¡¯t just a little farther away from her house. But this place must definitely be Earth! Look at the familiar trees, the green grass, and the tall stonewall. Those things are all commonly seen on Earth. Although these huge man-eating flowers weren¡¯t commonly seen on Earth, it was reasonable to assume that it must have mutated because the Earth¡¯s environment is so poor. Hehe¡­hehe¡­ Besides, there were also a few people who were clothed in ancient clothing and running¡­ What the? Why were they wearing ancient clothing? Where did these actors come from? The people that were running about had a panicked expression on their face like they had seen something frightening. They didn¡¯t even stop to look at her. They frantically ran into the depths of the forest. Each of them appeared terrified as they ran and cried, ¡°M-Monster!¡± ¡°The monster is coming, run!¡± ¡°Help!¡± Monster? Shi Xia gawked at the scene of more and more people wearing ancient-style clothing fled. How could monsters exist in this world? She was someone who firmly believed in science. Roar! An earth-shattering roar tore through her ears. The sound was extremely painful. Immediately after the roar, a huge yellow figure descended from the sky and landed a few dozen steps away from her. Shi Xia suddenly sucked in a cold breath¡­ What a large cat! T/N: This is a new novel I¡¯ve picked up. I hope you will enjoy it! Chapter 2 She only saw a giant yellow creature that was as big as a Tyrannosaurus rex. The creature opened its mouth and a burst of cold air hit her face, revealing its sharp fangs. In an instant, the ¡°common sense¡± she knew, shattered into pieces. ¡°Monster!¡± Shi Xia used all her strength, turned and ran as fast as she could towards the forest where everyone had disappeared into. Screw common sense! Why was there a giant cat with wings? The cat seemed to be a carnivore too! Weren¡¯t cats supposed to eat cat food? Was this cat raised by dinosaurs?! She finally understood why the group of people from before had run so fast because right now she wished she had two additional legs. She had never run so desperately before, even when she signed up for the 100-meter dash. Shi Xia was afraid that the giant cat behind her would eat her up if she was just a step slower. Fortunately, Shi Xia was fast enough to catch up with the previous group of people. Now, more people were by her side, running along with her. Perhaps because of everyone¡¯s physical differences, the people running in the front were all strong and young men while the people running along with her were all women and children. Shi Xia cannot imagine what would happen to her if she ran too slow, so she ran like her life depended on it. ¡°Ah¡­¡± It seemed like a little girl on her right had suddenly tripped over something and fell to the ground. The child didn¡¯t look old, she appeared to be five or six years old. She seemed to be trying to get up, but her efforts were futile as she fell back down. Her legs were covered in blood, which meant she was obviously injured. ¡°Niu¡¯er!¡± A young boy stopped running and hesitantly looked back at the little girl. It seemed as if he wanted to go back and save her. But it was too late, the smell of the blood had stimulated the monster from behind. It leaped in front of the little girl, landing two to three steps away from Shi Xia. The giant cat roared, letting out a burst of cold air as it revealed its sharp and chilly fangs. The little girl was terrified as she silently looked up at the monster towering above her, tears dripped down her face like pouring rain. Shi Xia was the closest to the girl, but it was still impossible to save the little girl even if she went over. Whoever went over will just be eaten along with the little girl, so there was nothing she could do¡­ Bullshit! How could she ignore this? Sh Xia¡¯s body already began moving by itself. Seeing that the monster had already opened its big mouth and was ready to bite the little girl, Shi Xia rushed over and held the little girl in her embrace and kicked the giant cat¡¯s head. The force she used to kick the giant cat¡¯s head made her roll a few meters away in the opposite direction. Perhaps the urgency of the situation had triggered Shi Xia¡¯s full potential. Even though she usually doesn¡¯t exercise, she was still able to run extremely fast while holding a child in her arms. ¡°Quickly run!¡± She shouted at the young boy in front of her while she ran the other direction with the little girl still on her arm. Shi Xia ran like her life was on the line. The gigantic cat let out a loud wail after being kicked by her. It shook its head and roared, all the fur on its body was standing on ends. Instead of continuing to chase the people in the front, it turned around and started to chase after Shi Xia. Fuck! This wasn¡¯t the same as I anticipated! Shouldn¡¯t the gigantic cat run in the direction with more people? Why did it suddenly target her? Was it too late to apologize now? Roar! Shi Xia didn¡¯t dare to look back and she also didn¡¯t have the time to look back. The only thought in her mind was ¡°run¡±. The sound of the monster¡¯s roar was getting closer and closer, and she could hear the sound of the giant cat flapping its wings. The trees surrounding them began to sway because of the wind created by the wings. Fuck! She forgot that the gigantic cat could also fly! Does God not want to give humanity a path to survival? In the next moment, God used its actions to answer her question. Not a chance! Shi Xia¡¯s heart chilled when she saw the vast cliff ahead of her. Why did she run back here again?! There was a cliff in front and a monster behind them. Sorry, but you¡¯re dead meat! The little girl seemed to be aware of the current situation too. She had originally grabbed onto the cloth in front of Shi Xia¡¯s chest, but now her grip on the clothes tightened. The two weights inside Shi Xia¡¯s clothes were in pain because of how hard the little girl was grabbing her clothes. Hey little girl, let go of my chest! However, she had no time to care about her chest right now. The gigantic cat-like monster had already caught up, and the flapping of its wings created a mini typhoon. The wind from the typhoon made a small cut on Shi Xia¡¯s face, it was extremely painful. It roared loudly as if it already knew that there was nowhere for them to escape to. The gigantic cat walked towards them, one step at a time and opened its large and bloody looking mouth. The gigantic cat let out a puff of breath, and the foul scent hit Shi Xia. She suddenly felt her head spinning in circles after smelling the foul scent. Fuck! This cat even has bad breath. What should I do? What should I do? If she continued to stand here, even if she wasn¡¯t eaten, she would die from its bad breath. However, there was no place for them to run to. Will it work if I play dead? Even if she transformed into a ¡°Saiyan¡±, there was still no way for her to defeat this gigantic cat! [T/N: Saiyans are a race of strong extraterrestrials (aliens) in the Dragon Ball series.] Roar! The gigantic cat was slowly approaching them, Shi Xia felt her body hurt just from looking at its sharp white fangs. It was obvious that the cat would eat them and Shi Xia knew that she should escape. But her legs were already shaking like fallen leaves in the wind. She felt her heart rapidly pounding as she looked at the cat¡¯s big mouth that was about to bite them. She wanted to cut off her cheap hands. Who told you to act like a hero? Now you¡¯re definitely dead meat. Such a big cat blocking there way, how would they run away? Wait! Cat? The broken wires in her mind suddenly connected and she remembered the packet of dried fish in her pocket. Something in her brain clicked. Although the difference between her brother¡¯s cat and the cat in front of her is different, they are both cat after all. It should work, right? How about ¡­¡­ trying? She immediately put the little girl in her arms down and pulled out the packet from her bag before flinging it towards the giant cat. The packet fell to the ground in front of the giant cat with a thud and the dried fishes inside scattered on the ground. The giant cat froze for a moment, a pair of eyes with vertical pupils stared at her before looking at the packet on the ground. Sure enough, the cat slowly walked to the packet and took a sniff. After determining the contents weren¡¯t harmful, it took one piece of dried fish in its mouth and started chewing. Who knew what happened but the giant cat suddenly froze before eating the dried fish with gutso. Although it was weird, but it really worked! The cat was only bigger in size but no different from ordinary cats. Otherwise, how could it possibly succumb to a small packet of dried fish ¡­¡­ ¡°Meow~¡± The giant cat¡¯s body moved and a bell chimed as it pounced on the dried fishes and ate all of them, not leaving a single piece behind. While eating, it didn¡¯t forget to meow happily, letting people know how satisfied it was. Shi Xia: ¡°¡­¡­¡± It really worked! But Mister giant cat Where is your dignity as a monster? You are completely turned as a house cat by me! Sure enough, no cat can withstand the temptation of dried small fish, no matter how big or small they are. Since Shi Xia¡¯s intention was fulfilled, she held the little girl in her arms again and slowly started to move away when the giant cat was still immersed in eating the dried fishes. She moved sideways before slowly passing the cat. Once she was out of the cat¡¯s vision, she took a deep breath and ran in full speed. She didn¡¯t care where she was going, just looking for a place that could save her from the giant cat but and kept running without stopping her feet. She ran and ran until her leg were soft and she fell forward. Thinking of the child in her arms, she turned her body sideways and plunged her head into the mud. After falling, she realized that she had no strength to turn her body over, let alone sit up or stand. She heard the bird chirping above her head and rustling of leaves that were swayed by the gentle wind. The sky was slowly turning white as strokes of red dissipated. She finally realised that it was already dawn. She had actually ran the whole night. No wonder it felt like ther limbs weren¡¯t her own. They hurts so damn much. This is definitely the most bitter day in her twenty years of life. ¡°Sister ¡­¡­ sister ¡­¡­¡± The figure in her arms wiggled, and a little face drilled out, her eyes misty, as if tears would fall in next moment. Worry and panic could still be seen in her small face. ¡°Good girl, don¡¯t cry!¡± Shi Xia wanted to sooth the girl by rubbing her head but found out that she couldn¡¯t lift her hand. She continued to lie on the ground like a corpse as she gasped for breath, ¡°I ¡­¡­ will ¡­¡­ be fine after rest¡­ don¡¯t go anywhere, okay?¡± ¡°Mmm. Niu Niu will stay.¡± The girl named Niu Niu nodded obediently. In the end the girl was still a child, seeing Shi Xia closing her eyes and not moving an inch, she couldn¡¯t help but be afraid. She heard the chirping of the birds and looked at the unconscious Shi Xia. Although she felt like crying, she held herself and didn¡¯t let the tears fall. Biting her lower lip, she hugged Shi Xia¡¯s neck and stayed still as Shi Xia instructed. After lying down for almost half day, Shi Xia finally regained some strength. Pushing herself from the ground, she gathered enough strength to sit up. She felt carrots could be grown for how long she laid on the ground. The little girl was still hugging her neck, almost crushing her breasts. My poor babies! ¡°Sister ¡­¡­¡± the little girl blinked a pair of eyes that had swollen into walnuts and looked at her pitifully. When Xia stroked her head, she took the time to check up the girl for any injuries. The girl¡¯s right foot had dried blood on it, fortunately it was just a scratch. Now the bleeding has stopped. Okay¡­the girl is saved but now what? The girl only looks five or six years old. She would never be able to survive in the wilderness. Shi Xia sighed and asked the girl, ¡°Your name is Niu Niu?¡± The girl nodded. ¡°Then can you tell sister what place is this?¡± The girl showed a confused look. Shi Xia understood the girl was unable to answer her question so she changed the previous question and asked, ¡°The kid back there who was calling you, is he someone you are familiar with?¡± Niu Niu was silent for a moment before she nodded and said, ¡°Brother.¡± ¡°He is your brother?¡± The girl nodded again. ¡°Do you know how you can get to him?¡± Shi Xia asked as gently as she could, ¡°Where do you live? Do you remember the way back?¡± Niu Niu nodded but halfway shook her head, ¡°No, I don¡¯t know¡­¡­ brother said he would be there soon ¡­¡­ and bring foods for me so that I won¡¯t be hungry.¡± What a mess¡­Shi Xia felt dizzy but still listened the little girl¡¯s words. It looks like the little girl was just following her brother and met the giant cat. ¡°Do you know where your brother is going?¡± Niu Niu shook her head, but suddenly thought of something and anxiously grabbed her clothes as she said, ¡°East ¡­¡­ brother said he was going to East.¡± East? He was going to east? But which direction is it? Shi Xia looked up at the sun and discerned the direction, it just so happened that the direction she was running was east. It was impossible to go back to the place they left behind. She could only go forward and hope to meet Niu Niu¡¯s brother. If he was really going east, then maybe they can still meet. Shi Xia rested for a while, before continuing on the road with Niu Niu. She didn¡¯t bothered cleaning her face that was full of mud. This world was too unfamiliar for her to stay where danger is lurking at every corner. Now survival is most important rather than skin care. Probably because of the dozens of previous delivery trips to different world, she was extraordinarily calm on the matter of her crossing here. Anyway, transmigrated or not, she was already used to it. She didn¡¯t know if it was just her illusion but she felt that the system threw her into this world for not ordinary reason. There must have been some purpose that it was trying to fulfill by her. Chapter 3.1 Shi Xia didn¡¯t know how long she walked. When seeing the giant cat, she ran so fast that she even broke her own running record. But now even walking has become difficult for her. She only wishes not to encounter the giant flying cat on the way. Otherwise, the next packet of dried fish going into the cat¡¯s stomach would be her. Oh, and the little girl too. After walking almost half a day, she suddenly heard faint sounds of people. Feeling overjoyed, she clutched the little girl to her bosom tightly and rushed to the sound. The trees in front of her became thiner and thiner as she ran and her eyes slowly cleared up. The place she reached was actually a large opening in the middle of the forest with green grass spreading all over. People were sitting on the green grass in various groups. Shi Xia wanted to cheer. She just wanted to lie down on the soft green grass and never get up. Just sleep the day away and forget all the scary experience. Hopefully, she may be on her home when she opens her eyes! ¡°Niu¡¯er!¡± She just put the child down, when a small green figure rushed over to hug the child. ¡°Brother!¡± The little girl¡¯s eyes instantly lit up and she immediately ran to the green figure and hugged the person. ¡°Niu¡¯er, how are you? Are you hurt anywhere?¡± The boy put the girl down and began to check for any injuries. Niu¡¯er shook her head and said ¡°I¡¯m not hurt¡± before pointing to the direction of Shi Xia and saying, ¡°The pretty sister saved me.¡± Only then did the notice Shi Xia standing behind the girl. The boy knelt in front of Shi Xia and said with a face full of gratitude, ¡°Thank you for saving my sister.¡± Seeing such a polite and grateful boy, Shi Xia was pleased and waved her hand, ¡°You don¡¯t need to thank me. This is what I should do.¡± Although she was saying that to the boy, inside she was scolding herself. She almost lost her life for saving the little girl. Who told her to become a hero saving the innocents. The boy was a little surprised seeing her perfunctory attitude and politely said, ¡°To repay the benefactor, I can not be grateful enough. However, if in the future the benefactor is in need of any help, this lowly one would gladly lend his hands.¡± ¡°Come on, don¡¯t say such heavy words, kid.¡± Shi Xia looked at the little boy in amusement. The little boy wasn¡¯t much older, probably two or three years older than the little girl. Seeing such a kid who was barely a teenager showing gratitude in such a way, she couldn¡¯t help but let out a smile ¡°I am no longer in a position to accept your gratitude. My legs hurt and I can hardly stand. I¡¯d be happy if I just can sit on the grass and rest. You too, don¡¯t kneel on the grass for a long time, get up.¡± The teenager hesitated but still stood up and looked down at the ground, feeling a little nervous. He thought their benefactor didn¡¯t like how he expressed his gratitude. So he pulled his sister along and sat down beside Shi Xia. His small face was a little red in embarrassment. He looked at Shi Xia seriously and opened his mouth to introduce himself. ¡°This humble one¡¯s name is Xuan Lin. I am from Liang. I used to come this mountain often and today I brought my sister here with me to cultivate. I always heard these mountains were dangerous but didn¡¯t expect it to be this dangerous. Thanks to the benefactor, my sister was saved, otherwise ¡­¡­¡± saying this, he couldn¡¯t help but tightened his grip on his sister¡¯s hand, his little face scrunched up into a ball. ¡°Cultivating!?¡± It was the first time Shi Xia heard things like that outside the TV drama so she was a little curious. She sat up straight facing the brother and sister duo as she asked, ¡°What do you mean?¡± Xuan Lin looked at her in puzzlement before questioning, ¡°benefactor you ¡­¡­ didn¡¯t come to this mountain to cultivate?¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡± No. She was just an innocent delivery person who was swindled by a system and got stuck here. The little boy didn¡¯t seem to understand her dilemma. He was happy that he could help the benefactor in such a way and began to explain. ¡°Rumour has it that the door to the Immortal Mountain only opens once every ten years, and once you enter the mountain, you can become a disciple of the Immortal Gate.¡± Xuan Lin continued, ¡°Although the Immortal forest is dangerous, but as long as you go up to the mountain, you can transcend as a mortal and ascend as an immortal by cultivating. That¡¯s why so many people comes here from miles away.¡± Shi Xia was a little surprised hearing his explanation. She sized up the people sitting on the grass and finally understood. At first she wondered why so many people had gathered here, and thought it was to celebrate the escape from the giant flying cat. It turned out they were waiting for the door to Immortal Mountain to open? Wait! Why did the setting felt like so similar to the divine fantasy dramas? ¡°Are there really immortals in this world?¡± ¡°Of course!¡± Xuan Lin nodded affirmatively and pointed to the white mist at the end of the large opening and said, ¡°Today is the day the gate to the Immortal Mountain to open, and many immortals would be coming out from there.¡± Shi Xia became a little excited. If there were really immortals in this world, then she can go back. Didn¡¯t it shows in the TV series that immortals have magic? Maybe they can open the door to space and time too and help her return to her world. ¡°By the way, what is the name of the benefactor?¡± Xuan Lin asked. ¡°Oh, my name is Shi ¡­¡­¡± She hadn¡¯t finished speaking, when suddenly a shout came from ahead. ¡°The door is open!¡± The crowd stirred at once and began to move ahead. Shi Xia also followed along but her eyes widened seeing the scene in front. The edge of the opening was still covered in white fog. But suddenly, the mist began to move away to the sides, revealing a path in the middle, as if someone had cut the mist and opened a road. When the mist moved away, a foggy sky could be seen behind. But it wasn¡¯t only the moving mist that surprised Shi Xia, but the scenery across the mist surprised her too. Behind the misty sky, clear blue sky could be seen where white clouds like cotton were floating. Along them was floating various shapes of mountain as if they were also made of clouds. The crystal clear waterfall was flowing down one mountain to another, creating a beautiful rainbow on the way. The waterfalls looked like silver ribbons, connecting the mountains together. It seemed the God had created the place with great care. Heaven, it¡¯s really heaven. Chapter 4.1 ¡°Immortal ¡­¡­ Immortals!¡± Contrary to the other party¡¯s contempt, the people below were all looking at the person in the sky with glowing eyes, ¡°Are you an immortal from the Immortal Mountain?¡± ¡°Immortal?¡± The man looked at the person who asked the question and smiled, ¡°That¡¯s right, I am indeed an immortal who is going to ascend as a God.¡± As soon as those words fell, the crowd became even more excited. ¡°It¡¯s really an immortal!¡± ¡°Great, the immortals are finally here.¡± ¡°Is the immortal here to pick us up?¡± ¡°We can go to the Immortal Mountain now!¡± Everyone was discussing enthusiastically with excitement on their faces. ¡°Pick you up?¡± The man in the air laughed even more cheerfully and nodded his head, ¡°That¡¯s right, I did come to pick you guys up.¡± He coldly looked around at the people on the ground. He was obviously smiling but it was a half-hearted smile. Suddenly, he stretched out his hand, a light flashed in his hand as a demolition fan appeared. He slowly and methodically unfolded it while smiling evilly, ¡°You guys can be ready.¡± Shi Xia had a bad premonition, the crowd was immersed in the excitement of entering the Immortal Mountain. Everyone was urging him to take them with him quickly. So they didn¡¯t hear the contempt in his voice, which greatly disturbed her. ¡°Please, we are asking the immortal to cast a spell to help us.¡± The man¡¯s smile narrowed into a line, while raising the fan in his hand he said, ¡°You appearance here meaning is you must also wanted to be disciples of the Tian Chen Sect*. This immortal will be a good man to you and let you go to meet the original master¡¯s ancestors and reunite with them.¡± [T/N: A sect residing in the Immortal Mountain.] Shi Xia¡¯s heart sank, this line was not right ah, ¡°wait ¡­¡­¡± She had not finish her sentence, but the man raised his hand, waved the fan and said loudly, ¡°I will send you to the underground to reunite with your ancestors!¡± A large number of black mist started to appear from the fan that was raised above his head. The man in black cloth suddenly waved his hand, and the black mist gathering flew towards the crowd of people like a tornado. The black mist spread everywhere completely covering the whole place. Shi Xia didn¡¯t have the time to react, she just saw the people in front of her fell down one by one, like a group of puppets whose strings were cut off. Everything became instantly quiet. The once enthusiastic crowd were now lying on the ground like corpses. Only Shi Xia was left alone standing, speechless. ¡°Hahahahahaha ¡­¡­¡± the man laughed wildly, his face began to grimace and distort showing an evil expression. While laughing he said proudly, ¡°Don¡¯t blame me for being cruel, who told you to come to the Tian Chen Sect? Are you here to seek death? I will not let anyone enter the mountain. I, Black Fury will never allow Tian Chen¡¯s disciples to survive. You, who wants to enter the Tian Chen Sect will also be ¡­¡­¡± He couldn¡¯t finish his words when he saw Shi Xia standing amongst the lying crowds. Seeing her standing, he choked on his speech. How could she still keep standing? No one had ever escaped from the effect of his black mist, then how could she? He opened his eyes wide as if he saw a ghost and fiercely glared at Shi Xia, ¡°you ¡­¡­ why are you still standing?¡± ¡°Uh ¡­¡­¡± Shi Xia stiffened, ¡°I have to¡­¡­ lie down too?¡± The man¡¯s eyebrows wrinkled, his face turning violent, ¡°You dare to mock me?¡± I did not ah? If I said I wanted to get along to the trend of lying down with the crowd, would you believe me? The man did not give her a chance to answer, he once again raised the fan and waved his hand. Shi Xia could only see a black wind blade coming to her with great speed as if it¡¯s going to cut her in half. Shi Xia¡¯s reflex kicked and she rolled to side. She heard a rumble from behind, when she looked over, she saw a half-metre deep cut appeared on the place she had been standing. Damn! Shi Xia felt her heart beating wildly in fear. The black-clothed guy really wanted to kill her! Shi Xia¡¯s gears in mind started to turn, how can she get out of the situation and save her ass? But the man didn¡¯t even get her the time to get up. He threw another wind on her way. This time the wind was faster and stronger, Shi Xia only saw a black tornado coming her way with breakneck speed. She subconsciously closed her eyes as she thought, I¡¯m finished! But the pain didn¡¯t come that Shi Xia had expected, but rather she heard a familiar roar in her ears. When she opened her eyes, she saw a huge yellow figure in front of her. ¡°Big Meow!¡± Isn¡¯t it the monster from before that chased her down until she was dead meat? Why is it here? The cat looked back at her, its face completely devoid of the fierce look it had when it was chasing her, instead, it gave her a friendly meow before turning back towards the man in the air, baring its teeth in a threatening growl. Is it protecting her? It became so friendly just because of a packet of dried fish she gave? Shi Xia was moved to tears, cats of this world are so friendly! ¡°So¡­is it not the Spiritual Beast of the Immoral Mountain that it¡¯s been protecting?¡± The man¡¯s eyes narrowed, ¡°No wonder you can defuse my Soul Devouring Poisonous mist.¡± The man then sneered and said full of disdain, ¡°Hmph! what can a mere fifth-level Spirit Beast do to me?¡± He once again waved his fan and sent a few black wind blades to them. The big cat raised its claws and slapped them, directly dispersing the black wind like smoke. Then it moved its wings and flew to the sky before pouncing on the man. The man in black just dodged to the side when the big cat pounced before sending another wave of wind blade again. One person and one cat were fighting in the air while the passerby, Shi Xia, looked at them with a shocked expression. If she ever told anyone that she saw a cat and a man was fighting in the air, would they believe her? The people of her world might think she is crazy, but people here¡­she isn¡¯t sure. Chapter 4.2 Shi Xia looked at the fighting man and cat duo in the air in trepidation as she silently cheered for the Big Meow in her heart. She took advantage of the fight in the air and went towards the people who fell on the ground. She checked every one of them and found that everyone was still breathing, but their breathing was very weak. It must be the work of that black mist created by the man. While she was thinking how she could save so many people, she suddenly heard a cry of pain ¡°Oh Oh¡± coming from the sky. Looking up at the sky, she saw the big cat¡¯s body was filled with cuts as blood was flowing. Shi Xia¡¯s heart sank, the big cat couldn¡¯t beat the man. Although the big cat was powerful, it was still no match for the man. With its huge body, it couldn¡¯t dodge the wind blades properly that was thin and dense in comparison to the cat. Now that the cat is injured, the man didn¡¯t hesitate and sent a bigger and stronger wind blade towards the cat. ¡°Ohhh ~~~~~~¡± The big cat was hit squarely on the abdomen, it couldn¡¯t hold its weight anymore and fell to the ground with a cry of pain. ¡°Big Meow!¡± Shi Xia¡¯s heart tightened, she ran over to the big cat and saw its belly was wide open with a big cut, blood was flowing constantly which couldn¡¯t be stopped. Shi Xia felt a flame of anger ignited in her heart and started to burn her sense of reasoning. She didn¡¯t care that she couldn¡¯t fight with the man. Sending a glare at the man she said, ¡°Damn you! You hurt such an innocent cat! Don¡¯t you know that I am a member of the Small Animal Protection Association? I¡¯ll fight with you!¡± She picked up a wooden stick lying on the ground and stood up, regardless of her lack of strength, she ran towards the man in black. ¡°You are looking for death!¡± The man snorted coldly and was about to wave the fan when suddenly, a spell formation lit up in front of him and a fireball appeared out of thin air in the sky. It grew bigger and bigger, even taller than the man before flying towards them. Shi Xia only felt a hot breath of air hitting her face, she gasped slightly but she still stood unmoving and grasped the stick in her hand tightly. Either she lives or dies, she will still fight, fight for Big Meow! The fireball was only a few meters away from her but she still didn¡¯t move. The memories of her short life flashed before her eyes. She knew she was going to die which made her subconsciously close her eyes. The fireball fell from the sky as a sizzling sound filled the air. But surprisingly, she didn¡¯t feel any pain. Confused, Shi Xia opened her eyes and saw the fireball had disappeared, only a pile of black ash was present in its place. The fireball was extinguished! And there was a transparent lightsaber* lying at her feet. [T/N: Sword like weapon from the movie Star Wars.] The man in black, who had just been very arrogant, suddenly changed his face, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes. He turned around and tried to escape with his sword, but when he tried to fly up, he was pressed by something and fell down to the ground. Since he was flying pretty high, falling on the ground gave him a heavy blow, he opened his mouth and suddenly spat several mouthfuls of blood. What, What¡¯s going on? The dim sky suddenly lit up with a white light. Shi Xia looked up and saw a formation as big as a playground appeared and covered the entire place. The formation was circled with the same kind of swords lying on her feet. The black fog instantly disappeared. Above the formation, there was a white figure looming, Shi Xia squinted but it was too bright to see. That person saved her? ¡°Black Fury, you Devil! This time I will see where you can run.¡± A teenage boy flew over beside the person looming above the big formation and went straight towards the black man who was still vomiting blood. Shi Xia was relieved. She was happy to see these people wearing white clothes. The teenager immediately went forward to the man in black and tied him up into a dumpling. After that, he turned toward the figure in the air and bowed with a standard disciple posture, ¡°I did not expect to see Shishuzu* here, thanking Shishuzu for helping this disciple.¡± [T/N: The meaning of this word is very complicated. If I describe it in simple term it would be ¡®someone with great seniority in the sect¡¯.] The person in the air did not respond, he was still standing in his original position. Surrounded by numerous lightsabers, only his snow-white coat could be seen. He is like a God. Shi Xia couldn¡¯t help but admire him in her heart. The young man seems to have gotten used to the person¡¯s unresponsive nature. He looked away but when he saw Shi Xia, he showed a surprised face, ¡°Huh?¡± ¡°HI~ good people.¡± Shi Xia waved her hand at him in greeting. ¡°There is actually someone who can stay awake and is not affected by the black poisonous mist.¡± The teenager walked over quickly and looked Shi Xia up and down before asking, ¡°How on earth did you do that?¡± If I said I didn¡¯t do anything, would you believe me? ¡°I don¡¯t know ¡­¡­ ¡°. Suddenly she remembered her friend Big Meow, ¡°Big Meow!¡± Shi Xia instantly turned around to Big Meow and ran towards it. The blood that had flowed from its wound was pooling around its big body, from time to time Big Meow let out whimpers of pain. ¡°Big Meow ¡­¡­¡± Shi Xia felt her heart turning stuffy. It was in this severe situation because it tried to protect her. She stroked its head while looking at the teenager cultivator and asked, ¡°it can be seen from your uniform that you are someone with great cultivation skills, can you save Big Meow?¡± What the hell is uniform? The corners of the teenager¡¯s mouth couldn¡¯t help but twitch. He went to the big cat and took a closer look, ¡°this ¡­¡­ is this not the Spirit Beast of the Tian Chen Sect¡¯s mountain? How come it is here? Could it be that ¡­¡­¡± he turned his head to look at the Black Fury who was bundled into a dumpling, his eyes turning into a fierce glare. ¡°Hahahahahahaha ¡­¡­¡± Black Fury laughed even more arrogantly, ¡°Unfortunately, you came too late, the Tian Chen Sect is no longer in this world.¡± ¡°You ¡­¡­ you actually really terminated the entire Tian Chen Sect! Abominable!¡± The young man was so angry that his face turned red, his eyes were full of anger. Who knew what he did but the Black Fury once again spat out a few mouthfuls of blood. The other party, however, was still not afraid provocating the teenager, ¡°Now it¡¯s useless even if you kill me.¡± ¡°You are simply heartless!¡± The teenager made a move to go over and settle the score with him. Shi Xia quickly pulled his clothes, ¡°Okay, Daxian* you can tear each other up later. Save Big Meow first, ah! The life of Big Meow is at stake, it doesn¡¯t have much blood left to flow ah.¡± [T/N: The word can either mean ¡®someone with healing power¡¯ or ¡®great immortal¡¯] The young cultivator showed a difficult face, with his face full of guilt, he said, ¡°girl, it is a Spiritual Beast. I am not a Beast Tamer. I don¡¯t know how to save it.¡± ¡°Then what should I do?¡± Where can she find a vet? Chapter 5.1 The teenager gritted his teeth in guilt as he looked up at the white figure looming in the air, ¡°Tai Shizu*, look at ¡­¡­¡±. [T/N: A little similar to Shishuzu.] He hadn¡¯t finished speaking, when a white light fell from the sky and directly enveloped the big cat lying on the ground bleeding. The injuries on its body began to heal visible to the naked eye, even the big cut on its abdomen was also healing inch by inch. It took less than a minute for all the injuries on its body to heal, not even leaving a scar. Wow! High technology! Shi Xia felt her eyes bulging out of her sockets, her jaw dropping on the floor. Even the Big Meow itself was stunned, it tentatively moved its four paws before slowly sitting up. It bounced on its four legs several times and rolled on the ground. Feeling no pain on its body, it let out a satisfied purr and walked towards Shi Xia. ¡°Big meow.¡± The big cat came to her and started rubbing its head on her body. Shi Xia was happy that the cat was okay so she went to hug it. But Big Meow dodged her paws and started sniffing on her bag, where it saw her taking the packet of dried fish. Shi Xia stiffened when she understood its intention. ¡°Uh ¡­¡­¡± the corners of her mouth twitched as she said, ¡°I don¡¯t have any more dried fish with me.¡± The big meow stopped rubbing its head on her body and narrowed its large cat eyes at her. Then ¡­¡­ It took a sharp turn and walked away briskly. Shi Xia: ¡­¡­ What the hell is your ¡°waste of time expression¡± in your eyes? Come back! How can you break our friendship like this? You have to give an explanation! Seeing the big cat all better, the young man sighed in relief. Fortunately his Tai Shizu was here so nothing major happened. He raised his hands in the air and saluted like a good disciple, ¡°thanking Tai Shizu for the help.¡± ¡°Thank you, good man number two.¡± Shi Xia also looked up and thanked the man in white. Although she couldn¡¯t see his face and could understand he is arrogant as hell, she was still thankful to him for saving their asses. The man still stood motionless and didn¡¯t reply. With the flicker of his hand, the glowing white formation above the opening dimmed and people who were lying on the ground like corpses started to stir. ¡°Girl, this is for you ¡­¡­¡± the teenager suddenly handed over an object towards her. ¡°What is this?¡± ¡°Your appearance here means you have came here to become a cultivator. You have good qualifications, if you want to enter the path, this would help you.¡± Shi Xia wanted to deny the phrase ¡°came here to become a cultivator¡± but gave up thinking that he wouldn¡¯t believe her, anyway. Instead, she looked at the thing that was handed to her. It was a white jade token that looked ordinary except for a few unrecognizable characters engraved on it. ¡°The demon cultivator¡¯s poison gas has been resolved, so they will wake up soon. My job here is done too, so farewell.¡± ¡°Oh.¡± Shi Xia raised her head from examining the jade token to the young man and nodded, ¡°Thank you.¡± ¡°You¡¯re welcome.¡± The young man smiled and summoned his flying sword, while the man in white in the air had already flown away to the direction of the previous Immortal Mountain, ¡°Tai Shizu, wait for me!¡± The young man hastily picked up the demonic cultivator Black Fury that was bundled on the ground like a dumpling and flew up with his sword. Suddenly he remembered something and turned back, ¡°By the way, my name is Yuanwu, a disciple of the Yuhua Sect. I wonder what the girl¡¯s name is?¡± ¡°Oh, my name is Shi Xia.¡± The words just fell and the faces of Yuanwu and the man in white changed. He looked at Shi Xia as if looking at a ghost. The air full of flying lightsaber, also clattered and fell on the ground like rain, all sticking a few feet away from her, ¡°You ¡­¡­¡± His words hadn¡¯t been finished when the white figure that had flown away from them appeared in front of Shi Xia with a ¡®whoosh¡¯ and stood in front of her. ¡°What did you say?¡± Shi Xia froze, the man was standing too close to her so couldn¡¯t help but lean back. He also came so suddenly and quickly that it made Shi Xia¡¯s heart jump in fear. After calming her heart down, she looked at the person in front of her. Giving one glance at his face, Shi Xia couldn¡¯t help but keep staring. Oh, oh, he is very handsome. The young man, Yuanwu, called him Tai Shizu, so she thought he would be a very old man. But Shi Xia didn¡¯t expect him to be unexpectedly young, not more than 30 years old. His facial features were very pleasing to the eyes with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, long hair flower down to waist, a white dress like snow, an appearance filled with nobility and arrogance. His aura was so strong that people couldn¡¯t ignore easily. Even the voice also seemed to carry the same pressure, so that people couldn¡¯t afford to resist, ¡°Your name is Shi Xia?¡± ¡°Yes!¡± What¡¯s the problem? The man frowned and looked straight into her eyes with scrutiny, ¡°Is your name really Shixia?¡± ¡°Uh ¡­¡­ Why not?¡± She immediately felt the air pressure around her becoming heavier, why would she feel so weak in the legs? Ah hello? Did you have any problem with my name, ancestor? Should I go back and check the family register? ¡°¡­¡­¡± The man frowned even deeper and stared straight at her as if trying to see through her. His doubtful eyes made her wonder if she spoke the wrong name or if the hospital had carried the wrong child. Her mind was playing different kinds of scenarios when she suddenly heard him speaking, ¡°Don¡¯t tell your name to anyone in the future.¡± ¡°Huh?¡± What do you mean? How come my name is a problem for you? He didn¡¯t have the slightest intention to explain, he simply turned and flew away with the same manner he came. ¡°Tai Shizu ¡­¡­¡± Yuanwu shouted anxiously, but the other person flying in the air was no longer present. He looked at Shi Xia, his body shivered for no reason. His eyes looking at Shi Xia showed a frightened look, which greatly confused her. He quickly commanded his flying swords and chased the figure in white, ¡°Tai Shizu, please wait for me ¡­¡­¡± He flew anxiously, as if he was being chased by a fierce beast. Shi Xia was confused, what happened actually? Why did they pretend she was the incarnation of a female ghost? Come and give an explanation ah! Hello! ¡ª¡ª¡ª- ¡ª- After the two left, those who had fainted slowly woke up one by one. The brother and sister duo, Xuan Lin and Niu Niu were fine. Only the thick fog that had parted before united again and the heaven like mountain had disappeared. After the two left, Shi Xia remembered the fact that she had forgotten an important thing: how would they reach the Immortal Mountain? Who would take them there ah? Then suddenly, she remembered that the young cultivator, Yuanwu, gave her a jade token. She quickly took it out, gave a closer look and found that on the surface of the jade token, there was a thin light that looked like an arrow which was pointing in a certain direction, and it was also constantly extending outward. She couldn¡¯t resist touching the thin line with her hand, but quickly removed feeling a sharp stinging pain. ¡°Oops.¡± Her finger was poked like being poked with a needle. Red blood dripped on top of the jade token. The faintly shining arrow was like a laser, very sharp. Just touching it hurts a lot. ¡°Benefactor, you ¡­¡­¡± Xuan Lin suddenly looked at her hand with a surprised face. His face looked more astonished rather than worried, which confused Shi Xia. ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± Shi Xia asked, but before Xuan Lin could reply, they saw something appearing on the ground, ¡°What the¡­, what is this?¡± A circular pattern suddenly appeared under her feet, it was glowing red. Some graphics with weird characters were rotating side by side before suddenly flying up. The red glow also started to become brighter as seconds passed. Shi Xia was startled, she was about to leave the circle of glowing red characters when she found that the scene in front of her started changing. One moment she was standing before Xuan Lin and Niu Niu, and the next moment they disappeared and a vast view of the sea was replaced in their place.