Chapter 1: The Issue of Human Character

  "Hmm, where am I?"

  Dazed and disoriented, Lu Shaoyou felt a dampness all around him, his entire body aching to the point of numbness. The cold wind blowing around him made him shiver uncontrollably.

  At this thought, Lu Shaoyou's scalp felt a chill and he hastily opened his eyes to find himself surrounded by darkness. Above him was a crescent moon. After a moment, with the faint moonlight, he saw that he was in a pond. It should be deep into the night now.

  "Ah..."

  A loud cry of headache caused by a mysterious power hitting his brain, Lu Shaoyou felt as if he had been hit again and fainted once more.

  When the sky was slightly bright, Lu Shaoyou slowly woke up, thinking about a piece of news that had just appeared in his mind. Lu Shaoyou almost fainted again!

  "My personality exploded, I crossed over, is this a dream?" Lu Shaoyou stared wide-eyed at his surroundings, the information he got from his mind, plus having read countless cross-over stories, made him very certain that he had indeed crossed over. This opportunity was even rarer than winning a one-in-a-billion lottery, and yet he had encountered it.

  Lu Shao thought back to when he had just graduated from a third-rate university and found an office job, helping the old lady in the office photocopy files, who would have known that the photocopier was faulty and his life exploded, and he also crossed over.

  No worries or attachments in the previous life, the future is uncertain. Even if I crossed over, who knows, maybe I can still make a name for myself in this world. Based on my observations of past crossovers, no one who has crossed over has ever had a bad outcome - they're either surrounded by wives and concubines or are unmatched in their achievements, at the very least becoming incredibly wealthy. I shouldn't be too unlucky, right?

  Lu Shao Yu had no regrets at all, instead he felt like he was finally free. In his previous life, he wasn't the son of an official, nor the son of a rich family, and not even the son of a celebrity. His future was completely uncertain.

  "Where is this place? How did I end up in this godforsaken place?" Lu Shaoyou looked around, starting to think about the memories that were left in his mind, which didn't belong to him.

  A moment later, Lu Shaoyou had an urge to kill himself, wondering if he could cross over again. Others who crossed over were either young masters or princes, and at the very least, they were elegant and handsome young men from large families with great power.

  He himself was a young master, and what's even more surprising is that this young master was also named Lu Shao Yu. He was only 16 years old this year. However, this young master was an illegitimate child, and his status in the family was not even as good as that of a servant. His mother, who was originally a slave in the family, gave birth to him and suffered even more oppression from the first wife, living a life worse than that of a slave.

  The mother and son were often oppressed by their clan members, even the slaves in the house didn't take them seriously. Especially the maids and servants around the first wife, who had been bullying the two since they were young.

  Just yesterday, this young master was beaten to death by a few people after he provoked them with a few words. In the chaos, they didn't know where they threw his body, but it ended up falling into a pool of water at the bottom of a cliff. And then, in a freak accident, I found myself transmigrating into this young master's body.

  Thinking about his miserable life after crossing over, Lu Shaoyou felt a little like crying but had no tears to shed. Was it because he was a good person or a bad person? In his previous life, he hadn't done anything good either, so his character probably wasn't any better than that.

  Since you're already here, then make yourself at home. Lu Shiyong was also helpless, and it's not easy to not die, so he can't possibly die again, no matter what. Not dying is a blessing, and hopefully those who survive great difficulties will have good fortune afterwards.

  "Considering we both go by the name of Lu Shaoyou, I've used your body again. Your enemies, I'll help you take revenge on whenever I have the chance. And as for your mother, I'll take care of her for you from now on." Lu Shaoyou muttered to himself.

  As soon as Lu Shao's voice fell, his mind suddenly cleared up, and a turbid air seemed to disperse instantly from his mind.

  "It seems you have a deep grudge. I, Lu Shaoyou, will find an opportunity to avenge you." Lu Shaoyou said again, gazing into the distance.

  After finishing speaking, Lu Shaoyou couldn't help but think of a realistic problem. He was still facing upwards and leaning against a withered tree trunk in the water pool. The water was icy cold, and it should be severe winter weather now. Perhaps he had already frozen numb, and yet he didn't have much sensation while soaking in the water pool.

  Struggling to swim towards the edge of the water, Lu Shao-yu couldn't help but curse silently. His body's legs seemed to have been broken, and his hands were initially fine, but now that he was exerting a bit more effort, he realized that they too had been fractured. At this point, he was completely unable to use even half of his strength, let alone move towards the edge of the water - it was impossible for him to even budge an inch.

  "Oh heavens, don't play tricks on me like this!" Lu Shaoyou helplessly cursed at the sky, he was completely unable to move now and would surely freeze to death.

  "Whoosh..."

  A rustling sound entered Lu Shaoyou's ears, as if some animal was swimming in the water, and its speed was extremely fast.

  "It can't be a demon beast, right?" A fearful term flashed through Lu Shaoyou's mind. From the messages left in his mind, Lu Shaoyou learned that this world was completely different from his original one. This was a world where martial arts were revered, and it was vast beyond compare. In this world, there existed demon beasts and spirit beasts, as well as warriors and spirit masters.

  Warriors and Spiritual Masters hold extremely high positions in this world, especially the Spiritual Masters, whose status is even more supreme.

  But the young master he crossed over into, just so happens to be unable to become a martial artist or a spiritual practitioner, and thus his status within the family is extremely low, not even comparable to that of a servant.

  “Ga……” Just as Lu Shaoyou was thinking if the beast was approaching him, a shrill cry came from above, and in an instant, a huge bird of over 100 meters appeared in the sky.

  The giant bird spread its wings and hovered in the air directly above Lu Shao's head, somewhat resembling an eagle. Its feathers were a deep blue-green color, with white down on its belly. Its two sharp claws were curved, gleaming coldly as it gazed intently at him with both eyes.

  "Monster, am I going to become its meal just after crossing over?" Lu Shaoyou was shocked beyond measure, having never seen such a huge eagle in his previous life. He then helplessly smiled wryly, pitying himself for being unable to move at the moment. The monster was going to eat him, and he could only watch with wide eyes.

  "Whoosh...whoosh..."

  Lu Shao felt that behind him, there seemed to be some animal jumping rapidly, and at the same time, wings were flapping on the water's surface, creating ripples, and he was also drifting forward with the ripples.

  "Caw...caw..."

  In the sky above, the giant eagle let out a loud screech, revealing a fierce glint in its eyes. With a flap of its wings, it brought with it a strong gust of wind as it dived down headfirst. Its sharp talons retracted and then extended instantly, before shooting downwards like lightning.

  "My life is over." Lu Shao's heart felt a chill, having just crossed over and was about to become a monster's meal. This luck was also too bad.

  "Whoosh……" Just as Lu Shaoyou was about to give up hope, a black blur flashed before his eyes, and in an instant, a dark shadow leapt out from behind him. The speed was too fast, and Lu Shaoyou only caught a glimpse of it, but what he saw was a gigantic flying beast over a hundred meters long, somewhat resembling a bat, with a pure white body. On the belly of this beast, Lu Shaoyou saw that there seemed to be a huge mouth, with fresh blood flowing out, indicating that it was injured.

  Bang! Bang!

  At that moment, the two huge monsters in the sky had already collided completely. The screeching sounds of "ga ga" and "zhi zhi" continued in the air. Lu Shaoyou was lying face up in the water pool, swaying with the water surface, but he couldn't move at all.

  After colliding several times, Lu Shaoyou saw that the giant eagle demon's sharp claws retracted, its wings fluttered, and a huge gust of wind rose. Its sharp claws fiercely clawed towards the bat-like demon.

  "Squeak." The bat-like monster let out a squeak, and in Lu Shao's astonishment, a white mist shot straight out of its mouth.

  A white mist spewed out, and a bone-piercing chill spread in mid-air. Immediately, the entire pool of water quickly froze into ice under this chill.

  In mid-air, the giant eagle monster instantly froze into an ice block and its massive body plummeted straight down.

  "With a loud crash, the giant eagle landed on the ice surface in front of it, shattering the ice and creating cracks. The bat-like monster, seemingly extremely weak, slowly moved forward on the ice surface until it reached the front of the giant eagle monster."

  "Card scratch."

  Lu Shao saw that the bat-like monster opened its sharp mouth, revealing two rows of sharp teeth, and with one bite, it tore open the belly of the giant eagle monster, and a fist-sized, crystal clear blue orb, stained with blood, rolled onto the ice surface.

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