Chapter One: The Fallen Man

  "Your Majesty, I have refined ten pills of True Man's Longevity Elixir. Taking one pill every ten years will allow Your Majesty to live for a hundred years."

  "What? Could it be? My imperial father, could he have suddenly passed away because of eating these damned elixirs?"

  "Absolutely thorough, I searched through all the medical books and happened to get 'The Book of Ancient True Man' in three volumes. The method for refining this elixir is exactly from that book."

  "It's all yours, you can have five first, come on, left and right guards, let Imperial Physician Song take five pellets of medicine."

  "No! Your Majesty spare my life, this True Person's Longevity Pill is extremely potent, it can only be taken once a year, taking too many will cause one's soul to leave the body and die..."

  "Hum! A pack of nonsense! Let him eat!"

  "Your Majesty... I... I am innocent..."

  "It's poison indeed! Come, take this guilty official away, burn his body, and exterminate his nine generations... Never mind, considering his excellent medical skills, which have cured my illnesses many times, let's spare one of his descendants."

  Historical records show that in the year XXX of the Common Era, the Chief Imperial Physician of the Imperial Hospital, Song Tianyuan, intended to present a poisonous elixir to harm the Emperor. The Emperor was enraged and had him burned at the stake. At that time, the guilty minister Song Tianyuan was only twenty-five years old.

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  Huaxia, Jiangnan Province, Suzhou City, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Ward 301.

  "Ah! My head hurts, where am I? What are these things? Your Majesty, I'm really innocent... Hmm? I'm Song Jian? How did I become Song Jian? I'm the renowned Chief Imperial Physician of the Great Song Dynasty, Song Tianyuan!"

  He suddenly opened his eyes, breathing rapidly, and soon Song Tianyuan realized that his soul had crossed over and possessed the body of his own descendant, which means that he had now become Song Jian.

  "You're awake. The doctor said you overdosed on heroin and wouldn't make it." A clear, cold voice sounded beside him, although the tone was cold, but the voice itself was very pleasant to listen to.

  Song Jian slightly turned his head and looked towards the source of the sound.

  In the clean and white ward, a beautiful woman stood in front of the bed, her hair shoulder-length and slightly curly, her golden black professional short skirt outlining her slender figure, bright and fair-skinned, lightly made up, very pretty.

  "Xu Si?" Song Jian croaked, opening his mouth. He shouldn't have recognized this woman, but now, he called out her name in one breath.

  "Hmm, since you're awake, just rest well in the hospital for now. I still need to rush back to the company." Xu Si said, and was about to turn around.

  Bang!

  The door of the ward was kicked open, and a middle-aged man with a bald head rushed in, shouting in a hoarse voice: "Sisi, since your unlucky husband is already dead, let's hurry up and push him to the morgue. Donating his body to the hospital will be the end of it. Why are you still mourning? You haven't even passed the door yet, what right do you have to wear mourning clothes for that scoundrel?"

  Xu Si turned around and said softly, "Dad, don't say anything more. Song Jian has already woken up. I'll head back to the company first, you should also be busy with something."

  After finishing speaking, Xu Si stepped out of the ward in her three-inch high-heeled shoes.

  This bald-headed man who burst in is named Xu Qiangsan, the father of Xu Si and also the nominal father-in-law of Song Jian.

  Xu Qiang stared blankly at Song Jian on the hospital bed, his face filled with astonishment. He then spat and cursed in a low voice: "A scourge for a thousand years, a turtle's life! The doctor said he was dead, but he came back to life again. Damn it!"

  Xu Qiang retreated with a scowl on his face, slamming the hospital room door shut behind him with a loud "bang", and then got up to chase after his daughter.

  Song Jian lay in bed, his head throbbing with wave after wave of pain.

  "So that's how it was! Those five True Immortal Elixir pills really made my soul leave my body immediately, but due to the effect of the elixir, my soul didn't disperse and instead, in the blink of an eye, traversed through space-time and entered the body of my descendant."

  "Because I just died and the memories haven't faded yet, I merged with his memories, so my head is swelling, and besides, everything around me isn't unfamiliar at all!"

  "Stupid ruler! Take a look at your history books and see how many years you've lived. The elixir I painstakingly refined for you, you refused to take, and instead, you nearly got me killed!"

  "However, although you're dull and mediocre, you're still quite good. Leave me your bloodline, perhaps it's because of the same bloodline that I was able to successfully possess your body."

  "It's just that, damn it, how can my descendants end up so miserable! I'm the chief imperial physician of the Tai Hospital, how could my descendants fall to such a state!"

  Song Jian exerted himself and shook his head, got up from the ground, wanting to pour a glass of water.

  It wasn't until he raised his arm that Song Jian discovered that this body of his had almost no strength at all, and was even weaker than a seventy-year-old old lady.

  "Damn it. White, pink, such strong toxicity, looks like I have to detoxify myself quickly." Song Jian muttered to himself, shaking his head and pouring a cup of hot water, then ignoring whether it was scalding or not, directly pouring it into his own belly.

  A glass of water downed, Song Jian's mind was completely clear. Soon, everything came back to him.

  It was only half a year ago that Song Jian's family was still very happy. His parents ran a large pharmaceutical company, producing medical equipment and doing research and development, of course, and sales were also very good. Half of the pharmaceutical market in Suzhou City was controlled by the Song family. It can be said that in the entire Suzhou City, Song Jian's assets were also among the top.

  Song Jian was also very promising, intelligent and studious, never causing trouble. In the twelve years from the age of ten to twenty-two, Song Jian had been studying abroad, and at the age of twenty-two, he was already a graduate student in chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley.

  It was just a year ago that Song Jian suddenly became addicted to drugs in the United States, causing his thinking ability to decline sharply, and he was forced to drop out of school. He had no choice but to return to Gusu City.

  With the help of his parents, Song Jianke restrained himself and did not take drugs for a long time. Under his parents' arrangement, he also got engaged to Xu Siyu.

  The Xu family is also a prominent family in Gusu City, and the two families are considered to be of equal social status. Therefore, although Song Jian and Xu Si did not know each other before meeting, they did not object after meeting, and everyone thought highly of this marriage arrangement.

  But then, everything changed half a year ago!

  Song Jian knew that his parents had been planning a big project, investing all their assets. Once successful, the Song family would soar to new heights. However, half a year ago, a sudden car accident took away his parents' lives.

  After the parents left, several shareholders of the company suddenly demanded withdrawal of funds. At this time, due to the large project, the company's funds were already in short supply. The sudden exit of several shareholders directly led to the bankruptcy of Songjia Pharmaceutical Company!

  Song Jian was also deceived by someone at this time and relapsed into drug addiction!

  In half a year, the private assets left by his parents were quickly absorbed by Song Jian. Later, Song Jian became a vagrant wandering on the streets. If it weren't for Xu Si taking him in, Song Jian would have long been lying dead on the streets.

  The family business went bankrupt, so Xu Si let Song Jian work at his own company, casually assigning him a driver's job with a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan. However, Song Jian was completely addicted to drugs and just yesterday, he and some rich kids were secretly taking drugs in a nightclub. This time, the heroin was too pure and Song Jian injected too much, so he fainted completely.

  After being sent to the hospital, the doctor said it was hopeless...

  "Cough...cough..."

  As he recalled these things, Song Jian let out a few violent coughs, and his eyes revealed a hint of sadness. "Unfilial descendants, unflial descendants! When I was 23 years old, I was already the chief imperial physician of the Imperial Hospital, but you're just a half-dead poisonous ghost! Alas, never mind, never mind... A thousand years ago, I was beheaded by a foolish ruler because of my eagerness for merit, leaving behind an orphan and a widow. To think about it now, I'm truly ashamed in front of our ancestors. Now I don't even have the face to blame you."

  Song Jian muttered to himself, wanting to straighten his body, but he found that even the action of straightening his waist was extremely difficult for him now.

  "Damn it, I have to get rid of this poison from the sea and Luo Yin first. Hmm, this toxin is too insidious, I'm afraid ordinary medicine won't work." Song Jian got up, holding his head with both hands, designing a treatment plan for himself.

  Outside the ward, Xu Qiang hurriedly caught up with his daughter and smiled ingratiatingly: "Sisi, Sisi, are you free on Sunday? Why don't we go out for a meal together?"

  Although Xu Qiangsan is Xu Si's father, he has never had any prestige in front of Xu Si because Xu Qiangsan is a master who spends his days drinking and womanizing, without learning or skills. The current head of the Xu family is Xu Qiangsan's father, also Xu Si's grandfather, Xu Haitian. Xu Haitian has already given up on Xu Qiangsan, and the next generation's successor to the Xu family will be Xu Si, not this bald Xu Qiangsan.

  Xu furrowed his brow and said, "I'm busy. There have been some issues with the company recently, I don't have time."

  Xu Qiang stood up and smiled: "Sisi, no matter how busy you are, you must pay attention to your body. I've made an appointment with Xiao Wang to play golf on Sunday, let's go together."

  Xu Si heard the name "Little Wang" and slightly raised an eyebrow, saying coldly: "Dad! You also know that Song Jian and I are engaged. Before Song Jian died, don't introduce me to some messy friends. Even if Song Jian is dead, there's no need for you to introduce!"

  After finishing speaking, Xu Si walked away in her high heels, causing the surrounding doctors and patients to cast sideways glances, after all, a top-notch beauty is not someone you can easily come across.

  "Wang Yangke is not just any friend, he's the next successor of Hongyuan Company... Ah, you ungrateful daughter, can't you give me some face? How am I supposed to explain this to Wang Yang? Every time we go to Jinbi Huanguang, it's always that kid who pays the bill." Xu Qiangsan walked back to the ward with a long face, muttering to himself.

  In the ward, Song Jian had already stood up and taken off his hospital gown, changing into his own clothes. He had thought of a way to get rid of the heroin in his body, but after rummaging through all his pockets and wallet, he couldn't find a single cent.

  With a "bang", the hospital room door was pushed open and Xu Qiangsan burst in with a look of disgust on his face.

  "Hey, Uncle Xu, can you lend me 5,000 yuan?" Song Jian asked as soon as Xu Qiangsan walked in.

  "Money? You dare to ask me for money? You've been eating my daughter's food, living in her house, spending her money... I'm her father and she's never given me a single cent! Get out of here, scram! The remaining deposit is mine now."

  Xu Qiangsan had originally planned to donate Song Jian's body directly to the hospital, which would have at least generated some income. Now that Song Jian was not dead, Xu Qiangsan could only think of keeping the hospital deposit for himself, which still had over 7,000 yuan left.

  It's hard not to say that a person who has reached middle age and is still struggling like this, Xu Qiangsan is really quite pitiful.

  Song Jian's mouth was agape as he stared at the old man in front of him, and soon realized that he had indeed found the wrong person. This cheap old father-in-law would rather see him dead, and besides, he himself was a penniless good-for-nothing who spent all his money on food, drink, whoring, and gambling. His pockets were emptier than his brain.

  Song Jian reluctantly walked out of the ward, thinking in his heart whether he should borrow some money from Xu Si first. After all, without money, he couldn't buy Chinese medicine, and without Chinese medicine, he couldn't treat the heroin poison in his body. However, thinking of Xu Si's cold eyes, Song Jian gave up. A seven-foot-tall man still had to consider a woman's face when taking action, how could he bear it?

  "Ah yo! Ge Laozi's, it hurts to death! We agreed that you would cure my crooked neck in one day, but now not only is my neck not cured, it's killing me! A contract worth 30 million, can you afford to compensate?" At this time, a loud scolding voice came from the Sichuan man downstairs.