1 1: Book of mountains and seas.

The crimson sun hung high above the azure sky, the endless sea of clouds slowly drifted by, bringing a warm astral gale..

Inside a bustling city, at this time of the day and week, many people have just gotten off work..

Psshhh!!!

The sound of a bus door opening was heard as a young man in a suit walked out..

This was xiao Chen, he had just gotten off from another day at his new job, he had only been working for a few weeks, yet he was already angered and lifeless everyday..

Before, he used to read webnovels and mangas everyday, but since his parents forced him to get a job and move out, he hasn't been able to read much, he was only able to read when he reached home, which he would only have a few hours..

Xiao Chen hated his life, yet he wasn't crazy to the point of committing suicide, the earth was always like this, you grow up enjoying life, then the next second you have to work everyday just to live..

Xiao Chen heavily sighed before stepping out of the bus, he instantly felt the scorching sun on his skin..

It was the middle of summer, and the sun itself was so hot that even puddles on the ground will be evaporated in a few hours..

Xiao Chen slightly pulled down his tie, he didn't care about his image anymore, it was too damn hot, no one could survive this heat..

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Xiao Chen was walking on his usual path towards his apartment, he would have to pass a few dark alleys before reaching the apartment..

He was always cautious and stood a few meters away from these dark alleys, after all this is where most shady things happen, it wouldn't even be a joke anymore if there was news about some guy getting raped by a bunch of gangsters...

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"Hey old man" Xiao Chen raised his hand to wave at an old man in a black robe, the old man continued walking, as if he hadn't even heard him..

"F*ck, you don't have to be so rude" xiao Chen shouted, all he did was say hi..

Xiao Chen watched as the old man walked into the dark alley, a worn out book dropped out of his robes, yet the old man continued walking as if he didn't even notice it..

Xiao Chen ran and picked up the book..

"Old man you dropped th—" xiao Chen could finish his sentence, as he looked up the old man was already gone, and he also didn't want to go further in..

"What the hell, welp finders keepers" xiao Chen looked at the skinny book he held, there was on a simple title on the front which read "mountains and seas" the book was very worn out and old, yet there were drawings of dragons and other divine beasts on it...

Xiao Chen rolled and stuffed the book into his pockets, he was intending to read it tonight, who knows maybe he can find something interesting..

He shook his head lightly, trying to forget about the shady old man, he wasn't the curious type who would go to his death instantly.

Xiao Chen continued walking on the sidewalk and towards his apartment..

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Xiao Chen walked along the sidewalk, the sun still trying its hardest to suck all the water out of him, he was sweating profusely, this was his everyday routine since the start of the summer, if he sweated too much he would basically smell like ass for the whole day, luckily the office had air-conditioning or else everyone would sweat like crazy and the building would smell like rotten fish..

It wasn't long before he reached the apartment, it wasn't the best but it wasn't too bad either, the rent was also affordable and the landlord was nice..

After reaching his door, xiao Chen pulled out his keys before opening the door...

With a click, he turned on the lights to the room, instantly illuminating the room...

Xiao Chen sighed once again, his apartment room was always empty, even though he had a job that was enough for him to live, it was impossible for him to buy anything over the top..

He couldn't even buy coins to read web novels, he could only hope to find a random third-party website.

After freshening up and removing his clothes, xiao Chen fell onto his bed, tightly holding the book dropped by the old man earlier..

"What's this book about anyways" xiao Chen opened the book of mountains and seas, scrolling through the book, he only found drawings and art of celestial beings and immortal beasts, despite them being drawings, the more he scrolled the more his heart was beating, these drawings were nearly lifelike, even the roar of dragons could be heard in his heart..

Yet he only thought he was hallucinating, even though he read those eastern fantasy novels, this was still new to him, and he also didn't believe in immortals and cultivation, no matter how much he wanted to.

Pah!!

Xiao Chen slammed the boom shut, these drawings were too lifelike, it was almost as if he was looking at true divine beasts, even the mountains and rivers in the book carried a celestial and profound feeling, he now knew that this book wasn't normal, why would the old man leave something like this around...

Xiao Chen who was holding the book furrowed his eyebrows, he felt a slight heat coming from the book....

"Sh*t" xiao Chen instantly dropped the book, it was increasingly getting hotter and hotter..

The next scene shocked the shit out of him, the book which was laying on his bed turned into a golden beam of light and rushed into his body...

"What the fu.." he couldn't even finish cursing before his body disappeared from his room, his last words still lingering around the room...

The room was instantly quiet, xiao Chen had disappeared from this world just like that.