New World

Li Zhi Cheng felt his head hurt. Splitting headache made him further groggy. When he thought of how he was dying uselessly, he was unwilling. To die without any reason, without any dignity.

He couldn't hear the gunshots anymore. Between two sides fighting, he was shot so unreasonably as if the bullet was manipulated beforehand to come to him like the God of death.

Thinking of this, he felt amused by his analogy, but only he knew, how much indifference and coldness was even in this amusement.

Before completely falling dark, his only thought was, ' There won't be shackles anymore, Give you back the life you gave me '.

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Opening his eyes, he stared at the wooden ceiling of this cramped space blankly. He could hear the sound of people talking but he couldn't understand what they were talking about. The space shook continuously, he felt like being shaken in a mixer. The headache was intermittent, but this time there were extra scenes and fragmentary memories in his brain. Occupational habit, he tried to relax his mind as much as possible to think of the countermeasures for this weird situation.

Just when he felt that his mind was calm enough, his head was stuffed to the fullest. Before falling into a coma again, all he could think of was, There is an afterlife.

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When he woke up again, there was no confusion in his eyes anymore. Staring at the wooden straw ceiling, he tried to sit up but to no avail.

Suddenly footsteps sounded and the door was opened, he stared blankly at the visitor, reflexively sorting out information about the intruder in his mind.

Gu Chengyun, 15-year-old 'Brother', a person who can conceive. Currently, the only person this body can depend on and his current wife gifted to him by the Gu family.

When he was staring at him, Gu Chengyun was also sizing up this young master who was thrown down the altar without any suspense. He was gifted to the Li family as an apology for the dispute between the older generation. Thinking of that family, he wished he could eat their flesh and drink their blood.

He always knew that his status as a brother will become a hindrance to his future, but he never knew his life wouldn't be even worth more than a beast.

This time he was given to the trash young master of the Third house. The sickly young master who may die at any time.

Worse. He had to make sure this young master lives or he would be killed for not taking care of his master.

The Li family was even crueller than the Gu family. The sick, orphan Young man was thrown to a faraway village for tarnishing the reputation of the Li family and causing a scandal.

Everyone shouts and beat saying, The young master is the Third master's illegitimate child who was replaced with the true young master by the vicious mistress with cruel intentions.

How true? Who knows.

" Water..", A hoarse voice sounded bringing Gu Chemgyun's floating thoughts back.

He poured a cup of water and silently stood aside, inadvertently peeking at the Young master whose life was hanging by thread some time ago.

Drinking water sip by sip, Li Zhi Cheng was silently observing everything around him, including the young man who was the only servant and nominal spouse of this body.

He doesn't know how much time had passed since he came to this world but he was calm and indifferent like ever.

There was also a faint expectation for the future. This world is too different from his original world.

There is a spiritual cultivation, magical beasts and many things he never could think of.

People in this world rely on external things such as plants and different elixirs to store spiritual energy in the atmosphere.

There are also different types of methods that allow one to circulate the so-called spiritual energy to strengthen oneself, but it's not as strong as relying on external things.

This world full of fantasy and ancient culture made him want to explore but he knew, too many things need to be sorted out now.

The air in the room was too quiet. The faint breathing of two people could be heard clearly, one regular and one chaotic.

Taking his sight back casually, Li Zhi Cheng thought of everything that happened to him since he came to this world. Closing his eyes, he focused on those memories.

Li Zhi Cheng, the Young Master of the dignified Li family in Qianji City. His father, Li Zhong is the third son of the current patriarch of the Li family. He was a sick seedling and medicine jar since he could remember. Also, he was now thrown away in the name of tarnishing the reputation of Li's family. How much the truth is, yet is to be determined.

He is a modern person. Any modern person connected to the network is not unaware of terms like 'system', 'transmigration' or 'rebirth'. He, too, knows such 'common sense' when he was passing the time.

The Gu family and the Li family had a dispute over a contract beast that was accidentally killed in the Gu family mansion. As an apology, the Gu family sent the 'culprit' to be a servant of the Li family. I disliked the ugly and weak servant and threw him to the sick seedling of the Third son of the patriarch with his deed of slavery.

This was how Gu Chengyun became the wife of this body. Before he could take on his obligations as a wife, then the Young master was thrown away with a compensation of 100 Mu of land to the faraway village without any entourage and protection. The only person taking care of him during this time was Gu Chengyun.

Good thing, they haven't known each other for a long time and he doesn't have to suppress his nature or pretend to be someone else.

More than that, he was lucky. He brought his private things and 1000 taels of silver and daily necessities with him.

Since life gave him choice, Why should he complain? Living is already the best gift he could receive.

And he, Li Zhi Cheng, is always the Master of his own life.