1 Body Swap: He, Or She?

Nighttime at C City, the middle of May, year 20.

"Ouch!"

Lin Fan's brow wrinkled. It had been years since he felt the pain in his body now, and the completely unfamiliar surroundings was leaving him at a loss.

How did he get here in no time at all?

And what were those flowery, green light when he looked out?

Still, the buildings around here were quite tall…

He got up and withdrew his cool gaze towards the people around himself, looking completely unaffected.

"Hey?!"

Even as Lin Fan was left disconcerted, a blondie amongst the group who dyed their hairs a variety of colors barked indignantly, "What's with that look, man? You want a beating?"

Man?!

Lin Fan did a double take and then looked down.

(⊙o⊙)

'I became a man?'

She—or indeed he, was left dumbstruck.

Even so, her gaze remained cool and clear, as if nothing would move her, not even if the skies would crumble!

Moreover, her name was not Lin Fan, but Qi Zixiao.

Meanwhile, unable to hold back just then, the blondie leapt towards her with a high kick, yelling, "You brat! Your eyes really annoy me so much! Bros, get him!"

Through it all, however, Qi Zixiao had never spoken.

And despite being still a little disconcerted, her movements were not slow at all.

In a flash, she had instantly dodged blondie's strike. Astonished, blondie then saw his quarry close in on himself, and then…

Pow!

A roundhouse kick, in a split second.

Blondie's eyes were bulging out and his entire body sent flying backward, howling in agony as he landed.

"What the hell!"

When they saw what had happened, the other three members of the gang—red-hair, purple-hair and green-hair felt chills all over their body and a vague pain beneath their belt. Nonetheless, they pushed on and charged, cursing as they went.

Pow! Crack!

Soon enough, they were left floored just like blondie. 

Qi Zixiao moved as quick as her eyes were clear, and her strikes were ruthless. All four opponents were left immobile in a dozen seconds and howling in pain.

However…

She did not feel good.

"This body… it's too weak."

Although she had no idea what happened or where she was, let alone who this body belonged to… but this body was too weak!

There was no trace of innate qi, just as the body was far inferior than an average joe. She was just beating up several things that were up to no good, and one of her arms was already dislocated!

Nonetheless, she kept a straight face, grabbed hold of her dislocated right arm and abruptly clenched, pulled, and released.

Crack!

It snapped back into the socket.

Qi Zixiao then turned towards the thugs beneath her feet, but walked away.

"Mommy…"

"What sort of a freak is that?"

"How did he suddenly become a human?"

"Quick, call the cops. That dude is a monster, who doesn't even blink with a dislocated arm!"

The four thugs were shuddering as they dialed 120 while wincing through the pain.

Qi Zixiao did not bother herself with them, and instead headed deep towards the brightly lit night.

Around her, many passersby were clicking on their mobile phones, but Qi Zixiao ignored them too.

What were those things?

She had no idea.

Still, even as she walked, she kept feeling around her own body.

Soon enough, there was a different look on Qi Zixiao's face.

And it was the look of disdain!

"Weak constitution, the physical essences are all over the place and there is not even a trace of innate qi. Its physicality is even less than a tenth of the lumberjacks living under the mountain…"

"That's not all. I don't know where this place is, but there is just no Spirit Qi at all. How did I actually get here?"

"And… how did I get into a man's body?"

"Also, these clothes are so weird."

The more Qi Zixiao understood, the deeper the disdain she felt. 

"I was clearly in seclusion ahead of an ascension. Why did such a thing happen out of the blue? Could my mind have gone adrift and was caught in an illusion?"

Confusion!

Qi Zixiao hence wandered aimlessly through the streets for a long, long time.

***

Meanwhile, across an endless distance.

The Saintess Chamber in the Sacred Violet Manor, atop the Bright Moon Peak.

A stunningly beautiful lady with an outrageous figure, dressed in a pure-white gown stirred over her bed.

"Crap, ouch!"

She abruptly rose, but her speech did not match her body.

"Hold on!"

The pain?

The pain in her body was gone!

And where was he?

Lin Fan was left dumbfounded by the completely unknown environment. He looked around, and could tell that everything from the bed to the decorations and the furniture were all antiques.

A single lamp illuminated the room, and beneath its cover was a hovering, shining stone.

"…"

A shining stone?!

A nightpearl? Did not seem like it either!

Fortunately, thanks to the rock, Lin Fan could keep looking around since the room was actually quite big… did it not look like over a hundred square meters from a single glance?

Holding the shining stone, he found a copper mirror placed on a table and walked up to it.

And when he looked into it…

"What the hell!!!"

He shuddered, the stone in his hand bursting apart.

"Eh…"

"Illusion. This must be an illusion."

She was holding her forehead in utter astonishment.

'What am I looking at?!'

She was an absolute beauty!

'But I am clearly a man!'

Still…

As he lowered his head, he wondered, 'where have all my toes gone'?

They were simply nowhere in sight, but that single glance was enough to confirm that he was inside a woman's body.

But why the hell did this happen?

"If my memory serves, I was all bothered because my dear goddess had married a big shot, and when I was about to head to one of the brothels to indulge myself, as well as to try my luck to see if I could encounter the legendary… something."

"But I ended up being punched because I was looking at a group of thugs once too many, and then…"

"…"

She—or indeed he, was Lin Fan!

A veteran of 2D, a second-year student of an engineering college in C City, and could be considered an academic.

But now, everything that was happening clearly could not be explained scientifically.

A straight and honest modern man had suddenly turned into a woman of ancient times.

Who would believe that?!!

"Transmigration?!"

Lin Fan gradually calmed then.

He was more or less from the modern age and had read quite a few novels in his free time, and could somewhat accept something like transmigration.

'But the question is: why did I turn into a woman when I transmigrated?!

'This is a little unacceptable, right!

'Even if said woman is beautiful beyond words and has a figure that could stir any man's heart… I am a man!!!'

In the end, Lin Fan was no maniac and took no pleasure over such an encounter, nor would he begin to study human anatomy or whatnot…

Because right now, all he felt was bewilderment and despair.

An old chap like him turning into a woman of such splendor… what else could happen if something unexpected took place?

Thousands of men competing for her? Being forced to marry? Wedding night, childbirth???

What if she ran into a Sir-Lances-a-lot-of-married-women?

He got goosebumps just thinking about it.

He wondered if he should exclaim in expletives!

Dong…

Even as Lin Fan was left utterly bewildered, the chime of a bell resounded as the skies slowly brightened.

It was morning.