Chapter 0001: The Sparrow and the Phoenix, Man Conquers Fate!

True Martial Continent, Purple Sun School.

This school is one of the four major educational institutions in the Flowing Cloud Region of The Canglan Dynasty. Its status is highly esteemed, and its students are all from either wealthy or aristocratic backgrounds.

At present, it is the peak of summer, and the harsh sun is shining brightly. Two young figures stand in front of the school gate facing each other.

"Luo Feng, we can never be together! I don't want you to have any more misconceptions!"

A young girl, holding a sandalwood brocade box, looks disgustedly at the young man in front of her.

The atmosphere is intensely hot, but her voice makes one feel a bone-chilling coldness.

The young man has a delicate and pretty face. However, this moment, his eyes are tightly closed, his face is pale, and he does not look alive.

Hearing her voice, Luo Feng's eyelids quivered, he opened his eyes, and the color of his pale face gradually turned rosy.

He looked around and finally fixed his gaze on the girl standing before him. Luo Feng's expression was first puzzled, gradually calmed down, but became somewhat complicated.

"It's unexpected that the owner of this body is also named Luo Feng, and I have indeed crossed over..."

Luo Feng, lost in thought and murmuring to himself.

He remembered that he was involved in a car accident on the way to school.

When he woke up again, he was already standing here, with some unfamiliar memories in his mind.

Luo Feng had merged all the memories of the previous host and began to recollect them carefully.

In his memories, he was the young master of a high-ranking family in the Flowing Cloud Region, who had entered the Purple Sun School for studying three years ago and then met his classmate, Lin XiaoXiao. He was intensely attracted by her and began to pursue her relentlessly.

Knowing that Lin XiaoXiao's ambition was to get into the holy land of Martial Arts, the original host even gave away all his resources for cultivation to her.

This time, the original host had used his savings for three months to purchase a grade one spiritual medicine, the Condensation Yuan Pill, intending to give it to Lin XiaoXiao. However, he did not expect that in return, all he got was Lin XiaoXiao's callous decision to sever ties.

The original host suffered from extreme anger and shock and passed away, his life force dissipating between heaven and earth.

After understanding the whole story, Luo Feng chuckled at himself, finding it ironic that his original host had died in an even more unexpected manner than him.

Lifting his gaze, Luo Feng took a look at Lin Xiao Xiao.

Her classical crimson dress outlined her exquisite and slender figure, her dark hair flowed down her back like a waterfall, and her eyebrows and eyes were delicately placed on her face.

Under the sunlight, Lin XiaoXiao was dazzlingly brilliant, like a fully bloomed peony, indeed a rare beauty. However, the arrogance shown in her eyes and eyebrows somewhat stained her flamboyant beauty.

"Why?"

Luo Feng looked at Lin XiaoXiao, the various memories of the original host surfaced in his mind, leaving him in a state of unwillingness, anger, humiliation, and inevitably he asked her out loud.

In his memory, Lin XiaoXiao's usual attitude towards him was rather gentle and intimate. Such a drastic change in attitude wouldn't happen without reason.

"I..."

Lin XiaoXiao was stunned by Luo Feng's gloomy gaze. Luo Feng had never looked at her with such eyes before, and she found herself unable to respond.

"Humph! Let me tell you why!"

A cold sneer suddenly came from the side, and a young man with a square face and broad ears walked up to Lin XiaoXiao.

Luo Feng narrowed his eyes and recognized the man: it was Lin XiaoXiao's cousin Lin Hui. The three of them were studying in the same Silver Moon class at the school.

Lin Hui was about nine feet tall, big and sturdy, with a pair of tiger eyes full of derision looking at Luo Feng.

"XiaoXiao is the daughter of the City Lord of Sky Frost City. How could she ever be interested in you, a nobody from a small frontier city! She was merely using you to increase her cultivation rapidly! Yet, you failed to recognize your status and assumed it was true! A toad trying to eat swan meat!"

Luo Feng's eyebrows twitched, anger written all over his face.

Seeing Luo Feng, Lin Hui sneered, crossed his arms behind his back, and burst into laughter.

"Luo Feng, I'm not afraid to tell you, XiaoXiao's sweetheart is none other than the noble Young Master Duanmu from the Inner Court! Now that XiaoXiao has opened her fourth Meridian Wheel, she's about to be promoted to the Golden Sun class in a few days and then soar into the sky! You, a good-for-nothing with a mere second Meridian Wheel, are less than an ant when compared to her!"

Young Master Duanmu... Duanmu Yu!

The memories relating to this name surfaced in Luo Feng's mind, offering him an epiphany. He clenched his fists tightly.

Duanmu Yu is a renowned genius in the academy, reaching the fourth level of the Meridian Wheel realm at fourteen and the fifth level at fifteen. He possesses extraordinary talents and is among the top ten elite students in the Winged Tiger Class of the Inner Court.

More importantly, Duanmu Yu's family is by no means ordinary!

His uncle is one of the elders of the Heavenly Sword Hall, one of Canglang Dynasty's twelve Golden Palaces, while his elder brother is a well-known master of the same Hall. There are rumors that he has a strong chance to practice in one of the nine sacred Martial Arts of the Canglan Dynasty. This is why Duanmu Yu is a significant figure in Purple Sun School.

The external division of Purple Sun School is divided into the Golden Sun Class and Silver Moon Class.

The students of the Golden Sun class are all naturally gifted geniuses, while those of the Silver Moon class possess average talents.

For a student to move from the Silver Moon Class to the Golden Sun Class was almost impossible.

Now, looking back, Lin XiaoXiao's admission into the Golden Sun class must have been due to Duanmu Yu's influence!

Luo Feng, having merged the memories of the original host as if they were his own, the original owner's experience felt like his own. At this moment, the dissatisfaction, anger, and humiliation of the original owner slowly surfaced in his heart.

He was infatuated for three years, yet she used him like a fool all this time. Now that she has found a more promising prospect, she immediately turned against him…

"Ha... No wonder you suddenly turned against me. It turns out that you have climbed up a higher branch, Master Duanmu Yu. What a pity... A sparrow, after all, can never change into a phoenix."

After figuring out the truth, Luo Feng gave a faint smile, but his eyes were extremely cold.

"You're asking for death!"

Seeing Luo Feng subtly ridiculing Lin XiaoXiao, Lin Hui got furious. The aura of his third Meridian Wheel burst forth, preparing to teach Luo Feng a lesson.

Thump, thump, thump…

Suddenly, three melodious bell chimes echoed throughout the academy.

This was the signal for the start of classes, and at the sound of the bell chimes, students from all around began to flock towards the academy. Numerous curious eyes turned towards Luo Feng and his companions.

"That's enough, cousin, it's time for class. We should go in," Lin XiaoXiao, wanting to avoid making a scene and seeing people approaching, stopped Lin Hui. She turned to look at Luo Feng with a cold and disdainful expression, stating:

"Luo Feng, you're already fifteen and only barely in the late phase of the Meridian Wheel's second level. What a waste of space! I've now joined the Golden Sun class and I will definitely be able to enter the inner courtyard, and then the Twelve Golden Palaces! You and I are now in two different worlds. Don't bother me in the future. Otherwise, don't fault me for being impolite!"

After finishing speaking, Lin XiaoXiao and Lin Hui walked towards the academy. After a few steps, Lin XiaoXiao turned around and tossed a brocade box at Luo Feng's feet.

"This is your Condensation Yuan Pill. I have no use for such a low-level medicine. You should keep it."

After leaving behind these cold words, Lin XiaoXiao departed.

The surrounding students who had witnessed this scene looked at Luo Feng with pity and began discussing in low voices.

"It must be another over-confident boy who's been scorned."

"I recognize the female student from earlier. That was Lin XiaoXiao from the Silver Moon class. She's been spending a lot of time with Young Master Duanmu from the inner courtyard recently."

"Young Master Duanmu! Hmm, no wonder. This poor fellow is merely an outer courtyard student from the Silver Moon class, with only the strength of the second Meridian Wheel. Compared to Young Master Duanmu, it's like heaven and earth. It's not surprising he was cast aside. How pitiable..."

...

Everyone had seen scenes like this before, and given that class was about to start, they dispersed after a few comments.

Luo Feng took no notice of the surrounding gazes and directly picked up the brocade box from the ground.

Looking at the brocade box in his hand, a self-mocking smile appeared in his eyes.

"If it hadn't been for me giving all the cultivation resources to you these past three years to assist you, would I be stuck in the second Meridian Wheel..."

Albeit Luo Feng's lackluster talent, it wasn't so bad that he should have reached the third Meridian Wheel at the age of fifteen.

However, for the past three years, he had given most of his cultivation resources to Lin XiaoXiao, causing his progress to stagnate.

"Things change over time, Lin XiaoXiao. I, Luo Feng, will make you regret your decision today."

Taking a deep breath, Luo Feng's gaze hardened, and he made a silent vow in his heart to make a name for himself, befitting of his rebirth. Not only to retort Lin XiaoXiao, but to wash away the humiliation of today.

His gaze once again fell on the rosewood brocade box in his hand, and Luo Feng's eyes gradually calmed.

"Condensation Yuan Pill, a first-grade spirit pill filled with abundant Yuan Qi! I have been stuck in the second Meridian Wheel realm for quite some time. This Condensation Yuan Pill could just help me to break through."

Luo Feng put away the Condensation Yuan Pill, adjusted his clothes, and walked into the academy.

He always believed that a person can prevail over fate. Since the original owner's talent was not lacking, with more effort than others, he would surely stand out.

...

Within the academy's training ground, hundreds of boys and girls, age fourteen to fifteen, were standing under the scorching sun. They were all wearing uniforms of pure white, embroidered with the blazing sun and with a crimson gold rim. This was the uniform for the students in the Purple Sun School's outer courtyard. And on their chests was a silver crescent moon. These were the students of the Silver Moon class.

Hundreds of students from the Silver Moon class were standing straight on the training ground, their postures as rigid as spears or swords.

Luo Feng stood towards the back of the class, his gaze focusing on the young girl at the front.

The young woman was around seventeen or eighteen, her face was both bold and wild, extremely attractive and the red beast-skin clothes she was wearing emphasized her attractive figure. Her free-flowing black hair was tied up behind her, giving her an air of neat competence. This was the Silver Moon class's Martial Arts Instructor, Ji Wuyue.

Ji Wuyue crossed her arms over her chest, paying no regard to the heated gazes coming from the male students around her. She looked at everyone, her domineering voice echoing in their ears.

"A person has three spirits and seven mortal forms, with the exception of the human spirit. The remaining two spirits and seven mortal forms transform into nine Meridian Wheels residing within our bodies. The Meridian Wheel contains infinite mysteries! The cultivation that martial artists practice refines these internal meridian wheels!"

"The nine Meridian Wheels are located in the Yuan Guan acupoint, Shen Que acupoint, five viscera, Dantian, heavenly gate, and each corresponds to the nine levels of the Meridian Wheel realm!"

"First level cultivates vitality, second strengthens the body, third trains strength, fourth adjusts hardness and flexibility, fifth constructs iron bones, sixth builds divine bravery, seventh stores essence, eighth is the Dantian, ninth is the heavenly court! Each time a Meridian Wheel is opened, our physical bodies undergo a massive transformation and gain incredible abilities. Strength equal to a thousand catties, copper skin and iron bones, perception that extends hundreds of Li…"

All of this is fundamental knowledge about the Meridian Wheel realm, and many of the students listen with lackadaisical attention. Only Luo Feng was seriously absorbing every word Ji Wuyue spoke.

The more fundamental the knowledge, the more it forms the basis for everything else. The original owner's foundation was already lacking, making it even less tolerable for any negligence now.

"Now, you all begin to cultivate!"

After Ji Wuyue finished her explanation, she scanned her eyes over the crowd and ordered: "Close your eyes, discard all distracting thoughts, and start using the inner Yuan Qi to nourish your Meridian Wheel."

This was a requisite daily cultivation practice. The crowd followed the command, closing their eyes in unison, and the surroundings became silent.

Using his memories, Luo Feng quickly entered the state of cultivation.

Sinking his consciousness into his body, Luo Feng was about to use his inner Yuan Qi to nourish his Meridian Wheel as Ji Wuyue had suggested. However, just as he closed his eyes, he let out a shocked cry.

"What's going on?"

Luo Feng opened his eyes, surprise clearly visible in his gaze.

His current cultivation should be at the second Meridian Wheel level, which meant he should have only opened his Yuan Guan acupoint and Shen Que acupoint—two Meridian Wheels.

However, Luo Feng had just sensed that he had four open Meridian Wheels inside his body!

"Luo Feng!"

Luo Feng was still in shock over the change in his body when a furious rebuke suddenly sounded in front of him—it was like a thunderclap.

Ji Wuyue, standing in front of the crowd with her hair fluttering and bright eyes filled with anger, was currently glaring at Luo Feng. A martial artist becoming distracted during cultivation is a serious taboo!