In the darkness, Gu Chaoyang opened his eyes.
Above his head, the faint yellow light fell diagonally. Beside him, there were red bricks and walls made of broken stones, and there were shadows reflected on the walls, twisting.
He could hear the sound of flowing water and smell a putrefactive odor. On one side, there was a sewage ditch against the wall. He was lying on the side of the sewage ditch, and below him was the cold and damp ground. His right hand was hanging in the ditch, and on his left hand, there was a sharp stone stained with mud.
There was a drizzle in the air and the raindrops fell gently.
Not far away, someone was speaking in a low voice.
"Short Hair, hurry up!"
Got it!
Someone beside him responded.
Gu Chaoyang had never heard this language before, but he clearly understood what it meant.
What was going on?
He felt a faint pain in his head, and he could hardly think.
He took a breath silently and overcame the dizziness in his mind. Some scenes overwhelmed him which belonged to another person. It was so strange but so familiar that he could easily accept those scenes.
The last scene...
Perhaps, it was because he had been hit by a stick on his head, so he was lying in this dark and damp alley.
Closing his eyes slightly, Gu Chaoyang let out a long breath. He relaxed and focused, leaving nothing in his mind. At the same time, he held the sharp stone in his left hand.
The guy beside him leaned down, breathing out the air smelt like rotten cucumber cheese, very unpleasant indeed.
"Is he dead? If he isn't dead, then give him another stab!"
OK.
The man stretched out his finger, feeling his breath.
Gu Chaoyang suddenly opened his eyes.
Under the dim yellow light, the two looked at each other. Short Hair was a little stunned, blinking his eyes.
Before Short Hair could react, Gu Ghaoyang stretched out his right hand and grabbed his wrist with extreme force.
When his wrist was grabbed, Short Hair subconsciously pulled back. Because he was squatting on the ground, it was difficult to exert strength, and the extent of his movement was relatively large. At this time, Gu Chaoyang suddenly released his hand.
Short Hair lost his balance, stumbled, and fell to the ground.
He forcefully pushed against the ground with his right hand, and his body leaped up from the ground like a tight whip. Gu Chaoyang pounced towards the guy like a civet cat. His left hand tightly gripped the sharp stone. Even though the skin and flesh on his palm had been scraped by the edges of the stone, he still did not loosen the stone.
He waved his left hand and slammed it down.
He held the tip of the stone and hit it on Short Hair's face. Actually, it was on his eye socket. Short Hair subconsciously closed his eyes, but the sharp corner of the stone still penetrated the soft eyelids and pierced deeply into the eyes.
"Ah!"
Short Hair let out a miserable scream.
In the darkness, blood splashed.
Short Hair screamed, subconsciously raising his hand and covering his face.
Gu Chaoyang raised his right hand and swung his palm like a knife, cleanly cutting the throat and the air pipe of Short Hair.
Short Hair rolled on the ground. He opened his mouth, but no sound came out. After rolling a few times, half of its body fell into a ditch in the corner of the wall. His body was stuck inside and twitched for a while. Then, he stopped moving.
Gu Chaoyang stood up. His shadow was long and projected on the wall behind him.
Another guy stood about seven or eight steps away from him. He was about thirty years old. He had a beard, a hooked nose, and sunken eyes. Right then, he was stunned, looking at Gu Chaoyang blankly.
"Damn!"
The man reacted and cursed in a low voice, putting his hand on his waist.
At this moment, Gu Chaoyang took a small step forward and used all his strength to wave his left hand. Like a pitcher, he forcefully threw the blood-stained rock in his hand at the person in front of him.
The blood-stained stone passed through the rain like lightning, rushing to the man. With a blink of an eye, he was hit between his eyebrows by the stone. He lost consciousness and fell back involuntarily.
He struggled to stand up, but all he did was in vain.
Gu Chaoyang closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He was exhausted because of the throw.
After spitting out a mouthful of turbid air, the dizziness in his mind weakened a little, and his strength returned to his body. He walked forward at a moderate pace, stepping on the puddle in wooden nail shoes, splashing the water.
Gu Chaoyang walked up to the guy who was struggling.
Now that he was in a terrible state and could not give this guy a chance to fight back. He intended not to interrogate and slowly bent down to draw a half-foot-long scimitar from the man's waist.
The blade was sharp enough to reflect light.
He looked up at the sky. Above the vast night sky, there was a huge yellow moon hanging.
This was completely different from the bright moon of his hometown.
Gu Chaoyang took a deep breath. His bitter smile disappeared in an instant. He lowered his head and looked at the guy who was struggling to get up, looking at him with fierce eyes.
He placed the blade between the man's throat.
The guy still stared at him fiercely. In this fierce gaze, he clearly saw a trace of despair.
This is human!
Gu Chaoyang looked at the man indifferently. He did not look away. His right hand was very stable. He did not tremble at all. He just looked at the man and gently pulled the scimitar...
Blood spurted out from the neck like spring water, flowing with a sound of a blooming flower.
His body gradually stiffened and his eyes went blank. In the end, all of his emotions disappeared, leaving only emptiness and nothingness.
He stood up and looked at his reflection on the blade. It was blurry, but a young man's face could be seen, unfamiliar but familiar at the same time...
Gu Chaoyang?
Ryan Charles?
Who am I?
The life scenes of those two people intertwined, spinning in his mind, leaving him the urge to vomit. It was the instinctive reaction of the body, and the nervous system seemed to have no ability to resist it.
Gu Chaoyang closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing.
After a few breaths, he opened his eyes.
Ryan Charles!
Alright, I am Ryan Charles.
Gu Chaoyang's physical body was gone. He was no longer on the Earth. Everything there was only kept in his memory. It was an absurd existence that only belonged to himself.
There was only Ryan Charles here.
Why did he appear here?
Was it because of the book?
Book of Gold.
The last memory of him as Gu Chaoyang was the Book of Gold.
However, he did not have any memories of the Book of Gold.
He only remembered finding the Book of Gold in a nameless pyramid deep in the desert. For this reason, he killed many explorers who came with the same purpose. In the end, he got the Book of Gold.
However, Gu Chaoyang had no impression of what the Book of Gold looked like.
Now, where was the Book of Gold that had brought him to this place?
Ryan Charles looked up at the huge yellow moon that was still clearly visible in the night rain and sighed softly.
His mind relaxed after the sigh. He then felt sore all over his body, feeling dizzy. The fights seemed short, but they were actually extremely dangerous.
This body was a little weak.
There was a mirror hanging on the wall.The mirror was not big, with several cracks, and the figure in the mirror was somewhat unreal.The mirror was picked up by the young Ryan on the road. In the past, he had always regarded it as a treasure. This world was similar to the western world on Earth in the middle century, so the mirror was not a luxury good. However, a mirror was not a daily necessity for Ryan's class.In the mirror, there was a pale face. His black hair was slightly curled up, and his black eyes were as dark as the deep sea. He had a high nose and a thin face. After crossing over, there was a hint of coldness between his eyebrows, driving away the cowardice that had been in his eyes all year round.After taking a look at the mirror, Ryan turned around.He looked around.This was a very small room. A single wooden bed was placed against the wall in front of the bed; there was a small square t
The ticking sound came.The sound of water droplets gently echoed in his ears.At first, it was very slow, just like Ryan's heartbeat. Gradually, it increased its speed and became faster and faster. Ryan's heartbeat also became faster and faster like the rhythm of the water droplets. Later on, the water droplets was like the heavy rain. The droplets continuously fell from the eaves to the ground like a rapid drumbeat.Ryan felt very uncomfortable.It was like a nightmare.He wanted to wake up, but his body could not move. He had no way to control his body, even if he was sober.What was going on?Did something go wrong with his training?He created this breathing technique that he cultivated. The foundation of the breathing technique came from the breathing technique of his family martial arts. Meanwhile, he combined it with the Indian Yuga and other cultivation techniques. In the
Phew...Letting out a long breath, Ryan suddenly sat up.It was as if he had emerged from the water. His entire body was soaked in sweat. If he took off his clothes and twisted them with force, the water would definitely wet the ground. This was not an exaggeration at all.The yellow moonlight shone through the window and painted several grids on the ground.Taking a deep breath, Ryan slowly relaxed his clenched fists.In that seemingly realistic dream, when the knife was about to cut his throat, Ryan visualized the Heart Lamp. The golden flame rotated and penetrated the endless darkness. His consciousness was thrown into the golden flame, as if he was caught in the eye of the tornado.After that, he woke up.Why?On Earth, he had cultivated countless times and had never encountered such a situation.Ever since he mastered the breathing technique, he had not even had
After walking out of the apartment and going down Mount Louga, Ryan bought two mutton pies from a roadside stall. After the meal, he sat in a public carriage that carried guests on the side of the road. The starting price was ten Finneys. After one kilometer, according to the number measurement device, each kilometer would cost five Finneys.The nobles and merchants all had private carriages, and most of the people who took public carriages were middle-class, such as the managers of the merchant association or low-level administrative officials.The Mount Louga community where Ryan was located was far away from the Holy Roland Block where his uncle and his family lived.About ten kilometers.In the past, in order to save money, Ryan would choose to walk to Holy Roland.With his speed, even if he walked very fast, it would take him more than three hours.Now he no longer valued money as much as before. Mone
Sunlight shone through the window.The windows of the dining room were open. Outside the windows was the backyard of the house. There was a flowerbed. Inside the flowerbed, the tulips were very beautiful. They swayed gently with the wind, and the strong fragrance of flowers drifted into the room with the wind. It was refreshing.Ryan sat at a seat facing the windows, separated from his uncle's family by a rectangular table. On the opposite side sat his uncle Jordan Bell, his aunt Susan Bell, and his cousin Ronzo Bell, who was sitting on the top of the table on his right. Now, he was talking with confidence."This is rare! This is a rare good thing!"Ronzo waved his arm. The amplitude of his movement was not big, but it was very powerful.He stared at Ryan, who was opposite him. His eyes were bright and his expression was particularly sincere.Ronzo had once seen Speaker Macron's speech in the upper house a
Bang!The door was heavily closed behind him. The flower basket hanging on the door was shaking. It seemed that it was about to fall. A few seconds later, the shaking stopped. The flower basket was still hanging on the door, but it was a bit crooked than before.Ryan walked down the corridor, with his hands empty.He stood on the aisle in front of the door and looked up at the sky.At noon, the sun hung above his head. When the sunlight shone upon the ground, the heat of summer was released by the cool breeze from the Star Sea. The air was filled with the smell of the moist sea.It was lunchtime, but Ryan was driven out of the door.Because he refused to sign the contract, his uncle and his family immediately became unpleased. It was definitely not possible for him to stay for lunch. As for Ryan's request, of course, it was also rejected. They said that the rain had leaked and poured into the basement. The
Amidst the scream, Ryan could not help but blink.It was as if his entire body had fallen into the eye of a tornado, and he could not help it.That is how he felt.Ryan did not allow himself to be controlled by this feeling. His mind was still highly concentrated. In his sea of consciousness, although the golden flame was weak, it was still blooming like a lotus flower.The page of the book in the center of the flame was still half open, not closed, and not completely open.Soon, he opened his eyes.Everything had disappeared!Everything returned to normal!There was no white mist, no old woman, but only lines of tombstones, leafy trees, and the sunlight that passed through the branches. Leaves fell on the ground in front of the tombstone, swaying with the wind."Dong..."At the top of the church on the mountain peak, there was a spire with a cross, and a
The young man, Ryan, had lived in this world for sixteen years and had never stepped out of Lanceton. He had been struggling for livelihood all year round. After all, Lanceton was also considered a prosperous place in the south of Franka Empire. It was the fief of the Rose Duke, and it was also a transportation hub from the south to the north. It was a commercial city. Therefore, even if Ryan did not care much about the world, he had more or less received some information. He was not a teenager who grew up in the countryside knowing nothing about this world.This world was different from Earth.This was a world where the spirit could interfere with matter.On Earth, mysticism was just a delusion. Even if he cultivated a special technique, it was only able to increase the potential of his body. He could maintain a clear mind and remain calm like a mountain. However, when he erupted, there was still no way to surpass the limits of the human body.