"Wasn't I already dead?" Gu Yu looked at the familiar scene before him, somewhat puzzled. "Is this a dream?"
Classroom, desk? Deskmate? The woman who once made him disregard everything, but later became a stranger, someone he never wanted to see again.
And that person he gritted his teeth whenever he thought of him.
"What's going on?" He rubbed his eyes, but the scene in front of him remained unchanged.
Gu Yu stood up and looked around. Yes, this was the classroom, his high school classroom. Although the youthful faces were somewhat blurry in his memory, upon closer inspection, they were all his former classmates.
"Did I time travel?" Gu Yu rubbed his eyes again, very uncertain, unaware that his actions puzzled the entire class, especially the one on the podium.
"Gu Yu? What are you doing? get out of class isn't over yet," a classmate reminded him.
"Sorry, I'm not feeling well." After saying that, Gu Yu walked straight out of the classroom, ignoring whether the person on the podium agreed or not, and completely disregarding the gazes of others.
Walking straight to the playground, Gu Yu took out his keypad phone and looked at the date on it.
April 21, 2014, 15:26 (Chinese calendar)
"I really time-traveled." Even though Gu Yu had already guessed it, he was still stunned. Suddenly, he thought of something and dialed a number.
"Beep...beep..."
With each ring of his phone, his heart pounded with excitement, until a voice came from the other end that he had longed to hear but could never hear no matter what.
"Erbao, what's wrong?"
"Dad, it's nothing. Are you busy?" Gu Yu's voice trembled slightly, and his eyes reddened.
"What's wrong?" The father on the other end of the phone seemed to sense that something was wrong with Gu Yu's voice. Although it was just three simple words, they sounded very urgent.
"I'm fine, I just miss you a little." Gu Yu took a deep breath and composed himself. He had never said "I miss you" to his parents before. On one hand, it was his pride as a man, and he felt it would be shameful to say those three words to his parents. On the other hand, he just couldn't bring himself to say it.
However, Gu Yu spoke these words from the bottom of his heart, because after he turned twenty-seven, he could no longer hear his father's voice. Whenever he thought of his father, he wanted to say those three words, but he would never have the chance again.
Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, the father opposite him remained silent for a long while before speaking.
"Erbao, if you miss home, come back for a visit this Sunday. Don't worry about the travel expenses."
"Mmm." Gu Yu had imagined seeing his father again countless times, and had a thousand words to say, but at this moment he didn't know what to say, only joy and excitement.
"Erbao, you must study hard. No one in our family has gone to college, so you must get into college and bring honor to your father." The father hesitated for a moment before giving his advice.
“Yes! I will,” Gu Yu replied. “Dad…”
"What's wrong?"
"Smoke less, drink less, and take care of your health."
"Um."
"Beep...beep..."
Gu Yu wanted to say something more, but found that the other end of the phone had already hung up.
Gu Yu remained silent for a moment. He was now absolutely certain that he had transmigrated back to when he was seventeen, which meant that he could avoid so many regrets later on.
Suddenly, Gu Yu thought of something. He stretched out his hands, closed his eyes, and all the hairs on his body stood on end, while all the pores on his body seemed to enlarge.
Although nothing could be seen from the outside, his body underwent a tremendous change. A faint, warm breath entered his body through his pores, followed by a slight stinging sensation. He felt as if countless needles were pricking his skin all over his body.
"boom………"
Gu Yu's body trembled suddenly, and he collapsed to the ground, his face turning deathly pale.
"I can cultivate." Despite this, Gu Yu's eyes were filled with joy.
In the year 2027 of the Chinese calendar, countless Source Gates opened, plunging humanity into a life-or-death crisis. Countless races that existed only in legends emerged from the Source Gates and invaded the human world.
Of course, crisis comes with opportunity. During that period, a large amount of Origin Qi poured into Earth from the Origin Gate, and humans were able to cultivate. Gu Yu also started cultivating at that time. He was thirty years old. Although it was not the golden stage of cultivation, Gu Yu was a genius that appeared once in a thousand years. In addition, in order to survive, he hovered on the edge of life and death all the way.
In just a hundred years, they became the strongest fighting force among mankind, and the emperors were almost gods. Unfortunately, they could not stop the trend of the times.
However, now that he has a second chance, Gu Yu believes he can change some things. At seventeen, the golden age for cultivation, coupled with his memories, he can make the things he regretted most in the past no longer regrettable.
"Gu Yu, what's wrong? Do you have diarrhea again?" someone asked as Gu Yu slumped to the ground.
Looking at the girl in front of him dressed in designer clothes, Gu Yu's expression immediately turned cold.
This woman, Lu Yao, was someone he had once sworn to take care of for the rest of his life when he was young and naive, but in the end, many things happened that made him feel disheartened.
Backup plan, cheating, being cuckolded, etc.
"Gu Yu, what's wrong?" Lu Yao noticed Gu Yu's unusual behavior and frowned.
"It's nothing," Gu Yu said.
"How about we get some medicine from the school doctor?" Lu Yao suggested again. She sensed something was off. Gu Yu had always been incredibly warm and welcoming to her, no matter the time or place, but now he was very cold, which made her feel very uncomfortable.
"unnecessary."
"What's wrong with you? Have you changed your mind over time? I knew you were this kind of person." Lu Yao's expression suddenly changed. "My best friend said you're not good enough for me. Don't forget, I haven't agreed to date you again yet."
"Heh..." Gu Yu sneered. If it were before, he might have tried his best to explain after hearing Lu Yao's words, but now, he wouldn't.
"What do you mean by this?" Lu Yao looked at Gu Yu and sneered, her face turning extremely ugly.
“We’re not a good match. Since you feel that we’ve never been in a relationship, then fine, from this moment on, you are you, and I am me, and we have no relationship whatsoever,” Gu Yu said. For some reason, after saying these words, he felt an unprecedented sense of relief.
If he remembers correctly, the next class should be physical education. In his previous life, let's call it the previous life for now, this physical education class changed his life.
Gu Yu has always been a cowardly person. He is insecure and timid. But in this physical education class, he did something very unexpected. He talked back to the teacher and even hit him. The reason for all this was Lu Yao. He wanted to protect Lu Yao.
Because of this incident, he was never able to take the college entrance examination again in his life. He vaguely remembered his father secretly shedding tears, and even saw his father kneel down in front of the teacher and beg.
Lu Yao broke up with him a few days after he was fired. At first, Gu Yu was not resigned to his fate. One day, Gu Yu made a special trip back to see Lu Yao. Lu Yao said she had gone home, but unexpectedly, Gu Yu saw Lu Yao being intimate with another man on the street. Gu Yu was furious and went up to ask her something, but was met with Lu Yao's scolding.
Just a few days later, Lu Yao contacted Gu Yu again. It wasn't until later that Gu Yu learned that she had several backup options, and Gu Yu was one of them.
These past events often made it difficult for Gu Yu to fall asleep at night in his previous life. He thought about how his father had been talking about not having a college student in the family in the months before he suddenly passed away from lung cancer, which made Gu Yu feel even more guilty.
Now that he has been given a second chance at life, he cannot allow the same thing to happen again.
"What did you say?" Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, Lu Yao's face turned extremely ugly. She couldn't believe that such words could come out of Gu Yu's mouth.
Looking at Lu Yao, Gu Yu only wanted to keep his distance from this woman and got up to leave.
"Enough, Gu Yu, you've gone too far!" A chubby girl rushed out. "Look at yourself! What makes you worthy of Lu Yao? Not only is your family poor, but you're also a loser with a pathetic appearance. You're like a toad trying to eat swan meat."
Lu Yao did not stop the fat girl's insults. Instead, she looked like she had been bullied, and even her eyes were red.
Seeing that Gu Yu ignored her, the chubby girl became even more agitated, "You poor loser, look in the mirror and see what you look like! Your clothes don't even cost a hundred yuan from head to toe. Your dad is just a migrant worker, a penniless bastard. Do you know how much Lu Yao's dad earns in a day? Your old farmer couldn't earn that much in his entire life..."
Snap...
Before the chubby girl could finish speaking, Gu Yu slapped her across the face, leaving her stunned.
"So what if you're a farmer? If you mention my father again, I'll kill you." Gu Yu's face was cold.
"How dare you hit me! You're dead!" The chubby girl covered her face, her chest heaving.
"Hitting a woman? That's outrageous." Unbeknownst to them, the commotion had attracted a lot of attention. They saw Gu Yu slap the fat girl and began to criticize him, their eyes filled with disdain.
"Gu Yu, you've gone too far." Lu Yao glared angrily at Gu Yu.
“Too much?” Gu Yu muttered to himself, “You’re still the same. Fine.”
Gu Yu turned and left. Since he could start over, he couldn't waste his time here.
He had only taken a few steps when someone suddenly kicked him in the back with tremendous force. If he had been hit, he would have fallen face-first to the ground.
Gu Yu suddenly shifted his body to the side, and the kick that came at him missed completely. Due to the inertia, he fell flat on his face.
This sudden scene stunned everyone, including Lu Yao and the chubby girl. In their minds, Gu Yu was weak and easily bullied, with a thin build. How could he possibly dodge a sudden kick?
"Who are you?" Looking at the tall, middle-aged man who had fallen to the ground, Gu Yu searched through his memory but couldn't remember who he was.
"Fuck your mother!" The tall, middle-aged man stood up in pain, swearing as he threw a punch at Gu Yu's face.
Gu Yu frowned. Although he had not yet cultivated, he had memorized all kinds of fighting techniques from his previous life. He shifted his body to the side again and kicked the tall middle-aged man in the stomach.
The tall, middle-aged man fell to the ground again, glaring angrily at Gu Yu.
"You little bastard, how dare you hit a teacher!" The tall, middle-aged man glared at Gu Yu indignantly. "You just wait, I'll expel you right now."
Upon hearing the words of the tall, middle-aged man, Gu Yu froze on the spot. History was repeating itself. He vaguely remembered who the tall, middle-aged man was: Teacher Wang, their physical education teacher.
He wanted to prevent anything from changing history, but unexpectedly, he still ended up taking action against Wang Bin.
Thinking back to her past life, she realized that she had hit Wang Bin—or rather, just pushed him—and afterwards, Wang Bin dragged her to the academic affairs office and beat her up, ultimately leading to her expulsion.
I still remember the charges I leveled against myself: disrespecting teachers and elders, molesting female classmates during PE class, and moral depravity.
Looking at Wang Bin, Gu Yu's pupils contracted, but he didn't understand why Wang Bin would attack him for no reason.
In his past life, Lu Yao pushed Wang Bin because Wang Bin insulted her and tried to hit her.
In his past life, at this moment, he was naive and simple-minded, and did not think about anything profound. Lu Yao's family was very well-off, considered upper class in the entire Mo City. The Lu family was a branch of a small, century-old family, with assets worth tens of millions.
Compared to him, Gu Yu was quite ordinary. He was indeed not good enough for Lu Yao, and he knew this well. However, it wasn't him who initially paid attention to Lu Yao, but rather Lu Yao's intentional or unintentional flirting.
A beautiful, rich, and successful woman seems to have feelings for you, and she makes it very clear. No one can resist her charm. However, just when Gu Yu thought spring had arrived, he discovered that Lu Yao was hot and cold towards him.
Speaking of which, everyone knows about Lu Yao's family background, so Wang Bin would absolutely not dare to do anything to Lu Yao. But in his previous life, Wang Bin dared to scold Lu Yao and even tried to hit her. Now that I think about it carefully, it's very strange.
Seeing the situation, Lu Yao's eyes showed a mixture of surprise and delight.
"As a teacher, your mouth is full of 'grass mud horse' and 'little bastard,' your quality is not worthy of being a teacher." Gu Yu pointed at Wang Bin and said, "Since there is change, then accept it. Even if the emperor is not now, he is not afraid of trouble."
"What did you say?" Wang Bin was even angrier after hearing Gu Yu's words. He reached out to hit Gu Yu again, but stopped. Remembering how easily Gu Yu had kicked him down before, he knew he couldn't beat Gu Yu. "You disrespect your teachers and even hit them. Your behavior is seriously morally corrupt. Call your father and have him take you away."
“From beginning to end, I was acting in self-defense. If you hadn’t made a move, why would I have?” Gu Yu said.
“You assaulted a female classmate during class,” Wang Bin said. “Everyone here is a witness.”
"Heh..." Gu Yu sneered. He looked at Wang Bin, and a murderous intent emanated from him, so cold and piercing that Wang Bin couldn't help but shiver.
"Do whatever you want!" Gu Yu turned and walked away, saying as he went, "Please remember, you are not worthy of my father to see you. If you want to die, you are welcome to try."
The blatant threat and Gu Yu's actions stunned all the students watching. They couldn't understand why Gu Yu, who had always been submissive, had suddenly changed his attitude today.
Wang Bin's face was extremely ugly, and he was somewhat exasperated. "You just wait and see."
"You're dead." The chubby girl who had been covering her face said, looking at Gu Yu's back. Her name was Guo Xiu, and she was Lu Yao's best friend, but her family's business depended on Lu Yao's family.
Gu Yu ignored the threats from Wang Bin and Guo Xiu. His main task now was to fill his blood apertures and officially begin cultivation.
If he had entered the cultivation path earlier in his previous life, he wouldn't have watched his father pass away on his sickbed, helpless and powerless. He also wouldn't have watched her die at the hands of the invaders, and ultimately, he himself would have died as well.
In his memory, the grove was usually a gathering place for young couples in the evening. Strangely enough, teachers never came to the grove to catch students who were dating. Gu Yu would never believe that the teachers didn't know.
“Origin Qi.” Gu Yu sensed it in the grove. All things in the world are born from the source. If there is no source, everything will perish.
However, natural gas on Earth is scarce, and oxygen has taken its place. While oxygen can sustain life, some scholars have discovered that it also contains certain toxins.
Some scholars have even proposed outlandish hypotheses, suggesting that Earth is a prison, with humans, plants, animals, and all living things as prisoners, and that oxygen exists to prevent escape.
Although most people agree with this view, Gu Yu, as a reborn person, knows that it may be true.
The creatures within the Source Gate call Earth the Land of Origin. Their invasion is due to the depletion of their world's source. However, what no one can understand is that Earth's source is incomparable to that of the world beyond the Source Gate. To be precise, it is Earth's source that is truly depleted.
After some thought, I realized that none of that mattered; I would explore it slowly on my own. The most important thing now was to formally embark on the path of cultivation.
To embark on cultivation, one must absorb primal energy through the pores to fill the blood vessels, then open the twelve main meridians, and finally cultivate the Meridian Cone, also known as the Source Cone.
Gu Yu sat cross-legged, took a deep breath, and then closed his eyes.
Absorbing primal energy through his pores was easy for Gu Yu, since he had memories of his past life and some of his past cultivation techniques, such as the Returning to Origin Technique.
However, filling the blood orifices is a very painful process. The human body has 108 blood orifices, which are filled with all kinds of impurities. To fill the blood orifices, one needs to absorb enough source energy to squeeze out the impurities and replace them with source energy.
Of course, cultivation does not require filling all the blood apertures. Some people's blood apertures cannot be filled, and thus the number of filled blood apertures creates the difference in cultivation talent.
In his previous life, Gu Yu had filled ninety-nine blood apertures, which was already considered exceptional talent. Among humans and invaders in his previous life, those who filled ninety-nine blood apertures were considered to be among the high-end. Of course, some prodigies could fill one hundred and eight blood apertures, but they were very rare, numbering only a handful.
In his previous life, Gu Yu began cultivating at the age of thirty, which was past the golden age of cultivation, resulting in the remaining nine blood apertures being unable to be filled. In this life, he wants to try to see if he can fill all of his blood apertures.
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