《Blue Moon Emperor》


 XING PENG

    Xing Peng was a 17-year old Chinese student, who had spent the better half of his life being bullied in his school. Which according to Xing Peng himself, was much better place to be in than at his home.


    His father was always drunk during the evenings and would at times lash out at his mother and vent it out on her in the bed.


    Xing Peng also had an elder brother, Xing Shan who was a true bully in the most real sense. Compared to those bullies that he met in school, this guy was a true professional at the job.


    This was also the major reason why Xing Peng didn''t want to be at home.


    Xing Shan was already 25 years old and was the right-hand man of a Chinese mafia boss and their mafia gang was a branch gang of one of the top 5 mafia gangs in China.


    This was another reason why he was always unbridled and did what he liked.


    But this couldn''t really be blamed on his brother, as he was "nurtured" by his father so almost everything could once again be blamed back to his father.


    Although he was a drunk old man now, during his younger days, he was a true mafia boss of a major gang. During those times, he was dashing and had the heroic bad charms which became women''s weakness and made their legs go numb in front of his demeanor.


    His mother was no different, she was a trending model during that time and fell victim to his father''s bad charm and later on, they got married.


    Although she knew he was no-good, she was head over heels for him.


    Although this might seem like a great happy life for a bad person such as his father, that was not the case.


    Being in a mafia gang, there were definitely going to be clashes with other gangs and in one such clash, his father, who was dashing and had attractive bad charms back then was completely crushed and his attractive face was no longer attractive as he fell prey to an acid attack and had suffered brutal attacks on his body due to that enemy gang.


    Since then, he spent most of his time gambling away and drinking and at times "nurturing" his elder brother in the ways of the mafia.


    In the end, all of this lead to more of a burden for xing peng''s mother, Ai Yu and since she had already quit being a model after her marriage and knowing that the modelling-industry would not accept a married woman, she had no choice but to use whatever money she had saved up by modelling to set up a small restaurant, so that she could manage the family.


    Xing Peng only cared for his mother deeply, his father and brother were good-for-nothings who didn''t assist his mother at all. That small restaurant that she had set up and everything from cleaning to cooking depended on his mother.


    Xing Peng knew that since he couldn''t do anything to help his mother other than cleaning up the dishes, he decided to focus on his studies so that one day he could get a good job in the society and provide for his mother and take her away from his wretched family.Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere.


    Although it seemed all well and good in his thoughts, his academic grades were really not up to the mark. With all the bullying in school and at home, Xing Peng really couldn''t study in peace and this lead to a constant fall in his grades.


    At times he felt his life was bleak and perhaps he was only bound to suffer throughout his life, he also had some suicidal thoughts.


    But this all stopped when his only friend in school, Li Chong introduced him to some Chinese novels.


    And this easily captured Xing Peng''s interest, especially those reincarnation-type novels where the protagonist was reborn or reincarnated into a new world, away from all his previous life''s difficulties and beginning everything anew.


    Although Xing Peng knew this was all false and only a story and was not possible in reality, but being bullied and having great difficulties in his life had lead to a hidden desire for him to run away from all his difficulties and start everything anew.


    But he couldn''t run away. His mother worked hard and saved up money just for his education, plus if he ran away what about his mother then? She knew that her elder son was completely spoilt by her husband and hence, she had placed all her remaining hopes onto him so that one day he could lead a normal life, get a normal job and lead a happy life.


    Although her life was filled with difficulties, she didn''t want Xing Peng to live a life full of difficulties as well.


    She had tried many times to get her elder son schooled as well, but he simply refused and she also got lashed at by her husband who was very protective over Xing Shan as he hoped Xing Shan would one day become a mafia boss and perhaps take revenge on his behalf on that enemy gang that had ruined him and his gang.


    But he didn''t feel the same way for his youngest son, Xing Peng as Xing Peng was born with a thin and weak body and always tried to speak up for his mother, so he didn''t like him at all even though he was his son.


    It had already been many months since Xing Peng got involved in reading Chinese novels, which his friend had introduced him to. His friend, Li Chong was a true-reading maniac when it came to Chinese novels and because of it, he didn''t really fit well with his other classmates leading to him becoming friends with Xing Peng who also didn''t fit well with the class. Just the difference was that the latter was bullied continuously while the former was ignored completely.


    Xing Peng''s grades were already no-good due to him never getting enough time to actually study due to his bullied-life, but after he started reading the Chinese novels which his friend had introduced him to, his grades dropped to the lowest as Xing Peng found himself deeply engrossed in those novels.


    As for Li Chong, although he was a true Chinese-novel reading maniac but when it came to his academics, his grades were average and this was purely due to his academic talent otherwise if he was dedicated to studying he would have already become the top scorer of his class already.


    Xing Peng knew this, but he also knew he was not like the latter who had such academic talent.


    But those chinese novels were good and he didn''t want to put them down anytime soon but thinking about his situation, thinking about the difficulties of his mother, he put them down.


    But by then it was too late as he was in a much more difficult situation than before because his exams were just round-the corner.

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    It was not much of a suspense as to what happened during the exams, Xing Peng''s grades were miserable. Atleast his grades previously were "no-good" but now that they were miserable, one can easily make out how he had declined gracefully.


    Xing Peng felt heavy and burdened when he got to know his grades, he knew they were going to be bad but didn''t know they would be this bad.


    His father never cared about him, let alone his grades but Xing Peng never cared for his drunk old man. The one he cared about was his mother, previously his grades were no-good but now they were miserable. he didn''t want to see the disappointment in his mother''s eyes.


    He went home and let her know about his grades, Xing Peng''s mother didn''t say anything much other than telling him to work harder next time and to focus on his studies, but he knew that she would still be a bit disappointed in him, after all, she was struggling to provide him better education so that his later life goes smoothly and here he was getting low grades for his exams.


    Although Xing Peng''s mother knew that her son was bullied at home due to his brother, she had tried to ensure that Xing Shan didn''t lay a hand on his younger brother, Xing Peng but she was not always around at home. She had to look after the small restaurant as well and could only hope that in school, Xing Peng studied well.


    Xing Peng didn''t want his mother to worry more about him that''s why he had kept quiet about the fact that he was bullied in school. Xing Peng went to his room since the exams were over and his grades were out, these few days he was in a gloomy mood. He knew if he wanted to blame anyone for his grades then that would be himself and his @sshole of a brother, Xing shan. If he studied and didn''t indulge in those Chinese novels then perhaps he could have got some average grades and if his elder brother, Xing Shan stopped beating and torturing him for no reason at all, then getting grades which were a bit above the average was likely possible for him.


    but those were just "ifs", the truth was that now he had miserable grades.


    Feeling down for his own stupidity for over-indulging in those Chinese novels, Xing Peng once again turned to read those Chinese novels as he consoled himself: " exams are already over, so reading a bit more will not really affect me anymore and when the next round of exams come, by then I would have already stopped with these novels and would''ve begun studying hard to get good grades"


    Next day when Xing Peng went to school, his friend, Li Chong brought him to a remote corner to show him something.


    "what''s up? what do you want to show me, brother Chong ?" asked Xing Peng curiously.


    "hmm.. just wait a bit" said Li Chong as he took out his phone and showed Xing Peng some web novels.


    "see, here are the translated versions of the Chinese novels in English and meant for the international audiences but i know that you are struggling a bit with the English language and since you also like reading Chinese novels, you should try reading some web novels and it will improve your English as well, its like killing two birds with one stone" said Li Chong.This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it.


    "really? that''s amazing, but sadly i only have a regular phone, not like yours which happens to be the latest smartphone" said Xing Peng.


    But he didn''t feel too greived over it because he knew that his finances were limited, given how his father wasted most of the money by gambling it away or by getting himself drunk, he could do nothing about it. His mother also couldn''t do anything about it, she had also tried but she was slapped and lashed at


    "brother Xing Peng why make me feel more miserable than before? i know that because i introduced you to some chinese novels your grades have dropped. don''t try to deny it, i know it.


    But i also feel that your eyes are no more gloomy as they used to be before, so i don''t know whether i did a good thing or a bad thing by introducing you to some Chinese novels " Li Chong laughed out as he handed out the latest smartphone into Xing Peng''s hands.


    "brother Chong... this? why did you hand me your phone?" at this point Xing Peng was confused but as he saw Li Chong taking out another similar smartphone from his other pocket and grinning, he seemed to have thought of something and immediately asked: " is this phone for me?", Xing Peng regretted for asking such stupid question. This was the latest smartphone in the market so how could li chong give it to him?


    But to his surprise, Li Chong nodded and said: " actually there was a offer of buy one get one free, so when i bought that latest smartphone i got another free. since you are my only friend in school, i decided to gift it to you" Li Chong smoothly lied.


    Xing Peng found something was off but to give his only friend some face, he accepted his gift.


    later on that day, Xing Peng''s adventures in reading the web novels began.


    Xing Peng''s exams had just recently finished and his other round of exams were still a good 2 or 3 months away.


    Xing Peng noticed that reading these web novels had somehow made him feel more at ease with the English language and he was rapidly improving and grasping it.


    When he was back at home, his mother was obviously the first to notice that Xing Peng was using one of those expensive smartphones that had just recently arrived in the market. She felt shocked as she asked: "Peng''er where did you get that phone from? "


    Seeing the worry in his mother''s eyes, Xing peng laughed and said:" mom, don''t worry, my friend, Li Chong gifted it to me today."


    Xing Peng''s mother already knew of this "Li Chong", as Xing Peng sometimes mentioned him to her and she also knew he was his best friend, so she felt a bit calmed down but nevertheless she was still shocked inside, Peng''er''s friend must be from a rich family, no wonder he can afford to gift away those smartphones to his friends. as she thought of this, she couldn''t help but sigh.


    As a mother, she also wished the best for her children but given the limited finances she had, she couldn''t really afford it.


    But she still felt happy inside, if Peng''er holds firmly onto this friend of his perhaps he wouldn''t have any troubles in the society in the future, she thought.


    Xing Peng''s mother''s assumption about Li Chong was truly not that far-off from the mark, Li Chong was indeed from a rich family, but he was an illegitimate son, so his finances were strictly limited.


    Xing Peng went to his room and was busy the whole night reading webnovels. He was mostly interested in those reincarnation-type novels, those were his favourites.


    one such novel he came across was "Divine Ice God", it seemed it was only recently that it had come into publication on the webnovel platform. It had a few chapters released already, and out of pure curiosity Xing peng checked it out and found out that it was quite an impressive piece of work.


    Although it was in the beginning phases, he was sure it would be a great novel as it develops, thought Xing Peng as he proceeded to read other interesting webnovels.

 STAR GAZING

    Xie Mei was the most beautiful girl in Xing Peng''s class and she was also considered as a top beauty in the whole school.


    What made her likable was that she was social with almost everyone and anyone but there was a thin-line that bridged her away from the others, it made others feel comfortable to talk to her and at the same time made them respect her but this thin-line like bridge was truly solid as it friendzoned all the guys, who had tried to strike up a conversation with her for all the wrong reasons.


    But nevertheless, many guys of the school still had a crush on her, Xing Peng was no different either.


    This was because the guys of Xing Peng''s age would have undergone puberty and would be more curious and attracted towards the opposite sex, Especially a charming and beautiful girl such as Xie Mei. She had a good background and was talented in almost everything.


    Xie Mei was a girl filled with charms and all her actions were graceful. Her father was the CEO of a maritime company and her mother was an ex-air hostess. She had the charms of her mother and social skills of her father. One could say she had inherited the best of both her parents.


    Xing Peng could also be considered as somewhat famous in his class, as he was constantly bullied but there were times when Xie Mei did reproach those bullies but later on when Xie Mei was not around, they would get back to bullying him.


    Xie Mei was the class representative, as such she had her own share of responsibilities and at times she was not present in the class and even if she was, she would be sitting in the front, while Xing Peng would be pressured to sit at the back due to the bullies. Where he would be surrounded and bullied by them.


    But Xing Peng didn''t blame her for not taking a much serious approach towards bullying even though she was the class representative. This was because one of the bullies was actually the grandson of the principal. So no matter how you dealt with them, The bullies would end up getting spared as they had "mistakenly" hurt someone or that they were just trying to be "friendly" with someone, such ridiculous excuses would get them away from consequences.


    But today Xing Peng was quite happy because today his class was going on a field-trip to the countryside for star gazing.


    This field-trip was originally planned out by some group of friends from his class but due to the fact that everyone''s exams had just recently got over with and they had got their grades, so some people were happy with their results and some were not.


    So Xie Mei took the initiative along with that group of friends and decided with the teachers to let there be a field-trip for the students of their class to the countryside. Where they would try to enjoy the countryside and star gaze, keeping their worries aside.


    So that was how this field-trip was decided. Given that even Xie Mei was coming along in the trip, Xing Peng was pumped. Although he didn''t have the self-confidence that an average person had. Due to him being constantly bullied, Xing Peng always felt that he was at the bottom of the food chain.


    But nevertheless, just getting a glimpse of Xie Mei was enough to give him the strength to endure through the day.


    Soon enough the whole class boarded a bus and traveled towards the countryside. These students were excited and talked throughout on the journey.


    As for Xing Peng, he was seated beside Li Chong and they were discussing some Chinese novels throughout the journey, their excited faces would make one misinterpret as if they had seen a woman pole-dancing in front of them which led to their excitement.


    If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it.Everyone had prepared well for this trip, and the group of friends, who had originally planned this trip had come with some telescopes to observe the night sky better.


    As time passed by, Xing Peng and his classmates had made it to the countryside and stayed at a temporarily rented quarter, which also seemed to be a place which was a bit isolated in the countryside but provided the best view of the night sky.


    Since it was already late afternoon by the time they had arrived at the countryside, most people chose to roam around the countryside to check out its specialties, as for Xing Peng and Li Chong both of them decided to go to a nearby lake for fishing as they rented out 2 fishing rods from two old men, who were fishing at the lake and had a few spares.


    This was how they passed their time, soon night came in and everyone had gathered at the lawn of their resting quarters, all the telescopes were neatly arranged and pointed towards a particular cluster of stars, or the moon, or any other celestial body.


    Those group of friends who had brought the telescopes were actually from the astronomy club and they then decided to help explain to their classmates about various constellations, star clusters, and other celestial bodies and to invoke some of their interest and perhaps get them to join their club.


    Xing Peng was also somewhat interested in this astronomy stuff as he listened. Previously, given his "busy" life, he didn''t bother about other extra-curricular activities, but coming to this field-trip for star gazing, he felt his decision previously might have been incorrect.


    As those astronomy club members excitedly discussed about astronomy stuff, which made all the classmates come together to listen to them. Xing Peng who was also there listening, had his curiosity peaked and he went towards a telescope at the far corner which was set towards the moon. He looked at the moon and saw those craters, they were just like how they were described by those astronomy club members.


    As he was taking in this amazing view, he saw something flashing past in that direction.


    Xing Peng looked up and saw a shooting star flashing by, he felt excited and made a wish: " I hope I''m free of all the difficulties in my life, I also wish for a beautiful wife, someone just as beautiful as Xie Mei".


    Although Xing Peng felt it was kind of childish, but he still made the wish.


    as he looked up at the dark skies, he saw the shooting star which was still bright become bigger and bigger in his vision.


    "hmm..? why does that shooting star seem to get bigger and bigger?" Xing Peng was confusedly looking on as the small shooting star slowly became bigger in his vision, he felt something was strange and after a good while he realised something !


    " what the F*CK isn''t it falling in this direction?!" as Xing Peng shouted out loud, rest of his classmates who were engrossed in listening to the astronomy club members also looked about and discovered a luminiscent flashing meteor as it was making its way towards their direction !


    "holy cow that''s a meteorite ! and its dangerously close to our direction" said someone from the crowd.


    "run guys, you can''t imagine the temperature of that thing, you should clear away from its impact point" said another.


    Soon chaos ensued as the crowd of students hurriedly ran away from the lawn.


    Feeling nervous, Xing Peng also tried to get away as far as possible from the lawn but he tripped over a rock and fell down. By the time he got up, he saw that meteorite only a short distance away from him.


    And tragically enough, Xing Peng was standing right at the place where the meteorite was about to crash. The size of the meteorite was about 3 or 4 cars stacked together and it was completely red-yellowish hot, one could only imagine its intensity.


    *RUMBLE**RUMBLE~*


    The next moment was not a suspense as the meteorite crashed onto Xing Peng and went deep into the earth.


    Li Chong, who saw this tragic sight from far cried:" NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

 CURSE

    For him, who knew his death was only a moment away, everything around him seemed to be in slow motion. During which he slowly recalled all the good memories of his life and then realized, he didn''t have any good memories at all.


    His life was filled with bullying and he was filled with regrets. He was only a 17-year-old dammit!


    and still, a virgin who didn''t get to experience the world.


    His major regret was that once he died, his mother will be the only one who would shed tears for him in the family, his brother and father would just pretend that he had never existed in the first place.


    But what he was more afraid of was that after his death, his mother might have a breakdown as well. She had placed all her hopes on him and with his death, she would suffer both mentally and physically. He didn''t want to see her suffer more than what she was already suffering.


    He could only hope for a miracle and prayed that his mother would not be burdened anymore.


    Although it would be hard for her, there was nothing he could do, that''s why he felt more regretful.


    " what have I, Xing Peng ever lived for? now that I''m about to die, all I can think about is the sufferings in my life. Truly laughable." thought Xing Peng.


    He also recalled some memories he had with Li Chong. He was a good friend indeed.


    "I wonder if there will be any Chinese novels in the afterworld if it exists?" thought Xing Peng.


    "I wonder if I will be reincarnated? but those stories in the novels are fake, what am I even thinking? ahahaha"


    "my other regret is not being able to embrace Xie Mei, although I never had a chance in the first place, now that I will be dead, I won''t have a chance at all"


    "sigh, I''m sorry my little brother, for failing you"


    "why is my life so hard and filled with difficulties?, I have never sinned, I have always been on the receiving end, why is it so heavens? do heavens have no eyes? Why must a damn meteorite hit me out of nowhere?!!" as he thought about this, Xing Peng felt really very unfortunate ! his fate had f*cked him over.


    "I, XING PENG CURSE THE HEAVENS AND DESPISE YOU! IF I EVER MANAGE TO SURVIVE THIS, I WILL MAKE SURE TO TRAMPLE ALL OVER YOU FOR ALL ETERNITY!"


    Xing Peng''s thoughts ended there as the moment was over and the meteorite had already descended upon him.


    A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.Li Chong ran to the crash site and looked at all the debris and huge drafts of smoke around the area, he was crying hot tears as he shouted: " brother Peng, rest in peace"


    Xing Peng felt no pain, his death was swift.


    or so he thought.


    Because the next time when he opened his eyes and looked around, there was nothing but empty void.


    As he looked at himself, he found himself to be in an intangible humanoid form of light of sorts.


    "is this my soul?" thought Xing Peng.


    "looks like I really died, sigh. but where am I? "


    as Xing Peng looked around, he found nothing other than nothing. It was an empty void which seemingly stretched aimlessly.


    So he walked, kept on walking in a particular direction.


    It had been a few years already since Xing Peng had started walking along a direction in the void, or rather floated towards that particular direction.


    Being a soul, Xing Peng found that he was weightless and easily floated in the void.


    Although it was fun initially to Xing Peng but a torture later on, as he kept on floating aimlessly towards nowhere.


    "what is the point of this?! its probably been hundreds of years already" thought Xing Peng.


    Xing Peng at a point had concluded that this might be hell, which was torturing him by making him go nowhere for all eternity.


    Just the thought creeped him out. Who would want to travel nowhere for all eternity?


    Xing Peng certainly didn''t want to.


    Currently, as he was floating aimlessly, he suddenly saw a small ray of light ahead of him.


    Feeling excited, he immediately proceeded towards that small ray of light.


    It took him another one year before he actually reached there.


    Xing Peng was disappointed, he thought that that ray of light was close by but it, in fact, took him so long to reach there.


    Where was the Justice in this world?


    Wait, did world ever have any Justice in the first place? If it did, he wouldn''t have died for the wrong reasons when a meteorite just came out of nowhere and crashed precisely onto him, as if it had a grudge.


    As Xing Peng reached the place where the ray of light was continuously coming from, he noticed there was a plain golden double door and the ray of light was coming from a small keyhole right in the middle of that door.


    Xing Peng''s curiosity peaked as he went towards the door and peeked through the hole. All that he saw was bright rainbow-ish lights and in the next instant, he was pulled in by those lights.

 A STRANGE WORLD

    On being pulled in by those rainbow-ish lights, Xing Peng was taken to the otherside of that pale golden door. Xing Peng looked around and found himself in a small sealed room which was completely filled with those rainbow-ish lights that he had previously seen through that keyhole.


    Only then did Xing Peng realize, wasn''t he f*cking trapped now? Previously atleast he could roam around endlessly but now he just had to be a smart @ss and try to peep into the keyhole of a very suspicious door and get himself trapped. But Xing Peng couldn''t really blamed, given that he spent years upon years roaming around aimlessly and he suddenly found a ray of light, anyone in his position would obviously follow that ray of light!


    But the main question was who could be so ingenious and free enough to set a trap out here in a place which was void-like and aimlessly huge?


    Xing Peng roamed along the walls of that small room but he couldn''t find any sort of secret door or something which would activate and get him out.


    After trying for a while and getting no results, Xing Peng just lay in the corner of the room silently and pondered about this room.


    Previously due to his excitement in finding a pale golden door out here in this aimlessly huge bleak space, he had recklessly approached the door and peeked through the keyhole and ended up here. Perhaps if he was more careful enough, this wouldn''t have happened to him.


    So was this room really a trap as he had previously thought?


    But how could this be? How could anyone have such a huge grudge against someone, that they would even go as far as trying to trap their soul for all eternity? If so, then that must be one hell of a grudge.


    Feeling frustrated, Xing Peng had tried to bang onto the door from inside the room but the door obviously didn''t budge. He had also tried to peek through the keyhole, praying for a miracle that he would somehow be dragged out. Which obviously didn''t happen.


    As Xing Peng laid near one corner of the room, he soon noticed there was a strange change occurring. Those originally rainbow-ish lights were becoming increasingly dark red in colour, as Xing Peng watched the change happening he was frightened.


    what''s happening here exactly? if anything bad happens now, wouldn''t that mean i won''t be able to escape?


    When all of those rainbow-ish lights had been converted into dark red lights, they suddenly made a move and aimed at Xing Peng.


    Xing Peng knew this was coming, it would definitely not be anything good. But being stuck in this room, he couldn''t really escape.


    Soon those red lights covered Xing Peng completely and in the next moment he felt immense heaven-shaking pain. Even though he was a soul now, the pain felt very much real. It was like being kicked in the nuts repeatedly.


    "f*ck, i knew it. My fate has f*cked me over" shouted Xing Peng indignantly.


    Xing Peng lay on the ground writhing in pain. After a good long time which seemed like a century to Xing Peng had passed, those dark red lights turned white and shot into the ground in front of Xing Peng. Those lights formed a sort of teleportation formation which Xing Peng had read about previously in novels.


    Without thinking, Xing Peng immediately jumped into the teleportation formation. He didn''t care where it would lead him to, At least wherever it would lead him to would be many times better than this place!


    Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website.Well this time Xing Peng''s hopes were fulfilled. When Xing Peng came to the other side of the teleportation formation, the formation mysteriously disappeared as if it didn''t exist. But that was not important, the important fact was that Xing Peng found himself in a strange world.


    He knew this was definitely not Earth, because he could see lot of lush greenery around him and those plants and trees were definitely not included among what he had studied during his botany lectures or rather he was sure these plants and trees could definitely not be found on Earth, he just had that feeling.


    As he was enjoying the scenery, he suddenly noticed that his left-leg had mysteriously disappeared.


    "what''s going on here really?! Strange occurrences have occurred ever since i died! Let even a dead man have some peace." cried out Xing Peng.


    This was really no joke, his left-leg had faded out into nothing and Xing Peng found his right-leg was also fading out.


    Xing Peng knew that he was a soul, so how could he fade out for no reason at all?


    Then it struck him! I am a soul! In many of other reincarnation novels he had read, the main character would find his soul already set in a new body as if everything was pre-arranged. But the same was not the case with Xing Peng, he was a freely-loitering soul. But this could perhaps be his chance!


    If he could possess someone then he could be considered as reincarnated, just how cool that was.


    And because he was a soul which had support of no body, he was slowly fading out due to the "laws of heaven and earth" or so it was called in that one novel he had read.


    Xing Peng didn''t remain on the same spot, he immediately floated towards a nearby town he had spotted near the horizon.


    As he reached the town, Xing Peng didn''t notice how aesthetic the town looked as it co-existed peacefully with nature. This was because Xing Peng''s lower-half of the soul body had already completely dissipated into nothing on his way to the town. Xing Peng knew he was short on time, he looked around the town but all he could see were women around.


    "oh god why are you doing this to me!" muttered Xing Peng nervously.


    He was a solid omega-male and had lead his life as a male, so obviously he wanted to reincarnate as a male.


    Xing Peng furiously searched the town but found no males.


    "This is truly a harem-like town" laughed out Xing Peng depressingly. If it might have been some other men then they would have been more than happy to spend their days in a town filled with women.


    But sadly Xing Peng wanted to find some young talented men so that he could try to take over their body to reincarnate. Although Xing Peng knew that if he carried out his plans and "reincarnated" then as per the novels he had read, the original host soul of the body would be killed off, he wasn''t a bad person but to survive he had to take such measures.


    "it seems like fate wants me to be reincarnated as a woman."Xing Peng sighed.


    Xing Peng had only the head-part of his soul left as the rest of his soul-body below his neck had already dissipated away, he clearly didn''t have much time left.


    Xing Peng looked downwards and saw a young girl sleeping below a tree, which was around a huge patch of grass. Xing Peng looked pitifully at the girl, sighed. Then he slowly approached and entered inside her mind.


    After Xing Peng had successfully entered her mind and was prepared to battle and kill off the host soul but after entering the mind, his soul immediately merged with the body like a fish inside water.


    "this could only mean...that the body was soul-less before i occupied it, so this lass was already dead from before."muttered Xing Peng as he felt himself merging with the body.


    Soon Xing Peng woke up in a new body and stretched his limbs, as he was doing so the memories of the lass kicked-in.


    As Xing Peng went through the memories, his eyes couldn''t help but brighten. It wasn''t because he found out that the lass was possibly murdered but that this "lass" wasn''t a lass at all!


    It was in fact a boy who was in his teens and that he was often mistaken for a woman. Given his smooth jade-like skin with no facial-hair and that long hair which he didn''t cut, served to only make one misunderstand his gender.

 YUE HUANG

    As Xing Peng went through the memories, he soon found out that the previous owner of this body was called as Yue Huang. He was from Yue family and also the son of Yue Yi, who was an elder in the Yue family. As Xing Peng went through the memories, he found out that this Yue family was quite strong and was one of the four major powers in Tingxin empire. Yue Huang had traveled with his father and some delegates of the Yue family to observe a martial tournament which was being held in a neighboring empire, the Lushu empire.


    Xing Peng simply stopped going through the memories right there.


    martial arts! cultivation! Wasn''t this the thing which only existed in the novels? How was this possible? But then again since reincarnation could be said to be possible, it wouldn''t be much of a surprise if cultivation existed too.


    Nevertheless, Xing Peng was excited. He had at times wished to experience what it would have been like to be in a world which was like those depicted in the novels that he had read and now that he knew that he was in such a world, it all felt like a dream to him but he knew that all of this was in fact real. very much real.


    Xing Peng continued to go through the memories and felt that this Yue Huang was truly a wolf in a sheep''s clothing. Although Yue Huang was only 17-year-old and looked very much like a woman, he could be considered as a debauchee of a high caliber. He loved gambling and he wasn''t like those other spoilt debauchees from other prominent families who just spent money away by gambling foolishly, this guy had true skills in gambling and had a huge track record of winning.


    This truly surprised Xing Peng, wasn''t this guy simply the God of gambling? As Xing Peng had inherited Yue Huang''s memories, he also got hold of all the latter''s gambling skills and experiences.


    But that was not what troubled Xing Peng, according to the memories this Yue Huang was the black sheep of the Yue family. Although this Yue family was one of the four major powers from the Tingxin empire, they were known for their sword mastery and disciplined behavior.


    So it was not much of a surprise for Yue Huang to not get along well with his family. Although many people from the family didn''t like the latter''s behavior, they couldn''t do anything about it as he was the only son of a Yue family elder.


    So one could say that many people simply didn''t like Yue Huang, especially those unfortunate people who had gambled with him. As Xing Peng went through the chap''s memories, he found out that there was a large group of people who simply hated or disliked this guy.


    Given how this guy was found dead below the tree, Xing Peng found out from the latter''s memories that he had suddenly fainted when he was sitting under the tree. This was obviously unnatural no matter how one put it! If one sits somewhere only to suddenly faint and find themselves dead then there won''t be any people left in the world.This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.


    This was what worried Xing Peng, what would the killer think if he saw "Yue Huang" still alive? Wouldn''t he try to kill him again then?


    Xing Peng, who had already died once didn''t obviously want to die again and it was not a given if he might even manage to reincarnate the next time or might once again find himself roaming around aimlessly in that bleak space for the rest of eternity. Either way, he didn''t want to die to find that out.


    As Xing Peng had completely gone through the memories of Yue Huang and successfully assumed the latter''s identity, he also came to know the reason why there were no men in this town. It wasn''t that there weren''t any, it was just that due to the once-in-a-decade martial tournament that was being held, all of them had gone to attend it. Especially those young hot-blooded youths and other people who cultivated. That was why those who remained here were the women folk who didn''t cultivate and chose to stay back to do household chores.


    And it also turned out that this Yue Huang actually wanted to try indulging in the "adult stuff", given that the people his age would tend to be more attracted towards the opposite sex and given the weak self-control that Yue Huang had, it was only a matter of time before the latter began indulging himself in women.


    Actually, Yue Huang didn''t really want to do that, initially, his only purpose was to sneak away from the "boring" martial tournament and go around and kill some time but after hours of roaming around, he stumbled upon this small town where everywhere he went he only saw women! There were absolutely no men here, let alone strong men and he realized that they must have gone to watch the martial tournament. Immediately upon thinking of this, Yue Huang felt a strong urge to taste some of these countryside women. Unfortunately for him, he never got to do his deed and was sent to Yama instead.


    After he had gone through the memories, Xing Peng had wanted to go and observe the martial tournament as he was very much interested in cultivation. He also felt that this Yue Huang was a wastrel, although the latter belonged to a prominent martial family, the Yue family, he had still never seen a single cultivation technique in his life before! Truly what a waste.


    It was a wonder why his father, who was an elder in the family heavily doted upon him and spoiled him so much.


    Even though Xing Peng wanted to go to the martial tournament, he didn''t dare to. Who knew whether the killer who originally killed Yue Huang was still nearby? Then wouldn''t that killer try to go after him again when he saw that "Yue Huang" was still alive?


    Xing Peng knew that sooner or later it would be revealed to the party responsible for Yue Huang''s death, that "Yue Huang" was still alive.


    But to prevent them from getting to know about this fact sooner, Xing Peng decided to lay low and assuming that the killer might still be around the town, Xing Peng who was the new Yue Huang, decided to hide in the town and sneak out at night. As Xing Peng had gone through all the memories of Yue Huang, he knew that the martial tournament would last for about a week. So there was really no hurry in trying to get there.


    As Yue Huang roamed cautiously through the town trying to find a place to hide until the night, there was a clear voice heard from behind him.


    "Young master Huang, what are you doing here?"


    There was a clear trace of disbelief heard in that voice and this almost caused a breakdown for Yue Huang.

 ZUO CAI

    As he did a dramatic turn-around in slow-motion to look at the person who called out to him, he got a pleasant surprise. There was a 13-year-old Loli standing there, holding onto some grocery items.


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    Although Yue Huang himself didn''t really want to play along, especially during times when there were hidden forces that wanted him dead. But he still gave in to the girl''s wishes, perhaps because this Loli could be considered as the only-friend that the previous Yue Huang ever had and this was something that even affected the present Yue Huang and made him think of Zuo Cai as a close-friend and indulge in the fulfillment of her wishes.


    Soon it was night-time, Yue Huang dined with the Zuo family. After which he bid his farewells and told the Loli that he was going to go and watch the martial tournament. After that, he would probably go back to the Yue family in Tingxin empire.


    As Zuo Cai watched the leaving back of Yue Huang, strange-lights flickered in her eyes before they disappeared.