Chapter 1: New Life

At midnight, a bright moon hung in the sky, and the soft moonlight sprinkled on Yu Ziqing who was sitting cross-legged on the balcony like mercury.

At midnight, the yin is at its peak and the yang is just beginning to emerge, which is the best time of the day to gather energy. Yu Ziqing, who is well versed in this, is now keeping his mind clear and tranquil, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body, unblocking his meridians and activating his collaterals, and finally storing the energy in his dantian.

The bright moon gradually sets and midnight passes quickly.

“Oh!” Yu Ziqing slowly opened his eyes, his eyes were as deep as the night sky tonight.

The sigh sounded faintly in the quiet night, making people think that it was an old man who had experienced many vicissitudes of life sighing for the passing years, but Yu Ziqing was only 25 years old this year and had just been working for a year.

Yu Ziqing looked up at the bright moon in the sky, remembering that two months ago he was still a prominent figure in the fairy world, but now he has become a mortal and has to start the difficult journey of cultivating immortals all over again.

Two months ago, Yu Ziqing was not called Yu Ziqing, but Qingfeng Shangxian.

The Immortal Realm consists of six realms and thirty-six levels. Two months ago, Qingfeng Shangxian had cultivated to the final level of the Fourth Brahma Heaven in the Fourth Realm, Pingyu Jia Yitian, and was one step away from achieving the status of a Three Pure Heavenly God in the Fifth Realm. But just two months ago, when he was in seclusion and reaching a critical juncture in his cultivation, a group of unidentified immortals suddenly attacked, abruptly blasting away his remaining spirit, which then hid in the Tongtian Xuan Pagoda and forced its way through the immortal-mortal passage.

When Qingfeng Shangxian regained consciousness, he discovered he had become Yu Ziqing, the original owner of this body, and even possessed his thoughts. Later, Qingfeng Shangxian learned that Yu Ziqing had been in a car accident that day. While his body was unharmed, his brain had suffered a severe concussion, leaving him in a coma. Doctors diagnosed him with a near-impossible recovery, effectively rendering him a vegetative state. Unexpectedly, Yu Ziqing woke up not long after the doctor’s diagnosis.

Of course, it wasn’t Yu Ziqing who woke up, but Qingfeng Shangxian. Qingfeng Shangxian himself didn’t know what had happened during that time. He only knew that when he woke up, he found himself in Yu Ziqing’s body, and also possessed Yu Ziqing’s consciousness. Because of this, in a sense, Qingfeng Shangxian’s life was continued because of Yu Ziqing’s body, and Yu Ziqing’s spirit was also continued because of Qingfeng Shangxian, so as not to be imprisoned forever and disappear.

To put it simply, although the one who is alive now is Qingfeng Shangxian, he has the mark of Yu Ziqing’s life everywhere on his body. His personality, the way he behaves, and even his emotions are inevitably strongly influenced by Yu Ziqing, because Yu Ziqing’s thoughts have been integrated into Qingfeng Shangxian’s life and become a part of his life.

Climbing onto the single bed and closing his eyes habitually in the dark night was Yu Ziqing’s habit.

Soon, the Immortal Qingfeng fell asleep. In his dream, he could not tell whether he was Yu Ziqing or Qingfeng. The mortal and immortal memories deep in his soul were intertwined, and finally completely merged together. He became Yu Ziqing and at the same time, Yu Ziqing became him.

Ring ring ring!

The alarm clock rang at five o’clock in the morning, which was the hour of Mao, waking up the Qingfeng Immortal, also known as Yu Ziqing (from now on he will be called Yu Ziqing!) on time.

During the Mao hour, yin and yang interact and nourish each other, making it another excellent time for spiritual practice in the day.

Yu Ziqing instinctively got up from the bed, then sat cross-legged on the balcony as he did at midnight, and began his practice at dawn.

The summer sun came out particularly early, quickly breaking through the purple-red morning glow and casting golden sunlight on Yu Ziqing.

Exhaling the foul air and inhaling the fresh air, Yu Ziqing had a calm face under the sunlight. The morning breeze blew, blowing his hair and clothes, making him look a little ethereal and elegant.

As soon as the hour of Mao passed, Yu Ziqing finished his practice on time. In the sunlight, a delighted smile crossed his face. He had just felt his internal energy was abundant and his spirits were high. He estimated that it wouldn’t be long before he could channel his true energy to open the Ren and Du meridians, practice the Small Circulation of Qi, and reach the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

The immortal world is divided into six realms and thirty-six levels. The mortal world is also divided into eight realms and twenty-four stages, namely, foundation building, Qi transformation, fasting, golden elixir, primordial infant, cave void, emptiness, tribulation, and great success. The eight realms are further divided into the initial, intermediate and final stages.

Foundation Building, also known as drawing Qi into the body, involves drawing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the body, activating the meridians, cleansing the hair and cleansing the marrow, removing acquired impurities, and forging an innate body, thus creating a suitable cauldron for future cultivation. For example, if secular internal martial arts masters were classified by the realm of cultivation, they would be in the Foundation Building stage. However, because they do not understand the path of immortal cultivation or lack immortal roots, they remain at the Foundation Building stage throughout their lives, unable to glimpse the more profound Qi Transformation realm, the innate realm that martial artists dream of.

In just two months, he went from being an ordinary mortal to being on the verge of breaking through to the middle stage of foundation building. Although we cannot say that this speed will never be surpassed in the world of cultivation, it is definitely unprecedented.

However, apart from a hint of joy, Yu Ziqing was not at all proud. He was a rare talent and a prominent figure in the fairy world. Now that he was back on the path of cultivating the immortal world, he was naturally familiar with it. If it were not for the lack of spiritual energy in the mortal world and Yu Ziqing’s weak body, he would probably have reached the middle stage of foundation building now.

After finishing the exercise and washing up, Yu Ziqing opened the door at 7:30. At the same time, the door of the next room also opened and a fat man walked out.

His name is Shen Shitong, Yu Ziqing’s college classmate and current roommate.

“I’m going to move out today and live my happy life.” Shen Shitong said excitedly.

The day before yesterday, Shen Shitong met a fat girl in a bar.

“No way, we are going to start living together so soon!” Yu Ziqing said in great surprise.

“Hehe, strike while the iron is hot!” Shen Shitong said with a sly smile.

Yu Ziqing shook his head secretly and said with a wry smile, “Looks like I have to go to the 19th floor today to post a notice looking for roommates.”

When Shen Shitong heard this, his eyes lit up immediately. He put his chubby face close to Yu Ziqing and said with a silver smile, “I’ve noticed that you’ve become increasingly depressed in the past two months. It must be an endocrine disorder. I think finding a beautiful girl to share the house with is a good way to regulate your endocrine disorder.”

“Go away! I’m not you!” Yu Ziqing scolded with a smile.

“What’s wrong with me? I’m a young man who has never been dissolute!” Shen Shitong said proudly with a curl of his lips.

“You’re not being frivolous, you’re being lustful even when you see a sow!” Yu Ziqing retorted bluntly.

Upon hearing this, Shen Shitong raised his foot and kicked Yu Ziqing. Yu Ziqing’s eyes flashed with a strange light. If this had happened in the immortal world, Shen Shitong would have been lying on the ground long ago, but today he only felt an unusually warm friendship. This feeling had not been felt since he became a powerful figure in the immortal world.

It’s lonely at the top, there is only endless loneliness and solitude, only intrigue and deception, and the law of the jungle!

To be honest, although Yu Ziqing hated those who plotted against him to the core after falling into the secular world, sometimes he thought that starting a new life over was also a comfortable and pleasant thing.

At least, the relaxed and warm laughter and scolding like now is out of the question in the fairy world.

Yu Ziqing laughed heartily, and in a flash he was already at the door.

“You are indeed a monkey, you can run so fast!”

Just like that, Shen Shitong started to breathe heavily, which made Yu Ziqing really wonder how the two fat guys could do that.

Yu Ziqing’s unit is called Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, a provincial-level public institution.

The research institute was very close to Datang New Village, where Yu Ziqing currently rented a house. It was so close that it only took about ten minutes to walk. So, while many people living in big cities would have to get up early in the morning to catch the bus, Yu Ziqing could just stroll all the way to the office at a leisurely pace.

At the exit of Datang New Village, there is a small shop selling steamed buns, which is very popular. The reason for its popularity is not only that the buns are very delicious, but also that the proprietress is a very beautiful young woman.

Every day when Yu Ziqing went to work, he would buy two buns and a bag of soy milk from her and eat while walking to work.

Today, Yu Ziqing went to Azhen Baozi Shop to buy breakfast as usual.

As usual, this was the boss lady’s busiest time. Her bustling breasts, visible beneath her floral T-shirt, seemed to burst through as she bustled about, making the men buying buns drool.

Yu Ziqing was not that bad, but when the proprietress bent down to give him the change and accidentally revealed a hint of white on her chest, Yu Ziqing found that his heart, which had been peaceful for who knows how many years, seemed to be a little agitated, like a calm pond with a stone thrown into it, no longer calm.

Yu Ziqing really likes this long-lost youthful excitement. It feels like an old man returning to his youth and full of youth.

In addition to this long-lost youthful impulse, the buns from Azhen’s Bun Shop also aroused Yu Ziqing’s forgotten appetite. When he ate the buns, he felt that they were much more delicious than the dragon liver and phoenix marrow in the fairy world.

Yu Ziqing also likes this feeling.

Life is full of richness and diversity, allowing Yu Ziqing, who originally had a young heart in this body, to become more and more integrated into this society and feel more and more that life is wonderful.

Yu Ziqing strolled leisurely to his workplace, eating buns and drinking soy milk while watching the cars and people passing by.

When I arrived at the office, it was almost time for work, but the office was empty. This is how it is at this kind of office, so even if it’s time for work, it’s normal to not see many people.

Yu Ziqing made a cup of Longjing tea, then sat leisurely in front of the computer and surfed the Internet.

The advent of the information network age has brought the world to a constant convergence of the wisdom of billions of people. As the saying goes, three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang. When the wisdom of billions of people is pooled together and constantly circulated and exchanged, even the wisdom of the Daluo Sage of Daluo Heaven pales in comparison.

This world built by mortals, who are like ants in the eyes of immortals, is developing at an extremely terrifying speed. Their civilization and technology have made them the true masters of this world step by step, from the microscopic world that is invisible to the naked eye to the macroscopic world composed of the sun, moon and stars.

They have created manned spacecraft that can take humans away from the earth, they have created terrible nuclear weapons that can instantly destroy a city or even the earth, and they can perform surgery on the human brain…and the immortals are dismissive of all this, just as we are dismissive of the busy lives of ants.

Yu Ziqing accidentally fell into this world. As he integrated into it, he suddenly realized that this mortal world, which he had once disdained, actually contained wisdom and achievements that were simply beyond the comprehension of immortals. This discovery sometimes made Yu Ziqing feel that being cast into the mortal world was not a bad thing. On the contrary, he not only rediscovered the joy of being human, but also had the potential to leverage this world’s civilization to achieve even greater success in his cultivation.

Yu Ziqing first posted a post on the 19th floor looking for a roommate. Of course, he was not as horny as Shen Shitong and wanted to find a beautiful girl to share the house with. For Yu Ziqing, living under the same roof with a girl would add a lot of inconvenience, so he specifically indicated the gender – male.