"Shaan!"
"Why are you pretending to be deaf, you mute?"
"Hurry and give all your spirit stones!"
A girl wearing light blue coloured robes signifying her identity as an outer disciple of the sect shouted domineeringly.
"It seems he is pretending to be dead.....Su Shane'r, let search him!" -the fellow disciple nad Qin Miner spoke viciously."
The target of their bullying was a frail boy called Shaan Singh, who was lying pitifully on the ground, his skin was full of bruises and his clothes in tatters.
Without caring about any response, Qin Miner hurriedly bent down and started ruffling through Shaan's loose robes.
But she was deed to be disappointed.
Within seconds Qin Miner stood up, her eyes were full of ridicule.
"What a beggar, sister Shane'r, this boy's robes are empty."
"Not a single spirit stone I could find on him."
Hearing her accomplice's words, Su Shane'r was annoyed.
"What a bastard!"
"Maybe he spent all his spirit stones to date so brothel girl."
-In arrogance, she kicked Shaan Singh's already weak body.
"Let's go, we need to prepare for the inner sect's assessnt test."
"When this loser gets a spirit stone next ti, we will make sure to rob him the sa day."
Shane'r snorted before pulling Qin Miner sowhere.
Just as the pair of bullies walked a few ters, Shaan opened his eyes.
"Ah....it hurts!"
"Why are the people here so cruel that they beat others for no reason."
With a half-fake smile, Shaan slowly got up.
Sohow mustering agre strength in his body he hastily walked to his place of residence.
He was afraid that along the way soone else might bully or beat him up.
While on the way he was understanding various new mories pouring into his head.
Yes, Shaan was a traveller.
Not your usual traveller but the kind who we read in novels.
His previous life was depressing....failing to et family's expectations, without any proper life goals, without having any type of job or life security, and having disappointed so many important people in his life.
Last thing he rembered was suffering from a painstaking grief after a betrayal before falling off the stairs and hitting his head against the floor leaving him bleeding profusely.
"Damnn, so I transmigrated?"
"Isn't all that the stuff we read in those fantasy books?"
Shaan started mumbling to himself along the way.
After a few breaths, although there was so disbelief, Shaan quickly integrated the mories of the original owner of the body.
"So that's it!"
"This weak boy's body who I possessed also had the sa na...he is an orphan, by so chance he worshipped a famous righteous sect called the Eternal Palace, but due to poor talent his life was destined to rot in the outer sect."
"Occasionally, so fellow disciples thinking this poor boy can't retaliate, bullied and looted spirit stones from him."
"Finally, today he made a fortune by selling so second-hand goods....but various disciples whose eyes were full of greed beat him to death, giving my soul a chance to integrate with him."
Shaan took a deep breath.
The information about the cultivation world available to him was too vague.
But no matter what world this was, one golden rule remained unchanged- Only the strong can protect and bully!
"I can't help it!"
"The original body was too weak, as a result, perhaps....giving up hope, he never bothered to learn much about this world."
"It seems, I need to rely on myself."
By the ti Shaan got a basic understanding of the world, he had already reached his place of residence.
It was a shabby broken cave without even a proper door, the space inside was barely enough for a standard room.
The conditions were truly miserable, there was only an old mattress, a chair and a table.
With a deep frown, Shaan slowly sat down.
There was a piece of shattered mirror on the table.
Seeing his haggard appearance in it, Shaan couldn't help but chuckle.
"What can I expect..."
"The skin is full of wrinkles, because of hard work the wrists are full of calluses, and even so hair strands have turned grey. This face looks like it has aged too prematurely."
Shaan exclaid with a deep sigh.
"But it's okay....a stupid person who trusts girls so blindly must deserve this."
"If only I had not made that decision."
"Alas!"
Shaan was full of mories from his life on Earth, there was a deep secret buried in his heart that he didn't want to talk about.
After all, no one is perfect. All make mistakes and have so regret stories.
"Since this life is new, let's start afresh."
Shaan took a deep breath, his eyes shone with a scintillating glow as if making a big decision.
Just as he put his hands in a small pocket inside his tattered robes, he felt a sharp pain.
"Huh?"
"What's this?"
"A lotus petal?"
Suddenly a piece of mory which seed irrelevant and overlooked appeared in Shaan's head,
"The original owner of the body found this shiny piece of lotus petal beside a lake where his mother was buried."
"The consistency is too hard, no wonder it could stand the test of ti without any wear and tear."
"What a beautiful petal, the complete lotus flower must have looked spectacular."
Just as Shaan caressed the petal in his hands, the petal shone with a brilliant milky light.
An imdiate ssage appeared in Shaan's mind.
[THE BOY WHO COS FROM A FARAWAY PLACE.]
[DO YOU DARE TO BREAK THE MORTAL BONDS AND CHALLENGE THE UNIVERSE ITSELF?]
The voice was serene, full of majesty that couldn't be questioned.
Hearing such words, many strange ideas flashed through Shaan's mind.
Was it so form of ancient inheritance? Was it so sort of divine test like those protagonists of fantasy novels face before awakening their golden fingers?
Countless thoughts kept surging in his head making him restless.
Taking a deep breath, he cald down his agitating emotions.
"Since I am lucky to live again, I refuse to accept a shabby fate."
"Why can't a poor person like enjoy a happy life?"
"Why still after an entire life full of dedication and hard work, I suffered from betrayal and insults?"
"Why can only those arrogant, rich-powerful people enjoy the lavishness of life?"
"I also want to go beyond...."
"Go Beyond and completely control my life...control my fate.....control the simplest ups and downs that affects !"
"I want to be soone much better, soone much stronger!"
-Shaan shouted.
As if resounding to his declaration, the lotus petal disappeared from his hands and appeared in the centre of his consciousness.
Like so divine object, it was suspended inside his mind.
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