As Tang Changsheng grew, at the age of ten, he wandered around the village as usual, his small hands placed awkwardly behind his back.
He only learned, by chance, from villagers' conversations that this was a world where Immortals existed, Immortals who could fly through the sky, burrow through the earth, move mountains, fill seas, subdue demons, eliminate devils, and fly on swords.
Tang Changsheng mused, "If only I could Cultivate and become an Immortal who could fly and burrow, that would be wonderful."
Other children from the same village also yearned for it, momentarily lost in thought.
Therefore, Tang Changsheng often held the small disc in his hand, studying it repeatedly, but he never discovered any clues. Peach Blossom Village is located in the Qingyang Mountain Range, an area under the jurisdiction of the Golden Sun Sect.
Their Peach Blossom Village is situated on a small plain on Peach Blossom Mountain, where many other villages also reside.
The vast majority of Peach Blossom Village residents are surnamed Tang, with a small portion of other surnames. He often heard the elders in the village say, "Why don't we change Peach Blossom Village to Tang Family Village!"
It is said that the Tang Family ancestors did not originally live in this region but moved from elsewhere, eventually settling in Peach Blossom Village.
According to the ancestors' daily records, the Tang Family was often pursued by Cultivators. After continuous fierce battles by the Family's Cultivators, they successfully eliminated those Cultivators. However, unfortunately, another wave of Cultivators arrived, and the severely wounded Family Cultivators dragged them to their mutual demise.
Only some able-bodied young people and the old, weak, sick, and disabled of the Tang Family remained. After a long journey, traversing mountains and ridges, covered in dust, they fled to the vicinity of Peach Blossom Mountain, but most of the Tang Family members were severely injured.
They were discovered by the villagers of Peach Blossom Village. After the Tang Family members were rescued, they stayed in Peach Blossom Village to settle down, live, and raise their descendants.
And the Tang Family members, to show gratitude for the life-saving kindness of the Peach Blossom Village villagers back then, allowed the Tang Family to continue its Legacy to this day.
However, even if the Family grew into the largest Family in the village, they never considered changing the name of Peach Blossom Village.
They had always intermarried, helped each other, and thrived.
A thousand years of thriving had long made the village like one Family, without distinctions.
Within this body, however, was a Soul that had received a modern education for over twenty years. With this advantage, Tang Changsheng quickly became the leader of the village children, and the other adults were happy to see it happen.
Tang Changsheng always possessed a restless heart.
He always dreamed of obtaining an Immortal destiny, thereby embarking on the path of Cultivation, achieving Immortality, and becoming an ancestor.
Tang Changsheng couldn't help but think of the plotlines from novels in his previous life.
Whenever he thought of this, he liked to take the village children on adventures in the Peach Blossom Mountain forests, a dozen li from the village, digging for bird eggs everywhere and catching small animals to satisfy their cravings.
The adults in the village often warned these children not to always think about going into the deep mountains and old forests, as it was a very dangerous activity where wild beasts frequently appeared.
But children are always rebellious, forgetting what adults say; it usually goes in one ear and out the other.
Under Tang Changsheng's leadership, they often secretly entered the depths of Peach Blossom Mountain, having a great time, and since nothing bad happened, they cast the adults' warnings to the back of their minds.
This morning, Tang Changsheng, as usual, took Tang Damin, Tang Kun, and a few other companions from the village to play. The adults didn't pay it any mind and weren't worried.
When they went out with Tang Changsheng, no problems would arise, and they could also learn many useful things. They were still playing happily and frolicking in the mountain forest as usual.
At this moment, Tang Lei suddenly heard a rustling sound, accompanied by heavy crawling, and his heart skipped a beat.
When he turned his head to look, he saw an astonishing sight: a giant Python, completely black and covered in scales, raised its massive head, its cold gaze continuously sweeping over Tang Changsheng and the others, drooling all over the ground.
Tang Changsheng and the other companions also discovered this giant Python and were all so scared by it that they froze on the spot, unable to react for a moment.
After a few seconds, Tang Changsheng reacted.
He quickly shouted, signaling his companions to run towards the village entrance.
Tang Kun and a few other companions were so scared that they collapsed to the ground, trembling, their legs refusing to obey, while the Python's massive body slowly crawled towards them, as if it wasn't in a hurry to feast.
Seeing this, Tang Changsheng thought they were all doomed this time, but then he thought that someone had to survive to report back to the village and bring rescuers, so they might have a chance to live.
So, he took a deep breath and made a bold decision. To buy his companions a chance to survive, he picked up a stone weighing over ten jin and threw it forcefully at the Python.
After being attacked, the Python quickly turned its massive head, staring at Tang Changsheng with a slightly cold gaze, its eyes full of anger, wishing it could tear him apart.
The Python's massive body lunged at Tang Changsheng without hesitation. He, relying on his agile body and familiarity with the terrain, continuously moved deeper into the old mountain forests.
The man and the Python circled each other. Tang Changsheng continuously provoked the giant Python, attempting to make it abandon its attack on the others. Sure enough, the giant Python was successfully enraged, abandoning the other companions, and entangled with him, moving one after the other deeper into the mountains.
Seeing Tang Changsheng attract the giant Python to buy them time, the other companions were all in tears, stumbling and running towards the village entrance to bring the village adults to rescue them.
Tang Changsheng moved through the mountain forest, relying on his strong Physique and keen perception.
Perhaps because of his Soul Transmigration, from birth until now, Tang Changsheng's body simply did not possess the Physique a ten-year-old child could have; it was comparable to that of a fourteen or fifteen-year-old youth.
Tang Changsheng was forced to the edge of a cliff. He had no more room to retreat, his eyes filled with despair and unwillingness.
He thought, "Am I not the protagonist?"
I haven't even embarked on the path of Cultivation, I haven't achieved Immortality!!
Am I going to die?
Tang Changsheng's heart was filled with unwillingness as he shouted at the heavens:
"I am truly so unwilling!!"
"So unwilling!
To die like this, my life has only just begun.
Even more unwilling to be eaten by a Python, dying without a complete corpse."
Tang Changsheng's slightly unwilling voice echoed continuously through the mountains.
A voice suddenly surged in his heart: Jump down!
Jump down! "Perhaps there's still a chance to live." Under the Python's relentless advance, Tang Changsheng could only retreat step by step until he had nowhere left to go. He thought of his parents, grandparents from his previous life, living a warm and prosperous life together.
And also his Family in this life, the scenes of living together. Although they weren't rich and noble, his parents never mistreated him.
Tang Changsheng clenched his teeth and lips, which were about to be bitten through, looking at the bottomless cliff, like a giant beast with its mouth open, waiting for him to fall into its trap. A complete silence, sending chills down one's spine.
Tang Changsheng looked at the impatient Python, ready to pounce and devour him at any moment. To avoid becoming the Python's food,
Tang Changsheng leaped from the cliff, his body plummeting rapidly.
And he shouted loudly, "If I survive this great calamity,
I want this sky to never again obscure my eyes, to never again claim my life!"
"My fate is mine, not heaven's. If gods block me, I'll kill gods; if Buddhas block me, I'll kill Buddhas."
Suddenly, a roar echoed in the sky, as if responding to Tang Changsheng's words. The mountains were filled with his unwilling roar.
The giant Python watched its prey disappear from sight, its huge eyes filled with anger and unwillingness. Just one more step, and it could have feasted.
It stared intently at the spot where Tang Changsheng had jumped, emitting hissing sounds.
After a while, the Python reluctantly turned its massive body and returned to the depths of the jungle.
Tang Changsheng's body rapidly fell towards the bottom of the cliff, thinking, "This is it, I'm done for!!"
"I Transmigrated here, and I haven't yet seen the colorful world, haven't appreciated the grace of the Immortal sisters, haven't embarked on the path of Cultivation. Am I just going to be smashed into a meat paste?"
As his body fell, it violently struck a hard pine tree growing on the cliff face. This instantly caused numerous fatal wounds on Tang Changsheng's body, blood streaming out. What followed was a piercing pain that caused his consciousness to gradually blur, and he fell into a coma, his body still rapidly falling.
What Tang Changsheng didn't know was that just as his body was about to hit the ground,
Suddenly, the small disc in his arms violently vibrated, continuously absorbing the blood flowing from his body.
Just as Tang Changsheng was about to land, the small disc suddenly emitted a dazzling light, enveloping his body.
At the same time, the white light slowly repaired his already dilapidated body.