"Yan Xiao, Yan Xiao, are you alright? Get up quickly, class is about to start. This is Bai Feng's class, hurry up and get up!" a concerned voice called near Yan Xiao's ear.
"This idiot probably doesn't have the face to see anyone, that's why he's covering his face," another voice mocked him. By now, Yan Xiao was wide awake.
Yan Xiao looked around him, confused. There was no one he knew, and he was surrounded by a sea of unfamiliar faces.
Seeing Yan Xiao's lost expression, another roar of laughter erupted. It was obvious that all the laughter was directed at him. Seeing that everyone around him was laughing, he didn't dare to question anything.
Yan Xiao looked at the student sitting beside him. He was the only one who refrained from laughing—the same person who had woken him up.
"Where am I? Who are you? What is going on?" Yan Xiao asked in astonishment.
"Haha..." Another roar of laughter followed.
"Yan Xiao, I think you're so angry that you've gone dumb. Do you think Qin Yue is someone you can write a love letter to?"
"The next class is Martial Dao Theory, and the teacher is Bai Feng. Don't let her catch you," Yan Xiao's desk-mate whispered in his ear. His voice was so low that only Yan Xiao could hear it. It was evident that he was anxious too.
"I really can't remember. My head hurt badly just now, and I forgot a lot of things," Yan Xiao said helplessly.
His desk-mate sighed. Of course, he wouldn't believe that Yan Xiao would forget everything in such a short time. He thought Yan Xiao was just trying to save face and still hadn't realized that he was no longer the original Yan Xiao.
Suddenly, Yan Xiao felt a sharp pulse of pain in his head. He remembered that he was discussing advanced techniques with his master Qi Yun. Then those bastards from the Dark Abyss Sect attacked, and there were all sorts of explosions and battles. After that, his master carried him and used an escape amulet. But how could he appear here? Where exactly was this? Was this still the Night Flower Continent?
Moreover, he was sitting here safe and sound, but what happened to his master? His master was only 10 years older than him. The reason the Dark Abyss Sect attacked them was that his master had a rare physique—the Pure Yin Body, a special body type that makes an ideal cauldron. The young master of the Dark Abyss Sect wanted to marry his beautiful master, but alas, he was rejected. This had been the cause of their fight.
If his master were in the hands of the Dark Abyss Sect, the consequences would be unimaginable. Thinking about this, Yan Xiao could no longer contain the worry in his heart and suddenly stood up.
"What is it? Don't you know the bell for class has rung?" A cold-faced young woman walked up to the class podium with a few books tucked under her arm. She scanned the laughing students with a chilling gaze, and immediately the laughter dissipated. Everyone knew this Martial Dao Theory class was run by Bai Feng, and what she hated most was students creating commotions. If she had her eyes on a student, nothing good would come of it.
Yan Xiao had already felt that something was wrong. Although he could understand the words, the language was clearly not what he had used before. Was this no longer the Night Flower Continent? Frowning, Yan Xiao wanted to know more. Another wave of headache came, and he suddenly recalled all sorts of information.
Yan Xiao was an orphan. The original owner's parents were both dead, and his family was dirt poor—practically empty.
He had all the debuffs maxed out!
His Martial Dao talent was decent enough—not like the pure trash beginning in other transmigration novels.
But due to a lack of money to buy cultivation resources, the original owner's Martial Dao performance was average, and he didn't do well in school either.
In short, he was very mediocre.
Some time ago, the original owner, completely overestimating himself, confessed to the school beauty.
The result, as expected...
Compared to the school beauty, the original owner was like an ugly toad next to a noble white swan.
The gap was too wide!
After all, scripts where a poor, weak individual gets favored by the school beauty or has a rich girl throwing herself at him only exist in xuanhuan novels.
Such absurd things don't happen in reality.
The original owner's confession was cruelly rejected, and he became the school's clown.
Overwhelmed with grief and indignation, he couldn't catch his breath...
And croaked! Dead! Gone!
Then, the moment his master used the escape amulet, he came to this world.
Becoming the new Yan Xiao!
"Argh..." After his memory recovered to this point, Yan Xiao suddenly shouted in agony.
"You—what is your name? How dare you yell in my class?! Come to my office after class!" The pretty teacher was interrupted by Yan Xiao's scream, turning livid.
All the other students in the class sniggered and smothered their laughs. Making a high school student routinely visit her office was something only this teacher could do. Furthermore, one had to go because their grades were at stake.
Yan Xiao dejectedly sat down. Now he understood why the students in his class were laughing at him. The soul who owned this body before had tried to go for the hottest girl in the class, Qin Yue. In the end, she read his love letter out loud, stood on the podium, looked at him contemptuously, and said: "Young Master Yan, how many buildings do you own? What car do you ride? What can you give me? The most important thing, I am already a Martial Artis - and you?"
So this was why the whole class laughed at him. The original Yan Xiao probably died from the humiliation. With no money, no house, no job, not even a martial artist and being asked point-blank in front of all the students, he died. This was like a slap in the face. Although that person wasn't actually him, Yan Xiao's face still sank.
He looked at the girl called Qin Yue. She was beautiful alright. However, her behavior made Yan Xiao feel truly repulsed. He really couldn't understand why the original owner of this body wanted to pursue her. Under such humiliation, he fainted and croaked, allowing the current Yan Xiao to occupy his body.
He was actually reborn into a place like this. He organized his memories, and his face sank. Leaving aside his money problems, the fact was that this was the Dharma Ending Era—the era of Martial Dao. No spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth was detected. This wasn't a place for cultivation. He wondered if he was really going to die in this place called Earth.
It no longer mattered if he still went to this school. The most important thing was to understand his predicament.
At the end of class, Yan Xiao rushed out of school in a hurry, neglecting his trip to the teacher's office. He needed to go home immediately and sort this out.
Three days later:
Inside a dilapidated low-rent apartment, a young man sat on the wooden table, dressed in a somewhat faded school uniform.
He had just finished sorting out what happened. Then he wrote a dismissal letter for himself, delivered it to the school administration building, and came back home.
All this going back and forth had made him hungry. He got up and went to the kitchen.
Since he was hungry... he might as well cook a bowl of noodles to fill his stomach.
Suddenly.
"Ding! You have awakened the most awesome system. Host, be ready to have the ride of your life!"
Yan Xiao froze.
"Beep, beep, beep, beep!"
"Warning, warning!"
"Detecting a Late Stage Qi Refining Demon Beast—Scarlet Flame Beast—active!"
"Given the current strength of the weak host, please evacuate this area as soon as possible, or there will be life-threatening danger!"
This sudden sound made Yan Xiao freeze.
"System?"
"A Late Stage Qi Refining Stage Demon Beast?!!!"
Hearing this sound, he was completely bewildered.
This is a legitimate Dharma Ending Era world. Where would a Qi Refining Stage Demon Beast come from? And what is this System?
[Scarlet Flame Beast: Late Stage Qi Refining Demon Beast.]
It is entirely crimson, small in size, yet extremely ferocious and swift.
Once it invades the body, even a Foundation Establishment Stage Great Perfection Cultivator cannot escape.
Not only that, the Scarlet Flame Beast also carries extremely potent fire poison. Once contaminated, one will suffer the torment of burning day and night, wishing for death!
The System prompt box appeared before Yan Xiao's eyes.
Moreover, the System thoughtfully displayed the Scarlet Flame Beast's illustration and its current location.
"Beep, beep, beep, beep!"
"Beep, beep, beep, beep!"
"Please evacuate this area as soon as possible! Please evacuate this area as soon as possible! Please evacuate this area as soon as possible!"