After absorbing all of the dead Tian Mingyun’s memories, Tian Mingyun sat on his cold and hard bed in the lotus position and closed his eyes to ponder about the memories he’d just received.
At the young age of thirteen, because he was not a cultivation genius like his siblings, the Tian Family disowned him and tossed him to the Heaven’s Essence Sect, one of the countless Sects in this Eastern Continent, where he had to endure three years of torment and pain — every day until his last moments.
“What a lousy family. Just because fate did not favor him, they tossed him away like mere trash.”
Tian Mingyun couldn’t help but shake his head.
After learning about his own family, Tian Mingyun began looking at his memories as a disciple of the Heaven’s Essence Sect, where he was constantly bullied and taken advantage of because of his low talent and background as some abandoned trash from the great Tian Family.
Being a silver-grade Sect, the Heaven’s Essence Sect is a well-respected power within the Eastern Continent with a little over ten thousand disciples ranging from the Spirit Condensation Realm to the Spirit Origin Realm.
Every Sect within the Eastern Continent is given a grade from the bronze-grade to the gold-grade depending on the overall talent and achievements of the place.
Those graded bronze are obviously at the bottom of the barrel and abundant within the Eastern Continent, whilst silver are those with notable achievements, and gold being the highest grade, the holy ground for Cultivators from all over the world.
As for Cultivation, Tian Mingyun was at the 3rd level of Spirit Condensation Realm before his death, the starting realm for every Cultivator in this world.
“Third level Spirit Condensation Realm, huh? In order to avoid suspicion from the people around me, I should create a new Dantian that is void of Cultivation and start from scratch.”
After thinking that, Tian Mingyun took a few seconds to create a new Dantian in this body. This way, when someone tries to probe him, they will only see his fake cultivation base.
Of course, this kind of situation is usually unthinkable for the people of this world.
Once he created his second Dantian, Tian Mingyun absorbed the Spirit Qi around him and began cultivating.
A few minutes later, Tian Mingyun’s cultivation achieved the 3rd level Spirit Condensation Realm from scratch, something that would require months for the Cultivators of this world to achieve.
“Now that I have all of the information I needed to continue living as Tian Mingyun, I can fulfill his request without any suspicion and begin looking for the Celestial Treasures.”
Tian Mingyun has decided to partake in a game that was created by the current Empyrean Overlord, the ruler of all ten million worlds in this universe, and find all ten Celestial Treasures hidden around this universe.
As for why Tian Mingyun decided to change his identity, even taking the identity of an already dead man… that is still something nobody in this universe besides Tian Mingyun knows.
After preparing himself for his new life, Tian Mingyun laid on the cold, hard bed and closed his eyes to rest.
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Bang!
“Wake up, you trash!”
Early in the morning, a vicious kick forcefully opened the doors to Tian Mingyun’s small room in his living quarters.
Tian Mingyun slowly sat up on his bed and faced the three intruders with his above-average facial features.
“Li Qigang and his lackeys, huh…”
Tian Mingyun immediately recognized the face of these three intruders from his memories, who were also his housemates, as they were people that have wronged the dead Tian Mingyun.
“I can kill them right now and get it over with, but Tian Mingyun would not have wanted them to die so quickly, not to mention the rules of this Heaven’s Essence Sect that forbids killing between disciples and would surely bring trouble for me afterward.”
“What the hell are you staring at, Tian Mingyun, you trash?! Do you want me to gouge your eyes out?! Grab the broom and start sweeping the entire living quarters!”
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“...”
Tian Mingyun remained unresponsive, almost like he was still asleep.
“Could it be that he’s still asleep?”
“He must have not been able to sleep well last night after receiving that brutal beating from Senior Brother Yun.”
“I don’t care if he’s asleep or half-death! Wake him up for me!” Li Qigang shouted in anger.
One of his lackeys immediately approached Tian Mingyun with raised arms and the intention to slap Tian Mingyun awake.
The next moment, a loud sound resounded in the room, sounding like someone had their cheeks slapped off his face.
“Keep your dirty hands off me, you varmint,” said Tian Mingyun after he slapped the lackey so hard that his face kissed the solid floor.
“W-What just happened?”
The other two stared at the situation with wide eyes and mouth, their expression filled with shock and disbelief.
“Impossible! Tian Mingyun is only at the 3rd level Spirit Condensation Realm! How could he do this much damage against Fan Zhen, who is already at the 4th level Spirit Condensation Realm!?”
“T-Tian Mingyun! What the hell have you done?! How dare you hit him before my presence! Have you gone mad after being beaten by Senior Brother Ren?!” Li Qiqang trembled in anger.
“S-Senior Brother Li! Look at his body! The wounds he received yesterday are all gone!”
The other disciple immediately exclaimed after noticing this detail.
“What?!”
Li Qigang quickly inspected Tian Mingyun’s body.
“You are right! It’s almost like his fight yesterday never happened!”
“...”
Tian Mingyun looked at his own body and thought to himself, “Oh? How could I have forgotten such a detail? I should put some bandage on my body later.”
“Did he consume a restoration pill to heal his wounds? To heal so many deep wounds so quickly and perfectly, it must have been a rare pill!”
The lackey beside Li Qigang suddenly said.
“What? That’s impossible! Only third-grade pills would have such miraculous effects! How could someone as poor as Tian Mingyun afford such a pill?” Li Qigang had his doubts.
“But that’s the only explanation for his recovery I can think of…”
“...”
After pondering for a second, Li Qigang narrowed his eyes at Tian Mingyun and spoke, “Tian Mingyun, as long as you hand me whatever wealth you have left, this young master can ignore what happened today!”
However, Tian Mingyun remained nonchalant.
After getting no respond or reaction from Tian Mingyun, Li Qigang’s expression turned into a frown, and he yelled, “Good! Then I will beat you up and take it from you!”
Li Qigang rushed at Tian Mingyun with his fists raised and powered by his fifth level Spirit Condensation Realm cultivation base.
“Hmph!”
Tian Mingyun coldly snorted and raised his hands.
PA!
A loud slapping sound resounded as Tian Mingyun slapped Li Qigang on the face.
However, unlike the previous victim, Li Qigang did not immediately touch the floor and directly flew out of the room.
Tian Mingyun then stood up from his bed and looked at the last lackey and spoke in a calm voice, “Grab a broom and start cleaning this house. Once the other two wakes up, have them do the same. If this house is not spotless by the time I return, I will give each of you two more slaps.”
“...”
The last lackey was too terrified to even open his mouth and only nodded his head.
“Scram!” Tian Mingyun narrowed his eyes, and the disciple immediately disappeared to find a broom.
When peace returned to the place, Tian Mingyun casually wrapped some bandage around his body, before leaving his living quarters.
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After leaving his house, Tian Mingyun strolled around the Outer Court before entering the cafeteria for some food.
On his way to the cafeteria, his appearance attracted many disciples’ attention.
“Who is that? His entire body is wrapped in bandages.”
“Isn’t that Tian Mingyun? I’m surprised that he can walk after yesterday’s beating!”
“What? He’s that trash that offended Senior Brother Ren yesterday?”
“He was at the 2nd level Spirit Condensation Realm when he entered Heaven’s Essence Sect, and he’s only at the 3rd level Spirit Condensation Realm three whole years later. It’s a miracle that he’s still in this place!”
“I heard that he’s from the renowned Tian Family that has produced many cultivation geniuses? How could he be from that place?”
“He ‘was’ from the Tian Family. They disowned him.”
“Hmph! He deserves it!”
Although disciples were disdaining him from every direction, Tian Mingyun remained calm, looking like he couldn’t even hear them.
Once he reached the cafeteria, Tian Mingyun ordered the cheapest food available, which was a bowl of rice and some tasteless soup.
“So this is what mortals eat, huh…”
Despite the low-quality food that could only be described as dirt if compared to the food he would usually eat, Tian Mingyun devoured everything with a smile on his face, looking quite satisfied with his experience.
After his relatively peaceful time in the cafeteria, Tian Mingyun made his way towards the Pagoda of Knowledge, a place where disciples can go to rent out martial techniques.
If he’s going to live in this place as a disciple for some time, he might as well learn a few techniques from them. After all, even if he lowers its strength, if he uses techniques that are not from this place, it will definitely raise some suspicion, something he would rather avoid.