Qin Shi: I went astray in the Heavenly Sect

Chapter 3 Three Sheep Village: Only Then Did I Realize It Was the Warring States Period

"Sigh~~"

After regaining consciousness, Chen Xiuyuan felt pain all over his body, as if needles were pricking his bones. He couldn't help but gasp.

At this moment, his consciousness was still somewhat hazy, and his eyelids felt as if they were weighed down by stones, unable to be lifted. He could only hear a series of booming sounds outside, which came from afar and then receded into the distance, eventually fading away.

The smell of withered grass and rotten roots filled the air. Chen Xiuyuan was puzzled and startled. He remembered that he was sleeping in bed and the dormitory was very clean. It definitely didn't smell like this.

He tried to lift his eyelids again, but he couldn't open them. In the end, he had to give up on that option. He also tried to move his hands and feet, but they were also immobile.

Chen Xiuyuan's clear consciousness lasted only a short time. Soon, he felt a strong drowsiness wash over him again, and he could no longer stay awake and fell asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Xiuyuan regained consciousness. This time, he opened his eyes, but upon seeing the scene before him, he was struck dumb, frozen in place.

"What is this place?"

Before him lay a dilapidated house, or at least a place that could be called a house. Beneath him lay a field of weeds. Through the broken wooden door, he could see the scene outside: corpses lying haphazardly in the street. These people were dressed in strange clothes, not the attire of modern people, but rather clothes from ancient times.

The ground was still damp, as if it had just rained. There were some weeds soaked in the puddles in the corner, some of which had rotted. He couldn't help but think that the smell he had vaguely caught earlier must have come from it.

Apart from the pile of weeds beneath him, there was nothing else in the house. There was also a bundle of dry firewood against the west wall, so this place must have been a woodshed for storing firewood.

"Passed through?"

Chen Xiuyuan quickly calmed down and the word popped into his mind. However, he didn't understand why such a "good thing" would happen to him since he hadn't done anything immoral recently. Moreover, judging from the start, it was undoubtedly a very bad thing.

Just as he got up from the pile of weeds and was about to go out to investigate, he suddenly realized that his hands had become much smaller, unlike an adult's hands. He subconsciously touched his face and his limbs.

"Oh no, he's still just a kid."

Chen Xiuyuan gave a wry smile. With such a start, and another child involved, he was afraid that the road ahead would be difficult. Right now, it was clearly a chaotic world, and an adult often had a greater advantage in surviving than a child.

He then tried moving his body around, and surprisingly, it felt much better; the acupuncture sensation he had felt earlier was completely gone.

Sunlight streamed in from outside, and he instinctively shielded his eyes with his hand. Then, a hint of suspicion appeared in his eyes. He noticed a small birthmark on his left hand. The shape of the birthmark was strange, and it immediately reminded him of the porcelain pillow he had bought in Panjiayuan.

A flash of inspiration struck him, and his expression became quite interesting.

After a long while, he sighed softly.

"If only I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have done it in the first place."

Fortunately, he was in a good mood and quickly calmed down. The situation was already a reality, and he was powerless to change it. With the attitude of "since I'm here, I might as well make the best of it," he left the house and began to make plans.

With the help of the sunlight, he could see clearly what he was wearing: coarse cloth clothes, he couldn't tell if they were linen or cotton, but they felt very rough against his skin.

The streets were deserted, with no one in sight, or rather, no living people. There were rows of hoofprints on the muddy streets, which he guessed indicated that this place must be from an ancient period.

He could make some simple judgments from the general appearance, skin color, and clothing of these people, but he couldn't determine which period it was for the time being.

"That's ruthless enough." He strolled along the muddy street, a shadow falling over his heart. He was the only survivor in the huge village, and judging from the mark on his clothes, he guessed that the porcelain pillow had some special function that had saved him.

"There are 43 rooms in total, with 108 or 109 people, mostly elderly, women and children, and only three able-bodied people."

As he walked, Chen Xiuyuan muttered to himself, feeling as if a huge rock was pressing down on his heart.

massacre of the village

He had only ever seen such things in books, but the conflict in reality was so intense that it made him tremble involuntarily.

"asshole!!"

Chen Xiuyuan cursed under his breath. Although he didn't know why the village had been massacred, such an act had crossed his bottom line.

Even immortals value life!

Human life is only once; this act is contrary to natural law and human ethics.

After a while, Chen Xiuyuan walked to the end of the village, where a stone tablet was buried. There were three strange characters on the stone tablet, but Chen Xiuyuan recognized them.

Sanyang Village.

The village name is ordinary, but the characters are extraordinary. As Chen Xiuyuan traced the characters with his finger, his eyes narrowed unconsciously.

"The script of the Zhao state~~"

"Could it be the Warring States period?"

Chen Xiuyuan stroked the stone tablet with his fingertips, his gaze unconsciously drifting into the distance. If those people were to launch a surprise attack at this moment, it would be a disaster for him.

Fortunately, his worries were unnecessary, and there was no further news from the distance. He turned to look at the village and gently shook his head.

"If this is truly the era, then this world..."

During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the feudal lords vied for supremacy, and this war raged for hundreds of years. In the end, the Qin Dynasty achieved unification, ending this era of endless warfare.
According to records, the average lifespan of adult men during this period was extremely short. Although not explicitly stated, it was understood that most of them went to fulfill the ambitions of those monarchs. However, human desires are endless; having one, one wants two; having two, one wants three; having three, one wants even more.
"Insatiable greed!"

Compared to these warring states, he actually wanted to meet the thinkers of this era, an era of the most intense intellectual clashes in Chinese history, a time of flourishing ideas and diverse schools of thought.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Xiuyuan decided to go back to the village first and look for any tools he could use for self-defense. He remembered that when he was wandering around before, he found a house with animal skins hanging on the wall. That family must be a hunter family. Since they were hunters, they would naturally have bows and arrows.

Of course, he couldn't stay in this place anymore; the village had been massacred, so it was bound to be unsafe.

With this thought in mind, Chen Xiuyuan stopped walking and quickly turned back to begin his actions.

"Find some more money or something to eat."

We need to get out of here right away!

(End of this chapter)