The Beginning of a Courtyard House: Sixty Years of Internal Strength

After delivering takeout all day and drinking quite a bit of alcohol to relieve his fatigue, Zhao Wei lay on the bed and began to contemplate life.

Now 25 years old, he was born an orphan and has experienced all the hardships of life. After graduating from high school, he failed to get into university and left the orphanage to enter society.

I've done all sorts of hard and tiring jobs in factories, from screwing in screws to carrying plates and delivering packages. I've given it my all, but all I've saved up is enough to buy a bathroom. I really wish I could live like the "Sanhe Gods" (a derogatory term for people in Sanhe District, Beijing).

It's precisely because I'm poor that I'm still single. I haven't even given away my virginity yet; it's a truly pathetic situation, and I'm too embarrassed to even mention those two words.

I don't know how long I thought about all sorts of random things, but I fell asleep in a daze. I don't know how long I slept, but the tinkling sound in my mind kept going on and on.

Who is it that's so annoying? I was sleeping soundly. Zhao Wei opened his eyes and looked around. The walls were dark yellow and the furniture was dilapidated. It was really bare. This was not my rented room at all.

Where did I end up? Is this still in China? Did someone take a fancy to my parts and want to cut me in half?

Startled, Zhao Wei checked his entire body. Thankfully, all his parts were still there. But wait, how come his penis had grown so much? He quickly looked in the mirror. Oh my god, this handsome young man is me?

Did I transmigrate? No great luck, no being hit by a car while saving a child, I just fell asleep and transmigrated, is that right?

Suddenly, a flood of memories filled my mind. This was Beijing, my father was a master carpenter at a furniture factory, my mother was a housewife, I had an older brother and a younger sister, and I had just been separated from my family.

Before Zhao Wei could sort out his thoughts, another notification sounded in his mind.

[Hello, host. Congratulations on awakening your innate wisdom. I am the spirit of the Chaos Pearl. Due to the depletion of my luck during the transmigration and preparation of the newbie gift pack, I need to enter a period of slumber. Do you have any further questions, master?]

"Su Hui? You mean I've been reincarnated? I died in my sleep in my previous life? Is it that hasty?" Zhao Wei wondered to himself.

The host suffered a stroke due to excessive fatigue and alcohol consumption, resulting in his death.

"Is this the past or a movie world? What is the purpose of bringing me here? Can I go back?"

[This is a courtyard-style integrated film and television world. Originally, you were supposed to go to a martial arts world, but you encountered a spacetime turbulence and were swept here. Your purpose is to collect luck. The host still has a chance to return.]

How do I collect luck?

[Simply alter the fluctuations in the fates of the main and supporting characters]

"Would killing him directly bring a large amount of good fortune?"

[Yes, but I don't recommend the host kill directly, because it's uncertain whether the resulting fortune will be enough to awaken me.]

"There has to be some kind of control panel, I need to know your waking-up progress too."

Yes, it will create a panel for the host.

What's included in the new player gift pack? Is there enough space?

[A grand martial arts gift pack from the Free and Unfettered Sect, containing sixty years' worth of internal energy. The Chaos Pearl contains twenty acres of land, a small hill, and a spiritual spring. The host can control it at will.]

"You really did prepare for a crossover martial arts world in advance, huh? What a pity. Will I be traveling to other worlds in the future? With a physical body in tow?"

Yes, it's possible to traverse countless worlds and collect their fortune. This is physical transmigration. If the physical body dies, it will undergo soul transmigration.

"What if all the main and supporting characters die, but the luck still hasn't been accumulated enough?"

When the host dies of old age, the Chaos Pearl will carry the host's soul to a random location.

"I have no further questions. Let's open the gift pack."

[Okay, host. After the infusion is complete, I will immediately fall into a deep sleep and look forward to seeing you again.]

A surge of power poured into Zhao Wei's head, and his eight extraordinary meridians began to ache with a tearing pain.

Zhao Wei quickly bit the pillow next to him to prevent himself from screaming.

Suddenly, time seemed to pass very slowly. He didn't know how much time had gone by, but the pain subsided, and Zhao Wei immediately felt a difference in his body. He even felt that he could punch a mountain and smash it to pieces.

Before he could even get excited, a sharp pain shot through his head as a flood of information overwhelmed him. Before he could even bite his pillow, he passed out.

Zhao Wei didn't wake up until evening. His head was still throbbing a little. "Damn, this was so sudden. I wasn't prepared at all."

A multitude of ideas flooded my mind: acupoints and meridians, Taoist scriptures, and so on.

It's a pity we don't have the knowledge of the Three Elders of Xiaoyao, especially Wuyazi's; it's such a shame.

As expected of the Free and Unfettered Sect's generous gift package, it includes top-tier martial arts techniques like Free and Unfettered Wind Control. There are so many martial arts, including a dual cultivation technique. I wonder whose it is. The three elders of the Free and Unfettered Sect have all the martial arts they know.

I've mastered the internal energy cultivation techniques, but I still need to practice the external skills like Lingbo Weibu and Tianshan Zhemei Shou. I quickly sat cross-legged to test the unique effects of the internal energy cultivation method.

Damn, there's no spiritual energy in this world at all. We can only refine essence into qi, which means we have to eat it. And our internal energy is decreasing with every use.

"Isn't there a spiritual spring in the Chaos Space? Let's go in and take a look." Zhao Wei sensed the Chaos Pearl in his mind and entered with a thought.

I tried practicing the cultivation method and found that there was indeed a lot of pure spiritual energy in the world. After only half an hour of practice, I felt my internal strength increase.

There's no rush to cultivate; there's plenty of time later. He scooped up a handful of spiritual spring water; its spiritual energy was so abundant it felt like it was about to overflow—it was incredibly nourishing.

Sit down quickly and digest the spiritual energy in your body. You feel a throbbing pain in your veins before it's fully digested. It's truly a wonderful thing. I mustn't drink too much of it in the future; otherwise, I might explode and die.

I wandered around inside the Chaos Pearl; it was completely bare, without any plants or animals. Looks like I'll have to transplant things myself.

He then left the space, lay on the bed, and began to examine his memories. In this life, he was called Li Jianguo. He had even changed his name, and it was really a bit hard to get used to.

According to Zhao Weicai's memory, it turned out that his older brother got married, so the family started to divide the property. In those days, the eldest son was usually the one to take care of the family in their old age, and the rest of the family members would be given away.

This old man is really good; he bought Zhao Wei two rooms in the first courtyard of No. 95 compound. Although they are two rooms facing backwards, at least they are private property.

They also found Zhao Wei a job as a purchasing agent at Lou's Steel Rolling Mill. He has been working there for a month now, and today is his day off.

My father was from Zhaojia Village in Shunyi County. He got a job in a furniture factory because of his carpentry skills.

It was precisely because he could go back to his hometown to buy some pheasants and rabbits that they found a purchasing agent for Zhao Wei.

It was only the latter half of 1951. He Daqing had already fled, leaving only He Yuzhu and his sister He Yushui. Jia Dongxu was also already married.

It's such a pity. The sooner you do it, the easier it is to change your predetermined fate. There's no way to intercept it now.

If he marries the female lead, her fate will be completely changed. The "Stealing Saint's Staff" trope, Xiao Dang and Huaihua will be gone, and he will definitely have a lot of good fortune.

It's a real pity I arrived a year too late, but with my current internal strength, I can easily conquer this small courtyard house.