After the spiritual energy was restored: Goddess girlfriends came knocking.

This unexpected situation left Lin Chu stunned for quite a while.

It wasn't until a mountain breeze blew by, making him shiver, that he came to his senses.

I opened my palm and looked at it from all angles, but there was nothing there.

But the book in my mind is still there, quietly hanging there.

Lin Chu, who reads a lot of novels, immediately realized that she had probably encountered some kind of extraordinary event.

But the more I understand, the more unreal it feels.

Holy crap.

He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

The mountains are never a safe place.

He picked up his phone, stood up, brushed the dirt off his pants, and decisively headed down the mountain.

I opened WeChat on the way and saw several missed voice messages, all from my colleague Xiao Zhou.

Lin Chu dialed back.

"Brother! Where have you been? Manager Wang has been looking for you all day. He says your resignation application submitted yesterday doesn't count and he wants you to talk to him in person."

"There's nothing to talk about."

"When are you coming back?"

Lin Chu looked around at the mountains.

"We'll see."

After hanging up the phone, he continued walking.

The mountain mist had not yet dissipated, and the pine trees were faintly visible in the fog.

After descending the mountain and collecting her luggage, Lin Chu headed straight for the station.

I got home as quickly as possible.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief when he lay down on his own bed.

I began to seriously study the book in my mind.

Lin Chu tried to open it.

This time it was easier than at the mountaintop.

He only had the thought of "wanting to open it," and the book opened by itself.

"The Book of Myriad Realms"

Lin Chu read it out subconsciously.

He was certain he didn't recognize those four characters, but he pronounced them without a single stumble.

"Host: Lin Chu"

Current status: Not entered.

"The Book of Myriad Realms connects to countless worlds. The host can create a character through this book and experience different lives. In each life, the host will receive corresponding tasks. Completing the tasks will earn rewards, including but not limited to: cultivation techniques, spiritual items, abilities..."

"Note: Because the time in the Book of Myriad Realms is not in the same dimension as the time in the real world, the current time ratio is 1:365. Therefore, in order to protect the host's mind from being confused due to the time difference after returning to reality, the specific memories in the book except for the rewards will be sealed after returning to reality, only the general plot will be retained. The seal will be gradually lifted when the host's abilities are sufficient."

Then there's a blank space below.

As I continued flipping through the pages, three words suddenly appeared on the second page.

"Mysterious Heaven Realm".

This is followed by several lines of smaller text.

"World Type: High-level martial arts fantasy".

"Identity: Mortal on the Border of the Vast Domain"

Fate is sealed:

Firstly, you will step onto the grandest chessboard of humankind, ascend to the highest court, and wield power. Each rank you attain will form the foundation upon which you achieve enlightenment.

Secondly, by the stream, a secret of heaven is revealed. You need to encounter a koi fish amidst the turbulent waves of the mortal world, swim upstream, and help it leap over the Dragon Gate of Heaven and Earth.

"Enter?"

After reading it, Lin Chu remained silent for a while.

He had naturally heard of the story of the carp leaping over the dragon gate.

He looked at those words over and over again.

Dragons, dragons are emperors... I digress. By the way, do such things really exist?

He recalled listening to stories told by the elders in the village when he was a child. They said that a long, long time ago, there was a dragon in the river in front of the village. Later, the dragon left, and the river dried up.

But I never believed it.

And the rewards mentioned inside.

After hesitating for a moment.

Lin Chu hardened her gaze and took a deep breath.

Click to enter.

The word "Enter" lit up for a moment, and then the whole book started turning pages, faster and faster, so fast that he couldn't see them at all.

Golden light poured out from the pages of the book, engulfing his consciousness.

Lin Chu felt herself falling.

The surroundings were a blur; nothing could be seen or heard.

Then he heard the sound of flowing water.

When I opened my eyes again, I was in another place.

Lin Chu sat up.

It was surrounded by a small hillside, and there was a willow tree nearby.

Below the slope is a stream, the water so clear you can see the bottom.

In the distance are rolling mountains, one layer upon another, with snow still clinging to the summit of the farthest peak.

Lin Chu looked down at herself.

Two small hands, the skin so tender you could see the veins.

The clothes were made of coarse cloth, grayish, and patched in several places, but they were very clean.

He immediately ran to the stream and looked into the water.

It's a child's face.

She looked to be around ten years old, with a delicate face, and you could vaguely see a resemblance to her childhood self in her eyes and brows.

But it's not quite the same; I can't quite put my finger on why.

Lin Chu stood up and stretched her arms and legs.

He was very light-footed and had a lot of energy, the kind of energy only children have.

After calming down for a moment.

Lin Chu walked upstream along the stream, and after about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he saw a thatched hut.

The house was small, with dry grass on the roof and a few pieces of clothing drying in front of the door.

There is a small yard in front of the house, and a large locust tree is planted in the middle of the yard.

An old man with gray hair sat at the doorway, engrossed in reading a book.

The old man heard footsteps and looked up.

"Chu'er, where did you run off to again? Come here, I'll teach you something new today."

Lin Chu was taken aback.

Chu'er.

He looked down at himself.

They immediately realized what was happening.

The character that Wan Jie Shu created for himself is also named Lin Chu.

"Alright," Lin Chu breathed a sigh of relief.

If you're using someone else's body to do something, you'll always feel a little awkward.

The old man's surname was Chen, and everyone in the village called him Mr. Chen. It was said that he had studied for a few years and had even taken the imperial examination for the title of Xiushi when he was young, but he failed and returned to the village to become a schoolteacher.

He was called a teacher, but he didn't actually teach many students.

The village was poor, and not many families could afford to send their children to school.

In the story, Lin Chu was abandoned. Mr. Chen took pity on him and, since he had no children of his own, took him in, provided him with food and lodging, and taught him to read.

Of course, Lin Chu gradually learned all of this from Mr. Chen later.

His own memory of this world is vague, like looking through a layer of fog, unable to see clearly.

But that didn't prevent him from adapting.

The days spent studying with Mr. Chen were very peaceful.

I would get up in the morning, fetch water to wash my face, and then sit on a small stool by the door, listening to Mr. Chen read aloud.

"The way of the Great Learning consists in manifesting one's bright virtue, in loving the people, and in abiding in perfect goodness."

Mr. Chen reads a sentence, and he repeats it after him.

He had read these books when he was researching in real life, but reading them again in this world felt different.

The words are still the same words, and the meaning is still the same, but as he reads them, he feels as if he has really become a ten-year-old child, sitting in front of a thatched hut, following an old man with gray hair, reading word by word.

This went on for about half a month.

That evening, Lin Chu finished reading her homework for the day, told Mr. Chen, and took her fishing rod to the stream.

He found a calm spot, baited the hook with an earthworm, and cast the fishing line into the water.

Then I leaned against a tree on the shore and started waiting.

The setting sun dyed the entire stream orange-red, it was very beautiful.

Lin Chu squinted at the buoys on the water's surface, her mind wandering to all sorts of random thoughts.

In the Xuan Tian Realm and the Hao Ran Domain, one must take the imperial examinations to gain fame and fortune.

He's only ten years old now; it's too early for him to take the imperial examinations.

As for helping the koi carp transform into dragons, there's even less of a clue.

However, studying under Mr. Chen was a good start. Although Mr. Chen was not a scholar or a graduate, he had a solid foundation and could understand everything he was taught.

Just as I was thinking this, the float suddenly sank.

coming.

He quickly grabbed the fishing rod and pulled it up.

empty.

The earthworm was eaten, but the fish didn't bite.

Lin Chu smiled, reattached the earthworm, and cast the fishing line back in.

This time he kept a closer eye on things.

Not long after, the float moved again.

This time he didn't lift the rod immediately. He waited until the float was pulled down two or three times before suddenly lifting it.

The fishing line was taut and straight.

This fish was quite big; it bent the fishing rod from pulling it.

Lin Chu struggled with it for a while before finally pulling it out of the water.

It is a carp.

But it's not an ordinary carp.

Its scales shimmered with a very special color in the setting sun, unlike the dull gray scales of ordinary carp.

Instead, it was a red with a golden sheen, as if the sunset had been crushed and pieced together and pasted onto its body.

The fish struggled twice in his hand.

Lin Chu took it off the fishhook and held it in her hands.

"This fish is quite pretty."

I was just about to put it into the fish basket.

A voice suddenly rang in my mind.

"Mission objective detected."

Lin Chu was taken aback.

What?

He looked down at the carp in his hand.

This fish.

Is it the one mentioned in the mission?

He looked at the fish, then at the stream, and suddenly felt that something was amiss.

A carp.

To transform into a dragon.

He held the fish up to his eyes and examined it carefully.

The fish was also watching him, its dark, shiny eyes darting around, its mouth opening and closing as if it were saying something.