Chapter 3

The usually composed Ye Xiao was now so shocked that his mouth hung open. He truly never expected that something so bizarre and unimaginable would happen to him!

This body... is actually someone else's body.

The place he is in now is the Han Yang Continent... Yes, the secular world that he often talked about in his previous life, the Qingyun Sky Realm.

Fortunately, although the body is someone else's, it is still "Ye Xiao's" body.

Because the original owner of this body, coincidentally, was also named Ye Xiao. He was the son of Ye Nan Tian, the Northern Governor General of the Han Yang Empire.

At this moment, he is in the Governor General's mansion in the capital city of Chenxing.

And this unfortunate Ye Xiao had spent the previous night drinking and causing a ruckus with a few rich young men in a brothel. When he returned home, he suddenly suffered from severe abdominal pain and died.

At this very moment, Ye Xiao, the Laughing Lord, who had not completely lost his true spirit, coincidentally entered his body.

"I have a rough idea of the situation... No, I still don't understand..." Ye Xiao frowned, rubbing his temples. "I was already completely soul-scattered, with absolutely no chance of survival. How could I not die and end up in this body? It's hard to imagine..."

Despite his extensive knowledge, he still couldn't figure out what was happening.

Because such a thing was absolutely impossible... but it was now happening to him.

"But, it's good to be alive, and there's hope... As long as I practice correctly, with my experience honed through countless trials, I believe it won't take long for me, Ye Xiao, to become the peak Laughing Lord of my previous life! The three major sects, wait for me, I will definitely return!"

Ye Xiao gritted his teeth, his eyes shooting sharp rays of light.

Those guys used all their strength to deal with him, finally causing him to be completely annihilated, but they never imagined that the Laughing Lord, whom they thought was completely destroyed, was still alive?

One day, I will definitely give you a surprise!

While Ye Xiao was thinking, he suddenly felt a severe pain in his abdomen, a pain that felt like his liver was about to tear.

"I see, this bastard died suddenly... It turns out he was poisoned..." The Laughing Lord's experience and wisdom were so profound that he instantly understood what had happened to his body. However, understanding was one thing, and the impact on his body was another. The intense pain made him break out in a cold sweat.

This young master of the general's family was actually poisoned to death.

At this moment, although he had taken over this body, the poison inside was still present and still had the power to kill.

However, this poison, which could kill the Ye Xiao, the son of the general, was a different matter for the Laughing Lord Ye Xiao!

"It's just a measly Qingming Fruit poison... Hmph."

In an instant, he identified the poison. Ye Xiao was dismissive, but suddenly felt a darkness before his eyes, realizing that the poison had flared up again. He hurriedly mobilized his spiritual energy to try to expel the poison, but was shocked to find that his body was empty. He then remembered that the current "Ye Xiao" was no longer the Laughing Lord of his previous life. Now, he was just a rich young man from a general's family, who, although he seemed to have practiced mystic arts, had no spiritual energy to use.

Thinking of this, Ye Xiao almost clutched his head in pain.

If the Laughing Lord, who survived a great calamity, was ultimately ended by a small Qingming Fruit, that would be a huge joke!

The pain in his internal organs became more and more intense. Ye Xiao gritted his teeth: The only way to survive now is to stay alive. At this point, he could only use his remaining divine soul power to suppress the poison first!

Ye Xiao sat cross-legged, gritted his teeth, and used his divine soul power. He instantly found the source of the poison and forcefully pressed it down...

"Spit!"

Ye Xiao spat out a mouthful of blood, his face as pale as death.

"Damn! The last bit of divine soul power... used to suppress the poison. Now I'm really as weak as a chicken, never thought I, Ye Xiao, would have such a miserable day..." Ye Xiao wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and thought, "The most urgent thing now is to remove the poison from my body! Otherwise, I'll probably be a stinking corpse in a few days... and what talk of revenge..."

"Encountering such a situation is truly helpless. I have a head full of cultivation experience and top-notch techniques... but now I can't use any of it, and I can't cultivate at all."

Ye Xiao was full of resentment, his mouth twisted as he muttered, "I'm now like a eunuch who serves the emperor, holding a mountain of gold and silver in a brothel, with money and women, but I can't do anything... This extreme frustration is happening to me, what kind of Laughing Lord am I? I might as well change my name to 'Unlucky Egg'..."

Complaints aside, but he still needed to think of a solution.

...

"Steward, go and get these medicines for me." Ye Xiao held a prescription, which he had just written. For the well-versed Laughing Lord, there were still ways to detoxify from the "Qingming Fruit" without using spiritual energy.

"However, being a rich second generation is quite enjoyable. Not only do I have endless silver, but there are also people running errands for me..." Seeing the steward come to acknowledge his order, Ye Xiao felt somewhat relieved.

"These... Young Master... these medicines..." The steward looked at the prescription, his mouth twitching, scratching his head, and looking bewildered.

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

"These medicines... I've never heard of them..." The steward said humbly, "Young Master, I know quite a few medicinal herbs on this continent, and I've read the 'Compendium of Materia Medica,' but these herbs... Ice Mystic Fruit, Fire Spirit Grass, Phoenix Feather Flower... I've never heard of them. Where did you get this prescription from..."

"Uh..." Ye Xiao slapped his head.

He then remembered that these medicines were all from the Qingyun Sky Realm; in this secular world, they probably didn't exist.

"Alright, alright, I was just joking..." Ye Xiao sighed, "You can go back to your work."

The steward scratched his head, puzzled, and left. He didn't know what was wrong with his young master today, asking him to get medicines. Did he think that writing a few strange names would make him seem well-versed? Truly... speechless.

Ye Xiao quickly walked to the study of General Ye.

Flipping through several 'Compendium of Materia Medica' and other books on strange things and medicinal principles...

"Sure enough." Ye Xiao sighed.

The Qingming Fruit poison, although not a highly sophisticated poison in Ye Xiao's eyes, was a poison from the Sky Realm. In this secular world, there were no medicines to detoxify the Qingming Fruit!

It seems that the person who poisoned me was determined to kill me. But, without the antidote, and with no way to go back, I can only wait to die?

"Also, this is clearly something that only exists in the Sky Realm... How did it get to this world? The person who poisoned me must have some... connections above?" A sharp light flashed in Ye Xiao's eyes.

"Young Master, Lan Langlang has come to visit." A guard came in to report.

In this half day, Ye Xiao had discovered that his general's mansion was quite peculiar.

The entire large courtyard had no female relatives, not even maids, servants, or old ladies. The people coming and going were all big men.

And many of them, although fierce-looking, had disabilities.

It seems that this General Ye had arranged for many injured soldiers to live in his mansion.

What a general who loves his soldiers like his own children!

This was Ye Xiao's first impression of his "father"!

"Lan Langlang?" Ye Xiao was taken aback for a moment, then remembered. This Lan Langlang was the son of another general of the Han Yang Empire, General Lan. General Lan and his father, General Ye, were both leading generals, but General Lan was the Southern Governor General, while his father was the Northern Governor General, standing in opposition.

These two were both sons of generals, and their fathers were often away from home. "Sympathizing with each other," they naturally came together, becoming standard "buddies." However, Lan Langlang still had his mother and several concubines to manage him, so although he was also a rich young man, his behavior wasn't too outrageous. Overall, he was a bit better than the previous "Ye Xiao," but not by much.

And there was a story behind Lan Langlang's name.

It is said that General Lan had a stuttering problem since childhood. The day Lan Langlang was born, General Lan returned home after a long journey, exhausted.

But he dreamed of a boat on the sea, with huge waves. The family said, "It's a young master, please name him, General."

At that moment, General Lan was recalling his dream from the previous night. Suddenly, he heard the news of the birth, and in his excitement, his stuttering problem flared up, and he said, "That... Lang... Lang... Langlang..."

So the steward turned and reported, "The General says... the young master will be called Langlang..."

Thus, Lan Langlang got his name and became famous.

After all, "Lang" and "Langlang" are worlds apart!

"Xiao Xiao, I heard you got taken down last night?" Lan Langlang's strange, high-pitched voice could be heard from far away before he even entered the door. "Ha ha ha... Fortunately, I left early last night... Otherwise, I would have been corrupted by you guys..."

Ye Xiao's face instantly darkened, and he blurted out, "Bastard, Lan Langlang, if you call me Xiao Xiao again, I'll beat you to death!"

Lan Langlang shrank his neck and stepped into the door, still grinning, "I heard you were quite heroic last night? Drinking in a brothel, you drank yourself into a stupor... I'm impressed, I'm impressed!"

Ye Xiao snorted and rolled his eyes, "How do you get your information so quickly? Did you plant spies in my house?"

Lan Langlang laughed, "Your house is such a mess, it doesn't even need spies..."

After a few exchanges, Ye Xiao finally took a good look at this buddy. Lan Langlang, although born into a powerful family, was as thin as a rail. Even the tightest robe on him made a rustling sound when he walked. He probably didn't have more than two ounces of flesh on his entire body. His eyebrows were drooping, his nose was a bit flat, his lips were slightly upturned, and his eyes were squinting, making him a natural cross-eyed person.

It was a hot day, yet he was wearing a large hat.

Ye Xiao remembered from his memories that this guy's appearance had a reason. At the beginning of the year, he got scabies, and most of his yellow, sparse hair fell out, leaving him with a very noticeable bald head. Wearing a hat was a necessity...

Ye Xiao sighed. The previous owner of this body was a peculiar person, and coincidentally, the friend he had was also peculiar!

This was truly mind-boggling...

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