Chapter 2

Zhu Lingwu stroked his incredibly tender skin, his body couldn't help but lean comfortably into the soft pillow.

Eating the fruit flesh served by the maid and listening to her hum the verses of the Book of Songs, he had never imagined such a life before. However, he was not an ordinary person, and he still had higher aspirations in his heart.

It had been more than half a month since he came to this world from his own and took over the body of this child. Zhu Lingwu was not overly surprised by this change, as in his world,穿越 (time-travel) novels were already very popular.

Time-travel was no longer a strange term; even eighty or ninety-year-old grandparents could see the word "穿越" (time-travel) on TV. If you didn't know about time-travel, you were out of the loop.

In his world, Zhu Lingwu was not a normal human. His body had long since died, but his soul continued to hide in the dead body. In other words, he was a lich, living in human society for over sixty years.

Compared to the endless lifespan of a lich, Zhu Lingwu was still quite young. However, becoming a lich was a very unexpected event, and he didn't gain much of the true power a lich should have (for details, see related novels).

However, all of this was now in the past. Now, he was an eight-year-old child, a member of the Zhu family's third branch, a noble family in the Chong'an Kingdom. His father was the magistrate of Tongshan County.

During this time, Zhu Lingwu had also come to understand his new identity and the background of this world through the memories of this child.

The memories of an eight-year-old child were not comprehensive. You couldn't expect a child to understand the world like an adult; he could only observe and understand things from a child's perspective.

Zhu Lingwu also dared not deliberately show his changes. He had to gradually and subtly understand the things he wanted to know, not wanting anyone to discover his soul transfer.

This world had cultivators, and in the Zhu family, there were so-called immortal ancestors, perhaps great-grandfathers or great-great-grandfathers.

This was the support for the Zhu family to become a noble family. In the Yuanheng world, the so-called Central Great Jin Dynasty and the feudal states were the secular puppets used by different sects of immortal cultivators to manage their territories.

As for these noble families, most of them had some connection with the immortal sects, and their ancestors were sect disciples.

Most importantly, the bloodlines of these noble families contained so-called innate spiritual energy, which gave them the qualifications to become cultivators.

With this special bloodline, noble children were naturally one level higher than the commoners, becoming the upper class of the power pyramid in this world.

The ordinary commoners, even those with some property, could only be the vassals of the nobles, relying on the protection of the nobles to survive.

For example, Zhu Lingwu's father, relying on his identity as a Zhu family member, was recommended and became a filial and upright official in the Chong'an Kingdom, and then became the magistrate of Tongshan County. In fact, all the specific affairs in the county were handled by the commoners.

This was the so-called nobility's high-mindedness, not getting involved in mundane affairs.

For Zhu Lingwu's father, the most important thing in his daily life was to cultivate qi, hoping to gain the opportunity to build a foundation and become a cultivator. Mundane affairs naturally could not easily disturb him.

Of course, not all noble children were devoted to cultivating qi and becoming immortals. More of them spent their days eating, drinking, playing, discussing scriptures, and indulging in luxury and debauchery.

Becoming a cultivator was not easy, even for noble children with innate spiritual energy.

However, being in a noble family, Zhu Lingwu had to face a problem: most of the people around him were familiar with cultivating qi and becoming immortals.

According to the descriptions in the immortal novels in his original world, soul transfer was not a strange thing in the eyes of cultivators. Although it was unknown whether it was common in this real immortal world, Zhu Lingwu did not want to expose his identity.

If someone discovered his soul transfer, he might not live much longer. He might even be captured and interrogated, studied as a strange creature.

As for why Zhu Lingwu's body had become like this, it was a bit of a bitter smile. The original owner of this body, the real eight-year-old child, had gone to seek a lightning strike.

Thinking about this, Zhu Lingwu couldn't help but touch his newly grown skin. The red and tender skin was as soft as a baby's. Being struck by lightning was no joke. It was fortunate that the foolish child had tried it, almost being fried inside and out.

Even though he had been treated, there were still some aftereffects. Zhu Lingwu felt his skin was very sensitive, unable to withstand the slightest wind or rain. He would need some time to recover, eating some tonics to fully heal.

Moreover, this body had some special qualities, giving him a pleasant surprise. He had enough time to slowly enjoy this new life, no need to rush.

Earlier, when he heard the servant's words, Zhu Lingwu pretended to want to get up, but he had already calculated that the maids would stop him, so he could pretend to cancel it.

He did this just to act like the original owner of the body. Otherwise, a sudden change in personality might raise suspicion and expose his soul transfer.

Of course, the child was not really foolish or crazy to seek a lightning strike.

He just wanted to become a cultivator so much, but his innate spiritual energy in his bloodline was of such low quality that he had almost no chance of becoming a cultivator.

When Zhu Lingwu learned this, he was also very depressed. In a world where cultivators existed, no one wanted to be a mere mortal; everyone wanted to become a transcendent cultivator.

Moreover, Zhu Lingwu was not an ordinary person. He was not content with a mundane life, and he did not want to become a lich again in old age. Even if he became a lich in this world, it would not be easy to live.

However, the innate spiritual energy in his current body's bloodline was rated as the lowest quality, the so-called inferior five-element mixed spiritual energy. Not only was there no possibility of cultivating qi and building a foundation, but even the progress of cultivating qi was slower than a turtle's.

In the noble families, there was a saying: "Ancestral transmission of spiritual energy, glimpsing the path to immortality; cultivating qi for longevity, immortality is not easily obtained; without building a foundation, one remains a mortal; after a few decades, one is buried with wealth."

From this, it can be seen that cultivating qi and becoming a cultivator was not an easy task. First, one must have innate spiritual energy in their bloodline; otherwise, you should give up the idea of becoming a cultivator and live a normal life like the commoners.

Without innate spiritual energy in the bloodline, no matter how much you cultivate qi, you cannot sense the spiritual energy in the world, and thus cannot cultivate qi.

Secondly, even if you have innate spiritual energy in your bloodline, the concentration and quality of this spiritual energy matter. The higher the concentration and quality, the greater the chance of cultivating qi and building a foundation, achieving a postnatal spiritual body, and truly becoming a cultivator.

Otherwise, it depends on your luck. If you can eat some rare herbs, you might improve the quality of your innate spiritual energy and gain the opportunity to cultivate qi and build a foundation.

There are such examples in legends, but it is more likely that your body cannot withstand the power of the herbs and will explode. The latter seems to have a higher probability.

Now, Zhu Lingwu faced such a situation. Although he inherited the family's innate spiritual energy, the quality was too low, and he had almost no chance of cultivating qi and building a foundation...

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