Chapter 1 of 10
Chapter 1
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In the middle of the night, in Qing Shui City, Jiangnan Province.
With a loud bang, Ling Yun, who had been terrified by the sudden appearance of a heavy-duty Steyr truck loaded with stones from around the corner, was thrown high into the air from his bicycle. His body, arched like a bow, drew a long, tragic arc in the dim night sky. Another loud bang followed, and his heavy body crashed onto the hard road twenty meters away.
He didn't even have time to let out a dying scream before being hit by the Steyr truck. After falling to the ground, he lay motionless, blood flowing from all seven orifices, clearly beyond saving.
Strangely, the heavy-duty Steyr, knowing it had hit someone, didn't even stop. It continued at the same speed, directly running over the almost shattered bicycle, and soon disappeared without a trace.
This place was remote and quiet, with no pedestrians on the road and very few vehicles passing by. Only Ling Yun, who was lying on the ground, beyond saving, and the bicycle that had been smashed and crushed, remained.
Two hundred meters away, inside a black Audi Q7, a young man with eagle-like eyes and a slightly sinister expression watched the entire accident unfold. After the Steyr completely disappeared, he pursed his thin lips, a cruel and mocking smile appearing on his face.
"Tell Young Master Ling that the job is done, and have him transfer the remaining ten million to the account immediately!" The sinister young man casually picked up a high-powered infrared telescope, staring at Ling Yun, who was lying motionless on the ground, and instructed the person beside him.
"Hmph, I really don't understand why, for a piece of trash that isn't even as significant as an ant in our eyes, Young Master Ling would offer twenty million to take his life!"
"Also, that idiot driving the Steyr, I don't want him to see tomorrow's sunrise... I already told him to make sure to run over that fat pig!"
"Understood!" The middle-aged driver in the driver's seat shuddered, a trace of fear flashing in his eyes, and hurriedly responded.
How ruthless! How merciless! Two living souls meant nothing to that sinister young man.
The Audi Q7 started, quickly turned a corner, and disappeared into the night.
...
Ling Yun suddenly woke up.
However, he didn't immediately open his eyes but habitually called out silently in his mind: "Hide!"
Then he realized that his once infallible invisibility technique had failed this time.
The failure of the invisibility technique made Ling Yun inexplicably panic.
But Ling Yun's panic didn't last more than a second because he felt intense pain all over his body, a pain so severe that it almost made him groan.
The intense pain left him no time to sort through the large amount of unfamiliar memories and information fragments that flooded his mind.
Helplessly, Ling Yun used his last bit of spiritual energy to perform a mental scan of his body, and the state of his body left him speechless.
This fat, pig-like body was not his own, and more importantly, all of its internal organs had shifted and were still bleeding internally. His arms, legs, and several ribs were broken, and several joints were completely shattered!
"Damn it, are you really trying to kill me?!" Ling Yun cursed in his mind but had to face reality.
The only thing he could use now was the spiritual energy that had carried his soul out of the terrifying heavenly tribulation.
He had already tried countless times to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth using his ability to absorb the spiritual energy of all things, but he sadly discovered that the spiritual energy in this place was too thin and depleted, making it impossible for him to absorb even a trace of it!
Nothing else mattered; he needed to repair this broken body first, or he wouldn't be able to move at all!
He勉强施展出一个很低级的治疗术,仙灵气在体内经脉中缓慢运行,凌云破损的五脏六腑逐渐神奇地归位,并很快止住了内出血,断掉的骨头也开始接续,那种强烈的疼痛感也随之减轻甚至消失。
“咦,这小子的阳跷脉竟然在出生不久后被人用重手废掉了!这特么的得多大仇啊!不过幸好,咱不但是修真天才,还是杏林高手,不然别说修炼了,就是活过二十岁都难!”
虽然心里这么想,但治疗时凌云却无比小心,毕竟这关系到他将来能否修炼,当然不能马虎。
随着不断的治疗,凌云已经勉强可以动了,他用手扶着地面撑坐了起来,同时睁开了自己染满鲜血的眼睛!
“擦你姥姥的天劫,我@#¥%……”看清眼前的一切后,凌云再也无法保持自己坚毅的道心,彻底丢掉了渡劫期高手的风范,忍不住直接破口大骂了起来!
疯魔一般的骂了半天,归根结底一句话,这里根本就不是他熟悉的修真大世界!
可骂归骂,骂完了以后,凌云还不得不面对现实——为了恢复这个堪称破烂的身体,并顺带着把那条关乎自己能否修炼的阳跷脉修复了六七成,自己最后的一丝仙灵气也几乎消耗殆尽!
“十几年的隐疾,果然不是一下子就能去除的,要是仙灵气再多一点儿就好了!”凌云皱眉暗暗叹了一口气。
自己这具身体受伤实在太严重了,渡劫期的仙灵气虽然妙用无方,但凌云大部分都用来治疗眼下严重的身体伤势了,因此只能勉强将阳跷脉恢复到正常人六七成的水平。
不过凌云并没有任何的担心,凭他的绝世医术,只要给他一定的时间,他肯定有办法让这条经脉完好如初。
身体的彻底恢复和剧痛的渐渐消失,让他得以理顺刚才钻入脑海的大量记忆残片。
记忆中的信息明显已经有些残缺不全,断断续续,但已经能够让凌云了解这个世界的一些基本常识和自己目前的大概状况。
原来这个灵气枯竭的星球叫做地球,他所在的这个国家,叫做华夏,是一个有着悠久历史和灿烂文明的古老国度。
“哦,原来这些发光的东西叫做路灯,这两旁的建筑叫做楼房,竟然是方的!原来这叫做马路,还挺平坦!原来那些跑来跑去的金属壳子叫做汽车,跑的这么慢,哪儿有我的飞剑好用!……”
这一会儿工夫,竟有几辆车在夜色中疾驰而过,车主对血泊中坐着的凌云视而不见,停都不停。
“哎……看来哪儿的人都是一样冷漠无情啊,看到老子这么浑身是血的坐在血泊里,他们竟然没有一辆车停下来问问怎么回事!”
凌云丝毫没有意识到自己现在满头满脸满身鲜血,竟然就那么单手撑地,一条腿蜷曲一条腿伸直,身体微微后仰,耍赖似的坐在那里,嘴角微翘,眼神中带着一丝淡淡的嘲讽和轻蔑,以及对这个陌生世界的一丝好奇,就那么津津有味地点评起来!
“原来被卡车撞死的这个家伙也叫凌云!”
对新环境熟悉得差不多了,凌云终于开始考虑自己面临的现实问题。
根据残留的记忆,凌云知道,哦不对,应该说这身体的原主人竟然是刚刚被一辆装满石头的重型斯太尔卡车撞死的。
既然他占有了这具肥胖的身体,就要开始适应自己的新身份。夺舍这种事情对于一个在修真界迅速崛起,横行无忌,狂猛霸道,动不动就杀人夺宝的无良修真天才来说,根本就不叫个事。
更何况原来的凌云早已因为车祸死透了。
凌云,江南省清水市清水第一高中高三六班的学生,今年十八岁,体型高大肥胖,却生性懦弱,胆小怕事,至于学习成绩,更是糟糕透顶。
“第一次摸底考试倒数第一?就这成绩还敢暗恋自己班里的美女校花?还想考华夏最好的燕京大学?就算是做梦也要接近现实一些好吧?”凌云忍不住狂翻白眼。
“初中三年,高中三年,这么高大威猛……咳咳,这么高大肥硕的身躯,竟然几乎天天被人欺负被人打,哥们儿你有点儿血性行不行啊?在我那边,可从来都是我踩别人,就是大成后期的地仙想来招惹我,都得仔细掂量掂量自己的斤两够不够!”凌云顿时满脑袋黑线。
“你叫凌云这个名字,真的不太合适,还是我来叫比较合适一些……”
话是这么说,不过凌云也知道,刚出生就被人用暗手法废掉奇经八脉之一的阳跷脉,自然是导致凌云这么窝囊的最大因素。
这个凌云能活到现在,已经是一个奇迹了。
想到这里,凌云不由得摇头苦笑,真够悲催的,竟然穿到这么一个极品身上!
“咦!不错不错,这家伙学习虽然不咋地,没想到竟然对医术这么感兴趣,自己偷偷地学习了这么多医术知识!”
记忆翻到这里,凌云大感欣慰,总算是在这具身体的前任身上找到了一丝共同点。
“学习成绩永远是班里的倒数前三名,竟然还让眼睛近视得这么厉害,近视……对了我眼镜呢……”
虽然说凌云刚才用灵气治疗身体的时候,已经随手把那些不利于自身修炼的因素去除掉了,眼睛近视这么小儿科的问题对他来说自然是小菜一碟,但总得在回到门派——哦,不对,这里应该叫学校,回到学校以后,在同学面前装装样子吧?
环目四顾,凌云终于在距离自己三米远的地方看到了“自己的”近视眼镜,不由得撇了撇嘴,无奈道:“还要在鼻梁上架着这么个奇怪的玩意,想想真是别扭啊!”
从血泊中站起身来,把两只手上的血迹随便往衣服上一抹,走过去把摔得有些变形的眼镜捡了起来,举到眼前检查了一下,发现两个镜片竟然都完好无损,凌云不禁啧啧称奇,喃喃道:“撞这么狠都没有摔碎,看来被他们称作科技的这个东西,挺厉害的啊!”
“戴上了眼镜反而什么也看不清了……”凌云不停地戴上眼镜又摘下来,觉得很好玩。
依照凌云小心谨慎、万般算计的性格,现在之所以这么淡定、这么从容地自说自话,是因为他并没有觉察到危险,要不然他哪儿还会在这里欣赏马路夜色,在这里抱怨牢骚一大堆?他早就哪儿远躲哪儿去了!
至于满身鲜血……对于在修真大世界不爽就杀人的凌云来说,实在是司空见惯,因此凌云只要觉得身体无碍了,这种事他根本就没放在心上,回学校之前随便找个有水的地方洗洗就好了。
凌云最终忍受着视线模糊和一种难言的别扭,戴上了那个往哪儿放都觉得不方便的眼镜,这才看向十几米外,自己那辆被撞烂然后又被无情碾成一地碎片的自行车,抬手挠了挠头。
“算了,还是走回门派吧,哦,不对,他们这里管门派叫做学校——还挺贴切,可不就是学习本领的地方么?”
“正好顺便练练我的万里神行步,哎,让老子去什么地方不好,偏偏来到这个灵气枯竭的鬼地方,害得我吸收天地灵气的天赋都派不上用场了……”
嘴里虽然嘟囔着抱怨,凌云却还是很认真地四处查看了一番,无一疏漏,直到他彻底确认了“自己”确实是遭遇了车祸,而不是一场蓄意的谋杀,这才施施然离开现场。
其实他真的不知道,这根本就不是车祸,而是一次针对他的蓄意谋杀!
“哼!就算是车祸也不行!撞了我还肇事逃逸,不知道老子是有仇必报么?那混账司机等着吧,要是被我找到你,你就死定了!嗯,就算你是无心的,起码也要赔偿我一大堆灵石吧?”
“吃亏?吃亏可不是我的风格!”
灵石是修真界的硬通货,凌云显然还无法完全适应这个国度的语言,他在努力适应的同时,嘴里还是不自觉地蹦出一两个习惯用词。
凌云是个一点亏都不吃的主,虽然刚才他没有找到谋杀的痕迹,但无缘无故被人撞死,他要是不想办法要点赔偿,那就不是他了!
“还有那些欺负过我,嘲笑过我的同门(同学)和混混们,你们也都给我等着!”
不得不说,凌云适应新环境和新身份的能力很强,这才一会儿工夫,就开始想着为自己报仇了!
只是——理想很丰满,现实很骨感。
地球灵气枯竭,就算他凌云曾经修炼到了渡劫期,现在看来也没有任何用处!他自家人知自家事,别说渡劫期了,现在这副身体的状态,就算是达到修真最最基本的练气一层,都不知道还需要多久!
不过这些对凌云来说都不算什么问题,毕竟是曾经修炼到了渡劫期,经验还是有的。
再说了,虽然这里灵气稀薄到了罕见的地步,但凌云在经过大树下和花草丛的时候,还是能偶尔感觉到极其淡薄的草木灵气溢出的。
只是这些灵气太少,少到他根本无法吸收罢了!
不怕你少,就怕你没有!
凌云以医入道,之所以能彗星般迅速崛起成为修真界罕见的修炼天才,主要是因为他有一个别人都不知道的秘密天赋,那就是他可以持续地吞噬吸收天地间的万物灵气,这是他能够在短短二十多年就能够修炼至渡劫期的最大倚仗!
凌云并没有什么高不可攀的目标,没有什么悲天悯人的胸怀,没有浓浓的忧虑天下苍生的使命感和责任感,至于医者仁心、高尚道德、伟大情操神马的,好吧……在他看来更是可笑至极的一件事情!
修真界讲的是谁的拳头大谁就是道理,谁的实力强谁就有话语权,他相信,这是一个放之四海而皆准的铁则!
因此,他只有一个目标,那就是变强,变得强一些,再强一些!
只有这样,才能够不被别人欺负!
只有这样,才能保护自己身边想保护的人!
只有这样,才能得到自己想要的一切!
循着记忆中学校的方向走着,他才知道自己练练万里神行步的想法多么可笑!
这么胖这么虚的身体,走几十米就已经开始气喘吁吁了,还万里神行?百米挪动还差不多!
“不行,老子要练体,马上练体,这副皮囊也太差劲了,照这个样子下去,别说回到原来渡劫期的实力了,就是筑基都不知道猴年马月,甚至练气一层都遥遥无期!”
感觉到每走一步浑身的赘肉肥膘就剧烈猛颤,凌云咬着牙发誓。
其实凌云这么着急并不仅仅是因为对这副身体不满,而是他知道,这个崭新的世界并不是普通凡人所认识的那个样子!
至少能出手废掉一个刚出生不久的婴儿的阳跷脉,并且还能让他活着,又刚好活不过二十岁的人,起码有跟修真界练气三层相对等的实力!
而且,既然刚出生就被人阴了,那么这次莫名其妙的车祸……万一是别人精心策划的杀局呢?
这才是凌云迫不及待要修炼的原因!他要自保!
他现在唯一遗憾的就是自己的灵气在治疗身体的时候几乎消耗光了,不然依照自己逆天的修真功法,快速达到练气一层还是没问题的。
清水市最不缺的就是水,拐了一个弯,凌云就发现了一条七八米宽的河流,河水静静流淌,清澈见底。
皱眉闻了闻自己身上的血腥味和被灵气冲刷出来的体内污垢杂质混合在一起的恶臭味道,凌云来到河边,衣服鞋袜也懒得脱,一头就扎了进去,肥胖的身体砸出了一个大大的水花。
很快凌云又从水中露出了脑袋,满脸难以置信的惊喜之色!
“咦……这好像是……七曜草的气息!”
{飘天文学