Chapter One: The Wandering Soul
"Heavenly opportunity, don't miss it!"
The beautiful anchorwoman on TV twisted her buttocks, with a sweet and charming voice, an extremely seductive tone, 'tempting the way'.
"On July 22, 2009, according to the International Astronomical Union and the Purple Mountain Observatory, a spectacular total solar eclipse will occur in the morning, one that is rare in hundreds of years. Don't miss it! Ha ha! You'll regret it for life if you do."
Of course!
Around 10 am, the sky gradually darkened, the sun slowly hid in silence, as if it suddenly turned into a cloudy day, and then it got darker and darker...
The doctors and nurses of Wutou County Hospital swarmed onto the lawn, holding discarded X-ray films from the X-ray room, men and women chattering and gathering together.
Watching the "total solar eclipse" with X-ray film on top of eyes.
The patients who were receiving intravenous drips and injections in the ward were also restless, itching to move around, but with needles stuck in their wrists and buttocks, they could only gaze longingly at the sunlight.
At this moment!
Only thirty kilometers away from the county hospital, at an altitude of nearly 2,000 meters on "Tiger Leaping Cliff", a group of men in black clothes, black pants and black shoes. All holding thick-backed machetes controlled by the state, shining sharp swords, and coarse steel clubs, surrounding a young man and woman who were fiercely...
Chop, split, stab, smash, sweep, poke...
The gleam of knives, the weight of swords, the shadow of clubs...
Whatever is most ruthless will be used to 'fix' whatever.
"What kind of people are you? Why are you biting people for no reason?" The long-haired man, surrounded and attacked, shouted angrily with eyes like lightning.
"Hey! Hey! Hey!"
"What person? Wait till you go to hell and ask King Yama the old ghost! Brothers, take down Xiang Qiushui, Big Boss 'specially rewards' 200 million. Hehe! These whores are left for Laozi, wait till they vent their anger...". A lean and strong foreigner with blond hair, green eyes, and a high nose bridge with a red mole the size of a bean, was shouting in a distorted Mandarin.
"Ah!" "Wow!"
A young, absolutely beautiful woman in a yellow dress was pierced by two swords with her left hand amidst the cries of agony. The bright red blood suddenly splashed all over her body, like a few eye-catching red roses.
Along with the long skirt, the hook was also brought along, and the curved sword like a sickle cut off a large piece, revealing the inside snowy, tempting thighs. The semi-transparent lace triangle pants appeared and disappeared in the dodge, extremely confusing.
If they hadn't been desperately fighting for their lives, sweating profusely, this group of desperate fugitives would have probably pounced on her like starving tigers and wolves!
Xiang Qiushui's heart was torn apart as he watched his comrades fall one by one. He let out a frenzied roar:
"Damn it! I'll smash you all, you bunch of idiots..."
Immediately exert force, shrink muscle, swing leg, lift elbow, swing fist...
Like a flying eagle, like a shooting star chasing the moon, a figure flashed by, swinging an iron fist and kicking a ring leg.
"Bang! Bang!"
Two giant black men with swords flew out for nearly ten meters, and the sound of "crack" bone fracture came clearly. Two fist-sized blood holes suddenly appeared on their chest, and you could vaguely see disgusting liver, lungs, etc., with fresh blood spraying out. It looks like they're done for!
"Two Dogs, Mazi, brothers, flay him..."
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Dozens of knives, swords and clubs were brutally swung over. At this moment, the sky was performing a "total solar eclipse", because there was no sunlight shining through, it wasn't dazzling at all.
It's too late to hide!
There is no hope at all for 'hard gang'.
"Brother Shui! Hurry and leave! Farewell in the next life..." A mournful and resentful voice, like a cuckoo's blood-curdling cry, echoed through.
With this faint sound, a yellow shadow rushed straight down to the bottom of Tiger Leaping Gorge, which is nearly 2,000 meters high.
That year, the young woman, determined not to implicate her loved one, resolutely chose to jump off the cliff.
"Rainy mist!"
Xiang Qiushui swiftly and powerfully exerted force downwards on the giant rock at the cliff edge with a speed as swift as lightning, pushing off with her legs, joining her hands, and straightening her waist...
His whole body stretched out like a straight flag, like an arrow off the string, and with the agility of a diver, he shot towards the yellow-robed woman 'Yan Yu' who had jumped off the cliff one step ahead.
Xiang Qiushui is only 24 years old, but because he was born into the ancient martial arts family of Xiangshi, a descendant of Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Western Chu.
Unfortunately, he himself did not know his own life story and only had some suspicions.
At the age of eight, his loving parents were mysteriously hijacked by a bank robber while withdrawing money at a bank counter and suffered a tragic death. Later, it was his aunt Xiang Lianting and uncle Na Lanlingde who raised him and his younger brother Xiang Dong.
At 18 years old, aunt and uncle also left unexpectedly due to a car accident...
He was exceptionally intelligent from a young age, with an IQ comparable to that of a genius. At 23 years old, he had already obtained dual doctoral degrees from Harvard and Tsinghua University, with a deep understanding of both ancient and modern knowledge. He particularly loved classical literature, and had read almost every book in the National Library of Longdu City, the capital of Huaxia Country.
At the age of 10, he had the opportunity to practice "Xi Gu Si" (Wash Bone Scripture) under Master Ku Gen, an 110-year-old monk from Su Xiang Temple. Before Master Ku Gen passed away at the age of 110, he surprisingly only transmitted half of the 'Guang Ding Secret Art' that he picked up.
He divided his 100-year-cultivated 'Internal Family True Qi' into 100 days, and slowly forced it into Xiang Qiu Shui through the Bai Hui acupoint.
However, Xiang Qiushui ultimately only got 20 years of 'inner energy', and the other 80 years were all wasted. With this concentrated pure inner energy to help him, Xiang Qiushui just broke through to the 'Pre-Heaven' martial artist level last year.
Recently, I have been secretly investigating the strange car accident of my aunt and uncle 6 years ago, and just when I had some leads. Today, my girlfriend Yu YanYu asked to come to 'Tiger Leaping Gorge' to watch the sunrise, he also wanted to relax and calm his frustrated mind, so we came, but unexpectedly we were ambushed.
Moreover, this group of 'killers' all have impressive abilities, with several estimated to be at the ' Innate' level, and the others are all martial artists or warriors with cultivation...
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The sharp, ear-piercing sound of clothes tearing through the air came, and Xiang Qiushui used his superhuman martial arts foundation to trigger the inner energy in Superman's body, which actually shortened the distance between the two.
At a place nearly 200 meters above the ground, I saw a bloody Yu Yan Yu "huffing" and about to crash into a small stone mountain with sharp teeth on the side of the road.
If it hits a specific spot with a "bang", the brain will burst and the body will be torn apart, dying in an instant.
"Rainy mist!"
Xiang Qiushui used up his last bit of strength, exerting force in mid-air to kick out with his leg. The "Eagle Soars into the Sky" move that Master Sugen often played during his workouts was unleashed. With the help of air buoyancy, a lightning-fast figure flashed by, just a few meters from the ground.
Yu Yan Yu shifted the downward force of her momentum onto herself, and with a soft "whoosh" sound, she exerted her last bit of energy. Her slender body, aided by the rebounding force from Xiang Qiushui, floated down like a wooden board into a row of neatly trimmed hedges along the roadside.
She had merely been given a great fright, equivalent to falling from several meters into a thick grass thicket, and she was now awake under Xiang Qiushui's push.
"No! Brother Qiushui!"
With a loud, hoarse cry, he stared at Xiang Qiushui as she struggled under the weight of two people. With a loud "crack", her entire body heavily smashed onto that massive, knife-like stone pillar that pierced the sky.
The giant stone seemed to shudder with fear, and instantly a blinding crimson mist burst forth, fresh blood splashing everywhere within a 10-meter radius, the ground was drenched in blood, flesh and gore...
It's too horrible to look at!
Xiang Qiushui's evening sun was as handsome and elegant as a watermelon smashed by the giant hammer of Da Shi Master.
Like a resplendent, eye-catching, blood-curdling summer flower - it's in full bloom!
Intestines, liver... lungs...... "Splat!" It's all over the place. From a distance, it's clear that it's just a lump of meat that's been minced by a meat grinder.
Even a super strong man would end up as a "crushed iron cake" under the weight of two people accelerating from such a high place, how could he possibly escape unscathed?
There is a second-class highway under the Tiger Leaping Gorge, which passes under the steep cliff that is almost 90 degrees vertical. A medium-sized bus happened to be coming over and witnessed this thrilling scene, with everyone on the bus screaming "ah".
"Squeak——screech——"
The master stopped the car in an emergency, and the people in the car who were still in shock all rushed out to start rescue operations.
Peng! Peng! Peng!
Xiang Qiushui's soul floated gently into the air and surprisingly saw the scene on site.
"What the...! How can I see myself?! Oh no, I'm so miserable! Whoa! I can fly! Is this what a human soul is like?! Smoke and rain! Smoke and rain!" Xiang Qiushui's soul was frantically kicking its legs and waving its arms in mid-air, shouting as it tried to reach out and touch Yan Yu, who was being lifted by the enthusiastic people in the car, struggling desperately not to get in.
But no matter how hard he tried, shaking, shouting, pulling...
Yu Yan Yu was just facing Xiang Qiushui's blood-stained body and crying out hoarsely, completely ignoring him.
"It's all over! I've become a ghost! Heaven and man are separated forever! Mother! Father! Aunt, uncle, who is the one who wronged me, I haven't figured it out yet... I don't want to die, I'm not willing! I want to go back..." Xiang Qiushui wailed in anguish, feeling tears welling up in his eyes, as if he had never seen them fall before.
At this moment!
Xiang Qiushui's soul, which was struggling on the bus, suddenly heard a passenger's phone ringing: "Ladies and gentlemen, according to Professor Li, a renowned astrophysicist, this total solar eclipse is accompanied by a black hole ion storm. At this moment, in the distant center of the Milky Way galaxy, there is a special particle black hole formed by radio light ions... one second later, it will erupt!"
The announcer has just finished speaking!
A huge suction force suddenly seemed to come from the distant outer space, Xiang Qiushui only felt a numbness in his soul, and he fainted - the sky was dark, and he lost consciousness.
It's as if it has been thousands of years, yet also just a fleeting moment...
Xiang Qiushui slowly came to.
Opened blurry eyes, in front of a pitch-black piece, only felt the whole body like scattered frame, sour and painful to the extreme, needle pricks, fire burns, electric shocks, numbness...
Everything is ready!
"What the...? How come it's all dark and I'm swaying back and forth like I'm lying in a cradle?" Xiang Qiushui muttered to himself, gritting his teeth against the intense pain as he reached out to feel around. "Damn! It feels like I'm inside a long rectangular wooden box, just slightly larger than a person."
Knock gently!
"Woof! Woof!"
"Listening to the sound, the feeling of touching it by hand, this box is really made of wood, and it seems quite thick... A faint light is seeping through the fine seams of the wooden box, and a tiny sliver of light is coming in, now it should be daytime..." Xiang Qiushui thought with great certainty.
A sudden burst of loud wailing came from outside.
"Ah, stupid! My son! You just abandoned your poor mother and left, how can you bear to...!" The sound of wailing echoed outside the coffin.
