Lin Wan struggled to recall who the familiar young woman was, the woman’s anger flared up.
"Lin Wan, it’s you again sleeping in class! Sleep, sleep, sleep—every day it’s all you do! Count how many days are left until the college entrance exam! We’re in the final sprint now, and I’ve told you so many times—why don’t you understand the importance of cherishing your time?!”
The English teacher angrily stepped down from the podium, her frustration evident as she continued to rant.
When she reached Lin Wan’s desk, seeing his dazed expression only fueled her fury.
Smack!
She slammed her hand down on Lin Wan’s desk, her voice booming as she shouted, “What are you looking at? Get out of here!!”
During the time the English teacher descended from the podium, Lin Wan rummaged through his memories and finally managed to identify the person before him after a long struggle.
If he remembered correctly, this person should be his senior year homeroom teacher and English teacher.
No wonder she looked so familiar…
However, the more he recalled, the more questions arose in Lin Wan’s mind.
How could this be? Wasn’t he in the cultivation world? Could it be that he had been secretly plotted against and trapped in some kind of illusion?
“Why aren’t you going yet?!”
Faced with the English teacher, who was on the verge of exploding with anger, Lin Wan decided that it would be best not to act rashly until he figured out the situation.
After all, everything before him seemed far too real—so real that it was almost unbelievable.
Lin Wan was a top-level formation master in the cultivation world. He understood that if this was an illusion set up in advance, the person who arranged it would only be able to create scenes from the cultivation world, and it would be impossible to replicate a scene from Earth.
Moreover, if it were a scene constructed solely from his memories, it wouldn’t be this clear. After all, so much time had passed that many details were lost even to him. The formation could only reproduce and replicate based on his memories; it could not create something out of nothing.
From any angle, everything before him seemed too strange. The situation was still unclear, so it was not wise to act recklessly.
Quickly analyzing the pros and cons in his mind, Lin Wan offered a well-behaved and heart-melting smile to his incredibly realistic-looking English teacher. He obediently walked out of the classroom and began standing there as punishment.
As a habitual offender for sleeping in class, Lin Wan was usually met with the English teacher's disdain due to his gloomy and timid demeanor.
However, this time, for some reason, the English teacher could not summon any anger at Lin Wan’s rare display of compliance. Looking at his watery peach blossom eyes and his pale, emaciated cheeks, the teacher’s heart softened.
Recalling Lin Wan’s home situation, the teacher couldn’t help but shake his head, quietly sighing.
Every family has its own difficulties; that child isn’t having an easy time...
Meanwhile, standing at the classroom door while searching for a way to break the formation, Lin Wan also realized something was wrong—he couldn't contact Han Ning.
Not only that, but his physical condition had deteriorated to an extremely alarming degree, weakened to the point of resembling an ordinary person who had never practiced cultivation.
After calling out for a long time, Han Ning finally gave him a faint response in his sea of consciousness. At the same time, she conveyed an important message to him—
Lin Wan was not in some so-called illusion or distraction; he had truly returned to his first life. He was back to the time when he was unloved by his father and mother, pitifully like a small cabbage.
How could this happen?!
Feeling Han Ning’s message, Lin Wan furrowed his brows tightly.
Breaking the barrier between two worlds required an immense amount of energy. Even for Lin Wan, who had already transcended and ascended, it was something far beyond his capability.
How did he end up in the cultivation world in the first place? And why had he inexplicably returned to Earth?
Lin Wan had a strong intuition that Han Ning held important clues, but for some reason, she had sustained severe injuries. After barely relaying the message, she had retreated deep within his sea of consciousness, falling into a deep sleep to recover.
Seeing this, Lin Wan frowned and tried to channel his spiritual awareness toward Han Ning, only to discover that she had completely sealed herself off within his sea of consciousness.
Through the seal surrounding Han Ning, Lin Wan sensed a vast aura akin to the heavenly law he had only felt during his transcendence, deepening his confusion.
What on earth was going on?!
Taking a deep breath, Lin Wan's thoughts became a bit chaotic.
Looking at the scenery that felt both familiar and unfamiliar, his emotions were very complex.
Earth, Lin'an City, No. 1 High School—had he returned...?
Lin Wan looked down at himself.
His clothes, worn to the point of being misshapen, jeans with several small tears, and the pair of shoes faded to a pale color.
His thin and weak arms, along with a stomach that was faintly painful from hunger, vividly depicted just how miserable his previous life had been.
“Ha...”
Recalling his family situation in this life, Lin Wan's thin lips curled into a cold smile.
Was his family poor? No, not at all.
Though they couldn’t compare to those rich and powerful families, his family could be considered to be at a standard level of modest prosperity.
So why had his life been so miserable?
Of course, it was because he had a fortunate younger brother!
Thinking back on his brother, the coldness in Lin Wan's eyes deepened.
Lin Wan was three years older than his brother. Since he could remember, he had always helped his parents take care of him.
While other children played happily with their toys under their parents' doting, Lin Wan’s childhood was filled with endless diapers and the piercing cries of his brother day and night.
As he grew older and was able to do housework—mopping, cooking, using the washing machine—every household chore fell heavily on Lin Wan's frail shoulders.
As a child, Lin Wan thought his family was poor. Eager to lessen his parents' burden, he quietly took on the household chores, hoping that his usually harsh parents would see his maturity, pat him on the head, and praise him a few words.
Later, Lin Wan realized that the truth of the matter was quite different.
His family was not poor at all.
When giving him money, they always scolded him. Even his tuition fees were delayed and dragged on endlessly. When it came to his younger brother, however, his parents seemed to transform into different people—so amiable and so kind.
Designer clothes, limited-edition sneakers—no matter how expensive, if his brother wanted it, he would certainly get it.
Yet when Lin Wan cautiously expressed a desire for a new piece of clothing, his parents' expressions would shift again.
“Didn't we just buy you clothes a while ago? Why do you want more? You’re already so grown up; can’t you be a bit more considerate and think of your mother?”
That wasn't true. The clothes he was wearing had been bought two years prior, and he had grown quite a bit, making them tight and uncomfortable. But seeing the disdainful look on his mother and the frown on his father's face, Lin Wan lowered his head and said nothing.
Forget it, they were just a bit tight; he could still wear them.
"You’re the older brother; why can’t you just give in to your younger brother? You have three more years of love than him, so why can’t you be a bit more understanding? You’re so much older than him; can’t you let him have this?"
He let him, but the younger brother just tore up all the certificates he had kept from childhood until now. He only said a few words, and the younger brother ran over to complain.
Lin Wan opened his mouth to defend himself, but when he saw his mother’s kind gaze toward his younger brother and the sudden coldness in her eyes when looking at him, he ultimately remained silent.
Forget it, they’re just certificates; he would have more in the future.
"Looks ugly; why buy such flashy clothes? This child has no taste at all."
"Why go for an experiment? The principal of the first high school said that as long as you can go, he would give us thirty thousand! Just in time, your younger brother was recently framed by those little brats and has to pay money; this works out perfectly. It’s settled, go to the first high school, listen to Mom, okay?"
"What? Your younger brother bullied you? This child, learning to lie at such a young age! Every day, he just doesn't know how to study! If this continues, you might as well not go to school and go work to support yourself! So bad, let me tell you, all the money in the family will belong to your younger brother; you won’t get a cent!!!"
Forget it... What else could he do?
...
A gentle breeze passed, waking Lin Wan from his memories.
Lin Wan rubbed his chest in distress, feeling that the past, when he obediently endured scolding, was truly foolish.
He sighed deeply, rubbed his face, and began to check his abilities.
Having returned to Earth, this time, he was no longer that poor and bullied boy. He had come back with numerous advantages!
Not to mention, with his immensely powerful spiritual consciousness, he could stride confidently through this weakly spiritual Earth.
This time, he would shed his former cowardice and foolishness and live the life he truly desired!
After the excitement in his heart subsided, Lin Wan began to regain his calm.
Although his consciousness was incredibly strong, his physical body was still that of an ordinary person who had never practiced cultivation.
In fact, due to his parents’ meager allowance, Lin Wan had been malnourished during his growth period and was even weaker than normal people.
With his current physical strength, he could not support activating his powerful spiritual soul.
Fortunately, the soul was not his only trump card.
He smiled slightly, took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and began to summon his consciousness into the depths of his spiritual sea.
Deep within the spiritual sea, a warm, glowing orb floated quietly, rotating slowly at a constant speed.
Controlling his consciousness, Lin Wan leisurely made his way to the orb. After experiencing a familiar moment of disorientation, the world before his eyes suddenly brightened, revealing a familiar scene.
The azure sky, clear flowing water, soft white clouds floating above, even the gentle breeze carried a hint of sweetness.
The vast space was filled with rich and pure spiritual energy. As Lin Wan’s spiritual soul appeared, it immediately rushed toward him, nourishing his already powerful soul bit by bit.
The space hidden in Lin Wan's spiritual sea was the top-tier realm he had painstakingly cultivated during his past life in the cultivation world.
Bound to his soul, this space was spacious and ample, with abundant spiritual energy and quick-growing spiritual plants.
In this realm, Lin Wan was the sole deity, free to do anything he wished.
If there was one drawback, it was that it lacked intelligence. This space had no consciousness whatsoever.
But that’s alright; he was still there. Without intelligence, he could still operate it manually.
Looking at the heavenly materials and earthly treasures rapidly growing on the ground, seeing the heaps of premium materials stacked neatly in the distance, Lin Wan felt a sense of achievement and fulfillment...
...Wait?!
...No, no! Why were all those jumbled materials and pills so neatly arranged?!
After a brief moment of astonishment at the neatly stacked materials in the empty space, a sense of joy slowly rose in Lin Wan’s heart.
Could it be that after all that time feeding materials in the cultivation world, this foolish space that had only developed its foundation and not its intelligence had finally given birth to a little spirit?
He was finally going to have his long-desired "fairy of the field"?!
Filled with excitement and anticipation, Lin Wan raised his perspective to look at the unfamiliar aura sensed within the space.
In his eager gaze, the "fairy of the field" shyly turned around, revealing the face she had been hiding from Lin Wan.
With a handsome face, a tall nose, and an expression that was a blend of determination and confusion, Lin Wan found that the more he looked at this beautiful face, the more familiar and terrifying it became.
???!!!
Oh no! This was his arch-rival, Luo Zixuan?!
In an instant, a romantic scene turned into a horror movie.
As he looked at Luo Zixuan’s increasingly charming face, Lin Wan was completely dumbfounded.
Wait, can someone tell him why his sworn enemy from his last life is now appearing in his space?!!
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