Chapter 1 (1/2)

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

The Cerulean Empire.

North Green Region, Pingxi Town, Anhe Estate.

The sky was just turning bright. The sun rose from the horizon, and the edge of the sky became golden-orange.

Mo Xiaobai was in his room. He was facing the sun with a weird posture and breathing in a strange rhythm.

Time passed slowly. Mo Xiaobai’s face started turning red. His breathing got faster, and sweat started appearing on his body.

After the sun rose completely, he sat down on the floor with an exhausted expression. He leaned against the end of his bed and panted continuously.

He took a small breath, and a hint of happiness flashed past his eyes.

“Peak of Body Tempering…”

The living creatures on Cerulean Star absorbed the force of the universe by opening their force acupuncture points. This would allow them to increase their power and raise their lives to a higher level. Living creatures who had their force acupuncture points opened were known as Force Warriors. However, before the force acupuncture points could be opened, the living creatures had to train their physique and mentality first so that they reached the relevant requirements. This stage was known as a breakthrough.

“I will tell Dad that we can buy Refined Force Techniques now.”

Mo Xiaobai leaned against the bed and looked at the golden-orange sun outside his window. The sunlight penetrated the window and shone on his face. He was as handsome as a painting.

He furrowed his brows slightly and revealed a tinge of frustration.

There was a month until his university entrance exam. His goal was Moon Crease Institution.

Moon Crease Institution was the closest of the top 100 universities around Pingxi Town. It was ranked 88th.

He did have some chances of entering the university since he was at the peak of Body Tempering, but the chances were too low. He could only confirm his entrance into the institution if he achieved a breakthrough and became a Force Warrior.

Sensing the force points needed time, and opening the force points needed time too. Mo Xiaobai wondered if one month was enough for him to become a Force Warrior.

Mo Xiaobai felt stressed.

“I hope that everything will go smoothly.”

His stamina had almost recovered completely, so Mo Xiaobai stopped thinking too much. He stood up and stretched his back.

“Xiaobai, breakfast is ready!”

At this moment, a loud and clear shout was heard outside the door.

“Coming!” Mo Xiaobai replied. Then, he turned and walked towards the door.

He opened the door. A pair of icy cold blood-red eyes entered his vision.

They were the eyes of a huge python.

The python was entirely red as if it was carved out of ruby. It straightened the top half of its body, but it was already 1.8 meters tall. It was almost as tall as Mo Xiaobai.

At this moment, that huge python was staring at him intently with its cold gaze. It was sticking its forked tongue out at him too.

The human and the python stared at each other. Then, Mo Xiaobai lifted his hand and pressed it on the huge python’s head. He moved the python’s head to the side.

The scales of the blood-red python were warm, and felt extremely comfortable to touch. Mo Xiaobai couldn’t help but touch it for a while longer.

He walked past the huge python while muttering, “Little Red, don’t block the path. You need to lose weight. You’ve grown fatter!”

The blood-red python stuck its tongue out at Mo Xiaobai unhappily when it heard what he said. It pushed Mo Xiaobai’s hand with its head, and then turned to give way to him.

Mo Xiaobai ignored Little Red’s tantrum, and went into the bathroom.

Fiery red blood python, Little Red, was his mother’s pact force beast. It grew up with him, and they were used to playing together.

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Mo Xiaobai entered the bathroom and closed the door. Suddenly, an excruciating pain exploded in his head. It felt as though someone stabbed a wooden rod into his head and kept stirring his brain with it.

His vision turned black, and he quickly held onto the wall so that he wouldn’t fall.

Mo Xiaobai looked at his face in the mirror. The handsome face was extremely pale now. Cold sweat kept pouring down his head, and his black hair was drenched. It stuck to his forehead. His black eyes were filled with agony.

Here it comes again!

He clutched his head with his right hand and gritted his teeth. He didn’t dare to make any sounds.

Ever since he was 10 years old, he would get headaches occasionally. At the start, the symptoms were mild, and it only lasted for a short time.

Mo You and Mu Yuzhu accompanied Mo Xiaobai to the doctor, and even went to look for a Force Warrior that had healing ability. In the end, they all said that Mo Xiaobai was healthy, and there was nothing wrong with him.

However, as he grew older, the frequency of headaches got higher, and they lasted longer too.

Recently, Mo Xiaobai was starting to suspect if he would die from the pain.

That was because he started to get hallucinations when he felt the pain several times. He realized that when the headache happened, he was able to see weird lines of light in the air.

Those lines of light came in many different colors. There were white, red, gray, and black, and they were very faint. After his pain disappeared, the lines of light disappeared too.

This time, the pain was worse than during any other instance. Mo Xiaobai started to feel fearful.

Would he die of pain?

Mo Xiaobai slowly started to lose strength in his body. His vision started to get blurry too.

However, the faint lines of light were gradually turning clear.

Red, white, black… The colors kept changing, and they changed faster and faster.

… Am I going to die?

Am I going to die in the bathroom? Isn’t that a little absurd?

He wanted to force a smile on his face to mock himself, but he realized that the muscles on his face were extremely tense. He seemed to have lost his ability to move.

Boom!