True Martial World
Author: Cocooned Cow© WebNovel
Chapter 1: Grave of Yi Yun
In this day of age, Yi Yun deeply understood the fact that life isn't easy, but never once did it occur to him that he would die in his prime.
That fateful morning, Yi Yun had gone mountain climbing with two good friends. Among them was a pretty babe, so it was naturally a splendid event.
It was common for young people to seek thrills and Yi Yun was no exception. Being a goody two-shoes and climbing mountain paths already cleared by others was meaningless: they chose an isolated barren mountain.
They discovered a cave when they reached the halfway point.
The babe that came with them spontaneously got excited, and insisted on entering. However, the moment they entered something unexpected happened.
Yi Yun found a rectangular purple crystal in the cave—one that looked like a crystal card from a science-fiction movie. As soon as he discovered, and, out of curiosity, touched the purple crystal, the walls started to rumble and the cave collapsed!
It was hard to describe what emotions were going through Yi Yun as he saw several tons of rock smashing downwards. If one had to use a phrase to describe it, it'd be, "Only when dying does one truly know what dying is."
He was still young, healthy and good-looking. And he was still a virgin…
He was supposed to have a tremendously bright life ahead of him, but it was all about to disappear.
The sadness and hopelessness from knowing this was stifling.
The boulders did not smash into Yi Yun, but had instead sealed off the exit.
The situation of being buried alive in such a tight space in the mountains, without food, water, and with limited air made it crystal clear to Yi Yun that this place would probably be his grave.
Yi Yun stared blankly at the thick mountain wall. Under his phone's flashlight illumination, the thick rock wall resembled the faces of devils. It was cold to the touch and the coldness seeped into Yi Yun's heart bit by bit, weighing it down.
He didn't have the slightest clue where his climbing partners had disappeared. They were all grouped closely when they entered the cave. Yet once the cave collapsed, the two of them who should have been trapped with him, had mysteriously… disappeared.
It was as if they had never entered together with Yi Yun. Yi Yun still remembered clearly that half a minute before the cave collapsed, he had heard behind him the babe that was with them say how she was afraid that there would be snakes in the cave.
How could two breathing people just disappear suddenly?
How did a perfectly good cave just collapse?
It really was a hopeless situation here in the cave. There was no signal on his phone, and the fate of his two friends was uncertain. Yi Yun didn't want to sit idly by while waiting for death. He even thought about digging a way out–if the blockage was small, there would be a glimmer of hope by digging.
When a person confronts Death, he can exhibit extremely strong motivation and fighting spirit; everything, even something with the tiniest sliver of hope, would be tested.
Yi Yun acted immediately, but digging with his bare hands wouldn't do. He had not brought any tools, like a dagger, with him. But, at that moment, Yi Yun had a stroke of brilliance, he remembered the crystal card.
It looked like a small shovel, so, although it was small, and didn't have a handle, digging with it was much better than digging with his bare hands.
Turning his head to the mysterious crystal card, Yi Yun suddenly had a thought; upon careful recollection, the cave had collapsed the moment he touched that card.
How could it be this coincidental?
And the biggest mystery was that both his friends had vanished into thin air.
A series of inexplicable phenomena combined together filled Yi Yun's head with questions, that is, could everything that happened today be due to this crystal card?
He looked at the purple crystal card, it was slightly bulging. On an extremely stable piece of rock, it sat there nicely, while emitting a faint glow.
Yi Yun hesitated for a moment before switching off his phone's flashlight. He realized that despite the pitch-black darkness of the cave, he could still see by the purple card's faint glow.
In this moment he understood that this crystal card wasn't made of amethyst because crystals do not glow. However, in the natural world, there are some minerals that were able glow due to traces of radioactive elements.
But in his current situation Yi Yun couldn't care less about the possibility of radioactivity harming his body and picked up the purple crystal card to examine it. If the collapse was due to this crystal card, could it possibly be his ticket to survival?
Yi Yun knew that there wasn't much hope, but at Death's door, he had to try everything as a last resort.
The crystal card was cool to the touch, with a coldness that seemed to meander through the blood vessels in his arm, all the way to his heart. The card itself was purple throughout and slightly larger than an adult's hand, but no thicker than one's palm. On one side of the card, there appeared to be mysterious engravings. They seemed unnatural, as if carved by human hand.
Who could have carved it? Could these engravings be some ancient symbol, or a mysterious language?
Or could it be extraterrestrial, something from the stars?
With such strange happenings, Yi Yun's brain started filling with questions. He was sure the cave collapse had something to do with the crystal card. There was no earthquake, how could the cave just suddenly collapse?
With the crystal card in hand, Yi Yun realized that the crystal card's edges were as sharp as a blade, this ignited hope within him; he could conserve energy by digging with this.
Yi Yun stopped hesitating, and with the crystal card in hand, walked towards the rock wall of unknown thickness.
Gripping the edge of the crystal card with both his hands, he shoved it down with strength, and something inconceivable happened. The originally firm and stout rock was sliced apart like tofu by this palm-sized crystal card. Yi Yun, who had used too much strength on the rock that showed no resistance, hit his head onto the wall.
Yi Yun was dumbfounded, he couldn't care less that he had scraped his forehead while he stared blankly at the purple crystal card in his hand. After the initial shock passed he experienced jubilation.
This was pretty much a light saber from a science fiction movie.
At that moment, he didn't have the mood to examine how this card could be that sharp, but focused on digging his way out.
Grabbing the crystal card firmly with both hands, Yi Yun started digging a hole like a mole. The crystal card moved without resistance, and could even easily cut through granite.
Yi Yun felt excited. He had picked up a treasure!
If he could make it out alive, this card could change his life, and it could even have alien technology embedded within it!
Yi Yun didn't know how long he had been digging, and he wasn't sure if it was an illusion, but whenever he felt exhausted, the crystal card in his hands would emit a coolness, rejuvenating a tiny bit of strength within him, allowing him to continue digging without rest.
It was not possible to know the time in the cave, but Yi Yun was motivated by his thirst for survival to keep moving forward without rest.
His cell phone was already out of battery, and he had totally lost his sense of time. Three days? Five days? Seven days?
Yi Yun didn't realize that even without a single morsel of food or water, he had miraculously not died; it was as if the crystal card's energy had prolonged his life.
If he were to look back at the path he had dug, Yi Yun would have discovered how long it was, but Yi Yun did not pay attention to that as his sight was already blurred.
Unable to see clearly ahead, unable to see the rock, he could only feel the crystal card emitting a refreshing coolness in his hands.
He was slowly losing his senses, but kept digging with perseverance and tenacity. Finally, at a certain moment, he realized a glimmer in front of his eyes, as if he had seen a light passing through a crack in the soil that illuminated his face.
Just like when a pail of water was splashed on an unconscious person, Yi Yun was suddenly wide awake!
Light!
There's light!
Yi Yun had never ever appreciated that light could be so beautiful; he couldn't control his tears as all the energy he previously lost flooded back into his body. He gritted his teeth and dug crazily.
Finally!
Yi Yun was blinded by the bright rays that shone down on him, as he struggled to keep his eyes open.
He had managed to climb out!
"I've succeeded!"
"I survived!"
Yi Yun wanted to shout out loud for without experiencing the darkness, or knowing how to appreciate the light or knowing what Death is about, it was hard to understand the sanguinity of life.
Yi Yun lied on the ground — taking huge gasps of air — as he looked at the blue skies and white clouds. He had never felt that the blue sky was any prettier.
Although his body was extremely tired, hungry and thirsty, Yi Yun didn't rest for long as he gritted his teeth and got up, trying to contact his two friends.
Yi Yun may have escaped Death, but he didn't know what had happened to his friends.
But… his cell phone was out of battery.
Yi Yun glanced around, hoping to see signs of life, but with just a glance, Yi Yun was dumbfounded.
How… How could this be?
Yi Yun clearly remembered that while climbing a mountain, he was buried alive in a cave, and climbed out of the mountainside alone.
But, Yi Yun was located in a vast expanse, and although there were mountains around, the distance to them would have run a horse to its death; Yi Yun could not believe he had dug such a long tunnel.
Surrounding him were several mounds, and a wooden stick up from each mound. On the wooden sticks were gruff words of an unknown origin written using charcoal…
Could this be a… graveyard?
Yi Yun was dumbfounded, how did he appear among so many tombstones?! Having escaped Death once, Yi Yun's mental resilience was now much stronger, so although he was faced with an illogical situation, he could still calm down and examine the tombstones carefully.
These tombstones totally didn't look like they came from a modern cemetery. In a modern city's cemetery, all of the tombstones were made of either marble or granite and ordered neatly.
But the tombstone in front of him… even a rural tombstone would be much better than this.
Wait…
Yi Yun suddenly discovered something, as he lowered his head to take a look. The "tunnel" he had just climbed out was still there, and he was situated in front of a mound. And by the side of the mound, a wooden plank was used as a tombstone.
On the wooden plank were weird words, but for some unknown reason, Yi Yun had a spark in his mind, and could read all the words.
It read—"Beloved brother, Grave of Yi Yun".
And on the side wrote four words—"Elder Sister Jiang Xiaorou".
Yi… Yi Yun's… grave!?
Yi Yun was totally stupefied, he had clearly been buried alive in a cave on a barren mountain, but now he had dug his way out of a tomb, and it was even his!
What sort of worldly joke is this!
Also, the words were neither in Chinese, nor in English, so how did he know all these weird words?
This must be a dream, right…
Yes, it must be a dream. This dream sure feels real… as if… Yi Yun looked at his surroundings, and felt diffident, it's too real!
He pinched himself hard, and the result was… pain.
Another pinch and it still hurt!
"It's not a dream?"
"This shit really isn't a dream?"
Yi Yun felt lost, could someone tell him what was happening?
Yi Yun was cursing in his heart.
Could he have already died when he was buried alive in the cave, and when he dug himself out, all the digging was just an illusion before his death?
But… the two words "beloved brother", what did it mean? He didn't have an elder sister. If a person had to be pointed out, it was someone who lived in another city whom he had infrequent interactions with. He did not meet his cousin much, so why would she erect a tombstone for him!?
If the tombstone's "Yi Yun" was someone else with the same first and last name as himself, it was still impossible. How could such a coincidence happen, with him climbing out of a grave of someone with the same first and last name "Yi Yun"?
Yi Yun felt extremely confused. At that moment, he looked on in a daze as a girl dressed in rags while carrying a basket walked towards him along a tiny village path…
Chapter 2: Elder Sister
Yi Yun had trouble describing his first impression of the girl. It was a strange sense of familiarity.
She looked to be approximately fifteen years old, wearing a patched up blue blouse with colored trousers that were too dark to tell the color of. The trouser legs were rolled up high, betraying her white legs. Her ankles were dotted with fresh mud splashes.
With a slender body and a slim waistline, she had a radiant face with rosy red cheeks.
As she walked down the village path, she was like fresh mountain dew rejuvenating Yi Yun.
Who is this girl?
Yi Yun exchanged glances with the young girl. She stood there, dazed for a moment before she loosened her grip on the rope that held the basket up on her shoulder.
Yi Yun suddenly got a weird feeling. The girl in front of him was clearly approximately fifteen years old like a flower bud, and yet, why did she… look taller than him? She was probably taller than him by more than half a head. If they were closer, he would have to tilt his head up to look at the young girl!
It must be an illusion caused by fatigue…
Yi Yun still did not understand, but at that moment he heard the girl's clear voice like a mountain lake.
"Yun'er!"
The girl threw her basket down as she ran towards Yi Yun with her mouth agape.
Her beautiful eyes were already brimming with tears.
"Wait… Wait…"
Yi Yun was in a daze. He looked around and discovered that he was the only person within a few kilometer radius, so the girl was running towards him!
The Yun'er she was calling… could it be himself?
Yi Yun had the single character Yun as his name, but no one had ever called him Yun'er. No one in modern day society would do so, so it was no surprise his reaction was slow.
In actuality, he was unable to react at all as the girl rushed towards him like the wind and embraced him!
The girl's fresh scent filled his nostrils as her soft body overwhelmed Yi Yun. He had no reaction as he was dumbfounded. He had been buried alive while mountain climbing and when he finally managed to dig himself out, it was from within a grave. And after he painstakingly did so, he was embraced by a young girl without him knowing who she was!
Yi Yun did not anticipate that, as a young adult, he would be hugged so tightly by a teenage girl. What's the meaning of this?
"Yun'er, you worried your sister sick. As long as you are alright, as long as you are alright…"
The young girl was tightly hugging Yun Yi, her sharp chin lodged into Yi Yun's shoulders while she sobbed uncontrollably. Her grip was strong, as if she was using all of her strength to merge Yi Yun's body into her own. She was afraid that this was all a dream, that the moment she released him, Yi Yun would disappear again.
Yi Yun stood there, petrified like a gargoyle, with a myriad of expressions on his face as the young girl hugged him.
Sister?
At that moment, Yi Yun, who had been barraged with numerous baffling events, finally understood something. The young girl was the elder sister from "his" tombstone!
The words "Beloved brother, Grave of Yi Yun" were clearly written by her!
Considering that she was treating him as her younger brother, perhaps she had mistaken him for her brother due to her longing for her brother…
Yi Yun tried to rationalize it, but the more he thought about it, the more something seemed off. This young girl should be attending middle school? Her younger brother was at most twelve or thirteen years old, how could she mistake an adult like himself for her younger brother?
Wait a moment…
An adult like himself?
Yi Yun suddenly realized something. He compared his height with the girl. When he saw how his mouth only reached to her shoulders, he had an ominous feeling.
He stretched out his arms from beneath her arms and looked at his own hands. What he saw were the soft and tender hands of a child…
Are these my hands?
Have I become young again?
I…
Yi Yun was utterly confused.
Becoming young, suddenly having a sister, a baffling identity—all these together with the ancient looking tombs, the unfamiliar plains, the foreign words and language that he could read, listen and understand…
Everything only pointed to one conclusion, but Yi Yun refused to believe what his gut was now telling him.
The girl's body kept shivering. It could be excitement, it could be fear… Yi Yun could not recall anything about this girl, but he could appreciate the girl's feelings and warmth. It was a magical feeling.
The girl wiped her tears as she held Yi Yun's hand. She went to pick up the basket, intending to head home.
But this jolt made Yi Yun stagger as he felt nauseous.
Yi Yun felt his stomach and all he could feel was… hunger. He was suddenly overcome with hunger.
Ever since he was buried alive, he had not even had a single morsel of food or water. If it was not for that weird purple crystal card, he would have died much sooner.
Naturally, it was normal for him to feel so hungry.
The girl noticed Yi Yun's frailty and bent down with her back facing Yi Yun. A soft and warm back with streaks of perspiration appeared in front of Yi Yun's eyes.
"Yun'er, Sis will carry you. Let's go home, never to be separated again."
"…"
Yi Yun didn't know how to describe his feelings, a young girl was going to carry him!
"Yun'er, get on! Your body may have recovered but it is still weak…"
As she said that, she glanced at the tunnel Yi Yun crawled out of and felt pain. Her younger brother had never died.
Thankfully, they were too poor to afford a coffin, or he would have been buried alive! If that was to happen, she would feel worse than having to bear a thousand lashes on her body.
Luckily, her brother had woken up, and luckily he was not buried too deeply.
This time, she would never separate from her younger brother again.
The girl noticed that Yi Yun stubbornly did not get on her back and decided that he was probably feeling embarrassed. She shifted the basket forward and firmly held Yi Yun's thighs close to her waist.
Yi Yun was befuddled, he had no idea how he ended up on the girl's back. All he felt was his body being lightly lifted up onto the girl's soft shoulders and that all his weight was now supported by a pair of slim legs.
The girl's pair of tiny hands held Yi Yun's legs and with a heave, adjusted his position as she headed down the small path.
Yi Yun could smell the young girl's body fragrance as he laid on her back; it was different from the aromas that came from perfumes or body lotions city people used, it was a fresh smell, made up of wildflowers and soil. It was refreshing.
He started to confirm more of what was now happening…
He did not want the girl to piggyback him, but he didn't know how to voice it out.
Using his own language to talk to someone who wasn't his sister would be too awkward.
At that moment, Yi Yun heard a rumble from afar. He couldn't resist looking back towards the sound. The girl also looked back.
All they saw was a dust storm forming in the distance.
The girl flinched and hurriedly ran to hide behind a big tree while carrying Yi Yun.
The dust storm approached at a dazzling speed. Yi Yun looked carefully and suddenly saw a huge beast running on the field!
He gasped when he carefully looked at the beast.
Heavens! Is that a wild beast?
It was seven to eight meters tall and over ten meters long. It had long sharp fangs and limbs as thick as steel beams. Its razor sharp claws were like blades that formed horrific, deep trenches.
Compared to this monster, the beasts on Earth, like lions or tigers, were more like kittens.
What startled Yi Yun even more, was that a middle-aged man was riding on the weird beast. With a commanding aura, he sat cross legged on top of it with a sword slung across his back. Because of the angle, Yi Yun could not see his face. However, his blood had frozen over as the person sitting on top of the wild beast was over ten times more terrifying than the wild beast.
With this Yi Yun knew without a doubt that the place he had crawled into, was no longer Earth.
He had arrived in a mysterious world. His name was Yi Yun and he had been resurrected from the dead. He had a cute and beautiful elder sister who adored him. Her name was probably Jiang Xiaorou.
The "Elder Sister Jiang Xiaorou" written on that tombstone wasn't a signature inscription, it was common practice to list the loved ones of the deceased.
It seemed like Yi Yun only had his elder sister, Jiang Xiaorou, in his entire family.
All of this wasn't a dream. It was actually happening…
He had tunneled through space-time.
Heaven, are you fucking kidding me!?
Yi Yun wanted to cry. What sort of bad luck was this? Climbing a mountain resulted in him tunneling through space time!
Although it was better than death, to cross into a totally unfamiliar world. There were beasts the size of hills and crazily strong people. From the sword that the strong man had, this was probably an era where cold weapons reigned.
With his small and weak stature of not more than twelve years of age, he would not even be sufficient to fill the gaps in a wild beast's teeth!
Yi Yun was adamant that this was related to him touching the mysterious purple crystal card. It could even be that from the moment the cave collapsed, he was no longer on Earth. He might even have been transformed into the Yi Yun of this different world. And due to the darkness of the cave, he was unable to realize this…
So if he had come to this world due to the crystal card, was it possible to return with the crystal card?
This was Yi Yun's first thought. As a person living a peaceful life in the modern world, it was hard for him to accept this medieval era. It was not a world that he understood. The only thing he gained after losing everything he once had, was a multitude of questions.
Yi Yun suddenly recalled the crystal card and paused. Where is the crystal card?
As the question flashed in his mind, Yi Yun felt a coolness in his chest. Touching it with his hands, he felt the crystal card securely resting on his chest. This puzzled Yi Yun because he did not recall placing the crystal card there, and yet it was there.
What in the world is this thing…?
Yi Yun did not understand, but undoubtedly, it was not simple!
If he made use of its capabilities, it would undoubtedly play a huge role regardless of whether he wished to stay in this world or return to Earth.
He had to grab every opportunity to examine and understand that card.
Out of nowhere, a name flashed in Yi Yun's mind, Purple Crystal Origins.
Purple Crystal… Purple Crystal Origins…
Why did those words appear in my head? Why did such a name flash in my mind? Yi Yun was puzzled. The name Purple Crystal Origins had appeared in his mind the moment he wanted to name the purple crystal card.
Purple Crystal Origins… let's just call it Purple Crystal, but could its… original name be Purple Crystal Origins?
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