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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?


Chapter 3: If I were to become an expert

Before following Jiang Xiaorou, Yi Yun never expected that "home" would look like this. When Yi Yun originally saw the sword bearer riding that huge beast, he guessed that this world was one filled with flying martial arts experts, with elites from all sorts of large clans.

Having crossed worlds mysteriously, if he could be involved in a huge clan or sect, he could even learn martial arts one day. Even if he lacked talent, he would still be able to survive without worry.

But, seeing the ramshackled house in front of him, Yi Yun nearly collapsed.

In the past, Yi Yun had gone to rural villages, but the houses he saw there were many times better than the house in front of him now.

This spartan house was made of mud and rocks. Aside from a table, two stools, two old beds and a stove, there was nothing else.

Jiang Xiaorou piggybacked Yi Yun into the house. Yi Yun was not accustomed to being piggybacked by a young girl. He had struggled to get down a few times, but his body was just too weak. Just a couple of steps tired him out and then Jiang Xiaorou had to piggyback him again.

Yi Yun felt embarrassed that a man like him had to be given a piggyback by such a young girl.

"Yun'er, you must be hungry…" Jiang Xiaorou said as she placed Yi Yun on one of the wooden beds. Although she was sweating profusely, her face was energetic. She was naturally happy that her younger brother had come back from the dead.

Yi Yun looked at Jiang Xiaorou's sweaty clothes. Although his body was thin and light, the journey had been at least two to three kilometers. Jiang Xiaorou, who was about fifteen years old, had to piggyback him sporadically and she did not have it easy.

If it had been a fifteen-year-old girl from Earth, simply walking empty-handed for two to three kilometers would have tired her out completely, not to mention giving someone a piggyback ride.

"Yea… A… A bit." Yi Yun moved his parched lips. These were the first words that came out of his mouth ever since he had been transported to this world. He originally thought that using a language that wasn't his would be difficult, if not impossible. But surprisingly, it was just as easy as using his native language.

"I'll prepare the meal," said Jiang Xiaorou with a smile. She delicately wiped the mud from Yi Yun's face before pulling over a pillow for Yi Yun to rest against and covered him with a thin blanket. She covered Yi Yun in a deft and gentle manner, leaving him in a trance.

This girl was clearly not his sister, but due to her giving him a piggyback as well as the meticulous care she gave him, he slowly began to develop tender feelings for her.

Yi Yun wanted to help Jiang Xiaorou light the fire for the stove, but she insisted that he stay in bed.

"You've just recovered from a serious illness, take care to not catch a cold. Lie down here, Sis will be back soon." Jiang Xiaorou said as she lifted a nearly empty bag of grain.

Fifteen minutes later, Jiang Xiaorou placed the broken wooden table in front of the bed. On the table was a big bowl of rice porridge, two unknown wild fruits and a bowl of boiled wild vegetables.

Yi Yun had been starving for days so his stomach started rumbling the moment he saw the food.

Yi Yun was craving for pork or some roasted chicken, maybe duck or fish. Just the thought of it churned Yi Yun's stomach.

How can I satiate my extreme hunger with this?

He wolfed down a large mouthful of porridge but his empty stomach reacted by making him even hungrier.

He ate a few mouthfuls of porridge and some of the boiled, oil-less vegetables. The vegetables were so bitter that he even had trouble swallowing more of the food despite his extreme hunger.

As Yi Yun had trouble swallowing such an unpalatable meal, he noticed that Xiaorou was looking at him without eating; he curiously asked, "Why aren't you eating?"

"I ate just before I found you," Jiang Xiaorou stammered as she turned white.

Yi Yun paused; he recalled that Jiang Xiaorou was at the graveyard at around three in the afternoon, how could she have eaten by then?

It suddenly dawned on him that even food like this was probably not easily obtainable.

What sort of world is this, with strong experts riding wild beasts, yet there were poor people that starved?

Yi Yun pushed the bowl of porridge forward and stood up to go check the grain bag in the corner of the house. As expected, the grain bag was already empty.

Yi Yun realized that the porridge Xiaorou usually prepared was even smaller in quantity. Because of his resurrection, Xiaorou had purposely cooked more porridge for a weakened him to "nurse him up".

"I'm full. You have some," Yi Yun said as he pushed the bowl to Jiang Xiaorou. On one hand, he had lost his appetite, while on the other hand, he couldn't accept that a girl had to abstain from eating just to feed him.

He had mixed emotions in his heart and wondered if it was still possible to return to his world from this alternate world. If he really couldn't, he wanted to find an opportunity to train and become a soaring expert.

But from the looks of it, survival was an issue. He might even starve to death before he researched anything.

"I'm not hungry," Jiang Xiaorou stubbornly said. "Tomorrow is the day that they hand out rations, we can get a piece of meat then. I'll prepare it for you."

Jiang Xiaorou's face blushed the moment she mentioned the handing out of rations. It was clear that she highly anticipated it.

Yi Yun stayed silent. On Earth, he felt that life was tough. But compared to this alternate world, that sort of life was incomparable. With insufficient food and the constant danger of starvation, life was really tough. It was really torturous to endure hunger.

In the middle of the night, a night breeze slowly blew as frogs hidden within the pond grass croaked. Yi Yun was still awake. He leaned on the bed, immersed in moonlight. He tossed and turned while holding the mysterious Purple Crystal. It was all because of the Purple Crystal that resulted in him climbing out of the collapsed mountain. This small crystal card was unquestionably a treasure. If he studied it, it could potentially be beneficial in some way.

This alternate world was filled with dangers for normal people. But in recollection, the middle-aged man riding the huge beast in the wilderness had a commanding aura. Compared to the suffering people folk, the differences were like night and day.

"If I were to become an expert, I could be free. At the very least, I wouldn't starve…"

Yi Yun touched his stomach as he recalled how he eventually managed to give some of his dinner to Jiang Xiaorou. As he was still a growing child, the porridge had long since been digested. He was already hungry once again.

As he felt the emptiness of his stomach, the smooth and cold Purple Crystal in his hand started to spread a faint coolness, as if…

Oh?

Yi Yun suddenly noticed something. He bolted up from bed as he stared at the Purple Crystal. An ecstatic smile crept upon his face.

Upon careful examination, Yi Yun noticed that tiny, faint purple dots of light surrounded the Purple Crystal.

These light dots appeared out of nowhere and slowly floated into the Purple Crystal before they disappeared, as if the Purple Crystal absorbed them. This process carried on indefinitely as the Purple Crystal's glow became a bit more intense.

What is the meaning of this?

This discovery caused Yi Yun's breathing to speed up.

As the Purple Crystal's glow became brighter, Yi Yun felt the Purple Crystal turn colder. This unique coolness traversed up both his arms, into all his limbs, as if the miraculous light was cleansing his body. It absolutely refreshed him.

Yi Yun remembered this feeling. While he was digging his way out of the cave, he felt this coolness whenever he was out of breath. It rejuvenated him with strength whenever his body was failing him.

Yi Yun knew that, for a person to live and to move, it was due to energy that was provided to the body, allowing it to renew itself.

Without eating, there would be no nutrition. Naturally, there would not be energy either, which would result in starvation.

An energy source was required to laboriously traverse such a long tunnel without eating or drinking for days. This coolness must be the Purple Crystal providing him with life-giving energy.

Thinking carefully, when he originally discovered the Purple Crystal in the cave, the Purple Crystal was emitting a faint glow like a night pearl.

However after crossing into this strange world, the Purple Crystal's glow had weakened. This could have been a result of energy depletion.

But now, the Purple Crystal's glow was beginning to recharge and grow stronger. What could be the energy source that was recharging the Purple Crystal?

Yi Yun carefully observed and realized that these vague tiny dots formed a surface leading out the window. It seemed like it… came from starlight.

Starlight was the energy source recharging the Purple Crystal?

Yi Yun thought for a while and jumped out of bed. He went to the stove and dug out some burning coal. He lit a handful of grass and watched as the yellow flames danced.

Yi Yun carefully placed the Purple Crystal in the burning fire.

Yi Yun's theory was simple. If the Purple Crystal could absorb the energy from starlight, it could perhaps absorb the energy from its surroundings?

Fire, which was a form of energy from what Yi Yun understood, was likely stronger than starlight. If the Purple Crystal absorbed the energy in the flames, could it be faster?

Yi Yun did not once consider the possibility that the flames could destroy the Purple Crystal.

But, no matter how much Yi Yun burned the Purple Crystal, the Purple Crystal showed no change, nor could he feel the Purple Crystal gain any heat.

The Purple Crystal was like a block of ice which couldn't melt. It was cold to the touch even after the coal fire died down.

Yi Yun shook his head as he abandoned the experiment.

He decided to venture outside the house. The starlight outside would be denser and could provide the Purple Crystal with more energy.

If the Purple Crystal was filled to the brim with energy, what sort of changes could it bring?

Yi Yun eagerly anticipated the thought!

Yi Yun opened the house door and the courtyard door before carefully closing them behind him. He was afraid to wake the sister up in the adjacent room. But when Yi Yun walked into the courtyard, he was slightly startled.

He saw a girl in blue, sitting under a tree not far from him. She was carefully polishing an arrowhead.

The cold arrowhead reflected the chilly moonlight onto the girl's delicate face, as if veiling her in a layer of silver yarn. By the girl's side flew dozens of fireflies, as if they were surrounding a goddess.

Jiang Xiaorou?

Yi Yun saw a shiny stack of arrows by Jiang Xiaorou's side. Each arrow was well manufactured with a sharp arrowhead.

"This is…"

Although Yi Yun didn't know anything about weapons, he could appreciate the elegance of these arrows.

"Yun'er, why did you get up? It's very moist at night and your body just recovered. Go back to bed quickly," Jiang Xiaorou immediately stood up with the intention of sending Yi Yun back into the house.

"Sis, why are there so many arrows?" a curious Yi Yun asked. Jiang Xiaorou didn't seem like she could string a bow.

"This is for the exchange of tomorrow's rations. It has always been this way…"

Jiang Xiaorou looked at Yi Yun weirdly.

"Oh…" Yi Yun was obviously unaware of this. Mysteriously, he had crossed into this world, he understood the words and language, but he did not have a single clue about the life of "Yi Yun". All of his memories were his own.

It resembled people who suffered amnesia after a head injury. Although an amnesiac would lose his memory about events, he would not lose his language skills.

Yi Yun had long thought of a perfect excuse, explaining, "Sis, I died once, so there are some things I can't remember…"

"You can't remember?" a startled Jiang Xiaorou asked. Yi Yun had fallen down from a mountain wall while picking herbs and broke his bones. He had then laid bedridden for a while before he succumbed to his injuries. He might have hurt his head back then.

Thinking of that, Jiang Xiaorou's heart ached and worried. "Yun'er, you…"

"I'm fine," Yi Yun quickly stopped Jiang Xiaorou. He wanted to assuage her of her worries. "Sis, tell me about this world, and about the middle-aged man who rode that huge beast. What's happening, there are so many things I do not remember…"


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