A collection of short stories retelling famous fairytales, fables, myths, legends and Bible stories in a modern setting.

Stories about immortals have shaped human history since the beginning of time.
Zeus and other gods of Olympus were immortals. Adam and other early human ancestors were written in religious books as humans who lived up to 900 years old. Adam (930), Set (912), Enos (905), Kenan (910), Yared (962), and the longest-living human in the world which was Methuselah who died at the age of 969.
In the scripture, following the epoch of Noah and the Great Flood, was a period of time where humans, as punished by God because of their evil ways, could no longer live past 120 years old. This had been my basis for writing the story of 'The Alchemists'.
Alchemy is a pseudoscience (considered as not real science) believing that the entire universe is moving toward a perfect state where gold, a metal known for its indestructible properties, is the most perfect substance.
With this principle, alchemists believe that by understanding the secrets of the unchanging gold, they would eventually grasp the key to warding off diseases and organic decay, thus creating humans with physical perfection: the immortals.
 The Alchemists tried to find or come up with the chemical formula for the Philosopher's Stone which functions to convert metals into gold and make the Elixir of Life/Youth,  a drug that cures all kinds of and allows them to live longer than humans in general.
Topics about chemistry, spirituality, and astrology became the focus of medieval alchemy. Until the 18th century, alchemy was considered a serious branch of science in Europe. Isaac Newton devoted much of his time to this field of study.
Other prominent alchemists from the Western world are Roger Bacon, St. Thomas Aquinas, Tycho Brahe, Thomas Browne, and Parmigianino. It was this alchemy that later became the foundation of 18th-century modern Chemistry.
WHAT IF, the alchemists actually succeeded in finding the formula for the immortality potion and restoring the human bodies into their original perfection, so they could be like their ancestors who used to live past 900 years?
This is the story of the Alchemist clan who discovered the elixir of youth and has lived as immortals since 1450, ruling the world from behind the shadows and at the same time spreading rumors that alchemy is a failed science.
Because time was in their hands, these immortals or semi immortals did not rush to find partners and only bore children when they were already hundreds of years old. In their long lives, they learned and gathered so much wisdom and knowledge that no modern humans, who only have dozens of years to do so, could compare.
Because time is in their hands, these perfect humans acquired a different outlook on life and society than today's regular people who tend to rush and pursue temporary pleasures in the modern world.
They became people who have finally found a way to manipulate the elements and make themselves perfect. They now have all the time in the world to do whatever they want, learn whatever they want, and explore wherever their feet could take them.
To conceal themselves from the general public, Alchemists spread rumors that alchemy is a failed science and that all fables about immortal humans are nothing but mere fairy tales. Yet in reality... they are among us, living with us, and ruling the world from the shadows.
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WHAT'S IN THIS BOOK SERIES?
In VOLUME 1 (254 chapters), you will be introduced to the Alchemists. The story is light-hearted and heartwarming. I intentionally started the series with romance to put us in a good mood before getting ready for the intense Volume 2.
In VOLUME 2 (350 chapters), you will meet more of the Alchemists and witness their internal conflict for power. This volume is quite intense but also passionate.
Later, we will have light hearted side stories (100 chapters) about the side characters before we continue to Volume 3.
In VOLUME 3 (approx 200 chapters), the Alchemists will face an enemy who found out about their secrets and wanted to destroy them. This will be the most intense part of the series.
Each Volume (except for the side stories) is an independent book, related to one another but can be enjoyed individually. If you like short novels, you can just read per volume. If you are into romance, go for Volume 1, if you like more action and sci-fi go for Volume 2. But if you enjoy reading long novels, you can just read the whole series. It's very flexible.
I could choose to write 3 different novels but opted against it because I am a practical person. Since the stories are connected, why not let readers have the whole series under one title? It is also for ranking purposes. Usually, once a novel is completed, the ranking will drop, I don't want that to happen so soon.
So, please bear with me and give this book a year to reach its final destination, starting in May 2019.  I intentionally only locked it from chapter 176 so you could enjoy so many free chapters and decide if you would like to invest more time and SS to continue reading.
I do hope you'll enjoy the first volume enough to continue to the next one. This book is originally written in Indonesian and most original readers who enjoyed Volume 1, cannot say enough good things about Volume 2.
They said VOLUME 2 is INTENSE, PASSIONATE, HEARTWARMING, and THEY LOVE THE ENDING!
I think the current original rating of 4.9 out of 5 from 2,800 reviews should speak for itself (you can see my author page and check the original version in Indonesian).
Thank you for giving this book a chance. Enjoy!


*How do immortals live in the modern world? One had been walking the earth for 438 years without ever falling in love. The other one couldn't get over the only woman he loved, even after 100 years.

**What happen when an immortal didn't know he was immortal? After living for almost a century, he still looked like he was 25. So, he thought maybe... maybe he was a freak, a victim of human experimentation during Hitler's time. Growing up, he came to hate humans and their fondness for war and destroying nature. He swore to one day rule the world and decide on which humans got to live. In his book, 'only the good, the strong and the intelligent should live'.

***The wealthiest tycoon was an immortal who was raised in the ivory tower by his overprotective parents. One day he decided to go undercover as poor photographer to make friends with regular people. Alas! Scheming people tricked him to sleep with the most notorious golddiger in Berlin whose only goal in life was to marry a wealthy and powerful man. When she was pregnant with his child, the undercover tycoon wanted to take responsibility but still pretending to be poor. Will he finally let her know that he was wealthy? Why was she so adamant to marry a wealthy and powerful man?

THIS BOOK HAS 3 DIFFERENT STORIES. They are connected, but you can read them as standalone.

1. The Alchemist
2. Aleksis & Prince Siegfried
3. Secret Identity


Volume 1 has fluffy romance, Volume 2 has action/adventure, Volume 3 has comedy, and Volume 4 is a revenge/redemption drama.

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[Does host regret cutting off his emotions?] The System's tone seemed a little pitying.

"No, why would I? It was the price I had to pay for embarking on the Dream Cultivation System. No matter what, all cultivation paths focus on transcending beyond the Mortal World – that naturally means severing emotions or cutting off desires. Well, the White Lotus Dual Cultivation goes against the trend by accumulating emotions and desires, but even they need to sever their emotions to move forward with cultivation…" Shu Yidan said with a smirk.

[So, the host would have cut off his emotions either way?]

"'Heaven and Earth are ruthless, the Sage is indifferent.'
The aim of cultivation is to go beyond mortality and thus, it necessarily involves cutting off emotions and desires.
No, a better way to phrase it would be transcending mortal emotions and desires… After all, the World of Immortals is no land of eternal peace where the Buddhas reign…" Shu Yidan said thoughtfully.

[…]

"Well, do you think ordinary mortals can seclude themselves for years to meditate? I think that there was a study done on Modern Earth where it was proved that even the most antisocial of people lose their bearings in such an environment.
Meditating in seclusion for years is common across all ways of cultivation. Sitting still in quietness and looking deep into oneself is necessary for cultivating.
And 'cutting off emotions and desires' doesn't mean descending to become a sociopath. As you would expect from people who have meditation as a major part of their everyday lives, most of the denizens of this world of cultivation enjoy peace and serenity." Shu Yidan said this with a smile.

"But of course, there are always power struggles, great wars, battles for resources… For all talk about transcending desire and emotion, most cultivators are greedy, arrogant, lustful…
After all, the end goal of meditation isn't inner peace but power and immortality, and you can't stay contented with inner peace when the world is in turmoil. Every cultivator wants to increase his cultivation, so that he can become stronger and live longer. Even if it seems like the world is civilized, that's only what it seems like… The true law in this world is the law of the jungle.
To end things, the world of cultivation is multifaceted. You can't judge everything by observing from a single viewpoint." Finishing off his statement, Shu Yidan adjusted his breath for a few moments.


"By the way, I didn't notice the Hidden Quest. You know, I was supposed to get one for healing my dantian, you know… Plus, I wanted a quest for resolving my karma with the predecessor Shu Yidan." Shu Yidan brought this up after some thought.

[The Hidden Quest was rendered redundant. All karma with host's predecessor can be resolved in short time.

Due to the contribution of Restricted Spirit Crystal – RXW7651 to the System, the System is currently loading a new ability for the Host.

When the ability is accessible:
All karmic binds to the predecessor Shu Yidan can be resolved.
All memories of predecessor Shu Yidan can be accessed.
Host's body will return to peak condition, with all negative status effects nulled.]

"Restricted Spirit Crystal – RXW7651, huh… Well, it is good stuff." Shu Yidan sighed.

"At that time, when I set my True Immortal Divine Sense to connect to Modern Earth, the World Will of Modern Earth took over the Restricted Spirit Crystal and pretended to be the System, giving me 'Divine Quests'. I locked down its source by my True Immortal Divine Sense and tore it out of myself, but then it revived Hua Xiu into a Goddess and maneuvered circumstances to have me fuck her." Shu Yidan thought about the circumstances that lead to that event.

[System asks the Host to forgiveness for failure. Also, measures have been taken to deal with compromising influences.]

"Don't worry, the price to pay for saving Hua Xiu to be simple as some sex is a miracle – I couldn't repair her for the entirety of my time as a True Immortal, yet the influence of Modern Earth managed to fix her in a jiffy. Not only that, I could easily use that faith energy to cast Hua Xiu as a Lower-Tier God with my True Immortal Divine Sense… It means that it was extremely compatible with me." Shu Yidan said with a shrug.

[]Before the new ability is loaded, the System is prompting reminder:
Restricted Spirit Crystal – RXW7651 has a Dual Cultivation Module which will strengthen the link to Faith Energy from a different realm. Engage? ]

Shu Yidan thought for a moment. "What are the chances of Modern Earth's World Will compromising this space, giving you a female body and forcing sex?"

[Absolutely impossible. It is possible for the World Will to cut off connection between Host and System, but it is absolutely impossible for further infringement. If the World Will descends into this space, System has complete authority to instantly dismiss it.]

"Then… Engage Dual Cultivation Module!" Shu Yidan waited for the existence to appear, and a genderless voice arose.

~So we meet again. We are the World Will of Modern Earth. Nice to meet you, Shu Yidan!~

"…Thanks for your assistance with casting Hua Xiu's Divine Body. I took a large amount of faith energy for that after all." Shu Yidan started off with an apology.

~It is alright. We have plenty of it to throw around, after all. So, would you like to begin our negotiation? After all, you must have steeled yourself to grace our eyes with sexual content to have us shell out faith energy for your consumption!~ Shu Yidan could imagine a smirk on the entity's face.

"Why are you willing to exchange faith energy for sexual content to begin with? Are you connected to the White Lotus Cult?" Shu Yidan didn't want to think about what that would imply.

~Of course, not! Our current predilection for sexual content is due to your True Immortal Divine Sense – it began its transmission by uploading your story in webnovel format on a site known for translations where R-18 stories were gaining popularity. And so, your Divine Sense Transmission has bound the sentiments of the users of the site to form our existence as an entity capable of drawing upon the idle faith energy of Modern Earth …~ Hearing the shocking revelation, Shu Yidan was frozen in shock.

Finally, he could only mutter in a horrified tone. "Oh god, what have I brought upon the world…"

~Nothing much. Our existence is merely an entity who can draw upon the idle faith energy of Modern Earth. An entity formed by the sentiments of internet anons who frequent a certain site.~

Shu Yidan thought for a moment before beginning, "…Even if you don't have power, you are still an existence born of faith energy. Do you want to send off unsuspecting Earthlings to different anime worlds where they fuck a bunch of heroines one after the other?"

~Not really, we are a not even a World Will, merely an entity born of a collective unconsciousness. And so, we can't really act except in certain rare circumstances… like the one your System has brought forth. Though, did you like reading Terror Infinity style stories as well?~

Shu Yidan paused for a brief moment before starting. "…No. A fellow transmigrator from a modern technological world with anime also embarked on the Dream Cultivation System and made a world where anime became reality. You don't want to know more."

~Anyway, do you want to ask anything? About Earth maybe?~

"About Earth… I'd rather not. I can't ask about my friends and family as that would reveal my identity. And I don't really care about anything apart from that. Well, from seeing you, I can roughly calculate that everything seems good enough…" Shu Yidan said with a smile.

~As you say. Well, you can consider us a reader of the story of your life. While we are particularly interested in the sex, it isn't the main attraction. On the story of your life… we will give you a list of preferences and fulfilling them will net you our faith energy. Now we shall consult among ourselves to best find out what would make your story more interesting…~

(There is R-18 sexual content. A lot of it. All marked in chapter titles. So pay attention to chapter titles!)

"Cultivation resources? System I can handle it, this bro is a time traveller so I know all the mysteries of this world!"
"Seducing girls? System you don't need to interfere, I don't need a fucking walkthrough to chat girls up!"
"Stat boosts and cultivation techniques? System I don't need your help, this bro was a True Immortal in the past timeline!"

"Just give me missions! Nice, detailed missions! Missions that have a clear objective to fulfil! I don't even need any rewards for completion, I just need the ability to clearly know what I need to do... to kill those bastard protagonists that I am fated to oppose!"

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Time travelling back to the moment he transmigrated from Modern Earth into this mysterious world of cultivation with a System, Shu Yidan's journey began once again!

In this life, he will steadfastly protect all he lost!
In this life, he will bring his sect to the pinnacle!
In this life, he will accomplish many things, the chief of which being...

Killing the bastard who is this world's protagonist until he is deader than dead!!!

Before he can get his harem of women! Before he can get his sworn brothers! 
Before he can get his OP treasures, his peerless techniques and ancient Masters as his backing!

Because he has a System! 
A System that can scry into the fate of the world and give him missions that pinpoint exactly where this bastard is hiding, what this bastard is scheming and how to perfectly destroy this bastard's schemes!

All protagonists with a cheats and golden fingers, beware! The Master of the Villain System is coming!

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Former Story Title: Villainous Sect Master and the Endless Wave of Heroes

Image Artist: Trung Anh 
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The college's Student Centre was not big, but it was light and airy courtesy of its high ceiling and large tempered-glass windows in every direction. Marvin Tse looked around and finally found the famous Great Hall and entered. It really was deserving of its fame. The ceiling was arched and three stories high, the tables and chairs numbered in the hundreds, and despite its simple decor everything was tastefully designed to fit a modern college of technology.

Marvin made his way around the tables and chairs in the Great Hall of the centre, while his eyes roamed around from left to right looking for a free table. None. No such thing as a free table amongst the hundreds of students in the hall. The chairs and tables were fully occupied by students who were reading, typing, discussing, while others were chatting and laughing away as they were working on assignments or reports. They made for a casual but studious atmosphere.

That was how Marvin finally realised he had forgotten how dedicated HK students were in school or college. To be fair he had only came back home from Europe half a year ago. After spending years of his life studying and living abroad in Europe, and then touring the European Continent and occasionally other parts of the world for more than a decade, was it any wonder that he struggled to familiarise himself with this bustling modern island again? After all, he was only 16 when he left, and he was already 36 today. He was practically a stranger to this island now.

This afternoon he was planning to have a quiet chat with a certain student, thinking that the atmosphere of the Great Hall would alleviate the awkwardness because they both did not know each other. But without a private space to talk comfortably such a thing would not happen. 
This was not the first time he forgot such small details in his plans either. Feeling a little put out at his own carelessness, he turned back towards the entrance, but stopped when he spotted something familiar next to it.

A grand piano. It stood quietly on small raised platform near the double door, looking all lonely in the fully-occupied room. Marvin felt a touch of pity that such a majestic instrument was neglected so. For now it was just another piece of ignored sculpture in the cavernous room. He sympathised. It felt like how he himself had been estranged by this fast-changing island of concrete jungle.

Taking his time to look the piano over, Marvin climbed up the small platform and sat on the piano's bench. It was a little dusty, but at least he had a place to sit now. He opened the keyboard's cover and found that the keys were dusty too. The keys were probably also out of tune. But… maybe he should play a bit, as a way to greet the piano and ease its loneliness.

His fingers moved of their own accord immediately after he decided. They effortlessly glided over the keys, and Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words, Op. 19 No. 1, slowly and quietly reverberated in the air. Because the piano's lid was closed, the sound it produced was further quieted. It would not do for him to disturb the students, after all. The 'song' was sweet and romantic, and for this meeting he made it sound hopeful and joyful too. Despite the 'song' only lasting a little more than 3 minutes, Marvin felt fulfilled when it ended.

Next, following the order, he was thinking of playing Op. 19 No. 2 and then No. 3. But then he noticed some students who were recording his performance on the out-of-tune piano. Disgruntled, he did not continue; instead, he looked around the common hall one more time. Finally he saw the students he was waiting for coming into the Great Hall from the other entrance at the far end. Marvin quickly stood up and headed off to meet them.

Two of the students making their way over were in his Beginner German Language class. The one trailing behind them both was supposedly Michelle Wu. Marvin looked at her closely as the group of three manoeuvred around the packed tables and chairs. Yes, that's her alright. The girl in the short clip he saw on a student's phone.

Michelle Wu was a beauty with delicate facial features, like a classic Chinese beauty. But the fact that she was dressed stylishly in a short modern dress and dainty high-heels added another facet of appeal to her. The way she walked also exuded confidence and attracted the attention of many in the room. Heads turned and mouths whispered when she walked past. Some even held up their phones to snap pictures. Michelle only smiled shyly at no one in particular as she continued forward with her back straight. She had excellent posture as she walked. It was as if she was gliding. Amazing girl, Marvin thought to himself.

"Professor Marvin Tse! Good afternoon. We're here. We brought Michelle Wu like we promised." One of them greeted him.

"Thank you, Cherrie, and Daniel. But I told you before I'm not a professor. Just an old contracted tutor. Call me Mr. Tse." Marvin felt like rolling his eyes at every student's insistence in calling him 'professor'. He did not even have a degree in German Language, for crying out loud. How could he feel alright when they referred to him as a language professor?

"Yes, Mr. Tse." They obediently answered, and then giggled. Marvin decided he did not want to know what's so funny about it.

"Hello, Miss Wu. I'm Marvin Tse, a tutor for Beginner German Language."

"Good afternoon, prof- Mr. Tse. Cherrie said you need to see me? What could I do for you?" Michelle Wu bowed her head politely at him and greeted warmly. She also nearly called him 'professor', probably because she had been instructed by these two who lead her here. Good thing she knew to correct herself quickly. His impression of her deepened.

Marvin dismissed Cherrie and Daniel first before answering her. They looked disappointed when Marvin told them to go on their way, but cheered up when he told them he would give them something nice in the next class. Perhaps a few pieces of his homemade apple pie? He could do that.

"Yes, I need to see you, Miss Wu. But first, I apologise for bothering you. Were you busy?" 

"Not really, Mr. Tse. I was only reading and relaxing in my dorm room when Cherrie came by and told me to come meet you."

"I'll take your word for that." She could really be lying about not being busy, but deeply ingrained politeness would not allow her to say the truth. Especially not to a 'professor's' face. It was a culture thing so there was nothing Marvin could do about that. "I need to talk to you privately, but I've chosen the wrong place for us to meet. Could we go somewhere else to talk?"

After a little deliberation, they ended up at the café across the street from the Student Centre. It was not popular with the student population because of its steep pricing, so there were tables available. They sat at a table in a corner and ordered coffee and juice respectively. 

"Let me introduce myself again." Marvin began again. "I am Marvin Tse, a language tutor for this college. I've only started last term though. Also, I am Nikolas Tse's uncle." Marvin smiled gently as he said this. "I need an explanation about a clip of you and Nikolas that someone posted online. It seemed to have gone viral and a lot of students were making a fuss about it. I had already asked Nikolas, but he only said "nothing like that" and refused to comment further. I really need to find out the truth. If you could be so kind and explain to me what actually happened?"

I am not a prince charming. I do what I do and I like what I like. I kept to myself and never bothered others. But others kept bothering me. Could you just please leave me alone?
Nikolas Tse was an average college student. Or he thought he was. But with good looks and tall stature, not to mention his intense eyes, he became a reluctant star in college. He wished people would leave him alone. 
But they kept bothering him. Especially Michelle Wu. This beautiful girl is trouble he did not need, so Nikolas would do his utmost to avoid her. But then they were in the same class, so he could not be careless...

Some things appeared near, but in reality, they were far away. The inverse was true as well.
In modern world, there were many myths and legends which originated five to six thousand years ago.
In the mortal realm, these figures were unimaginable. 
In the world of cultivation, however, this was only sufficient for a single seclusion. 
Where did these myths come from? At that time, the earth was sealed!
How could there have been such happenings?
As such, when the world was unsealed, all the Sects and Clans streamed in.
The glory of those myths and legends were eroded and doubted!
"There were made up! I don't know how they leaked out of the world of cultivation, but someone with a creative imagination must have changed the facts into myth!".
"Even if some things are true, they did not happen thousands of years ago. These humans are like animals…".
"What bullshit kekeke…".
These were the comments of the cultivators who had assimilated into the modern world at first. 
The mortals kept their silence, they did not know what exactly had happened.
Without any historical records, they had no evidence or information.
Moreover, many did not believe that these myths actually happened.
They were just figments of the imagination.
But-
Was it really just imagination?
Was it really made up?
Did those entities not exist?
How did the myths come about?
In this realm, there would often be one miraculous incident or one spectacular person that ignited the world with his brilliance. 
His story would live through the ages.
Many mocked these myths and passed them off, but almost all of them recognise that they had something to do with the omniscient beings.
Many linked this to the cycle of endless reincarnation.
Once they appeared in the world, these people could remember what had happened in their past lives. 
They were all immensely powerful, an example was the infamous Confucius. 
Many of the cultivators felt a sense of ridicule and constantly discussed it.
Because that man was already a great figure over six thousand years ago. In a battle back then, many thought that he had perished or disappeared. 
But about two thousand years ago, he appeared in this realm. 
He was incomparably intelligent, unique at birth and roamed the lands while teaching his disciples.
His knowledge enlightened the world and his generation. He became a Saint in the sealed world. 
His techniques were passed down and his image was immortalised in many places of china. 
The other stories and myths had no concrete evidence and were treated as fables. 
Many of the cultivators did not recognise these fables, six thousand years was too short. 
But Chu Yu, who had seen his master, the Monkey, knew that all of that was true. 
Although some were hyperbolic and over exaggerated, they all happened in the previous era!
Chu Yu did not know how they became myths, perhaps it was just like Confucius' case. 
Perhaps reincarnation was involved.　
This era was treated as the continuation of the previous era 600,000 years ago.　
But the previous era had long been submerged in the lost ruins of history. 
It seemed too far away and impossible to prove.
Chu Yu wanted to find the dragon's eye. 
The sword had given him the exact location of it- it belonged to a divine being from the era of his master, the Monkey. 
He was Chi You.
He was said to have been killed by the Emperor and was named the "Chief Soldier".
If the dragon's eye was indeed with him, did that mean that he still lived?
If the sword had not conveyed that piece of information, Chu Yu would never have believed it.
On the road, Chu Yu told Qing Er all the myths and legends.
Qing Er felt that they were all ludicrous. 
"Many of these legends are events that have happened in the past, but have been modified and turned into stories, am I right? But according to what you say, Chi You lived hundreds of thousands of years ago and was a god-like being?". 
Chu Yu nodded his head, "That's the information I got.".
"This world is really mysterious. Regarding reincarnation, my legacy has information on it as well, but most of it doesn't make sense.".
She continued, "Actually, we don't have to think much do we? We just have to go there and see for ourselves.".
Chu Yu nodded his head, he agreed.
He had mixed feelings about seeing that ancient existence.
The vessel passed through wormhole after wormhole.　
Chu Yu had never even heard of this star road that they were on.
He searched through the maps in his mind and found out that they had ventured far beyond chartered territories. 
They were about ten thousand light years away from the solar system!
Such a great distance was not traversable if not for the star maps. 
The vessel finally arrived at its destination, an ancient galaxy.
The moment the aircraft landed, Chu Yu and Qing Er could feel the cool energy, even from within the vessel.
What left them stunned was the huge palace. 
It was as big as ten earths and was planted right in the middle of this galaxy.
The palace was made of limestone and looked grand, between them and the palace laid a black void.
Silent and void of energy.
"Is that Chi You's palace?" Qing Er asked.
Chu Yu nodded, "This should be it.".
Chu Yu had seen this image in the legacy of the sword, but in real life, it was truly stunning.　　
"Let's go and take a look," Chu Yu signalled as he walked over.
At this moment, the giant doors of the palace opened as a glimmering road appeared before their eyes.
It appeared that their arrival had garnered some attention.
They looked at each other and stepped onto the road without saying anything.
They walked through the doors as they closed behind them.　　
The inside was not dark, ancient kerosene lamps lit up the walls.
There was only one floor!
If one did not have good eyesight, they would not have been able to see the ceiling.
A towering stature of a demonic god stood on the throne.
There was no energy or threat. 
The sheer grandeur of it raised the hairs on their skin.
Chu Yu could tell who it was at first sight.
Chi You!
"Why do you come?".
A calm voice rose from the statue.
Chu Yu raised his head forcefully and looked up, it was like a planet before his eyes.
"Junior here is named Chu Yu, I am from the Emperor Star, I've come to seek the dragon's eye.".
He was direct as he felt he should be. 
"Hahaha, little doll, who told you to come here?" laughed the voice.
Laughter erupted in the palace.
Boom!
Chu Yu brandished his sword. 
The laughter ceased.
"How audacious!" a voice shouted from the statue.
An unimaginable force struck the two of them below, they were like ants.
Boom!
Chu Yu spat out a mouthful of blood, he could not stand.
Boom!　　
The sword radiated with a blinding light, shielding Chu Yu within.
The sheath separated itself and took on the form of a body.
This body was huge and was at the same height as the statue.
Chu Yu could not see its complete image.　　
He could not either, that single blow had almost killed him, it was too terrifying.
Chu Yu could feel that the feather moved for a bit when the light erupted from the sword, but once it shielded him, the feather returned to its normal state.
At the side, Qing Er was safe and unharmed.　　



The eagle soars through the sky; the fish leaps over the dragon's gate; the bear roars and the tiger growls; all things in the world have a spirit. At the ends of Earth, the poles and magnetic field re-align; the world changes. The world that we were so used to, is no longer.

When myths turn to reality; when legends are no longer enigmatic, the world is now limitless.

The author had an idea when he ate delicious Italian pasta. But the pasta came from Arabistan? Although others say that the Arabs borrowed the idea from China along the Silk Road. One way or another, it would be great if Dara could use pasta as a subject for trade! But in the modern world, hundreds of pasta variants of different shapes, contents, taste and color have already been created and are known. Few can surprise them ?!

But if ... if ..yu Daru move to another place and time?

Place for example, parallel fun! After all, astronomers say that there are 22,000 worlds in the world! But it sounds too fantastic, the genre is a fiction of history ... and not science fiction. Although consciousness could temporarily go to Nirvana ... or begin to travel through the universes ... but this is already from Chinese philosophy and Integral Yoga ... Little scientific. In addition, Dara is not fond of science fiction.

Therefore, as one of our design engineers says, it's better to bomb (that is, work) on your subject. So there must be a story ?! So this world, place Earth, but what time to choose? Paleolithic? This is 48,000 years ago. Then, for sure, there was no wheat ... and probably rice ... Then maybe in the Bronze Age? 3000 years ago? The era of the Late Holocene ... it's cold, the glacier has not yet been ravaged ... Although, wait a minute, the very last glaciation of the Earth itself was the Würezke, and this is 35,000 years ago ?! Or maybe Dara would end up in Sogd or Bactria. The language is more or less like Farsi ?! And it looks like the language of Small-An, Esperanto of the Silk Road, a mixture of Arabic, Monogol, Persian, Chinese, Turkic ...

For example, in the 6-7th century? Or immediately during the battle of the Arabs and the Chinese, who had the main Korean commander? The famous Talas battle ?!

It seems best to send Dara, in the era of antiquity, the first settlement of a modern, straight-walking person, that is, the time began to develop mountain valleys, floodplains, terraces, and foothill valleys. Sowing them with walnut trees and bushes. The beginning of a grandiose project on irrigation of the steppe ... the creation of irrigation canals. Visit of the Chinese monks ... the first century AD and as 5 centuries of the functioning of the Silk Road ...

But here I, as an author, already understand that there are so many different versions of such events - rebirth, getting into another world, a parallel world, into the past or the future ... that is, it turns out, again the plot can become a cliché or cliché. That is not original. On the other hand, in the 21st century it is naive to think that after the masters of the genre of writing short stories, geniuses and just masters who have gotten their hands on the writing of works of art, a new genre can be created.

One way or another, I will not endow the main character with super powers, only those that were in the novel "Magic Coin Jiang." It can be with a part of truncated functions.

Or maybe he'll send Dar to the 7th century ... a couple of years before Li-Ban's trip or while sending Li-Ban to the desert ... but then, it will be difficult for the Chinese, who know a lot about cooking noodles, to surprise them and make your business successful.

Therefore, it may be worth sending Dar nevertheless to the "Light" mountains. To not be too fantastic, his knowledge of a foreign language for him. And where will Dara find the money for her business? In those places that the Historian told him about? Will he be able to make a metal detector himself? Or, nevertheless, let the plot be borrowed from Japanese authors with their purchase of equipment on the Internet site or just a selection of goods in a shopping center? Or is it easier to equip Dar with the ability of his eyes and glasses to temporarily work in the ground scanning mode to detect gold coins and silver, copper, bronze, and precious stones. Like a superhero, Maytimaus?

I should think. In total, I plan to write 5 or 10 chapters on this volume. How Dara applies her knowledge from the modern world to become a merchant, open her own trading business, open her own farm store or become a speculator - a reseller. There are many options.

Tomorrow I will write the first chapter.

And along the way, you will have to work on the remaining chapters, Gifts, somewhat abandoned due to the arch with treasure hunters, but I will return to it later. Since there is still new information on this topic.

Thank you, my laconic readers, thank you for reading, this gives an incentive to write further! With respect and appreciation.

COMPLETED

The Silk Road ... it is inevitable the emergence of wells, caravanserais, guard fortresses, postal stations, local bazaars, regional bazaars, the emergence of new jobs:
- robbers (there were whole settlements)
- caravan guards
- changed
- merchants

Just about them and will be discussed.


About their life, tricks.

Alas, English is still the same ... there are mistakes, I am sure of it.

I hope over time I will be able to fix them.

I just wanted to share information about such an interesting topic as the history of the development of the Silk Road.

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And also a series of stories about treasures, treasure hunters.

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This is a work of art. Any resemblance to real people or real events is purely coincidental.

In the lobby on the second floor, I met Hearty, saying hello to him, "Wait..." He stopped me. 

"Is there a problem?"

"You just said that your hobby is detective, what does that mean?"

Sure enough, that speech would lead to confusion, and I explained to him.

"Nothing. I am often involved in incidents. So I settle those incidents. That's it. "

Hearty was silent for a while. His next statement was beyond my expectation.

"It's great, it really is, detective! Actually I want to be a suspense writer. So if you are really a detective, please talk to me. "

"A suspense writer. Have you sent your work to any publisher?"

"Yes. But I failed ..."

"Okay, I also have friends that also likes suspense stories, I like them as well."

"That's great. If you don't mind, come and talk in my room."

"I don't mind."

I went to his room.

"Wow, a lot of books."

The bookshelves are full of suspense novels of ancient and modern times, which are spectacular.

I sat down on the chair he advised.

The windows seemed to be open, and the curtains wavered in the wind. The window must  stayed open during the call just now, when I was at the kitchen. 

He took a stack of copy paper from the table and handed it to me. It's a printed novel.

"It's my novel. Can you read it? I want to hear your thoughts."

A dozen sheets of A4 paper are not very heavy, and it seems that they can be read in a short while.

"I'd love to."

"Thank you very much."

He politely lowered his head.

Shortly after started reading, someone knocked on the door. Hearty opened the door, it's Gunars. You can tell that he just took a bath.

Gunars saw me and raised his eyebrows.

"Ah, Ms. Amanda, you two are close already!"

His words sounds suspicious. Feels like he's suspicious of the traitor who forged letters?

"Because Ms. Amanda also seems to like suspense novels, so we are talking about it."

Hearty answered. Gunars smiled:

"That's good. Also, the bath water is hot."

"Ah ... let Gilbert wash first."

"Ok."

After Gunars left the room, Hearty said intently:

"I want to become a suspense novel's writer is a secret kept from the family, so Amanda please keep it a secret."

"I understand."

"My father seems to want me to inherit the company, but Gilbert is more suitable. It doesn't need to be the oldest son. I'm still a student, I want to use it as an excuse to not get into the company too soon."

"Okay."

My eyes returned to the manuscript.

I read them for a while.

"What do you think?"

It's hard to answer. I'm looking for some words who can make someone who wants to be a writer happy, and praise him appropriately, but at the same time, I need to be serious.

"Sure enough, the title and settings are very good and attractive. But I feel slightly that it lacks some skills. However, the last scene was very good. After reading this, it felt like sun after the rain. "

"Lacking of skills? I agree. "

I smiled slightly, his face flushed.

"It's interesting, please continue and stick to your hobbies." I said.

After a while of discussion, I left his room.

Jack, a high school student from Liberty High, had witnessed a rape scene in front of him, the victim was his classmate,  Clarissa. Well, he didn't do anything to help her. Instead, he masturbated while watching the rape scene.
Clarissa suicided. Life goes on.
Jack fell in love with the rich girl, Vivi, they hooked up. BUT! He was arrested because of it!
Let's read this thriller+steamy story to find out more!! 
【Adapted from a story I read when I was in Japan】

TLDR: I will be taking a break for around a week due to my school assignments/examinations coming up and will remain posting on 30th July 2018. For my new Webnovel viewers, I wouldn't mind you not voting for me using your power stones next week since I won't be posting for that week!

Hi! For my QI readers, I realised that you didn't get to read how I started writing Spirit Immortal. So below is a short description of myself!


Background about myself and inspirations for writing Spirit Immortal
Currently, I am a university undergraduate, and I have been reading fiction for years. I first got into reading fiction because of anime. Initially, I was a pure anime/manga fan. But I then found out about the existence of light novels. Light novels were far ahead from the existing anime, so I started to binge read translated volumes on Baka-Tsuki. It became somewhat of a drug to me. I kept reading and eventually, fictions had become part of my daily life. However, everything changed when the Yen Press attacked… Suddenly, many of my favourite novels disappeared, and less and less light novel translations surfaced. 

Finding myself in a severe deficit of fictions to read, I found something called Novelupdates. Every few minutes, there was a new novel chapter being released. I was overjoyed. Finally, I was able to satisfy my daily fiction needs. That was how I got into wuxia/xianxia novels. Being ethnically Chinese and fluent in both English and Chinese, there was a great allure for me in these stories. When I was younger, I would frequently watch The Legend of the Condor Heroes and many what we call "wuxia xiaoshuo." So seeing that the traditional stories blend with modern themes was somewhat shocking to me. To think that such a part of the internet existed!

So I started reading a lot of wuxia/xianxia stories. I remember the early days of Coiling Dragon and Stellar Transformations. The friendly competition between Gravitytales and Wuxiaworld. But one day, I encountered Doulou Dalu. For those who have not noticed, Spirit Immortal's cultivation system is inspired by this very novel. The reason being, it was the only cultivation system that I could actually follow. It's a very simplistic system, rank 1-100. The other Wuxia novels cultivation systems confused the heck out of me. However, worry not, Spirit Immortal is not a fanfiction of Doulou Dalu. In fact, other than the cultivation levels, they are nothing alike.

For a while, Doulou Dalu was my favourite novel. To a certain extent, it still is my favourite translated wuxia/xianxia novel. But I started feeling bored. Every single book that I read followed the same format. And after many disappointing stories, I thought to myself… Hey, I could just write something I like!

Thus, the idea of Spirit Immortal started germinating in my mind. It took me over five months to finish plotting the major arcs, characters and finally the ending before I started typing my first word. Majority of the reason why it took so long for me to start writing this story is because of my procrastination and school. Additionally, I didn't know if the story was going to be well received. But eventually, I steeled my mind and said: "Whatever, as long as I am satisfied with the story, who cares?"

So yeah, currently the number one fan of Spirit Immortal is myself, and I can't wait to put the entire story I have in my head into words for all of you to read. It will take time though, so do stick around!


Issues I have had when writing Book Two
I have realised that many of you were unsatisfied with the pace of the story, saying that it is too slow and whatnot. And guess what, I agree! I have been putting the character and world development at the forefront of my story thus slowing down the story progression, However, fret not, now that the first two books are completed, the story progression would begin to expedite as I believe that I have sufficiently developed my characters!

I'm trying to be more descriptive in my writing but that is still a work in progress. Perhaps it would be the greatest hurdle for me but rest assured, I will try my best!

Another major issue I had was time management. I started writing Spirit Immortal during my semester break where I had plenty of time. I even managed to complete Book 1 during that break itself! However, once school started, I had to figure out a way to balance work, personal life and writing Spirit Immortal. There were some days where I only had three hours to efficiently write, proofread and edit my chapter before I deemed it ready to be published. Hence, there might be times where my writing quality dropped slightly but I'm trying my best to ensure that I retain and even improve on my writing quality, so please be patient with me on that one.


Future of Spirit Immortal
Once my semester break hits once more, I will be sitting myself down in order to write as many chapters as I can. Perhaps, eventually, I will take the road of creating a ******* account to allow you guys to read advance chapters and at the same time, give myself some funding to weather through the school days. 

So yeah, I can't thank you guys enough for continuing to stick with me as I continue to write Spirit Immortal. I hope that I will be able to deliver the satisfying fiction that I have conjured up and brought you as much enjoyment as I had in writing this story!

Over a million years ago, the first human contracted with the first Spirit. Ever since then, Spirit use has become commonplace. Humans used Spirits to carry items and start fires. Eventually, even start wars. Thousands upon thousands of years past and one day, one human did the impossible. He transcended his mortality and ascended to the realm above.  

In the present day, the Frie Clan was once a great clan of the Himmel empire. However, a devastating battle ten years ago crippled the clan and their numbers dwindled. To make up for their loss, the upper echelons decided to adopt young orphans and nurture them to become a future pillar of the weakened clan. Shin was one of those orphans. 

Although picked up by the Frie Clan, not all is smooth sailing for Shin and the other orphans...
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Tags: Action, Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, Drama, Male Lead, Tragedy.

For some reason, QI doesn't allow you guys to see my tags so here they are. Also, there is no Harem in this novel for those of you who are curious.

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Sorry for taking too long. I was actually working on my own RP Amino after realising that I too want to have franchise like the Nasuverse where I can fanfic all my favourite stories into my own universe!

I'm calling this franchise the Gaiaverse! Although I've yet to conceptualise and bring in conpetent Authors who I can collaborate with to write some awesome stories with, I actually have a lot of passion for making this universe of mine popular!

The main appeal of my universe is similar but different from the Nasuverse. Instead of Heroic Spirits, there are going to be 'Dreamscape Spirits' who are both born through the imagination of humans and 'become real' through those thoughts.

What I mean by 'become real' is basically making it so even a certain evil tentacle god in tales by HP.Lovecraft becomes something that has history in real life after becoming a Dreamscape Spirit.

This essentially lets me take off any limiters in my fanfic-y universe and allows me write plot that normally wouldn't be possible. There are three short works I'm going to be working on that will bring out the appeal of this universe to the fullest!

The first is a story where Dreamscape Spirits from the Tales of King Arthur and Journey To The West duke it out in a story where these two 'factions' are opposed to each other for one way or another.

However, this won't be just bringing them out in the modern day as 'spirit contractors' will exist on this story to spice up the story. Imagine being a normal high school student or average salaryman when out of nowhere, you suddenly meet the Dreamscape Spirit of Sun Wukong who wants your help in defeating his long-term rival, King Arthur.

Although there won't be any genderbends in this story like in the Nasuverse where nearly 90 percent of Heroic Spirits are girls or a Saber rip-off, there will be more 'fictional' characters added in the mix.

For example: The second story I'm going to add into the Gaiaverse will be a story of Alice In Wonderland where even the rabbit hole she fell into itself is turned into something real. This story will be reminiscent of Pandora Hearts but set in modern times rather than a medieval fantasy.

The third but not in any way last entry to this franchise will be a story where more human Dreamscape Spirits like Sherlock Holmes and Jack The Ripper will exist, albeit not in the same forms as usual due to Spirit Contractors. The Jack the Ripper Dreamscape Spirit will have 'different interpretations' running around that a detective team will have to go around trying discover.

This third entry will be more of a mystery thriller where it's either piece things together or die horribly. I'm planning of turning this story into that since I just want to create stories that can add to the lore of this Gaiaverse. Of course, there is also a Power System separate from Dreamscape Spirits like Internal Martial Art Lineages and secret science fiction-esque organisations but those will be stuff in the background to improve the stories.

I'll be seeing you guys later then!

The story is the third entry in the trilogy of Battlefield Restart but is being written as the direct sequel instead. The events of Battlefield Restart 2- An Adventure Beyond Greatness, are contained so there isn’t much to be missed by skipping it.

This novel is about an Author being sent into the nightmarish world he writes due to his destiny. The main character of BR 2 appears but isn’t focused on much, as this is about the Omniscient Writer’s story.

Vol. 0 is skippable and isn’t essential to the story as a whole. Only something there for extra info.

Milia deleted her instagram account[1] after her break-up with Stephen and made a new one. Well, it sounds silly but that way Milia deleted all the chats and contacts, pictures and memories. All the posts[2] of her with Stephen and the stories[3] of their meeting up and many things Milia thought was romantic but in reality it wasn't. Milia opened a new instagram account and added her friends and acquaintances. 

Author: Oh! Yeah.. this 'online-modern-day-love' is inspired from the budding love stories in the time of pandemic. Author has no intention to hurt or disrespect anyone's feelings, religion, work, or anything. Any resemblance to the actual event is a mere coincidence because it is all of the author's imagination. 

Milia put up a decent yet a tempting profile picture. She was wearing an Indian plain blue saree, with a black netted blouse. Her back towards the camera and her hands to the sides as if she were turning and her shoulder length wavy hair flying in the air making a semi-circle which indicates that the picture is a candid one. The saree accentuated her features. The slightly deep cut blouse revealed her fair porcelain skin and her slim hands stood out as she wore a black coloured fitness band which looked slightly bigger on her small wrist. (author: rolling her eyes.. 'a fitness band over a saree? Like seriously..?')

Milia got many follow requests[4], she accepted the ones she knew. After a week or two, Justin sent her a follow request. Milia saw the notification on her phone and wondered whether to accept it or not. Milia knew in bits about Justin from Ira. (I have explained the complex relations in chapter4) After some time Milia accepted his request and then requested to follow back. Justin instantly accepted her request. For a few days, no one texted each other, but one night. 

Justin's story had information regarding some news which could create panic and Milia cross-checked the information on the internet which showed that it's a false alarm. Milia can't stand any such thing that creates panic especially when all students are getting anxiety and stress because of covid-19 [5]. Milia replies to his story saying 'this is fake news and it's creating panic amongst students.' After sometime when Justin came online and saw the message from Milia. Usually he ignores messages that are not from his friends but this message piqued his interest. 'So there's actually a girl who boldly texts strangers.' he thought and replied to her "I am sorry. My intention wasn't that but as you said it'd create panic and so I deleted it. Thanks for pointing it out." Milia saw this and smiled, she thought 'he knows he's wrong so he apologised. Seems like a nice guy.' "it's alright :)" she replied.

And from here my dear readers the story will move on. The previous chapters which seemed to have no link in between will now connect. Milia and Justin are now gonna chat and find each other very similar. Milia who is grieving over her break-up and trying to move-on will text him and talk to him about his views on life, love and responsibility. Justin who's already not a believer in love will text Milia and ask her if she believes in a 'second chance' in life and love. They both believe in vibes and get good vibes from each other. Milia is too quick to catch when Justin gets nervous and Justin is stunned to know that this stranger whom he has never met but heard off can see through people so easily. They both get attracted to each other but they both won't take the conversation beyond a casual and a healthy flirting. Some heart-fluttering moments, some moments of surprise, some moments of awkwardness and some moments of closeness. Is this texting going to turn into a 'modern day love story with an old school heart?' or.. Will they go to their separate paths? Time will decide about that. And if you readers think, how can they text a stranger so casually, this is where the catch is. Milia and Justin are Ira's best friends. Ira speaks of Milia to Justin and about Justin to Milia. Even though they haven't spoken to each other, they know about each other. And the comment section on Ira's instagram is filled with comments of these two people who comment all good and worse things on Ira's posts. They're seeing the constant friendship the opposite one has with Ira and thus they feel an unknown thread of trust tying them together in this conversation. Milia's straightforward, bold and a shameless personality in contrast to Justin's shy, nervous and immature and innocent personality is going to make a fun yet a very heart-warming conversation.
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The chapter today is short because I am cooped up with my studies. Previously it was announced that my exams might get cancelled but now it's announced saying that the university will be conducting exams and so, very unfortunately I won't be able to write everyday even though I want to. But I'll give as many updates as I can. I hope you support me and my book. Your author is a college student. And this is my fourth semester in college. I'll try and give you all as many updates as I can. That's a promise. I hope you'll understand my side. 
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The following information regarding instagram is taken from the internet for informational purposes only. 

 1. Instagram account: Instagram is a free, online photo-sharing application and social network platform that was acquired by Facebook in 2012. Instagram allows users to edit and upload photos and short videos through a mobile app. ... Users also have the option of making their profile private so that only their followers can view their posts. 
 
2. Posts: An Instagram post is a photo or video that an Instagram user shares on the platform. 

3. Stories: Instagram Stories is a feature within the Instagram app where users can capture and post related images and video content in a slideshow format. ... Stories allow the addition of text, drawings and emoticons to images or video clips. Like Snapchat, filters and augmented reality (AR) stickers are also available for Stories.

4. Follow requests: If your account is set to private, anyone who wants to see your photos or videos will have to send you a follower request. Follow Requests will appear in your Activity. To approve a request, tap Confirm. To deny a request, tap Delete.

5. Covid-19: Coronavirus disease 


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