Chapter 1: The Mysterious Realm of Mount Lu

  Fang Ling is very depressed!

  It should be said that Fang Ling, who had just sobered up, was very depressed!

  It's Fang Lin who crossed into another world and felt very depressed!

  The reason for his depression is just one thing, and that's what's in his head right now!

  As a young man who has just graduated from university and embarked on a career as a tour guide, he is at the perfect time to make his mark.

  Just at this moment, in order to save a sister who didn't follow the rules and climbed up the cliff to take pictures, he fell down himself!

  Then...

  Then he found out that he seemed to have traveled through time!

  Although his name is still Fang Ling, this body is three inches shorter and three times weaker than before, and also ten years younger.

  These are not the reasons for his depression, what makes him most depressed is that there is something in his mind.

  Others travel through time and space with all sorts of secret recipes, divine skills, magic treasures, and heavenly caves, but Fang Lin's mind is filled with tourist maps of famous mountains and rivers.

  In order to do a great and glorious job as a tour guide, Fang Ling spent two meals' worth of money to get a complete set of famous mountain and river maps from a seasoned tour guide, which he stored in his beloved counterfeit mobile phone that cost him 200 yuan.

  The phone should have been smashed together with me, but... how did these travel maps end up in this world with Fang Lin?

  "Huangshan Scenic Map!"

  "Taishan Tour Map!"

  "Kunlun Mountains Scenic Map!"

  "Potala Palace Tour Map!"

  ……

  As Fang Lin flipped through these exquisite tourist maps in his mind, there was only one thought in his heart.

  What the heck! Is this for real?!

  Others who travel wear gold finger rings and whatnot, you can't just because I chose to be a tour guide, make me carry a bunch of tourist maps.

  Besides, after crossing over, these tourist maps are useless...

  "Fang Ling, did you hear everything I just said?" A voice with a hint of dissatisfaction rang in Fang Ling's ears like thunder.

  Fang Ling raised his head and saw a man with a black face, a thick beard, and sturdy arms that could run horses, staring at him fiercely with his big round eyes just three feet away.

  Fang Ling was still immersed in his complaints about the tour map, and didn't hear what the person said, but the habit of knowing and not knowing that he had developed since school days made him instinctively respond: "I've already heard it clearly!"

  That man grunted and didn't speak with Fang Ling again. Instead, he turned his head to the others standing beside Fang Ling and said: "And you? Did you all hear clearly?"

  "Listen carefully!"

  Although there were only fifty people, their voices were incredibly majestic, with a momentum that seemed to pierce the sky!

  Fang Ling looked at the people around him, all dressed in short clothes and incredibly robust, only then did he begin to ponder his current surroundings.

  And in the instant his thoughts flashed, a surge of messages, like a tidal wave, poured into his mind.

  Fang Ling, 14 years old this year, is the direct descendant of the Fang family, which was once the number one family in Dingfang City, and currently, he should also be the only descendant.

  Since his mother left without saying goodbye five years ago, he has been living with his mother's adopted daughter, Hua Shuying.

  It should be said that Hua Shuying has always been taking care of Fang Ling, who is two years younger than him.

  The youth's feelings are all dreams, and the young man also has countless dreams. His greatest dream is to become a disciple of the Jiulian Sect, a cultivator who wields a sword in the nine heavens, and revive his family's fortunes.

  Alas, dreams are plump, reality is bony. Fang Ling has a lot of ideals, but unfortunately, he with mediocre qualifications, until now, has only reached the second layer of Qi training.

  A few days ago, in order to give himself more chips to pass the Jiulianzong selection half a year later, Fang Ling forced his way through the third layer of Qi training. In the end, his internal energy did not break through, but instead he suffered from fire deviation and almost lost control of his body.

  Now he can still act because Huashu Ying borrowed 3,000 taels of gold from the Chen family in Dingfang City and bought him a Yangdan pill.

  The Fang family can only live a life of poverty, let alone three thousand taels of gold, even thirty taels of silver is something that Fang Ling and Hua Shuying cannot afford!

  The Chen family agreed to lend the three thousand taels of silver because, to be exact, it was Chen Zhenghua, the young master of the Chen family, who agreed to lend the three thousand taels of silver, and that was because Hua Shuying had used herself as collateral.

  If she still can't pay back these three thousand taels of gold, she will become a slave and servant in the Chen family.

  At sixteen years old, Hua Shuying was still known as the number one beauty of Dingfang City, even without any makeup.

  Fang Ling, who had just recovered, couldn't let his sister Pei Ying, who had always taken care of him, go to the Chen family as a slave. Moreover, that Chen Zhenghua had been eyeing Pei Ying all along...

  But three thousand taels of gold was like a massive mountain peak that left two young people, whose combined age was barely thirty, gasping for breath.

  Huā Shūyǐng was working extremely hard to earn more money and even fainted in front of the loom two days ago.

  But no matter how hard they tried, there was still a huge and insurmountable distance from the three thousand two gold coins.

  Watching Huashu Ying struggle, young Fang Ling felt extremely distressed. In order to earn the three thousand taels of gold, he secretly signed up for the Zhenbao Xuan organization's harvesting team behind Huashu Ying's back.

  Zhen Bao Xuan organizes people to enter the secret realm of Dongtian Fudi every year to pick various medicinal materials. As long as they can complete the task, each picker will receive a considerable reward. In the past few years, someone once picked the eighth-grade spiritual medicine Snake Eagle Fruit, and Zhen Bao Xuan rewarded that person with 10,000 taels of gold at once.

  A fat reward often accompanies great danger.

  Each time a picking team sets out, there are at least fifty people, but if five of them can come back, it's already considered a lot.

  Those places where spiritual medicine is picked are blessed lands and secret realms, apart from man-eating monsters, there are more pitfalls, spatial fissures, and even flames that can destroy one's soul...

  There were several people traveling together, one walking on the side of a companion, one breath before, still speaking happily, but, the words had not been spoken yet, the whole person had already become two halves in a strange way...

  A rift in space, invisible yet truly existing!

  Thinking of the danger in it, Fang Ling's heart trembled, although he was not a coward, but also did not want to die as soon as he crossed over.

  But as soon as this idea of retreat rose up, he felt a sharp pain in his brain, as if a spirit was loudly howling in his heart.

  That soul was filled with unwillingness, even more filled with unyielding spirit...

  This is a young man's unyielding spirit, this is a young man's unwillingness to give up, and even more so, it is a young man's dream...

  One by one, scenes gently appeared in Fang Ling's mind.

  In this scene, a little girl gives the tender chicken leg to the boy, while she herself is struggling to swallow the hard steamed bun that's as tough as stone...

  In these scenes, there is a boy and a girl, two small children clinging tightly together in the midst of strong winds and heavy rain...

  In these scenes, there is also a scene where the girl tightly hugs him when the boy falls ill...

  The scenes are shown quickly, but these scenes show the most important experiences in the boy's heart...

  Watching these scenes, Fang Ling suddenly felt a surge of tears, and he couldn't help but say to the other soul in his heart: "Don't worry, I absolutely won't let sister go to the Chen family as a slave!"

  When he said this sentence, the soul that was struggling against him suddenly calmed down. Immediately afterwards, Fang Lin felt a gentle warmth flowing into his heart.

  At this moment, he felt himself completely merged with that boy.

  They are Fang Ling!

  "This time, life and death are determined by fate, wealth and nobility are in heaven!" The loud voice of the burly man with a ring around his eye came over again.

  "Based on past experience, we will still be divided into groups of two people each, and it is hoped that those who are grouped together can help each other."

  "Director Zhang, among us, I can team up with anyone except for Fang Ling. I'm going to fight with my life, absolutely not be a nanny!" A thin and short young man jumped onto a rock, loudly saying to the big-eyed burly man.

  The thin monkey originally had a likable face, and now with his jumping up and down, the words he blurted out brought about another burst of laughter.

  Someone immediately followed and said: "The thin monkey is right, I'm making money, not being a nanny for others!"

  ……

  Facing this sarcastic remark, Zhang Zhi seemed to have seen it all before. He said in a low voice, "As for the grouping, I won't force you. You can form your own groups first, and I'll assign the remaining ones later."

  As soon as he spoke, more than 50 men suddenly became a mess. Many of them knew each other, so within a minute, most people found their other half.

  Fang Ling looked at those men who ignored him, feeling a faint sense of loss in his heart. Just as he was thinking about what to do next, a tall and sturdy man with a fierce appearance walked up to Fang Ling and said, "You're lucky, kid. I'm in a good mood, so I'll take you along."

  As they spoke, the man grabbed Fang Ling's hand and said to Zhang: "Old Zhang, I'll take this young fellow with me."

  Director Zhang looked at Han's actions, first stunned, then said: "Free combination, since you two are willing, then so be it!"

  Fang Ling's tour guide wasn't doing it for free, he knew very well that there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world. This person came to him voluntarily, absolutely not to help himself.

  Just as the executor finished speaking, he was about to open his mouth. But a surge of internal energy suddenly passed from his hand, suppressing him so much that he couldn't open his mouth at all.

  This Hanzi's cultivation is at least at the fourth layer of Qi refinement.

  Otherwise, I will absolutely be speechless!

  Fang Ling couldn't speak out, and naturally he couldn't oppose either. The remaining people were quickly divided into groups under Zhang's arrangement.

  Under Zhang's leadership, everyone walked another five miles, and a mountain peak appeared in front of everyone.

  The mountain peak is not very high, but Fang Ling feels that the mountain peak seems to be surrounded by a kind of invisible thin film. If Fang Ling must describe it, then this mountain peak is simply not in this space at all.

  "Gentlemen, we have arrived at the secret realm of Lushan. I hope everything goes smoothly." Zhang Zhi looked at the mountain peak, but a hint of concern appeared on his face.

  Lingering Mountain Secret Realm! Upon hearing these four words, Fang Lin's expression changed, and among the thousands of tourist maps in his mind, one suddenly lit up.

  "Maple Mountain Scenic Tour!"