Chapter 5: Am I a Useless Piece of Trash Who Can't Cultivate?

  "Trash, you're awake. My task is also complete, I can leave!" Sun Tuo opened his tightly closed eyes and let out a barely audible murmur. On the other side of the small hut, a young man with a lazy demeanor was leaning against a bamboo mat, wearing gray clothes that made him look somewhat disheveled. At this moment, Sun Tuo slowly woke up, as if he had been injected with chicken blood, and sat up from the bamboo mat without even looking at Sun Tuo, muttering a curse under his breath before hastily exiting the sealed stone room. His tone seemed to be that of someone specifically tasked with taking care of Sun Tuo, but this was also too irresponsible!

  "What's going on? Where am I? What was that person doing? What task was completed? Why am I here?" Seeing the young man leave the enclosed stone room, Sun Tao was full of doubts. What's going on? He still had many questions he didn't understand. How could this person just leave? Why was he here? Where is this place? How did he end up here?

  Due to overthinking, Sun Tuo's mind was filled with all sorts of problems, his head spinning with a pain that seemed about to explode. Sun Tuo didn't know where he got the strength from, but he covered his head and rolled around on the bed, as a memory that wasn't his own floated into his mind. A large number of memories appeared in Sun Tuo's mind, and he couldn't take it all in at once, so he immediately fell unconscious again, sinking back into endless darkness.

  "Zhang Shan, what's going on? Didn't you say Sun Tao woke up? Does he look like he's awake to you?" Not long after the lazy young man left, about half a meal's time later, another round of footsteps sounded outside Sun Tao's stone room. The lazy young man had returned, followed by a middle-aged man in green clothes. This middle-aged man was an official in charge of handling miscellaneous matters at Yunlan Sect. As soon as he entered the house and saw that Sun Tao was still unconscious, his face turned cold and he asked Zhang Shan.

  "Director Liu, it's Sun Tiao... no, I mean, Brother Sun. He really woke up, but I don't know how he fainted again. It was when he woke up that I came to inform you." Zhang Shan, a lazy young man, listened to Director Liu's questioning and scratched his head in confusion, with a gloomy expression on his face.

  "Hmph... It must be you slacking off, not taking good care of him. Otherwise, you wouldn't even know if he's awake or not. I have a lot of things to do, you stay here and watch over him. When he wakes up, give him these solidifying foundation pills to take, and give him these two sets of inner sect disciple robes. He is still a member of the Yunlan Sect after all. Also, tell him that once his body recovers, he's to follow the outer sect disciples to go gather herbs on the mountain. The Yunlan Sect doesn't raise useless people." That surnamed Liu steward scolded the lazy young man for a while before changing the subject and saying... After finishing speaking, he turned and left, not even glancing at Sun Tao who was lying in bed.

  "Inner disciple, this waste has woken up and is still an inner disciple. How did he not die from that lightning strike? Now I have to take care of this useless trash who can't even cultivate." Zhang Shan muttered with a gloomy face after Liu Zhi left.

  Zhang Shan took the package handed over by Liu Zhi and threw it onto Sun Tao's bed, then leaned against the door frame with his eyes closed.

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  "Water... water... I want to drink water."

  About half a short time later, Sun Tao digested the memories that suddenly appeared in his mind, and he woke up with a dry mouth and tongue, feeling somewhat weak. In digesting those memories that suddenly appeared in his mind, he almost exhausted all his physical strength, as if a dying person was giving his last words.

  "Trash, you're awake. This is something Liu Zhi wants me to give you. Once your injuries are healed, go to the outer gate to receive a mission to gather herbs. The sect doesn't raise trash." Zhang Shan, the lazy young man who had been meditating with his eyes closed, was actually paying close attention to Sun Tao's every move. Seeing that Sun Tao was indeed awake, he couldn't help but speak up.

  "Water... water... I want to drink water! I want to drink water!" Sun Tao's throat was parched, as if he could spit out fire, and he didn't listen to Shan's words at all, only wanting to drink water desperately.

  "Trash is trash, even drinking water needs to be served!" Hearing Sun Tao's shout, Zhang Shan showed a displeased expression, walked to the bedside, took over the water cup, poured a bowl of cold water, and directly poured it into Sun Tao's mouth, not caring if the water splashed onto Sun Tao's body and face, extremely rough.

  "My useless senior brother, you've had water and I've said what needed to be said. This bundle contains the therapeutic medicine given by our sect. You can find someone else to serve you, I'm not going to serve you, a useless person like you! Because of you, I haven't been able to cultivate properly for half a month now!" After feeding Sun Tuo water, Sun Tuo regained some strength. Before he could say anything, the lazy young man Zhang Shan scolded him again and then stormed out of the dimly lit stone room.

  "Yunlan Sect, Xianyuan Continent, a large immortal sect in the Cloud Country! I, Sun Tao, have actually crossed over and arrived in such an unfamiliar world. With strange and wondrous things everywhere, there are immortals, demons, and devils - could this be what Wu Cheng'en meant by 'fate'? Sun Tao watched as the lazy young man Zhang Shan left, not saying a word from start to finish, only speaking softly after hearing the footsteps fade into the distance."

  "What a coincidence, what a damn coincidence! Because of this coincidence, I ended up in such a godforsaken place. Struck by lightning, who knows how long it's been now? I'm gone, my parents must be worried sick! And who knows why I appeared here? Was it because I touched the shocking secret in 'Journey to the West', and discovered that this book hides the art of eternal youth, which is why I was struck by heavenly lightning?"

  "I remembered, why did Wu Cheng'en have a regretful expression when I touched the shocking secret in 'Journey to the West', and why did he say those words. Was it because he knew all along that I would be struck by lightning and only then showed regret? But why did I appear in this Xianyuan Continent, Yunlanshan, is this a cultivation sect? Is this also Wu Cheng'en's doing, is this my destined fate?"

  After digesting the memories of the original owner of this body, Sun Tao knew that he had already died and was attached to this unlucky ghost who was also named Sun Tao. The memories of his past life and present life kept replaying in his mind, and Sun Tao couldn't help but mutter to himself.

  This world is really too crazy and wonderful, because an original manuscript of 'Journey to the West' actually crossed over, is there anything more crazy than this in this world?

  "Oh, heavens! Are you playing a trick on me?! In the world of Earth, it's the end of the law era and I couldn't cultivate. But because of the original manuscript of 'Journey to the West', I crossed over and came to this Xianyuan Continent where cultivation is possible. However, I ended up possessing the body of a useless waste who can't cultivate! Are you playing a trick on me?! You gave me hope, but now you're making me despair! In this world of wonders, with immortals, Buddhas, and demons, what's the point of being a useless waste who can't cultivate?!

  After absorbing the memories of his host body, Sun Tao finally understood his situation. Initially, he was excited to have come to this world where cultivation is possible, but after learning more, he discovered that the body he possessed was actually a useless waste who couldn't cultivate! Sun Tao couldn't help but wail in despair, 'Why did I end up possessing a useless waste of a body?!'"