Free Web NovelChapter 45: Story Time
Chapter 45
"All of you listen carefully, this is the story of how I, Li Yu, died and came back alive as a new being." The group exchanged strange glances when they heard that statement.
What was Li Yu saying? Was he really claiming that he had died and come back alive? It really didn’t make any sense. Li Yu saw their weird gazes.
Even Yuexin had a confused expression written all over her face. Li Yu grinned internally at their expressions. Time to give them all a shocker. "So, which one do you guys want to hear?
The short version of the story or the long version?" Li Yu asked, his expression serious. Li Jie, who really didn’t feel like listening to any long, boring story right now, spoke up first. "The shorter version will be appreciated," he said.
Li Yu nodded and started. "I entered the Beast Forest in order to undergo the legendary Reawakening," Li Yu began. "It is said that pushing one’s body into extreme situations over and over again will trigger the Reawakening, and a spirit root will be reborn anew."
"Wait, is it real?" Xie cut him off, his eyes wide. "Do you battle and battle, facing death over and over again, and finally undergo a Reawakening? That’s unbelievable." It truly was unbelievable.
That legend had always been considered nothing more than a fairy tale. No one had ever verified it, and no one was crazy or brave enough to try it out. Well... except Li Yu.
And he seemed to have succeeded as well. Li Yu looked at the stunned group. They were all surprised by Li Xie’s claim that he had undergone a Reawakening. Wasn’t that something that only existed in legends? freёwebnovel.com
Seeing their stunned faces, Li Yu simply smiled before replying. "The battle and battle part is true. The getting closer and closer to death’s door part is also very, very true.
But trust me, the thing about Reawakening at death’s door is nothing but a myth. The evidence? Well... myself. I died after all, and yet no Reawakening happened." The group now looked at him even more strangely.
"You said you died," Li Feng was the one who spoke this time. Despite looking stunned, his gaze remained calm. "If you really died, then why are we seeing you here in front of us?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh, that." Li Yu rubbed his chin before replying smoothly.
"Well, I already told you, didn’t I? I died and then came back alive. Let me continue my story. I, Li Yu, died at the same time that I, Rayden, died as well in another dimension that is parallel to this one. Wait a moment. I don’t know if it’s parallel or not, but it is like this world. Although that world is fundamentally different, since this one is based on cultivation fantasy novels and stories." The group stared at him as if he wasn’t making any sense.
And maybe he wasn’t. But he still needed to finish his story. "So, in this parallel-or-whatever world where the other me is from, I died saving kids from a burning building. Due to my heroic deeds, all the kids got to live another day. But I didn’t make it. So yeah, I died in that world as well. And then what happened next?" Li Yu rubbed his chin thoughtfully before continuing.
"Oh yeah. I met two powerful beings that called themselves Monarchs. Those two were overpowered since they seemed to control everything in existence. But they argued and bickered like little kids. Only the gods know how we’re all still surviving with those two ruling existence. So yeah, we had a nice chat. And the two of them looked stunned by my ultimate heroic performance."
"They were like, ’This guy is rare and irreplaceable.’ So after giving me a powerful cheat... which all protagonists in anime get... they decided to send my soul into my body here, which had just been killed by a powerful beast. "
"Then I realized that I had a broken spirit root, which didn’t sound suitable for an overpowered protagonist like myself. So I spun a wheel and poof! Got a divine water that healed my broken spirit root and even gave me a spirit root superior to everyone else’s. After that, I spun few more times and get few more things, got cursed, got a pet, and then went beast hunting. I refined my body in a suicidal yet effective manner."
"During that time, I died again, I think. But the world wouldn’t allow someone as good as myself to leave it. So my unborn pet covered me in a mirror coffin and poof.. brought me back to life." The more Li Yu told his story, the stranger the group’s expressions became.
Disbelief was etched across all of their faces. Especially his supposed cousin. Li Feng seemed particularly offended by Li Yu’s cool adventure story. Li Yu paid no attention to it though and continued.
"Oh yeah. After coming back alive once more, I became so powerful and felt invincible. So I went around hunting and causing terror. And that I did for a while. But it became boring. Not entering situations that could threaten my life turned out to be kind of boring. So I decided to go and disturb an extremely powerful beast that was practically a death flag for any Body Refinement cultivator. So yeah. I probably shouldn’t have provoked it. But I did anyway. What can it do?"
Li Yu’s expression became solemn as he continued. "Actually, what it did was horrible. That bastard chased me for so long. Crushed a few of my bones. Hunted me like prey. It seemed completely determined to crush me and then eat me. Guess what happened next?"
"Let me guess," Xie said with clear sarcasm in his tone. "Somehow, you summoned a mighty legendary beast to take care of it and kill it for you." Li Yu turned toward him with a surprised expression. "How do you know?"
Li Xie’s face fell. Wait. Was he seriously saying that was what happened? Li Yu shook his head and explained. "Actually, I tricked the beast into the territory of another beast. This one happened to be someone I had known for quite a while. The stronger and more feral beast fought the snake. And with my brilliant tactical assistance, the beast helped me deal with it and ripped its massive head right off." Li Yu nodded proudly after finishing that part.
"Justice was taken for me." Li Yu beamed before his face darkened slightly. "But I had more plans, you see. That bastard taking justice for me wasn’t particularly a friend of mine. The beating I received from the snake was actually because I really itched to kill it. Since, well, the bastard was the one that killed me before I came back alive as a new being, I decided to take revenge."
"And after healing from the previous beating the snake had dealt me, I entered another deadly fight with the Saber Panther." The group all stared at him as if he were crazy. Were they really supposed to believe this story he was telling them? Li Yu wasn’t done though.
He simply continued. "The battle took a while, but I ultimately won. After all, I am the superior one." Li Yu declared proudly. "Then after that, I got a few rewards from this mysterious gaming thing in front of me."
The group looked toward where he was pointing, but they didn’t see anything. The more they heard from Li Yu, the more convinced they became that he must have hit his head hard and lost half of his mental faculties.
He seemed to be very, very mad right now. Seeing their confused gazes, Li Yu smiled and waved it off. "You guys can’t see it. Only I can see the blue screen before me.
So after killing that beast that killed me.. Isn’t it ironic? I came back from the dead and killed the beast that killed me." "Where is that beast?" Jie asked, looking at Li Yu.
If he could get the core of a beast that was supposedly a Kingly Spirit Beast, then he would be able to sell it for a very high price. At least that was assuming half of what Li Yu was saying was somehow true.
Li Yu raised an eyebrow. "Well, I killed him and he is dead. And he stay dead. No one can be as awesome as me and come back from the dead, you know. And if you’re asking about that bastard’s body, well, it’s long gone."
Li Yu patted his stomach. "I roasted it and ate him. The bastard’s meat was quite tasty, even." Jie went silent, his eyes twitching. "Also, after that fight I almost died again, but then poof... a pill was fed to me by this gaming blue screen without my permission.
Yet that mysterious pill healed all my injuries and brought me back from the brink of death. What happened after that? Oh yeah. I leveled up. How can I explain it to all of you? It’s like breaking through, but fundamentally different.
So I leveled up, got a few benefits here and there, became even more powerful, and got myself some cool anime clothing." Li Yu looked down at his outfit proudly.
"Then I pretty much just ate a few beast cores and broke into the Peak Body Refinement Realm. Oh, I almost forgot. That is how I refine my body. I don’t have access to what is normally used, so I just kill beasts here and there and eat their cores. Then I get stronger. So after a month of repeatedly eating those, I reached the Peak Body Refinement Realm."
"After that, I guess I decided to kill all the beasts in this section of the forest while they were having a meeting discussing how they could bring an end to my tyranny. The poor bastards seemed to have grown tired of my presence."
Li Yu smiled as he shook his head. "I don’t even do anything wicked. I just kill a few of them here and there and roast their meat. Those beast meats are crisp and crunchy, really. You guys need to try them out sometime."
Li Feng turned his face away. He was losing brain cells listening to this story. Li Yu continued calmly. "So seeing that they wanted to kill a nice, gentle guy like me, I acted first and killed as many as I could. I think it was during that time that you guys came over.
Well..." Li Yu rubbed his chin one more time before nodding. "Yes. That is all. That is the shorter version." He looked around at the group’s stunned expressions before smiling brightly. "So... Do you guys still want to hear the long version?"p
