Many Were Jealous, Even Hateful Because of This

This was an era belonging to Card Masters. Taiqing understood that he could not appear too different from everyone else, and this was far from the time for him to display his strength.

After reading through this world’s history, Taiqing realized that countless secrets still lay hidden here.

The Card Diagram World before his eyes might merely be a surface appearance; the true world was deeply concealed behind it.

Therefore, he had to temporarily hide his brilliance and give himself enough time to grow.

It was not yet time for him to take the stage. With that thought, Taiqing drank a cup of strong tea. Bitterness lingered on his lips and tongue, but his gaze was firm.

Although Taiqing was already in his final year of high school and the exam date had been set, he had never considered reviewing.

As a top student, he had no need to worry about such things.

Whether it was high school, university, or even more advanced knowledge, as long as his Divine Sense swept over it, it was almost all engraved in his memory. Exams posed no pressure to him whatsoever.

The only thing troubling him now was the descendants behind this world.

Taiqing was certain that most experts who had reached the mythical level resided in the real world, and the owner of that mythical seed was no exception.

To contend against such an opponent, he still needed to temper himself constantly.

After returning to school, Taiqing remained deep in thought.

At that moment, a boy shaped like a round ball quietly approached and gave his shoulder a hard pat.

"Old Chen, what are you spacing out for? Thinking about the beauty from the next class?"

Without even turning around, Taiqing knew who it was from the voice alone.

"I’m telling you, Liu Erpang, stop joking around. Those mythical powerhouses aren’t my type!"

Clearly, the fat man behind Taiqing was his friend, Liu Erpang.

Liu Feilong was the second child in his family and somewhat overweight, so everyone called him Liu Erpang.

At first, he had tried to change, but in the end, he remained as he was.

Gradually, everyone got used to calling him Liu Erpang, and Taiqing was no exception.

Because Taiqing’s grades were outstanding, Liu Erpang often borrowed his homework to copy, and the two became acquainted through this.

Although Taiqing was remarkably capable, he never acted superior to others and got along well with his classmates.

Especially with Liu Erpang, whom he was even closer to. They often chatted together.

Seeing Taiqing lost in thought, Liu Erpang waved a hand and asked, "Did you run into some difficult problem? That can’t be possible, right? Even a top student has questions he can’t answer?"

Taiqing smiled. "More or less. There really is a difficult problem troubling me, but it’ll be solved eventually! By the way, how are things going with Hua Xiaomei next door?"

Liu Erpang lowered his head and said quietly, "Don’t underestimate me, Liu Erpang. With me around, Hua Xiaomei has already been conquered!"

Hearing this, Taiqing set down his history book and carefully examined him.

"Really?"

Taiqing’s seriousness made the already lowered-head Liu Erpang lower his head even further, and the smile vanished from his face.

"Fine, I admit defeat. She said I’m a toad dreaming of eating swan meat! But even if I, Liu Erpang, am a toad, I’m one that can swallow the heavens!"

"Since I’m a heaven-swallowing toad, forget swans—even a phoenix won’t escape my mouth."

Liu Erpang was still deeply bothered by it.

Taiqing said nothing more. He simply patted his shoulder and smiled. "Don’t take it too seriously.

"You’re a rich second-generation kid, after all. If no one values you at school, you’ll have plenty of opportunities after graduation."

Liu Erpang was still somewhat unwilling to accept it. "Romance during student days is the purest. Things are different in society or university. I’m worried about getting played."

Taiqing shot him a contemptuous glance. "Other than money, what do you have that anyone would like? Your fat? If you have money, people will chase you. The key is whether you can seize the opportunity."

Liu Erpang fell into thought.

At that moment, Taiqing sensed an unusual aura.

This aura clearly did not belong to this world. It seemed that another outsider had arrived.

"…"

Outsiders like this had often reincarnated here over the years. Taiqing had long grown accustomed to it, but he had never actively sought them out. Now, however, he wanted to investigate.

But that would have to wait until night. He still had classes during the day.

Time flew by, and the day passed in the blink of an eye.

For top students, school hours always passed quickly, but for poor students…

They often felt that the days were long and unbearable. As for those with no interest in studying at all, there was no need to mention them…

Studying was not the only path forward. They might have long since made their own choices, or perhaps they simply did not care about such things.

As a top student, Taiqing was the kind of genius who had been intelligent from birth and could remember everything at a glance, not someone who achieved good grades through hard work.

He drew much attention at school, even though he was never attentive in class and had never seriously listened to lectures.

Yet there was no denying it: no matter what he was doing, his grades remained excellent and stable.

Although some teachers had many complaints about him, there was nothing they could do.

After all, his grades spoke for themselves. Even if they asked Taiqing to answer questions, he could always handle them with ease.

Even when the teachers personally saw him distracted in class or reading books unrelated to the subject, they could do nothing about him.

After all, these were only minor issues, and they could merely give him verbal reminders.

They also knew that reminding him was useless.

But they still had to remind him when the time came.

And Taiqing continued doing as he pleased. No matter what others said, he remained free to do whatever he wanted.

The teachers were helpless about this, while the principal merely looked silently over the grade reports without saying a word.

After all, for a student with such outstanding grades, a few minor flaws could be tolerated. They would not easily push Taiqing toward another school.

Clearly, Taiqing was practically unmanaged at school. He could do whatever he wanted, which undoubtedly made others envious.

Many were jealous of him because of this, even hateful.

In the past, some people had gathered a group to attack Taiqing over certain matters, intending to teach him a lesson.

However, that group returned looking utterly disheveled.

The school did not interfere much. After all, a group of students had provoked someone, only to be beaten back by him.

No matter how one looked at it, the primary responsibility rested with those students.

Even so, although the students suffered heavy losses, Taiqing received at most a minor disciplinary penalty and had to write a self-criticism.

But that had no effect on Taiqing whatsoever.

Those students, on the other hand, suffered greatly. Having taken the initiative to start trouble, they each received a major demerit and had to write self-criticisms twice as long as Taiqing’s!

The principal found their actions abhorrent.

This time, they had merely chosen the wrong target. If they chose someone weaker next time, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Therefore, the school dealt with them severely.

Naturally, this dissatisfied the parents, but there was nothing they could do. The school had already made its stance public, and it could not be changed.

The matter had become settled. Everyone could only accept it, and the children could only accept their punishment helplessly.

Besides that, Taiqing’s actions had also served as a deterrent.

He successfully made certain people abandon their thoughts of targeting him. Faced with the formidable Taiqing, they could only endure for now.

Thinking back on those experiences, Taiqing could not help but chuckle. These past dozen years had not been meaningless to him.

Life here made him feel at ease, as though he were reliving his days on Earth.

Once, he had been just as he was now, but the past had become fleeting smoke and clouds. The future had only just begun to unfold.

At dusk.

Taiqing wore black clothes and put on a mask.

Although surveillance cameras were everywhere around him, he moved so swiftly that almost no one could capture any trace of him.

In only two minutes, Taiqing arrived at the outsider’s place of birth.

He quietly slipped into the bedroom and slowly approached the baby.

With his senses, he could tell that although this baby possessed cultivation comparable to a Celestial Immortal, it was not particularly outstanding.

However, Taiqing’s current strength was not even comparable to that of a Celestial Immortal, so he was ultimately noticed.

In an instant, the baby’s crying alarmed his parents.

Left with no choice, Taiqing first knocked the baby unconscious, then communicated with him using powerful spiritual force.

"Who are you? Where did you come from?"

There was no obstacle to communicating through spiritual force, so Taiqing was not worried that the other party would fail to understand him.

"I am Xiao Yan, from the Dou Qi World."

"Xiao Yan? Dou Qi World? Dou Qi? Is this another kind of Origin Force?"

Taiqing had already understood where this outsider came from, and at the same time discovered an entirely new kind of Origin Force.

Although Dou Qi had limited applications, quite a few worlds in All Heavens and Myriad Worlds truly used Dou Qi as the core of cultivation.

Most of these worlds were mediocre, but some were powerful.

The world this baby had come from before his birth was one of them. Otherwise, his cultivation would not have reached the level of a Celestial Immortal.

In this world, such cultivation was already rare.

In many worlds, Celestial Immortals were already at the peak.

The world where the baby had been born was the same.

If not for certain special reasons that brought him here, he might have ruled alone for a long time before setting foot in worlds of a higher level.

Perhaps this was his destiny, but now, under the influence of certain special factors, his fate had been completely rewritten!

This was a brand-new world!

Xiao Yan had originally wanted to accomplish great things here, but he had not expected to fall under Taiqing’s control the moment he arrived.

"I am Chen Yuan! Like you, I am also a descender, and I have lived in this world for sixteen years.

"This place is very unusual. Every so often, people like you and me descend into this world.

"After arriving here, all our original power disappears completely. Only our realm remains; everything else no longer belongs to us.

"Everything has to begin again from scratch!

"I have been investigating the mystery behind this all these years.

"You are the first descender I have encountered, but you will certainly not be the last.

"In the future, I will meet more of our kind. I want to know…!

"Before you entered this world, did you notice anything unusual?

"Or how exactly did you come here?"

At that moment, Taiqing seemed like an obsessive explorer.

Faced with this situation, Xiao Yan could only respond with his thoughts. "I had been sleeping peacefully in my bed.

"Then, without warning, everything before my eyes went black. When I came to my senses, I was already here.

"I did not even have a chance to choose at the time!

"That was far too rough!

"If there were a way to file a complaint, I would definitely report whoever sent me here!"

Xiao Yan was filled with resentment. He had just gotten together with Medusa, yet in the blink of an eye, he was here, starting over from infancy…

Such a change was difficult for Xiao Yan to accept. If it had been Taiqing, he would probably have been just as bewildered.

However, Taiqing had come here voluntarily this time. He was different from the other descenders.

They had been chosen, while Taiqing had come because he wished to explore higher levels of power and compete against those mythical experts.

Most of those forced to descend had been sent here because they could not control their own power.

There was a fundamental difference between the two.

"I also want to understand what is going on. After all, my wife and children are still waiting for me at home," Taiqing said. "But I may not be able to return…"

Xiao Yan also admitted that he deeply regretted his current situation.

Since he could not return for the time being, he could only resign himself to fate and complain from time to time.