Elsa was a sweet girl until her life was tested in many ways. She was adopted by a rich family they treated her like their own daughter until one day her adopted father was killed and the blame was placed on her head. She suffered numerous difficulties due to that she decided to kill her. After committing suicide with a strange man holding on to her, she wakes up again when she was supposed to be 18 year old and to her surprise she is no more Elsa but a boy who look just like the man she died with, but that's not it her body changes between herself and the boy every week. read the book and find out how Elsa live with both the bodies and how long she will be able to live like that ;)

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I am not good at writing synopsis but give it a try.

Lanterns sure crowd the sky don't they huh?
First "Novel"
Lazy...

The Kingdom of Varkas is a strong kingdom. An independent one, with no strings attached to any other land. But, its size is its own weakness. Within her rolling hills and gargantuan mountains, live those not meant to be. "Shades." Supernatural terrors of the land, hellbent on consuming the souls and lifeforce of every living creature. They come in various shapes and sizes: Demons, Werewolves, Vampires, Ogres, Trolls. They're all the same to those who live in fear. It is the College of Lanterns' job to keep the land safe, even if it must be from the shadows.

It was a parasol tree! Song Shuhang's eyes lit up—the phoenix in legends would often rest on the branches of a parasol tree!
Was it possible that the spirit beast senior he was going to see was a phoenix? And even if it wasn't a phoenix, it should be a spirit beast of the same lineage, right?
Song Shuhang was looking forward to it; he was very curious as to how beautiful and dazzling this divine beast was. Because according to Chinese legends, the phoenix was the most beautiful and noble amongst divine beasts.
Although excited, Song Shuhang still carefully followed in Nine Lanterns footsteps, not daring to stray from the footprints she left behind.
Once they got a bit closer, Song Shuhang could finally see the full picture of the huge parasol tree.
The huge tree was more than fifty meters tall, and it towered above the entrance to the valley. It had thick branches and a sturdy trunk; it was full of vicissitudes.
Ah? Wait, there seems to be something pink attached to the tree.
This pink thing had a round shape and seemed very plump. It looked like a steamed bun and made one's mouth water with just one look.
However, it wasn't a phoenix, and it wasn't a bird, either.
Song Shuhang opened his eyes wide and tried his best to see what this thing was.
Soon after, he managed to see the real appearance of that round object—it was a pig that had curled up into a ball.
Since it was fat and plump, its four legs seemed very small and short. However, these small and short legs were firmly holding on to the trunk of the huge parasol tree, allowing it to stay attached to it and not falling down.
However, it looked very tired...
"There is a pig on the tree!" Song Shuhang exclaimed in surprise.
"Lower your voice," Nine Lanterns said softly.
Song Shuhang quickly closed his mouth. However, that plump pig attached to the tree trunk was just too eye-catching.
Therefore, Song Shuhang couldn't help but keep glancing at it.
Perhaps Song Shuhang was eyeing it too conspicuously, but the round pig seemed to have noticed his gaze.
In the next instant, it turned its head around and looked at Song Shuhang with its black and shiny eyes.
"What are you looking at?" the pig suddenly said. Its voice was deafening and resounded in Song Shuhang's ears like thunder, making his ears buzz. The voice of the pig was simply like the roar of a lion.
Song Shuhang had yet to reply when the corner of Nine Lanterns' mouth rose. "We're looking at you, so what?"
"Why don't you try to look at me again!" the curled up pig howled.
"Of course I'm going to try! What can you do about it?" Nine Lanterns tilted her head and glared at the round pig. She was stubbornly staring at it without even blinking.
The curled up pig didn't reply, and soon after, it became completely pink.
After a while, it said weakly, "Don't look at me like that, you're making this old pig feel embarrassed…"
"..." Song Shuhang.
Don't tell me that this pig curled up into a ball is the spirit beast senior we've come to meet…?
I can accept the fact that it might not be a phoenix, but it's actually a pig…? Aren't we going a bit too far?
At this time, the corner of Nine Lanterns' mouth rose once more. "Fat ball, enough with your nonsense. Aren't you tired of playing this same scene every time I come here?"
"I enjoy it very much," the completely pink (due to embarrassment) pig replied weakly.
"You better change the lines next time. Otherwise, I'll turn you into pig pork," Nine Lanterns continued. "I don't have time to waste with you. Is the senior in the valley?"
"Yes, are you looking for the senior?" the plump pink ball asked.
"Enough chit-chat. If I hurried here, it's clearly to see the senior. Or do you really think that I came here to fool around with you?" Nine Lanterns sneered.
Song Shuhang heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed that this round and plump pig wasn't the spirit beast senior they were looking for. Luckily, it was only the guardian of the valley…
"To be honest, I really thought you came here to play with me..." the plump ball muttered. Afterward, it stretched out its leg and gently knocked on the parasol tree three times.
In the next instant, the celestial mountain valley before Song Shuhang's eyes changed, turning into a boundless black sea—this sea seemed limitless. Moreover, it was deathly still!
No objects were floating on the surface of the sea, and it seemed as though it would suck up into its depths everything that came in contact with it.
As expected… if you were to barge into the celestial mountain valley without the approval of the plump gatekeeper, you would fall into the boundless black sea of death.
After the appearance of the black sea, the plump ball stretched out its other leg and knocked on the tree trunk another three times.
Then, a lonely boat appeared on the surface of the sea out of thin air.
"Let's go, be sure to follow me closely." Nine Lanterns took the lead and headed toward the lonely boat, saying, "Listen to my words carefully. Once we're sailing, you're not allowed to utter a word until we reach the other side of the sea! Regardless of who is talking to you, myself included, you're not allowed to say anything. Otherwise, no one would be able to save you."
Song Shuhang silently nodded and followed Nine Lanterns, getting into the lonely boat.
❄️❄️❄️
After getting into the boat, Nine Lanterns didn't say anything and silently handed Song Shuhang an oar.
Song Shuhang took the oar and started to row.
The lonely boat quickly dashed forward in the deathly still sea. Weirdly enough, although Song Shuhang could see the water splashing and churning while moving the oar, he couldn't hear any sound.
As they kept rowing forward, Song Shuhang felt his body gradually getting heavier.
Earlier, the speed of the boat would greatly increase even if he was gently rowing, but now, even if he was putting all his strength into his arms, the boat was only slightly moving forward.
Moreover… if he stopped rowing, the boat would start going backward!
Amidst this strange sea, even rowing a boat was quite the challenge!
Song Shuhang bitterly smiled. Only by using the qi and blood in his apertures was he able to let boat proceed forward smoothly.
❄️❄️❄️
Let's row and push this small boat against the waves~
At this time, Song Shuhang's pale face was reflected on the surface of the sea, upside down.
Song Shuhang had already started to use his qi and blood pills; there was no way he could hold on without them.
He was unsure how long he had rowed amidst this deathly still sea, but he couldn't see anything both behind or in front of them. The boundless sea seemed to have no end.
The qi and blood in his body was depleting time and time again. After completely using up his qi and blood, as well as the one provided by the ghost spirit, he would take a qi and blood pill to replenish it, repeating the process continuously.
The qi and blood pills in his possession were getting fewer and fewer, and yet, he still couldn't see the end of the sea.
But even if his face was a bit pale, Song Shuhang's heart was as steady as before.
He had to thank Lady Onion for his current state of mind. Recently, he experienced her memories, and there, he turned into a green onion and experienced hardships for many, many years.
As a result, his patience had increased greatly.
Therefore, even if he was doing something as boring as rowing a boat in the middle of nowhere, he could still keep his heart calm and his mind strong.
Even Nine Lanterns was surprised and looked at Song Shuhang in amazement.
And just in this fashion, the small boat kept proceeding forward in the deathly still sea.
❄️❄️❄️
After some time, Song Shuhang suddenly felt his body become lighter.
He felt like a traveler in the middle of the desert that had a weight of hundreds of kilograms lifted from his back. Song Shuhang felt his body so light that he could fly, and even the speed at which the oar in his hand was moving increased greatly.
Are we approaching the other shore? Song Shuhang thought to himself.
Just as he was in deep thoughts, the scenery before his eyes suddenly changed.
The black water of the deathly still sea changed into a stretch of white, and a dock suddenly appeared before his eyes.
Moreover, the pure spiritual energy of the world started to pour into his body continuously. It was his reward for having rowed for so long inside the black sea.
"You can speak now." Nine Lanterns' voice echoed.
Song Shuhang heaved a sigh of relief and opened his mouth, ready to reply.
But in the next instant, he quickly covered his mouth with his hands—he almost spoke! At this time, he was still in the middle of the sea and had yet to reach the shore!
That was close!
When Song Shuhang covered his mouth, the spiritual energy of the world started to pour into his body at an even faster pace, as though he had passed another test.
Song Shuhang had already opened four apertures before entering the Heavenly Island and was currently aiming to open his fifth aperture, the Mouth Aperture.
Song Shuhang had decided against eating Lady Onion's sprout, but according to Venerable White's words, there was a high chance that his Mouth Aperture would have already been full of qi and blood if he had decided to eat it.
At this time, the pure spiritual energy of the world was endlessly pouring inside his body. Moreover, when he stopped himself from talking earlier, the spiritual energy broke into his mouth like a ram, impacting his Mouth Aperture and creating a fearful explosion in his mouth.
Additionally, we have to keep in mind that Song Shuhang depleted his qi and blood time and time again, continuously taking qi and blood pills to replenish it. Therefore, it was as though he had trained for the whole time he had rowed.
At this time, his Mouth Aperture was already 90% full of qi and blood. After practicing a bit more, he would be able to fill it completely and try to open his Mouth Aperture!
Once the Mouth Aperture was open, he would have to face one last hurdle, jumping through the dragon gate.
It had really been an unexpected fortuitous encounter!
Song Shuhang rowed with all his might and finally, they reached the shore...
❄️❄️❄️
After the boat stopped, Nine Lanterns lightly jumped and reached the dock. Afterward, she stretched her hand and pulled Song Shuhang onto the shore.
"You can speak now," Nine Lanterns said with a smile.
Song Shuhang carefully looked if her mouth was indeed opening and closing. Then, after making sure that both his feet were on the ground, and that he was out of the range of the sea, he heaved a sigh of relief.
"That was dangerous," Song Shuhang replied.
"Yes, but you were rather quick-witted." Nine Lanterns smiled as she patted her greenish-white robe. "Let's go. We have to greet the spirit beast senior."
Song Shuhang asked cautiously, "Miss Nine Lanterns, how is the disposition of this spirit beast senior? What does it like and dislike? Also, what's its appearance?"
If you knew the ins and outs of the opposite party, you were assured to obtain victory!
"It's pointless to tell you about its disposition, it can change at any moment. As for what it likes and dislikes, that's also very varied." Nine Lanterns deeply sighed and said, "As for its appearance, it has thirty-six different forms."
"..." Song Shuhang.
What kind of supernatural being is Miss Nine Lanterns describing?!


One day, Song Shuhang was suddenly added to a chat group with many seniors that suffered from chuuni disease. The people inside the group would call each other ‘Fellow Daoist’ and had all different kinds of titles: Palace Master, Cave Lord, True Monarch, Immortal Master, etc. Even the pet of the founder of the group that had run away from home was called ‘monster dog’. They would talk all day about pill refining, exploring ancient ruins, or share their experience on techniques.
However, after lurking inside the group for a while, he discovered that not all was what it seemed... 

That is, things that she didn't like were not beneficial and she did not need to do them.
Liu’er came to her own conclusion and nodded her head in relief.
“Young Miss, look at these lanterns…” she said excitedly. But when she looked at Miss Jun properly, she squeaked. “Young Miss, where is your lantern?”
That was the lantern Young Miss got from reaching the first dead-end. Young Miss had taken it and said she was going to wait outside.
Why is she empty-handed?
“I gave it away,” said Miss Jun,
Gave it away? Liu’er stared.
“Young Miss, who did you meet with? Was it Miss Lin?” she asked.
Miss Lin and Young Miss were on the best terms, but they hadn’t met for some time.
“What are you giving it to other people for?”
“Your Young Miss was happy to give it away,” Miss Jun said with a smile.
Miss Jun had always been aiming for the Ning Family, but the moment she saw Tenth Noble Son Ning on the 15th day of the 8th month, her heart was filled only with thoughts of that person.
It was a pity that she had died without that person seeing her.
She had randomly gone beneath the tree to rest her feet and watch the match. There were a lot of people on the street, while not many people beneath the trees. Carelessly, she had commented what she would have done when the person next to her actually answered. Thus, they began to play blind Go.
The first thing she had learned from her master was to play Go. She knew how to play before and wasn’t bad, but she still studied Go with her master for a year. She hadn’t done anything that year but play and play and play and play.
Her master said that it would polish her personality.
She felt that she was suffering greatly, that her temper had always been very good.
For the first few years she had played against her teacher, but then her teacher wouldn’t play with her. There was no one else, so she could only play with herself.
She had planned just to play Go against herself; she hadn’t thought that the person next to her would respond to her move.
It was very fun and very lighthearted, and even more carefree.
She didn’t care who the person next to her was. Of course, she wanted to know a bit after they finished their games. She just never thought that the one beneath the hood was actually the most familiar person in her memories.
Tenth Noble Son Ning Yunzhao.
So she had given him that lantern, and he had accepted it. For Jun Zhenzhen, this was the happy moment she had forever yearned for.
Although Liu’er thought she was speaking strangely, as long as she heard she was happy, it was enough.
“Young Miss, Young Miss, what are we going to see next?” she asked excitedly.
“We’re going to see the lantern I made,” said Miss Jun with a smile.
This, she was very happy to do.
“Yes, yes, Young Miss made a lantern.” Liu’er nodded. “Where is Young Miss’ lantern hanging? At the residence or on Fire Temple Street?”
The Fang Family had hung their lanterns by the residence entrance so that Fang Chengyu could see them.
“Fire Temple,” said Miss Jun.
Liu’er nodded.
“Right, Young Miss’ lantern is not for that cripple to see,” she said.
“That’s not it,” corrected Miss Jun with a smile. “If I hung it over there, then no one would care to see my lantern.”
This of course was not because Young Miss’ lantern was no good, but rather because the people over there only wanted to see the dying cripple. Liu’er believed her wholly, and she and Miss Jun made their way to the Fire Temple.
This was the busiest place on the street. The lanterns here were also much more exquisite. The many beautiful lanterns elicited exclamations of admiration from the viewers.
Liu’er could not tear her eyes away from a lantern carousel with paper horses and twinkling and tinkling bells.
“Young Miss, your lantern is here?” she asked.
Miss Jun nodded.
Young Miss made her lantern at the workshop, unlike the Fang Jinxiu and the others who had made theirs at home. Young Miss’ lantern definitely must be beautiful.
“Where?” Impatience and expectation stretched across Liu’er’s face.
She already knew it. When Young Miss pointed out her lantern, everyone would definitely gasp in awe and would know how amazing she was.
“It’s that one.” Miss Jun stopped and looked straight ahead.
Liu’er excitedly followed her line of sight.
She immediately shouted, “Wow, how…” But when she saw the lanterns, she immediately stared, shocked. The word ‘beautiful’ on the tip of her tongue had vanished and it was replaced by… “Black!”
How black.
The lantern only had flowers, no lamp [1], and this lantern was made very big.
It was square-shaped, occupied a large space and was pitch-black without a shred of light. All around it were sparkling, glittering lanterns, just like a bead curtain surrounding a pool of sludge. It was so stupid and ugly, and made people uncomfortable.
Differents words of praise flitted through Liu'er's mind, but she couldn't use any of them now.
She was an honest child, but more importantly, she believed she had the same aesthetics as Young Miss.
Right now, she could not falsely praise the lantern, and Young Miss was no idiot.
"There are no lights in the lantern," she said immediately. Her eyebrows furrowed in anger as she looked at the lanterns. "What is going on? Why didn't anyone light that lantern?"
Of course there were people viewing the lanterns, so there were safety precautions in place to prevent fires or other sudden occurrences.
At the moment, someone was standing next to the pitch-black lantern. Under the light of the lamps he looked poor because his facial expression was so ugly.
"Young lady, if you don't understand, then don't talk nonsense," he said angrily. "This lantern is not to be lit."
Hearing Liu'er angrily speaking, the people who overheard this jumped in to ask questions.
"What kind of lantern doesn't have a light?" someone asked. "What is it doing here?"
The man looking at the lantern snorted, then pointed.
“Do you not see what’s written there?” he said.
Something is written there?
Everyone followed his finger to see a banner hanging from on one side of the lantern. On the banner was inscribed with large, golden letters.
Triumph in Go.
“What does it mean? Did they write the wrong words?” someone asked.
“It means that to light the lantern there is a condition. This is a Go board, and the decorated lanterns are the stones. Right now, the black stones are one move away from winning. If someone stops them in one move, then the lantern will be lit,” said the man next to the lantern.
This was interesting.
Bystanders immediately began to gather round, scrutinizing the Go board carefully. Someone started to reach out an arm.
“Slow down,” cautioned the man watching the lantern, using a wooden stick to bar the way of the person reaching out for the lantern. “This is not something just anyone can try.”
“Then how can we?” asked the person who was blocked
The person looking after the lantern rapped his wooden stick.
“A fee,” he said.
Everybody looked to the two glass bowls stationed underneath the banner. One of them already had silver coins covering the bottom, while there was a single silver banknote in the other.
Silver banknote.
The eyes of the people gathered around immediately twinkled. When they saw the sum on the banknote, their jaws dropped.
“Five thousand taels.”
A voice cried out, causing more people to gather around.
Liu’er gasped loudly and looked at Miss Jun incredulously.
Right now, she no longer doubted that Young Miss had made a mistake with the lantern.
“Young Miss, what is the purpose of this?” she couldn’t help but ask.


[1] the word for (festival) lantern is huadeng, hua meaning flower and deng meaning lantern/light.


Jiuling was once the daughter of the crown prince, the princess of a nation. She specialized in medicine and incredibly intelligent, and yet she was murdered. After her death, she actually ended up reincarnated into the body of a distressed orphan girl, Jun Zhenzhen. One of these days, Jiuling was going to go back to her killer and get revenge. However, she had urgent matters at hand that needed tending to, trouble of which was left to her by the previous owner of Jun Zhengzhen.

Jun Zhenzhen was a simple-minded person, an unruly and distressed orphan girl. She hoped to rely on the marriage that her grandfather had arranged and marry the perfect husband in the hearts of many women - the young master of the Ning family. However, the Ning family completely abandoned her and was unwilling to go through with their arranged marriage. Furious, Jun Zhenzhen wanted to pretend to hang herself, but she ended up really dying. Thus, arrived Jiuling.

Having taken Jun Zhenzhen's body, Jiuling quick-wittedly resolved the difficult situation and saved the Ning family from embarrassment and also stood up for herself. Unfortunately, this little feat was just the first step on her long road to accomplishing her revenge...



¬ Third Person P.O.V¬ 

The thick clouds that hung over Graybrookes seemed almost like a fixture at this point, catching the golden light of the early morning sun and making it look as though it breaks upon the clouds, bathing the skies in a light orange hue, a few beams of warm light peek through down at the megacity. 

Oliver stood on the sidewalk, dazed from the effects of the spell yet as the cold morning breeze brushed against his skin, chilling his cheeks he remained stalwart and focused for he knew he had far more pressing matters to attend to. 

First, he looked down at his gloved hands, counting the digits, then checked his pocket watch, taking note of the reality checks before finally looking at the address. "291 Rosewood Boulevard." Everything checks out, he wasn't affected by a temporal spell nor a psychosomatic illusion. It was real. That could mean one thing. 

"Fuck." He cursed, his right hand rubbing his nape as his left reached into his front breast pocket, pulling out a cigarette. He threw it into the air and pressed the nail of his index finger hard against the webbing of his thumb, flicking a tiny flame at the tip of the cigarette, catching it between his index and middle fingers, the smoke swirling in the air around his hand. "Looks like we've got another one." Oliver sighed, bringing the cigarette to his lips and taking in a deep breath, letting the nicotine calm his nerves. 

"Yeah, seems so." Noah said, his slicked black hair disheveled and unkempt thanks to the spell. "I'll add her to our list but for now.." Noah said, his voice trailing off as his gaze moved to the three teens they had successfully rescued despite how neither of them would claim responsibility for obvious reasons. 

"You three doing alright?" Noah asked as he bent down to one knee beside Ashley, the sun's golden rays bathing him in warm orange light and casting a large shadow behind him. The raven-haired girl simply glancing in his direction and nodding, dusting herself off and standing up. "Where are we?" She asked, looking around 

"Graybrookes." Oliver simply answered, his right hand holding the cigarette to his lips, the left in the pocket of his tan trench coat, the smoke swirling around him, creating an air of noir. 

"Y-yeah, yeah. We're alright." Leo said with a smile, despite his facial expression saying he wanted to throw up. 

"Graybrookes?" Piper suddenly said, slowly rising to her feet. "That fortune teller.. ported us all the way to Graybrookes?" She said, the warmth in her voice began to return as she came to one conclusion. "If she managed to do that, then.. that means!" She paused, the sparkle in her amethyst eyes returning, a warm smile on her lips. "I'll see him again... Ezra." She said, clenching a fist and pressing it against her chest. 

"It would seem so, now come on. Let's go." Oliver said, his arms crossed over his chest, the lit cigarette still in his lips as he leaned against the wall. They were in the residential suburbs of Graybrookes, in the second ring of the megacity. The houses seemed to be slightly on the wealthier side, the smallest in sight was two stories tall. The road was paved concrete, with the streets quiet but not barren, the walls that separated the properties from the sidewalk were of textured brick with a few black vertical streetlights every few blocks to break the monotony of the sidewalk. 

The twins looked surprised while Piper's thoughts moved to something more important. They never thought they'd find themselves somewhere so well-off. 

"Go? Like.. to your apartment or something, while we wait for orders from the rest of the remnants?" Leo asked, confused as he looked at the gruff yet suave looking man. 

"Apartment?" Oliver said with wry smirk and a raised brow. "No, nothing of the sort." He said, moving his arms back to his sides and straightening his tan trench coat, the blonde man turned peered into the house behind the tall black gate. "Welcome to House Valentine." The property was large, people entering having to pass through a garden with numerous hanging lanterns and a small pond before reaching the house itself. 

"Wait, wait. Valentine?" Ashley asked, raising a brow. "So, this place is yours?" 

"Well, technically it belongs to the Valentine Family, but seeing as three last members would be.." He paused, his gloved hand reaching for black gate handle, a yellow ring of energy appearing as he gripped it. Pushing it open and stepping inside, he continued. "Me, myself and I? Aye, this belongs to me." He said with a wink. 

As they moved through the garden, the hanging lanterns began to glow a light blue, Ashley's gaze moving around as she looked at them. "Electric lanterns? Motion triggered?" Ashley questioned. 

"Observant." Oliver said, his boots thumping on the paved stone path. "But neither." He stopped in his tracks to look at one of the lanterns, they were spherical caged lanterns with black grills and glass walls. "They're specially tempered by me to detect the raw magical potential in people that enter, the stronger the magic the brighter the glow." Oliver said, turning back to the path. "Think of it as one half of an early warning system." 

Suddenly, just as Piper had entered the middle of the garden where the number of lanterns is densest a barely audible high pitched hum began to emanate from the lanterns. The sound began to rapidly get louder, proportional to the growing brightness, giving off so much light that it could blind someone until- 

*SHATTER* 

The lanterns all began to rapidly shatter, starting from those at the middle to those at the ends of the garden, Oliver and the other shielded their faces with their arms to protect against the small shards of glass. 

"Bloody... and I just tempered a new batch." Oliver sighed, his lush green eyes wide as saucers as he looked at the three, his gaze moving from Leo, to Ashley to Piper. "gods, at least now we know why Apollo wanted you three so bad." 

"Wait, what happened? Why did all the lanterns break?" Leo asked, confused. Oliver never mentioned what the lanterns shattering could mean. 

"Well, while my lanterns glow brighter the more magical potential a person in the general vicinity has, there comes a point where they can't glow any brighter. Meaning, either one of or a combination of two or even all three of few have such a magical aura of such capacity that it broke past the limits of the temper." Oliver said. His partner elbowing him lightly, 

"Translation: You three are probably really with magic." He said a goofy yet charming smile on his lips as he cocked his cheek to the side. "Now come on, let's head on inside." 

As they got closer to the house, Leo could clearly see there were either four or five stories to the Valentine House. The building had a classical rustic feel to it with its textured brick walls on the ground floor, cream smooth walls on the upper floors, dark blue overhanging roof, and ornate window grills. 

Noah reached for the doorknob on the ornately carved wooden door but saw a spark of yellow energy as he reached for it. Retracting his hand, he looked to his partner and smiled with a shrug. "On second thought, you open the door." 

Oliver rolled his eyes and reached for the door handle the same yellow circle appearing above his hand as he deactivated the defensive temper, he pushed the door open. Inside, despite the beautiful exterior, the house didn't look to be one of the tidiest this side of Feyomere. While the outside was decorated with beautiful and rustic, the inside was equally ornate yet seemed as though it was rarely, if ever at all dusted. 

"Well, home sweet home." Oliver said, stepping inside, he let out a huff of smoke and turned to his left, the dining room leading to the kitchen, to his right was the living room and the loft. 

"Come inside, make yourselves at home." Noah said, the inside of the house was mostly wooden with hard rosewood planks under the carpeted floor. Directly leading from the door was a large staircase leading up a few flights. 

"Just don't get too comfy, you'll be with us till the council decides where your new permanent residence is." Oliver said as he made his way up the steps. 

"Why can't we stay with you?" Leo asked Noah, the man smiling warmly and ruffling his hair. 

"That's not up to us, sweetie. Unlike the Equilibrium that has three major leaders, the Remnants work differently. You see, we aren't as large or as well-funded as the Equilibrium, we've got our own financial backers, it's just that the Equilibrium has their hands in the pockets of many major industries in the cities around Ravencrowne. So, instead of having everything centralized where we could all be taken out with one strike, the Remnants are separated in houses, with each having an appointed leader. This is House Valentine, I and Oli are the only member of this house but others number in the dozens." Noah explained as he took off his light grey jacket, making his way towards the kitchen. 

"Now, make yourselves at home. Just call me if you need help with something." Noah said, pouring three glasses of milk. 

"Oh, and one last thing?" He said, calling their attention, the warm smile never leaving his face. His deep blue eyes meeting each of their gazes before handing them each a glass of milk. 

"Welcome to the Remnants."

Standing on the sandy surface the giant insect predator finishes consuming its latest victim before twisting its head, glaring at the surviving Sinestro Lanterns who dared to dodge its attack.
[+350 Exp]
[+350 Exp]
[+350 Exp]

Notifications were going off in-front of Pennywise who dismissed them as he charged at the nearest Lantern in-front of him, tackling it to the ground before burrowing into the sand with it. The Lanterns fired energy blasts from their rings in attempt to stop or harm the beast that was facing them but it was too late as the alien monster already dug it's way into the ground again.
The ground begins to shake as the giant mutated buglizard digs underneath the Lanterns who are still on the ground. A huge amount of sand is lifted into the sky as the beasts stinger of tail strikes, piercing a nearby Yellow Lantern who was turned into a meat shield by his partner next to him.
[+500 Exp]
[+750 Exp]
[+350 Exp]
[+550 Exp]
The impaled Sinestro Lantern is then pulled underground as Pennywise charges forward while still being underneath the sand like a scorpion.

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"Lord Sinestro, I think we should go we're dropping like M'ugan flies at this rate there won't be-" The Lantern couldn't finish his comment as a yellow beam pierced through his chest killing him instantly and leaving black smoke to rise up from his corpse as the lantern hits the sandy ground.
"Your counsel was valuable Tulok, not irreplaceable." Sinestro said as his blew off the smoke that emerged from his ring due to the energy beam he shot.
The remaining Yellow Lanterns gulp at the sight of one of their own being killed by Sinestro, sensing this Pennywise emerged back onto the surface and began to glow yellow again causing the space around them to distort as reality begins to change.
No longer were Sinestro and his minions on 'tropical' desert planet instead they found themselves on a snow and ice planet which has a never ending blizzard for weather, the cold was the first thing that impacted the Lanterns with the planets surface temperature of -440 degrees Celsius (Twice as cold as Hoth) being felt even with their rings energy field around them.
Using his ring Sinestro created a spot light that shined through the blinding snowstorm revealing a large 9 foot tall four armed, two eyed and blue skinned yeti who had four horns jutting from the side of its head. (Image)
"WAHHHHHH!!!" The creature roared before jumping with such power that it forms a hole in the snow from where it perviously stood. The yeti immediately arrived it front of a crocodile alien lantern, the yeti brought of its arms up and punched the crocodile alien so hard that blown the other lanterns away.
*Boom*
The crocodile yellow lantern submerged in snow that cushioned his fall and lessened the damage but not by much.
*Boom*
*Hack*
The yeti lands right next to the croc alien then proceeds to stamp its foot into the lanterns chest causing the lantern to spit out and cough up blood and saliva from the impact.
*Stamp*
*Crack*
The yeti continued to slam his foot into the alien lanterns chest each time with more force causing multiple bones to be broken which end of piercing and implying other organs causing more pain to spread through the lanterns body.
*Crack*
*Crack*
*Crack*
*Crack*
Blow after blow was delivered till the chest was nearly caved in, using its immense strength the yeti pulled the lantern up my its head before using two of its arms to rip apart the lanterns jaws killing the Yellow Lantern.
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Pennywise still in his alien yeti form looks up and spots multiple lanterns pointing their rings at him before firing off multiple small energy blasts that mostly misses him colliding with the ground next to him, Pennywise jumps up again and grabs a random lantern before using two of his hands to rip the lanterns arms out of its sockets and using another hand to pull head off the body spinal cord included.
*Wrrrrrryyyyyyyy* Pennywise howls as he picks up a large chuck of snow and ice from the ground and throws it at a group of three lanterns who put up an energy shield to stop the attack, the shield broke upon the impact of the ice ball which immediately collided with the group causing them to be crushed by the weight and impact from hitting the group.
Out of dozens of Yellow Lanterns that were with Sinestro originally only four including himself still survived, the yeti glanced at Sinestro and his remaining 'army' before his eyes glowed yellow and space time began to change once again.

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Sinestro and his minions were now in a dark shantytown that looked like it came out of a horror movie with graveyards plastered everywhere and a large castle that is surrounded by various spikes, the castle has four spikes and pink windows on top. There are some gaps between the spikes and the entrance were guarded by giant Mutant Pumpkins.
*Swoosh* 
The sound of something flying through the air was heard but the group saw nothing when looking at where the sound came from.
*Swoosh*
*Swoosh*
"Get into formation." Sinestro commanded.
The lanterns in a panic put their backs together and formed a circle pointing their rings out to protect them in case of danger, two hands with finger like claws that are long as a ruler (30 Centimetre) phased out of the ground and grabbed the ankles of an alien lantern before pulling him into the ground suffocating him and eventually killing the lantern.
A few seconds later a figure phased from the ground a few meters away from them the creature's body was gray-purple and had black nails with lines on its chest which were black as well, it had a grey-brown, upside-down head with one eye along with a spine that was sticking out of iys back and a tail that was fully exposed with white black stripes. (Image)

"It seems we have came to an end of our little game." A raspy voice that made the lanterns shiver came out of mouth of alien spectre.
"Tell me, what is it you want, there's got to be something that-"
"Quiet down." 
Sinstero tried to speak but was cut off by the spectre in front of him that turned invisible.
"What you say or do doesn't matter anymore as you will be long forgotten in grand archives of history, just as many specks of dust before you." Pennywise spoke as he moved around them while still invisible.
 "Now see here-" Sinestro started but once again was interrupted.
"Quiet down child, don't make me repeat myself." Pennywise said as he appeared in front of Sinestro scaring the other Lanterns causing them to break formation and drift away from Sinestro.
"You are a child, as you behave like a child demanding and throwing fits on something your not given." Pennywise said as he floated around Sinestro speaking almost in a whisper that was still loud for everyone to still hear him.
"I have lived far longer then you can ever know child, I have seen the beginning of the universe, the rise and fall of countless civilisations and I have seen the death of worlds." The spectre says as he floats closer to Sinestro until he's just half a meter away.
"I am eternal child, I am the eater of worlds and of children." The spectre says before he is blasted away by Sinestro.
Pennywise's spectre form is destroyed making him revert back into his clown form, patting off the invisible dust his clothes accumulated due to the attack.
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Pennywise's eyes glow yellow before teleports and possessing a nearby yellow lantern who starts to have his insides becomes his outsides causing  gruesome and painful death, Pennywise leaves the body before moving onto his next target possessing a frog like alien who starts to rot and wither away until it collapses onto the ground a rotten husk.
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"Kiff oh Kiff, they're dead man, it's game over man game over." A fat slug like alien swore while panicking.
"Will you shut up, and try to find a way out of here, understand."  Sinestro said while started firing a few energy blast around him.
"..."
"Hey do you understand you useless sack of-" Sinestro said before turning around and seeing the yellow lantern slug slowly splitting apart in half revealing that he was already dead.
Before  Sinestro had time to turn around he was hit but something and was sent flying into one of the graveyards, Sinestro landed and like a rag doll rolled across the decayed ground until he was right next to a newly dug out grave.
Sinestro slowly pushed himself up on to his knees and saw to the tombstone causing his to widen as what was written.

*Here lies Thaal Sinestro of Korugar may his body be feasted upon by the worms*

"I see you spotted your new accomodation, don't worry I made it as homey as possible hahahaha." Pennywise said and laughed as he appeared behind Sinestro picking him up and holding him over the grave, Pennywise grabs Sinestro's hand and crushes it including the ring causing him to scream out in pain.
"Tell me, do I kill?" Pennywise asks Sinestro who briefly recovers from the pain.
"You will be a curse upon the Multiverse. Children will wake from sleeps screaming at the thought of you. Your legacy will be death and madness." Sinestro groans out as if something was speaking through him.
"Excellent." Pennywise says before dropping Sinestro into the grave that had open Pinewood coffin that strapped and held down Sinestro's arms and legs.

(A/N: I do not own The Hearse Song by Rusty Cage, you can skipped this part if you want but I find this song very fitting for this part of the story.)

"~Don't ever laugh as a hearse goes by, for you may be the next to die.~" Pennywise starts to sing.


"~They wrap you up in bloody sheets, to drop you six feet underneath.~"


"~They put you in a pinewood box, and cover you up with dirt and rocks."~


"~It all goes well for about a week, and then your coffin begins to leak.~" Pennywise continues to sing as the dirt in the grave begins to move.


"~And the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out, the worms play pinochle on your snout. They eat your eyes, they eat your nose. As you begin to decompose.~" The dirt shifts revealing hundreds if not thousands of worms crawling towards and falling onto Sinestro.


"~A slimy beetle with demon's eyes, chews through your stomach and out your sides. Your stomach turns to rancid grease and puss pours out like melted cheese, you spread it on a slice of bread and that's what you'll eat when you're dead.~" A large beetle crawls over to Sinestro


"~And the worms crawl out, the worms crawl in, the ones that crawl in are lean and thin. The ones that crawl out are fat and stout, your eyes fall in and your hair falls out.~" The worms start to borrowing into Sinstro causing him to scream in pain and in fear of being eaten slowly by hundreds of mouths.


"~Your brain turns into maggot pie, your liver starts to liquify and for the living, all is well. As you sink further into hell.~" More and more worms start the pour out of the ground and into grave as they too start slowly consuming Sinestro slowly.


"~And the flames rise up to drag you down, into the fire where you will drown. Your skin melts off as you descend and Satan tears you limb from limb, your suffering will never end.~"


"~And the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out. They'll eat your guts and then shit them out and when your bones begin to rot, the worms remain, but you do not.~" Worms start coming out of Sinestro body as they chew through other body parts.


"~So don't ever laugh as a hearse goes by. For someday, you'll be the one to die and when Death brings his cold despair ask yourself.~" Pennywise slowly starts to finish singing as he watches the pleading eyes of death from Sinestro.


"~"Will anyone care?"-"  Pennywise Finishes as the coffins lid closes on Sinestro and the coffin starts to go deeper into the earth with the grave slowly collapsing and covering itself up signifying the newest member has been accepted in this graveyard of lost souls.

A random guy died and now is reincarnated as Pennywise the dancing clown from Steven King’s IT, he is now tasked to finish what the original failed to do by the same ROB who turned him into a inter dimensional shapeshifting clown. Will he be able to kill the Losers? or will he forever repeat the same mistakes as his predecessor?

"Thanks," said Ji Yi as she got out of the car.
After she found her feet, the driver pointed over at the bend nearby. "Miss Ji, Mr. He asked if you could please wait over there for a moment."
Why did He Yuguang ask me to meet half-way up a mountain in the middle of nowhere at night?
Ji Yi was suspicious at heart, but she still shot the driver a smile. "Got it, thanks."
"Then, Miss Ji, please take a seat. I'll head down now and wait for you," said the driver.
"Alright." Ji Yi nodded.
The driver courteously bowed at Ji Yi then turned to get into the car after saying goodbye.
When the car started, the car lights lit up the area half-way up the mountain.
The summery mountain landscape was beautiful with luscious trees and rich wildflowers in bloom.
Soon enough, the car made a turn not too far up ahead, then followed the path down the mountain.
The entire area instantly fell pitch-black. It was relatively quiet on the mountain, and subtle sounds now seemed unusually loud. The car had driven off for quite some time now, yet Ji Yi could still hear the faint sound of the car.
Ji Yi stood still in the same spot where she got off the car for a short while before she reached for her phone and used the light to guide her to the bench.
About two minutes later, the sound of the car completely disappeared and the atmosphere instantly fell quiet.
The night breeze blew gently as the tree leaves rustled. Wave upon wave of an intense floral scent made its way into Ji Yi's nostrils.
Ji Yi was the only one in the area. It was pitch-black all around her and aside from the endless sounds of insects, she couldn't hear anything else. Seeing as Yuguang still hadn't appeared, Ji Yi's heart grew apprehensive, so she grabbed her phone and prepared to send him a message to ask for his whereabouts. Just as she opened WeChat, she saw a light in the corner of her eye not too far away.
Ji Yi instinctively looked up and saw a blurry ball of fire glowing from the foot of the mountain.
Before she could figure out what those balls of fire were, she saw several more balls of fire coming into her field of sight.
Those balls of fire glowed a golden-yellow yet orangey light, which looked shockingly beautiful in the pitch-black sky.
Ji Yi stared for a good while before she called herself stupid and realized they were sky lanterns.
As the first sky lantern came into view and rose higher and higher, Ji Yi started to notice numerous sky lanterns at the foot of the mountain drifting up to the sky.
With her own eyes, she soon saw the entire sky filled with sky lanterns.
It was a magnificent sight to behold; so beautiful and stunning that it took Ji Yi's breath away.
She raised her head and stared at the rising sky lanterns for some time before she took out her phone to take a photo.
She chose all different angles and took about five or six photos when her phone rang. A message jumped onto the screen from "He Yuguang": "Manman, do you like it?"
Ji Yi was tempted to take another photo, but then she suddenly stopped.
Yuguang Ge's asking if I like it?
By this, does that mean he's the one who filled the sky with sky lanterns?
Did he ask the driver to mysteriously take me there just to give me this stunning sight?


Time stopped at eighteen for Ji Yi, and now all she wants to do is pick up from where she left off. Her career depends on it, and on top of that, she has to survive a fake marriage turned real! Some missed opportunities are irreplaceable, and some misunderstandings between them have proven near-fatal, but for He Jichen, he isn’t just a pretty face—he’s an opportunist. They may have lost their prime years together, but He Jichen is more than willing to spend his remaining years with her. If only she would just trust him… Will Ji Yi be able to find true love in this life? Can she outmaneuver all the snakes plotting her downfall? Only time will tell...

Luck Suppression Heavenly Palace.
Giant Sun Immortal Venerable actually appeared in front of Yao Huang.
Yao Huang was overwhelmed with shock, he could not believe it.
"I, South Desolation, pay respects to Immortal Venerable." At this time, South Desolation Immortal greeted respectfully.
"This unfilial descendant greets ancestor!" Yao Huang was shaking from excitement, he quickly knelt down on the ground, tears flowing over his face.
Giant Sun Immortal Venerable smiled lightly: "Stand up, my main body has already died, I am merely a corpse sitting before you now."
Yao Huang raised his head in shock, after inspection, he finally saw that Giant Sun Immortal Venerable in front of him was not alive, he was an immortal zombie.
Ever since Red Lotus Demon Venerable damaged fate Gu, all souls in this world could remain in the realm of the living, since then, zombies appeared.
Gradually, when Gu Immortals realized they had insufficient lifespan, they would become immortal zombies, it was their best alternative.
Even though Heavenly Court was against it and tried to stop it, they could not resist the desires of humans, more and more immortal zombies showed up in the five regions.
Ordinary Gu Immortals could become immortal zombies, there was no reason why Giant Sun Immortal Venerable could not do the same, right?
Thinking of this, Yao Huang's doubts vanished.
Giant Sun immortal zombie continued to explain: "Right now, other than my body, I only have some remnant will left inside this body."
But Yao Huang was still very excited: "Undeniably, you are the source of our Huang Jin bloodline, our common ancestor. As long as you show yourself, all of the Huang Jin tribes would end their conflicts and be united as one. The entirety of Northern Plains would belong to us Huang Jin tribes again!"
But Giant Sun immortal zombie shook his head: "My main body died long ago, I only left a corpse behind. I did not manage to surpass rank nine and attain eternal life, what is the point of showing myself? I will just be a laughing stock."
"Furthermore, my body only has one attack left, if I move even slightly, it will fizzle out."
"Just one attack?" Yao Huang was shocked, the admiration and excitement in his eyes did not fade at all: "Even if ancestor can only attack once, it will definitely shake heaven and earth, and make the sun and moon pale in comparison."
Giant Sun immortal zombie laughed: "That is naturally the case. But don't count on it. I set Luck Suppression Heavenly Palace here to defend Northern Plains. But I left this body behind for another reason, I need to return a favor."
"A favor?" Yao Huang was shocked.
Giant Sun Immortal Venerable became an immortal zombie and stayed in Luck Suppression Heavenly Palace for three hundred thousand years just to return a favor.
Who was it, who could make a great Immortal Venerable owe a favor?
And this favor was so huge that Giant Sun Immortal Venerable had to do this?
Yao Huang was very confused, but Giant Sun immortal zombie did not explain it, he said: "Right now, Central Continent invaded but I cannot fight them off. Don't count on me, it all depends on you two."
Yao Huang slowly stood up with a solemn expression: "Central Continent's Gu Immortals might have a strong lineup, but we have Luck Suppression Heavenly Palace, myself and Lord South Desolation. Don't worry ancestor, I will defend against these people at all costs, even if I have to give up my life, I will do so without hesitation."
Giant Sun immortal zombie looked at Yao Huang before shutting his eyes, returning to an inactive state.
At this moment, he seemed to have become a statue, he no longer spoke.
Yao Huang did not know why, but South Desolation Immortal patted his shoulder: "Come with me."
The two immortals left the main hall, going to the hall behind it.
Yao Huang was still excited from earlier: "Please give me orders, Lord South Desolation, I will do whatever it takes!"
South Desolation Immortal shook his head: "Luck Suppression Heavenly Palace is a rank eight Immortal Gu House, it was created by Ancestor Giant Sun personally using the heaven and earth luck true inheritance. Ancestor Giant Sun had great foresight, he placed Luck Suppression Heavenly Palace here for three hundred thousand years, suppressing this area until now. Do you know what heaven and earth luck is?"
Yao Huang was dazed, muttering: "Heaven and earth luck…"
South Desolation Immortal did not wait for a response, he smiled: "A person has their own luck, a beast has its luck, a blade of grass also has its own luck. Any life form has luck. Other than that, rocks, rivers, they all have luck. And for the entirety of this heaven and earth, there is also heaven luck and earth luck."
"The heaven and earth luck true inheritance deciphers the profundities of heaven and earth, researching them, using them, and changing them."
"Forget the fact that there are three rank eight Gu Immortals who brought three Immortal Gu Houses with them, even if they doubled in numbers, once they came here, they were goners."
"I did not call you here for you to risk your life. You are the only rank eight Huang Jin bloodline descendant outside of Longevity Heaven."
"Huh?" Yao Huang was shocked.
South Desolation Immortal continued: "I have little lifespan left, after surviving for so long, lifespan Gu stopped working on me. Next, I want you to see how I manipulate this Immortal Gu House, and eliminate these Central Continent Gu Immortals. After I die, you will inherit my position as South Desolation."
Yao Huang stared with wide opened eyes, shouting: "Lord South Desolation!"
 …
Wind Sweeping Building was silent inside.
The black lanterns were like wind, rain, and lightning, they were a unique type of phenomenon in black heaven.
They were not unprotected, but the black lanterns appeared too suddenly. And most importantly, when they appeared, Canary Pavilion, Wind Sweeping Building, and Edge Link Camp were right at the center of countless black lanterns.
Normally speaking, when rank eight Gu Immortals explored black heaven, if they saw any black lanterns, they would avoid them from afar.
This time, the Central Continent Gu Immortals had just escaped the night heavenly wolf group, they relaxed and did not expect the black lanterns to appear, thus, many Gu Immortals were heavily injured as a result.
At the top of Wind Sweeping Building.
"Father! Your eyes?!" Rank six Gu Immortal Shi Zheng Yi had tears in his eyes as he sobbed.
His father was a famous rank seven Gu Immortal expert, to think that he was one of the three who went blind.
When the black lanterns appeared, he was using an investigative killer move to observe the wolf group, his investigative killer move was very useful, but that resulted in him losing his vision instead.
It was confirmed that from now on, Shi Ge would no longer be able to see, he would be a blind man that could never use his eyes again.
But Shi Ge was calm, he stretched out his arm, patting Shi Zheng Yi's head, saying: "So what if I lose my sight? I have many methods and countless investigative killer moves, even if I lose my vision, I can still cultivate and fight. What is the matter?"
"But…" Shi Zheng Yi lowered his head and gritted his teeth, almost at the point of crying.
"My son, don't cry easily. Gu Immortal cultivation is full of dangers. As long as we are still alive, we should continue charging ahead. Don't cry like a weakling. Don't you like listening to stories? Think about those protagonists, how did they live?" Shi Ge said softly.
Shi Zheng Yi nodded: "Father, I understand!"
Even the rank seven Gu Immortal expert Shi Ge lost his sight from this.
Zhao Lian Yun looked at this as her heart shook, she felt that this Immortal Gu House, Wind Sweeping Building, was not so safe after all.
But she soon thought of Ma Hong Yun.
"Hong Yun, wait for me. No matter how dangerous and hard this is, I will find you and rescue you!"
Zhao Lian Yun cheered herself on as determination shone in her eyes.
"Yu Yi Ye Zi, how are you?" Zhao Lian Yun asked the young Gu Immortal beside her.
This refinement path Gu Immortal had been sitting on the ground with his eyes shut after seeing the black lanterns outside the window, he had been using an immortal killer move to heal himself.
Hearing Zhao Lian Yun's question, Yu Yi Ye Zi did not stop his immortal killer move, he spoke without opening his eyes: "Thankfully, I realized early on and shut my eyes, if I was a bit slower, I would not be able to heal myself."
Yu Yi Ye Zi did not speak anymore.
He stopped talking.
Cold sweat was still remaining on his forehead, as he experienced lingering fear.
Gradually, the Gu Immortals became silent, inside the three Immortal Gu Houses, they were enveloped with a solemn mood.
Outside the Immortal Gu House, there were soul howls, it was disturbing to the ears, even if the Immortal Gu House was dampening the effect.
Bu Zhen Zi looked outside worriedly: "Oh no, we are encircled by a soul beast army."
Zhao Lian Yun heard this and looked outside, only to see countless nether ant Gu surrounding the three Immortal Gu Houses, like waves of black river currents.


With his Three Fundamental Views* unrighteous, the demon is reborn.
An old dream in the ancient days, a new author with an identical name.
An old story about a time traveler who was constantly being reborn.
An eccentric world that grows, cultivates, and uses Gu. 
The Spring Autumn Cicada, Moonlight Gu, Liquor worm, Comprehensive Golden Light Worm, Fine Black Hair Gu, Hope Gu. . . . . .
And a peerless great demon that freely acts to his heart’s content.
Translator's Synopsis: 
A story of a villain, Fang Yuan who was reborn 500 years into the past with the Spring Autumn Cicada he painstakingly refined. With his profound wisdom, battle and life experiences, he seeks to overcome his foes with skill and wit! Ruthless and amoral, he has no need to hold back as he pursues his ultimate goals. In a world of cruelty where one cultivates using Gu - magical creatures of the world - Fang Yuan must rise up above all with his own power.
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Gu is a legendary venomous insect, often used in black magic practices. It can take on the form of several insects, usually snakes, crickets, worms etc.
* = one's world view, values of worth and philosophy on life 


Many sages used to say that the will and the nature of the common people are inherently similar, and the most important thing a man can have is his soul, the soul of the common folk are often nurtured by the transience of nature, the feeling of nostalgia and melancholy stretches the soul. 

The mother nature was benevolent that day, the day the Lunar-Dust festival. The people on the street were in blissful trance, some dancing, some praying for it was a holy day when all the struggles they had in the past and the the struggles awaiting for them did not matter, for today was a day off from all that's dark and gloomy.

The streets were filled with manifold colours of light and today was the day for silver, even gold failed in radiance today. Lunar inscribed accessories were being sold at every corner of the streets. Different sorts of games were being played by all sorts of people. People were spraying each other with silver coloured Abeer[a type of dye] in a playful manner, this was also one of the holy customs which was practiced on this day. People of all races and caste were gathered there.

" Don't break the fucking lines, you fucking ingrates." shouted one of the shop owners. There was an unending long line in front of this shop, and a placard was hanging in front of this shop that said 'Floating Lanterns' . the absolute craze for the floating lanterns was due to a   superstitious rumour that has been floating around  the floating lanterns since eternity, that if someone's floating lanterns somehow reached the moon, then his or her wish will come true. Of course there are some sceptics that believe that it is simply absurd for flying lanterns to reach the moon.

"Ten silvers for one lantern, guaranteed flight, and no fucking bargaining." said the shopkeeper.

Almost all the people gasped after hearing the price.

"TEN SILVERS! my god, man, for ten silvers I can literally buy your mother and send her to the fucking moon." said a by a bystander while grabbing his own penis.

While a small fight broke out in front of the busy store, two little boys were intently looking at the prized possession of the foul mouthed shop keeper.

"It cant be done, Herpes." said the plump boy with sharp eyes and even sharper freckles.

"Stop calling me Herpes, people are always listening, i dont want a weird nickname." said Hermes.

"Your father shouldnt have named you Hermes, all the ammunition for mockery are right there." said Orion.

"Enough with the low witted jokes, and quickly find the way sneak out one of those lanterns." said Hermes.

"I dont think thats possible, Hermes. That man is a foreigner, His name is Musashi Kentarou. When somebody goes to a foreign land he is far more vigilant than he is in his homeland. He has no openings." lamented Orion. 

"Thats excellent!" said Hermes.

"How is that excellent? doesn't that mean that we are doomed" inquired Orion.

"Stupid! rather than using some unstable and unpredictable opening it is far better to make an opening of our own" chuckled Hermes.

"Ohh...  HERPES BANZAI! HERPES BANZAI!" said Orion while being awed by his friend.

"Shut up fatty and just listen." said Hermes while pulling his friend closer and whispering in his ear.

While this was going on, the commotion infront of the store died down, and from chaos order came as no one bargained anymore after seeing what happened to the bystander who heckled the foreigner.

 But order never lasts very long as history would suggest. While everything was going smoothly the shopkeeper suddenly noticed a strange chubby boy walking towards him in a stiff manner. The boy went upto him and handed him a piece of paper and walked away. 

The shopkeeper was bewildered not because how strangely the boy acted but because he couldn't understand a thing that was written on the piece of paper, the shopkeeper knew how to speak the common tongue but he never learned how to read and write, he even paid someone to write the placard in front of his store. The shopkeeper became even more vigilant. The shopkeeper looked around and could not find the boy, he looked around for a long time and then finally he caught the silhouette of the the boy, only this time there were black mystic patterns were engraved in his body.

Musashi Kentarou was a man with a vast amount knowledge, well he had to be in order to be succesful in a foreign land. The moment he saw the patterns his memory echoed. He started recollecting all the horrible things he heard about the Mystic-Plague twenty years ago. As the boy started walking towards him he took a step back instinctively and stepped on something which made him lose his balance and he fell along with some of his lanterns. Mushashi was afraid, afraid of the prying eyes which were ogling his lanterns with malice and geed and mostly of the boy with black patterns on his body, and it proved too much for him. So he jolted himself back up and said " THE SHOP IS CLOSED FOR NOW, COME BACK AT ANOTHER TIME."

Just as he was about to close the shutter in front of his shop, he heard a voice " So you are going to take my money and also keep my lantern, what kind of buisness are you running here mister." 

Mushashi was so restless, that he didn't even bother to check anything, all his attention were on the boy who was still walking towards him, he then took one of his prized lanterns and threw it at the voice and closed the shutter in front of his shop causing a mass commotion.

Halo-Scriptures,the gateway to the realms of the immortals,cultivators,the true masters of society and like all ruling classes of society,they too monopolised the Halo-Scriptures passed down by the ancient races.This is a story of a reluctant man who fortuitously stumbled upon the dark secrets of the old gods and was forced to walk a bloody path.This is a quirky story of a reluctant man who found himself always in the midst of the turmoils of the world.

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