“Ah... Lu Ming, how dare you strike me!”
Just then, the woman's ear-piercing shriek shot straight into the sky.
Smack!
Lu Ming raised his hand and delivered another slap, turning to bolt the moment he finished.
“Run, Big Yellow!”
At the same time, Lu Ming made a decision. Once he stood at the peak of this world in the future, he would definitely bring his beautiful wife and show off in front of this woman. He would make her burn with envy, jealousy, and hatred, until she died of regret in a toilet.
As for now, a wise man knew when to back down. Didn't they see that the other side had servants?
Sure enough, Young Master Chen finally snapped out of his shock at that moment.
“Get him! Beat him for me! Beat him to death!”
He had originally come today to humiliate Lu Ming, but he hadn't expected to be humiliated instead. On top of that, his wife had been beaten.
Hearing Young Master Chen's shouts, Lu Ming ran even harder.
Boom!
Suddenly, a violent explosion erupted behind him, making Lu Ming shudder all over.
“Holy crap... what's going on?”
He whipped his head around and saw Young Master Chen and that disgusting woman already lying on the ground. Their bodies were charred black, emitting pungent plumes of black smoke, and the smell of burnt flesh hung heavy in the air.
Meanwhile, the surrounding onlookers had already scattered in a panic, screaming and running for cover...
“Holy shit! Is my Protagonist Halo really this powerful? Before I could even show off and slap them in the face, they got struck by lightning? This isn't even giving me a chance to perform!”
Startled, Lu Ming couldn't help but look up at the sky.
There, he saw two figures—a man and a woman—tangled in a fierce battle in mid-air. Every now and then, they would hurl a bolt of lightning or a fireball...
Seeing this, Lu Ming's brain temporarily short-circuited. What was going on? They could fly? There were cultivators in this world? Didn't that mean he, Lu Ming, had the makings of a great emperor?
“Woof!”
Big Yellow anxiously bit Lu Ming's pant leg, tugging him backward. Was this guy an idiot? Immortals were fighting, yet he didn't even know to hide and was actually staring in a daze.
Boom!
Just then, a fireball exploded not far from Lu Ming. The resulting heatwave blasted both Lu Ming and Big Yellow off their feet.
“Pah, pah... I'm the protagonist! Are you trying to blow me up too?”
Spitting out the dust in his mouth, Lu Ming grumbled as he scrambled to his feet, quickly checking on Big Yellow.
“Big Yellow, are you okay?”
“Woof, woof!” Big Yellow gestured for them to run quickly.
“Run, run! Big Yellow, let's get out of here!”
Lu Ming didn't dare delay any longer. He quickly turned and fled with Big Yellow. He was the protagonist, not a protagonist who actively sought death. He knew that protagonists usually faced endless trials and tribulations, with trouble constantly finding them... It was better to hide quickly, or who knew what might happen next?
Leading Big Yellow, he ran all the way to the entrance of a small courtyard. Lu Ming saw the gray-robed elderly man who had been gossiping earlier closing his door. He hurriedly rushed forward.
“Grandfather, let me in to hide too, please?”
The gray-robed elder hesitated for a moment but still let Lu Ming and Big Yellow into the courtyard.
After helping the elder shut the gate tight, Lu Ming couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.
“Grandfather, if their attacks land in this courtyard, what will happen to us?”
The elder also stared at the battle in the sky.
“What else? We'll die!”
Lu Ming was taken aback. “Then what's the difference between being in here and being outside? There's no safety guarantee here either!”
“There's a huge difference. This way, you can die in your own home.”
Lu Ming found himself utterly speechless. Fine, that actually made a lot of sense.
Watching the two people fighting in mid-air, Lu Ming couldn't help but feel envious. Flying... they were actually flying... This had been his dream since childhood... across two lifetimes, he had only ever experienced it in his dreams.
The thought that he would be able to fly in the future filled him with excitement.
Boom!
Just as Lu Ming was rubbing his head, fantasizing about shattering the void and roaming the heavens and earth, another explosion rang out from mid-air.
Looking up, he saw the male cultivator seemingly coughing up blood. The man turned and fled into the distance, with the female cultivator hot on his heels.
After a moment, the two figures vanished into the sky.
Seeing them gone, both Lu Ming and the elder let out a sigh of relief. This world was far too dangerous!
“Grandfather, do we often see immortals fighting around here?”
The elder stroked his beard and said, “In all my years, this is the first time I've seen it with my own eyes. Before this, I've only ever heard rumors...”
Hearing the elder's words, Lu Ming sighed softly and muttered to himself. As expected, it was because of him. He had run into this on his very first day here.
Lu Ming, who had been about to take his leave, suddenly realized he still needed to understand this world and his own situation.
“Grandfather, it's like this. My head got kicked by a donkey a couple of days ago, and I've forgotten a lot of things. Could you tell me a bit about myself?”
Big Yellow suddenly whipped its head around to look at Lu Ming. No wonder it felt like something was wrong with this guy; he had actually been kicked by a donkey.
The elder looked at Lu Ming with an utterly speechless expression. Do you even own a donkey to get kicked by one? You don't even know how to lie properly. You were probably just driven mad because your fiancée married someone else...
Otherwise, how could he have congratulated his love rival and even slapped the woman he used to love?
Thinking of this, the elder couldn't help but look at Lu Ming with sympathy.
“You... you are the son of the former richest man in our Peace Town...”
After listening to the elder's explanation, Lu Ming finally understood why the man pitied him.
It turned out that the original owner of this body was the son of Lu Sanwan, the former richest man in Peace Town. However, two years ago, Lu Sanwan had suddenly fallen ill and died, leaving behind only the fourteen-year-old Lu Ming and an immense family fortune.
Afterward, Lu Ming started doing business with Lu Sanwan's close friend, Chen Dayou. Who would have thought that in just over a year, Lu Ming would lose everything down to his underwear, while Chen Dayou became the new richest man in Peace Town.
Lu Ming could guess even with his toes that Chen Dayou had definitely swindled him! An immense family fortune!
Lu Ming took a deep breath. He couldn't think about it. Just thinking about it made his heart ache. That was all supposed to be his!
The elder didn't know much about cultivators; he had barely seen a handful in his entire life.
Under the elder's resentful gaze, Lu Ming shamelessly managed to scrounge a meal at his house before finally heading back home with Big Yellow.
But when they arrived back home, Lu Ming was instantly dumbfounded. What was going on?
The roof of his dilapidated thatched cottage had been blown completely away, leaving behind only the bare adobe walls. The interior was an absolute mess, and the few belongings he originally had were smashed to smithereens...
“Which bastard smashed my home?!”
Lu Ming cursed in a fit of rage. Was there still any law in this world? Was there any justice? To destroy a private residence in broad daylight!
“Woof!”
Big Yellow was also trembling with rage. This was too detestable! This wasn't just Lu Ming's home; it was its home too!
“It must have been that bastard Chen Dayou. We didn't offend anyone else today,” Lu Ming analyzed, looking at the ruined house.
“Woof!”
Big Yellow nodded in agreement.
“Let's go. We're going to demand compensation.”
Furious, Lu Ming led the equally furious Big Yellow as the man and dog set off to demand an explanation from Chen Dayou.
On the way, Lu Ming also heard that Chen Dayou's son and daughter-in-law weren't dead, just injured by the lightning...
Looking at the grand entrance of the Chen household, Lu Ming's anger flared even hotter. This was all built on the wealth swindled from him!
Pointing at the entrance, he shouted at the top of his lungs, “Chen! Get the hell out here! What right did you have to smash my home?!”
“Woof!”
Big Yellow also barked frantically beside Lu Ming, as if saying, Yeah! What right do you have to smash our house?!
“Ouch... Ow...”
“Yip... Whine...”
Lu Ming didn't even get to see Chen Dayou before being beaten black and blue by their household servants, forcing him to flee back with Big Yellow.
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