An Peng opened his eyes.
"Where am I? Am I not dead..."
Shaking his head, he slowly sat up from the bed and looked around at the strange environment in confusion.
Suddenly, a memory appeared in his mind.
"It turns out that I traveled through time and became an inner disciple of the Taixuan Sect, a martial arts sect in another world..."
An Peng muttered to himself, and his consciousness gradually became clear.
Just as he was about to stand up, his body fell back onto the bed, feeling weak and powerless.
"Master, I'm warning you. Your body has been damaged for a long time. Your organs are failing and your blood is blocked. It's getting worse. You need to be treated as soon as possible."
Suddenly, an emotionless electronic voice sounded in his mind.
"Huh?" An Peng was stunned at first, but then he was pleasantly surprised. "You've also time-traveled here. How can you integrate with me?"
The laboratory was a term for the brain of a living creature. Before the transmigration, An Peng had spent his whole life on research. However, as soon as he succeeded, the laboratory suddenly exploded, and An Peng and the newly born baby died.
"Yes, master." The reply was very concise.
"You just said that my situation was not good. What's the reason?" An Peng's face became serious after the surprise.
It wasn't easy for him to have a chance to live in this alienated world again. He couldn't die immediately.
"I have scanned the master's new body and confirmed that he was poisoned. It has been half a year," the doctor said.
"Poisoned?"
An Peng's face changed. He had integrated the memory of this body. An Peng used to think that he had an incurable disease. His body inexplicably became weak, and his martial cultivation kept declining. In the end, he died without any treatment.
However, An Peng, who used to be a martial arts practitioner, knew some medicinal knowledge. If he had been poisoned for a long time, how could he not have noticed it?
"Master, the poison in your body is a Joint Poison, so you weren't able to detect it before," said the man.
"A combination of poison?" An Peng was taken aback.
"It's just the mixture of several kinds of poisons. If they are separated, each kind will be harmless to the body, but in general, they will become highly toxic, and the effect will be very secret. With the means you know now, it's very difficult to find them," said the doctor.
No wonder An Peng kept asking for medicine, but he couldn't find the reason...
An Peng's eyes flashed with a cold light.
The toxin would not run into a person's body for no reason. Even if she took it by mistake, it would not happen to be mixed with the poison.
The only possibility was that someone had tried to harm him!
An Peng searched around in his memory, but found nothing unusual. Of course, his body was extremely weak, and even his spirit became dispirited. Many of his previous memories had been blurred.
"In this world, martial arts majored in martial arts. Before I was poisoned, I was the favored son of the Taixuan Sect. At the age of 16, I cultivated to the third level of martial arts and advanced to the youngest inner core disciple. I even made an engagement with the daughter of the Sect Leader of Taixuan Sect. I have a promising future. Unfortunately..."
An Peng couldn't help but sigh when he thought that after being poisoned, his cultivation and status had declined and he had experienced the fickleness of human nature. In the end, he had died in an unknown place.
However, since he had been reincarnated and had been reborn, he had to change this situation!
"Is Senior Brother An here?"
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" An Peng asked.
"Senior Brother An, the Sect Master told me to inform you to immediately make a trip to the East Gate Square," said the voice.
"The Sect Leader is looking for me?" An Peng was a little surprised, but he still replied, "I know. I'll go right away."
The voice left.
An Peng laughed at himself. Since his cultivation declined, he had almost become an unnecessary person in the Taixuan Sect. When did the Sect Leader of the Taixuan Sect think of him?
Although he was the son-in-law of the Sect Leader of Taixuan Sect in name, after being poisoned, the Sect Leader of Taixuan Sect never mentioned the engagement again.
An Peng stood up and moved slightly, feeling a little better. Suddenly, he felt something hard on his back. He reached out and touched it. It was a dagger.
This dagger was called Blue Blade. It was left to him by An Peng's father before his death. It was not an ordinary weapon, but a spiritual weapon. An Peng had always kept it close to himself and no one had told him.
Spiritual weapons were very precious treasures. In the hands of warriors, they could exert great power.
Even though the Tai Xuan Sect had been established for several hundred years, it only had three spirit artifacts.
After inserting the green blade again, An Peng walked out of the room.
After a while, he arrived at the East Gate Square and saw more than a dozen disciples standing in the square, talking around a proud young man like stars surrounding a moon.
As for Sect Leader Li Zhenyang, he was nowhere to be seen.
Chen Qianye?
An Peng's eyelids twitched when he saw the boy in the center of the crowd. He stopped in his tracks subconsciously.
Chen Qianye was also a disciple of the Taixuan Sect. Her talent in martial arts was quite high, and she was highly valued. However, she was narrow-minded and cruel.
A year ago, Chen Qianye lost to An Peng in the competition for the Inner Disciple.
Among the disciples, the competition was not a big deal. However, Chen Qianye still liked An Peng's fiancee, Li Menghan. She lost her affection and lost the competition. After a while, she became jealous of An Peng.
It turned out that Chen Qiye was not as good as An Peng and was still patient. But since An Peng was poisoned and his cultivation declined, Chen Qiye kept provoking him maliciously, making sarcastic remarks, and even embarrassed An Peng in public.
The status of the two had also changed. An Peng had lost his power, but Chen Qianye was in a period of improvement. Not long ago, she had broken through to the third level of Martial Arts, advanced to the inner core, and became a new star of the Taixuan Sect.
If it was not necessary, An Peng did not want to meet Chen Qianye at all so as not to embarrass himself. He did not expect it to be such a coincidence.
"Hey, isn't this a great talent? Why did you come here? Didn't you always take a detour when you saw me?"
However, Chen Qianye saw him at a glance and said in a strange tone.
The other disciples burst into laughter and looked at An Peng with pity or gloating eyes.
They were all ordinary outer disciples, making fun of An Peng. On the one hand, they could please Chen Qianye. On the other hand, they stepped on the genius disciples who were far away from them. They also had a dark and pleasant feeling in their hearts.
An Peng was not angry. Instead, he smiled and said, "The Sect Leader asked me to come here. He said that there was a group of dogs performing acrobatics, so I came. But I didn't see the dogs. I saw Senior Brother Chen and you. What a coincidence."
The crowd stopped laughing and their faces turned cold.
"Who are you calling a dog?" A disciple angrily asked.
"Hey, why bother arguing with a dying person?"
Chen Qianye waved her hand to stop him, and there was a trace of disdain in her eyes. "An Peng, you came at the right time. I have something to tell you."
An Peng looked at him indifferently.
"An Peng, you must have had quite a hard time in the past few months. I've always been making things difficult for you, yet you can only swallow your anger. In reality, I don't really want to always make things difficult for you. After all, there's no point in humiliating the weak. Moreover, you don't seem to have much time left."
Chen Qianye said slowly.
"What are you trying to say?" An Peng asked.
Chen Qianye said, "It's very simple. As long as you promise to cancel the engagement with Li Menghan, I won't humiliate you in the future."
An Peng didn't say anything.
Li Menghan was the daughter of Li Zhenyang, the leader of Taixuan Sect, and An Peng's nominal fiancee.
Chen Qianye continued, "You know very well that in your current situation, it's impossible for you to be with Junior Sister Menghan. Why don't you let go of this nominal fiance? If you cancel the engagement, I can pursue her openly. It's good for you, for me, and for her."
An Peng looked thoughtful. "It wasn't the Sect Master who was looking for me, but you were looking for me. You were worried that I wouldn't come, so you deliberately faked the Sect Master's order, weren't you?"
Chen Qianye smiled and said, "No matter who is looking for you, I'll ask you whether you agree or not."
An Peng smiled and said, "I think there's something you haven't figured out. Even if the engagement between me and Li Menghan exists, it's between me and her. It has nothing to do with you."
"So, you don't agree?" Chen Qianye's face darkened. "Very good. From now on, the insult you have suffered will be upgraded."
He raised his Genuine Qi and walked step by step toward An Peng.
An Peng stepped back and said, "You want to fight? It's not funny. Sect rules don't allow disciples to fight privately."
"It's not a private fight, it's a competition." Chen Qianye sneered and raised her voice. "Although the sect doesn't allow private fights, they encourage fellow disciples to learn from each other. Isn't that right, junior brothers?"
"Yes, we can prove that Senior Brother Chen and Senior Brother An are friendly sparring." Everyone understood and laughed in unison.
"Come on, let's give up the field and let Senior Brother Chen and Senior Brother An have a good fight."
A disciple gave him a wink.
The other disciples immediately dispersed and stood behind An Peng. It seemed that they were giving up the place, but in fact, they were blocking the way to retreat.
An Peng sighed and said, "In fact, you don't have to do this. I know my own situation. I don't want to delay Miss Li anymore."
Chen Qianye was stunned.
"So you agreed?" He stopped and couldn't help sneering.
"It's a pity that things have changed after your threat." An Peng shrugged his shoulders. "If I agreed, wouldn't it mean that I was afraid of you? So I just nervously thought about it and made a difficult decision. I won't break the engagement."
"Are you kidding me?" Chen Qianye's face darkened.
An Peng said with a smile, "To be honest, I don't care if you withdraw the engagement or not, but I just don't want you to succeed. Especially when I see your angry face, I feel very happy."
Chen Qianye gnashed her teeth and said, "It seems that you want to climb back today."
An Peng said, "As a martial artist, I've long hated such a powerless life. It's worth it to fight with you so fiercely. But Chen Qianye, your cultivation is higher than mine now, so I used a dagger. Don't you mind?"
As he spoke, he inadvertently pulled out the green blade from his waist.
"It's up to you. Get your ass over here and die!" Chen Qianye said angrily.
An Peng used to be silent in the face of his difficulties. But today, for some reason, he seemed to have changed into another person with a sharp tongue, which made him unable to suppress his anger.
"Okay, then I won't stand on ceremony. Please take this."
An Peng shouted and rushed to Chen Qianye, murmuring in his heart, "Help me activate the Blue Blade, please."
"I can help you gather the remaining Genuine Qi, but in your current state, you can only use one strike."
"One strike is enough..." An Peng's eyes flashed.
"You want to have a duel with Senior Brother Chen?"
The onlooking disciples watched as his footsteps slowed down. There was no proper way for him to attack, and they were all sneering at him.
Chen Qianye sneered. Although he was angry, he naturally wouldn't take An Peng seriously. He was thinking about how to humiliate this guy later and let him agree to break off the engagement.
In the blink of an eye, An Peng was in front of him. When he felt the Genuine Qi in his body gathering, he immediately swung his green blade.
Swoosh! An invisible saber Qi came out of the green blade and slashed at Chen Qianye.
"This is..."
Chen Qianye's face changed greatly. She hurried to dodge, but it was too late. She was hit by the saber Qi. She screamed and flew up, falling several meters away.