A New Life

In an open land under the scorching heat of the sun a barren looking land was filled with people wearing rag and torn clothes with soldiers monitoring them making sure they are working.

"Brother," a small cry escaped the mouth of a young little girl who is about 8 years old holding the the body of a young man who appears to be dead. His clothes were covered in blood stains mixed with dirt.

"What a piece of trash," A voice filled with disdain came from a young man wearing heavy amour. He hissed as he wiped the blood stain on his hands with a napkin.

"Commander Xue, you shouldn't have bother yourself. We are capable enough to handle a little rebellious any like him. You wouldn't have needed to disturb yourself," An underling who followed the man who is referred to as Commander Xue said with a respectful tone.

"Yeah, he is just a waste of the great commander's time," Another underling said.

Following Commander Xue where 7 soldiers wearing similar clothings as him. They followed him for one main purpose, praise him and get some rewards.

Commander Xue is a young and handsome young man. At the age of 26, he is a 5th level core refiner. To the eyes of eyes of everyone he is very capable and have a bright future. The young man on the floor defied him questioning his decision for forcing an old man to ease his anger.

"Why father?... Why did you do that to me?" The person who is supposed to be dead muttered. This made the little girl half her crying.

"Big brother Chen, you are not dead right?" The girl asked as she wiped her tears. But as normal the body didn't moved making her heart broken thinking she imagined it.

"If there is a chance, I will come for you," He said as he woke up abruptly from the land of the dead back to reality.

He had an horrified look on his face as if he just seen a ghost. He quickly checked himself while scanning his environment.

His sudden movement scared the girl. But seeing her brother coming back to life, "Brother you are not dead," She said as she hugged him tightly.

His eyes finally fell on the young girl beside him. He looked at her with a confused gaze and Xero familiarity. "Brother? Who is your brother? Who are you?" Long Chen asked as he gently pushed her away from him.

"Brother...you don't remember me?" She aske with shaking voice as she burst into another round of tears.

Her words made him more confused "Where is here? What am I doing here? How did I get here Who is she?" Thousands of question swim in his head.

He tried connecting with the qi around him, that was when a big realization drown on him. He couldn't.

"Why?" Long Chen asked as he tried again but the result was still the same.

"Don't tell me I have been reduced to a normal human,"Long Chen said with an unsettled expression. He was thinking about what happened to him when a brain splitting headache struck him making him hold his head in pain. A small cry escaped from his lips. That was before a wave of foreign memories invaded his head which overwhelmed him making him feel as if his brains were pounding.

The memories was not his, they were of a young boy who came from a poor village which is ruled by an upper country Hounghui Empire. The people were turned into slave against their will. Men were forced to mine for precious ore and crystals while young beautiful women were play things to the soldiers. The once with worst fate were forced into prostitution.

In his new life, he became an orphan at a young age of 10 when his father and mother died leaving him with his sister to take care of.

Due to their low soil fertility, the level of starvation was so high that death due to it is regarded as a common thing.

Hounghui Empire took advantage of their poor situation, ruling them in exchange for monthly food supplies that were barely enough to feed the few people in the village.

The pains quickly subside and he assimilated important information.

"The original boy was killed for trying to stand up for am old man and the girl beside him is his new found sister" Long Chen though analyzing the fragment memories which was scattered in his brain.

"I have transmigrated, I am given a new life," Long Chen thought.

Coincidentally, the body that he took over also bear the same name as him. The boy wasn't awakened due to their poor state since he couldn't afford the expensive materials needed for an awakening and like him, everyone else in the village were regular humans.

"No, I reject this fate. How can I have my revenge in this weak and miserable condition? No matter what I will walk through the sea of fire and mountain of blades to immortality," Long Chen vowed with his eyes burning with determination.

"But first I have to handle the matter at hand," Long Chen said keeping his thoughts for later.

He looked at the little girl beside him who was supposed to be his sister. "Don't worry, I am not dead," Long Chen said as he ruffled her hair.

"Brother Chen, I was so scared," She said as she hugged him tightly. Long Chen who was not used to this type of intimacy had an awkward look on his face.

"That right, the bastard who killed him," Long Chen though as his face turned serious. He stood up, picked up a rock beside him and threw it to a group of soldiers targeting their boss.

The stone hit his iron helmet and made a loud chimming noise. The loud noise caused Commander Xue to throw the helmet.

"Commander Xue," The soilders said in unison as they immediately rushed towards him.

"Who dare do this?"Commander Xue asked with an angry look.

He looked around till finding the source till his eyes landed on Long Chen, the person he just killed.

"You..... How did you?" Commander Xue asked with a confused look. He remember when he killed him, he used half of his full strength, a commoner shouldn't be able to handle 20 percent of his power.

"I don't know what trick you use,but hitting me is the worst thing you will every do," Commander Xue said in anger and embarrassment.

"So much barks from a useless dog," Long Chen said looking at commander Xue as if he was looking at a significant any, display no sign of fear.