Strange dreams

"D*mn it, Li Yao, no wonder they call you 'Invisible Hand.' The 2011 Mustang GT you modified can reach a hundred miles per hour in just three seconds. It's like it's a completely different car. I'm soexcited I almost came!""..."

"1 minute and 59 seconds! 1 minute and 59 seconds! God, did I see that right? A new underground car god is born!"

"..."

"Promise me, stop street racing and be a car mechanic honestly. No one will look down on you. One day, we will have our own 4S store!"

"..."

"Brother Yao, brother Yao, please help me. This is my last race. Besides you, who can finish the entire Zhijiang Road in 1 minute and 59 seconds? I owe Scarface Qiang 300,000 yuan. If I don't pay him back today, I will die, I will die!"

"..."

"Doctor! Doctor! Please save him! He's only 23 years old!"

"..."

Amidst the piercing screams, Li Yao suddenly jumped up from the floor, drenched in cold sweat.

Outside the window, the morning light was shining brightly, and the light screen was still "yiyiayaya" playing classic old songs. The boy stood there like a puppet for half a minute before gradually breaking free from the extremely realistic nightmare.

This nightmare is his biggest secret, which he has never told even his father. Since he had memory, he would have the same strange dream from time to time, as if it were a memory that could not be erased.

In the dream, although he was also named Li Yao, he had a completely different life. He was in a very strange world, working as a "car mechanic" in a place called a "4S" store.

At night, he was a very powerful car tuner and street racer in the bizarre city's "underground racing circle." In those nights filled with engine roars and adrenaline explosions, he set one shocking record after another—until he raced towards death!

Although it was very painful to repeat death over and over again in the dream, Li Yao did not resent it, but was somewhat grateful. If it were not for the dream giving him another life experience, he would not have been able to survive in the dangerous magical treasure cemetery until today.

Whether this is just a strange nightmare or a memory from a previous life is not important.

Yesterday's things are like yesterday's death; today's things are like today's birth.

No matter who Li Yao was yesterday, today's Li Yao is an ordinary middle school student in Tianyuan World, Starshine Federation, and Fuguo City.

——He is going to become a master refiner!

He took a deep breath, quickly tidied up the room, finished washing up, and it was just past six o'clock. Li Yao put on his backpack, picked up the stereoscopic light screen, and strode out of the house.

Today is Monday, and there is a morning meeting in the morning. He must arrive at school before seven-thirty.

Chaoyang New Village is thirty miles away from the Chi Xiao Sect Affiliated Second High School where he studies. He can take the "Underground Crystal Rail Line 3" and transfer to "Line 7" to get there, but it will cost eight yuan.

Li Yao is reluctant to spend money, so he stretches his long legs, uses the "Spirit Snake Body Method" taught at school, and shoots towards the main urban area.

At this time, it is just the dawn when the morning sun rises, with ten thousand rays of rosy clouds and surging spiritual energy.

From a distance, Fuguo City is like a giant beast waking up. All the sects and forces have lifted the restrictions, emitting colorful brilliance.

Many cultivators are floating in the air, taking advantage of the transition between day and night to swallow the essence of the sun and the moon. Their bodies are surrounded by octagonal talismans with hanging rays, and some people have cranes, fire crows, and meteors around them, with great momentum and domineering presence.

Large floating ships drag long trails, slowly moving in the sky. The trails interweave into a huge spiritual net between the blue sky and white clouds. Small and exquisite private shuttles shuttle endlessly in the net holes, making pleasant howling sounds.

——This is the morning of Fuguo City, a major cultivation town in the Federation!

Li Yao bounces up and down, like a spring that has been fully charged. Each step can jump out more than twenty meters, with incredible speed, but the posture is very ugly, which makes some people look sideways, but he doesn't care, focusing on practicing. In just half an hour, he arrived near the school. There is white fog around his head, and a layer of white salt has formed on his back.

He did not walk directly into the school gate. With a flash of his body, he jumped into a poor alley next to the school.

In the depths of the alley, there is a rusty iron sign hanging, with six characters "Old Wang's Second-hand Store" written on it, and a line of dense small characters below: "Specializing in various second-hand magical treasures, also engaged in magical treasure modification, professional repair of armor, training of spiritual beasts, maintenance of defensive arrays, and opening of mountain gates and other businesses."

As if knowing that Li Yao would come, a small window opened, revealing a bald head of an old man with a sly look.

"Ha, I lost more than two thousand last night playing cards, and I was worried about how to explain it to my wife. The god of wealth has arrived, and the little demon, what good goods have you brought to your Wang grandfather?" The old man's face was full of sly smiles.

"Come on, even if you lose all your pants, don't think about killing the price from me!" Li Yao unceremoniously slapped away the old Wang's hand that was reaching over, hesitated for a moment, and although he was a little heartbroken, he still took out the light screen and handed it over.

Although he still wanted to study the three-layer stacked crystal chip technology, after all, real gold and silver are more important. Going to a private high school is very expensive, and the spiritual pills and auxiliary equipment that must be purchased for cultivation are more expensive than each other.

No matter what the end of the year is, the poor are cultured and the rich are martial, which is the truth. The road to becoming a cultivator is paved with white silver.

"Indeed, it's a good thing!"

Old Wang obviously knows the goods. He took the light screen and glanced at it. His eyes immediately showed an admiring light. He didn't try it out and directly said, "A fixed price, nine thousand five hundred!"

A warm current surged in Li Yao's heart. This price is much higher than the market price of second-hand goods. Old Wang has let him take advantage again.

Although this old man looks sly and not like a good person, he is the best person in Li Yao's memory besides his father. He always lets him take some advantage in each transaction, and he also gives him some well-paid work from time to time.

Without the help of Old Wang, Li Yao would not have been able to afford the high tuition of private middle school after his father's death.

"I don't need that much, nine thousand is enough. Give the remaining five hundred to Grandma Wang, and say it's what you won playing cards - don't thank me, who calls me so respectful to the old and loving to the young, and I can't bear to see you, an old man, still kneeling on the washboard. I'm off to the morning meeting, just transfer the money to my account!" Li Yao waved his hand and bounced away.

Old Wang suddenly stopped him: "Wait, little demon."

Li Yao stopped and deliberately said, "Wow, old man, are you not satisfied with five hundred?"

"Ptui, back in the day, this old man was a top-notch magical treasure modification master, making millions in a minute. Do you think I would care about your trivial things? Old man wants to tell you that there are only one hundred days left until the college entrance examination. You must study hard and strive to get into a good university. Don't think that you have a skill in magical treasure maintenance and become arrogant. The world is big. When you get into university, you will know that in front of a real master refiner, your current skill is nothing!" Old Wang scolded.

Li Yao felt warm inside again and clenched his fist hard: "I will definitely get into university, Grandpa Wang!"