"Who am I?"
"Am I that fool, Qin Tian?"
"No, I am Dan Emperor Qin Tian!"
Jiuxiao Mountain, Outer Disciple Zone.
Inside a dilapidated house, as soon as Qin Tian opened his eyes, he felt an intense, heart-wrenching pain spread throughout his body.
"Hiss!"
The intense pain made Qin Tian gasp for breath on the spot.
"Young Master, you're finally awake."
At this moment, a voice sounded from his side.
Qin Tian turned his head and saw a girl who looked about fifteen or sixteen sitting by the window.
"Who are you?"
Qin Tian asked the girl, with a frown immediately appearing on his face.
"Young Master, I'm Qing'er! Don't you remember me?"
The girl hurriedly responded, a flicker of panic clearly visible on her face.
"Qing'er?"
Qin Tian muttered to himself, intending to continue his inquiries.
However, without any warning, a stream of completely unfamiliar memories burst into his mind.
"Qin Tian, son of the Qin family's master in Wuyun City, the second young master of the Qin Family."
"Three years ago, he was sent by the Qin family's master to the Jiu Xia Mountain with a heavy price, intending to become one of the outer disciples and hoping that Qin Tian would make a name for himself in martial arts."
"Against all expectations, for three whole years, Qin Tian's cultivation only stayed at the very initial stage, the first level of the Postnatal realm."
"As a result of this, over time, Qin Tian had earned one of the titles of the three biggest failures of the outer disciples."
"And he was at the top of the list."
Qin Tian reviewed these additional memories in his mind and managed to go through all of them in just a few minutes.
"What's going on? Have I been reborn?"
Qin Tian murmured to himself.
He was originally the number one alchemist in the Immortal World, known as the North Star Pill Emperor, and the leader among the ten great Immortal Emperors.
Just before he woke up today, his last memory was of himself examining an ancient bronze cauldron.
He stumbled upon this bronze cauldron by chance, which was named the Nine Dragons Qian Kun Cauldron.
Studying the Nine Dragons Qian Kun Cauldron was originally an act without much intention.
But unexpectedly when he opened his eyes again, he had become what he was now.
As he finished recalling all the memories in his mind, Qin Tian could only feel both frustrated and laughable.
What was infuriating was that he, the lofty North Star Dan Emperor of the Immortal Realm, had actually been reborn into the body of such a waste.
What was funny was that even among the three major wastes, Qin Tian was still looked down upon and frequently bullied and beaten up by the other two wastes. For example, this time he got injured was the doing of the other two wastes among the three major wastes.
"Who would have thought, I, North Star Dan Emperor, would also face the day of becoming a waste."
Qin Tian shook his head and laughed helplessly.
At this moment.
"Young Master, what did you say?"
"What's this about a North Star Dan Emperor?"
Qing'er asked Qin Tian in confusion.
Qin Tian looked at Qing'er, sized her up briefly, and shook his head.
"It's nothing."
"Qing'er, thanks to your care, you've had a hard time over these three years."
Qin Tian said softly.
Qing'er was his maid. Three years ago, she was sent here to the Nine Heavens Mountain along with him to take care of his daily life.
Throughout these three years, he had been wounded again and again. All thanks to Qing'er, he was able to survive unscathed until now.
"Young Master Qin, I am your maid; it is my duty to do so."
Qing'er's face flushed at Qin Tian's words and hurriedly shook her head.
But soon, as if she thought of something, she suddenly froze, and immediately looked up at Qin Tian with wide eyes.
"Young Master Qin, are you not silly anymore?"
Qin Tian nodded, "Indeed, I was foolish for a time, but I can't stay foolish forever."
Having said this, Qin Tian slowly got up.
Qing'er quickly reached out to support Qin Tian, tears of joy streaming down her face, "That's great, Young Master Qin. The master and the first young master would be really happy if they knew about this."
"Perhaps."
Qin Tian gave a smile.
Qing'er wiped away her tears, and then took out a healing pill from her bosom.
"Young Master Qin, you're wounded. Take this Golden Healing Pill."
"Golden Healing Pill?"
Upon hearing that, Qin Tian glanced at the pill in Qing'er's hand. After a mere glance, he shook his head.
"No need, you can put it away."
Qin Tian shook his head.
Qing'er hesitated, "Second Young Master, do you see any problems with it?"
"This has been sent specifically from Wuyun City by the family."
"Mmm, I know. But with my current injuries, I don't need to rely on eating this thing to recover," Qin Tian casually remarked, seemingly well-reasoned.
But the real reason lay with the quality of this Golden Wound Healing Pill.
You should know, in his previous life, he was the number one pill refiner in the Immortal Realm, any pills he refined were top-grade immortal pills without question.
This Golden Wound Healing Pill, not to mention its poor quality, was also filled with a large amount of impurities.
In his current state, even if consuming it could accelerate his recovery, the impurities from the pill would still remain within his body.
Over time, if these impurities accumulated excessively, the harm they would cause to his body would be far greater than what he was suffering now.
"Alright then, in that case, I'll just leave it here for your later use," Qing'er said, placing the Golden Wound Healing Pill by Qin Tian's bedside.
Qin Tian gave a slight smile, later?
With his status as Emperor Beichen's Pill Emperor, he would never again consume such low-quality, mixed pills in the future, no matter when.
"Young Master, now that you're okay, I can breathe a sigh of relief."
"I'm going to wash the clothes. You should stay in bed and rest."
After saying that, Qing'er turned and walked out.
Qin Tian sat on the bed and as Qing’er disappeared, he began examining his present body.
After a while.
"Qi and blood are weak, meridians are thin, and there are minor ruptures and coagulations in several places."
"No wonder after three years, his cultivation can only remain at the Post-natal first level."
In the path of martial cultivation, Post-natal is just the first realm, beyond which lay realms such as Innate, Spirit Martial, Yellow Martial, Profound Martial, Earth Martial, and Heavenly Martial.
Each of these realms is further divided into nine stages.
Qin Tian has spent three years and has only reached the Post-natal first level. It is easy to imagine just how slow this rate of progress is.
"However, these injuries over the past three years may have slowed the progress slightly."
Those slight ruptures and blockages in the meridians were clearly the results of injuries.
As for the culprit, without thinking, Qin Tian knows that the culprits are definitely the other two wastes among the three big wastes of the External Clan.
"Hmm? What is this?"
As Qin Tian continued his investigation, he suddenly looked shocked.
In his observation, Qin Tian noticed the emergence of large patches of bleak blackness in some of the meridians within his body.
"Did I get poisoned?"
His brows furrowed, and he hurriedly continued inspecting other parts of his body.
Shortly, he discovered that nearly half of the body's meridians were invaded by toxins.
"What's happening? I've been cultivating at Jiu Xiao Mountain for the past three years without a single step away. How can I be poisoned this severely?"
Qin Tian mumbled to himself while furrowing his eyebrows. In the next moment, it seemed like he had figured something out.
His gaze fixated on the Golden Healing Pill lying beside him. He reached out, gently pinched it, and it was instantly crushed.
Qin Tian brought his fingers to the tip of his nose. Very quickly, a flash of icy light shimmered from his eyes.
"So it's this!"
"There's actually someone within the Qin family who dares to deal with me so insidiously!"
Qin Tian vocalized in a cold voice.
Qing'er had just said that these Golden Healing Pills were specially mailed from Wuyun City.
Whoever was responsible for these pills might be the real culprit.
"It seems like I have to make time for a trip back to Wuyun City."
Qin Tian pronounced in a somber voice.
The person who poisoned him must be brave enough to make a move on him, and they would most likely target his father and elder brother too.
Only by returning to Wuyun City and identifying the real murder can ensure the safety of the Qin family.
"However, the priority right now is to figure out how to start cultivation."
As the Northern Star Pill Emperor, though he knew many powerful cultivation methods, all of these were genuine immortal arts.
His current body is not only weak, but there's also poison within him.
If he initiates the cultivation of immortal arts, he fears that his channels would break apart from the start leading to his explosion and death.
"Could it be that I, the mighty Northern Star Pill Emperor, will be baffled at the very beginning of my cultivation journey?"
Qin Tian mumbled to himself. Just as he was pondering, suddenly...
"Hmm? What's going on?"
Qin Tian's face changed. Just a moment ago, he felt a warm stream emanating from his dantian.
Wherever it passes by, not just the ruptured and blocked channels were repaired and unblocked,
Even the sedimented toxins seemed to be purified.
Immediately, with no time to think too much, Qin Tian quickly began to examine his dantian.
He looked inside the dantian.
A simple, yet intricately designed, ancient bronze cauldron was floating above.
It's unmistakably the Nine Dragons Universe Cauldron.
“Nine Dragons Universe Cauldron!”
“Did it also reincarnate with him?!”
Qin Tian was astounded.
He gazed at the Nine Dragons Universe Cauldron, readying himself to examine it more closely.
However, just at that moment.
"Whoosh!"
An eye-blinding white light suddenly shot out from the Nine Dragons Universe Cauldron, instantly dominating Qin Tian's entire field of vision.
Qin Tian only felt as if he had been transported to a strange space. Before he could understand what was happening.
Suddenly, beams of light shot straight towards his forehead, turning into a stream of information pouring into his mind.
However, different from previous memories.
This stream of information quickly transformed into several golden symbols after entering his mind.
These golden symbols intermingled with each other, and shocking as it was, transformed into nine golden dragons flashing bright, coiling rapidly in Qin Tian's mind.
"Roar!"
The roar of the dragon resonated.
In an instant, Qin Tian felt like his mind was about to explode.
In pain, he hurriedly held his head tightly with both hands.
Fortunately, such a feeling only lasted for a moment.
After the moment passed.
The nine golden dragons suddenly exploded, thereafter transforming into five golden characters displayed in Qin Tian's mind.
"Nine Dragons Qiankun Jue."
Qin Tian said, and as the words had just left his lips.
Dizziness ensued. When Qin Tian regained consciousness, he found himself back in reality.
He hurriedly checked himself, and discovered that the Nine Dragons Qiankun Cauldron was still suspended in his Dantian.
However, what was different from before.
The previous issues of the damaged and blocked meridians, along with the sedimentation of toxins, had not only all disappeared.
Even the overall strength of the meridians had gone up several notches.
This made Qin Tian's heart rejoice. With the strength of his current meridians, even if he was only practicing ordinary skills.
His speed of cultivation would be much faster than most people.
Immediately, Qin Tian began to examine the Nine Dragons Universe Jue that appeared in his mind.
Just in a blink of an eye,
A deep look of astonishment painted Qin Tian's face.
"Nine Dragons Universe Jue--Is there really such a powerful cultivation technique in this world?"
Qin Tian said, stunned.
