SWDnovel Chapter 1 Are you a girl or a boy?
Chapter 1 Are you a girl or a boy?
In Yangcheng City, a province known for its soup-making tradition, Liang Junjie, a handsome young man of only 22 years old, has already been working for four years.
What's outrageous is that he went to university, but he has four years of work experience.
New Year's Day, 00:07.
Today he created a chat group called: "Your World, Lost You, Cultivation Learning and Exchange Group".
On the first day Liang Junjie created the group, he added no fewer than twenty friends, all of whom were his close friends and best buddies from his student days, as well as one or two pretty girls.
Among them was a beautiful girl named Chu Yuxin, whose real name was Huo Chuyu. She was the eldest daughter of the famous Huo family in the cultivation world. Why would a beautiful girl with a high position and powerful cultivation be recognized by Liang Junjie, a mere mortal? The story begins a month ago when Liang Junjie was unexpectedly rescued at a comic convention.
The atmosphere at the convention was great, and Liang Junjie, who often cosplays, dressed up as a gender-neutral character that day.
"Huh? Is it white?"
Liang Junjie looked in the direction of the voice, and this was the first time someone had recognized who he was cosplaying. He quickly smiled and nodded.
Are you a girl or a boy?
The girl's question made Liang Junjie feel a little strange.
"What an old-fashioned greeting. This way of asking about gender was popular more than a decade ago when the internet first emerged."
Liang Junjie's mind raced, but to avoid being impolite, he took out his phone and typed out two large characters.
"Boys."
After doing all that, he withdrew his hand from his phone and carefully examined the girl in front of him.
"Her face was as white as jade, her long hair was draped over her shoulders, and she had a faint fragrance of osmanthus. She was about 1.65 meters tall, and her measurements were..." Liang Junjie had already gotten a rough idea of the girl's appearance. This was a skill he had honed, thanks to his years of frequenting places like comic conventions where he could feast his eyes.
"What brings you here? Is it about stamp collecting or something...?"
Before Liang Junjie could finish speaking, the scenery in front of him changed drastically in the next second.
All the cosplay enthusiasts who used to frequent the anime convention have disappeared, replaced by a strange creature roaming around in dense numbers.
Liang Junjie's face turned pale instantly. He pinched his face hard and then tapped his head.
Then, right in front of the girl, he pinched his penis.
"pain!"
Liang Junjie was certain that he was not dreaming, nor was he under a spell.
"Who are you? What's going on here? Why did you bring me here? To rob me? To assault me?"
Liang Junjie's words were already somewhat flustered. After all, he was just an ordinary office worker who occasionally liked to wear cosplay costumes to comic conventions.
"What year is it tonight?" the girl asked.
"December 1st, 2025."
After answering this question, Liang Junjie felt his body become much lighter. Then he found himself floating, which startled him so much that he quickly spread his arms to try to balance himself.
"My name is Huo Chuyu. Of course, to avoid you revealing my real name when you introduce me later, you can call me Chuyuxin. This is the mortal name I gave myself." After saying this, Huo Chuyu pointed to the creatures around her.
"I don't want anything from you. I just happened to be passing by and saw you mingling among these fakes. I couldn't bear to see you get devoured by them."
After Huo Chuyu finished speaking, a spell shot out.
A large number of fake people vanished instantly.
Liang Junjie's eyes widened as he watched the creatures vanish, and fear instantly gripped his heart.
"You killed someone?!"
Huo Chuyu shook her head, then pointed to the spot where the fake man had just disappeared.
"Three minutes later, those living people who were swallowed by the fake humans will return to the mortal world."
Three minutes later, as expected, Liang Junjie saw several people dressed in cosplay outfits, who revived after a few breaths, and then disappeared again after a few seconds of confusion.
Liang Junjie was a discreet office worker. After regaining his composure, he clasped his hands in a salute to Huo Chuyu.
"Thank you for your help, immortal. I don't know what to do. Please give me your instructions."
He couldn't believe that his fate was worth saving by a magical immortal; there must be something about him that made him worth investing in.
Huo Chuyu was visibly taken aback after hearing Liang Junjie's words, then she chuckled and covered her mouth: "Kid, you're very smart. I don't need you to do anything. I just need you to show me around this era. I've just emerged from my death retreat and don't know much about the world yet."
Liang Junjie didn't ask why the immortals didn't just find any random passerby and use their immortal techniques to directly obtain the memories.
"An immortal? Consider it an opportunity for me. If I can get a gold brick or two, I can work a few months less." Liang Junjie had already thought about whether he could get some benefits if he really served this immortal well.
"I doubt she'll be stingy, right? After all, she's an immortal."
Huo Chuyu herself was unaware of Liang Junjie's inner thoughts, and even if she had, she would not have given Liang Junjie the gold brick.
"Senior, how do I get back to reality now?" Liang Junjie asked.
Huo Chuyu didn't speak, but pointed to the cosplay outfit he was wearing.
"Take it off, and you can return to your true self. It's the shell of a fake person; the longer you wear it, the more you'll be affected by it."
The words were calm, as if to say: It's just a piece of clothing, you can take it off, it won't make you lose a piece of flesh.
Liang Junjie's expression instantly turned ugly. He only had that one outfit, and because he thought it would be too much trouble, he hadn't brought any everyday clothes. After all, this cosplay outfit wouldn't look out of place in normal times. Asking him to take it off now was no different from asking him to run around naked.
Huo Chuyu seemed to have noticed Liang Junjie's predicament. With a casual wave of her hand, a light blue cloak appeared.
"This is a Water Blossom Cloak that I casually crafted when I came out of seclusion. It can be used by ordinary people. Consider it a small gift from me to you."
Upon hearing this, Liang Junjie's expression softened considerably, and he then completed his change of clothes under the automatic concealment of his cloak.
After throwing the cosplay costume on the ground, Huo Chuyu set a small fire and burned the costume. Liang Junjie could still vaguely hear a mournful wail.
As his clothes turned to ashes, Liang Junjie felt much lighter, and his life essence returned to his body from the ashes.
"You have excellent aptitude. Would you consider becoming my apprentice?"
Huo Chuyu wasn't lying; Liang Junjie's aptitude was indeed excellent.
If we use the grading system of Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, and the levels of Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow, Liang Junjie's aptitude is at the Bing Heaven level, which is very close to the Yi Yellow level. With proper training, his aptitude can reach the Jia Black level.
"I'll think about it."