I'm Really Going to Become an Immortal

March 5, the 20th day of the first lunar month.

7:00 AM.

Today's solar term: Jingzhe.

A drizzle was falling,

casting a layer of sheer gauze over Shucheng.

On this special day, the sun shone through the thin clouds onto the streets and alleys of Shucheng.

Pedestrians on the roads hurried along, holding umbrellas, stepping on the damp streets.

The entire world within sight seemed as if it had been washed anew.

Not only did it look that way,

it also smelled like it had been cleansed by the rain.

After a fun night, Bai Shi, having forgiven the internet-famous store owner, dragged his excited yet weary body back to Mingwang New Village.

Though tired, he chose to take the stairs to the fifth floor instead of waiting for the elevator.

Standing in front of the elevator,

he straightened his somewhat disheveled suit and wiped clean the faint lipstick mark on his neck.

After making sure his attire was neat, he took the elevator to the sixth floor and arrived at Chen Yun's doorstep.

Checking the two bank cards in his briefcase were still there, Bai Shi knocked on Chen Yun's door with a hint of pride.

These two bank cards,

one contained the 25,000 yuan Shucheng Morning News had agreed to compensate Chen Yun, the other held 10,000 yuan from the owner of the internet-famous store.

Both were the fruits of his laborious endeavors.

With these accomplishments, Bai Shi believed it would be safer when he stirred up trouble at the training institute in a couple of days.

However,

after he knocked, a long time passed.

The door still did not open, nor could any movement be heard inside the room.

Bai Shi checked the time on his phone.

It was 7:05 AM, perhaps Chen Yun had gone for a morning run?

As far as he knew,

Chen Yun had indeed taken up morning running these days.

Thinking this,

Bai Shi sent Chen Yun a message on QQ, asking him to come and collect the money in the afternoon.

As for now, he planned to go back and take a short nap.

Today was Jingzhe,

a day signifying the revival of all things and the warming of the weather.

It was also a great day for sleeping.

After a busy day, he planned to rest for a while.

"Maybe, I could even open a bottle of wine?"

"Petrus or Romanée-Conti? Actually, Lafite isn't bad either..."

Bai Shi pondered, licking his lips.

Time slowly passed by.

Before long, it was noon.

The weather typical of the Jingzhe solar term, unexpectedly affected the Sichuan region.

The spring thunder and drizzle, usually common in the south and along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, now also hovered somewhat over Shucheng.

The drizzle that had started in the morning,

continued even now.

The rain was not heavy, like a damp cloth gently rubbing the world.

The increasingly thick clouds in the sky,

seemed to remind people that this light rain would not end anytime soon.

This allowed the people of Sichuan the rare experience of feeling the revival associated with Jingzhe.

Meanwhile, in Chen Yun's room,

Chen Yun was lying on his computer desk,

his eyes tightly closed.

It was now noon on March 5.

Last night, after finishing some notes on the memo, a wave of intense sleepiness had come over him.

Before he had time to think further, he fell asleep directly.

Thus, he had been lying on the computer desk until now.

And still showed no signs of waking.

Sleeping from late at night to noon wasn't unusual,

but considering Chen Yun no longer needed sleep, this sudden bout of sleep had to be classified as an unusual occurrence.

If someone entered the room at this moment,

they could hear the sound of a heartbeat.

That sound...

Coming from within Chen Yun's body.

It was as relentless as the tides!

So intense that it was impossible to ignore.

The sound of the heartbeat was the tide of life, constantly surging. Like waves crashing against rocks, it left its mark on everyone's life journey.

And in the ears of the sleeping Chen Yun.

The sound of the heartbeat echoed continuously.

Its regular thumping sound.

Sounded exceptionally powerful.

It seemed to pierce through illusion and reality, reaching directly into the domain of dreams.

It jolted Chen Yun, who was brooding in the illusory dream, suddenly aware.

Looking around.

Before him was a world of aqua, as if pure aqua glass obscured his vision.

This was clearly not reality.

There was nothing but the pure color aqua.

However, in the distance, there seemed to be some light points other than aqua, but he couldn't see them clearly.

When he tried to look closely.

He could barely make out gold, green, blue, red, brown, bright white, dark purple light points.

In more detail.

It seemed that he could also feel some indescribable sensations emanating from those light points.

Sharp, vital, nurturing, hot, thick, warm, dark...

For some reason.

Chen Yun felt that each of those light points had its own characteristics.

They were so distinct.

They filled and enriched the dream at this moment.

Yet they were so vague.

Chen Yun vaguely sensed something but couldn't grasp what those light points really were amidst the blurriness.

Chen Yun had a faint awareness.

He only knew that he seemed to be dreaming at the moment.

But.

Even knowing he was dreaming, he had no other options.

He couldn't wake up.

His vision was fixed here.

He was unable to make any other response.

He could only immerse himself in this aqua-colored world.

But he felt no unease.

In fact, he could say he relished the deep tranquility and comfort emanating from here.

Time.

Seemed to pass by arbitrarily.

It was unclear whether a moment or an entire universe had passed.

Just when Chen Yun thought everything seemed meaningless, a tremor and sound of thunder arose from outside the serene aqua world.

It was spring thunder!

The Jingzhe spring thunder arrived on schedule.

Descending on the southwestern Sichuan region, where spring thunder was rare at this time.

Jingzhe.

The third solar term of the twenty-four solar terms. As Jingzhe arrived, yang energy rose, temperatures warmed, spring thunder began, and rainfall increased, bringing a vibrant resurgence of all living things.

The vast Shucheng.

Awakened by this tremor.

It was not just Jingzhe awakening the insects lying dormant underground but also countless slumbering humans.

Chen Yun, who had been sleeping in the aqua dream.

Also suddenly awakened at this moment.

A powerful sense of detachment unexpectedly arrived, rousing Chen Yun from his immersion in the aqua-colored dream.

At this moment.

Chen Yun's consciousness returned to reality.

He keenly felt.

The various transformations and evolutions within and throughout his body, identical to the deep slumber he experienced on the 20th day of the first lunar month, on February 27th.

Chen Yun had just begun to experience the various changes that occurred…

The next moment.

The noise of the world assaulted his ears.

It was a complex world that was even harder to endure than when his extraordinary sense of smell had suddenly awakened.

Countless different sounds.

Captured all of Chen Yun's attention.