The disappearance of Liu Xuefeng in the portal brought back the monotonous life in the Middle Heaven. Everything came back to normal and souls were being divided by white robbed men as quietly as before.
It was not long until the old man's expression changed. It was sudden considering how peaceful it was a second ago. It was a young woman responsible for this, or rather tears that slowly flowed down her expressionless face when it was her turn to drink the soup to erase her memories. The liquid shone in a light blue colour, but it was too brief to go noticed. He was surprised as the tears were not something that often happened in this realm.
In the Middle Heaven, almost every soul behaved the same. Expressionless, with a blank face as if they had no self-awareness.
It is not like they cannot think or have thoughts, but that their souls are not strong enough to move or show a change. The force of the Middle Heaven had everything in control so that everything proceeds smoothly.
Liu Xuefeng was an exception as he had the help of fate law as well as his strong soul to move to a certain extent.
"This young girl has a strong will." The old man thought. He waved his hand in a cool motion and a white ball of light left his fingertip. It flew uncertainly but quickly took the course and sank in the girl's forehead.
Slowly her face took some colour, it became brighter and unknown expression showed on her face. More tears flowed on her cheeks as she appeared to cry, which at this moment looked more humane than anything in the sight range.
"Don't cry girl, it will be over soon." He reached his hand to pat her head.
When he touched her, a surprised look appeared on his face.
"What? Something happened?" The middle-aged man noticed the change and asked curiously.
The old man ignored him and created a hologram in the air with his hand. It was Liu Xuefeng who left some time ago.
"Young girl, do you know him?" The old man asked her.
She stopped crying and lifted her head up but soon was stunned.
"Feng'er!" she screamed with happiness.
"Did you see him here? Can you tell me where is he now?" She asked excitedly while wiping her tears.
The old man looked at the middle-aged man, but he instantly said: "No! It's against the rules."
"If you don't tell anyone, no one will know." Old man snickered.
"Well, that's true, but what if the father does an inspection..." The middle-aged man said worryingly.
"I will take responsibility if anything happens." Old man assured.
"Sigh, okay." The middle-aged man finally agreed.
"Listen, girl, your friend already reincarnated. We can help you get into the same world as him, but it will depend on fate if you can meet him." The old man turned towards the confused young girl.
"Normally only those chosen by fate laws can have a wish, but we can make an exception. Your friend's only wish was to keep his memories but as it's a small wish, we can connect it to a second person." The old man explained slowly.
"So… I can still meet him?" Young girl already stopped crying and listened attentively.
"It will be hard but there is hope. He doesn't know that you will be there so you will have to find him yourself." The old man patted her on the head, encouraging her.
"Thank you, sir!" She bowed sincerely.
"No need, no need. I need to tell you something else. If you reincarnate with your memories intact, you will have to start from being a teen. Baby brain is not big enough for this much information. Are you okay with that?" The old man warned.
"As long as I can meet him again, I don't care about anything else." She had a determined look on her face.
"All right, one more thing. When you reincarnate, your soul will choose a body that is physically close to that of your last life. But there might be some exceptions. He might look different now if his soul didn't find anything adequate." The old man explained.
"It's okay. I don't mind." The girl nodded.
"Then that's all. You can go through the portal now." The old man smiled kindly pointing in the right direction.
"Yes!" Young girl run towards it and jumped in, disappearing soon after.
"Why are you helping her so much?" Asked middle-aged man after a moment of silence.
He didn't answer but thought, 'To think she would die for him after he saved her. Love is unfathomable.'
If Liu Xuefeng was present during this scene, he would be shocked because the young girl who just entered the portal was Xiao Tianshi.
After Liu Xuefeng pushed her out of danger, she realised how much she cared about him.
You only realize the importance of someone when they are gone.
After passing through the portal, only a second passed, but when Liu Xuefeng opened his eyes, he could already see that he was in a different place.
Taking control of his new body was not easy. He could feel it, but something was stopping him. It took a while, but soon he could not feel the difference from how he felt on Earth.
He could move smoothly, but just to be sure, he played with his fingers trying to feel if there was anything wrong. After confirming that everything is alright, he started checking out his surroundings.
He was lying on the king-sized bed in a spacious room. It was modestly furnished, having only a bed and a wardrobe with a big mirror on its doors, but everything was neat and had some luxurious elements like golden designs on his pillow or curtains.
'I guess, I'm now a son of some rich family.' Xuefeng joked in his mind.
He noticed that he was naked from the waist up and had a bandage across his chest. He was lying under purple-gold quilt, so he did not see it at first.
'Am I injured? But I don't feel anything…' He ran his hand through the chest but didn't feel any pain.
'There is blood on the bandages. Maybe the previous guy died because of this wound.' Xuefeng thought as he carefully unwrapped the bandages.
He didn't find anything. His chest was maybe somewhat pale, and his body was thin with little to no muscles, but he was not injured.
'Maybe after the reincarnation, the body was healed for me.' Xuefeng thought of a reason.
He sat down on the bed and glanced at the mirror that was hanging on his wardrobe.
He looked almost exactly like in his past life except for his hair which was blond now. He had small crystal blue eyes that were spread evenly apart with thin eyebrows that seemed to curve as a natural extension of his broad, rounded nose. His hair was short and he had a mouth that closed in a thin straight line. His carnation was paler than it was before but overall he looked somewhat similar. The second difference was his body condition.
'I'm too skinny, but that can be worked on later.' He already knew he will have to change this.
His family flashed through his eyes. His mother and father, who worked hard, so he could go to school without worry. He could remember their tired faces when they came back from work, but also the smiles they wore the whole time so he could focus on studying..
It motivated him to work hard so he could take care of them in the future.
'I'm sorry I can't be with you anymore.' he sighed.
He knew that he will miss them dearly but when he remembered the moment of the fall, he would still do the same.
He could escape from the cliff in the last second if he tired but then, Xiao Tianshi would die.
He could not let that happen, so he did not regret his choice. He would do the same if the situation repeated.
'Eh… Tianshi…' He engraved her features into his heart, so he will never forget.
Her delicate hands and hourglass figure. Cherry sweet lips, rosy skin and a pair of almond eyes that looked perfect with her straight coral-black hair.
'Okay Xuefeng, take a hold of yourself. You need to move on. Your family is safe, but you are in a different world, alone. You need to plan what to do from now on.' He gave himself a slap to the face to wake up.
As Xuefeng did it, he felt a sharp pain in his head. A lot of information and emotions suddenly started to appear in his mind. It lasted for about ten minutes until the pain finally began to decrease.
During that time, he could not move due to overwhelming emotions. He could feel enormous unwillingness to die, regret and love, but they were not his own feelings.
'So, this guy also died to protect his loved one.' Xuefeng realised that the information he just received belonged to the previous owner of the body.
He was injured in a fight against the son of his father's brother. He was provoked into a fight when the other side insulted his female servant. He was secretly in love with her, but because of his status, he could not be with her.
Those memories were the freshest and were the first thing he saw in his mind. Xuefeng started segregating all the information to learn more about this world.
After a moment, he finally got some vague ideas about this place.