Cultivating immortality relies on spatial abilities; defying fate to become the protagonist.

Chapter 2 Rebirth and Transmigration (Part Two)

The three men carried Liu and her daughter onto a cart. The old woman saw a tattered quilt on the side, picked it up and covered the two of them, before sneaking off toward Lingshan.

Upon reaching the foot of the mountain, they wrapped the person in a cotton quilt, and the father and son carried them while the old woman from the Shi family carried a lantern. The three of them stumbled and staggered towards Wolf Valley under the cover of rain.

Occasionally, they would hear a wolf howl, which would frighten them so much that they would tremble. Wolf Valley was not far away, but the road was difficult to travel.

Because of the presence of wolves, the villagers of Lingshan Village generally avoid the Wolf Valley area.

Strangely enough, the wolves of Wolf Valley rarely cross over to this side of Lingshan Village.

"Hurry up, we're here! We're here!" Just as the three of them were about to catch their breath, a wolf's howl seemed to be right in front of them. They were so frightened that they hurriedly pushed off the quilts that were wrapped around Liu Shi and Shi Han, and turned around and ran away.

The mother and daughter rolled down the slope, but luckily they were stopped by a tree and did not fall into Wolf Valley.

The rain soaked them both to the bone. Gu Shihan woke up first. She squinted and saw a dark sky, indistinct trees, and the occasional howl of wolves.

What's going on? They've moved again? There's not even a thatched roof here anymore. She sat up, crawling around.

He immediately spotted the woman beside him and realized that she was the mother of this body.

"Mother! What's wrong?" Gu Shihan moved over and checked the woman's breath with her hand; there was still a faint breath.

"What should we do?" Gu Shihan was anxious when the woman woke up. Seeing that her daughter was still alive, a look of surprise flashed in her eyes.

"Han'er, you're still alive, that's...good! Han'er, you must run for your life, the Shi family are cannibals...cannibals who don't spit out bones, you can't, you can't let them catch you..." the woman said intermittently.

"Mother, let's go together! I will take good care of you." Gu Shihan could no longer hold back her tears, which fell in a steady stream.

Upon arriving in this strange world, Gu Shihan was deeply moved by Liu's protectiveness and unknowingly became completely immersed in the role.

The woman gasped for breath for a while before weakly saying, "Han'er, Mother is dying. Go! Go far away, and don't... don't come back! And... and don't tell anyone you are Mother's daughter, remember! Don't tell anyone you are Mother's daughter."

"No, I want to go with Mother! Mother, let's go together! Let's go far away, away from Lingshan Village," Gu Shihan said urgently.

"Han'er, be good, listen to your mother... listen to your mother, do you remember the cave we found before? There... there I put some things there. Originally... originally I planned to take you away to escape, but unexpectedly... unexpectedly something happened. You... you should take the things and leave!"

"No, I won't leave Mother alone, we'll go together!" Gu Shihan hugged Liu Shi from the heart and cried loudly.

"Mother... Mother has gone to find your father. You... You must live well... Don't reveal your mother's name to anyone, understand?" Liu Shi turned her head to the side, lifeless.

"Mother! Don't leave me, come back! Please come back!" Gu Shihan didn't know why, but her heart ached terribly, and she cried so bitterly that she fainted.

Gu Shihan didn't know how long she had been unconscious. When she woke up, the sun was high in the sky the next day, and birds were chirping in the woods.

The air after the rain was quite nice, fresh, and a gentle breeze carried a faint scent of grass and trees.

Gu Shihan sat up and saw Liu's corpse and the blood-stained quilt. She felt very sad. This woman was the blood relative of this body, that is, her own family.

They found some branches and vines, wove them into a simple stretcher, laid a quilt on it, and struggled to move Liu's body onto it.

Dragging the makeshift stretcher, they made their way step by step toward the cave that Liu had mentioned. Han had been to this cave several times when she was young, so it was not unfamiliar to her.

Perhaps because she was too small and too weak, it took Gu Shihan almost half an hour to cover a distance of less than a kilometer.

Upon arriving at the cave, Gu Shihan put Liu Shi down and collapsed to the ground.

After resting for a while, I got up and went into the cave. The cave wasn't big, but it was dry.

Find the small hoe that Liu used to dig wild vegetables and yams, and prepare to dig a hole for Liu to be buried in peace.

Seeing that Liu was naked, she found the clothes that Liu had left in the cave. She couldn't just let her leave like that!

He took out a strip of cloth and carefully wiped the blood off Liu's body and face.

Tears fell "plop, plop," I didn't know if they were my own tears or the original owner's tears.

Fortunately, Gu Shihan in her previous life was a mercenary who walked on the edge of a knife, so she was not afraid of such a scene at all. If it were really Xiao Shihan, she would probably have been scared to death long ago.

After cleaning up Liu and dressing her, she was exhausted. She took a few breaths, saw stars, and felt weak and powerless.

She was walking unsteadily, her stomach was empty, she was extremely hungry, and she was afraid she wouldn't be able to hold on if she didn't eat something soon.

Shi Han looked at the things Liu had prepared: water in a bamboo tube, a few pieces of yam root, a small bag of broken rice and an earthenware pot, a small packet of salt, some firewood, a tinderbox, a cloth bundle and a thin quilt.

The cave was lined with a thick layer of dry grass, presumably for Liu's rest.

Shi Han sat down, took a few deep breaths, picked up the bamboo tube, and drank some water. Only then did she feel a little better.

Opening the bundle, inside were two sets of clothes of different sizes and some miscellaneous small items. The clothes were one large and one small, and there was also a purse with good embroidery and quality.

Another paper package contained four hard, dark cornbread buns and a few pickled vegetables.

It seems that Liu was indeed planning to run away with her daughter, but unfortunately, the rain in the past few days delayed her and she was too late, losing her life in the process.

Shi Han shook her head and sighed. Now was not the time to think about these things. She was too hungry and needed to eat something to have the strength to dig the hole.

Seeing the cornbread, nothing else caught my eye. I reached out, grabbed a cornbread, and started to gnaw on it. The dry cornbread was too hard; I couldn't bite into it at all.

Gu Shihan thought for a moment, added some water to the earthenware pot, threw a cornbread into it, and started a fire to cook it. He couldn't dig a pit without eating something.

The water boiled quickly. Gu Shihan found a small twig, stirred it, and the steamed buns scattered.

The earthenware pot was too hot, so Gu Shihan picked up a bamboo tube, mixed in some cool water, and drank it while holding the pot.

With something in my stomach, I felt stronger and my head wasn't so dizzy anymore.

Gu Shihan circled the area but couldn't find a suitable place. She remembered that the original owner and Liu Shi had set two traps nearby, so it seemed she could only choose one as Liu Shi's final resting place. Gu Shihan dragged Liu Shi's body toward the trap a little further away, but before she got close, she heard a sound; there was something in the trap.

She cautiously approached and saw a pheasant inside. It flapped its wings a few times and collapsed, barely alive.

Gu Shihan tossed the pheasant aside, cleaned the bamboo splinters from the trap, and dug the hole much longer. Then he wrapped Liu Shi in a quilt, placed her in the pit, covered her face with a cloth, and filled it with soil.

Gu Shihan respectfully kowtowed three times before getting up and digging up a few wildflowers nearby to plant near the grave, as a way of marking it.

"Mother, rest in peace! I will avenge you." Gu Shihan was exhausted from all that she had done, so she had no choice but to return to the cave to rest.

The cave is very well hidden; there's a large rock and a clump of thorns at the entrance, no wonder no one has discovered it.

About ten feet down from the cave, a small stream flows slowly. This stream had been dry for a long time, but with the recent rains, the water level has risen again.

Gu Shihan rested for a while, looked at her disheveled appearance, and decided to wash up and change her clothes.

My clothes were covered in blood and mud, and my hair was covered in scabs. It was very uncomfortable and smelled bad.

The sun was shining brightly and the weather wasn't cold. Gu Shihan found a secluded spot, took off her clothes, and jumped into the stream. She washed herself thoroughly before coming ashore and putting on the clothes from Liu's bundle.

After drying his hair and washing and hanging his dirty clothes on a tree branch, he returned to the cave and went to sleep.

Gu Shihan was too tired and fell asleep in no time. In her drowsy state, she felt hot all over, but also felt so cold that she kept shivering.

Gu Shihan knew that she was sick and had a fever. What should she do? There were no medicines available, so she could only drink water.

He would bring the bamboo tube to his side, take a sip from time to time, and cover himself with a thin blanket.

I don't know how long I slept, but when I woke up again, I found the cave pitch black. Was it night again?

Gu Shihan got up, drank some water, and felt much better. It seemed the little girl had a good constitution.

My head is a little sore; the wound from hitting the rock hasn't healed yet.

The nights in the mountains can be a bit scary, but thankfully Gu Shihan, though she has the body of a little girl, has the mind of an adult.

In my past life, there were far more dangerous and terrifying times than this, so I was able to face them calmly.

Gu Shihan gazed at the dark night sky, sighed, and whispered, "Xiao Shihan, I, Gu Shihan, have taken over your body. I will avenge you! Rest in peace and be reborn into a good family!"

Gu Shihan decided to stay in the cave for a while to exercise and try to recapture the feeling of her past life.

Because the first thing she had to do was to avenge Liu Shiyuwan and Xiao Shihan, to punish the evildoers, and to take back what belonged to the original owner's parents. She absolutely could not let those heartless people in the Shi family get away with it.

Very few people come to the cave where Gu Shihan lives because it is not far from Wolf Valley, and the villagers dare not set foot here.

After several days of practice, I finally got the hang of it and my life improved. I was able to hunt pheasants and rabbits from time to time to improve my living conditions.

The staple food was clods of earth dug up from the mountains, which were basically yams. Eating well helped me recover quite quickly.

Ten days have passed, and Gu Shihan feels much better now. It's time to go and get revenge.

She sat in the cave, altering the clothes stitch by stitch. The clothes belonged to Liu Shi, and they were a bit too big for her, so she had to alter them to make do.

The original owner was quite skilled at needlework at a young age, and was capable of making a complete set of clothes on her own.

After the clothes were altered, Gu Shihan saw the purse while packing her bags. She picked it up and examined it over and over.

This purse is no ordinary purse. The fabric is cloud satin, and the pattern and embroidery are exquisite. This purse is definitely not something that people from Lingshan Village could possess. Could it be that the original owner's mother had some kind of background?
Gu Shihan opened her purse, inside which was a contract document, the household registration of Liu Shi and Xiao Shihan. With this, things would be much easier.

There was also a jade bracelet and a jade pendant engraved with the character "婉" in the purse. The jade pendant and bracelet were of very good quality, and it was clear that they were not something that only ordinary people could afford.

In addition, there were three taels of silver and fifty-one copper coins. This should be all the belongings of Liu and her daughter. As for the rest, they were all packed up and taken away by Shi's mother after Shi Zhuang's death.

The jade bracelet was really beautiful. Gu Shihan picked up the bracelet, but unexpectedly a wooden bracelet suddenly appeared in her hand.

"This?!" Gu Shihan was stunned. Memories flooded back like a tidal wave. Gu Shihan knew that in her previous life she was a member of an international mercenary group.

She still clearly remembers that day at a clubhouse on the outskirts of Beijing in Country S. The lights were flickering and the place was unusually noisy. A special banquet was being held there today. It was called a victory celebration banquet, but it was actually a farewell banquet.

A group of men and women sat together drinking and chatting, while dancers sang and danced on stage, their melodious voices and graceful movements illuminated by colorful lights...

This group of men and women had different skin colors; they were all souls of the night, walking on the edge of a knife. They were mercenaries recruited from all over the world, and their identities changed with each mission.

This group of people rarely ventures into the sunlight. Most of the time, they are masked, at least when they are hired. They only have code names; their real names exist only in their own hearts and are unknown to outsiders.

Gu Shihan is one of them. She was born in H country and grew up without parents. By chance, she entered a base organization where they learned all kinds of skills. After graduation, she can be described as an all-round talent with outstanding combat skills.

For example, combat, hidden weapons, boxing, shooting, medicine, poison, and various kinds of knowledge, such as music, chess, calligraphy, painting, computers, etc.

Those who don't learn well will be eliminated directly, and those who are eliminated only have one fate: death. Basically, no one who is eliminated leaves the base alive. You could say that those who graduate from the base are ruthless people who have emerged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Gu Shihan crawled out of a pile of corpses. She is a ruthless person, ruthless to others, and even more ruthless to herself.

Because those who weren't ruthless died on the road, and only a fraction of each batch of trainees survived, the cruelty of the process is evident.

Here she forgot her name, her age, her gender, and where she came from. She had only one belief: to survive.

Of course, she wasn't completely without anything; here she acquired a code name: Black Fox.

Black Fox was just twenty years old when she graduated from the base. In the past ten years, she has grown from an ignorant child into the Soul of the Night.

The prime of her life meant nothing to her. Although she was beautiful, she was as cold as ice. She was meticulous, preferred to settle things with her fists, had outstanding martial arts skills, and was excellent in all her skills.

(End of this chapter)