TGAR Chapter 1

The stench of a corpse makes one sick with nausea. Flies and maggots were all over the pit. At the bottom of the pit, there was a man, sitting on a pile of rotting corpses, covered in blood and with strangely bent legs. He was completely incapable of moving.

His fingernails were broken, and there was blood mixed with the mud from the pit wall, making it look more like a demon’s hand.

His long hair was dirty and tied up, and his forehead was covered by the fringe of his eyebrows. But this could not hide the sad and painful eyes, which were brighter than any star in the sky. These bright eyes flashed with the flame of sorrow and despair, and blood gushed from them.

“Ha ha ha ha”

“Look at his eyes. Oh my, I’m scared!”

” You’re a scum destined to die, and dare to look at me with such eyes. Bah!”

Above the pit came loud mockery and indifferent laughter from inhumane people with twisted natures like demons.

The person below the pit stared at them as if he was going to carve their faces in his mind and turn into a ghost for revenge.

He grinned and looked at the people above the pit.

“What are you laughing at?”

“That look is disgusting. Kill him!”

The smile stopped the men’s laughter, and they began to look terrified, hiding their fear in anger, and lifted the stones and smashed them.

When the stones came down, a loud noise had come. It sounded like a watermelon had been broken, echoing flatly in the deep pit. The whoosh tore at the ears of the men, and made them break out in a cold sweat.

The flies at the bottom of the pit swirled suddenly and swarmed around the corpse, whose voice had died, and whose head was broken. However, its eyes were still wide open with a sinister grin at the corners of its mouth.

“Damn it! What bad luck! Let’s get out of here and report our completed mission.”

“Pooh, pooh! I should let my lady prepare bath water for me to get rid of the bad luck.”

“Ha ha ha! ”

The evil spirits swirling above the pit left, but the sun did not shine into the bottom of the pit, and the darkness became cold.

If there were ghosts in the world, the man at the bottom of the pit would be the most terrible and demanding ghost, who, no doubt, would haunt all his enemies.

Then a dark green jade pendant suddenly detached from the corpse’s clothes. It had absorbed the blood of its master and turned blood red as if a storm of revenge had arisen to claim a life.

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“Grandpa! Second uncle!”

“Don’t die!”

“We don’t collude with bandits! This has nothing to do with our Ling family!”

“I’m Ling Zhang, honest and upright. I’m not that kind of criminal!”

“Your demon is just trying to take over my Ling family’s treasure. You framed us and mutilated and killed dozens of my family, and I will crawl back for revenge!”

“Ah, ah, ah… My leg! My leg!”

“Ridiculous! What a marshal’s fiancee! Don’t you know how influential the Yuwen Imperial family is! You even want to join this great family through marriage!”

“See? These are the divorce papers of the Yuwen family. Take a good look at yourself. Who do you think you are? Do you really think your family can rely on the Yuwen family to change things? In your dreams!”

“No, I’m not overestimating myself. That’s what grandpa Yuwen promised. I didn’t want to…I didn’t, I didn’t, I didn’t do it. They mistreated me… I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die, I want revenge, I want revenge!” His mutterings full of sorrow and despair came from Ling Zhang’s mouth, and finally a cry of despair woke him up from his nightmare.

Suddenly sitting upright, Ling Zhang broke out in a sweat. Then he stared blankly at everything around him, which seemed both familiar and strange to him.

This was a pavilion. There was a fence. Beside the pavilion was a path that meandered towards a corner door on the wall, and the corner door opened…

“Where am I?”

He remembered that it was the beginning of his nightmare.
Passing through that corner door, he would be trapped with a dirty crime that could never be washed clean; from then on, his life was in a state of suffering and despair.

But he was already dead, wasn’t he? He was dreaming when he died?

The headache was splitting. Ling Zhang was very confused, and could not tell if this was a dream or reality. He held onto the stone countertop and staggered to stand up.

Looking at what he was wearing, he was shocked as if he was struck by lightning. The clothes he was wearing were the ones he had on that day!

It was so real! How could this be?

And his legs. He walked with his legs. His legs were in perfect condition.

Taking a deep breath to stabilize the chaos inside his mind, he banged his foot against the ground forcefully.

“Ouch, that hurts.”

“This pain is too real, not a dream!”

Outside the pavilion, a cold wind suddenly blew. It made him shiver. Ling Zhang stood up hard. He was alive. He was alive now!

He was trembling, and he checked himself up and down. He looked at his uninjured hands, he pinched his own bones, felt his waist and face, and began to tremble. It was real. He was back! Back to when he was 17 years old!

After confirming this fact, Ling Zhang forced himself to calm down.

If all of that was true, then Ling’s family was fine now. He was still a noble-born young master in Tan Yang, not a dirty one that couldn’t be washed clean. His and the Yuwen family’s engagement is not yet known. Grandpa is still alive, uncle is still alive, and the rest of the Ling family is still alive!

This was the wish he had prayed for so many times that the Gods really made it possible?

After about 10 minutes, the cold wind calmed him down completely. Slowly he turned to the corner door, his excited eyes slowly cooling down as the corner of his mouth revealed a silent and cold smile. He lifted his foot and walked through the door.

Author’s Note:
Ling Zhang: Oh yeah. I crawled back! Villain, are you not surprised? Isn’t this exciting?

Yuwen Tong:
The poor marshal doesn’t know anything yet.
spoiler alert! spoiler alert! Marshal doesn’t know anything about breaking off the engagement. He’s just a scapegoat. Marshal is a good man who loves his wife.

 

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