My name is Long Tian. I'm a computer engineering student.
The name "Long Tian" is pretty funny, but the full drama started with my parents.
My father's surname is Mu, so my real name was supposed to be Mu Lufai.
Simple, normal, peaceful.
But my mother… my mother is a die-hard novel fan. The type that can finish a 3-million-word cultivation novel in two nights and still complain it's too short. So one day, she looked at baby me and decided:
"No. This child must be strong. His name will be Long Ao Tian."
And that was it. My life of suffering began.
After getting bullied enough for my ridiculous name, I shortened it to Long Tian. It was still weird, but at least less dramatic.
Back to what I was saying I live alone.
My parents weren't poor in the "I haven't eaten for two days" kind of way, but the "we need to think twice before buying anything" kind of way. My father was a factory worker. One day, while coming home, he saved a very rich man from a burning building. The man was selfish, so instead of giving money, he gave my father a very, very, very large plot of land near the sea. The land was basically an island of its own, as big as a small country.
But of course, the sea beside it was extremely dangerous, so nobody wanted anything to do with the land. Completely useless.
My father didn't care though free land is free land. And my parents still brag about it to this day.
(Yes, my parents are not dead. People, stop thinking negatively.)
Now back to me.
I'm an only child. I live alone because my parents live in the province.
I'm 25 years old, in my final year of school, and I love reading novels. Nothing special.
I quickly stopped the bus and got in.
The driver glanced at me and said sharply:
"ID."
"Oh, here you go," I replied, handing him my card.
"Long… Ao Tian?"
The driver raised an eyebrow. "You don't look it."
People on the bus started laughing.
"Ha ha ha…"
I laughed weakly and walked in, quickly finding a seat. I tried to make myself small. I already knew this reaction too well.
To be honest, I don't blame them. I really don't look like a "Long Ao Tian."
I'm not handsome, always wearing big glasses because of my bad eyesight.
Black hair, brown eyes, average height, slim build. Basically, I look like that random guy you see every day and forget the moment you look away. Nothing special.
The only thing I have going for me is that I'm smart. Very smart, actually.
§ Breaking News §
The match between the Red Claw Sect and the Silver Moon Sect ended with the Silver Moon Sect winning. The Red Claw Sect leader, Sho Wang, has been ordered to apologize to the Silver Moon Sect Master for the embarrassing comments he made during a sect meeting.
"Haaaa…" someone groaned.
"It's not his fault. People always talk about the Silver Moon Sect Master. Why should he apologize?" another person said.
"Talk? They do more than talk," someone added. "I heard the Silver Moon Sect Master is so beautiful that even enemies forget to attack."
"Forget attack? I heard one guy fainted."
"I heard he wears a veil because if he shows his face, the world will go crazy."
"Impossible. No man can be so beautiful not even a woman can be that beautiful."
"That's what you think. Someone said he walked past a lake and the fish stopped swimming."
More chatter filled the bus.
Yes, you heard it right… this is a cultivation world.