“Big Brother, Grandpa and Grandma said that from now on we have to keep an eye on you. You’re not allowed to go near the river!”
Seeing her eldest brother laughing, Lu Yundong quickly spoke up.
Hearing this, Lu Ping’an gave a bitter smile.
The original owner hadn’t been egged on by anyone to go into the river—he had simply been playful.
He’d always been in poor health. Though he stood close to 1.8 meters tall, he weighed barely over a hundred jin, thin as a bamboo pole.
The reason was obvious: malnutrition.
As the only male child in the family, he wasn’t required to work in the fields.
He had just graduated from middle school in the first half of the year and was preparing to start high school in the second half.
So he spent his days idling around the village. Going into the river to catch fish was merely one of his amusements.
But this time, while in the river, his leg suddenly cramped and he collapsed into the water.
Fortunately, someone saw him and pulled him out. Otherwise, the original owner would have died long ago.
Even so, he fell unconscious and developed a high fever.
His body was simply too weak to endure it. In the end, Lu Ping’an took over this body.
“Don’t worry. Big Brother will be more careful from now on,” Lu Ping’an said with a smile.
Lu Yundong thought he had agreed and smiled so brightly her eyes curved like crescent moons.
“Big Brother, Grandpa and Grandma told me to inform them immediately when you woke up. I won’t talk to you anymore—I’m going to tell them… that you’re awake!”
“When Grandma is happy, she won’t call me a money-losing good-for-nothing anymore!”
After saying this, Lu Yundong didn’t wait for a reply and skipped out of the room.
Watching the little girl’s retreating figure, Lu Ping’an couldn’t help but smile.
In the era he had lived in, many children didn’t have such innocent smiles on their faces.
They were buried under endless tutoring classes. If a child didn’t take at least one art course, they felt inferior.
As for calligraphy lessons—that was standard practice.
Just then, Lu Ping’an suddenly felt warmth spreading across his chest.
Startled, he reached toward it and pulled out a dragon-shaped jade pendant.
“No way… It came with me?”
He was more familiar with this jade pendant than with anything else. He had worn it since birth. For more than thirty years, it had never left him.
When he was born, his grandfather had given it to him, saying it was from the Tang Dynasty and had been passed down in the Lu family for generations.
Lu Ping’an had never imagined that not only had he transmigrated—the jade pendant had transmigrated with him.
He held it in his palm and felt it growing hotter. In just a few moments, it became almost scalding.
Shocked, he had never experienced anything like this before.
Just as he was at a loss, a sharp pain suddenly shot through his palm, as if something had bitten him.
Looking down, he saw a fresh wound in the center of his hand.
Blood flowed out and stained the jade pendant.
Under his stunned gaze, the pendant rapidly faded and vanished completely within moments.
“What the hell? Where’s my jade pendant?”
Lu Ping’an was aghast. Such a bizarre event had happened right before his eyes.
Suddenly, his vision blurred—and he found himself in a completely unfamiliar place.
“Where is this?”
He was standing beside a river.
To the left of the river lay pitch-black soil, barren and empty.
To the right stretched a vast grassland.
In the distance stood a wooden house—large in size despite being built of wood.
By rough estimation, it covered at least a thousand square meters, more like a warehouse than a house.
Frowning slightly, he walked toward it. After pushing open the door, he found it completely empty.
He walked around inside. There was indeed nothing there.
Returning to the riverside, he looked at the crystal-clear water. Scooping some up with both hands, he brought it to his lips and took a sip.
The moment the water entered his stomach, a warm current surged through his limbs.
“Spirit spring!”
His eyes lit up. He had gradually come to his senses—this was the space inside the jade pendant.
He drank several more mouthfuls. His body grew warmer, and joy surged in his heart.
Without hesitation, he stripped off his clothes and jumped into the river.
The moment he entered the water, he frowned tightly. It felt as if countless needles were pricking his skin.
Gritting his teeth, he endured it. Black substances continuously seeped out from his body—impurities being expelled.
A few minutes later, he felt completely refreshed. The weakness in his body had lessened significantly.
Not daring to linger, he climbed out of the water and dressed quickly. His sixth sister had gone to fetch their grandparents.
“How do I get out?”
He muttered softly, thoughts racing through his mind.
The moment he finished speaking, he reappeared in the original room.
“Go in.”
With a single thought, he entered the special space again.
After testing it repeatedly, he confirmed he could enter and exit at will. He was overjoyed.
Transmigrators really did have benefits. If he had awakened this spirit spring space in his previous life, he wouldn’t have died!
He immediately began exploring further and soon discovered a stone tablet in the distance, engraved with words.
If he guessed correctly, it explained the spirit spring space.
“This is the Jade Dragon Spirit Spring Space. The spirit spring within can irrigate all things and increase crop growth speed by sixty times.”
“The wooden house within the space is a designated storage warehouse. Time inside remains completely still.”
“The spirit spring space also has a daily sign-in function. You may sign in once per day before the stone tablet to receive a random reward.”
As he read the words, his heart pounded wildly. This cheat ability was incredibly powerful.
Suddenly, the text on the tablet blurred rapidly, leaving behind only two characters—“Sign In”—which transformed into a button.
After a brief hesitation, he reached out and pressed it.
[Ding! Sign-in successful. Reward: 20 jin of Panjin rice. Automatically stored in the warehouse.]
The voice echoed from the stone tablet. Startled, Lu Ping’an rushed toward the warehouse.
Sure enough, inside lay a cloth sack filled with pearly white rice grains.
Looking at the rice, he couldn’t help swallowing. His stomach began to growl again.
At that moment, he sensed something. His body flashed, and he reappeared in the room.
Just as he appeared, several footsteps sounded outside.
“Grandson, Grandpa and Grandma came to see you!”
It was the old lady’s voice. As soon as she spoke, she entered the room.
Behind her was an old man whose hair was already half white.
Bringing up the rear was a little tail with two pigtails sticking up—it was Sixth Sister, Lu Yundong.
“Grandpa, Grandma!”
Lu Ping’an quickly stood up. After soaking in the spirit spring, he felt far stronger than when he had first awakened.