Chapter 3 A Mysterious Stone

Li Ping'an seemed to have a strange dream.

In his dream, a big gold dragon, like a king respected by creatures, flew in the sky.

Suddenly,

a bird squawked.

This loud sound from the sky was made by a giant bird with big wings. It was diving toward the gold dragon.

The gold dragon roared in horror.

It realized the danger but failed to escape the big claws.

Li Ping'an was astounded that the dragon, dwarfed by the giant bird and like a worm, had been taken away, disappearing.

"This..."

Li Ping’an was shocked and wordless.

This scene was so real, as spectacular as that in the tale.

Li Ping’an tried to find out what had happened, but he felt dizzy and then fell unconscious again.

...

At this moment, he recalled those obscure shocking scenes. However, he ended up remembering a big strange egg had cracked open in the nest perched on cliffs above the sea before a tiny hairy wing stuck out from it.

"What's up? What happened to me?"

After opening his eyes, Li Ping'an found that it was dark outside, and it was 11 p.m. by the communication gadget.

He also found that he was more powerful than before, which implied that what he had experienced before was not just a dream.

"Is it real?"

Li Ping'an trembled and carefully checked his body right now.

He soon found that the stone, the only thing given by his parents, before his chest had disappeared. However, there was a light trace in the shape of a stone on the horrible scar.

What frightened Li Ping'an was that there was a mysterious stone in his mind.

The stone was too big.

It was surrounded by a holy fog, which was hard to describe.

On the surface of the big visible stone, Li Ping'an vaguely saw a bird pattern with which he was a little familiar.

"This..."

"Is the stone that my parents gave to me?"

"But what is the living thing? Why did it feed on dragons? How horrible it is!"

"Is it Kunpeng in the tale? Is the huge bird that will fly high into the air with wind?"

The heart of Li Ping'an was pounding with excitement.

Kunpeng.

It was a unique creature, as strong as dragons and phoenixes.

He was miles away over ten minutes. When he came to earth, he failed to find the stone. And even there was not any trace of it on the chest.

"I'm pretty well now and even become stronger. That's not a bad thing, but a treasure from my parents."

"I'm a common person without any sources. So, dangerous as the stone is, it's a treasure only if it will make me stronger, regardless of its negative impact."

"I seem to obtain a stream of endless power, so take a try to see if I have already been stronger."

Just common people.

How could they consider much before he was strong enough to rewrite their destiny?

If the stone made Li Ping'an stronger, he would take it without any hesitation, even if it was poisonous.

Li Ping'an stopped thinking and jumped to the beach.

"I'm really stronger than before."

Li Ping'an felt that he had been stronger than before after jumping a few times.

"Take a test of speed first."

Whoosh!

He opened a simple app on the communication gadget to test his speed before sprinting.

"Is it 32.99 m/s?"

Li Ping'an was pretty shocked by his performance, even though he had an assumption earlier.

"Am I so powerful?"

The result of the testing app on the communication gadget was not as exact as that of the specialized testing machine, but the error was within one meter.

"In other words, do I reach the standard of the Awakening Stage in speed?"

"Oh my God, the stone is really a treasure."

"Let me take a try of my fists. It is wonderful that I have obtained this power."

Boom!

The strength of his fists blew a huge hole in the beach.

"It is 808 kg, which is 380 kg stronger than before. It also surpassed 800 kg, the standard line of the Awakening Stage. Oh, my."

Li Ping'an was so excited that he jumped meters high.

"So, do I reach the standard of the Awakening Stage?"

"Haha, I'm rich! I'm really rich!"

...

On the beach when Li Ping'an performed the simple test on neural reactions, the last part of tests, he was pretty excited.

At the same time, at the gate of the Lanyuan Community, a few miles away from Lanxing No.1 High School, a dozen burly men waited here for a long time. With the cigarettes in their mouths, they flirted with knives and folding clubs in their hands.

Residents in the Lanyuan Community were all frightened by this group of men, so they made a detour to avoid meeting them. They were as horrible as a plague.

However, no one dared to call the police.

It was because dwellers had recognized a lean and mean man, the leader of that group of men.

He was called Sanggou, a strong fighter in the underworld and a gangster in the northern area in Lanhai City. Moreover, he was in the Prospective Awakening Stage.

It was said that he had certain relations with plutocrats in Huanghai and with the local government. In other words, he was an influential man in the underworld of Shibei District.

Residents in the Lanyuan Community were common, so who would provoke Sanggou, a guy as evil as a demo?

However, they wondered who had had conflicts with him today.

Having waited here for a few hours, Sanggou and his mates were a little impatient.

Some of them even punched the old gate of this community so heavily that it was nearly broken.

At the same time, in a mansion not far from the gate of the Lanyuan Community, a beautiful lady was in front of the French windows. Holding a glass of wine, she was delighted to see the soft moon casting light into the room.

Her elegance made lots of men shameful. Also, faced with this seductive and fascinating lady, most men would be out of control.

She was Jiang Zhiyan.

Now, at the point where Jiang Zhiyan stood, what had happened at the gate of Lanyuan Community could be clearly seen.

"We have waited here for about four hours. It is likely that Li Ping'an has discovered Sanggou and his mates, so he has no courage to go home. Would you mind if I defeat this group of b*st*rds now?"

Respectfully asked an old man in black, who was standing beside Jiang Zhiyan.

Apparently, he was humble and weak. However, his calmness implied that he was not ordinary.

"Certainly not."

Answered Jiang Zhiyan, taking a sip of wine. She said with a smile, "Uncle Zhong, Li Ping'an is so stubborn that he will not surrender to Sanggou. Perhaps..."

When she spoke out, her attractive face turned red. She could not help recalling her experience this afternoon, so she felt that her hip was still painful.

Soon, she recovered from memory, said with a relaxing smile, "Uncle Zhong, don't worry. Li Ping'an will come here tonight."

“…”

Uncle Zhong was wordless.

His master was beautiful and smart, so why was she attracted by Li Ping'an, a poor man?

Did this poor guy have anything special?

Uncle Zhong, aged 50 or so, with rich experiences, did not find that this young man was unique yet.

“Look, Uncle Zhong, he has come.”

Now, Jiang Zhiyan beamed at the young man whose figure she had been familiar with. Also, there was happiness in her beautiful eyes.

"What?"

Uncle Zhong came back to earth, glancing in the direction of Li Ping'an.

He saw a fine-figure young man in black, full of energy, was walking toward the gate.

"This..."

Uncle Zhong bitterly smiled. His master cared too much about this poor guy.

"I will not show my love to you, because I know I cannot give you anything you want."

At the alley, Li Ping'an was briskly walking and singing an ancient song.

Just now, he had well performed the test on neural reactions. So, he was better than someone who was in the first level of Awakening Stage.

Li Ping'an was in the Awakening Stage. Besides strength, his speed and neural reactions surpassed the standard line.

"Hehe. I'm rich. I'm really rich."

"Thanks to mom and dad. God's blessing, I'm pretty lucky to be a rich man."

Li Ping'an was happy.

"The next stage, I should make more money to have a better meal. If I had more Nutrition Drop, how dare Liu Qingyun compete with me?"

"I think that I'm strong enough to be a member of the reserves, so I will receive higher-level tasks in the Underground Alliance. I wish I could have an important task to make more money so that I would return money to Jiang Zhiyan. Otherwise, it seems strange that I have been a kept man."

As he thought of this, Li Ping'an was happier.

That was the main reason why he dared fight with Liu Qingyun, a strong man in the Awakening Stage, as he was merely in the late of the Refining Stage.

Two years ago, when he was in the prime of the Refining Stage, he made money by performing tasks in the Underground Alliance.

The famous students were geniuses in the school, but they were still innocent, compared with those who were in the society.

How could Liu Qingyun realize how hard Li Ping'an was?

"Sanggou, it is Li Ping'an. He is approaching."

The sharp voice stopped Li Ping'an from recalling, so he saw Sanggou and his mates, who had waited for him for a long time.

"Li Ping'an, you b*st*rd has come here."

A two-meter-tall and yellow-headed man, as strong as a bear, wore a sinister smile. The folding knife on his hand was coldly shone by the moonlight.

With his gesture, more than ten men surrounded Li Ping'an so tightly that they were afraid that he would escape away.

Sanggou let out a sigh of relief. He blocked Li Ping'an, so he finished the task ordered by the Liu Family.

"Ho."

His lips curled into a sneer, saying, "Li Ping'an, you must know why we meet here. Let's directly start."

"If your leg were to be broken, I would make you suffer less pain."