Chapter 1: The Birth of the Beloved Daughter and the Joy of Obtaining a Dao Fruit
Great Vista, Yun Province, Fei Lei City.
A night of heavy snowfall had dressed the dilapidated city in a coat of silver, the cold biting to the bone.
The gray overcast sky, the cold wind sharp as a knife, slicing to the bone.
Li Che tightened his thin cotton coat around him, holding in his hand a carp frozen stiff, which had cost him a great deal of money to procure during the winter.
It was to nourish his pregnant wife.
Touching his bristly beard, he breathed out a white mist into his palm, Li Che braved the cold wind, trampling on the snow-covered streets of Fei Lei City, and hurried towards his home.
After nineteen years in this world, from a newborn baby to a poor man struggling to make a living, Li Che had given up on the fantasy of having a Golden Finger.
Skyscrapers and neon lights had become a dreamlike illusion, leaving behind only memories that he could no longer return to.
This world was akin to ancient times but even more dangerous, with natural disasters, man-made calamities, and evil spirits rampant, making life difficult for the common people.