433: Chapter 433 Reincarnation

Tang Ping was about to cross the road when he suddenly paused and looked at the girl on the opposite side of the sidewalk.

"Please make way, make way! I'm going to be late for school! Sorry! Thank you! Thank you!"

The girl apologized and thanked the people around her as she ran, carrying a schoolbag and moving quickly toward the other side.

"Xiaotao."

"Huh?"

Seeming to hear Tang Ping's call, Jiang Xiaotao looked at him in confusion: "Big brother, do you know me?"

Tang Ping froze for a moment, then chuckled: "No."

"Oh, okay." Jiang Xiaotao gave him a strange look before continuing to rush toward the school.

Today was Awakening Day at school; she could be late any other day, but definitely not today.

Tang Ping sensed that familiar trace of aura in the origin of her life, then shook his head and stepped across the road.

Having reached the ninth level, he could already glimpse a part of the universe's essence. Reincarnation did indeed exist in the world, but it was not the kind of reincarnation he had understood. After life and death, both the body and soul would return to the world, while that trace of life essence would drift continuously—either separating or entangling with other life essences—eventually, at some moment, falling into a developing life to begin a new cycle.

That girl was just like that.

She only possessed a trace of it.

However...

Tang Ping looked at the city before him. Although the sky was gray, the people here had long since grown accustomed to it, just like people in the past had been accustomed to seeing a blue sky.

This had no impact on their lives at all.

The city before him felt somewhat familiar, leaving him in a trance, as if he were seeing this planet in its original state.

"It's quite good."

Although endless dangers still existed outside the Gray Forest, with powerful Pollution Beast kings and aberrant emperors.

But human vitality was always so resilient; hadn't they survived until now?

The future would only get better. They all had a better future ahead of them.

Following that trace of familiarity, Tang Ping arrived in front of a steamed bun shop.

The appearance of the couple made him daze for a moment. Although Jiang Ping's memories only spanned a short fifteen years, they had left an indelible mark on his long life.

"Young man, would you like to eat something?"

"Yes, two meat buns and a cup of soy milk, please."

"Alright, that will be five yuan."

"Mom! Quickly, get me two buns! Today is Awakening Day, and I'm going to be late!"

A young man ran down from upstairs. Tang Ping's expression suddenly turned strange, because this youth looked somewhat similar to the Jiang Ping of the past.

"Life is truly full of miracles."

He stopped thinking about these things and finished the bun in his hand bite by bite, his thoughts slowing down along with the eating.

He looked like an ordinary, handsome young man.

After finishing, he realized he didn't have any money. After thinking about it, he reached into Jiang's Mother's drawer, fished out five coins, and paid.

"Take care!"

"Huh, is there five yuan less in here?" Jiang's Mother wondered, before being called away by other customers.

Tang Ping strolled leisurely to the nearby high school.

"Next, Jiang Ping!"

"Awakening failed!"

Jiang Ping walked down with disappointment on his face.

"Oh, it's alright, don't be sad." Jiang Xiaoan came over to comfort him.

"It's fine." Jiang Ping shrugged and smiled, "It's a one-in-several-hundred chance; not many in the whole school succeed. I was already prepared."

"Haha, I knew my brother wouldn't let such a small thing get to him."

"Hey! Brother Xiaoping! I've awakened a talent!" Jiang Xiaotao came over excitedly.

"Sister Xiaotao, you awakened!" Jiang Xiaoan said in surprise, "Sister Xiaotao, what did you awaken? Let me see!"

"The instructor said it's Telekinesis, number 069!"

As Jiang Xiaotao spoke, she controlled a pen in her hand to float up. Then, the pen suddenly accelerated and shot toward a large tree nearby, actually passing straight through it!

Jiang Xiaoan exclaimed: "A top-hundred talent! Sister Xiaotao, you are too amazing!"

"Oh, just lucky." Jiang Xiaotao waved her hand modestly.

"By the way, Brother Xiaoping, did you awaken?"

"No." Jiang Ping spread his hands.

"Hahaha, then from now on you have to call me Sister Xiaotao! This young lady will protect you!" Jiang Xiaotao said, hands on her hips.

"And me, and me!" Jiang Xiaoan raised his hand.

At this moment, a discordant voice rang out.

"Xiaotao, stop associating with these ordinary people from now on; they are destined not to be in the same world as us."

A handsome youth walked over, looking at Jiang Ping and Jiang Xiaoan with disdain in his eyes.

"Who are you! Ugh!" Jiang Xiaoan was about to speak but was pulled back by Jiang Xiaotao: "This show-off is from the He Corporation. Don't offend him; leave it to me."

Jiang Xiaoan was shocked, his face turning pale: "The He Corporation? The one with Earth Realm Awakened ones?"

"Yes, but don't worry. With me here, they wouldn't dare offend someone with a top-hundred talent sequence."

Jiang Xiaotao turned around, her expression indifferent: "He Yun, these two are my friends. It's not your place as an outsider to interfere with matters concerning them."

She had already been admitted in advance to the Imperial Capital Academy of the Chaos Federation, so she naturally didn't fear the local bully that was the He Corporation.

The dean of the Imperial Capital Academy was the Yan Ming King of the original False God Squad. The Yan Ming King was a Saint Realm powerhouse, two realms higher than the Earth Realm. And once she entered the academy, she was destined to at least apprentice under a Heaven Realm powerhouse.

Facing Jiang Xiaotao's words, He Yun showed no anger at all, instead smiling gently: "Don't worry, I'm not the kind of villain who would target ordinary people. It's just that we are all destined to step into the extraordinary in the future. You also have the potential for the Heaven Realm, with a lifespan of up to three hundred years; don't get too entangled with ordinary people."

"If Young Master He has nothing else, we'll be leaving." Jiang Xiaotao pulled the Jiang siblings away.

"Young Master He, this Jiang Xiaotao is too unappreciative. Should I find an opportunity to send her to you, Young Master He?" The little lackey's eyes were lewd.

"Hmph!" He Yun snorted coldly, "If you want to court death, don't drag me into it. She's someone who has been admitted early to the Imperial Capital Academy and will directly apprentice under a Heaven Realm powerhouse upon entry. If you dare to act on your own, I will be the first one to cripple you."

"Yes, yes, Young Master He is wise!" The lackey thought to himself, 'Isn't it because you've got your eye on her and keep pestering her, only for her not to even spare you a glance? What are you acting so arrogant for? Hmph.'

Tang Ping stood among the crowd of parents, shaking his head with a chuckle as he watched the farce.

A ray of light flashed across his finger, eventually merging into the pendant on Jiang Ping's neck.

"In any case, the two of us can be considered brothers in some sense." Tang Ping turned and left.