A thousand orioles sing, green leaves reflect red, by the water village and mountain town, wine flags flutter in the wind.
When Lin Yan opened her eyes, she saw a scene of spring scenery with wine flags waving.
She was currently riding a horse. The daze that came with her waking up made her sway on the horse. She immediately tightened the reins subconsciously, and the horse immediately reared up on its front hooves, stopping there.
The few men accompanying Lin Yan also stopped their horses, and they all asked Lin Yan with concern.
"Junior Sister, what's wrong?"
"Junior Sister, are you alright?"
"Are you injured?"
"Were you scared?"
...
Hearing their somewhat anxious inquiries, Lin Yan shook her head and looked around at the few people watching her with concern.
"It's nothing, I just spaced out for a moment. I was just a little worried..."
Lin Yan didn't continue, but lowered her head. Fortunately, she had learned to ride a horse, and her equestrian skills were pretty good. Otherwise, she might have fallen off the horse just now.
There were six men surrounding her. Judging by their clothing and appearance, this seemed to be an ancient world.
However, the clothes of the few people in front of her were not the scholarly robes of literati, nor the simple tunics of ordinary people, nor any official or military uniforms.
Having horses in ancient times indicated considerable wealth. But their clothing was not made of particularly fine material. This was somewhat contradictory.
Moreover, they called her "Junior Sister," and she was a little confused about her current situation. She had no memory of this place and needed to proceed with caution.
"Junior Sister, don't worry. Eldest Senior Brother is highly skilled in martial arts, he will surely be fine!"
"That's right, Eldest Senior Brother is the best martial artist of our generation, he will surely be fine!"
"Indeed, Junior Sister, you can't zone out while riding next time! That's too dangerous!"
...
Several Senior Brothers were very concerned about this Junior Sister. At this moment, the leading Senior Brother made a decision.
"Let's rest at the wine shop ahead for a while. We've been traveling for long enough. Let's stop for a cup of tea!"
He glanced at Lin Yan with concern, as if afraid she would refuse.
They were all rough men, tough and resilient, and didn't need rest, but their Junior Sister was different.
Their Junior Sister was delicate and weak, and a woman at that. She should have been pampered, not endure such hardship!
However, since their Junior Sister insisted on coming out, they couldn't stop her and could only follow her. They just didn't know if their Junior Sister, who was so anxious about Eldest Senior Brother, would agree to stop and rest.
Their Junior Sister almost falling off her horse just now had thoroughly frightened them. They should persuade her to rest for a while. There was no hurry to get on the road.
"Then let's rest!"
"That's right, Junior Sister, I was just about to... Huh? You agreed?" A Senior Brother was about to find an excuse to stop and rest, but he didn't expect her to agree so readily.
"Yes, let's stop at the wine shop ahead for a break. There's no rush. You Senior Brothers must be tired too."
Lin Yan said considerately, pointing to the wine shop ahead with a wine banner fluttering outside.
"Alright, then we'll go there to rest." said the leading Senior Brother.
By the time Lin Yan sat down at a table in the tea house, her Senior Brothers had already ordered tea and snacks for her.
But when these Senior Brothers sat at the same table with her and everyone else took it as a matter of course, Lin Yan felt something was not quite right.
Didn't they say that men and women should not share a mat after the age of seven? Lin Yan didn't show any unusual expression. Instead, she carefully observed everything around her.
At this moment, Lin Yan heard a burly man, who had just sat down at the next table, call out to the waiter: "Little brother, a pot of wine and a pound of beef!"
"Coming right up!" the waiter responded loudly.
Lin Yan was stunned. Beef? She vaguely remembered from the history books she had read that cattle were important working animals, so killing cattle was illegal in many dynasties.
So, what kind of world had she come to? A fictional one?
Some previous worlds were also formed from books, but after becoming a world, they would automatically fix any overly outrageous bugs.
But the anomalies in this world seemed to be too many! In just a short while, she had discovered many unreasonable aspects.
Even this body wasn't quite right. She had studied combat before, as her family was wealthy.
Back then, some nouveau riche families, due to their excessive flaunting, had their children kidnapped and even killed.
The Lin family had just risen in status then, and they were shocked by such news. Therefore, Lin Yan and Liang Ming Hao were both sent to learn some combat and survival skills.
But this body was more agile and lighter than her previous one. There was also a thin layer of calluses on her hands, at the base of her thumb, which were likely from gripping a sword for years.
That sword was now hanging at her waist, with an exquisitely woven sword tassel attached to the hilt.
Looking at the people sitting around her, swords, spears, blades, almost everyone had a weapon by their side.
Lin Yan had a bad premonition. She remembered that in ancient times, salt and iron were government monopolies. Could ordinary people openly possess weapons and carry them around so openly?
"System, transmit the original host's memories and plot now!"
Lin Yan didn't want to think about the unreasonable aspects of this world anymore. She felt that the historical documents she had seen were useless in such a world!
"Okay, host. Beginning transmission of plot and original host's memories."
The familiar sense of dizziness washed over her, and vast amounts of memories flooded into Lin Yan's mind.
This body was indeed better than her previous one. The discomfort during memory reception was much lighter.
A Senior Brother picked up the teapot brought by the waiter, used the tea to warm each teacup, and then poured a cup of tea for Lin Yan first.
Lin Yan smiled at the Senior Brother, then used the action of drinking water to conceal her slight discomfort.
This was a world from a martial arts novel. The original host was the youngest Junior Sister of the Li Shan Sword Sect, a relatively obscure sect in the martial arts world.
But this was because the sect had produced the male protagonist. The male protagonist was the Eldest Senior Brother mentioned by the other Senior Brothers just now.
This male protagonist held a "Dragon-Ascending-to-Heaven" script and would eventually become the Alliance Leader of the Martial Arts World. However, the growth of such a character came at a price.
The early price was the entire Li Shan Sword Sect. Because a fortunate encounter obtained by the male protagonist was leaked, someone directly wiped out the Li Shan Sword Sect to obtain it.
Only the male protagonist escaped because he went to buy a birthday gift for his Junior Sister.
The original host was this beloved Junior Sister, the youngest of the male protagonist's generation, and also the sect leader's biological daughter.
She was also the male protagonist's fiancée, but because she died too early, and later the male protagonist met the female protagonist who shared his ideals, he gradually forgot about this white moonlight in his heart.
The male protagonist might forget, but the original host couldn't!