Chapter 3 Destiny Constellation, Aries

The ancient city of Jinling is under the jurisdiction of Jiangling Province and is located within the territory of the Daxia Dynasty.

This ancient city is floating in the sky...

From a distance, its huge outline looks like a pyramid.

The city is surrounded by splendid peaks, majestic palaces and pavilions dotted here and there. The wide avenues are bustling with traffic, creating a bustling and lively scene.

In the sky above the ancient city, there is a huge barrier formation, which brings the clouds in the sky together and slowly rotates like a whirlpool.

At dusk, the sunset is like fire, and thousands of rays of light shine on the ancient city, creating a magnificent and magnificent scene...

And underneath this city in the sky, there is another world of poverty.

On the vast land, strips of grey-brown mineral veins stretch undulating, exposed on the surface like a dragon's spine. Hundreds of refining factories stand with huge chimneys hundreds of meters high, piercing straight into the sky, which is particularly eye-catching. Thick black smoke rises from the sky.

Rolls are rising inside.

"Woo-"

In the distance, a shrill whistle sounded.

A series of black leather trains shuttled between the mines along the railway tracks, making a rumbling sound as they headed towards the end of the earth.

As time passed, thousands of large and small counties and villages were scattered around these mineral mountains.

…

Lin Fan grew up in such a poor slum...

"Sigh... I go to the garbage dump to pick up rubbish early in the morning. Is it easy for me to do this for this family..."

In the distance, on the path between the mineral veins, a thin figure gradually approached. He was wearing an old linen cloak, his face was covered by a wide hood, and there were many scattered items in the backpack behind him.

He opened his hood, revealing a childish and delicate face, with a trace of tiredness in his eyes.

"Counting the days, it's been a month..." Lin Fan looked at the distant sky and sighed softly. He walked towards his home along the path between the mineral veins.

After the Tai'a Ceremony, Lin Fan also left the Cangxuan Star Realm and returned to the slums. Unknowingly, a month passed in an instant.

"It's a pity that I didn't get the Tai'axuan Order, so I'm not qualified to enter those schools... It is said that those schools are now recruiting students. I don't know what it will be like..."

Lin Fan looked at the factories on both sides of the road as he walked forward, his eyes filled with longing.

"Forget it, let's not think about this. It's better to go home and sort out the treasures you bought today..."

There is a garbage area ten miles away. The area is full of waste dumped by the ancient city of Jinling, and no one will deal with it specifically. So after hundreds of years, hundreds of tall garbage mountains have formed.

Gradually, it became a place where many poor people went to hunt for treasures.

When Lin Fan was a child, when he found a broken mysterious beast scale from the garbage mountain and sold it for three yuan, making his first pot of gold in his life, the garbage mountain became a place he often visited.

He glanced at the backpack behind him and showed a satisfied smile: "Today's harvest is not bad."

Before long, he had passed through more than a dozen mineral veins, and his vision suddenly broadened. Not far away, a village appeared in front of him.

The village is small, with only a few hundred families living here. The houses are simple and low, surrounded by barbed wire and rusty metal waste. At the entrance of the village stands a wooden sign with a large ""

The word "Nine".

Therefore, this village is also called: "Village No. 9".

The afterglow of the setting sun at dusk falls.

On the road at the entrance of the village, there were many workers who had just returned from working in the mines, their bodies and faces covered with dust. Many villagers in the village were carrying water, and women in the houses were chopping wood by the walls or feeding animals.

Livestock kept in a fence.

The clothes of the villagers all looked simple and old, and the expressions on their faces were tired and numb...

Amidst the sounds of chickens and dogs, a peaceful and poor scene...

Lin Fan walked into the village, greeted the villagers passing by, and continued walking forward, finally stopping in front of a simple house.

"Mom, I'm back!"

Lin Fan had just knocked on the door a few times when he saw a middle-aged woman opening the door and walking out.

This woman is Lin Fan's mother, Zhang Wanqing. Although she is nearly forty years old, she still retains her charm, has delicate features, and looks gentle and dignified.

"What are you knocking on? The door is not closed!"

Mother Lin rolled her eyes at him angrily, then dragged Lin Fan into the house and asked: "Did you sneak away to the garbage mountain again early in the morning? How many times have I told you that there is a mixed bag of fish and dragons, and there are all kinds of religions and religions.

There are all kinds of people, be careful they kidnap you and sell you to human traffickers..."

"In two days, you will go to the Spirit Refining Workshop in Yunling City to be an apprentice. Why don't you just stay at home and run around?"

You will never understand the fun of searching for treasures in the garbage mountain. It is a romance for men...

Listening to the chatter in his ears, Lin Fan curled his lips in disdain.

Originally, he wanted to contradict her and express his anger for his miserable life of being suppressed since childhood, but when he saw the serious expression on his mother's face, he immediately gave in.

"I know... I will be more careful next time..."

"What did you say!"

When Lin Fan saw his mother's face softening, he took a step back and said quickly: "Mom, don't be angry. I have been living in the garbage mountain for more than ten years, so I don't need to be afraid of those people..."

Hearing this, Zhang Wanqing lightly tapped her son's forehead and said, "If you were really so good, you would have entered the school by now..."

Having said that, her expression softened a lot. In fact, as a mother, she naturally knows better than anyone what kind of quality her son is. She asked him to attend the Tai'a Ceremony that time, and she didn't expect him to awaken the destiny constellation.

, obtained the Tai'axuan Order and entered the school.

For the people in the slums, it is enough to fantasize about a phoenix flying out of a henhouse, but it is simply unrealistic.

Therefore, Lin Fan's parents also had the mentality of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

However, judging from the current situation, Lin Fan is indeed a dead horse...

The room was small in size, less than twenty square meters, and the decoration was simple, but it was kept clean and tidy. There were some old furniture, most of which Lin Fan picked up from the garbage mountain.

There was a middle-aged man sitting on the sofa, looking at the newspaper in his hand, with a calm expression and a serious smile. He couldn't help but tremble when he saw his wife scolding his son.

Then he returned to his stern look, not daring to say a word.

When the conversation between mother and son ended, Father Lin raised his head and said, "Xiaofan is not young anymore, so he does things in a measured way."

As the saying goes, a child is better than his father. Lin Fan smiled and said, "Dad still understands me."

Then he rushed into his bedroom, closed the door, poured the worries in his backpack on the floor, and picked them up carefully.

"Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding..."

Today I picked up a lot of items from the garbage mountain, including discarded metal instruments, a damaged energy battery, and several pieces of broken porcelain, all scattered on the ground in piles.

Among them, a cyan jade pendant stands out.

This piece of ancient jade must have been around for a long time. It might be a valuable antique that could be sold for some money, so I picked it up.

"What is the origin of this jade pendant? Could it be lost by a noble and wealthy businessman in the ancient city of Jinling..."

If so, judging from his years of Taobao experience, this jade pendant will definitely sell for a high price.

He sat on the bed and carefully observed the jade pendant in his hand. If he could figure out its origin, he could estimate its price and then go to the grocery store in Fengyang County to sell it.

"hiss……"

In a daze, Lin Fan's finger was accidentally cut by the sharp corner of the jade pendant, and a drop of blood stained it.

The next moment, a scene that shocked him happened. He saw the jade pendant absorbing the drop of blood, as if waking up from a deep sleep, and trembling with mournful sounds...

Click——!

Immediately afterwards, the entire jade pendant shattered into pieces, and a bright rainbow light sank into Lin Fan's body.

"I wonder...what happened? Could it be that it's a ghost..."

"bite--!"

Just when Lin Fan was panicking, a crisp voice suddenly sounded in his mind. At the same time, he heard a cold and mechanical voice.

"Congratulations to the host, you have awakened one of the twelve constellations of the zodiac, Aries. The constellation interface is loading for you... Please wait..."

"Loading progress...10%...30%...99%...The constellation interface is loaded..."

About ten minutes later, in Lin Fan's wide-open pupils, an ancient star map appeared in the void.

The background of this star map is a vast and bright nebula. In the nebula, beautiful stars are scattered everywhere, connected by slender golden light, forming a majestic and handsome ram head, mysterious and mysterious

.

In the dark, in the depths of the star map, there seems to be an ancient and sad figure faintly echoing...

"What are the twelve constellations of the zodiac? What is their rank? And...which constellation is Aries? Why have I never heard of it..."

Lin Fan stared at the constellation image closely, with huge doubts rising in his heart.

There are one thousand and one constellations in the stars in the sky. He knows them all by heart, but he has never remembered Aries. Moreover, the so-called twelve constellations of the zodiac are unheard of, even in ancient history.

I haven't seen any relevant records.
To be continued...