Under the Stars: The Hermit's Path

Lin Yi felt a pounding headache, as if thousands of needles were piercing his brain. He opened his heavy eyelids, only to see a blur before him. As his vision gradually cleared, he found himself lying in a lush forest. Sunlight filtered through the cracks, dappling his body. The air was filled with the fresh scent of earth and vegetation.

He tried to recall what had happened. Lin Yi, having traveled through another world, concealed his true strength and remained humble, embarking on a legendary journey beneath the stars, pretending to be a pig and consuming the tiger. But his memories were like smoke blown away by the wind, elusive. Lin Yi propped himself up and surveyed his surroundings. Massive trees towered into the sky, vines entwined around their trunks. The ground was covered with a thick carpet of fallen leaves, with the occasional unknown wildflower visible.

"Where is this?" Lin Yi muttered to himself in a hoarse voice.

He stood up, staggered a few steps, and suddenly felt dizzy and almost fell. Lin Yi then noticed that his clothes were no longer the familiar T-shirt and jeans, but a kind of fabric he had never seen before, with a simple style and dull color.

"Did I travel through time?" This thought flashed through his mind, and was then replaced by more doubts.

Lin Yi began to wander aimlessly through the forest, hoping to find some clues. He noticed that his strength was gradually returning, and that a strange force seemed to be flowing through his body. He tried to concentrate and sense that force, but he couldn't grasp its pattern.

Soon, Lin Yi discovered some strange fruits protected by magical powers. Hanging from an inconspicuous tree, they emitted a faint glow. Curious, he reached out and plucked one. As soon as the fruit touched his hand, he felt a surge of warmth flow through him, relieving his hunger and invigorating his spirits.

"Is this a magic fruit?" Lin Yi looked at the fruit in his hand in surprise, his heart full of curiosity about this world.

At this moment, Lin Yi heard footsteps and conversations coming from afar. He quickly hid behind a large tree and saw several armored soldiers searching for something, their faces filled with anxiety and fatigue.

"We must find the fugitive. He stole the king's treasure!" The soldiers' voices revealed anxiety.

Lin Yi realized that he had to be careful, as he didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble in this unknown world. So, he decided to go deeper into the forest and look for a way to the civilized world.

As night fell, Lin Yi found a cave as a temporary shelter. Inside, he discovered ancient murals depicting the history of the Aesera continent and the mysteries of magic. The creatures in the murals were so lifelike that they seemed ready to leap from the walls at any moment.

"It seems that I need to learn the magic here in order to survive better." Lin Yi made a secret decision.

Just as he was immersed in the mystery of the murals, a powerful magical wave suddenly came from outside the cave, and the entire cave began to shake. Lin Yi immediately rushed out of the cave and saw a huge magic circle appear in the sky. A beam of light descended from the sky, as if summoning something.

Lin Yi felt a strong attraction, and his body involuntarily flew towards the light column. At the moment of contact with the light column, he gritted his teeth and mobilized the magical power that had just awakened in his body to resist this force.

"I can't be controlled like this, I want to take control of my own destiny!" Lin Yi shouted in his heart.

After some struggle, Lin Yi finally got rid of the attraction of the light column. He stood on the top of the mountain, overlooking this mysterious continent, his heart full of expectations for the future and determination to challenge.

"Aesera, here I come." Lin Yi's voice echoed in the night sky, announcing that his adventure in this new world had officially begun.