On a small hill in Bei Du, Xia Qiu looked up at the night sky with a melancholic expression. He could vaguely see a few twinkling stars under the dim night sky. Bei Du's smog had always been very serious, but under the vigorous management of the past few years, the sky had greatly improved. However, it was still a matter of luck to see stars.
After leaving the coffee shop, Xia Qiu came to the hillside alone in a daze. He didn't even care about delivering food or tutoring at night. He was thinking about Exquisite and his future.
He felt that his future life was as dark as the night sky. Although there were a few stars twinkling in the sky, it gave people a sense of unattainable dream. This kind of unreachable life made him feel a little more miserable.
Others did not know the end of their lives, so they could choose to persevere and hope.
However, he was different. He knew that he would have to live in the crisis of debt for the rest of his life. No matter how hard he tried and persisted, it would only be a matter of how much debt he had to pay in the end. He had a debt of more than 130 million yuan. If there was no unexpected windfall, he would never be able to escape the abyss of debt in his life.
Sighing slightly, he muttered,"" My life is really as dark as the starry sky. It's so depressing that I can't breathe in fresh air."
After saying that, he slowly reached out and took out a pendant that looked like a copper coin hanging around his neck. This pendant had been with him for several years. When he was twelve years old, he went to Mount Tai with his classmates and accidentally fell into an underground river.
In that accident, he almost died in that underground river. If it weren't for the timely rescue of his classmates and kind-hearted passers-by, he would have become a pile of bones. Therefore, the only copper coin pendant he brought back from the underground river had been hanging around his neck as a souvenir of that incident.
The reason why he hadn't abandoned this pendant he had picked up in the underground river was that this pendant was very special. Its appearance was the same size as an ancient copper coin, but its entire body was dark and bright. It was different from all the ancient copper coins he had seen before, and it seemed very strange.
The strangest thing was that the front of the copper coin was actually written with four ancient words,'Time Copper Coin'. On the other side, there was a small line of ancient words,' Drop 20 drops of blood, reduce 20 years of lifespan, activate the Time Copper Coin'. This strange color and strange name of the copper coin were the main reasons why he wanted to keep the copper coin.
Time Copper Coin! He had searched for information on this kind of copper coin called the Time Copper Coin on the Internet and in the library, but there was no record of this kind of copper coin. Until now, he still had no idea what this copper coin was used for or which dynasty it came from. He had no clue at all.
The reason why he took it out now was that his family needed to pay off their debts. He thought that he could take this copper coin to an appraiser to appraise it. Perhaps this thing that he had been carrying with him might be an old object with some history. If it was really an ancient object, after selling it, it could more or less fill up the hole in his family's debt.
Mount Tai had a long history and many legends. Every dynasty had emperors who went to Mount Tai to worship the heavens. Therefore, there was a 50% chance that something dug out from the mountain, especially something picked up in an underground river that no one had ever been to, was an ancient object. Xia Qiu was also full of expectations for this copper coin.
Now, his family was heavily in debt, his parents were unable to recover, and his favorite girl was about to leave. After experiencing these sudden changes, he began to become frustrated and impatient. He also thought of shortcuts in his heart, and his greatest hope for shortcuts was this copper coin.
Looking at the shiny black copper coin in his hand, Xia Qiu wanted to go to Panjiayuan tomorrow to ask what other people thought of this copper coin. If it really could be an ancient object, he could discuss it with his family and ask his father to find his former business partners. He reckoned that some big boss would collect this thing.
Thinking of this, he was about to hang the copper coin on his chest, but his eyes flickered as he stared at the 18 small words.'Drop 20 drops of blood, reduce 20 years of lifespan, activate the Time Copper Coin'.
He had read these 18 simple words over and over again for a few years. He could more or less understand the meaning of these words. It was nothing more than dropping 20 drops of blood, reducing his lifespan by 20 years, and then activating this so-called time copper coin.
In the past, he had long wanted to try this. However, when he saw that it said that he would lose 20 years of his lifespan, he gave up. If he tried it, he would lose 20 years of his lifespan. Only a fool would try it. Therefore, although he was curious, he did not have the courage to take this step.
However, the current situation was different from the past. He was now a poor man, not a rich young master. His parents had lost their will to fight. His family was being asked to pay debts every day. The girl he liked was also forced to leave by her parents. He had nothing to lose, and there was no way out. He had to do something to change this predicament.
After hesitating for a long time, he revealed a bitter expression and muttered," Why don't I give it a try? 20 years of lifespan. If it can really make me live a less pessimistic life, it's not a big deal even if I lose 20 years of my lifespan. Otherwise, in this world where I struggle to survive, there's nothing to look forward to even if I have an extra 20 years of lifespan."
After saying that, Xia Ji took out a small knife from his keychain. With a soft sound, Xia Ji slashed his thumb hard. As the knife slashed down, bright red blood instantly flowed out of his thumb. Then, with a puff, drops of blood quickly dripped onto the copper coin.
After dripping twenty drops of blood, a few sizzling sounds suddenly rang out in Xia Ji's mind. Xia Ji felt his brain being disturbed by the sizzling sounds, and he was shocked. Just as he was about to shake his head to calm himself down, another ding sound rang out. He saw an image that looked like a computer screen appear in his mind, and the mark of the Time Copper Coin and a few large words that appeared on the screen shocked him slightly.
On the screen, it said,'Do you want to activate the Chrono Copper Coin'?
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