Son of the Supreme God

Ch.4 - Ling Yin

Tian Zhu was thrown into an unknown world, his cultivation stripped away, and bound by a curse that forbade him from touching women. Worse still, if he harbored any ill intentions toward a woman, the effects of the curse would grow even stronger.

By chance, he discovered a beautiful young woman who had washed ashore by a river and saved her. He planned to ask her about this world once she woke up.

The first thing one must do when arriving in an unfamiliar place is to gather information. Being in a foreign land without any knowledge is no different from being blind.

Tian Zhu waited for the girl to awaken until midnight, when he felt something he had never experienced before—drowsiness.

As a god, he had never needed food, drink, or sleep, so he had never once felt sleepy. But now that he was an ordinary human, the sensation was overwhelming. In the end, Tian Zhu leaned against a tree trunk and fell asleep.

The next morning, before dawn, when the sun had yet to paint the eastern horizon orange, Tian Zhu suddenly woke up. He looked left and right, panic flashing across his face.

"Damn it, I fell asleep," Tian Zhu cursed irritably. "This is annoying. Having a mortal body means having needs I’m completely unaccustomed to fulfilling!"

"Hah… but fine. I’ll have to get used to this mortal body. I’m already starting to feel hungry." Tian Zhu could only resign himself to the situation as he looked at the extinguished campfire, where only glowing embers remained among the firewood.

"That girl still hasn’t woken up either. Her clothes are dry now, though. She should wake up soon." Tian Zhu gathered some dry leaves nearby and rekindled the fire.

The cold wind deep in the forest made his body shiver, so he rebuilt the campfire to keep warm.

Two hours later, sunlight finally illuminated their surroundings. When the sun shone upon the girl’s face, she reacted. Her eyelids trembled, then slowly opened.

She woke up, holding her head as dizziness assaulted her. Her vision was still blurry, but after a few moments, she saw the face of a young man in front of her.

"You’re finally awake, Sleeping Beauty."

"You—ah!" The girl tried to retreat, as she didn’t recognize Tian Zhu at all, but her body still ached after being tossed about by the river’s current.

"Don’t move yet. Eat this," Tian Zhu said, picking up one of the grilled fish and handing it to her.

Earlier, he had caught several fish to fill his stomach and roasted them while waiting for her to wake up.

The girl hesitated, looking at Tian Zhu, who was dressed like an ordinary village youth. He seemed to be just a normal person who had happened to save her.

"Th-thank you," she said awkwardly as she accepted the fish and began to eat.

"Miss, you don’t seem like an ordinary person. Where are you from? And how did you end up drifting down the river?" Tian Zhu asked.

The girl had only eaten half the fish when she froze upon hearing his question. She lowered her head, clearly recalling dark memories from her past. Tian Zhu understood such reactions from women very well—he was an expert in this field.

"I’m no one special. You can call me Ling Yin. I accidentally slipped and fell into a fast current. Thank you for saving me."

'She’s clearly lying. Something must have happened to her and her family for her to hide the truth,' Tian Zhu murmured inwardly.

"I see. In that case, you can call me Tian Zhu," he introduced himself. "By the way, miss, do you know where we are right now?"

"Eh?" Ling Yin looked around, realizing she was in the middle of a forest. "You’re not from around here?"

"It seems our fates are quite similar," Tian Zhu said after reading her expression and realizing she didn’t know either. "Actually, I was abandoned here by my father and don’t know the way home."

Tian Zhu spoke calmly, even though his words weren’t entirely true and could make his father sound like a heartless man who had abandoned his own son.

Ling Yin immediately turned to look at him before lowering her head again.

"Yes… it seems we really do share the same fate."

Silence fell between them. After a while, Ling Yin finally spoke.

"Among all my brothers and sisters, I’m the one without any talent in cultivation, so they’ve always treated me badly," Ling Yin began to tell her story.

'She’s finally opening up,' Tian Zhu thought.

Women often prioritize emotions over logic. Tian Zhu realized that Ling Yin had serious issues with her family, so he made it seem as though he shared the same misfortune.

This stirred Ling Yin’s sympathy toward someone who seemed to suffer the same fate, and she decided to open her heart and release the grievances she had long suppressed.

"No one ever cared about me. Even my parents treated me like a stranger just because I’m trash without any cultivation ability," Ling Yin said as she gazed at the sky, recalling her painful past. "Unable to endure it any longer, I ran away from home. But I got lost in the forest, chased by wild beasts, and eventually jumped into the river and was swept away."

"So you come from a cultivator family as well. I’m the same. But for certain reasons, my father stripped away my cultivation and threw me into this forest."

Once again, Tian Zhu made his father sound like a villain, despite the fact that he had been helped by him before.

"How cruel… even stripping your cultivation. He truly doesn’t deserve to be a father," Ling Yin said, imagining Tian Zhu’s suffering as far worse than her own. "Even though my father doesn’t care about me, he’s never harmed me. Your father is truly terrible."

"Father, forgive me for making you sound so awful," Tian Zhu muttered inwardly.

"Even so, I’ve never hated him for it. I’ve always respected my father, no matter what he’s done to me," Tian Zhu said without hesitation.

Ling Yin looked at Tian Zhu with admiration. Believing that his fate was far more tragic than hers, she felt ashamed of herself for falling into despair, while Tian Zhu seemed so indifferent to all the suffering he had endured.

Tian Zhu’s first step in approaching a woman was already a success. Although he had no intention of making Ling Yin fall for him, this was simply second nature to him. He carried it out instinctively, without any particular goal in mind.