When I was born, strange portents appeared. Heaven sent down nine bolts of lightning, striking the mulberry tree outside my family’s door. Fresh from the womb, I stood up on my own and laughed eerily. Later, a “beggar” came and revealed that I was an immortal reborn, and that ghosts and monsters wanted to use my body to be reborn. The nine bolts of lightning had been meant for me, too, but the mulberry tree took the blow. To stay alive, I had no choice but to learn the ropes from the “beggar”... (This story is entirely fictional and has no connection to real life.)
