Cultivation Begins with Being Choked to Death by Rice

Zhang San was just like his name: his parents had picked it on a whim. As it turned out, he really did choke to death on a bite of food! Reborn in a small village in another world, Zhang San worked hard to improve himself, mostly because he was afraid of choking to death again. He studied such "sacred texts" as The Art of Caring for Sows, and actually passed the imperial exams, earning the top rank and being appointed the son-in-law of a small duchy! The king and queen treated him like their own child and made sure he was well fed at every meal. But that little bit of "male pride" in his modern soul got the better of him. Marry into the royal family? Live off his wife? No way! On his wedding night, he climbed over the wall and ran away!

He had barely caught his breath when he received terrible news: the small duchy that had treated him so well had been casually destroyed by a powerful passing cultivator! Crushed like an ant!

Regret and terror exploded within him. Zhang San stared at the streak of light cutting across the sky as a cultivator flew by on a sword, then roughly wiped his face.

> "Cultivation! I have to cultivate!"

> "Not for immortality. I just want to kill that damn bastard who was 'passing by'!"

> "And one more thing: next time I choke, I'm using immortal power to shake the food right back out!"

> This ridiculous path to immortality is one he's determined to follow!