Chapter 1: Reincarnated as a Sickly Weakling? This Physics PhD Refuses to Give Up!
Cheng Yue woke with a violent coughing fit. His lungs felt as if they were stuffed with a sodden wad of ragged cotton. Every breath carried a sweet, rusty taste of blood, and his chest felt tight and painful.
"Cough, cough... cough, cough, cough!" He jerked upright. Darkness filled his vision, broken only by a single flickering candle flame like a ghostly light.
What was going on? Had the power gone out? No, something about this smell was wrong. The air was thick with the scent of Chinese medicine, mixed with the musty smell of wood and the complex aroma of burning incense. It all kept pouring into his nose.
"Third Master..."