Li Ming touched her tattoo and closed her eyes, letting a very familiar sensation took over her body.
When she opened them again, she was standing in front of a three-story mansion.
The mansion was very beautiful with towers looming over it. The sky was clear and bright. A magnificent park was built around the mansion.
One could see fountains and beautifully designed bushes and trees everywhere. It was a heartwarming sight. Whoever would see this place would be in awe.
This mansion was the gift that she got on her 21st birthday. It was not only beautiful and huge but was also built with the pure essence of magic with a strong ward surrounding it.
Even after becoming the owner of the mansion and the Leader of the Mage Clan, she was unable to move through the ward that surrounded the mansion and the area around it. So she had no idea about what lay outside the magical walls.
This mansion had three floors. The first floor was a residential area. There was a very big and comfy drawing-room, a very large modern kitchen, a dining hall, Six bedrooms with attached bathrooms, two extra bathrooms, a storeroom, an office, a balcony, and a gym.
The second floor was covered entirely by the library. But this library was not a normal library. It contained books full of magic spells, magic history, potion books, secrets of dark magic, and who knew what.
Coming to the next and last floor. This one was the most important. The third floor was divided into two parts. The first part contained a very large room full of modern technology and modern weapons.
There was also a small medical room. The second part of the floor contained various types of ancient and magical weapons. Potions and magical instruments were lining the shelves.
Li Ming opened the front door and entered the mansion. A white fluffy ball came running towards her and jumped into her arms, making her giggle and kiss his nose as she hugged him.
This was snowy, her familiar.
She took him to the Master bedroom and put him on the bed as she asked, "How did you know it's me? What if I was someone dangerous?"
"I think you are forgetting that I am your familiar. No matter how many times you are going to change your appearance, I can always recognize your soul. Do you know that I was so scared? I thought that I would be unable to see you again. If not for the bond, I almost thought that I lost you." Snowy replied and then started complaining through their mind link as he stared at her with teary eyes.
Li Ming kissed him again and rubbed his ears for a while before she spoke, "We are going to start a new life now. Let's not recall our past and feel bad. Alright?"
She waited for the furball to nod its head and when it did exactly that, she smiled warmly at him while rubbing his ears.
"But before that, I need to get a warm shower. Need some food and a little bit of rest, I think. Wait for me I will be back soon," she announced and went into the walk-in closet.
Since her new body was small, the clothes were too big for her. Finally, she found a black crop top and a pair of Blue Jeans shorts.
"Looks like I need to do something about these." She looked at her hair and sighed.
She couldn't cut them too short because that would make her stand out in a world where people loved long hairs. So, she only decided to cut a few inches of her hair.
After she was done with them, they were still long enough, coming below her waist. She went into the bathroom and took a long warm shower.
After an hour or so, she finally entered the kitchen with a towel wrapped around her hair. She made herself sandwiches and got a jug of orange juice from the refrigerator.
Everything in the mansion worked with magic, so there was no need for electricity.
She also fed Snowy and ate her food in silence while planning for her next move.
She needed to put this new body in shape.
Changchang was malnourished from her birth, so it would take some time to get physically better. And since she was an orphan who was trash, living in a town she had very little knowledge about this world.
Since this world valued cultivation, she needed to find out what was wrong with her body.
Although she had magical powers it would be better to adapt to the rules of the new world. Also, there was nothing wrong with learning something new, and useful.
For the next few days, Li Ming stayed in the mansion. She started working out in the gym and practiced martial arts to get her body in shape. She also ate a lot!
The rest of the time she spent reading magical books, making potions, and testing her range of magic. Since her new body was weak, she was unable to do magic at her full capacity as it was energy-consuming.
One evening she was sitting outside in the park with Snowy. There were paper and pencils sprawled on the table in front of them.
"According to Changchang's memory, we are in the Qi continent. There are five empires and we are in the Han empire which is the second weakest Empire. We are currently in the mountain ranges closest to the capital city of the Han empire."
She added some more points to the paper while going through the information.
"There are a total of three mountain ranges in the Han empire, the one on which we are now is the shortest mountain range and also the safest. First, we need to find a way to reach the capital city. There's no way I'm gonna walk the whole day, better to find transportation. And second......., we need money."
She and Snowy talked for a little while more and finally formed a plan.
They were ready to explore the new world of Immortals!
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After three weeks of resting, Li Ming finally emerged out in the real world. According to her, by now everyone must have considered her dead for sure.
And also since she was eating a lot for the past three weeks she was in much better shape than before. She was wearing a light blue colored dress. Her hair was designed simply with two very beautiful flower headbands. She looked just like a cute little miss of some noble family. But if you could see her feet you would die from laughing so hard.
It took her a little bit of time to remember that she could design clothes with magic. So she tried to remember the dresses that she had seen in those Chinese dramas and made few outfits for herself.
But no matter how much she tried to remember about the design of shoes she was unable to do so. In the end, she finally gave up and decided to wear sneakers.
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(A/N: The most asked question of this story so far is the one where everyone is curious to know exactly how Snowy looks like.
Oops! My bad. I forgot to mention that our cute little Snowy is a white Pomeranian. Though he's a simple dog for now....remember that he's familiar which means anything could happen in the future!)