Chapter 100
On this June afternoon, the sunlight was like gold, generously spilling across the earth, yet it also spurred the endless chirping of cicadas, as if warming up for the impending college entrance examination.
A stifling heat permeated the air, signaling the approach of the rainy season, as if there were some inextricable bond between the college entrance exam and rainy days.
Gu Ran's face was full of helplessness. Clutching both of their mineral water bottles in his hands and with a pure white satchel slung over his shoulder, he closely followed his older sister, Ye Zhenzhen.
He looked like a loyal hound in the summer. Even though his heart was filled with extreme dissatisfaction, Ye Zhenzhen's hegemony was just like this sweltering weather—direct and undisguised.
"I say, Ye Zhenzhen, are you rushing to get reincarnated?!"
"Bah, show some respect, call me sister!"
The aloof young woman suddenly turned her head and wrinkled her nose at her disrespectful younger brother.
"It's obviously you who walks too slow, and you're blaming me?"
Hearing this, Gu Ran was not to be outdone, grumbling like an old woman, "I told you we didn't need to bring a bag just to look at the exam room, but you wouldn't listen and insisted on bringing it. Fine, bring it, but you don't even lift a finger and just dump it all on me. I don't even know if this bag is for you to carry or me..."
"Why do you talk so much!"
Ye Zhenzhen reached out her foot and kicked him, sealing the disobedient brother's lips.
Turning around with her small hands behind her back, she walked leisurely and naturally toward home, leading her secretary like a boss on an inspection tour.
Even though their college entrance exam room was still in their own school, almost everyone felt a sense of novelty after checking it out.
Familiar classrooms became unfamiliar, probably due to the mischief of nervousness.
However, Gu Ran had no idea what nervousness was.
Already remembering the college entrance exam questions from his past life, and under the tutelage of the devil coach Ye Zhenzhen, he had absolutely no pressure to break through the key university cutoff line.
And the devil coach herself wouldn't have much pressure either.
Out of a 750-point paper, as long as she performed normally, it would be the limit for everyone else.
In terms of provincial rankings, she was a Tier 0 existence.
After the completely relaxed duo returned home, they were greeted by the meal prepared by Ye Shulian.
Considering the impending exam, the dishes she made were relatively light, without heavy fish or meat.
Seeing the siblings enter the house, she quickly smiled and waved, "Xiao Ran, Zhenzhen, hurry up and wash your hands for dinner. Do your best on the exam tomorrow, and absolutely don't feel any pressure. No matter how you do, you are both my pride..."
As the most nervous person in the family, she was advising the siblings not to be nervous.
It was a good thing these two were easygoing; otherwise, they would have been infected by her nervousness.
Gu Xiangcheng, who was sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper, put down the paper in a timely manner and interrupted her.
"Alright, why say so much? Hurry up and eat, and then you two get a good rest. No matter the results, I'll be here to back you up."
After he spoke, everyone returned to their respective seats to eat.
Unlike usual days, the atmosphere tonight was somewhat heavy.
After dinner, the siblings tacitly returned to their respective rooms without any extra words, yet it seemed they both knew what the other wanted to say.
After returning to his room, Gu Ran changed into his pajamas and went through the balcony door to the room next door.
Because it was already June and the weather was gradually becoming sweltering, his pajamas were thin.
Beneath the fabric, the traces of his workouts were clearly visible.
In the two months since his rebirth, he had hardly missed a single day, doing his morning exercises day after day.
Thump!
At the soft sound, Ye Zhenzhen, who was sitting at the desk, knew he had arrived.
Then, without even lifting her head, she simply reached out a finger and gently tapped the chair by the bedside.
The visitor understood, walked over to bring it closer, sat obediently beside his sister, and began to review according to the schedule on the desk.
Even though he really wanted to go back to sleep—his mind was full of the exam questions, so did he even need to review?
But the rather compliant younger brother didn't dare to defy his sister's authority.
He turned his head to glance at the young woman beside him; her exquisite, pretty face was full of seriousness.
Although she was already confident, given her personality, she was still earnestly preparing for the exam at this moment.
She would absolutely not relax until the very last moment.
Touching his nose, he wanted to say something but didn't know what to say, so he had to quiet down and not disturb the serious young woman.
He had a mind to reveal the college entrance exam questions, but feeling that she didn't need them at all, Gu Ran could only brace himself and sit in the chair, letting his mind wander.
The night gradually deepened, and their review finally ended with Ye Zhenzhen stretching her back.
"Are you very nervous?"
Turning her head and seeing her silent younger brother, the young woman was a bit puzzled.
According to past routines, the chatterbox beside her would have started blabbering long ago; he wouldn't be as quiet as today.
"Not at all, are you kidding? Me, nervous?"
One sentence pulled the daydreaming youth back to reality.
Seeing him somewhat absent-minded, the understanding young woman thought this was just her stinky younger brother acting tough.
"Alright, alright, I know you're not nervous. Come here, let your big sister cheer you up!"
As her words fell, Gu Ran heard the perfunctoriness in her tone. Just as he was about to retort, his arms were filled with a fragrant embrace.
Gu Ran: "???"
Saying he was nervous actually brought such a good thing?!
Then he was nervous to death!!!
Immediately seizing the opportunity, he wrapped his arms back around the young woman comforting him.
A long time passed...
"You... why aren't you letting go?"
The tightly held young woman wriggled her body, found she couldn't move at all, and had to say with a blushing, somewhat shy face.
"Replenishing some sister energy."
Ye Zhenzhen: "???"
What terrible words!
Another few minutes passed, and the breathless young woman exerted force first, directly breaking free.
"You... you..."
Staring at the shameless person in front of her, her lips moved for a long time, not knowing what to scold him with.
After all, she was the one who initiated it.
But was that a reason for this guy to have wandering hands?!
She didn't know if he rubbed against her on purpose, or if it was intentional...
Subconsciously pulling her clothes tight, her face was slightly red, but she still put on the majesty of an elder.
"The exam is tomorrow, hurry back and go to sleep!"
"Okay, my sister."
Having taken advantage, Gu Ran naturally had no objections and followed Ye Zhenzhen's lead.
As if vaguely hearing the suggestiveness in those words, the young woman glared at him again and kicked out her small foot clad in a pure white cotton sock.
"What are you looking at, hurry up!"
After chasing her annoying brother back to his room, Ye Zhenzhen walked to the window, letting the evening breeze blow over her, trying to calm that trace of strangeness in her heart.
"Good night, Ye Zhenzhen."
Suddenly, Gu Ran's voice came from the other side of the balcony.
She was taken aback at first, then smiled slightly and replied, "Good night, Gu Ran."
Both of them completed their final preparations at their own pace, turned off the lights, went to bed, and had a good night's sleep.
The night grew deeper and dark clouds gathered, as if foreshadowing the wind and rain of tomorrow.
...
June 7th, dawn broke.
The sky was still a hazy gray, and the air was filled with the solemnity before a great battle.
With the first clap of thunder, raindrops came pouring down. At the same time, the college entrance examination, which captured the attention of the entire nation, raised its solemn and tense curtain...
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
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s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
