Something felt off—extremely off.
Lin Mo looked at Xie Yuling.
"Why did you pull me?"
Xue Yuling glanced subtly at the old woman’s location before patting her chest guiltily. "Nothing, I just thought I saw dog poop on the ground, so I pulled you away."
Lin Mo was about to turn and check the ground when Xie Yuling yanked him back.
"What’s so interesting about dog poop? Do you think I’d ever harm you?"
Good point. No rebuttal there.
Lin Mo could only shrug. He had already pieced together some of it.
Seems Xie Yuling had her own extraordinary traits.
Ever since encountering the yellow weasel and later the lingering spirit, Lin Mo had realized this world wasn’t as simple as it appeared.
Yet, it wasn’t as blood-soaked as the "system" had claimed—at least, he hadn’t encountered any other cultivators so far.
Perhaps they were hidden away, or perhaps they didn’t exist at all.
After all, according to the yellow weasel, this world held many mysteries from the supernatural side.
But all of it seemed buried beneath the march of history.
Xie Yuling took Lin Mo’s hand and led him forward.
Yet, within Lin Mo’s spiritual sense, the lingering spirit kept watching them.
Or rather, staring at Xie Yuling’s back.
This spirit seemed different from before—its eyes now held a flicker of awareness.
Back in their rented apartment, Lin Mo’s spiritual sense caught Xie Yuling taking a deep breath.
She glanced warily behind her, relieved to see nothing there.
"You seem relieved. Did something happen?"
Xie Yuling immediately shook her head.
"No, just glad to be home."
"Sure, sure."
...
Late at night, silence enveloped the room.
Xie Yuling sat on her bed.
Beside her was a window, the moonlight spilling through.
"What’s the use of this ability anyway?"
She lay down, not even bothering with her phone, and sighed softly.
A wisp of white mist escaped her lips.
Xie Yuling bolted upright. Even with the temperature drop, nights in Yangcheng were still around 17 or 18 degrees.
Yet now, even under the covers, she felt a biting cold.
The temperature was plummeting—something frigid was approaching.
A faint shadow slowly seeped through the door.
Gradually, it solidified, revealing a deeply wrinkled face.
The old woman.
"What do you want?" Xie Yuling’s voice was icy as she glared at the apparition.
The old woman’s face twisted with excitement.
"You... you can see me! You really can! They all ignore me—none of them can see me!"
"You’re dead. Of course they can’t see you."
The old woman didn’t seem surprised, merely touching her own face.
"So I’m dead... finally. But my little Bao is missing."
She fixed her gaze on Xie Yuling.
"Little Bao... my Little Bao is gone. I need to find him."
Xie Yuling shook her head. "I don’t know where your Little Bao is. The police are already looking."
The old woman dropped to her knees, kowtowing desperately.
"Please! Help me find him!"
Xie Yuling wasn’t the type to help indiscriminately—especially after being betrayed in the past.
"I can’t help you. The police are on it. They’ll find him soon."
"Help me! Find Little Bao!"
The old woman lunged, her hands clawing toward Xie Yuling.
But the talisman on the desk suddenly glowed, blasting the spirit backward.
Xie Yuling stared in shock at the shimmering talisman.
"This... the talisman Lin Mo gave me?"
"What is this?!"
The old woman’s form sizzled under the light. She turned to flee.
"Did I say you could leave?"
A figure phased through the wall, landing beside Xie Yuling’s bed.
Her eyes widened as she stared at Lin Mo’s sudden appearance.
With a mere flick of his wrist, Lin Mo compressed the lingering spirit into a dense orb.
He glanced at Xie Yuling.
"You okay?"
Xie Yuling scrutinized him before shaking her head vigorously.
"I’m fine. What will you do with that soul?"
"Either crush it or let it go."
"No other options?" Xie Yuling eyed the orb in Lin Mo’s palm.
The old woman’s spirit was now a compressed sphere, her aged face imprinted on its surface.
"So you want to help her?"
Lin Mo respected her choice.
"I don’t. But I don’t want you to crush her either. That’d make you a killer."
Lin Mo shrugged. "She’s already dead. Probably killed by her grandson or son—either way, she died before the school sports day."
Xie Yuling blinked. "How do you know so much?"
"Because I’m just that good."
He walked to the window, opened it, and addressed the orb. "If I catch you near her again, I’ll grind your soul to dust. Understood?"
With that, he tossed the orb outside.
The spiritual seal would fade eventually, freeing the old woman to roam again.
Closing the window, Lin Mo sat down.
"Questions?"
Xie Yuling nodded. "You can see spirits too, and that talisman glowed. You’re powerful—so you’re a Taoist descending the mountain!"
Lin Mo rubbed his nose.
"Wrong. I’m better than a Taoist. I’m a Celestial Master—though I’ve never been up a mountain, so ‘descending’ doesn’t apply."
Great. Another identity added to the list.
To Jiang Yunlu, he was a rule-abiding martial artist.
To Chu Miaomiao, a qigong master.
To Chu Lintian, a spell-wielding mystic... sort of.
And to Xie Yuling? A Celestial Master.
But it didn’t matter. Identities were just masks.
Lin Mo didn’t mind revealing his abilities to them.
Xie Yuling adapted quickly—likely because she could see spirits.
Lin Mo gazed out the window.
"Now, your turn. After school, I noticed you could see lingering spirits."
Xie Yuling froze. The conversation had circled back to her.
Complex emotions tangled in her chest as she met Lin Mo’s eyes.
"So... you’ll believe whatever I say?"
Lin Mo thumped his chest. "Of course I will."
Hearing this, something inside Xie Yuling loosened.
She leaned her head against his shoulder and began her story.
"Everything started after my dad passed away.
I cried so much I thought I’d go blind.
On his seventh-day memorial... my left eye saw him return."
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
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.
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
