Early morning.
Lin Mo opened his eyes. Currently, his cultivation routine involved taking medicinal pills and refining them while sleeping.
When he arrived at the main hall, He Guoan hadn’t shown up yet.
However, the farmhouse had already prepared breakfast.
It was like a hotel-style buffet, offering fish and meat porridge, steamed buns, fried noodles, fried rice noodles, youtiao (fried dough sticks), and other dishes, along with some side dishes.
The main selling point was quantity—enough to fill anyone up.
Lin Mo scooped a plate of fried noodles and a large bowl of fish and meat porridge.
The morning shift was handled by a different group of people.
After sitting down, Lin Mo sprinkled some pepper into the porridge before taking a sip.
The slight spiciness of the pepper masked the faint fishy taste of the porridge while enhancing its overall flavor.
As he drank, footsteps approached from behind.
It was Jiang Yunlu.
She was already dressed neatly, her long hair tied in a different updo today, giving off a vibe reminiscent of a certain Overwatch mom.
Though Jiang Yunlu’s figure and face were slimmer, she was still undeniably attractive.
Beside her, the ever-present strategist Wang Qin followed, chatting as they picked their breakfast.
Jiang Yunlu noticed Lin Mo first. She set her tray down at his table, and this time, Wang Qin didn’t avoid him either, sitting right beside Jiang Yunlu.
"Good morning," Jiang Yunlu said softly.
"Morning," Lin Mo nodded in response.
"When are we heading back?" Wang Qin asked casually.
"After lunch. We still have school tomorrow, so we’ll leave half a day for rest."
Lin Mo dipped a youtiao into his porridge.
After taking a bite of the crispy dough, he looked up at Jiang Yunlu.
"Did you sleep well last night?"
Jiang Yunlu nodded. "Fine. I’m not picky about beds."
For a young mistress, she certainly lacked any spoiled tendencies.
After breakfast, Wang Qin spoke up. "I’ll go pack my things."
With that, she left immediately.
Typical of her.
Jiang Yunlu, however, said, "Take me around the area. Show me where you were fishing yesterday."
"Sure."
Though she didn’t know the way, Jiang Yunlu walked ahead.
Since they were at a farmhouse, she wore long pants.
She strolled along the field ridges by the reservoir, the morning dew still clinging to the grass and brushing against her pants as she passed.
From behind, Jiang Yunlu still had a youthful, unrefined charm.
Lin Mo remembered that in his past life, by their third year of high school, Jiang Yunlu had grown taller and her figure had filled out more. But now, there was a delicate, adolescent beauty about her.
"What are you thinking about? You’re so quiet," the girl turned to look at him.
She wasn’t worried about him staring at her from behind, nor was she afraid of falling into the water.
"I was thinking that in three years, you’ll definitely be even prettier, with a better figure."
The words slipped out before Lin Mo could stop himself.
Jiang Yunlu’s face instantly flushed red. She spun around and glared at him. "Lin Mo! Do you realize that with words like those, I could call you a shameless flirt?"
"I was giving you a blessing. How could you mistake kindness for malice?"
Jiang Yunlu raised her hand and lightly smacked him.
"Who are you calling a dog?"
"Me, alright?"
"Of course! You’re the dog!"
"Keep it up, and I’ll bite you."
......
After lunch, the group gathered to head back.
Deng Yang hadn’t reconciled with Kang Hongbo, but he kept his mouth shut this time.
After all, if he were actually left behind, he’d have to walk all the way to the station.
Once back at school, everyone dispersed.
Chu Miaomiao went home with Xie Yuling for dinner.
As someone who frequently mooched meals, Lin Mo naturally tagged along, though he did bring dishes with him this time.
After New Year’s, finals loomed closer.
With about ten days left, everyone buckled down to study.
Since most of them were naturally bright students, they adapted quickly to the high school rhythm, and their talents soon shone through.
Lin Mo fielded countless questions daily, even from Xue Zigui, who occasionally turned around to ask for help.
Overall, Class Eight had strong camaraderie and morale.
Lin Jiajun sighed while reading the newspaper.
"Where will I go after the arts and sciences split?"
"You’ll become Class Eight’s rival," Lin Mo remarked casually.
"We’d get crushed," Lin Jiajun said, though his tone and expression were relaxed.
Lin Mo remained unfazed as the days passed. After the P.E. teacher finished exams, he suddenly "fell ill."
All music and P.E. classes turned into review sessions.
Even self-study periods were taken over by teachers solving problems.
It wasn’t high-pressure, but it did dampen the usual playful atmosphere.
No troublemakers from other classes showed up either. Everything progressed smoothly, almost mundanely.
But this kind of ordinary routine was... really boring.
So...
"I got a love letter," Xie Yuling announced on their way home.
"Not surprised. You’re smart and pretty. If you don’t get love letters, who would?"
Lin Mo walked beside her, a lollipop in his mouth.
"I threw it straight into the trash."
Lin Mo gave her a thumbs-up. If he received one, he’d do the same.
After all, he had a history.
As the two walked side by side toward the urban village, a figure suddenly blocked their path.
"Xie Yuling, I’ve liked you since middle school. Even if you don’t like me back, please give me a chance to be your friend."
The boy held out a yellow envelope in a half-bow.
Lin Mo couldn’t help but glance at Xie Yuling.
His eyes asked, "This one?"
Xie Yuling studied the letter and nodded silently.
Lin Mo thought for a moment, then sighed.
"Hey, buddy, come with me for a sec."
The boy clearly recognized Lin Mo and snapped, "Lin Mo, you playboy! Don’t think just because you can fight that I’m scared of you!"
Well, if you’re going to be like that...
Lin Mo took two steps back, returning to Xie Yuling’s side, and draped an arm over her shoulder.
"Go on, sweetheart. Someone’s confessing to you. He even wants to be your friend."
Xie Yuling didn’t shake him off. Instead, she said coolly, "Do you not have any friends? Is that why you’re forcing this? That’s just an excuse to get close to me. I already threw that letter away. You dug it out of the trash and handed it back to me—doesn’t that disgust you?!"
Ruthless.
Lin Mo hadn’t expected Xie Yuling’s words to be this brutal.
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
【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.)
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
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.
