After Chen Xia finished alchemy, he developed another elegant interest.
Drinking tea.
Mainly when he was bored, the process of brewing and drinking tea could help pass the time.
Sometimes Chen Xia didn't even drink the tea he brewed, just gave it to the dog after steeping it.
In addition, he would also play chess with Big Yellow Dog and Chi Yu to pass time like a typical old man.
They could spend a long time on one game, and Chen Xia rarely talked about the rules, without messing around.
The three brothers took turns playing. Whoever lost would be replaced by one of the other two.
So there was always another one on the sidelines directing the game.
"Eat his horse, eat it!"
"Move here, then his horse will be gone!"
"Haha, your horse is gone!"
"..."
Chen Xia always felt these were not exactly kind words, but he didn't interfere too much, because he spoke like this too.
The three brothers played chess anxiously, unable to decide a clear winner or loser, each with wins and losses.
The reason was simple.
All three of them were top-notch terrible chess players.
If any one of them was slightly better, this three-legged stalemate would not happen.
Among them, Chen Xia's killer move was classic - attacking the horse right at the start, just trying to take out a horse.
So you couldn't blame Big Yellow Dog and Chi Yu for shouting "your horse is gone" all the time.
Because Chen Xia started it in the first place.
Apart from alchemy, tea tasting, and chess, Chen Xia picked up a new hobby.
Keeping a diary.
Mainly to record some trivial things in daily life, so the content was very simple.
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Year 70, January 13, sunny.
Big Yellow Dog took out my two horses at the start of the game. Chi Yu on the sidelines shouted "your horses are gone". Remember to fight back next time.
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Year 70, April 21, sunny.
Got lucky today, went out for a stroll and picked up two shiny stones that seemed to be spirit stones.
Who knows, but they were just the right size to prop up the corners of a table.
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Year 72, May 2, slightly overcast.
Today is a memorable day. The medicinal pills I refined finally had a great effect, able to heal wounds and replenish vital essence.
Just don't know how effective they are. I'll let Big Yellow Dog try them first. If the effect is good I can make more.
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May 3, overcast.
Big Yellow Dog lost too much blood. Sent him to the doctor's for care.
Looks like the pills aren't as good as I thought. But Chi Yu really went overboard, I told him to just make a small cut, yet he nearly chopped Big Yellow Dog's arm off. Luckily I reacted fast to stop him, otherwise we almost couldn't have saved him.
Now I seriously suspect there is some unknown grudge between them. I'll ask Chi Yu about it later.
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May 5, overcast.
Big Yellow Dog came back. He looks at Chi Yu somewhat strangely, probably wants to chop him back.
I should go advise them, otherwise it will affect the relationship between the brothers.
But mediating must be fair to both sides.
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May 7, slightly sunny.
Decided, I'll let them give each other a chop, that way it depends on their own skill.
But Big Yellow Dog doesn't seem willing, understandable, he can't beat Chi Yu.
Sigh, mediating is so hard. Forget it, I'm tired, let them fight it out themselves.
I'll just have the doctor stand by.
To be safe, I also called in the mortician.
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Year 78.
The junior elder said he lost his Celestial Color Spirit Stone, asked us all to help look for it, big reward for who finds it.
Hilarious, if I could find it why would I need your reward.
I'd definitely take it for myself first.
Can't find it anyway, too lazy to look. Better practice alchemy first, got a new idea to make a pill that looks very bitter and tastes very bitter too.
The effect makes everything taste bitter for 3 days after eating it.
Once it's done let Yellow Dog try it first, it loves to eat pills most.
I'm just too good at catering to dogs I guess.
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Year 79.
Pill refining failed, the furnace blew up. But can't be helped, this was a shoddy alchemy furnace borrowed from the canteen, couldn't withstand the high heat.
I'll borrow another one from the canteen next time.
Note: Big Yellow Dog looks very happy today, can't stop smiling. Maybe something good happened, didn't say when I asked, just kept laughing.
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Year 89.
Haven't written in the diary for a long time, almost lost the book until I flipped through and found it today.
Something happened today that I feel is worth recording.
Big Yellow Dog turns out isn't just a dog. It said it has heavenly wolf bloodline, so when it sees the full moon or something happy it likes to howl.
Turns out it's a wolf-dog hybrid.
Didn't expect to see such a familiar crossbreed in the Blue Sky Sword Sea too.
Very touching.
Also Chi Yu said he's not an ordinary bird but a Three Thousand Blazing Crow.
Though everyone already knew that. I still hope he can reveal some more surprising facts, best with a touch of fantasy.
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Year 96.
Big Yellow Dog almost got into a fight with Chi Yu over chess today. Kept eating each other's horses, if you're gonna eat just eat, why shout it out loud.
I need to correct this too, can't gloat at the sidelines anymore. Gotta stop this behavior and create a friendly communication environment.
Civil, polite, kind, helpful.
That's what new era cultivators should do.
Not eating others horses then shouting about it all the time.
Simply low class.
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Year 98.
Ate Yellow Dog's horses 3 games in a row today and shouted it out loudly each time. Awesome!
This is chess!
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Year 110.
This won't do. I feel we can't fight amongst ourselves like this, it seriously affects the relationship between brothers.
So after discussing we decided to promote chess to the other apprentices, let them play too.
Spread the new ideals and qualities of new era cultivators, and the competitive spirit of chess.
It is our duty!
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Year 110, Dec 30.
Boring. Picked up the two horses again. More passionate to play this way.
Not only can play chess, but even fight after.
Truly awesome to vent emotions like this.
Seems more and more apprentices are taking horses at the start now.
Feels a bit dull.
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Year 115.
The junior elder overseeing apprentices suddenly asked me today, saying cases of apprentices fighting and brawling increased extremely fast this year, even more than the last 100 years combined.
He asked if I had any clues.
What clues could I have, they want to fight then fight, none of my business, not like I made them fight.
But based on physiological possibilities, I still explained to the elder.
Maybe they're in heat, competing for mates. Very common in nature.
The junior elder didn't quite believe it. Said they're high level beings, how could they fight over mates when there's none to compete for.
Oh well, believe it or not. I can't think of other reasons.
Can't be because of taking horses at the start, right...
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Year 121.
Played chess with Yellow Dog and Chi Yu all day today. Lost a lot, don't know why.
Looked over the chess records carefully, couldn't sleep anyway. Read till midnight before I saw the clue hidden in the words.
"Taking horses at the start."
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
or! A blessing for those who struggle with love, a guidebook for dating novices. Quickly match with your dream goddess! Complete walkthroughs earn rewards, and perfect walkthroughs unlock limited achievements!】 Shen Yi, an ordinary office worker, accidentally downloads a mini-game called Dating Simulator. The mini-game is simple: randomly search for dating targets, simulate dates, and receive rewards upon successful confession. Rewards include but are not limited to money, attributes, and skills. The higher the evaluation, the better the rewards, with perfect ratings unlocking mysterious achievements. Shen Yi plans to use this mysterious mini-game to continuously pursue targets and improve himself, making his life better and better. ...... However, after several successful walkthroughs, Shen Yi suddenly notices something strange - the targets he previously simulated dating seem to be searching for him in real life?
