Ye Shu Contemplates the Optimal Plan, Ye Shu Decides on Zisha

Inside the cabin.

Danxia fell completely silent.

In her imagination, she was an avenger reborn from the future, while Ye Shu was a heartless scoundrel who would kneel and beg for mercy, make endless excuses, or try to use their past affection to slip by.

She was ready to face his pathetic display, ready to end this sinful karma with icy flames.

But reality?

The man before her was neither servile nor overbearing, lacking even a hint of fear.

Every word he spoke was for her own good, so considerate that it made her feel like she was the one being unreasonable.

The resentment she harbored from her rebirth felt like a punch landing on cotton. Not only did she fail to vent her anger, but her chest also felt stifled.

I...

She opened her mouth but didn't know what else to say.

Right, what was there to say?

After careful consideration, she found herself utterly speechless.

It seemed that accepting everything Ye Shu said was the truly correct path, with no other options available. But why... did her heart feel so empty?

She won, but not completely.

After a long while, Danxia finally took a deep breath.

I will take you out of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. During this time, our plan remains unchanged. At least within the Magical Beast Mountain Range, I am still your master. I will still teach you cultivation, teach you the Dao of Alchemy, and help you improve your strength. You don't need to feel troubled. Just treat it as my return for your fifteen years of provision, and also... the final bond of master and disciple between us.

After saying that, she sighed, and her figure gradually dissipated.

Seeing this, Ye Shu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

A light breeze blew past.

He suddenly shivered, only then realizing that his back was completely drenched in sweat, his clothes clinging wetly to his skin.

He glanced at the braised pork on the table and ultimately pulled out a chair to sit down. Since things have come to this, let's eat first.

He picked up his chopsticks, but his hands trembled violently.

The braised pork, slightly deformed from being stepped on by Xiaobai, was picked up and dropped, picked up and dropped. His chopsticks shook non-stop like he had Parkinson's, as if deliberately working against him.

In the end, it was Xiaobai who picked up the braised pork with her small hands.

Here, eat. The Heavenly Dao is personally feeding you.

She pinched the braised pork, her little face flushed red. Consider this a reward for your good performance just now.

Ye Shu didn't act coy and opened his mouth to eat it.

Mental exertion often consumes more energy than normal exercise, and he urgently needed to replenish his energy right now.

While eating, he closed his eyes in deep thought.

In the pitch-black field of vision, his thoughts became clear.

As a Child of Destiny, his starting point was the most classic of classics, the Xiao Huohuo template. He was transmigrated in the womb, awakened his past life's wisdom, opened his mouth to recite poetry at age three, and stepped into Qi Refining at age five, shocking Moon City.

He also had an arranged childhood marriage with Li Qingran, the eldest miss of the Li family, one of the four great families of the Taiwu Imperial City.

At the age of eight, the year he was supposed to reach Foundation Establishment, his Qi Sea inexplicably dissipated.

No matter how much he cultivated, all spiritual energy vanished into nothingness, leaving him empty, as if falling into an abyss.

From then on, he was reduced to a fallen genius, enduring the scorn of his clan.

He also had a childhood sweetheart who grew up with him, innocent and pure, who never abandoned him.

Eventually, his engagement was annulled by the Li family, and a three-year agreement was set.

A three-year agreement...

Ye Shu softly muttered these words.

Originally, with Danxia as his master and his innate talent, returning to Foundation Establishment or even the Golden Core realm within three years to crush that Li family's eldest miss again wouldn't have been difficult. But now, once he left the Magical Beast Mountain Range, he would be completely alone.

That wasn't even the biggest problem.

Damn it, what cultivation levels were the villains and heroines at right now?

Golden Core at the very least.

And looking back at himself?

He had just restarted his cultivation and was at the third level of Qi Refining.

Sigh...

Ye Shu let out a heavy sigh, feeling a terrible headache. What the hell was this?

It was equivalent to not even having left the beginner's village.

All of his future sources of support had rebelled, and the villains even had advance intelligence that he would grow strong. It was like the Soul Emperor knowing from the very beginning that Xiao Yan would become the Flame Emperor, and his own Elder Yao had even been turned against him, ready to stab him in the back at any moment.

So his only hope right now was...

Ye Shu opened his eyes and looked at Xiaobai in front of him.

So, Lord Heavenly Dao, may I ask what use you have?

Me?

Hearing this, Xiaobai paused for a moment, then proudly puffed out her chest. Her tender white little feet swung back and forth on the dining table, stepping on the plates and making clattering sounds, as she spoke in an old-fashioned tone:

I am incredibly amazing!

Grandma said I am great at taking care of my younger sister. When I grow up and get married, I will definitely be good at raising kids. Plus, I know how to use a smartphone, I can go to the restroom by myself, I know how to find shelter when it rains, and I can use a washing machine to wash clothes.

Grandma said I will definitely be able to get into a university in the future.

So, as expected, I got accepted into the Traditional Xuanhuan Vocational and Technical College, and I even made it into the most popular Annulled Engagement major!

When Xiaobai reached this point, her eyes lit up.

I ranked first in every subject! I am proficient in the one hundred and eight ways a male protagonist can show off during a broken engagement, and the three thousand tropes of how a trash-tier male protagonist should be mocked by bystanders...

...

After hearing this, Ye Shu's vision went dark.

What the hell, she's basically just a child bride, isn't she?

Do you have anything that is actually helpful to me? he asked, forcibly suppressing his desire to complain.

Of course I do!

Xiaobai nodded heavily. Just like I said earlier, although I cannot directly interfere with the living beings of this world, I can use an invisible hand to macro-manage things, allowing you to encounter various fortuitous events and grow step by step.

For example, people might come to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to hunt magical beasts, ending up mutually wounded, and you can take advantage of the situation.

For example, a certain ruin might be about to open.

For example, I know where all the good things in various secret realms are. When no one is looking, I can secretly transform into the item you need the most at that moment.

Hearing this, Ye Shu's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

He had to apologize for calling Xiaobai useless just now.

He rubbed his hands together and smiled somewhat ingratiatingly. Then, Lord Heavenly Dao, could you make me trip over a rock as soon as I go outside later? Then I'd discover that the thing I tripped over is actually a bottle of pills. Upon opening it, I'd find the long-lost Nine Revolutions Golden Pill inside, and with one bite, I'd immediately become an immortal.

Then I'd unleash my divine might and slap the villain to death with one strike.

We can just do a speedrun.

Do you think that could work?

Hearing this, Xiaobai was dumbfounded. Looking at Ye Shu rubbing his hands together like a fly, her brain completely crashed.

How could there be such a genius idea?

But if he did that, how could this book keep padding its word count?

Well about that...

Xiaobai frowned and shook her head. If it was when the world was just formed, that would be possible. But now that the plot has started, everything has been finalized, and the items have been placed. I can only swap out the rewards in those secret realms to give you the greatest help based on your real-time situation.

Hearing this, Ye Shu looked disappointed.

What the heck, he thought he could do a speedrun.

And... and...

Xiaobai suddenly grabbed the hem of her clothes, her little feet swinging uneasily on the table. Blushing with embarrassment, she stammered:

I forgot to tell you...

"Actually, even though the original plot implanted by the system has some deviations, all the locations of the fortuitous encounters and the ways to obtain them are completely real..."

"Huh?"

Ye Shu was completely dumbfounded.

"Are you telling me that right now, not only does the villain know I will eventually become the Flame Emperor, and not only will the heroines side with him, but all the reincarnated heroines and the villain also know exactly what lucky breaks I am supposed to get in the future, allowing them to snatch them all away before I do?"

"Um... yes, that is correct..."

Xiaobai bit her lip lightly, keeping her head down, too afraid to look at him.

"Are you kidding me..."

Ye Shu was so furious that he actually laughed.

Without another word, he put down his chopsticks, stood up, and turned to walk out the door.

"Hey! Where are you going?"

Xiaobai called out to his retreating figure.

Ye Shu did not even look back, leaving behind only a desolate silhouette.

"I am going to find a river to drown myself in, so the villain and the heroines cannot use my head to boost their KD ratio."