"Where on earth is Fairy Doctor Sister?"
In Qingshan Town, a group of young men and women wearing the blue disciple uniforms of the Qingxuan Sect stood by the river, looking left and right, but they couldn't see even half a shadow of Xia Hanmo.
"The grannies in town said they saw her go wash clothes."
"But... there's no one here at all!"
Qin Ke'er, who ranked second to last on Zixiao Peak, raised her hand to her eyebrows and looked left and right, peering all the way to the distant Magical Beast Mountain Range, but she didn't see a single figure by the riverbank.
"She couldn't have slipped and fallen into the water while washing clothes and washed herself away, right?" Qin Ke'er shrugged and muttered softly with a pout.
"I originally wanted to save her from her sea of suffering."
"Now it seems..." Qin Ke'er shook her head and sighed. "I'd better burn some paper money for her. It's good that she's dead, so she won't have to meet that scumbag. Rounding it up, it's actually a good thing."
Saying that, she pulled out a stack of paper money from who knows where and casually tossed it into the air.
Rustle—
The paper pages fluttered about, really making it look like the real deal.
"Fairy Doctor Sister, Ke'er will avenge you. If it wasn't for that scumbag, you wouldn't have come to wash clothes, and you wouldn't have fallen into the water..."
She closed her eyes, clasped her hands together, and muttered under her breath.
Smack—
Just then, a palm raised high and slapped her hard on the top of her head. The pain made Qin Ke'er almost jump up on the spot. She clutched her head and looked pitifully at the perpetrator.
"Second Senior Sister, why did you hit me?"
"Look at you, saying such depressing things all day." The woman who hit her was dressed in a purple dress; she was Lu Qinghuan, the Second Senior Sister of Zixiao Peak.
She pointed at the empty riverbank and scolded angrily:
"Leaving aside whether a cultivator can drown from falling into the water, have you ever seen someone fall into the water while washing clothes, yet leave not a single piece of clothing on the bank?"
"Maybe when she fell, she dragged the clothes down with her..." Qin Ke'er defended herself pitifully.
"Still talking back!"
Lu Qinghuan's eyebrows shot up as she raised her hand to strike again.
Frightened, Qin Ke'er immediately covered her head.
It was the slightly older Eldest Senior Sister standing nearby who stopped her and smoothed things over.
"Alright, alright, why are you arguing with Ke'er?"
Zheng Yunshu looked at the empty riverbank, where only the river water surged, and guessed, "Maybe the granny saw wrong. Fairy Doctor Sister probably didn't come to wash clothes. How could a living person drown in the water?"
"Eldest Senior Brother, don't you think so?"
"M-me?"
Su Xiao, who had been admiring the blue sky and white clouds, looked bewildered.
He was just an NPC watching the show.
Why was he getting involved?
But since he was asked, it would be impolite not to answer.
"I think Junior Sister Yunshu is right."
"Xia Hanmo might have gone to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to gather herbs, and the granny mistakenly thought she came to wash clothes."
"After all, this place is desolate and remote."
"Providing free medical consultations for the townspeople requires a huge amount of herbs, so it's inevitable for her to frequently go to the mountains to gather them."
As he spoke, Su Xiao sighed in his heart.
It was quite a pity not to see the beautiful and kind-hearted Fairy Doctor Sister from the original novel.
Even if she was the male lead's woman, it would still be nice to just look at her.
Looking isn't a crime, right?
"Hmph! See, I was right, wasn't I?"
Lu Qinghuan withdrew her fist and raised her chin triumphantly.
Qin Ke'er covered her head and pouted.
"Alright, alright."
Zheng Yunshu waved her hand and pointed in the direction of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. "Since Fairy Doctor Sister isn't in Qingshan Town and went into the mountains to gather herbs, let's set off for the Magical Beast Mountain Range now!"
"After all, gaining experience through trials is our main goal, isn't it?"
Lu Qinghuan and Qin Ke'er exchanged a glance and nodded.
Indeed.
Finding Fairy Doctor Sister was just a side task.
The important thing was to take their Senior Brother to get the fortuitous encounters in the Magical Beast Mountain Range to make up for the debts owed in their previous lives.
"Let's go then."
Seeing that they had made up their minds, Su Xiao didn't know that these girls were secretly planning to intercept his opportunities. He was still wondering if he could accidentally bump into the female lead gathering herbs and travel together with her.
The night was dark as the four of them headed to the Magical Beast Mountain Range together.
Meanwhile.
In the Magical Beast Mountain Range, by the Golden Lion Cave.
Ye Shu was completely unaware that the four had already entered the mountains.
But even if he knew, it wouldn't matter.
Anyway, he had already taken the ancient tome dozens of steps ahead of them and even left some little gifts behind.
"Shu'er."
Above the stream, a red dress drifted like sunset clouds, bells tinkled lightly at her waist, and a few wisps of nether ancient fire floated beside her. From afar, she looked just like a female ghost.
"What divine ability do you want to learn?"
"I want to learn the Octane Blast."
Ye Shu's eyes sparkled with excitement.
"Your master doesn't know it." Danxia shook her head.
"?"
"No way, you are the grandpa in the ring! How could you not know the Octane Blast?"
Danxia spun around on the spot, her red sleeves dancing lightly. She struck a breathtakingly beautiful pose and raised her chin disdainfully. "Such a crude move, how could a gentle lady like me know it?"
"What about the Six Combinations Wandering Ruler?"
"Don't know it."
"The Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler?"
"Don't know it."
"Three Thousand Lightning Movement."
"Don't know it."
"No, how come you don't know anything?" Ye Shu pointed at Danxia, speechless for a long time.
"Well, I have something to say too."
Danxia puffed out her cheeks and said angrily, "I've never even heard of the things you mentioned. How could I possibly know them? Do you think your master is a scripture pavilion where you can get whatever you want?"
"Uh..."
Hearing this, Ye Shu scratched his head awkwardly.
He forgot that although Xiaobai copied the classic tropes, this was still a cultivation world no matter how you looked at it.
"Then what divine abilities do you know?"
"Hmph! I know plenty."
Speaking of this, Danxia looked proud. She floated in the air, flicked her red sleeves, and they billowed in the wind. Instantly, fragrance drifted for ten miles, and her sleeves filled the sky.
"I will teach you Cloud Sleeves Filling the Sky. With one strike of the sleeve, fragrance drifts for ten miles, and a shower of flowers fills the sky, dazzling the eyes. It kills invisibly, beautiful but not vulgar, clean and swift."
"Too flashy and girly."
Ye Shu shook his head. "Not learning it, not learning it."
Hearing this, Danxia was not annoyed.
She conjured a long sword in her hand and danced in the wind. As the sword moved, flowers fell, and lotuses bloomed beneath her feet. Every move and stance exuded beauty. Peach blossoms drifted down from the sky, and her red dress and long sleeves perfectly displayed her beautiful figure, making it impossible to look away.
"I will teach you the Green Lotus Sword Art, how about that?"
Danxia put away the sword and looked at Ye Shu, who was staring blankly with drool dribbling from the corner of his mouth, and the corners of her lips curled up.
Ye Shu was still a bit dazed.
He had to admit, his master was truly beautiful, especially those small feet, which looked absolutely stunning paired with the blooming lotuses beneath them. If he could eat them...
No, he couldn't think about that anymore.
Slurp—
Ye Shu wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth and shook his head.
"Like a performer in a brothel, too pretentious. Not learning it, not learning it."
"Then I will teach you..."
"No masculine spirit. Not learning it, not learning it."
"Then..."
"Not learning it, not learning it."
After back and forth, Danxia finally got a bit angry. Furious, she pointed at Ye Shu's nose and scolded, "You won't learn this and you won't learn that. You bad disciple, aiming too high! I'm not teaching you anymore."
"If you won't teach, then don't."
Ye Shu curled his lips and muttered in a low voice, "None of them are what I want to learn anyway. They're all just flashy and impractical. No wonder you got beaten up so badly that you're only left with a remnant soul."
"What did you say?!"
Danxia's ears twitched, and she immediately flew into a rage.
"N-nothing," Ye Shu hurriedly waved his hands. "I was saying that Master's divine abilities are truly exquisite, both beautiful and practical. Unfortunately, your disciple's knowledge is shallow, and I am not worthy of learning them."
"Hmph! At least you have a good eye."
Danxia snorted coldly and crossed her arms.
"Then if you don't want to learn this and don't want to learn that, what do you want? Are you going to create your own divine abilities to use?"
"Create my own divine abilities to use?"
Ye Shu was taken aback, and then his eyes lit up.
Damn right! If he could create his own cultivation method, why couldn't he create his own divine abilities? Creating divine abilities based on the Cosmic Stars would be the most suitable for himself.
"Hahaha! Thank you, Master! Your disciple has reached an enlightenment!"
"What did you reach an enlightenment about?"
While Danxia was still looking bewildered, Ye Shu had already sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and silently felt the trajectory of the spiritual energy running in his body, looking for a way to maximize its release.
Unconsciously, the Eight Extremities Collapse came to his mind.
.........
Time ticked by.
Seeing that he hadn't moved for a long time, Danxia was about to return to the ring to catch some more sleep.
But just as she yawned.
Whoosh!
Ye Shu suddenly opened his eyes, and his entire person disappeared from his spot in an instant. The next second, he appeared under a big tree ten meters away.
He stood firmly in a horse stance, his right arm bent.
"Shaohai, Zhou Xingding!"
The acupoint in the center of his elbow shone brightly as he smashed it fiercely against the tree trunk.
Bam!
The tree trunk was directly sent flying by the elbow strike. With a series of cracking sounds, it smashed through dozens of large trees, dragging them all into the water.
Looking at the tree trunks piled up on the surface of the water, Ye Shu clapped his hands, a smug smile appearing on his face. It was indeed a move he had copied from the Heart-Piercing Elbow of the Eight Extremities Fist from his past life.
With just a little spiritual energy, the effect was remarkable.
"This... this..."
Danxia stared dumbfounded at the water's surface.
Ye Shu thought she was stunned by his talent and raised his chin quite proudly. "How is it? Are you scared by this young master's strength?"
"N-no."
Danxia pointed hesitantly at the river. "Shu'er, under those tree trunks you broke... there seems to be a person crushed underneath."
"Holy crap!"
Ye Shu was startled and looked closely.
Between the driftwood floating on the river, there really seemed to be a faint white figure.
It was a person.
And it was a woman!
saw a female celebrity tied up and stuffed in the trunk! Little did he know, countless cameras were aimed at him at this moment - this was a new type of reality show. The first randomly selected passerby was caught in less than an hour. But when Xu Moru was selected, things started to take an unexpected turn. "Damn, this isn't how the script goes. This Xu Moru is too bold, he's not following the rules at all." "Crap, is this guy taking it seriously?" "The female celebrity has been scared to tears!"
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
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."
