Seeing the older brother’s troubled look of deep contemplation and his lack of response for a good while, Yi Feng understood his predicament. He smiled and spoke up tactfully.
"Brother Xu."
"I am new to hunting demons with you all and don't understand the intricacies, but I do know that one should quit while they are ahead. Our harvest tonight is not small; perhaps being rash and greedy for credit wouldn't be wise?"
"This is just my personal feeling. If I have spoken out of turn, I hope you all won't take offense."
As his voice faded, the hunters all murmured in agreement and nodded.
A sharp light flashed in Xu Fengyue's eyes; the more he looked at Yi Feng, the more pleasing he found him.
A talent.
This schoolteacher was truly a talent.
Just listen to his words—they were music to the ears. The phrase "quit while you're ahead" contained infinite wisdom. As expected of a scholar, he was truly sensible and reasonable!
With such a perfect excuse handed to him, Xu Fengyue immediately seized the opportunity to step down gracefully.
"Everyone, Mr. Yi makes a valid point!"
"Since we have made some gains tonight, it is only right to quit while we are ahead. In the future, we must learn more from scholars like the Mister here. Relying solely on brute courage makes it difficult to achieve great things!"
Hearing Yi Feng being praised, Wei Xiaowei temporarily set aside the awkwardness in her heart and obediently chimed in agreement.
The crowd also felt it made sense, though they nodded with a hint of reluctance.
Those subtle expressions naturally did not escape Xu Fengyue's eyes. As the second strongest expert in Qinghe Town, he barely had to think before coming up with a perfect justification.
"However..."
"Since we have accompanied the Mister deep into Mount Qingmang today, simply returning like this would be a bit anticlimactic. Let us put aside the hunting of demons for now; instead, we can search for treasures nearby on the mountain. Who knows? We might find something valuable."
The moment these words were spoken, the group's morale was instantly revitalized!
"Treasure hunting? That is a brilliant idea!"
"As expected of the Captain, tonight's itinerary is arranged perfectly!"
"Isn't that the truth? Treasure hunting is much safer than hunting demons. We won't have to worry too much about the Mister's safety, and we might still gain something. It really is all benefit and no harm!"
"Captain Xu is just smart; no wonder he could become a Great Martial Master!"
With just a few words, everyone perked up. They shouldered the cleaned carcass of the demon tiger, their eyes filled with eagerness.
Under Xu Fengyue's leadership, the squad began to scatter and search the immediate area, constantly scanning the ground and occasionally flipping over boulders, giving off a strong vibe of a treasure-hunting quest in an online game.
Trailing behind and watching for a few moments, Yi Feng was bewildered.
"There are treasures on this mountain?"
As soon as his voice fell, Wei Xiaowei, who was beside him, smiled and responded.
"Naturally, there are."
"Mister, you haven't been in our town for long, so you don't understand Mount Qingmang. It is said that people have indeed found precious weapons on the mountain, and some have even picked up protective treasure armor!"
Yi Feng listened with a dazed look in his eyes, voicing his doubtful amazement.
"There is actually such a good thing?"
"It seems this place is likely extraordinary."
No sooner had he spoken than Xu Fengyue, who was walking ahead, turned back in astonishment. A flicker of shock crossed his face, followed by a gaze filled with elder-brotherly appreciation.
"Mr. Yi, you truly live up to being a scholar; your mind is sharp indeed."
As he spoke, everyone stopped to listen to his explanation.
"According to the elders in town, a long time ago, there was a Qingmang Sect on Mount Qingmang. It seems they even produced a legendary Martial King powerhouse, and were once incredibly prosperous, aweing all directions!"
"Unfortunately, the Qingmang Sect later encountered a great war which led to the destruction of the entire sect. Only broken walls and ruins remain buried on the mountain over the years, proving that this sect indeed existed."
"Niece Wei is correct; people in town have indeed picked up treasures. But what you might not know is that even the Old Patriarch's Life-bound Artifact was obtained from this mountain, and it is a Martial King-grade treasure!"
A Martial King treasure?!
The astonishing words resonated, and the entire team listened with shock in their eyes.
Although they were from Qinghe Town, their cultivation was very limited, so they previously had no qualification to know such inside information. Now, hearing the town's second strongest expert reveal this secret, they felt utterly shaken!
Then, thinking that they might also find some treasure, everyone's face flushed red with excitement.
Even Yi Feng had a flash of faint surprise in his eyes.
"So, Mount Qingmang once had such glory."
Compared to the crowd's shock, this reaction appeared very steady. Xu Fengyue nodded with a somewhat habitual satisfaction before quietly instructing the group.
"Everyone."
"We have walked back and forth on this mountain countless times. Even if you rarely have the chance to venture deep into Mount Qingmang, you should know that traces of the Qingmang Sect's formations still remain on the mountain to this day."
"When searching for treasure later, you must not be greedy or rash. Remember to put safety first!"
Hearing these profound words that sounded somewhat familiar, everyone cupped their fists in reverent acknowledgement.
Setting off once more.
Every member of the squad was filled with anticipation. Even with the warning, it was hard to control the temptation of a Martial King treasure. Unconsciously, they sped up and soon ventured deep into the dense forest.
Unwittingly.
A thick fog rolled in towards them.
Walking at the rear, Yi Feng felt as if he had encountered heavy smog. By the time he waved his hand to clear his vision, there was no one left in front of him.
Instantly.
Yi Feng froze in place, shaking his head with a face full of helplessness.
"Damn it..."
"We got separated so quickly? Even if there are formations, they shouldn't be this effective, right? Big Brother Xu really has a jinxed mouth!"
He truly hadn't expected this.
One moment they were talking about it, and in the blink of an eye, everyone had entered a bewildering formation.
This was practically a 'Cao Cao' formation—speak of the devil and he appears!
The most critical part was that this formation had somehow left him out.
However, since things had come to this and he didn't understand formations, he could only wait where he was to see if there would be any other movement before making a plan...
If all else failed, he would have to forcibly break the formation!
While Yi Feng sat quietly waiting.
The others had already fallen into the mist, their faces filled with urgent panic. Searching all around, they couldn't see Yi Feng's figure, causing even more chaos.
"This is bad, we seem to have entered a formation!"
"Mr. Yi is missing?!"
"What should we do!"
"Mr. Yi has no cultivation base; he's likely in danger. Captain Xu, you must find Mr. Yi!"
Seeing this, Wei Xiaowei was already so anxious that beads of sweat appeared on her forehead as she pleaded.
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
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.
【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.)
