Ye Chuan pondered for a moment.
As expected, the young mistress's way of making money was faster.
But the problem was that the options didn't include—
"Forget it, this is how text-based adventures are—lacking a bit of interactivity." Since the adventure had already begun, Ye Chuan couldn't be bothered to fuss over it. Among the available choices, he spotted one about selecting a destination.
【Adventurers' Guild】
Might as well head there and take a look.
"I'm at the Golden Core realm, which should be around fourth-tier strength. That shouldn't be too weak on the Aiser Continent, right?" Ye Chuan wasn't entirely sure.
Since the two continents were on a similar level, and he could sense Lilith's strength as well.
【You enter the Adventurers' Guild. The layout resembles a tavern, with people not only drinking but even eating meals… Most of them are burly, and there are also robed figures reading documents.】
【"Welcome to the Yisu Adventurers' Guild. Are you here to accept a quest or seek assistance from adventurers?" A bespectacled girl greets you warmly.】
【You choose…】
【1. Learn more】
【2. Accept a quest for rewards】
【3. Leave】
Better learn more first.
【You choose to learn more. Seeing you're a newcomer, the bespectacled girl explains the general workings of the Adventurers' Guild.】
【The Adventurers' Guild operates independently of the major empires and is not under their jurisdiction. Anyone can register as an adventurer.】
【Those in need post quests at the guild, and adventurers complete them for rewards, with the guild taking a fixed commission.】
【Adventurer ranks are: Black Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond.】
【The bespectacled girl smiles at you. "Would you like me to repeat that?"】
【You decline out of politeness and proceed to register as an adventurer out of curiosity.】
【Obtained: Black Iron Guild Certification x1】
【"To match quests to your skill level, you can undergo a strength assessment~" The bespectacled girl, the guild's receptionist, takes out a crystal ball. You choose…】
【1. Undergo assessment】
【2. Refuse】
【3. Confuse her with an Iron Mountain Shoulder Strike on the spot】
【Out of caution, you skip the assessment and instead perform an Iron Mountain Shoulder Strike as a distraction. Though puzzled, she assumes it's a dance from your homeland and doesn't press further.】
【You’ve become a Black Iron adventurer. You choose…】
【You opt to accept a quest. Due to your low rank, you’re limited to menial tasks like cleaning sewers, hauling bricks, or gathering herbs—simple jobs with meager pay.】
"Seriously? I'm a Golden Core expert, and this is all I get?" Ye Chuan couldn't help but feel something was off.
Very off.
He skimmed the remaining options—mostly just accepting or abandoning quests.
"So I’m stuck doing grunt work?" The limitations of the text-based adventure annoyed him. Starting from scratch wasn’t appealing.
Whatever. Let’s just dive in.
Time to switch modes.
【You switch to adventure mode. Current mode: Text】
【Switching—】
……
When his eyes opened again, the scent of roasted meat filled his nostrils.
Ye Chuan exhaled slowly as his awareness sharpened. Instinctively, he glanced around—
The space was furnished with oak wood, the pale-red floor tiles adorned with vintage patterns. The damp musk of moss mingled with the charred aroma of meat.
A massive crystal chandelier hung at the center of the hall, its eerie blue stones flickering within the lampshade, casting fragmented light over the bustling crowd below.
Faded bounty posters covered one wall, their edges curled from countless fingers. Some of the wanted portraits bore dried bloodstains.
"Is something wrong?" A voice snapped him back to attention.
His gaze focused ahead, where the bespectacled girl from the text adventure now stood before him in the flesh—elongated, elf-like ears peeking through her hair. She wore gold-rimmed glasses and a tailored blue-and-white uniform, a vibrant feather pinned to her square cap.
"An elf?" Ye Chuan eyed her ears curiously.
"Sir, I’m only a half-elf. Please don’t stare at someone’s ears like that."
"Oh, sorry." He averted his gaze, noticing the guild was filled with all sorts of peculiar humanoid creatures.
Nearby, a tiger-headed warrior in battle gear slammed his chipped axe onto the floor, the impact rattling the glass of a snake-faced man across from him.
A group of green-skinned humanoids huddled in a corner, counting loot, while ordinary-looking humans chatted over drinks. The scene was bizarre yet harmonious.
"So this is the Aiser Continent," Ye Chuan murmured before catching himself. "Right, miss, if I wanted to collect rewards—"
"Y-you just called me what?" The half-elf receptionist seemed flustered.
"Collect rewards…?" He frowned. Had he said something wrong?
"Before that!"
"Oh, right—miss?"
"You called me beautiful?" She cupped her cheeks, incredulous. "I’m just an ugly half-elf… Even if you say that, I won’t do anything special for you…"
"Ugly?" Ye Chuan studied her. She looked perfectly fine to him—great figure, pretty face.
"No, no, you really are beautiful," he clarified. Why did she react like Lilith, getting all worked up over a compliment?
"Eek!" The receptionist crouched, hiding her face, her pointed ears flushing red.
Ye Chuan: "?"
What?
"Cultural difference? Are compliments taboo here?" As he puzzled over it, a voice cut in from behind.
"What’s going on here? Are you messing with our Miss Eisien?"
Ye Chuan turned to find a girl standing behind him—shoulder-length hair, petite frame barely reaching 1.6 meters, clad in form-fitting leather armor with a dagger at her side.
"Messing with her? I didn’t say anything offensive, did I?"
"'Beautiful' is reserved for one’s wife. Don’t tell me you didn’t know that?" The girl crossed her arms, tilting her head with a look that screamed,
【Where the hell did you crawl out from?】
Beautiful is only for wives?
"……" Definitely a cultural gap.
"I’m from a very distant place. Where I’m from, it’s normal to call lovely girls 'beautiful,'" Ye Chuan explained.
"……" The girl scrutinized him like a predator sizing up prey, making Ye Chuan feel like he was being stalked by a leopard.
Her aura didn’t feel weak at all.
"Where are you from?"
"China."
"Huh?"
【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.)
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
't think I'm that capable, I'm just trying my best to stay alive. I've been kind all my life, never did anything bad, yet worldly suffering spared me not one bit. The human world is a nice place, but I won't come back in my next life. A kind young man, who wanted to just get by singing, but through repeated deceits and betrayals, has gone down an irredeemable path.
shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]
