"As a mage, how can you be infatuated with a succubus?!" The gaunt man seemed rather irritated upon hearing Ye Chuan's words, his goatee even trembling with anger.
"Won't lend me money, and now you're lecturing me? What a rigid old man," Ye Chuan scoffed. "What's wrong with succubi? Are you prejudiced?"
"Of course not!" The man grabbed his wand from the table, clearly unwilling to argue further, and turned to leave the Adventurer's Guild.
Ye Chuan could still hear the man grumbling outside.
Shrugging, Ye Chuan lazily leaned back in his chair, waiting for the guild's receptionist to arrive. It didn’t take long—as sunlight spilled through the door, a familiar half-elf girl walked in.
"Miss Eisien, right?" Ye Chuan greeted her.
"Hey."
"Eh?!" Eisien blushed the moment she saw Ye Chuan, seemingly recalling last night’s events. "Mr. Xi Xi, didn’t you accept a quest? Why are you still here?"
"Because I finished it."
"That’s not a funny joke," Eisien adjusted her glasses, about to say something else when Ye Chuan flicked his fingers. A massive spider leg suddenly appeared on the counter.
Its metallic sheen and traces of poison left Eisien stunned. "T-this… the Luminous Venomspider King?!"
"Yep."
"But you only took the quest last night! You hunted it down in just one night?" Eisien could hardly believe it—this efficiency was unreal.
"Is there only one leg?"
"No, most of it’s intact except for the head, which I smashed." Ye Chuan had kept enough for identification purposes.
Otherwise, how would anyone recognize it as the Venomspider King?
"Wait, come with me first." Knowing the creature’s size, Eisien led Ye Chuan to another room—spacious, filled with tools, likely a place for dismantling monster remains.
"Please place it here."
"Sure."
Ye Chuan casually summoned the Luminous Venomspider King’s corpse. The moment the enormous body appeared before the receptionist, she gasped. "This really is the Venomspider King? I remember it being much smaller."
"Can I complete the quest now?" Ye Chuan asked. "According to the rules, I get half the reward and a promotion to Silver-rank adventurer?"
"Of course!"
Eisien quickly processed the paperwork. Soon after, she handed him a new silver-white identification card. "Mr. Xi Xi, congratulations on becoming a Silver-rank adventurer."
"And this—3,500 silver coins." She passed him a pouch. "Please count them."
"No need." Ye Chuan tossed it into his storage bag, where the amount instantly displayed. He doubted an organization like the Adventurer’s Guild would shortchange him.
After all, this was a life-or-death business. If rewards were skimped, adventurers would probably tear the place apart.
Time to investigate succubi properly!
As Ye Chuan strode out of the guild without a backward glance, Eisien watched him with fascination. "He really is incredible… and he even said I was pretty…"
"Eek!" She covered her flushed face. "But I’m just an ugly half-elf…"
"Still…"
BAM! A loud crash interrupted her thoughts. "Hey! Who brought in that Luminous Venomspider King?!"
Eisien jumped, her glasses slipping off her nose. She flailed midair before clumsily readjusting them. "W-what’s wrong, Mr. Qiaoba?"
The towering figure behind her was a minotaur—a beastman responsible for dismantling monsters at the guild.
Was there something off about that Venomspider King?
Considering Ye Chuan’s absurdly fast completion time, a thought struck her. "Could it be… fake?"
"Fake? That’s a mutated Luminous Venomspider King! Even a Gold-rank party would struggle against it!" Qiaoba growled.
"I thought the guild posted it as a Silver-rank reward?"
"Wha—? A Gold-rank mutated Venomspider King?!" Eisien blinked, then hurriedly explained, "He’s already left."
"Tch. Fine. If that adventurer shows up again, explain it to him."
"Understood."
Qiaoba snorted through his massive nostrils and stomped away.
"A mutated Luminous Venomspider King…"
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Meanwhile, Ye Chuan had already returned to the streets.
He soon found the alleyway housing the succubus den—dimly lit, oddly fragrant, with people occasionally slipping in and out.
Now with money in hand, Ye Chuan strode inside.
It didn’t take long to locate the succubus parlor. Unlike illustrations, the sight of half-naked succubi in the flesh piqued his curiosity.
So this is what succubi are like.
Scantily clad, tiny wings, faintly glowing demonic markings on their stomachs.
He recalled Lan Xiaoke once had a succubus cosplay outfit. Wonder how she’d look in it.
"Ah, welcome, guest~" A petite succubus trotted over, but upon recognizing Ye Chuan’s face, she hesitated. "Sir, we don’t offer credit."
In her eyes, he was just another impulsive visitor.
"I’ve got money," Ye Chuan said.
"Oh? Right this way~" The succubus immediately brightened, looping her arm around his with a giggle. "Come with me, guest~"
Her closeness brought a strange, intoxicating fragrance—pleasant, with an almost hypnotic effect.
Inside the parlor, more succubi lounged about, barely covered. They cooed in unison as he entered, "Good morning, honored guest~"
"Sir, which service would you like?" The little succubus presented a menu. "Our current special is the ten-silver package."
"What does ten silver get me?"
"Full-body massage, customized dreams, and a meal service~" she chimed.
"Customized dreams?"
"Mm! We succubi can alter dreams. Just sleep here, and we’ll craft any dream you desire~" Noticing his inexperience, she leaned in, whispering by his ear,
"Any dream~ you can imagine~"
"Interesting." Ye Chuan tossed ten silver coins onto the counter. "Let’s try it."
"Thank you, guest~ This way~"
She guided him toward a private room—but just then, a door down the hallway swung open.
A gaunt man in nothing but shorts stepped out.
"Hm?" Ye Chuan glanced over. This guy… looked familiar?
Wait. Isn’t that the mage from the guild?
iaobai: "Councilor Dad, front me some funds. I want to hire ten thousand professional miners for a project!" [Five-Star Mission Issued: Capture the leader of the Blood Heaven Pirate Gang, who is on the run in the Radiant Star Sector. It is said the gang has over a hundred members. Proceed with caution.] Lu Xiaobai: "Councilor Dad, lend me the family's hundred-thousand-strong Lu Army!" [Seven-Star Mission Issued: Subdue a juvenile Void Dragon Beast.] Lu Xiaobai: "Councilor Dad, I'm taking your tamed Void Dragon Beast King out for a family reunion!" I said, System, don't you have any slightly more challenging missions? You're just not up to par! [Nine-Star Mission Issued: Become the Human Councilor.] Lu Xiaobai: "Dad, there's a small matter I'd like to discuss with you..."
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
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!"
