"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?
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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.”
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
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."
