Ye Chuan's eyelids twitched slightly, and Bai Qianshuang immediately lifted her head, feigning composure with a light cough.
Her eyes flickered a few times before she saw Ye Chuan staring at her.
"What were you trying to do just now?"
"Nothing," Bai Qianshuang replied expressionlessly.
"Really nothing?" A hint of amusement flashed in Ye Chuan's eyes as he noticed Bai Qianshuang glancing away guiltily. "Nothing means nothing."
Ye Chuan didn’t press further—after all, his spiritual sense had already detected what Bai Qianshuang had been about to do.
"In that case, let’s continue cultivating."
"Mm." Bai Qianshuang seemed to relax momentarily, but soon tensed up again, her beautiful eyes lowering. "Why did you touch my thigh?"
"Aren’t we cultivation partners?"
Bai Qianshuang paused. Ye Chuan’s logic was hard to refute, but her voice still trembled slightly. "It tickles."
"Your sensitivity is just high. You’ll get used to it after a few more times," Ye Chuan chuckled.
Hearing this, Bai Qianshuang obediently stopped resisting.
Yet, the fluctuations in her aura betrayed the turmoil in her heart.
When the moment felt right, Ye Chuan pulled her closer, burying his face against her chest. "A hug."
"…?" Bai Qianshuang stiffened like stone.
"Ever heard? Hugs give you strength and lift your mood," Ye Chuan mumbled, his face completely nestled against her.
Bai Qianshuang froze for a moment, as if recalling something, then gradually relaxed.
A hand rose gently, stroking the back of Ye Chuan’s head.
Ye Chuan was taken aback, surprised by the tenderness of her touch.
"Ye Chuan, did your mood improve?" Bai Qianshuang whispered. "If I can help you, I’m willing."
Ye Chuan: "…"
He lifted his head, meeting her cool yet unexpectedly soft gaze.
"Ahem." For some reason, Ye Chuan couldn’t hold her stare. "Let’s stop here for today. I have things to do."
With that, he quickly stood and headed to his room.
Watching his hurried retreat, Bai Qianshuang seemed to understand something. She raised a hand to her lips and giggled softly.
……
Back in his room, Ye Chuan sat on the bed, arms crossed, puzzled.
"Tch, why did I chicken out just now?"
"Lilith, any ideas?"
"Pfft. All talk, but you crumble when faced with a girl’s sincerity," Lilith’s teasing voice echoed in his mind.
Ye Chuan: "…"
"Whatever." He ruffled his hair and flopped onto the bed.
Lilith materialized, yawning before floating to a corner of the bed—then deftly retrieving a juice bottle from the mini-fridge.
"Slurp~" She sipped her drink, legs swinging idly.
The room was silent except for the sound of Lilith drinking, while Ye Chuan lay with his hands behind his head.
After a while, Ye Chuan glanced at her. "Lilith, you’ve been appearing more often lately."
"Maintaining my soul isn’t an issue anymore," Lilith replied, propping her cheek on one hand as a math book hovered before her, pages flipping rapidly via magic.
It was unclear whether she actually understood any of it.
"But I still need spirit essence," Lilith reminded, side-eyeing him.
"I don’t like being stuck like this."
Ye Chuan shrugged.
He hadn’t encountered any supernatural adventure worlds in a while, and the meager spirit essence from the real world was far from enough for Lilith.
"I’ve seen you before," Lilith suddenly remarked.
"What do you mean?" Ye Chuan blinked.
"Never mind. Just a random thought." Lilith dissolved into purple light, returning to the jade pendant on Ye Chuan’s chest.
"Huh?"
Ye Chuan stayed in his room until dinner. Ke Ning emerged briefly to eat before vanishing again.
Lan Xiaoke remained in her orb form, though her aura had grown dense—Ye Chuan guessed she’d materialize within days.
As for Bai Qianshuang, she kept stealing glances at Ye Chuan during dinner, making the atmosphere oddly tense.
After a shower, Ye Chuan holed up in his room, waiting for midnight’s refresh.
When the clock struck twelve, he collected his daily rewards, the props dropped by his tenant Sunflower, and tended to the herb garden.
"A few Dabunius and some items." He organized his inventory before focusing on the adventure tab.
The Tianxuan Continent was still in revival mode, so Ye Chuan turned to the Aiser Continent.
Whatever, let’s go!
His vision blurred…
When it cleared, he found himself standing on a bustling street.
It was daytime, and the crowd wore distinctly Western-fantasy attire—knight armor, witch robes, leather armor—giving the vibe of an MMORPG.
"Now that I think about it, logging into adventure worlds daily really does feel like gaming."
Ye Chuan treated them as separate games: Tianxuan Continent was one, Aiser Continent another.
Different worlds, different playstyles.
"When will the system unlock the ‘bring tenants into adventure worlds’ feature?" Just as he grumbled, his phone vibrated.
[Detected sufficient adventure world activity. Daily Quests unlocked.]
[Daily Quest: Aiser Continent
Complete one Adventurer’s Guild commission
Reward: Return Scroll, Magic Crystals x50]
[Item: Return Scroll
Instantly return to the nearest city, regardless of distance.]
"Oh? Daily quests now?" After some research, he discovered completing them would log progress, with rewards scaling by streak.
One reward caught his eye—
[Daily Quest Streak: 33
Reward: Tenant Companion Card]
[Item: Tenant Companion Card
Allows one tenant to enter an adventure world once. Death results in return.]
……
[Daily Quest Streak: 66
Reward: Tenant Recruitment Card]
[Item: Tenant Recruitment Card
Recruit any adventure world entity as a tenant. Drop rates adjust based on quality.]
"Huh? I can bring tenants into adventures and recruit from them too?" The new items surprised him.
ts me of treason?" "Correct. The host must return to the capital and gradually build up influence." "Wait—I have half a million soldiers, and you want me to go back to the capital to 'build influence'?" "Host, you are currently the Northern Garrison General, loyal to the Great Xia Dynasty." "Of course I am loyal to Great Xia! Absolutely loyal!" "But you keep referring to yourself as 'We'..." "Never mind the details! Summon all the regional commanders and military officers! We suspect treacherous officials are manipulating the court! They shall march with Us to the capital and purge the corrupt!" "......"
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
