"Do you want to increase the difficulty? The difficulty can still go up," Ye Chuan smiled and shook his character around, as if deliberately teasing Lan Xiaoke.
"No more, no more!" Lan Xiaoke lay on her stomach, looking like she was begging for mercy. After all, the previous difficulty was already the absolute limit for her.
There was absolutely no room for error, and Lan Xiaoke couldn't handle anything harder.
"And you said you'd take me to fight the boss. Fine," Ye Chuan moved his character out of the boss room, then patted Lan Xiaoke's cheek.
"Mmm... so what if I lose?" Lan Xiaoke mumbled hesitantly.
...
Right at that moment, a sound came from the entryway.
"Chuan Chuan."
Ye Chuan looked back and saw that Luo Xi had returned.
As soon as Luo Xi entered, her nose twitched slightly, as if she had smelled something.
"Mmm... it really is." Her gaze fell on Ye Chuan, and then she lifted the bags in her hands.
"I bought groceries, come help."
"Okay." Ye Chuan got up, leaving behind a babbling Lan Xiaoke.
"What delicious food did you buy?"
"I'll just make some spare ribs and cola chicken wings tonight." Luo Xi tapped her chin lightly with her finger. "Mmm..."
"Chuan Chuan, is there anything in particular you want to eat?"
"I don't really have anything specific in mind."
Just then, Luo Xi seemed to notice something. "Ah..."
"What's wrong?"
"I forgot to buy green onions." Luo Xi said as she opened the fridge, but there weren't any inside either.
Ye Chuan smiled and directly used Origin Magic. With just a snap of his fingers, a fresh green onion appeared in his hand.
"Huh? Chuan Chuan, do you carry green onions with you?" Luo Xi thought Ye Chuan had taken it from his spatial storage and looked a bit surprised.
"Not exactly," Ye Chuan laughed.
Luo Xi didn't press the issue. She tied on an apron and started cooking. Actually, given their family's current financial situation, hiring a private chef team wouldn't be a problem at all.
It was just that Luo Xi loved cooking, so they hadn't done that.
"Come help." At this time, Ye Chuan didn't forget to call Lan Xiaoke over.
"Mmm... coming." Lan Xiaoke dawdled over.
Clinking sounds came from the kitchen, and the aroma drifted through the cracks of the door, filling the entire house.
By the time dinner was served, the table was fully laden with dishes.
Ye Chuan served the rice, Lan Xiaoke served the soup, and Luo Xi tidied up the kitchen.
The others in the house also came over one after another.
Everyone was present today.
"It smells so good. I feel a bit embarrassed for not coming to help," Tian Xiaotian couldn't help but say when she saw the hearty dinner.
Bai Qianshuang had already sat down, her ahoge sticking up slightly. She stared eagerly at the delicious food on the table, holding the rice cooker pot and waiting for her chance to strike.
Ye Yue sat silently in the seat next to Ye Chuan, showing a well-behaved smile.
Lilith and Ke Ning also found random seats. However, as soon as they sat down, one started downing juice while the other downed coffee.
"Everyone is here today," Wang Yanran also sat down and couldn't help but smile.
"Let's eat, why are you just sitting there?" Luo Xi said with a smile, and the whole table instantly became lively as they picked up their chopsticks.
"Chuan Chuan, do you have any plans for the next few days?" Luo Xi asked curiously.
"I actually do," Ye Chuan took a sip of soup and said casually.
"I plan to go to the High Tower and take Xiaoke to grind a bit and improve her strength."
Previously, super martial artists from many countries had flocked there. Ye Chuan and Lan Xiaoke had only cleared the first three floors. The entrance to the fourth floor had remained closed, so this was a good time to go check it out.
He had also helped the domestic Super Martial Arts Alliance secure a spirit crystal vein outside the tower before, which yielded a pretty good profit.
"The High Tower?" Luo Xi bit her chopsticks, seeming to think for a moment.
"Chuan Chuan, my cultivation has been stuck at a bottleneck lately. Can you take me there to have a look?"
"Sure, I'll take you," Ye Chuan smiled and nodded.
"It works out perfectly for you to go with Xiaoke. Xiaoke can still get solo-killed by monsters above her level."
Beside him, Lan Xiaoke looked up.
You're mocking me for this too?
After speaking, he turned to look at Bai Qianshuang, who had been sitting quietly next to him:
"Qianshuang, do you want to come along? Just treat it as going out to relax."
Bai Qianshuang raised her eyes, "How strong are the monsters inside?"
"There's nothing too strong on the first three floors. As for the fourth floor, I don't know yet," Ye Chuan said.
"I won't go," Bai Qianshuang shook her head. "I need to stay home and comprehend the Empress's inheritance."
She naturally preferred quietness and had no interest in dungeons meant for farming small mobs. Furthermore, her comprehension of the Empress's inheritance was at a critical juncture, so naturally, she wouldn't tag along.
Ye Chuan didn't force her, nodding in agreement.
"Brother! I want to go too!" Beside him, Ye Yue instantly raised her hand. "I definitely won't hold you back! I want to go to the High Tower and farm monsters too!"
"And me." Tian Xiaotian, who hadn't said much, looked up at Ye Chuan with firm eyes.
"Boss, I want to tag along too. I haven't lost my combat skills, and I can help. It's also a good chance to test my current strength."
"I'll go too," Wang Yanran said. "As the person in charge of the branch alliance, I'd like to go to the High Tower to collect some data this time."
"Doesn't the company have a lot going on?" Ye Chuan asked.
"So you do know there's a lot going on, Ye Chuan? But there are no problems for now." Wang Yanran rolled her beautiful eyes at Ye Chuan. After all, Ye Chuan had always been a hands-off boss.
Fortunately, whether it was spirit stones or Ye Chuan's pills, they were hard currency in the super martial arts world, so the group basically held a leading position.
Ye Chuan looked at the table full of people raising their hands to go. He had originally only planned to take Lan Xiaoke, but in the blink of an eye, a small party had formed.
"Alright, let's all go," Ye Chuan said. "Just treat it as a group outing to relax."
...
The next day.
At the gate of the rental house's courtyard, everyone had packed their things and was ready to set off.
When Ye Chuan walked out, they all instantly looked over.
"Chuan Chuan, how are we getting there? By the flying boat we took when we went on vacation?" Luo Xi asked curiously.
"No need for all that trouble," Ye Chuan smiled, already having an idea in mind.
Previously, when he needed to travel across regions, he had to rely on either spatial jumps or transportation vehicles. He didn't know any mass teleportation magic at all.
But things were different now. He had basically mastered Origin Magic, so creating a teleportation spell was just a matter of a single thought.
He focused his mind, released his divine sense, and then accurately outlined the coordinates of the island's High Tower in his mind.
"Mass Teleportation."
The moment his voice fell, a soft white halo enveloped everyone present like a tide.
The group only felt a flash of white light before their eyes, and the sound of the wind in their ears instantly vanished. In just the blink of an eye, the sensation beneath their feet changed from the stone-paved path of the courtyard to the soft, warm sand of an island beach!
The salty sea breeze blew against their faces, carrying a faint scent of seawater. As they opened their eyes, they instantly saw the majestic High Tower standing not far away, piercing straight into the clouds.
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lanned to earn money steadily and take life at a slower pace. But he never expected... his father's remarriage, and the stepmother bringing along a dependent, would completely disrupt his life's plans...
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
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."
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
