After finishing the last bite of bread, Ye Chuan packed away the oil paper. Seeing the breadcrumbs still clinging to the corners of Angelina's mouth, he couldn't help but reach out and wipe them away for her.
Angelina's body stiffened slightly. A faint blush crept up her cheeks, and she quickly lowered her head, not daring to look at him.
She looked just like a pitiful little animal.
However, Ye Chuan also noticed that although her small face was dirty, she was actually quite cute.
"Hmm..." Ye Chuan thought for a moment, then stood up and rummaged around. He eventually found a bucket, fetched a basin of water from outside, washed a rag, and returned to Angelina's side.
Angelina wasn't sure what Ye Chuan was going to do, but he used the wrung-out rag to gently wipe her cheeks, revealing her original skin tone.
"Mhm... you look much better with a clean face." Having done this, Ye Chuan smiled and nodded.
Only then did Angelina realize what Ye Chuan was doing. She sat there blankly, not daring to move.
"I'm going to check out the Adventurer's Guild now." After finishing, Ye Chuan stood up. Walking to the door, he turned back, looking a bit worried. "Are you really okay being at home alone? What if those people come back? How about I carry you on my back and take you with me?"
Angelina shook her head and said softly, "They won't."
"You were able to send that burly man flying with a single punch... They won't dare to come back."
As if suddenly remembering something, Ye Chuan asked, "By the way, I wanted to ask a bit about this world."
Angelina whispered, "This is Aether... Yisu Town... It belongs to the Hill Empire. As for anything else... I don't know..."
Ye Chuan nodded, finally gaining a vague understanding of this world in his mind.
So this world was called the Aether Continent, and he was currently in a small town within the Hill Empire.
"Then be good and wait for me at home. Lock the door, and don't open it no matter who knocks," Ye Chuan instructed. "I'll be back soon and bring you something delicious."
"Mhm." Angelina nodded. She watched Ye Chuan's back disappear through the doorway before slowly withdrawing her gaze.
She looked down at the remaining half piece of bread in her hand, then looked around the empty room. For the first time, she felt that this dilapidated little wooden cabin somehow felt a bit like a home.
Would he... really come back?
An unusual emotion stirred within Angelina's numb nerves.
...
Following the directions given by a passerby, Ye Chuan quickly found the Adventurer's Guild.
It was a two-story stone building with a striking emblem hanging on its heavy oak doors.
Even before getting close, one could hear the clamor coming from inside, the shouts of people drinking, the yells of people playing drinking games, and the sizzling sound of roasting meat.
Ye Chuan took a deep breath and pushed open the heavy oak doors.
A mixed scent of roasted meat, ale, and sweat wafted over him.
The hall was brightly lit, and over a dozen wooden tables were packed with people, mostly adventurers wearing leather armor and carrying weapons on their backs.
Aside from humans, there were beastmen with wolf ears, elves with pointed ears, and even dwarves with faint blue skin. They were laughing loudly and chugging ale, creating a lively and rugged atmosphere.
Ye Chuan's appearance instantly attracted everyone's attention.
He was wearing a set of black casual clothes that looked completely out of place in this world. Without a weapon in hand, he looked gentle and refined, not like an adventurer at all.
The noise in the hall instantly died down a bit. Everyone looked at him curiously, their eyes filled with a degree of inquiry.
Feeling somewhat uncomfortable under their stares, Ye Chuan offered an awkward smile and quickly walked to the front desk.
Behind the desk sat a girl with neat short hair. Wearing a brown guild uniform and holding a quill, she was organizing documents.
Seeing Ye Chuan approach, she looked up, revealing a pair of bright brown eyes, and asked in a flat tone, "Hello, how can I help you?"
"Hello, I'd like to register as an adventurer and take on some quests," Ye Chuan said.
"A rookie?" The girl raised an eyebrow and looked him up and down. Without asking much, she simply pulled out a form and a quill. "Fill out this form first. Let me explain the rules to you. The Adventurer's Guild is a neutral organization independent of the major empires, and anyone can register."
"Adventurer ranks, from lowest to highest, are divided into six tiers: Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond. You can only take quests of your corresponding rank or one rank lower. You can upgrade by completing quests and accumulating points."
"Okay, thank you." Ye Chuan took the form, only to find that he couldn't recognize a single word on it.
He scratched his head awkwardly. "Um... I'm sorry, I have amnesia and I can't read."
The girl paused for a moment, then nodded in understanding. Without prying further, she took the form back and started filling it out for him. "Name?"
"Ye Chuan."
"Age?"
"...Probably around twenty."
"Power level?"
Ye Chuan froze again. "Power level? What's that?"
The quill in the girl's hand paused. She looked up at him, the curiosity in her eyes deepening.
He didn't even know what a power level was, yet he actually dared to become an adventurer?
However, she still patiently explained, "It's the level of your magic or aura, ranging from Tier 1 to Tier 9. Above Tier 9 is the Saint Domain."
Ye Chuan thought about it. He didn't seem to know anything about aura or magic; he only knew that he had a lot of physical strength.
He said vaguely, "I'm not sure either. I guess... I just have a lot of strength."
Hmm...
It didn't seem to be just ordinary strength either.
It was massive!
The girl's mouth twitched, but she didn't press the matter. She casually filled in Tier 1 Warrior in the power section and then put the form away.
"The registration fee is ten silver coins," she said.
Ye Chuan said awkwardly, "Um... I don't have any money right now. Can I owe it for now? Once I finish a quest and make some money, I'll pay you back immediately!"
Seeing his embarrassed state, the girl couldn't help but smile. "It's fine. The guild allows rookies to register on credit. We'll just deduct it from the commission of your first quest."
"The quest board is over there. The Iron-rank quests are all on the bottom tier. Go pick one out yourself."
"Thank you."
Ye Chuan walked over to the quest board in the corner of the hall and looked at it carefully.
As expected, the Iron-rank quests were all simple chores.
They were all errand-running and odd jobs, and the commissions were pitifully small, at most just a few copper coins.
But Ye Chuan didn't mind at all. He was currently completely broke; just being able to earn money was good enough.
He reached out and tore off four quest sheets: cleaning an attic, catching mice, delivering coal, and picking styptic herbs.
These jobs didn't look difficult and could be finished in a day. Added together, they would pay around a hundred copper coins.
"I'll start with these." Ye Chuan folded the quest sheets and put them in his pocket, his eyes filled with motivation.
He decided to put his past aside for now. Since he had amnesia anyway, there was nothing he could do about it. It was better to work hard to earn money and survive in this different world first.
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.
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.”
transmigrates into the role of a villainous rich second-generation kid in an urban fantasy novel, and gets bound to a god-tier choice system. Right at the start, he catches the female lead stealing exam papers! This triggers the villain's choice options! [Choice 1: Pretend you didn't see anything] [Choice 2: Loudly call her out, drawing everyone's attention] [Choice 3: ...] And thus, a twisted villain is born. To avoid getting killed by the protagonist, he has no choice but to take down all the protagonists first. Jiang Che: Nobody understands being twisted better than me!
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."
