Warm sunlight filtered through the foliage, casting dappled shadows beneath the tree. Ye Feng leaned against the trunk with his hands behind his head, leisurely gazing at the grass bending under the breeze. Li Mucheng sat with her knees hugged to her chest, quietly observing the scene.
"Miss, feel this moment. You'll discover the charm of nature," Ye Feng said.
Li Mucheng mimicked Ye Feng, closing her eyes. In that instant, everything seemed to quiet down, and her soul experienced an unprecedented uplift. The noisy urban chaos that had been weighing on her heart seemed to dissipate.
"So... peaceful."
"Yes, if you ever feel uneasy, you can come here to sit. Nature will soothe your mood."
"Mmm."
Li Mucheng peeked open an eye and glanced back at Ye Feng, who was still savoring the moment. For some reason, her heart felt warm, as if a gentle hand was melting away the ice within her.
"Ye Feng, why don't you teach me tomorrow too?"
Hmm?
Ye Feng suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Li Mucheng. Her serious expression made it clear she wasn't joking.
You want me to work overtime? No way! You rich people really love exploiting us poor folk's sweat and blood.
"I'm sorry, Miss, but I'm only free on weekends, so..."
"Enough, I get it."
Li Mucheng's previously calm mood instantly erupted like a lit fuse.
"Let's go back, I'm tired."
"Alright..."
Look at that! Once her true colors showed, she immediately blew up. Good thing I've watched those workplace dramas, or I would've been duped by this seemingly polished but inwardly dark woman!
Luckily, I outsmarted her.
When they returned, Ah Fu was waiting at the door. Upon seeing Li Mucheng, he respectfully said, "Miss, Master requests your presence at a gathering."
"No."
"But Miss..."
"I said no!"
Li Mucheng shot Ah Fu a glare and walked straight to her room.
"Uh..."
Ye Feng quickly distanced himself, shrugging and shaking his head.
"Kids these days are so stubborn. They get upset at the slightest thing."
"What happened? Did you make Miss upset?"
"She wanted me to work overtime. Of course, I refused."
"......"
Ah Fu pursed his lips in helplessness. Everyone would kill to be Li Mucheng's teacher, yet Ye Feng refused the opportunity.
"Ah Fu, does Li Mucheng have a lot of classes besides weekends?"
"Yes, that's what Master requires. After all, Miss will inherit Master's group someday, so she needs to be trained as a proper heir."
"No wonder that girl lives so depressed. I'd have collapsed by now."
"Well, someone has to inherit the family business, right?"
"True."
"Actually, Master feels deeply guilty about Miss. He couldn't see Madam before she passed, which is why their relationship has been strained."
"......"
"Anyway, why am I telling you all this? I need to report back to Master. I'll have someone drive you home later."
"No need, Ah Fu. I can go back myself."
"Alright then. If you need anything, just call me. Here's my number."
Ye Feng took Ah Fu's card, waved goodbye, and left the villa. Little did he know, his actions were being watched by a pair of eyes from a window.
"I'm sorry... I didn't mean it..."
Li Mucheng murmured softly, staring at the spot where Ye Feng had disappeared. Only after confirming he was gone did she return to her desk and continue drawing herbs.
Underneath her sketches of several herbs were simple descriptions:
Anesthetic, pain relief, sedation...
"Woohoo!"
Back at home, Ye Feng lay on the sofa, enjoying his personal time. If not for the system threatening his life, he would have already started a peaceful, undisturbed new life somewhere far away. That was his dream.
【Ding】
【Progress updated in the compendium. Please check promptly.】
"Seriously? It updates every day now? Suddenly, little Miss Mucheng seems quite adorable."
Ye Feng quickly summoned the system and checked his rewards.
【Li Mucheng Information Progress: 30%】
【Obtained: Universal Key (consumable), Life-Saving Doll (consumable)】
"Oh? There are items too!"
Ye Feng had expected the system to just grant him a few days of life, but this time it gave him something he hadn't encountered before. He eagerly checked the backpack and found the two items, along with detailed descriptions.
【Universal Key: Can unlock any lock within visible sight, but only once】
Unlocking locks? Too bad it's not a permanent item; otherwise, I could become a locksmith.
【Life-Saving Doll: Evades fatal damage once when held, but only once】
This is great! It's like an extra life. Guess the system isn't completely useless.
Ye Feng was thrilled, but then he realized something, and his excitement gradually faded.
Wait, why would the system give me these items? It feels like a boss battle is coming, like in those movies where someone inevitably raises a flag before the fight.
Oh well, maybe I'm overthinking it. Li Mucheng is well-protected, and I don't need to worry. Just finish the task, save up some life time, and declare my freedom.
After closing the system, Ye Feng headed to the bathroom to shower, planning to take the next few days off.
......
Meanwhile, in a high-end hotel in the heart of Shu City, well-dressed and elegantly adorned people gathered, chatting and laughing. It seemed they were attending a party.
"Old Li!"
A loud voice suddenly boomed through the crowd, drawing the attention of many.
A waiter nearby sneered disdainfully, as if serving these upper-class individuals elevated his own status.
"Who's this uncouth fellow? Making a racket at such an event, how embarrassing..."
Before the waiter could finish, a slap landed on his face, leaving him stunned. When he regained his senses, he saw the hotel manager glaring at him.
"Manager...?"
The manager's expression was furious as he said through gritted teeth: "If you don't want that mouth of yours, you can cut it off! Do you know who he is? He's Su Wanli, the acknowledged boss of Shu City's underground. If someone with ill intentions hears you, our entire hotel is done for!"
The waiter finally realized his blunder, quickly bowing to apologize, but it was too late.
"You're fired. Get out now."
"Yes, yes, I'm leaving... I'm going..."
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!"
pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"
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, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
