"Hope you can handle my moves next, darling~ I’ve been practicing hard lately."
As soon as Xie Yuyan finished speaking, she lunged at Ye Feng with lightning speed, her attacks precise and ruthless. Every slash of her dagger aimed for vital points that would incapacitate him.
Without his shield, Ye Feng could only retreat, dodging each of her strikes. Every time Xie Yuyan nearly grazed him, his quick reflexes and agility allowed him to evade at the last moment.
Yet Xie Yuyan’s aggression didn’t wane despite his evasions. To her, this was her final chance. If she couldn’t seize Ye Feng firmly in her grasp, the happiness she envisioned would vanish in an instant.
"Slice—"
A wound opened on Ye Feng’s arm, and Xie Yuyan’s frenzy only intensified.
"Hehe... Looks like I’m one step ahead, Ye Feng. I don’t want to hurt you any further. Why don’t you just behave and wait for my good news, hmm?"
"......"
Ye Feng’s lifeless eyes gave her the answer. Xie Yuyan sighed, shrugging helplessly.
"Still so stubborn, I see. If you refuse to yield, then this ends here."
She advanced step by step, while Ye Feng, blood dripping from his arm, staggered back. As the adrenaline faded, a searing pain shot through his wounded limb.
"Don’t worry, Ye Feng. I’ll take good care of you for the rest of your life. By then, we’ll be the most loving couple~"
The moment those words left her lips, her dagger flashed toward Ye Feng’s other wrist. But just then, a blinding light erupted from behind him, disrupting her control over the situation.
"Vroom!"
"Teacher! Get in the car!"
To Ye Feng’s surprise, Li Mucheng’s voice rang out from behind. The intense glare made it impossible to turn, but a slender hand gripped his collar, yanking him backward with all its might.
"No! Come back... Come back to me!"
Feeling Ye Feng slip further away, Xie Yuyan squinted and charged recklessly after him. Just as she closed the distance, Li Mucheng pulled Ye Feng into the car.
"Ah Fu! Drive, now!"
"Vroom!"
The engine roared, and the car sped away, vanishing from Xie Yuyan’s sight.
"......"
Left standing motionless at the alley’s end, Xie Yuyan showed no trace of regret or anger. Instead, she licked the blood from her dagger, her expression melting into intoxicated bliss.
"Useless. It’s all futile. If you want to make this game more interesting... then I’ll play along~"
Dark clouds loomed over Shucheng’s sky as her silhouette dissolved into the abyss of night.
"Mucheng... How did you—?"
Cradled in Li Mucheng’s arms, Ye Feng was still shaken. He knew—had she not arrived, Xie Yuyan’s dagger would have pierced his other wrist, sealing his fate.
"Just hang on, Teacher. We’re heading to the estate. The police and medics are already alerted. No one will hurt you anymore!"
Li Mucheng gave him a reassuring look before retrieving a first-aid kit from the backseat.
"Teacher, in case that woman poisoned the blade, let me disinfect it with alcohol, okay?"
"Y-Yeah... But Mucheng, why are you here? I told you on the phone—"
"Because I was worried about you!"
She unscrewed the alcohol bottle as she spoke.
"I knew it was risky, but you’re the most important person to me! I’d come no matter the cost—even if it meant death!"
"Mucheng..."
Her fierce words struck Ye Feng deeply. Her transformation was the last thing he’d expected.
"Alright, Teacher. This might sting, so bear with me."
She pressed an alcohol-soaked cloth to his wound. Despite bracing himself, the pain sent tremors through his body.
"Teacher..."
Li Mucheng shut her eyes, unable to watch, silently cursing herself for not arriving sooner. Just a little earlier, and he’d have been spared this agony.
"It’s fine, Mucheng. The pain’s nothing. I should be thanking you. But how did you find me?"
"Um... You probably already guessed. Back when I was immature, I... planted a tracker in the phone I gave you. That’s how..."
"......"
Noticing the tense silence, Li Mucheng hastily added, "But I’m not like that anymore! Please believe me!"
"Yeah... I get it. Let’s leave the past behind."
Ye Feng brushed it off, sensing the awkwardness. The pain in his arm had dulled to numbness.
"Could you bandage it for me, Mucheng?"
"O-Okay!"
Relieved he wasn’t holding her past against her, she hurriedly wrapped the wound.
"Teacher, why did Xie Yuyan suddenly attack you? Was it... because of the mask?"
"Huh? Mask? What mask?"
Ye Feng frowned, confused.
"Y-You know... your mask..."
Li Mucheng glanced at Ah Fu, then leaned in, whispering almost inaudibly.
"I mean... the Fox’s mask."
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.”
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
