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The room suddenly plunged into dead silence.
Su Jiu's tearful, sorrowful cry still echoed in Su Ji's ears.
He saw her clear eyes, now covered in a thick layer of mist, looking as if she had suffered the world's greatest grievance.
She was ashamed and indignant, yet completely at a loss.
Right at that moment, something inappropriately popped up to make its presence known.
[Engaging in conversation with Su Jiu. Target meets aesthetic standards. Romance options triggered.]
[Option 1: Say nothing and continue watching (Reward: Su Jiu's affection +1, triggers Spiritual Energy Tide)]
[Option 2: Listen to her, close your eyes, and explain that you didn't do it on purpose (Reward: Su Jiu's affection -0.1, and afterward be strongly condemned by Su Jiu for suddenly visiting when she explicitly said she needed to consolidate her cultivation.)]
[Option 3: Shout "I came at a bad time, see you tomorrow, Junior Sister," and then slip away (Reward: Su Jiu will act as if nothing happened)]
Looking at the three options popping up before him, Su Ji didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
What in the world was this?
Was he, Su Ji, the kind of despicable person who would take advantage of someone's precarious situation?
Yes.
Without a moment's hesitation, he tossed the latter two options straight to the back of his mind.
Su Ji would never do anything that decreased affection points.
Su Ji's attention landed on the words "Spiritual Energy Tide."
Although he had never experienced this phenomenon himself, he had read about it plenty of times in those novels.
Every time it appeared, it meant a heaven-sent opportunity.
Countless cultivators would fight bloody battles just to claim a spot at the center of the tide; even the annihilation of entire sects was a common occurrence.
To think he would actually stumble upon it today.
And from the looks of it, the center of this Spiritual Energy Tide seemed to be right here in Su Jiu's room.
Su Ji instantly figured out the cause and effect.
No wonder this little fox Su Jiu chose this exact moment to consolidate her cultivation instead of sooner or later, and even had the audacity to ask him for so many spirit stones.
It turned out she had long used the secret arts of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox clan to divine this opportunity.
He, Su Ji, had contributed both money and effort, worrying about her safety and fearing she might suffer qi deviation, which was why he had taken the trouble to come over and act as her Dao Protector.
Mooching off a wave of the Spiritual Energy Tide wasn't too much to ask, right?
At this thought, the last trace of guilt in Su Ji's heart vanished into thin air.
Not only did he not look away, but he stared even more righteously, leaning in a bit closer to get a better view.
"Wu... don't look... I'm begging you..."
Su Jiu's voice was now laced with pleading.
She felt like she was going crazy.
Her entire body felt as if it were being gnawed by countless ants, making it nearly impossible for her to even stand straight.
Meanwhile, the guy at the door was planted there like a stone statue, completely motionless.
That undisguised gaze...
This unprecedented sense of shame instantly washed away all her reason.
Su Jiu's vision went dark, her legs gave out, and she fell straight backward.
Thud.
A soft sound.
The entire fox crashed to the floor, along with the broken spear in her hand that she hadn't even had the chance to use.
Almost at the exact same moment Su Jiu fell.
A sudden anomaly erupted!
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Su Ji stroked his chin.
It didn't seem quite right to just leave like this.
Whether out of emotion or reason, he ought to...
A meaningful smile appeared on Su Ji's face.
He slowly walked over to Su Jiu's side and crouched down.
Then, he gently pinched Su Jiu's exquisitely beautiful face.
Hmm, feels nice.
Just as he was about to stand up and leave.
Su Jiu's long eyelashes suddenly fluttered.
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
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 bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
