"When you reach the bridge, walk over it one step at a time. First settle down in Myriad Spirits City and have a good rest."
Lin Chen put away the system and spread open the map. Myriad Spirits City held a high position in the Desolate Territory, as it was a metropolis with over 100 million people, and was home to countless martial civilizations and ancient clans.
When he arrived at the outskirts of Myriad Spirits City, a shockingly magnificent giant came into view. Over ten city gates stood side by side, and the several hundred meter tall city walls towered like crouching dragons, with an awe-inspiring and majestic air.
"Tsk tsk, they say this Myriad Spirits City still has experts beyond the Earthly Soul Realm. It really lives up to its reputation!"
Lin Chen rode his steed into the city. Entering required going through three layers of inspections and registration before one could get in. It took Lin Chen quite some effort before he made it inside.
"Let's find a good place to stay first."
His stomach rumbled with a low growl. Seeing that it was already late, Lin Chen raced down the street on his horse, just about to look around for a restaurant, when he suddenly noticed a purple-gold ray of light shooting straight into the clouds over the western part of the city, lingering and never dispersing!
None of the warriors in the city noticed this ray of purple-gold light, as if it didn't exist at all.
"Holy smokes, that's the radiance given off by an Attribute Light Ball! My gosh, what kind of Attribute Light Ball could give off such a strong glow!"
Lin Chen's jaw dropped. Forgetting that he was already ravenously hungry, he turned his horse around and galloped towards the purple-gold light, cursing inwardly at how vast Myriad Spirits City was. After racing for half a quarter hour, he finally arrived at the area where the purple-gold light was coming from.
Following the light ray, Lin Chen arrived at an esteemed, majestic mansion. The light pillar rose up from within the mansion, persisting endlessly.
But the entire mansion was heavily guarded, with Spirit Realm experts standing guard at the entrance. Lin Chen wouldn't even be able to get close to the gates, let alone get in!
"Damn it, I have to get my hands on that Attribute Light Ball treasure!"
Lin Chen gritted his teeth resolutely, eyes narrowing. As long as he could sneak into the mansion, obtaining the Attribute Light Ball wouldn't be too difficult.
He left his scaled steed at a nearby restaurant, and even changed into a fresh set of cyan robes, with several wheels hanging from his waist. In one hand he held a flag, looking exactly like some quack.
Just as he had finished changing his outfit, a noble white carriage drove by the mansion gates. Lin Chen's eyes immediately lit up! Here was his chance!
A gorgeously dressed woman in a yellow gown stepped out of the carriage. She had skin like jade and bright eyes like starry gems, with the air of a young lady from a good family, as well as an innate grace.
Most mystical were her charming eyes, like bright mirrors with a ripple of purple-gold around the pupils, appearing extremely mystical.
"Oh my, young miss, I see black miasma swirling around your sea of wisdom. My divination shows that misfortune and tribulation have come upon both you and your clan. "
Lin Chen leaned on his flag and mystically approached the woman.
"Halt, who are you to dare approach Lady Shangguan Bihan!"
Two burly guards at the ninth level of the Spirit Realm immediately blocked Lin Chen's way and sternly shouted.
Seeing this, Lin Chen sighed inwardly. The experts in Myriad Spirits City were as abundant as clouds, with even ninth level Spirit Realm cultivators serving as guards. One could imagine how powerful the martial world here was!
"No need for violence, friends. I am but a humble diviner, the genius calculator Lin Chen, known as Shi Lezhi in the pugilistic world. Side jobs include: arson against beautiful women."
Lin Chen gave a faint laugh and gestured at his flag.
Diviners were an extremely rare profession on the Nine Provinces Continent, even more scarce than alchemists.
Diviners could rely on their mastery and methods to deduce a person's fate, future possibilities, cycles of karma, glimpse into heaven's mysteries, and peer into increasingly profound affairs. The more powerful the diviner, the more profound the things they could divine!
The young miss, Shangguan Bihan, knitted her brows slightly.
She looked at Lin Chen's flag, which boldly read "Divine Calculator", "Arsonist of Pretty Hearts", "Centrally Certified Forever Alone". She couldn't help but smile. This was probably another swindler who had heard of her clan's troubles and was pretending to help.
"Escort him away, but be careful not to hurt him. My friend, I hope you do not pretend to be a diviner again in the future. I have never seen one as young as you."
Having said so, Shangguan Bihan elegantly walked towards the mansion without looking back.
"Lady Shangguan's cultivation has reached the Great Accomplishment Realm, but hasn't she felt stagnant progress recently?"
At this moment, Lin Chen suddenly spoke up. Shangguan Bihan's steps faltered!
The stagnation in her cultivation was a recent occurrence, one she had not told anyone about. Even the elders of her clan were unaware. How did he know?
"How did you know this? Could you really be a diviner?"
Shangguan Bihan's charming eyes flashed with mysterious ripples of purple-gold, as if to see through Lin Chen completely.
Lin Chen allowed her to inspect him, smiling faintly with an air of depth. He continued,
"If this master does not lend a hand, you will perish within half a month. If you do not believe me, circulate your inner force and press your vital acupoint with your finger."
Shangguan Bihan was skeptical, but she circulated a wisp of faint blue inner force and pressed the acupoint on her shoulder.
"Mmm!"
Shangguan Bihan immediately felt a violent surge attacking her heart and quickly retracted her finger, alarmed.
If she had pressed any harder, the chaotic energy could have threatened her life!
"How could this be? Even the top fourth grade alchemist grandmaster in Myriad Spirits City said my constitution and physique were excellent. How could there be life-threatening problems inside my body?"
Shock and bewilderment swirled in Shangguan Bihan's eyes. She looked at Lin Chen again.
This time, he had a mystifying appearance, sighing and shaking his head, gazing up at the sky at a forty five degree angle, looking exactly like some "grandmaster".
"Alas, it seems this master should take his leave. I only wanted to do a good deed, yet I'm taken for a swindler."
Having said so, Lin Chen pretended to turn and leave.
"Master Lin Chen, please wait!"
Shangguan Bihan hurriedly called him back. Lin Chen immediately turned back around, adjusted his collar with a light cough.
"Oh? Does the young miss believe this swindler now?"
"The master jests. It is Bihan who failed to recognize Mt. Tai."
Shangguan Bihan bowed gracefully, even adopting a respectful tone of voice. Very few people in all of Myriad Spirits City would get this kind of treatment!
Gruuumble~~!
Just as Lin Chen was about to spout some more profound nonsense to boost his image, his stomach let out a shameless wolfish growl.
Shangguan Bihan covered her mouth and laughed softly, eyes rippling like autumn waters. Smiling, she said, "It seems even the master is not yet free from worldly affairs. Would you like to come to the mansion for a visit?"
"Mm~ then I'll have to trouble Young Miss Shangguan to lead the way~"
Lin Chen shamelessly coughed and acted like she was showing him the way, when he had already started walking in himself...
. 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!"
[Dao Companion Rental System]. By renting himself out as a temporary dao companion to daughters of destiny, Qin Hao could obtain generous rewards. His service philosophy was simple: play the role of the devoted lover, resolve their troubles, depart without a trace once the matter was settled, and absolutely avoid entangling karma. However, those daughters of destiny didn't see it that way. That night, all the major powers across the Three Realms and Nine Heavens jointly besieged the Qin Clan, plunging it into an unprecedented crisis. "It's Su Qingyue! The peerless sword immortal who attained the Dao and became an Immortal Emperor in a thousand years, the one who severed the River of Time with a single sword strike! When... when did our Qin Clan make an enemy of her?" Qin Hao stepped forward, clearing his throat lightly: "Ahem, Ancestors, don't panic. She's here for me. To be honest... she's my ex-girlfriend." From another direction, the newly ascended Empress of the Demon Realm arrived with ten thousand demons pressing on the border: "Qin Hao! Today, the entire Qin Clan shall be buried with you!" Hearing this, the Qin Clan ancestors all turned their eyes sharply towards Qin Hao. Qin Hao scratched his head somewhat sheepishly: "The Demon Empress... she's also my ex-girlfriend." Before the Qin ancestors could process this, an aloof figure traversed the River of Time: "The Qin Clan deserves annihilation!" Recognizing the newcomer, the Qin ancestors paled in terror: "It's her! Liu Ruyan, the Extinction Empress who ventured alone into the alien realm and suppressed it for an entire epoch! Didn't she vanish into the River of Time long ago? Why would she cross it just to target our clan?" Qin Hao scratched his head again, looking even more embarrassed: "My fault, my fault. She's an ex-girlfriend too." Watching countless celestial maidens descend, the Qin Clan ancestors were utterly astounded: "You scoundrel! Just... just how many women have you gotten involved with over the years?"
igrating to the cultivation world for two hundred years, I've managed to lie low and reach the Nascent Soul stage. Only now does my golden finger arrive? ...
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
