"This is..." Dong Zhongyuan squinted at the lolita on the bridge, "a snake demon?!"
A snake demon that had just started cultivating? There's such a thing in Dan Peak?
Dong Zhongyuan did not mean to discriminate against demons, nor was he one of those righteous cultivators who would exorcise demons whenever he saw one. In fact, there was a powerful demon within the Guardian Mountain Formation of Dao Sword Sect. He was just surprised...and a little curious, why did Qin Ran raise such a useless snake demon?
"I am Dong Zhongyuan!" Though many thoughts ran through his mind, it did not stop Dong Zhongyuan from smiling and introducing himself to Long Qiqi, "I have come to Dan Peak at the invitation of Martial Uncle Qin."
"Oh!" Long Qiqi looked Dong Zhongyuan up and down, and mumbled, "Another one here to steal food."
"???" Question marks popped up in Dong Zhongyuan's mind. Do all the demonic beasts in Dan Peak have some problems with their brains?
Long Qiqi pointed fatly at the place where the white shadow, Tushan Youyou, had disappeared by the waterfall, warning Dong Zhongyuan: "Don't be bewitched by her, very dangerous."
"?" Such warnings were useless against lecherous men. Dong Zhongyuan's interest was piqued instead, since Long Qiqi seemed to know the inside story. He hurried over and asked Long Qiqi with a flattering face, "Who is she?"
Seeing Dong Zhongyuan's appearance, Long Qiqi knew he was a complete lecherous ghost. If someone like him was targeted by Tushan Youyou, he would surely be completely devoured without even bones left...and he would be willing too.
"Knowing too much won't benefit you." Long Qiqi tightened the tiger skin coat on her body and walked towards the cottage, "People like you... " She glanced at Dong Zhongyuan, "Die easily."
Dong Zhongyuan was shocked to the core upon hearing this. Die easily? What on earth was that creature?
He was even more intrigued now. There was a saying, the more beautiful the woman, the more dangerous she was. Then how beautiful must the woman who could bring death be?
"Is she human? Demon? Deity? Immortal?" He asked Long Qiqi again.
Long Qiqi did not answer. Her short legs moved swiftly as she headed towards the cabin quickly.
"She must be an immortal!" Dong Zhongyuan followed Long Qiqi while looking back longingly at the place where the white shadow disappeared behind the waterfall.
Long Qiqi shook her head again and again. Seeing Dong Zhongyuan's appearance, she finally understood Qin Ran's willpower. How strong Qin Ran's will must be...ahem, how afraid of death Qin Ran was, to be able to resist the temptation of Tushan Youyou.
Arriving at the living room, Long Qiqi found Tian Wenjin also there. She casually greeted them, then saw Li Shiyin and Chasing the Wind playing chess and went over to watch.
After watching for a while, she scolded as usual, "You two stinky chess baskets, the more you play the stinkier it gets!"
"You don't understand!" Li Shiyin huffed in rebuttal.
"I don't understand?" Long Qiqi wanted to laugh. She pointed to a place on the chessboard and said, "If you move here, at the intersection of three paths, the stupid tiger can only block one path..."
Hearing Long Qiqi's words, Chasing the Wind immediately sat up and popped out a claw at Long Qiqi.
"Daddy said, no talking while watching chess!"
Long Qiqi slapped his big paw back and sneered, "If he tells you not to eat, will you not eat?"
Dong Zhongyuan walked into the house and was startled for a moment seeing the interactions inside. Could low level demons interact so casually with high level demons too?
He walked over and looked at the chessboard next to Long Qiqi, asking her, "What game are they playing? Can you understand it?"
"What can two fools play?" Long Qiqi disdainfully said, "Gobang."
Wow! She was so arrogant, daring to scold the Profound Underworld Spirit Tiger, and even the personal disciple of Dan Peak's Peak Lord. Dong Zhongyuan couldn't help but take another look at Long Qiqi.
"What is Gobang?" He asked again.
"Just get five pieces in a row." Long Qiqi answered.
Dong Zhongyuan was no fool. He immediately understood. So he pointed to a certain place on the chessboard and asked, "Isn't this a row of five black pieces here?"
"That's right!" Long Qiqi nodded.
"Then why hasn't Junior Brother Chasing the Wind won?"
"Because there's a blind idiot."
"Roar! Roar!!" An idiot tiger was furious in incompetence, "Why didn't I see it?!"
One of the characteristics of Gobang was that it was simple to get started. Fools like Li Shiyin and Chasing the Wind who didn't like to use their brains could play it too. But after all, it was a game of wisdom and brain burning. With enough intelligence, it could be played with the sophistication of Go.
For example, the match between Long Qiqi and Dong Zhongyuan.
Even chess players at Li Shiyin and Chasing the Wind's level occasionally nodded in appreciation and exclaimed in surprise when watching them play.
It was only when Qin Ran finished preparing the dishes and called everyone for the meal that the game dispersed.
The dining area was in the kitchen. The layout of this small log cabin was originally a combined kitchen and dining room. When Qin Ran lived alone before Li Shiyin arrived, he didn't fuss over such details and just ate in the dining room everyday. Later, as Dan Peak became more lively, especially after Chasing the Wind grew up, most of the meals were out on the lawn outside the house. Now, it was just a return to basics.
Seats were arranged according to host and guest, human and beast. Host and guest referred to Qin Ran in the host seat, Dong Zhongyuan in the guest seat. Humans sat on chairs, Chasing the Wind sat on the floor.
Before starting the meal, Li Shiyin and Tian Wenjin first toasted Dong Zhongyuan to thank him for saving their lives, then began eating.
The atmosphere during the meal was harmonious and joyful. Dan Peak was all about a harmonious family atmosphere. With someone like Dong Zhongyuan who was a social butterfly, there was no such thing as an awkward atmosphere.
Those eating ate, those drinking drank, those talking talked. The eaters were the two gluttons of Dan Peak, the drinkers were the others, the talkers were Qin Ran and Dong Zhongyuan.
After three rounds of wine, the atmosphere became heated. Dong Zhongyuan felt it was time, and asked Qin Ran, "Martial Uncle, is there anyone living in the back mountains of Dan Peak?"
At this remark, the chopsticks in Long Qiqi's hands on the table couldn't help but stop for a moment. It was hard to advise a stubborn ghost. She silently shook her head.
"Oh? Did you see something?" Qin Ran asked with a smile.
Dong Zhongyuan recalled Long Qiqi's earlier words, and felt Qin Ran's smile was deeply meaningful. His mind turned rapidly, and finally his expression became stern as he lowered his voice to ask Qin Ran, "Are there any taboos in the back mountains of Dan Peak?"
Hmm? Taboos? Qin Ran glanced at Long Qiqi and saw her unnatural expression. He instantly understood.
But after careful thought, it didn't seem wrong to say that, especially for men who had no resistance towards feminine charm.
So for Dong Zhongyuan's own good, Qin Ran nodded and went along with Dong Zhongyuan's words, "There is indeed a taboo creature living in the back mountains of Dan Peak, suppressed there by the previous master of Dan Peak. Extremely dangerous!!"
Dong Zhongyuan was shocked to the core. He thought silently, the obsessive thoughts about that taboo creature he currently harbored, could it be that he had already fallen into its trap?
Thinking of this, he became restless and uneasy.
And from that day onwards, the legend that a ghostly taboo creature lived in the back mountains of Dan Peak spread far and wide in Dao Sword Sect.
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young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
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)
