The news of the Gu family patriarch being severely injured spread throughout Yi City in a single afternoon.
His son, Gu Xiaojia, immediately declared that he stood with the common people, joining them in condemning his father's greedy behavior. Rumor had it that he publicly announced parting ways with his father on the spot, severing all ties.
The commoners also learned that the man leading them was Boss Fang of the lumberyard. In Li San's words, Fang Zhiyi was omnipotent, capable of scaling the heavens and plumbing the depths of the earth, even more formidable than the legendary immortals.
Few believed this initially, but Li San and the others directly distributed the Gu family's wealth among the crowd, providing tangible benefits. With this single action, they truly captured the hearts of the common people.
"Our young master said it! From now on, Yi City belongs to the commoners! It is everyone's Yi City! We are the masters of Yi City!"
Fang Zhiyi's name echoed throughout this remote little city.
Though it was limited to just this city.
Those once-aloof Douqi warriors were escorted into the deep mountains for hard labor, drawing cheers and applause from the commoners.
Watching the drastic changes in the city, Peng Huan'er muttered to herself, "The young master really is a madman. How did he stir up such huge trouble again? Last time it was swindling money, but this time it's outright rebellion!"
"The real nuclear-powered donkeys have arrived," Fang Zhiyi revealed a sinister smile.
The remnant soul in the jade pendant, Old Ghost, clamored, "This is all my doing! Don't you forget about me!"
"Alright, alright, you're the most badass." Even Fang Zhiyi hadn't expected that Old Ghost's theories would be so perfectly suited to this era. Combining those theories with Fang Zhiyi's practical execution, they managed to create a device capable of completely suppressing Douqi.
"I say, is our next step to raise an army and march straight on Shangjing?" Old Ghost was a bit excited, not having realized he was this awesome either.
Fang Zhiyi extended a middle finger and flicked him. "Do you have rocks in your head? How could these devices of ours possibly deal with high-tier Douqi warriors?"
That sentence extinguished more than half of Old Ghost's enthusiasm.
"How do you know it won't work if we don't try?"
Fang Zhiyi looked at the jade pendant. "That makes sense. Doing scientific research requires exactly this kind of mindset." He paused. "But if this were your peak, and you knew there was a weapon that could suppress you, and you were on guard, what would the success rate be?"
Old Ghost fell silent.
At his peak, and with his guard up, it would be absolutely impossible for these people to hurt him!
"Sigh..."
"Don't worry, there is no end to science," Fang Zhiyi said, looking at the escorted nuclear-powered donkeys. "Before that, we need some labor and... experimental subjects."
Fang Congyun never expected that even after entering Shangjing, he would still encounter such tremendous resistance.
The First Prince blatantly sent out more assassins attempting to eliminate the Little Princess. The Second and Third Princes were fiercely battling each other, while the noble families had each chosen their respective candidates to support. Now, the entirety of Shangjing was in utter chaos.
When Douqi warriors fought, the commoners suffered. Many civilian houses collapsed, and some people even died in the crossfire of the battles.
None of those aloof warriors cared in the slightest.
Fang Congyun had some brains, after all. He quickly and secretly won over several branch members of the noble families, forcefully developing his own faction under the most disadvantageous circumstances.
The Little Princess praised him endlessly and repeatedly stated that in the future, she only wanted to be his empress. Hearing this, Fang Congyun grinned from ear to ear.
However, he did not realize that a villain he had overlooked was closely watching his every move.
"This beast has hooked up with another vixen?" Pale fingers exerted a slight force, and the teacup instantly shattered.
The servants standing by swallowed nervously.
"Patriarch, the First Prince is gradually losing power now. Should we also pick a side?"
"Pick a side? Why should we pick a side?" Jian Xiaoyu abruptly stood up, her Douqi erupting from her body, terrifying her subordinates into immediately taking two steps back.
"Are you saying that this world can only be ruled by men, and not by women?"
"The Patriarch is absolutely right!" A subordinate immediately grasped her intent and spoke up, prompting the others to kneel on one knee. "We are willing to follow the Patriarch's lead!"
They did not understand what kind of provocation this young miss had suffered. They only knew that on the night the old Patriarch died violently in his room and the eldest miss had her meridians broken, turning into a cripple, the sky over the Jian family had completely changed.
Jian Xiaoyu's actions became incredibly ruthless, and she grew extremely suspicious. She took over the entire Jian family using rather terrifying methods.
"Fang Congyun! Everything you owe me, I will definitely take back in full!"
Following Jian Xiaoyu's will, the Jian family vanished, transforming into an underground faction active in the shadows. When Fang Congyun first heard the news of the Jian family's annihilation, he was only somewhat shocked. However, facing the siege of other factions, he had no time to search for Jian Xiaoyu's whereabouts, which gave her ample time to scheme.
This turmoil plunged the world into misery. Some noble families, like the Gu family of Yi City, desperately scrambled for profits, while others closely followed their chosen princes, carrying out assassinations or sieges against other royal family members who had a chance at the throne.
No one expected that the most inconspicuous Little Princess would ultimately fight her way out of this fierce competition.
Her other brothers were either dead or crippled, and their supporters were suddenly backstabbed by their own families one day. Relying on his stratagems, Fang Congyun forcibly turned the tables. To firmly seize this opportunity, he spent years of painstaking effort, advancing from a fifth-tier Douqi warrior to an eighth-tier powerhouse.
Just when everyone was rejoicing, an unexpected change occurred: the dormant Jian Xiaoyu made her move.
The factions under Fang Congyun suffered varying degrees of attacks, sustaining heavy losses.
And Jian Xiaoyu reappeared in Fang Congyun's line of sight. One was sinister, ruthless, and filled with resentment, while the other was unscrupulous and determined to eradicate the other.
The tales of love and grudges between Jian Xiaoyu and Fang Congyun spread once more, but right or wrong no longer mattered. For Fang Congyun, obtaining the world was more important than anything else.
With the Princess's support, the imperial guards in Fang Congyun's hands quickly suppressed Jian Xiaoyu's subordinates. The situation began to turn completely one-sided, but Jian Xiaoyu was well-prepared. What she wanted wasn't the throne, but...
"Fang Congyun! You and I must settle our grievances today!"
Holding the Princess hostage, Jian Xiaoyu believed victory was in her grasp.
She had long planted her own people among the palace servants, all for the sake of subduing the enemy in one fell swoop.
Fang Congyun had his reservations. He knew that if he lost the Princess, the noble families outside would definitely not submit to him. Faced with Jian Xiaoyu's coercion, he could only obediently cooperate.
Seeing everything unfold as planned, Jian Xiaoyu's confidants grew somewhat excited. The merit of aiding a new ruler to the throne wasn't an opportunity just anyone could get.
However, Jian Xiaoyu's next moves left them completely bewildered.
The formerly ruthless and venomous Patriarch turned into a bitter woman. She rambled on about her past romance with Fang Congyun, talking about how he had betrayed her. She wanted to let the whole world know of Fang Congyun's heartlessness and fickle nature.
. 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!"
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?!
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
