Shen Buyao effortlessly arranged their new itinerary without a second thought.
Leaving her shop unattended,
she directly led the two to "Gui Xing."
Originally, it should have been the two women escorting him alone.
However,
Huang Feirong resisted the entire way.
During their walk, she even tried twice to slip away under the cover of darkness,
only to be ruthlessly caught by Shen Buyao each time and given two hard smacks on her ample backside.
Gui Xing was also located on Ghost Market Street—
or more accurately, beneath it.
There were two entrances:
one for outsiders,
and another exclusively for insiders.
With Shen Buyao leading the way, they naturally took the insider's passage.
This time, it felt just like in movies and TV dramas.
The trio first turned into a narrow alley,
then entered one of the buildings and took an elevator down underground.
Along the way,
Lin Yu roughly counted at least three groups of people.
These individuals were neither tourists nor stall owners—
they were likely "enforcers" specifically guarding the insider passage.
Now this was the real deal!
When they reached the second underground level and stepped out of the elevator,
the brightly lit scene genuinely stunned Lin Yu.
So, this was the true essence of Ghost Market Street… the underground auction house, Gui Xing!
On the way there,
Lin Yu had specifically asked which character "Gui" in Gui Xing referred to.
To his surprise,
Shen Buyao told him it was the "gui" in "tortoise" (as in "damn turtle").
Only upon seeing the signboard at the venue did he realize it was actually the "gui" meaning "rare treasure."
Broken down, it also carried the implication of "King of the Ghost Market."
"Boss Yao, long time no see! Still barking like a dog, huh?"
Shen Buyao: "Go beg your mom if you want a dog!"
"Boss Yao, what brings you down here? Business at Wubao Pavilion must be slow today."
Shen Buyao: "Your dad’s the one who’s slow—I’m always thriving!"
"Boss Yao, as fierce as ever!"
"Wishing you prosperity, Boss Yao!"
"..."
From the entrance of Gui Xing into its interior,
at least seven or eight people greeted them along the way.
It was clear just how popular Shen Buyao was on Ghost Market Street.
As for Huang Feirong’s familiarity with the place,
it was impossible to gauge.
Ever since stepping off the elevator,
she had been using Lin Yu’s height to her advantage, hiding behind him
like someone dodging debt collectors, too afraid to show her face.
"Feirong-jie, isn’t this place… owned by your family?"
"I remember Yao-jie mentioning it. So why are you…?"
Lin Yu couldn’t help but ask curiously.
Were there really parents who kept such a "grown" girl locked up at home these days?
That was practically a crime!
Huang Feirong whispered while hiding,
"You don’t get it—my mom and her Ninth Aunt are complete lunatics!"
"College boy, quit looking around so much."
"People here don’t like being stared at."
Lin Yu nodded to himself.
Big families truly were something else.
They even had a "Ninth Aunt."
They must’ve paid a fortune in fines back in the day, huh?
After a moment’s thought, Lin Yu turned slightly and muttered under his breath,
"Feirong-jie, let’s make a deal…"
"Could you tug on my shirt instead of my shorts?"
"These have an elastic waistband—if you accidentally… it’d be so embarrassing!"
Huang Feirong gave a pointed glance downward:
"So that’s what’s been poking me—round and firm."
"Kinda springy too!"
Smack…
With that,
she delivered a solid pat.
Lin Yu: "..."
He endured it.
After all, he needed her help.
His treasures still relied on her family’s auction house to be sold.
For now, he had no choice but to tolerate the "Queen Huang" treatment.
Shen Buyao paid no mind to the commotion behind her.
She simply reminded them,
"The auction won't start for another seven or eight minutes."
"Let's give our old cow another ten minutes to be fashionably late."
"We should find somewhere to wait. Too many familiar faces inside—it’d be a hassle to sit down."
Huang Feirong chimed in quickly:
"Yeah, of course we should find a quiet spot to do it!"
Lin Yu: "…"
Shen Buyao: "…"
Huang Feirong: "Hehe, isn’t that common sense?"
Shen Buyao: "College girl, stand here and wait for me. I’m taking her back to her mom first!"
Huang Feirong: "No no no, I’ll behave! I’ll shut up, promise!"
Just as the two were wrestling, tugging, and generally unable to disentangle themselves—
A familiar voice cut through the chaos…
"Yu, my man!"
"Can’t believe I ran into you here."
"Damn, you’re even dabbling in Gui Xing? Knew I wasn’t wrong about you!"
Lin Yu took a closer look.
Well, well.
Guess what?
If it ain’t Brother Biao!
"Brother Biao? Oh man, what a coincidence."
"Never thought I’d bump into someone I know here."
"I’m just here to check things out. You’re the real regular, huh?"
When someone calls you "my man," you gotta give ’em the respect they deserve.
A little flattery never hurts.
"Big Wang? Who left their zipper down and let you out?"
Shen Buyao, noticing Lin Yu greeting Wang Biao, stepped forward with a frown and offered her own "warm" greeting.
Wang Biao had been focused on Lin Yu—
Only now did he see the "big shot" standing beside him!
"Boss Yao, long time no see."
"Still got that sharp tongue, huh? Hahaha."
"This here’s my little bro, Yu."
"You two are…?"
Wang Biao was a seasoned social player.
One glance told him Lin Yu and Shen Buyao’s relationship was anything but ordinary.
So, he quickly threw out the "bro" label to armor up.
Even old foxes fear the real deal.
Without realizing it,
Lin Yu’s stature in Wang Biao’s eyes grew another notch.
Shen Buyao patted Lin Yu’s arm:
"You asking about us? We’ve got no connection."
Lin Yu: "…"
He’d been waiting for Shen Buyao to sing his praises.
Instead, she hit him with this heartless line.
But then—
Shen Buyao followed up with something even more outrageous.
Shen Buyao: "He’s my bestie’s husband."
Lin Yu: "???"
Wang Biao: "!!!"
Huang Feirong peeked out from behind, waving hello:
"Big Wang, long time no see."
"Last night he was still my hubby, but not today—I’ve handed him over to Yao now."
Lin Yu: "???"
Wang Biao: "!!!"
Shen Buyao looped her arm through Lin Yu’s and leaned her head against him:
"Big Wang, anything else unclear?"
Wang Biao froze for a few seconds before plastering on a grin:
"Ahahaha, crystal… crystal clear!"
"Yu, you’re one lucky guy."
"I’ll hook you up with some snake bile wine later. Young men gotta start supplementing early!"
Lin Yu: "…"
shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
