Lin Yu suddenly felt his mouth go dry.
This kind of scene...
She shouldn’t be called "auntie"—"fairy aunt" would be more fitting.
Before this, Aunt Qimeng’s clothing style had always leaned toward loose and comfortable.
Lin Yu had never paid close attention to her actual figure.
He only knew it was curvaceous where it should be.
Thanks to the "gauze robe’s" limited-time perk, he could now catch glimpses of her true form through the sheer fabric.
The reason it was called a "limited-time" perk?
Because in Lin Yu’s vision, a translucent countdown timer appeared.
[1:59:02]…
[1:59:01]…
The meaning was clear—the duration of the [Forbidden Zone Exploration Talisman] was only two hours.
Aside from the countdown, there was also a virtual [Switch] option.
As Lin Yu walked further into the room, he tried switching it.
With a slight mental nudge, the real room returned.
It was as if the previous scene had been an illusion.
When he switched again, the illusion was back!
Who needs the original when you’ve got the enhanced version?
This function was completely unnecessary!
"Xiao Yu, these are the shoes I bought for you today. What do you think of the style?"
Lin Yu: "..."
Well.
He’d have to switch back to the original for now.
Otherwise, judging the shoes based solely on the "white cloth boots" in "Fairy Qimeng’s" hands would be impossible.
"Ah, right, Aunt Qimeng, do you have spare slippers in your room?"
"I’ve been running around all day—I should wash my feet first."
"Otherwise, this would be pretty awkward..."
Though he claimed it was awkward, his expression remained perfectly natural.
For most young people, something like this might be mortifying.
But for Lin Yu?
It meant nothing.
Chen Qimeng, of course, cared deeply about Lin Yu’s dignity.
She hurriedly fetched a pair of white slippers for him.
"Yes, yes, wear these!"
Under the effect of the Forbidden Zone Exploration Talisman, Chen Qimeng, with her fluttering sleeves, presented a pair of translucent, milky-white openwork slippers to Lin Yu.
The scene was so ethereal and pristine that it stirred an inexplicable feeling in him.
Using anything in the room now felt like a sacrilege against a celestial being—a sinful thrill.
Around the slippers, faint golden light shimmered, visible only upon closer inspection.
Since entering, Lin Yu had been curious about the glowing objects and their effects.
Now was the perfect chance to test them.
"Thanks, Auntie. I’ll go rinse off in the bathroom—be quick."
With that, Lin Yu took the slippers.
The moment he touched them, a system prompt chimed.
[Ding!]
[The fairy aunt’s private slippers—wearing them may grant miraculous effects?]
Lin Yu: "!!!"
The [Forbidden Zone Exploration Talisman]!
So it wasn’t just about switching aesthetics.
The golden-glowing items…
Were actually treasures waiting to be discovered?
Now this felt like a proper secret realm exploration!
Lin Yu hurried to the bathroom door, kicked off his shoes, and slipped on the slippers Chen Qimeng had given him.
[Ding!]
[During forbidden zone exploration, obtained and equipped "Radiant Fairy Slippers"!]
[Reward: 20 Sect Contribution Points, 50 Spirit Stones.]
[Ding!]
[Congratulations, Host! Your relationship with the Acting Sect Leader has deepened, reaching the sixth tier: "Close Friends and Neighbors"!]
[Reward: 50 Spirit Stones.]
Now this was interesting.
Not only did he gain Spirit Stones, but also Sect Contribution Points!
The Forbidden Zone Exploration Talisman was absolutely amazing.
Right now, Lin Yu was in desperate need of Spirit Stones.
With so many golden glimmers around, he could farm them comfortably.
Lin Yu glanced back at Aunt Qimeng.
She was sitting on a "jade couch," hands resting at her sides, watching him wear her slippers with lowered eyes.
Hiss.
So wearing her slippers was what triggered the relationship upgrade?
Was it…
Like the psychology of a man seeing a woman wear his shirt—and nothing else?
Was this some kind of special possessiveness?
Upon entering the bathroom, it resembled a mist-shrouded secret realm.
The elegant brown wood accents and shimmering bottles and jars made it seem like a fairy’s bathing quarters.
On the floor lay an object.
Its golden glow was even brighter than the "fairy slippers."
Lin Yu reached out and touched it.
[Ding!]
[An artifact seemingly used by the fairy to nurture her jade-like feet. Sharing a soak with her may yield extraordinary rewards?]
Under the talisman’s effect, it appeared as a large wooden tub embedded with water-blue Spirit Stones.
When the effect was turned off, it was just an "electric foot-soaking bucket."
The fully open, lidless design was quite trendy back in 2014.
At the bottom of the tub were four foot-shaped patterns with various raised bumps.
Probably meant to wiggle around when powered on, simulating a massage effect.
The foot-soaking bucket was at least somewhat useful.
The massage function, though? Pure scam material for that era.
Aunt Qimeng was usually so frugal—why would she spend money on this?
And judging by the footprints… it was a dual-person tub!
Now, how could he casually suggest: "Auntie, let’s soak our feet together?"
It all felt bizarre beyond words.
Yet this system was clearly tempting him!
[Possibly extraordinary rewards]...
If he missed this chance, would there be another?
From the moment Auntie Qimeng waited for him to return, to her behavior after he entered the house—
Now was the time.
If Lin Yu made an odd request, Auntie Qimeng might feel awkward, but the likelihood of her refusing wasn’t high!
"Auntie Qimeng, when did you buy this new foot bath? Is it any good?"
Hearing Lin Yu’s question, Chen Qimeng got up and walked to the bathroom door.
"Oh, Xiao Yu, you mean this?"
"This was a gift from Aunt Liu, a regular at my shop."
"Honestly, I don’t know if it’s good or not—I’ve never used it."
Lin Yu vaguely recalled the image of Granny Liu:
"Is that the Granny Liu whose husband has trouble with his legs?"
"I think I remember her..."
Chen Qimeng nodded in confirmation.
"Yes, yes, that’s her."
"She went on one of those ten-yuan group tours and ended up sitting through hours of sales pitches."
"When she came back, she inexplicably bought a foot bath."
"Then, just a few days later..."
"Her husband went on another free group tour and had to endure a whole day of lectures."
"He came back with another foot bath, just like that."
"So Aunt Liu said since they had more than they needed, they gave me a brand-new one."
Lin Yu and Chen Qimeng exchanged a glance.
Both couldn’t help but laugh.
Makes perfect sense.
These so-called ten-yuan or free senior group tours?
They’re just schemes to drag you in for sales pitches.
They’ll do anything to make you spend money.
Otherwise,
since when do such freebies fall from the sky?
"Auntie Qimeng, it’d be a waste to just leave it unused."
"Why don’t we try it together and see if this ‘high-tech’ thing actually works?"
"It’s... for two people, right?"
Seizing the perfectly relaxed atmosphere, Lin Yu smoothly suggested they give it a try.
Chen Qimeng’s smile froze on her face.
Her tension became visibly palpable...
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.
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!
. 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!"
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.
