[Ding!]
[Brilliant move! Considering your dao companion at every turn while creating subtle surprises that make them feel cherished!]
[Reward: 50 spirit stones]
Lin Yu sat at the dining table, feeling pleased as he read the replies on his phone.
"Dreaming in Rain: Love you, hubby!"
"Dreaming in Rain: (Mwah) (Mwah) (Mwah)"
"Dreaming in Rain: (Hug) (Hug) (Hug)"
He glanced at Chi Qingshui’s back as she ladled soup, her cool demeanor unchanged despite occasionally stealing glances at him.
Impressive.
She could reply to his messages while maintaining her composure, not even slowing down as she served the soup. Her mental fortitude was truly remarkable!
Though her haste in replying was partly due to being suddenly moved, this time... when faced with Lin Yu’s mention of "if we meet," his little girlfriend’s first reaction wasn’t to immediately remind him to refuse.
It seemed his covert tactics over the past two days had paid off.
At the table, the four of them ate breakfast, each lost in their own thoughts.
Chen Qimeng:
So Xiao Yu doesn’t like the taste of vinegar? I never noticed before. I’ll have to be more careful when cooking from now on!
Chi Qingchi:
Ah… what should I do? Xiao Lin probably isn’t a pervert, right? He won’t try anything at night, will he? How can I sneak out without my sister noticing?
Chi Qingshui:
He drank it! He really did! Is that expression satisfaction or dissatisfaction? Does he not even like slightly sour tomatoes?
Lin Yu:
[Ding!]
[Congratulations, Host! You’ve completed the urgent mission "Dao Companion’s Morning Meal"!]
[Enjoying a morning meal prepared by your dao companion is one of the great joys of a close relationship!]
[Reward: 300 sect contribution points, 800 spirit stones, 1 free system mall draw.]
His girlfriend was a "benefits fairy"!
The girl who seemed the hardest to please actually had the easiest high-reward tasks to complete!
Early in the morning, she had delivered a full wave of benefits.
Love it, love it.
With time to spare, Lin Yu checked the information panels of the three women to see if there were any tasks he could casually complete.
[Chi Qingshui]
[Age: 20]
[Sect Status: Library Pavilion Elder]
[Intimacy Level with Host: 79% (Seventh Realm, Entwined Affections)]
[Number of Dao Companions (Soul Cultivation/Body Cultivation): 1/0]
[Attributes/Skills: Mortal Reflection (Beginner), Scholarly Dao Body (Great Perfection)]
[Other Info: Soul Cultivation Dao Companion (Lin Yu)]
[Current Missions:]
[Book Collection (Daily Mission): …Please purchase "Photography: Theory of Light and Shadow Composition" promptly.]
[Book Collection (Daily Mission): …Please purchase "Photography: Practical Applications of the Golden Ratio" promptly.]
[Laundry (Daily Mission): Immortal garments must be kept clean to reflect a cultivator’s purity. Please "use the washing machine to do laundry" promptly.]
[...]
[Chi Qingchi]
[Age: 20]
[Sect Status: Joyous Sect Bell Envoy]
[Intimacy Level with Host: 46% (Fourth Realm, Silent Understanding)]
[(Unimportant info omitted to save space)]
[Current Missions:]
[Meal Craving (Daily Mission): …Please try "street vendor fried chicken cutlet" promptly.]
[Meal Craving (Daily Mission): …Please try "takoyaki" promptly.]
[Meal Craving (Daily Mission): …Please try "grilled sausage" promptly.]
[Laundry (Daily Mission): …Please "use the washing machine to do laundry" promptly.]
[...]
[Chen Qimeng]
[Age: 35]
[Sect Status: Acting Sect Leader of the Joyous Sect]
[Intimacy Level with Host: 66% (Sixth Realm, Heart Fluttering)]
[Number of Dao Companions (Soul Cultivation/Body Cultivation): 0/0]
[(Omitted)]
[Current Missions:]
[Laundry (Daily Mission): …Please "use the washing machine to do laundry" promptly.]
[Clothing Purchase (Daily Mission): As the Acting Sect Leader, it is important to purchase immortal garments for the sect’s head disciple, hoping she will like the chosen attire.]
What a coincidence!
All three women had the same mission.
Lin Yu’s daily tasks also included helping Aunt Qimeng hang laundry.
If… all four of them washed together!
Wouldn’t that mean one action, four times the happiness?
He and Aunt Qimeng often washed their outerwear together.
But with his roommates, they weren’t that close.
Especially since they were all girls.
Mixing dark fabrics into their soft, pastel ones wasn’t something ordinary female roommates would easily accept.
As for now…
This was a good opportunity to test the Chi sisters’ tolerance levels.
Before the main event, proper buildup was essential.
He had to sweet-talk the girls into a blissful state before the real feast could begin.
"So delicious, Big Chi! I’m seriously impressed!"
[Ding!]
[Brilliant move! Sincere praise that delights your dao companion!]
[Reward: 50 spirit stones]
Chi Qingshui remained expressionless, merely nodding.
"It’s not that big a deal…"
Lin Yu took two more big spoonfuls and gave a thumbs-up.
"No, really, it’s amazing."
"Can you teach me sometime? I’d love to learn so I can…"
He pretended to hesitate before continuing:
"...make it for Aunt Qimeng!"
[Ding!]
[Brilliant move! Feigning hesitation while genuinely caring for your dao companion, moving them deeply!]
[Reward: 50 spirit stones]
[Ding!]
[Brilliant move! The host willingly learning something he’s not good at for the Acting Sect Leader, earning her gratitude!]
[Reward: 20 spirit stones]
Lin Yu internally:
This is the art of speech!
Chi Qingshui: "I-I’m not that skilled. It’s nothing special. You can watch next time."
Chen Qimeng: "I-I’m fine with anything, really. No need to trouble yourself, Xiao Yu. Thank you."
Chi Qingchi: "C-Can I join and eat too?"
Seeing that the "Yan Kingdom map" had been laid out smoothly and everyone was in high spirits, it was time to reveal the dagger!
Lin Yu casually brought up:
"I need to wash a few light-colored shirts later. Are any of you… planning to use the washing machine?"
"If you are, you can go first. I only have two pieces—I can just hand-wash them."
Here it was!
The test of their conscience.
Lin Yu had just buttered them all up nicely.
Would they really let him resort to hand-washing?
Reciprocate, fellow sect members!
Chen Qimeng was the first to speak up:
"I have some light-colored clothes and a skirt to wash too, Xiao Yu. Just give me yours."
"If Qingshui and Qingchi need to wash, they can go first. We can wash ours together afterward."
Heh!
With the lovely aunt setting the precedent, she’d given the girlfriend and the shut-in a model to follow.
Especially Aunt Qimeng’s line:
"You go first, we’ll wash together later!"
Unconsciously, it was like placing a weight on a balanced scale—one with the force of a thousand pounds.
It lifted Chi Qingshui’s prideful heart entirely.
What do you mean "you" and "we"?
Shouldn’t it be "you" and "us"?
Weren’t we just interacting a moment ago?
Territorial instinct exploded in Chi Qingshui's mind at that very moment.
She followed up by saying,
"I don’t have many light-colored clothes either—just three light short-sleeves."
"Washing them separately would waste water. There’s no need."
Chi Qingchi was thunderstruck: "!!!"
What the—?
Did my sister leave her "aloofness" in the room when she went out today?
...
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
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)
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
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?!
