Dinnertime.
[Ding!]
[God-tier move! An exquisitely delicious spirit cuisine has conquered your dao companions' taste buds! (2 repeats)]
[Reward: 50 spirit stones (2)]
Chen Qimeng: "Xiao Yu, this is amazing! The food outside can't even compare to what you make."
Shen Buyao: "Lin Yu, when did you secretly learn to cook like this? Can I get a second bowl of rice?"
Lin Yu had merely performed some casual culinary maneuvers.
Yet it had already pushed both girls' tastebuds to their limits.
"I just never had much chance to cook before. Summer break is still long though."
"If you ladies would grace me with your presence, I'd be happy to cook daily when we're free."
[Ding!]
[God-tier move (2)...]
Another effortless verbal play, easily netting him another hundred spirit stones.
...
After dinner.
Chen Qimeng insisted the other two rest while she handled cleanup.
As if not contributing would make her die of guilt.
This time Lin Yu didn't argue, letting Chen Qimeng take charge.
He and Shen Buyao went to the first-floor lobby, whispering closely.
Lin Yu: "Yaojie, how's the money preparation going?"
Shen Buyao: "Relax, we've got the full amount ready. We'll meet Big Moo face-to-face at Ghost Market Street tonight."
Lin Yu: "In-person transaction is best. Thanks, Yaojie."
Shen Buyao: "Tch. If you can't trust me, who can you trust?"
Lin Yu: "Fate."
Shen Buyao: "!!!"
[Ding!]
[God-tier move! A soul-piercing coded phrase leaves your dao companion utterly shocked!]
[Reward: 50 spirit stones]
Shen Buyao quickly regained composure:
"W-what nonsense? Such an awkward joke."
Lin Yu secretly reveled in his victory.
Could she even speak properly with her tongue tied in knots?
Awkward? Sure.
But timing and audience made all the difference.
Maintaining perfect seriousness, Lin Yu gazed at Shen Buyao:
"I'm not joking. Dead serious."
"The fortune teller said I'd meet a benefactor this year with great financial fortune."
"Then... I met you."
"Seems pretty accurate to me! As a college freshman, this is definitely a huge windfall!"
"So Yaojie..."
"You must be that destined benefactor!"
[Ding!]
[God-tier move...]
Shen Buyao: "!!!"
What the hell was up with this brat?
Did... did he actually believe in fate too?
Benefactor...
No one had ever called her that before...
Forcing calm, Shen Buyao retorted:
"Pfft, benefactor my ass! Next you'll call me Imperial Concubine!"
"Stop studying that superstitious crap. Modern youth should read more, sleep early, snack less, stay woke."
Lin Yu: "Oh."
Shen Buyao: "That stuff's all scams. Wake up."
Lin Yu: "Oh."
Shen Buyao: "Your jiejie would never believe that."
Lin Yu: "Oh."
A vein throbbed on Shen Buyao's forehead: "You 'oh oh oh', oh your—"
She barely swallowed the impending "mother's head" curse.
Lin Yu internally: Oh?
She actually restrained herself.
Rare indeed!
Seems their relationship upgrade raised her tolerance threshold too.
Regaining her poise, Shen Buyao studied Lin Yu's impassive face, finding him particularly punchable today.
Yet she surprisingly offered:
"We're going to Ghost Market Street later anyway. Wanna come to my room first?"
Lin Yu blinked innocently: "Do what?"
Shen Buyao: "The fuck you think? Wanna do IT? Just chat, dumbass!"
Lin Yu mused:
Whoever did this antique sister's fortune clearly sucked.
Her self-guided romance route was completely off-track—looked like he'd need to handle the follow-through.
After token resistance, Lin Yu followed the antique sister inside.
Contrary to expectations, her room wasn't some classical antique showcase.
Just your standard young woman's quarters.
Except...
Since when did she own lingerie?!
And it was just hanging there—right between the chair and the disciplinary ruler!
Practically spotlighted for maximum visibility!
"Eyes! I'll gouge them out! Rip your head clean off!" Shen Buyao threatened fiercely.
Yet her flustered hands betrayed her, desperately snatching the garment.
First she tried stuffing it in a drawer...
Nope.
Then under the blanket...
Still nope.
Finally securing it beneath her pillow, she scanned the room like a bomb squad technician.
Couldn't blame her really.
Since renting this place, she'd never envisioned male intrusion.
She was practically an anti-man forcefield!
What reckless beast would dare enter her sanctum?
Yet fate works mysteriously.
Who knew the first boy to breach her private world would be... invited by her own hand?
Shen Buyao eyed him suspiciously: "Cat got your tongue?"
Lin Yu murmured: "Pretty."
Shen Buyao: "..."
Lin Yu: "..."
Suddenly Shen Buyao stormed toward him with terrifying momentum, making Lin Yu's heart skip several beats.
Scolding is one thing, but actually hitting him is out of the question, right?
After all, he might not hold back from retaliating.
In the end, Shen Buyao marched up to Lin Yu, hands on her hips, and demanded:
"Hey! You little pervert, be honest… are you trying to hit on me?"
Lin Yu: "…"
What a fierce opening move.
If he said yes, it was definitely a spur-of-the-moment thought.
If he said no, the mood was already set.
According to the usual hierarchy of romantic prospects,
a domineering, hard-to-handle antique of a woman like her should rank outside the top ten.
Who would’ve thought?
Fate had other plans!
Now she was suddenly among the frontrunners.
Since she was so good at rationalizing things on her own, Lin Yu didn’t need to put on an act.
He glanced at Shen Buyao’s "landing strip"…
Sigh.
This would require some long-term nurturing.
Shen Buyao followed his gaze and looked down at herself:
"You bastard, Lin Yu! Your eyes just gave you away!"
"Tell me, were you already scheming when you brought up those three conditions?"
"Spit it out!!"
"Now, tell me—what exactly are these three things?"
Lin Yu furrowed his brows: "I…"
Before he could answer, Shen Buyao cut him off:
"Hold on, let’s get one thing straight."
"If you dare suggest anything involving taking off pants, I’ll yank your tongue out and roll it up like a Fruit Roll-Up!"
Lin Yu sighed in disappointment: "Huh? I can’t suggest that?"
Shen Buyao’s mind short-circuited: "Wha—? You… you can’t just jump straight to… to that… ugh!"
Lin Yu thought to himself:
Yikes!
This antique sister is dead serious, huh?
She’s really ready to taste the bitterness of love!
Whoever did her fortune-telling—Lin Yu ought to go kneel before them in gratitude.
Lin Yu asked earnestly:
"Then… can I suggest a date instead?"
"Or maybe just a walk in the park together?"
Shen Buyao tilted her chin up:
"Fine. Since I agreed to your three conditions, I have no choice."
"But listen—this is my first time going on a date with a guy, so you better be gentle!"
Lin Yu patted his chest reassuringly:
"Don’t worry. So, should we pick a day?"
Shen Buyao was about to respond when she suddenly tensed up:
"Wait a second…"
"You little punk—are you planning a wild night?!"
…
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!
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
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!
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.
