Luo Chen's gaze shifted toward the distance, his eyes gradually revealing a look of envy and longing.
He desperately wanted to possess something like love, but he knew he never would.
Because once you love the wrong person, you lose the qualification to possess love at all.
Why did Luo Chen give up on living? Was it because he didn't want to live?
No. It was his misplaced love that buried him.
You ask him to try loving the next person?
For a man like Luo Chen, he could dye the entire world red with blood, but the one thing he would never defile is his love.
Therefore, loving the wrong person is equivalent to death.
This is Luo Chen.
"Can't you hear me? Then... write it down and burn it for me. I'll read it slowly, acting as a spectator."
[Little Black: Um... you won't be able to see it either.]
Luo Chen sighed, then smiled.
"It doesn't matter. Then write it down for others to see. Let the people of this world believe that love truly exists. I'll give a collective name to the people who read this story; let's call them 'Readers'."
Little Black thought about it and felt it was a good proposal. [Alright, it's settled. But I don't strictly know what love is. How do I judge it?]
Luo Chen patted Little Black's head. "That requires you to judge for yourself. If your judgment is correct, you will be able to see clearly what love looks like."
Little Black sighed. It had already figured out Luo Chen's little scheme; he just wanted it to guard the love lives of his descendants.
[Little Black: Fine, but you have to promise me one thing too.]
The little black cat didn't want to make a losing deal.
Luo Chen was somewhat surprised. "I am a dying man; what can I do for you?"
[Little Black: Your Luo family's Dragon Vein is my home. Can you stop people from entering it in the future?]
Luo Chen thought for a moment. "No wonder our first meeting was near the Dragon Vein."
"Alright. I'll have the two keys separated. In the future, it will require both the Head of the House and the Guardian to open it together. I'll also build a statue for you and place it inside before I die. That place will be your home forever."
[Little Black: But doesn't that mean people can still get in?]
Luo Chen smiled. "They won't. If the keys are in one person's hands, they will open it. But if two people share control separately... trust me, they will never unite. That is human nature."
[Little Black: Alright, looks like that's the only way.]
Luo Chen knew what Little Black was worried about, so he began to explain.
"My Luo family has a massive number of branch families. Many people know about this Dragon Vein. If I suddenly issue an order forbidding descendants from entering, it will only spark greater curiosity among them."
"Furthermore, I cannot control my descendants after I die. The benefit of this method is that during the struggle for power, there will inevitably be a long period where the Dragon Vein cannot be opened."
"If no one opens it for three or four consecutive generations, there might even be a break in the heritage. The people after that might not even be able to find where the Dragon Vein is. This is your permanent guarantee. do you understand?"
Although Little Black had lived for a long time, its thinking was vastly different from that of humans, so it shook its head.
[I don't understand.]
Luo Chen smiled helplessly. "If you don't understand, forget it. Sooner or later, you will."
Time flew by. After Little Black's statue was built, Luo Chen became critically ill and passed away.
......
[Little Black: This is the story of this cat and Luo Chen. Lin Ran, did you understand it?]
Lin Ran nodded. "I understood. Basically, you promised Luo Yao's ancestor to guard the pure love of his descendant once, right?"
Little Black stood up and revealed a very human-like smile. [Your understanding is sound. And this cat kept its word.]
Lin Ran thought for a moment and then asked a soul-searching question.
"Then why is it me and Luo Yao? Hasn't there been a single instance of accidental true love among the Luo descendants from ancient times until now?"
[Little Black: Hey, don't mention it. You really shouldn't ask. Forget 'accidental', not even 'true love' ever appeared.]
The corners of Lin Ran's mouth twitched twice.
"Alright, then what do you rely on to judge 'true love'? Judging by my previous life, I shouldn't count. I was essentially a bastard."
Little Black remained silent for a long time before slowly speaking. [No, you and Luo Yao were very much in love. Do you remember the question you once asked this cat right here?]
Lin Ran narrowed his eyes. "What you're about to say next is your real purpose for seeking me out today, isn't it?"
Little Black sighed. [Really, nothing gets past you. Humans are just smarter than cats.]
[To answer you now: This cat indeed didn't use time reversal on you for the first time. To be precise, I used it...]
Lin Ran's curiosity was piqued. "How many times?"
Little Black lowered its head, looking somewhat embarrassed. [Uh... three...]
Lin Ran asked in confusion, "Three times? So it really is 'Three Lives, Three Worlds'? Wait... reversing three times would mean four lives and four worlds. You're really something."
[Little Black: Thir... Thirty times.]
Lin Ran screamed out loud. "What the hell? Thirty times? Why don't you just launch yourself into space?"
Little Black hurriedly explained. [Don't be anxious. Come look with me and you'll understand.]
"Look at what?"
[Little Black: Look at your past.]
This cat's mistake.
As space distorted, a super-clear projection appeared in the clearing.
[Little Black: Lin Ran, this cat made your time fragments from every life into something like a movie. This is your first life. Take a look.]
Lin Ran thought to himself, *Is it that magical?*
He definitely had to take a good look at what kind of story he and Luo Yao actually had.
Here, time passed very quickly, but Lin Ran could watch his first life as if viewing flowers from a galloping horse.
Then, he was shocked.
In his first life, he and Luo Yao didn't have any love-hate drama, nor was there a story of 'you run, I chase'.
Although Luo Yao was as obsessively possessive as ever, he, in that life, had completely accepted such an intense Luo Yao.
From their first meeting to walking down the aisle, everything went smoothly.
Until Little Black appeared in the picture.
It was a cat. Although it had lived for a long time, its mental maturity was vastly different from a human's.
Little Black didn't know if these two counted as true love, so it decided to test them.
Thus, it played a little "joke".
In the past years, it had used different methods to test many people of the Luo family, but none turned out to be what it considered true love.
Its understanding was simple: if it's true love, you should at least be willing to protect your beloved, right?
This time, as Lin Ran and the others walked out of the wedding hall, it created a "small accident".
Then, it saw Lin Ran block a fatal blow for Luo Yao...
And he died on the spot.
What?
Little Black was stunned. It hadn't expected that the little prank it painstakingly set up would become the weapon that sent Lin Ran to his grave.
It had clearly just flashed in front of that driver's eyes. As a result, after hitting Lin Ran, the driver was scared to death. In his panic, he actually slammed on the accelerator and ran over him.
This was a massive heavy-duty truck.
In the image, Luo Yao couldn't believe what was happening before her eyes. Wearing her wedding dress, she tremblingly picked up the crushed, unrecognizable Lin Ran and sat there in a daze for a long time, then suddenly laughed wildly.
In her madness, she sliced the driver in two, and immediately after, she plunged the knife into herself.
Luo Yao's blade work was exceptional; a single strike left absolutely no chance of survival.
She collapsed by Lin Ran's side.
"Ran, dying with you... feels so good."
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!
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?
ver to a world of cultivation and returned invincible. Modern medicine is child's play compared to elixirs; technological might crumbles before true cultivation. My name is Qin Ning, Earth's sole cultivator!
