"Ha ha ha ha!"
"This is too hilarious!"
"It's been so long since I heard such juicy gossip."
"Big bro, why aren't you laughing?"
"Are you unhappy?"
Happy?
How the hell could I be happy?
If Chen Tian had just fought someone openly—even if it involved murder and arson—Chen Chang'an wouldn't be this frustrated.
But what did Chen Tian do? Nothing decent, just a bunch of underhanded, shameless tricks.
No wonder the Jiuyun Immortal Sect is fine—it wasn’t some deep-seated grudge. The only thing people hate is the name "Chen Chang'an" itself.
Humiliating!
So damn humiliating!
Chen Chang'an hadn’t done a thing, yet he was already burdened with this mess. He could already imagine the looks he’d get when those people saw him.
"That damn bastard."
"How can he be so shameless?" Chen Chang'an fumed.
"Big bro, since when do you call others shameless?"
"But honestly, you two are cut from the same cloth. If you were him, you’d probably do the same."
"Big bro, don’t you see? You two actually have some similarities," Da Huang said with a grin.
Similarities? If that’s the kind of similarity, I’d rather not have it!
"Yi Tuo, what are you spacing out for?"
"You haven’t reacted at all since earlier. What’s on your mind?" Da Huang gave Yi Tuo a puzzled look.
"Heh heh heh!"
"This is so funny—they even drugged someone."
Huh?
Yi Tuo’s words made Chen Chang'an and Da Huang freeze. Wasn’t that the first thing they talked about earlier?
How long had it been? Only now did it react?
Was its reaction speed seriously this slow?
"Yi Tuo, did you zone out after just hearing about the drugging?"
"Did you even hear anything after that?"
"I heard, I heard."
"Wait, let me think. I haven’t figured out why you guys were laughing yet."
"I’ll laugh once I get it."
Hearing Yi Tuo’s words, Chen Chang'an sighed. Emotions weren’t something that just came with intelligence or memories.
Yi Tuo could talk and laugh, but it was still different. Like just now—it saw Da Huang laughing but didn’t understand why.
It took so long to process that by the time it got the joke, the Sect Master of Jiuyun Immortal Sect had already left.
It wasn’t slow—it just lacked emotions. It wasn’t a living being. Things like human feelings and desires? It didn’t have them. It was just learning, just mimicking.
"Heh heh heh, I figured out the second joke."
"Da Huang, I—"
"Huh? Da Huang, where are you going?"
"Big bro, don’t leave, I got it now!"
Chen Chang'an returned to his room and began cultivating using the resources given to him by the Jiuyun Immortal Sect.
Two months passed in the blink of an eye, and Chen Chang'an finally broke through to the first level of the Golden Immortal Realm!
"This is way too wasteful!"
"How many resources does it take just to sustain my cultivation?"
The Sect Master of Jiuyun Immortal Sect wasn’t stingy—especially with Chen Chang'an. He had given a considerable amount.
Even so, Chen Chang'an had used nearly 70% of it just to barely reach Golden Immortal Realm.
And now, it felt like the energy he needed had multiplied by hundreds.
"Will the resources in Liuyun Domain even be enough for me to reach Celestial Immortal Realm? Or even Immortal King?"
Shaking his head, Chen Chang'an decided it was more urgent to find the Law Fragments first.
He went to the Sect Master of Jiuyun Immortal Sect, but after only two months, there was still no news about the fragments.
"Could treasures like these be in the hands of powerful experts?"
"Is that why they’re so hard to find?"
The Sect Master’s words made Chen Chang'an frown. Based on what he knew of Chen Tian, that bastard wouldn’t make things this straightforward.
Chen Tian knew his thoughts, and he could guess some of Chen Tian’s—that’s what made this tricky.
Would Chen Tian do the opposite of what he expected? Or would he make him think he was doing the opposite?
"If these fragments were with the top experts in Liuyun Domain, it’d actually be easier—there are only so many of them."
"But what if they’re with some nobody?"
"Or even a beggar on the street?"
"How are we supposed to search the entire Liuyun Domain?"
Chen Chang'an’s words stunned the Sect Master. "Since it’s something left by you, Senior, shouldn’t you have some kind of connection to it?"
Connection? If I had that, would I even be asking?!
"Forget it. I’ll go out and try my luck."
"If you hear anything, let me know immediately."
"Of course. Here’s our Jiuyun Immortal Sect’s communication jade. Take it with you, Elder Supreme."
"Got it."
Chen Chang'an didn’t stay at the sect. After all, Law Fragments wouldn’t walk to him on their own.
"Ugh, big bro, aren’t we just born to work?"
"Either searching for something or on the way to search for something."
"I don’t get it—the Law Fragments aren’t like the Life Pearls. Why couldn’t he just give them to you directly?"
"Does making you search for them make him look cooler or something?" Da Huang grumbled.
"I don’t really understand his reasoning either."
"Maybe he just doesn’t want things to be too easy for me."
"Whatever. Let’s just treat it as sightseeing."
"We’ll walk to Skypride City. Maybe we’ll stumble across something along the way."
Walk there?
"Big bro, do you know how far that is?"
"Do you know how long that’ll take?"
"It’s exhausting."
"Pfft, what are you tired for? I’m the one walking!" Yi Tuo shot a disdainful look at Da Huang, who was riding on its back.
Da Huang glanced down at Yi Tuo but ignored it, then turned to Chen Chang'an, who was riding on his back.
"Big bro, there’s plenty of space on this turtle shell. Just sit anywhere."
"Don’t you think our formation looks… weird?"
Right now, Yi Tuo was carrying Da Huang, who was carrying Chen Chang'an. It was an eye-catching sight—just in a bizarre way.
"Stop complaining. Yi Tuo, time to show off your skills."
"Charge!"
"You got it, big bro! Charging now!"
Yi Tuo’s four stubby legs spun like wheels, kicking up dust as it dashed forward.
"Grandpa! Grandpa, are you okay?"
"Someone, please help my grandpa!"
"Please—"
"Holy—!"
"Grandpa, wake up! Open your eyes and look!"
"There’s a giant turtle! And it’s carrying a dog! And the dog’s carrying a man!"
"Grandpa—"
"Stop—stop pounding my chest! I’m not dead yet!"
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
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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?!
