Lu Zhe scowled at Tang Xiaoguo for three seconds:
"Tang Xiaoguo, take your hand off me!"
"I didn't dare to...it moved!"
Veins bulged on Lu Zhe's forehead: "That's...that's not a snake!"
Tang Xiaoguo looked back and her face instantly turned red.
"Oh...wrong!"
She quickly retracted her little hand as if burnt.
Ning Shu sigh helplessly: "Your mistake is way too absurd!"
How awkward!
But Tang Xiaoguo didn't care.
"You're a guy. Touching a bit is no big deal!"
Lu Zhe's face was a little red: "What do you mean it's no big deal? Guys get shy too, got it?"
"Aiya, don't get angry Lu Zhe. I'll formally apologize to you, isn't that good enough?"
"Just apologizing, huh!"
"What do you want then? Or do you want me to let you kiss me?"
This left Lu Zhe stumped for a moment.
Kiss her when Ning Shu was here too?
Don't kiss and feel like he was losing out?
Ning Shu knocked her forehead and sighed: "I seriously suspect you did that on purpose, Xiaoguo!"
"Class monitor, how dare you accuse me!"
"And why can't I? Look at that smug face of yours!"
"I just touched by accident. It's not like the class monitor who got an itchy butt and made Little Zhe rub it before straight up riding his face!"
The moment Tang Xiaoguo brought up those two incidents, Ning Shu instantly deflated: "I'm telling you Xiaoguo, can we not mention those things again?"
Just then, the colored snake crawled over.
"Shh, everyone keep still! It's alright."
They watched as it slowly crawled past each person before disappearing into the bushes.
Lu Zhe sighed: "What a waste. That chunk of protein just crawled away."
Ning Shu nodded: "So rumor of wild snakes are true!"
Tang Xiaoguo added: "And I wanted to kill a snake with my bare hands. It got lucky this time!"
Ning Shu agreed: "Me too. Beheading a snake coolly like Sister Bing. That's so awesome!"
"You'll have your chance to kill snakes later. But for now, be careful and don't startle them. Generally if left alone, they won't attack you."
The two girls nodded.
"Replenish your energy because we'll keep climbing up after this. The final stretch isn't easy so everyone be extra careful."
"Got it!"
The three took turns climbing up but when they were just meters away from the cliff top, they encountered a pit viper.
At that time, they had to climb over the last slope to reach the top!
Ning Shu was highest up, with Lu Zhe to her left lower down and Tang Xiaoguo to her right lower down.
The snake lay coiled on a tree, flattening its head as it watched Ning Shu warily.
That was their only path up!
Ning Shu was drenched in cold sweat as she swore: "Damn your ancestry, I was just joking about meeting a snake!"
Tang Xiaoguo stammered while trembling: "Lu Zhe said if left alone, it'll leave on its own!"
That's right!
It should have gone that way but this time, Lu Zhe had an extremely grave look.
He spotted a small hole filled with over a dozen oblong eggs.
"No good. This one's different. We have to kill it!"
Ning Shu asked: "We must pass it to climb up right?"
"It's not about getting past anymore."
Lu Zhe said softly: "Class monitor, there's a snake's nest. It's guarding the eggs. Everyone slowly turn your head and avoid looking at it!"
"Okay..."
As Ning Shu slowly turned her head, she felt a jet of icy water spray on her neck and clothes. It was as if her scalp would explode!
"How rude to spit water!"
"It's fine. The venom can't penetrate skin."
With that, Lu Zhe drew out his Type 30 bayonet and slowly passed it to Ning Shu: "Didn't you want to kill a snake? Here's your chance!"
Ning Shu's face turned white!
He couldn't be serious! Why pass me the knife now?
I just wanted to kill A snake, not a viper right off the bat!
What game has players fighting the end boss straight out of the novice village?
She held the trembling knife rather anxiously.
"Class monitor, don't panic. When it comes to bite me, you slash its neck! Xiaoguo, secure the rope tight. If she drops it, pull her up immediately!" Tang Xiaoguo nodded: "Got it!"
Yet Ning Shu was still confused: "It's closer to me though. Why would it bite you?"
Next, Ning Shu froze as she understood Lu Zhe's intent!
She watched as Lu Zhe reached into the concealed rocky hole.
And as expected, the viper's attention was drawn by his actions. It turned its head and started slithering down slowly.
"Treat it like playing tennis. Give it your all!"
"Understood!" Ning Shu swallowed hard and nodded forcefully.
Lu Zhe then took out an oblong egg from the hole!
The snake's attention was fixed completely on Lu Zhe now. Flicking its tongue, flattening its head, it ignored Ning Shu and crawled toward Lu Zhe!
"Now!"
Ning Shu swung the knife down precisely hacking the snake's head!
But things happened a little unexpectedly!
The head wasn't completely severed. A strip of skin still connected it as it jerked back before finally coming off!
When the head jerked, it actually dropped right in front of Ning Shu's chest, missing by just millimeters!
Knowing the head was still dangerous, Ning Shu was so shocked that she slipped. Lu Zhe and Tang Xiaoguo hurriedly grabbed the rope.
And at that instant, the unforeseeable happened!
The head didn't bite Ning Shu but landed on a log below her. It ricocheted off directly towards Tang Xiaoguo!
Tang Xiaoguo screamed in horror!
But it was useless!
One of her hands held a rock protrusion while the other gripped Ning Shu's safety rope. She had absolutely no way to block the flying snake head!
The head bit right into Tang Xiaoguo's chest!
Scared out of her wits, Tang Xiaoguo mumbled dazedly: "Why me again..."
But she quickly raged: "Jerk! Don't keep bullying the cutest!"
With fiery anger, she ripped the head from her chest and fiercely slammed it on the rocky wall.
Her body then went limp as she started sliding down!
Lu Zhe had no time to think further. Digging his feet firmly into the crevice, he single-handedly held up both their weights.
"Class monitor, tie the rope!"
Coming to her senses, Ning Shu grabbed a jutting rock and bit hard on the Type 30 bayonet before tying the ropes onto the tree.
Lu Zhe undid his rope and shifted to Tang Xiaoguo's side, tying both himself and her together.
"Little Zhe bro..." Tang Xiaoguo looked at Lu Zhe with a hint of despair glittering in her eyes. "This time, I'm really done for right..."
"Shut up! As long as I'm here, you better stay alive and well!"
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
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.
shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]
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!
