When Chen Guan opened his eyes, the ceiling slowly came into focus.
Every inch of muscle in his body was protesting.
The excessive consumption of mental energy made his brain sting like it was being pricked by needles.
This was the aftereffect of continuous deaths and forced overexertion, more severe than ever before.
Long Ao sat on the chair beside the bed, his face pale, but his eyes remained clear.
It seemed his injuries had stabilized and there was no major issue.
Chen Guan closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking into the system panel.
The live comments had blown up.
Various words overlapped layer upon layer, making it almost impossible to read the content.
He simply turned off the comments temporarily. Fortunately, they could be closed, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to see the road ahead.
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However, before he could feel the joy of this harvest, Sys's voice immediately followed.
"Host, because the main body has digested the remnants of the godhood, although its strength has greatly increased, it is now in a contaminated state. To resolve this, you need to find a high-level medium to nourish the body and digest this power."
"For example, the current main body is like Long Ao when he previously forced the use of power he couldn't control. The system has now sealed this portion of power, but sealing it is not a long-term solution. It is better to guide it than to block it. Please make preparations early, Host."
"As of right now, if you want a one-time cure, it will require one million popularity points."
Chen Guan's heart sank.
He had planned everything, intercepted Blood Butcher's ritual, and presented a grand feast for his main body.
But this meal was too nourishing.
So nourishing that the main body was completely stuffed.
A massive sense of harvest intertwined with disappointment.
Just then, someone knocked on the room door, and two people walked in. One wore a white coat, likely a doctor, and the other Chen Guan was familiar with—it was Long Ye.
Long Ao's muscles instantly tensed up in response. The golden dragon aura had just overflowed from his body when it wailed and dissipated under that invisible aura.
Long Ye's figure was not tall, and given his advanced age, he shouldn't have posed any threat.
But just by standing there, the center of gravity of the entire room fell upon him, giving off a mountain-like sense of steadiness.
The old man's gaze swept past Long Ao and finally landed on Chen Guan in the hospital bed.
The gaze held no hostility, yet it made one subconsciously hold their breath.
"Grandpa!" Long Ao squeezed the word out through his teeth with difficulty.
Long Ye ignored his grandson.
He walked step by step to the bed and stared at Chen Guan.
When he spoke, his voice was not loud.
"It was my negligence to let you two juniors get involved in an incident of this level."
As he spoke, he bowed slightly toward Chen Guan on the bed.
"On behalf of the Great Wall, I apologize to you."
Long Ao's eyes widened.
He had never seen his grandfather bow his head to anyone. His grandfather was famously stubborn and unyielding.
Chen Guan's heart also skipped a beat.
He had anticipated many scenarios, but the only thing he hadn't expected was a personal apology from this former top powerhouse.
In his imagination, this old man should have been much more unreasonable.
Chen Guan didn't move, just looking at the old man.
Long Ye didn't release any aura; he was as plain as always.
"The Great Wall rewards merits and punishes faults. You stepped forward in a time of crisis and saved the entire city single-handedly. We will remember your contribution."
"But letting a student like you bear all this is our dereliction of duty. Compensation must be given."
After speaking, he gave a slight nod to the doctor in the white coat behind him.
The doctor understood, stepped forward, and handed over a thin metal tablet.
The metal tablet was activated, and a light screen was projected in front of Chen Guan.
The list was three pages long, densely packed with items.
Long Ye didn't speak, just watching Chen Guan, waiting for him to make a choice.
Chen Guan's gaze slowly swept across the light screen.
Pills, cultivation techniques, weapons.
Every single item could be considered a treasure of immeasurable value.
But his heart rate didn't change in the slightest.
These things could make the stats of his alt identities look gorgeous, but they couldn't touch the core of the contamination in his main body inside the coffin.
The system had already explained that the main body needed the nourishment of a high-level medium. As for him, he had no use for these things either.
He swiped the light screen, his fingertips sliding past the last page, and then looked up to meet Long Ye's probing eyes.
"Thank you for the profound kindness," Chen Guan articulated clearly. "It's just that, for me, these treasures would probably be like casting pearls before swine. Using them would actually be a massive waste."
You could hear a pin drop in the room.
The shock on Long Ao's face turned into a blank stare.
His mind was buzzing.
This was an opportunity that could allow a mortal to ascend to the heavens in a single step!
Oh, right, Chen Guan wasn't a mortal to begin with. Then it was fine.
Long Ye watched Chen Guan, and a slight ripple finally appeared in those weather-beaten eyes.
He had seen too many geniuses.
To remain calm when facing such a list of treasures already showed exceptional mental fortitude. But to outright reject it, this was the first time.
This kid either had a heaven-defying backer behind him and looked down on these things.
Or, his mental fortitude was so resilient that it made people take notice.
Regardless of which it was, he was worth re-evaluating.
"Interesting." The corners of Long Ye's lips twitched slightly. "Since you look down on conventional compensation, then take a look at some of the junk I've collected over the years."
He gently waved his hand, and a box appeared.
It was a very old box.
The dark red wood was covered in scratches, the corners wrapped in rough black iron that bore mottled rust.
A cloud of dust spread out, instantly giving off a sense of age.
"Inside here are all things recovered from battlefields or ruins. Their origins are unknown, their uses are unknown, and even the official appraisal institutions couldn't make heads or tails of them."
Long Ye spoke casually. "Take a look and see if anything catches your eye. Just treat it as a souvenir."
With that, he stepped forward personally and flipped open the lid of the box.
A box full of sundries was presented before Chen Guan's eyes.
A broken arrow.
A charred black scale.
Half of a rusted metal gauntlet.
A few ancient coins with illegible text...
It was all junk whose value couldn't be appraised—tasteless to eat, yet a pity to throw away.
Long Ao frowned. He felt his grandfather doing this was a bit inappropriate. Using a pile of scrap to compensate someone wouldn't sound good if word got out.
Even though Chen Guan had refused first, this was still too perfunctory.
Chen Guan, however, propped himself up and sat a bit straighter.
A premonition welled up in his heart. The real opportunity had arrived.
He reached out and slowly rummaged through the pile of sundries.
Suddenly, his hand paused. Could his eyesight really be better than Long Ye's?
"Sys, take a look for me."
He called out in his heart.
My lord, times have changed.
Sys, this little thing, was indeed knowledgeable and experienced. It looked through them very quickly. A series of negative feedbacks flashed by, but Chen Guan's heart grew even calmer.
His fingertips touched a cold, smooth object.
It was a palm-sized ink-colored jade stone, irregular in shape, with no patterns on its surface and an introverted luster.
Mixed in a pile of scrap, it was completely inconspicuous, but it felt exceptionally warm and smooth to the touch.
The moment his fingertips touched the jade, the system's voice rang out in his mind.
"Host, Soul-Nourishing Ancient Jade detected. It can construct a stable spiritual field, nourish a damaged divine soul, and neutralize the contamination of alien godhood."
Found it!
He really did stumble upon a hidden treasure.
It wasn't time yet; he couldn't smile just yet.
He tried his best to calm his wildly beating heart. He rubbed the piece of jade with his fingers a couple of times, then pretended to reluctantly put it back down and continued to rummage through the other items.
He picked up the other objects, making a show of examining them.
Finally, putting on an air of utter boredom, he casually picked the dark jade back up.
He rested the jade in his palm and held it up to the light.
The jade itself wasn't translucent. It merely reflected the pale light of the hospital room, looking entirely unremarkable.
"This stone feels pretty good in the hand, and it looks quite vintage." Chen Guan raised his head. "I'll just take this, as a souvenir of this incident."
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!
] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
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?
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.
