On Sustainable Development

The system's item cards come in many types: Common, Fine, Excellent, Epic, Legendary, and Supreme!

Jiang Che had exchanged for Common item cards years ago. They were similar to Misfortune Cards; after use, they would cause a string of bad luck for the target. However, the effect of such Common-level cards was very weak, becoming ineffective against even slightly stronger martial artists.

But if it were a Fine-level Misfortune Card, it could affect martial artists and even low-level cultivators. For example, using a Misfortune Card on a cultivator at the Sky-breaking stage might cause them to fall and injure themselves while sword-riding.

Like Jiang Che's 'Phoenix's Protection' from before, that was also an item card, but it was a level-less card, not categorized by any rank... It could resurrect him if killed by an ordinary person, and it could also resurrect him if killed by an immortal.

Of course, there were also offensive item cards. High-level item cards could even kill immortals.

As for Supreme-level item cards, most were conceptual-level cards. Their price... was exceptionally steep, often costing tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of points.

However, after trying one... Jiang Che found it truly effective!

Conceptual-level item cards worked on immortals! He just didn't know if they were effective against those transcendent Six-Calamity Immortal Emperors. The thought made Jiang Che's heart itch with curiosity.

...

"Boom—"

"Ahhh!!!" A piercing shriek echoed throughout the mortal realm!

The Ghost-Faced Evil God Mother went berserk, crashing around wildly. Its enormous ghostly face became twisted and horrifying, with two ghostly eyes oozing blackish-red tears of blood...

"What a pity you don't have hands, otherwise you could rub them."

Jiang Che sent a mental message to the frenzied Ghost-Faced Evil God.

[Ding! Host has scammed the Ghost-Faced Evil God Mother, obtaining 200 million points.]

Another huge windfall!

Who needs a Villain System anymore? Wouldn't it be much better to just switch to a Scam Artist System?

"I'm truly a genius. A Scam Artist System suits me best," Jiang Che grinned widely.

For Jiang Che, showing off and slapping faces in revenge required some thought, but scamming people? That was just a matter of doing something effortlessly - a piece of cake.

...

"Holy crap! What's going on? How did this monster—"

Jiang Ruoxu stared dumbfounded at the sky beyond, watching the Ghost-Faced Evil God Mother in its frenzied state. It seemed like someone had stabbed its eyes? Both eye sockets were bleeding.

[Wait, could it be?]

Jiang Ruoxu instantly thought of Jiang Che. The only person who could do something like this seemed to be Jiang Che.

"Holy crap, bro, you are seriously... such a reassuring presence!"

Jiang Ruoxu's heart instantly felt ten thousand times more at ease. That was an immortal-level evil demon... and his own brother actually made its eyes bleed? How incredibly badass is that?

This feeling of having a powerful backer made him ecstatic. He only knew before that Jiang Che's system was high-level, but he never imagined it was this awesome!!!

A Martial God stage cultivator can slap an immortal-level being? Absolutely invincible!

"As the saying goes, when one man achieves the Dao, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven. I guess I'm rising along with him!"

Jiang Ruoxu curved his lips into a smile, his previously bent back gradually straightening.

The Evil God Mother's sudden frenzy left many spectators bewildered; they didn't even understand what had happened. But some of the observing Great Emperors fell into silence.

An existence like the Evil God Mother could instantly corrupt the minds of even Great Emperors upon encounter, plunging them into utter darkness. Yet today... it was inexplicably injured?

The Evil God Mother's appearance clearly indicated it had been injured in the eyes, leading to its furious madness and eventual retreat in disgrace.

But why exactly did this happen?

......

Within the Jiang Clan of the Nine Heavens.

"You... all of you, stand down. There's no need to descend to the lower realm anymore!"

On the teleportation altar, an old man waved his hand dismissively.

Several hundred Jiang Clan disciples at the Martial God stage stood on the altar. They were originally dispatched to the lower realm to assist Jiang Che in resisting the evil spirit legion, but now it seemed... it was no longer necessary.

"It seems that one has made a move," the white-haired old man muttered to himself.

"But that doesn't make sense. Why would she intervene? She cultivates the Path of Forgetfulness. Logically, she shouldn't be swayed by any emotions..."

The Fourth Ancestor kept scratching his scalp, feeling as if his brain was about to grow from the confusion.

Jiang Che's master was undoubtedly the Supreme Forgetfulness Immortal. There were some doubts before, but now it was confirmed... To unleash immortal-level destructive power in the lower realm and repel the Evil God Mother, only a transcendent-level immortal could do it.

But precisely because of this... he was utterly perplexed. That Forgetfulness Immortal was aloof from the world. He had personally witnessed how ruthless and emotionless she was. To perfect her Great Dao of Forgetfulness, she incarnated into the mortal dust, reincarnating tens of thousands of times, each time walking the path of severing all affection and righteousness.

What familial love, friendship, or romantic love? For her, none of it existed!

It was even more impossible for her to take a disciple!

Unless... she had an ulterior motive?

Could it be that Jiang Che was a pawn in her scheme? A piece to perfect her Dao of Heartlessness?

Many who cultivate heartless paths resort to acts like killing their husband, wife, or entire family to prove their Dao... Perhaps that Forgetfulness Immortal is planning to kill her disciple to prove her Dao?

It must be said, the Fourth Ancestor's imagination was indeed quite vivid.

"Old Fourth... are you sure?" Another immortal frowned as he walked over.

"I don't know. But that one has merged with the Dao of Forgetfulness... It's absolutely impossible for her to harbor any emotions or desires. Her approach to Jiang Che definitely has a purpose."

"Should we... recall the Patriarch? Only that Patriarch can counter an Immortal Emperor!"

The Third Ancestor also approached at this moment. His lifespan was vast, and he knew many of the Jiang Clan's secrets.

He was the Third Ancestor. Above him were two others!

One had disappeared hundreds of thousands of years ago, and the other had passed away and perished.

Although the Second Ancestor had been missing for hundreds of thousands of years, they believed he was definitely still alive because he had merged with the Great Dao, sharing the lifespan of heaven!

"No need to recall the Patriarch for now. For now, that one is Jiang Che's protective talisman. With her by Jiang Che's side... the alien evil spirits cannot invade the mortal realm."

There's no stronger bodyguard than a Six-Calamity transcendent-level Immortal Emperor!

Not to mention a mere Ghost-Faced Evil God Mother; even if it were the source of the strange/unfathomable evil, she could lead Jiang Che through it... as if entering an unpopulated land.

"Oh, right, Old Seventh, is what you said last time still valid?" Suddenly, the Fourth Ancestor's gaze turned to a white-haired immortal nearby.

The Seventh Ancestor was puzzled, "What's still valid?"

"Yue Ye. The marriage arrangement you mentioned last time, is it still valid?" The Fourth Ancestor asked with a smile.

"Ye... Yer? I just said it casually at the time..."

The white-haired immortal scratched his head. Back when the group of immortals went to the Lunar Ice Palace to discuss a marriage arrangement for Jiang Che... he was in high spirits and casually mentioned betrothing his daughter to Jiang Che as well.

But he swore, he really just said it casually back then!

After all, he was an immortal ancestor. His daughter had been secluded for a hundred thousand years before emerging into the world. If Jiang Che married his daughter, wouldn't his own seniority skyrocket?

Eve... Even in terms of seniority, several of the immortals after the Tenth Ancestor would have to call him 'ancestor' then.