Life is tough, and even an immortal master sighs.
Lu Hongshen wasn’t originally from the Xuantian Realm. By a stroke of fate, he was whisked away by a bronze artifact.
There, he grew from a clueless mortal into an immortal master.
Only he knew how much hardship he had endured along the way.
After becoming an immortal master, he thought he would never have to bow to anyone again, nor would he ever suffer humiliation!
Yet! Now, that feeling seemed to have returned.
Under the moonlight,
he was surrounded by a crowd of curious onlookers.
“I always thought this guy was a bit off, and now I’ve been proven right.”
“Exactly, Master Qin said it himself—everyone has a share in the ancient ruins. Just line up, show your ID, and claim your opportunity.”
“Yeah, what era are we living in? There’s no need to fight over this stuff anymore.”
“Right, after I get my opportunity, I’m heading home to catch up on the latest anime.”
Lu Hongshen covered his face, his ears filled with mocking and disdainful voices.
His pupils trembled in shock.
What were these people saying?
Even though he knew this was an era of martial artists,
wasn’t it the same as the Xuantian Realm?
The strong prey on the weak, and only the powerful could seize opportunities, while the weak were left with scraps—or nothing at all.
But... what were these people talking about?
Lining up to claim opportunities?
Huh?
As he pondered this,
tap, tap, tap.
The sound of footsteps slowly approached.
The crowd gradually quieted down.
Then, a sarcastic voice reached Lu Hongshen’s ears: “Hey, you don’t look like a local martial artist from Jiang City.”
“Where did you sneak in from?”
Hearing the commotion, Lu Hongshen looked up and saw, for the first time, the person everyone had been talking about these past few days—Master Qin.
The man’s gaze seemed even more arrogant than his own, and he was dressed in a black trench coat.
What a coincidence!
Qin Luo looked down at Lu Hongshen, who was covering his face and questioning his life choices, with a cheerful expression.
He had expected that, given the nature of these so-called “chosen ones,” they would inevitably try to steal the spotlight.
So, it was no surprise that they would meddle in the ancient ruins.
But...
What Qin Luo didn’t expect was that this guy would make such a grand entrance!
Well, at least it saved him the trouble of looking for him.
Seeing that the other party remained silent, Qin Luo smirked cruelly: “Kid! Not talking, huh?”
“Do you see who’s standing next to me?”
“The ruler of Jiang City, Miss Su Muwan! If you know what’s good for you, cripple your limbs, kowtow, and apologize to everyone waiting in line!”
“Otherwise!”
“You’ll never rise to prominence in Jiang City!”
Wait, wait, wait! Here we go again!
As he listened,
Su Muwan, who was standing nearby, quickly pulled Qin Luo back and gave him a look of exasperation as she glanced at Lu Hongshen, who was still questioning his life choices.
Wait a minute!
No wonder this guy looked so familiar!
Isn’t this the T0 chosen one from my past life—the guy who kept calling himself “this venerable one,” just like the Dragon King?
She couldn’t remember his exact name, but she recalled people calling him “Immortal Master Lu”!
He wasn’t exactly weak, but he wasn’t overwhelmingly strong either.
In any case!
It’s best not to provoke him!
Su Muwan looked at Lu Hongshen, who had already been slapped across the face.
*Slap!*
She facepalmed.
Well, it’s too late now.
I don’t even want to comment on how fast Qin Luo is at throwing hands!
“What’s wrong, Miss Su?”
Qin Luo blinked innocently.
He was in the middle of a verbal assault.
“Never mind, just carry on.”
Su Muwan waved her hand helplessly.
Whatever.
It’s just one T0 reset. No big deal.
Qin Luo understood and asked, “Miss Su, are you saying I shouldn’t waste my breath on this trash?”
“Hey, hey, hey... when did I say that...”
The XuanYuan grandfather and grandson duo were also dumbfounded.
Dude, what’s going on here?
You were bragging so much earlier.
And now you’ve been slapped down from the heavens in one hit?
What are we supposed to do now?!
Lu Hongshen, covering his swollen cheek, glared at the two people who were casually discussing him.
His gaze gradually sharpened, and his eyes burned with anger.
So, these two were Qin Luo and Su Muwan?!!
He had heard so many rumors about them over the past few days.
So, he was confident—absolutely certain!!
“Su Muwan,” Lu Hongshen said coldly, “you actually sent your subordinate to attack this venerable one?”
“Do you know who this venerable one is...?”
Before he could finish,
*Slap!!*
“Ugh—!”
Qin Luo delivered another slap and scolded, “How dare you speak so disrespectfully?! This slap is for your blindness! You don’t even recognize my Miss Su!”
“And ‘this venerable one’? The last guy who called himself that is already in the hospital!”
Lu Hongshen’s cheeks were now swollen on both sides, and he was completely bewildered.
What was going on?
Why... couldn’t he move?!
Most importantly,
Lu Hongshen was stunned: “Su Muwan... you actually attacked this venerable one?”
Su Muwan was at a loss for words.
Let me ask you this.
How would you feel if you saw someone lying on the ground, covering their face, and then haughtily demanding to know why they were being slapped?
Su Muwan’s response was, setting aside feelings for a moment,
why do you all keep thinking I’m the one telling Qin Luo to hit people?!
“Sigh...”
Su Muwan took a deep breath and her expression darkened.
She had been slacking off for a while in this life, forgetting how she dealt with these chosen ones in her past life!
If the tiger doesn’t show its claws, you’ll mistake it for a kitten!
With that thought, icy spiritual energy gathered at her fingertips, and she sneered, “This venerable one?”
“Like Qin Luo said, the last guy who called himself that!”
“Is already in the hospital!”
As she spoke,
her gaze sharpened, and the spiritual energy at her fingertips surged toward Lu Hongshen.
*Splat!!*
The energy enveloped his entire body, instantly freezing all his meridians.
“Cough!!”
A mouthful of blood sprayed from Lu Hongshen’s mouth, and his pupils contracted in shock.
I... am crippled...
How... how... how is this possible?!
How could there be such a powerful figure in this world?
[Congratulations, Master, for performing a lackey’s duty against the T0 protagonist of “The Strongest Immortal Master in the City,” Lu Hongshen.]
[Current reward attribute points: 10!]
A system notification popped up.
Qin Luo looked at Su Muwan in surprise.
Wow, she usually never bothered to take action.
Why did she just cripple a T0 protagonist this time?
But that didn’t stop him from showering her with praise. Qin Luo clapped: “As expected of Miss Su, effortlessly taking down this troublemaker who disrupted the city’s order.”
“Hmph!”
Su Muwan snorted lightly and retracted her spiritual energy.
After a few seconds,
she let out a relieved sigh.
The main reason she had crippled a T0 protagonist was...
to test whether she still had that cursed villainous constitution.
As everyone knew, whenever she took action against a chosen one, some old geezer would inevitably show up to rescue them.
But...
it had been a while now, and nothing unusual had happened.
Could it be...
Su Muwan looked up at the sky, her eyes filled with joy.
Could it be?!
After spending so much time with Qin Luo, had her villainous constitution been cleansed?!
So...
I’ve...
been redeemed...
Just as she was thinking this,
*Boom!!!*
“......”
A golden light shot up from the ancient ruins into the sky.
Then,
an ancient voice echoed.
[Who dares to bully my XuanYuan descendants?!]
“!!!”
The XuanYuan grandfather and grandson duo immediately perked up and shouted excitedly, “Ancestor!!! It’s Ancestor XuanYuan!!!”
Huh?
Su Hongshen was momentarily stunned.
Then her pupils trembled in shock.
Are you kidding me?! There’s a delay now?!!
u Chenyuan transmigrated into a female-oriented novel about a real and fake heiress, becoming the CEO elder brother of both. Unfortunately, the entire Lu family—including himself, the CEO—were mere cannon fodder in the story. Determined to save himself, Lu Chenyuan took action. The spoiled, attention-seeking fake heiress? Thrown into the harsh realities of the working class to learn humility. The love-struck real heiress? Pushed toward academic excellence, so lofty goals would blind her to trivial romances. As for the betrayed, vengeful arranged marriage wife… the plot hadn’t even begun yet. There was still time—if he couldn’t handle her, he could at least avoid her. "CEO Lu, are you avoiding me?" Mo Qingli fixed her gaze on Lu Chenyuan. For the first time, the shrewd and calculating Lu Chenyuan felt a flicker of unease.
ts me of treason?" "Correct. The host must return to the capital and gradually build up influence." "Wait—I have half a million soldiers, and you want me to go back to the capital to 'build influence'?" "Host, you are currently the Northern Garrison General, loyal to the Great Xia Dynasty." "Of course I am loyal to Great Xia! Absolutely loyal!" "But you keep referring to yourself as 'We'..." "Never mind the details! Summon all the regional commanders and military officers! We suspect treacherous officials are manipulating the court! They shall march with Us to the capital and purge the corrupt!" "......"
ose... to cooperate with the protagonist! Shen Yuan: I have a system! Protagonist: What? System: Holy crap, you're just spilling it out like that? Shen Yuan: Let's team up, we'll split the system rewards! Protagonist: Fifty-fifty split? Shen Yuan: No way! Protagonist: What!? I'm the one getting beaten up, and I don't get half? Shen Yuan: Forty-sixty split, I get forty, you get sixty! Protagonist: Deal! Big brother, come on, hit me! As long as it doesn't kill me, beat me like you mean it! Shen Yuan: Don't worry... I will definitely protect all of you! No one but me can lay a finger on you! Guard our Heaven's Chosen Ones! I'm the only one allowed to bully them!
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
