"One, two, three..."
Backstage at the auction house.
Xue Jia laid out all the money earned from today's auction on the table, counting the coins one by one, a hint of joy appearing in her eyes.
Today's harvest was quite good, making all her hard work over this long period worthwhile.
Knock, knock!
A series of knocks echoed on the door.
"Who is it?"
Xue Jia quickly put the money away and asked in surprise.
She carefully opened the door, leaving only a small crack. Seeing a person at the door wearing a cloak and completely covered up, she couldn't help but panic.
"It's me!"
The cloak was pulled back, revealing a handsome, clean-cut face.
Joy appeared in Xue Jia's eyes. "Little Tian! Why are you here... the injuries on your face."
"Oh, it's nothing, I got into a fight. Even though I got a little hurt, that guy ended up much worse."
Ye Tian waved his hand, speaking with a nonchalant and breezy demeanor.
"How did you learn to be so bad? You don't even have spirit veins, why are you getting into fights!"
Xue Jia shot him a reproachful look, reaching out her jade-like hand to gently touch the bruises on his face, asking softly, "Let me see, does it still hurt?"
"I'm fine, it's just a minor injury."
Ye Tian grimaced in pain but managed a smile.
Looking at Xue Jia's beautiful face, the feeling of his heart racing surged up once again.
At this moment, Ye Tian finally realized.
He might not have simply transmigrated his soul, but rather his soul had merged with the original Ye Tian.
The current him was more like a combination of the Ye family's third young master, Ye Tian, and the half-step Soul Formation expert, Ye Nantian.
"Don't get into fights anymore. Wait here for a moment, I have some medicine."
Xue Jia said as she prepared to fetch the medical kit.
Ye Tian looked at Xue Jia's slender figure. After a moment of hesitation, he asked in confusion, "Jiajia, why did you come to Luojia Town?"
The Xue family was a major family that ranked highly even in the entire Lingchuan Domain.
The Hongfu Auction House they established was spread all over the Lingchuan Domain, and compared to the Ye family that once dominated a region, they were not inferior in the slightest.
Logically speaking, as the eldest young lady of the Hongfu Auction House, it was impossible for her to be arranged to stay in a small place like Luojia Town.
Xue Jia's beautiful eyes dimmed, and she chuckled softly, "It's all in the past. Let me apply the medicine for you."
"What exactly happened?"
Ye Tian pressed on in a deep voice.
"I..."
Just as Xue Jia was about to speak, crystal-clear tears slipped from her eyes.
Crash!
Right at this moment.
The door to the auction house's room was forced open.
"Eldest Young Lady, time to collect the money!"
A middle-aged man wearing brocade clothes and a monocle, radiating a mercenary vibe, walked in with his hands behind his back, leading seven or eight guards.
Seeing him, Xue Jia asked coldly, "Why are you here!"
This person was none other than the manager of the Hongfu Auction House.
The middle-aged man adjusted his monocle and grinned, "Of course I'm here to collect the money. Eldest Young Lady, you can't possibly keep all the auction money to yourself. We have it all recorded. According to the rules, it's a one-to-nine split. Nine parts go to the Hongfu Auction House, and one part is your profit."
"I..."
Xue Jia trembled with anger, feeling cold all over.
The auction goods were sourced from elsewhere using her own money.
The auction event itself was painstakingly promoted and organized by her.
When she was arguing with merchants over a few copper coins, where were these people!
When thugs came and started a brawl during the auction, where were they!
Now that she had finally managed to earn this little bit of money, they were actually eyeing it!
"Liu Si! Don't go too far!"
Ye Tian's cold voice rang out.
Hearing the voice, the middle-aged man carefully scrutinized the bruised youth and suddenly let out an exaggerated smile.
"Oh my, good heavens, isn't this the Ye family's third young master! Why aren't you enjoying life in the Ye family? Why did you run over here!"
"Oh, I get it. The Ye family was slaughtered clean, so you can't be this useless young master anymore..."
Thud!
Before Liu Si could finish his sentence.
Ye Tian ruthlessly swung a fist at him.
Instantly, Liu Si covered his face, stumbling and falling to the ground, his monocle shattered into pieces.
Ye Tian said coldly, "What kind of skill is it to make things difficult for a woman? If you have the guts, come at me!"
"Manager Liu!"
The group of guards hurriedly helped Liu Si up.
"Ouch, this brat actually dared to hit me!"
Liu Si covered his eye, veins bulging on his forehead out of anger, and roared, "What are you staring at? Beat him up!"
Ye Tian's arrogant gaze swept over the guards, and he said haughtily, "A bunch of ants!"
Before he could finish speaking.
A guard's massive fist was already smashing toward his face.
"Fuck him up! Beat him!"
"Son of a bitch, such a weakling and still so arrogant!"
In an instant, Ye Tian was swarmed by burly men and fell to the ground.
The guards of the Hongfu Auction House punched and kicked him, showing no signs of holding back.
"Stop fighting, stop fighting! You want money, right? I'll give it to you!"
"Please, I beg you, stop hitting him!"
Xue Jia cried profusely, stepping forward to intervene.
Ye Tian, being beaten on the ground, looked at Xue Jia's graceful figure blocking in front of him, his eyes turning red. "Get out of the way!"
A guard couldn't pull back his massive fist, and seeing it about to hit Xue Jia's pretty face, her pupils shrank in fear.
Right at this moment, a figure blocked in front of her.
Xue Jia was stunned, blankly staring at the tall figure in front of her.
She recognized this person. It was the thug who had caused trouble at the auction, seemingly a guard from the Luo family.
The fist was blocked by An Yi's bent arm.
The guard's arm trembled.
This punch had used 100% of his strength, but it felt like hitting solid steel, making his knuckles feel like they were going to shatter.
"Are you alright?"
An Yi asked calmly, raising an eyebrow slightly.
This girl's Destiny Value had actually increased! It reached 80!
Even higher than Luo Zhihan's.
This Destiny Value thing was not stable, and he hadn't yet figured out the specific reason for it.
It might suddenly rise to over seventy, like Luo Zhihan's.
Or it might be like Wang Yuan back then, dropping from 40 to 2 points overnight because of him.
After Xue Jia came back to her senses, she hurriedly shook her head, her face slightly flushed as she said, "N-no, I'm fine."
"Who are you!"
Liu Si stared at An Yi, asking in exasperation.
"A bunch of ants. What kind of skill is it to make things difficult for a woman? If you have the guts, come at me!"
An Yi said coldly as he swept his gaze over the guards.
Ye Tian was slightly taken aback.
Why did these words sound so familiar... Damn it! You plagiarized my great line!
Xue Jia looked at An Yi's figure, a hint of worry on her face.
The guards of the Hongfu Auction House had a completely different level of strength compared to the people in Luojia Town.
These were all in the Qi Refining stage!
"Attack together!"
Liu Si said angrily.
Trying to play the hero saving the beauty, you need to have the capability first...
His face full of anger, before he could finish his assumption, the guards were already lying on the ground in a disordered heap.
"W-what happened! You, you guys..."
Liu Si's eyes looked like they were going to pop out of his head.
These guards were all in the Qi Refining stage. Seven or eight Qi Refining stage cultivators combined could even fight against someone in the Spirit Gathering stage!
Yet in the blink of an eye, they were all taken down!
"Ants are just ants!"
The corner of An Yi's mouth curled up, revealing a wicked smile.
The feeling of crushing weaklings was just so comfortable.
"You, you..."
Liu Si pointed at An Yi.
Before he could finish his sentence, he was kicked away by An Yi.
"Tch, not even as good as ants."
An Yi said with a slight sigh.
He originally thought the leader would be a bit more durable, but he didn't expect him to be just a piece of trash without spirit veins.
"Ding! You have suppressed the Chosen One. Destiny Points -5! Reward obtained: Villain Points +10!"
An Yi: "..."
He turned his head to look, only to see Xue Jia gazing at him, her eyes filled with admiration.
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.
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
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!
] [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!"
