"Is your fiancé named Ye?"
An Yi revealed a mysterious smile.
They had come here for the wedding.
Xu Liu rolled his eyes and said, "What Ye! The fiancé's surname is Qi—Qi Zun, the son of the City Lord of Qi City! They're almost married!"
Upon hearing that, Ye Tian's face froze instantly.
"How is that possible!"
Ye Tian grabbed Xu Liu by the collar, lifting his bulky body off the ground, his eyes bloodshot.
Xu Yiyun had once said she would wait for him!
How could she be marrying someone else? This gold-tooth bastard must be lying to him!
"Let go—you bastard, let go—you're choking me..."
Xu Liu struggled, his face turning red.
The other thugs saw this and moved forward, ready to act.
An Yi appeared in a flash, blocking the crowd of thugs, and said calmly, "Stop."
Ye Tian, hearing this, calmed down and slowly released Xu Liu's collar.
"Dammit!"
Xu Liu fell to the ground, coughing heavily and cursing.
He hadn't expected this kid to be so strong!
"I'm telling you two, if you don't pay up the twenty gold coins and two silver coins for the meal today, you're not leaving!"
Xu Liu rubbed his neck, stood up, and behind him, the group of thugs glared menacingly.
"Twenty gold coins?" An Yi raised an eyebrow.
That wasn't just a meal—it was eating gold!
"Broke?"
Xu Liu grinned, showing a sinister smile.
The other diners watched like it was free entertainment.
"Too low. Small-minded! Such fine food for only twenty gold coins? That's not nearly enough!"
An Yi said earnestly, "In my opinion, it should be at least thirty gold coins."
"Are you mocking me?"
Xu Liu raised an eyebrow, unsure of what An Yi was up to.
The ingredients might be a bit expensive, but definitely not worth twenty gold coins and two silver.
Xu Liu was clearly trying to swindle these outsiders out of their money.
"Mocking you? Every word I say is true!"
An Yi slung his arm around Xu Liu's shoulder and laughed, "This amount is a real bargain!"
"Then pay up!"
Xu Liu said through gritted teeth.
An Yi grinned, showing a smile, and said, "As for money—easy!"
Out came a large bag, which An Yi hauled out.
Two gold coins accidentally fell out, clinking with a crisp sound.
Xu Liu, seeing the heavy money bag, felt his eyelids twitch.
It was like a signal.
Then, with a clatter, gold coins poured out, ringing as they hit the counter and scattered onto the floor.
"Enough?"
An Yi asked with a chuckle.
Xu Liu was stunned, barely able to speak.
But An Yi kept tilting the bag, spilling coins nonstop. In no time, a small pile formed—at least a few hundred pieces.
For a moment, all the diners stared wide-eyed at the glittering pile of gold, dumbfounded.
Yet the coins from An Yi's bag didn't stop.
More and more fell onto the counter.
The sound of gold coins hitting the wood echoed like the most beautiful music in the world.
"Enough or not?"
An Yi asked with an easy smile.
But by now, Xu Liu was dizzy with the sudden rush of fortune, as if in a dream.
Even Ye Tian was shocked, baffled as to where An Yi had gotten so much money.
"Enough... I guess."
Xu Liu stared at the gold coins, greed flickering in his eyes.
Swoosh!
An Yi grabbed a handful of gold coins and tossed them into the crowd.
Instantly, the diners below went wild, rushing forward, scrambling and fighting to grab them!
"Everyone, eat, drink, and have fun!"
An Yi laughed loudly. "Tonight, everything's on Mister An!"
"Long live Mister An!"
"Long live Mister An!"
In an instant, the entire Xu Family Restaurant erupted into chaos.
Cheers and shouts filled the air!
The liquor jars on the counter were snatched up in seconds, completely cleared out, as countless people clamored for menus.
An Yi shouted, "Don't you dare be shy! Take whatever you want—put it all on my tab! I've got money to burn!!"
Xu Liu, staring at the gleaming gold coins, was almost overwhelmed by the rush of fortune. He quickly said, "Everyone, order whatever you like—the kitchen has plenty of supplies... Hurry up, bring in more staff! We can't keep up!"
High-end ingredients that usually had to be tricked out of honest customers were now in hot demand, flying out of the kitchen nonstop.
Soon, the waitstaff was running around in circles.
In the back kitchen, the chefs were practically hurling their woks.
The diners were as thrilled as if it were New Year's.
A dish for seven or eight gold coins—who could afford that normally?
Now that a sucker was footing the bill, they weren't going to hold back!
"Who ordered the main course? Break that habit! Lobster will fill you up just fine!"
"Look at you—way too chubby. Eat something light! Matsutake mushrooms! Hey, waiter, ten plates of matsutake!"
"Bro, I'm telling you, treat this wine like grape juice—just chug it from the jar! Drink by the crate!"
"..."
An Yi moved among the diners, earning cheers and applause from the whole crowd.
His popularity was off the charts!
Even their own parents had never treated them this well!
Ye Tian stood stunned, at a loss.
He couldn't for the life of him figure out how this guy had suddenly become so filthy rich!
Xu Liu, looking as respectful as a grandson, sidled up and said, “Bro, how’s this? Satisfied with the arrangements?”
“Pretty good.”
An Yi said with a grin. “But I still prefer that arrogant look you had at the start. Bring it back.”
At the door, a scruffy old man, drawn by the aroma of meat and wine wafting from the restaurant, licked his lips in craving. He pointed at a table and asked with eager eyes, “Young man, could I have a bite or two?”
An Yi glanced over and walked up to him. “Old sir, eat to your heart’s content! Just one rule—don’t pick the cheap stuff!”
“Oh, right-o!”
The scruffy old man beamed with joy and quickly shuffled in, delighted.
An Yi called out in all directions.
“Waiter! First, bring this old gentleman a plate of that Flame Bull hindquarter steak!”
Top-tier wine. Top-tier ingredients.
Jade platters piled with delicacies.
Glasses clinked, cups were raised and passed around.
That meal got all the diners in the place hyped up, every last one of them grinning from ear to ear.
The scruffy old man also ate until his belly was round as a drum. He patted it with a greasy hand and cracked a smile. “Not bad. I, Zhao Dongcheng, consider you a friend from now on.”
An Yi laughed heartily. “You’re a straight shooter, old sir. Have you had enough?”
Zhao Dongcheng nodded. “Completely satisfied.”
Off to the side, amid the wild revelry, Ye Tian sat unmoved.
He was still lost in the shadow of Xu Yiyun’s impending marriage, unable to pull himself out.
An Yi chuckled lightly. “Old sir, let’s clear out!”
With that, An Yi grabbed Ye Tian, and in a flicker of movement, they vanished from Xu Family Restaurant.
Zhao Dongcheng wiped his mouth. “Haha, interesting kid.”
Then, his form shifted, and he too slipped out of the restaurant in a flash.
But at that moment, the crowd was still partying and didn’t notice the slightest change.
“We’re rich! We’re rich!”
Xu Liu carefully packed one gold coin after another into a bulging money pouch, his grin never letting up.
With all this money earned for the Xu family, he was sure to rise to a core position in the clan!
Then, without warning, the gold coins in his hand crumbled like grains of sand, slipping through his fingers.
Xu Liu froze, staring at the vanishing coins in disbelief. He rubbed his eyes hard.
Where were the coins?!
When he looked at the big sack, his whole body went numb, as if drenched in ice water from head to toe.
The big sack was empty! Every last coin was gone!
“Son of a bitch! Seal the doors! Nobody leaves!!!”
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!
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.
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!" "......"
