"Miss, haven’t we met somewhere before?"
Qi Zun curled his lips into a smile, turning around to stop the woman in the red dress ahead.
"No, we haven’t."
The woman’s tone was cold, and her pace didn’t slow.
Watching her graceful figure gradually fade into the distance, Qi Zun grew anxious. "I am the son of the city lord of Qi City, Qi Zun. May I ask for your name, miss?"
Hearing that he was the son of the city lord, the woman in red paused and turned to look at him. Her red lips parted as she said, "Conveniently, there is something I need you to do."
Qi Zun’s spirits lifted. He puffed out his chest with an air of arrogance. "Qi City is my territory. Here, I can do anything. Whatever you need, just say the word!"
"That won’t be necessary."
The woman said slowly, her crimson eyes glowing as she fixed her gaze on him.
In the next moment, a dazed look crept into Qi Zun’s eyes, a faint red gleam flickering within them.
The woman in red turned and walked away with a graceful, swaying stride.
Behind her, Qi Zun moved stiffly, following step by step.
……
Night fell over the inn.
Outside the window, a light rain began to fall, pattering softly, carried by a gentle breeze that rustled the leaves and brought a chill.
Ye Tian stared at the endless threads of rain through the window, frowning slightly. "It’s been three days now, and still no one from the Xu family has come to negotiate."
"Stay calm."
An Yi sipped his tea, speaking in a leisurely tone.
In truth, whether the Xu family showed up or not didn’t bother him at all.
One thing was certain—the Xu family was bound to stir up trouble.
His goal was still to raise his Destiny Points and complete this bastard’s main quest.
Ye Tian pulled the curtain closed for An Yi. "Alright, it’s late. Young Master, get some rest."
"Stay alert," An Yi said lightly, setting down his teacup.
Ye Tian nodded solemnly.
Both of them understood that things were unlikely to remain so simple from here on.
After Ye Tian left,
Long Aoxue’s slender figure appeared in the room.
"Play chess!"
Long Aoxue held up the board seriously.
An Yi’s forehead creased with exasperation as he patiently advised, "Playing chess is a waste of time. At your age, you should be using it for sleep, not getting hooked on these little games."
Long Aoxue looked a bit puzzled. Then, she held up two fingers. "If you win one round, I’ll take off two pieces of clothing."
An Yi was speechless.
This was ridiculous!
What if he couldn’t win a single round? Then taking off one, two, or even ten pieces wouldn’t make any difference!
Besides, he was the mighty Night Emperor—not some lecherous scumbag!
"Tell you what, I’ll teach you another game. It’s called chess, and it’s way more complex than simple tic-tac-toe."
An Yi grinned, pulling out a different board from his storage space.
Long Aoxue’s eyes lit up. "An Yi, I want to learn this."
Ten minutes later.
"You—didn’t you say the elephant can’t cross the river?"
"I’m on the red side. After twenty moves, I unlock the river-crossing ability."
"Why did you use my chariot to kill my horse?"
"Because my pawn is an engineer who secretly swapped the parts on your chariot. Now the chariot is mine."
"Oh..."
An Yi gripped his piece, a knowing smile curling at the corners of his mouth, and took Long Aoxue’s general with a decisive move.
One round settled the game!
"Pay up," An Yi said leisurely.
Long Aoxue stared blankly at the board. After a long while, she shook her head. "This game feels… unfair…"
An Yi smiled. "Your experience is too shallow. In this world, nothing is fair. That’s reality."
"Alright…"
With that, Long Aoxue unzipped her jacket’s zipper.
An Yi caught a glimpse of pale skin and couldn’t help swallowing. He put on a show of reluctance. "No, you don’t have to… it’s just a game…"
Even though Long Aoxue seemed naive, she wasn’t some little girl. In fact, she was curved in all the right places—a strikingly beautiful woman.
Since arriving in the Ancient Continent, An Yi hadn’t had any real action for a long time.
And this Long Niu girl—foolish and gullible as she was, she was also gorgeous and stacked.
Under her jacket, Long Aoxue wore a black short-sleeve shirt. Through its outline, An Yi could vaguely tell she was going braless.
"Cough, maybe we should stop…"
An Yi raised a hand to stop her movements.
Long Aoxue stared at him in confusion.
An Yi sighed helplessly.
This girl had no idea what she was doing, and it would stir up guilt.
What he was about to do was no different from those creepy uncles who lure innocent little girls with candy!
"A bet is a bet!"
Long Aoxue insisted stubbornly, her face earnest.
"Come on, this—this—ugh, how do I explain it to you…"
Thump, thump!
A knock at the door interrupted Long Aoxue’s unveiling, putting her on high alert. She quickly ducked into the storage space.
Dammit!
An Yi’s forehead creased with irritation as he stepped into his slippers, ready to knock Ye Tian upside the head!
What the hell, knocking at this hour!
Thump, thump!
Another soft knock came.
Just as An Yi was about to open the door, a woman’s sweet voice drifted in from outside.
"Brother Pockmark, are you there?"
The vaguely familiar voice made An Yi freeze for a moment.
Xu Yiyun?
What did this woman want with him this late at night?
"Coming!"
An Yi put on his ghost mask and transformed into Wang Pockmark before opening the door.
Standing outside, soaked to the bone and looking pitiful, was none other than Xu Yiyun.
Her pink dress, drenched by the rain, clung to her body, accentuating her graceful curves.
"You—you got soaked like this…"
An Yi’s throat felt dry as he struggled to speak.
This woman might be a shameless flirt, but she wasn’t bad-looking. Even if she wasn’t a perfect nine out of ten, she was still quite appealing.
And now, seductive in her tight, wet dress—what man could resist?!
Expert-level tea ceremony oil!
"I, I didn’t expect it to rain when I left, and I didn’t bring an umbrella…"
Xu Yiyun spoke in a soft, frail voice, her look utterly pitiful as she gazed at him.
An Yi remained cautious. "What are you doing here?"
He still couldn’t figure out why the eldest daughter of the Xu family would come looking for a servant like him.
Was she after his good looks?
Impossible! Commander Ma was way too ugly!
"Here’s the fifty thousand gold coins. I brought them."
Xu Yiyun gently tugged at the top of her dress, pulling out a few banknotes with an exaggerated motion that revealed a hint of her figure.
An Yi took them blankly.
They were all high-denomination notes worth a thousand gold coins each.
A thick stack!
An Yi quickly accepted the notes, which still carried a faint scent of perfume, and counted them.
Fifty notes, exactly.
Something’s off…
"Cough, why would you give these to me? I’m just a servant," An Yi said, pocketing the notes cautiously. "Besides, I can’t figure out why you, a young lady, would have to come deliver these yourself in the dead of night."
He was truly baffled, racking his brains and still not getting the logic.
"My father always saw that while you’re outwardly just a servant, Ye Tian listens to you. That’s why he sent me to give you the gold notes in exchange for the marriage contract," Xu Yiyun explained.
An Yi pressed on. "But why at night?"
Couldn’t she come during a proper hour?
Xu Yiyun looked at him with seductive, enchanting eyes, avoiding his question and gently changing the subject. "Brother Pockmark, that phrase you once said—'A young man must not be looked down upon'—still echoes in my ears to this day. Truly, it was eye-opening and deeply admirable."
An Yi: "..."
The way this plot is developing... something's not right!
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
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!
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.
and couldn't return to the real world. Finally, I gave up and decided to go with the flow, only to discover that writing a diary could make me stronger. Since no one could read it, Su Luo wrote freely, daring to pen anything and everything. Female Lead #1: "Not bad. This diary helped me steal all the protagonist's opportunities. I just want to get stronger." Female Lead #2: "I don’t care about reaching the peak of the cultivation world. Right now, I just want to enjoy the chaos." Female Lead #3: "What? Everyone around me is a spy? I’m the Joker Demon Lord?" ... It’s so strange. Why is the plot completely off track, yet the ending remains the same? Are you all just messing with me?!
