“Of course I’m choosing the Gods’ Battlefield. Aren’t you giving yourself too much credit, Sis?”
Xu Mu’s face was expressionless. “You’ve already lost the most precious thing you had. When I saw that video, it felt like I died inside. Do you know how awful that felt? If a stray dog took a few bites out of my favorite dish, do you think I’d still want to eat it?”
Shui Shu’s expression darkened even further. Xu Mu was clearly insulting her, but she also knew that, crude as his words were, they held some truth.
The reason she had made it this far was precisely because of the help she had received from those men.
Some of them had helped her for decades and still did so willingly.
Could Shui Shu not understand why?
Everything in this world operated on the principle of exchange. No one treated another person well for no reason and without asking for anything in return.
To put it plainly, those men liked Shui Shu and wanted her.
But once this video was exposed, their kindness toward her would instantly turn into something else.
They would not merely become strangers. They would become enemies.
Shui Shu had accepted all those expensive gifts, only to sleep with another man in the end.
Would those men tolerate that?
They would only feel that Shui Shu had deceived them emotionally.
“You insolent brat! How dare you disrespect me! Do you really think I wouldn’t dare kill you?”
Shui Shu’s voice turned icy, and the temperature in the private room suddenly plummeted.
“I’m a worthless life anyway. But after I die, the video will be released. You’re famous, so I imagine it’ll spread very quickly.”
At that point, Xu Mu changed his tone. “It would also be extremely detrimental to your becoming the Water Spirit Clan’s clan leader.”
“Who are you, exactly?”
Shui Shu’s eyes widened. “You’re Hao Yang’s man, aren’t you?”
Xu Mu had heard their conversation earlier, so he naturally knew why Shui Shu had said that. After all, Zidian’s spatial ring had been taken by Hao Yang.
“Hao Yang? No. This phone is…”
Xu Mu stopped mid-sentence when he suddenly remembered that he had not yet checked her information.
This woman might even be another member of Hat Bro’s harem. After all, that was his particular hobby.
Name: Shui Shu
Identity: Second Elder of the Water Spirit Clan, member of Eternal Life
Favorability: -30
Destiny Level: 6 (maximum level: 10)
Xu Mu was shocked when he saw this information. He had not expected her to be a member of Eternal Life.
Jiang Sheng had told Xu Mu about this organization before. Experts from countless races had gathered together for the sole purpose of obtaining immortality.
They would stop at nothing and were practically the embodiment of evil. However, it seemed they had tried every possible method and gradually quieted down in the end.
Yet Wang Hun, a member of Eternal Life, had appeared again and founded the Eternal Life Research Institute.
“Why aren’t you saying anything?” Shui Shu demanded.
“Why should I tell you? Think whatever you want. I’ve already made my objective clear.”
Xu Mu held up two fingers. “Two locations in the Gods’ Battlefield. Give them to me, and I’ll delete the video immediately. I swear.”
“You’re forcing me to die…”
As Shui Shu spoke, tears began to stream down her face. Covering her face, she said, “I had no choice! I was forced into it! Zidian is the heir to the Black Moon Clan. I didn’t dare refuse him…”
Xu Mu looked at Shui Shu’s pitiful expression. If he had not known that she was a member of Eternal Life, he might actually have believed that she had been acting under duress.
But now, he could be certain that this woman was no good.
Perhaps that black butterfly had not been born that way.
It was probably the result of too many people driving the vehicle, causing carbon deposits to build up.
“Please, delete the video. I promise you, I’ll never do it again.”
Shui Shu wiped away her tears. “If you want, I can be yours alone from now on. As an eighth-rank cultivator, I can provide you with plenty of help.”
After she said that, Xu Mu’s filial piety value toward her dropped from -3 to -4.
“Big Sis, I’ve realized something.”
Xu Mu’s expression grew solemn. “To you, two locations in the Gods’ Battlefield are more important than your body. Is that because you’ve been with so many people that you no longer cherish yourself at all?”
“You…”
Whoosh!
Shui Shu suddenly lunged forward and seized Xu Mu by the throat. The killing intent in her eyes was impossible to conceal.
But she did not dare attack. What if he really died and the video spread everywhere?
By then, all her efforts would be ruined.
“You’ve disappointed me too much.”
Xu Mu pushed Shui Shu’s hand away and rose from his seat. “I’m giving you one day. If you still haven’t told me by this time tomorrow, your video will be spread throughout the entire Inner Realm.”
With that, Xu Mu stood up and walked to the door. Before leaving, he continued, “And don’t try to deceive me. If you give me fake locations, or locations that have already been explored by a large number of people, I’ll release the video all the same.”
He opened the door and left, then closed the private-room door behind him.
“Damn it!”
Shui Shu smashed her fist into the stone table in front of her. The hatred surging through her made her want to kill someone.
She hated Xu Mu—the ant she could crush with one hand had actually dared threaten her.
She hated Zidian for insisting on recording the video, only for it to fall into someone else’s hands.
She hated the outside world even more. Why had people invented something like smartphones?
Decades ago, when she had accompanied other men in exchange for resources, there had been no way to record anything.
She remembered that, once, she had accompanied an elder of a certain race in exchange for a divine medicine. Afterward, he had even wanted her to continue keeping him company.
How could Shui Shu possibly agree?
The elder had immediately threatened to expose the affair, but Shui Shu had not been afraid in the slightest.
In the end, the elder really did tell everyone.
But no one believed him. Everyone assumed that he simply wanted Shui Shu and had made up the story out of spite.
Later, Shui Shu had used the same tactic she had just used on Xu Mu. She shed a few tears and angrily denounced him for slandering her.
After that, the elder disappeared. She later learned that Shui Shu’s other admirers had killed him.
But now, with video recordings involved, she could neither deny nor explain anything away.
She could remove the mole below her breast and use rare natural treasures to heal the wound.
But a person had far too many identifying features. There was no way she could eliminate them all.
“You brat! You brought this on yourself.”
Shui Shu pulled her black robe’s hood back over her head and left the restaurant.
…
After leaving, Xu Mu immediately hid behind a building. Once he had concealed his aura, he used his senses to observe Shui Shu.
She had clearly intended to follow him, but after only a few steps, she lost track of Xu Mu’s presence.
She remained where she was for a moment. Finally, she gritted her teeth and left.
Xu Mu also dispelled the illusion formation. Now, all he could do was wait until tomorrow.
If Shui Shu refused to hand over the locations, Xu Mu would take the initiative and find Shui Miaomiao’s father.
Then he would sell the video to him.
However, the odds of that happening were very low. In Xu Mu’s view, Shui Shu would definitely agree to his demand.
The reason was simple: for a selfish woman like her, nothing mattered more than her future.
Xu Mu decided to take a proper look around this royal city. After observing the surrounding area, he discovered that it was almost identical to the outside world.
But there were also shops here that could not be found outside, such as stores selling weapons and armor, as well as places that sold pills.
After wandering around for a while, Xu Mu discovered several people secretly following him.
He could not help shaking his head. It seemed that people really were keeping an eye on him now.
He stretched lazily, then headed toward the outskirts of the royal city.
It was the perfect opportunity to test his current cultivation realm.
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.
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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!
