“Wife, you’ve worked hard.”
Xu Mu walked over.
“It’s nothing. I really enjoy tinkering with these things.”
Ye Tong pointed at the wardrobe nearby. “I’ve already knitted one over the past few days. I’m not sure if it’s because my cultivation has improved, but both my speed and precision are many times better than before.”
Xu Mu walked over and opened the wardrobe, where he saw a piece of close-fitting clothing hanging inside.
“Sigh. I suppose being too big does have its drawbacks.”
He muttered softly. Judging by the two pieces she had knitted in front of him, there was probably enough material to make another one for Shi Fumeng.
“Wife, who is this for?”
Xu Mu took the garment down. It was incredibly cool to the touch.
“Fu Jinyu’s. The one I’m currently knitting is for Nalan Shisan.”
“They’re both strong and won’t need these for the time being. Why didn’t you make one for yourself first?”
“They often fight alongside you outside, so they definitely need them more.”
Ye Tong smiled as she spoke.
“Wife, stop knitting.”
By this point, Xu Mu could no longer resist showing his wife just how much he loved her.
…
The next morning.
When Xu Mu opened his eyes, he discovered that Ye Tong had already gone to wash up.
He stretched himself vigorously. There was still nothing like relaxing at home.
Today, he had sent Jiang Huihui a message, asking her to bring over the cultivation technique.
This divine-level body-tempering technique was intended for Tong Guoguo.
Once Tong Guoguo could roughly use it, Meng Wanyue and Dai Xingluo would be able to learn it as well.
A divine-level body-tempering technique naturally had its benefits. As for how far they could cultivate it, that would depend on themselves.
After breakfast, Xu Mu continued refining pills. He had far too many heavenly treasures in his possession, and they were useless if they simply remained piled up.
Near noon, Xu Mu’s phone began to vibrate. He took it out and saw that Jiang Huihui was calling.
He put everything away and left the underground illusion array.
“Xu Mu!”
Jiang Huihui parked her electric scooter in front of Xu Mu’s house and walked over with a smile.
Today, she was not wearing her sanitation worker’s uniform. Instead, she wore casual clothes, her long hair hanging loosely around her shoulders. She looked as spirited as ever.
[Affection +20]
When Jiang Huihui saw Xu Mu, she took out the divine-level cultivation technique and handed it to him with both hands. “Thank you for the cultivation technique—and for the pills, too.”
“You’re being too polite. There’s no need to stand on ceremony between us.”
Xu Mu took the item and put it away. “What are your plans from here on out?”
“I’ve already discussed it with my grandfather. I plan to go to the Inner Realm for some experience.”
Jiang Huihui clenched her fists. “That’s the fastest way for me to improve.”
“But it’s also the most dangerous.”
“You’re right. Benefits and risks have always been directly proportional.”
Jiang Huihui glanced into the villa. Shi Fumeng and Ying Weiyang also came out.
“Where are you planning to go for your experience?”
Xu Mu continued, “You’re only one step away from Transcendence. In the Inner Realm, that level can’t be considered very high.”
“I’ll carry out missions for the Sanitation Bureau,” Jiang Huihui replied.
“Xu Mu, can I join the Sanitation Bureau too? I want to carry out missions as well. That way, I can obtain treasures while gaining experience.”
Shi Fumeng walked over as she spoke.
“Of course.”
Xu Mu nodded. “You can act together with Huihui. You know the Inner Realm much better than she does.”
Shi Fumeng nodded.
“By the way…”
As he spoke, Xu Mu took out a pill and handed it to Jiang Huihui. “Eat this Minor Restoration Pill, and you’ll reach World-Breaking. You’ll be at the same level as Shi Fumeng.”
“This…”
Jiang Huihui was completely stunned. “I came here to deliver the cultivation technique, not to ask for one of your precious pills.”
[Affection +30]
“I know. Hurry up and eat it.”
Xu Mu stuffed the pill into Jiang Huihui’s mouth.
Jiang Huihui’s face flushed slightly, but the pill was already in her mouth. She couldn’t exactly spit it out.
A surging force erupted within her body, causing even her hair to flutter wildly.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a wave of energy burst from her body and spread in all directions.
The hair of Shi Fumeng and Ying Weiyang standing nearby was blown back as well.
“I’ve advanced!”
Jiang Huihui’s face was filled with joy. “Xu Mu, thank you.”
[Affection +20]
“No need to thank me.”
Xu Mu waved his hand indifferently.
Shi Fumeng was incredibly envious. Who knew how many people were trapped at the peak of the Grandmaster realm, spending years unable to advance to Transcendence?
Yet with Xu Mu, a single pill was enough.
If she had met Xu Mu earlier, she couldn’t even imagine how far her cultivation might have progressed by now.
“All right. Now that you’ve reached Transcendence, you’ll need to update your pills.”
Xu Mu took out a handful of pills. “Fifteen each. Take one every two days.”
[Affection +30]
[Affection +30]
The two women knew very well that anything Xu Mu gave them was bound to be extraordinary.
“Xu Mu, I want some too. They both have pills, but I don’t.”
Ying Weiyang puffed out her cheeks slightly when she saw them.
“All right, you get some too.”
Xu Mu still wasn’t sure how Ying Weiyang truly felt about him, so he took out some lower-grade pills.
Of course, they were only low-grade by Xu Mu’s standards. To everyone else, they were anything but ordinary.
Each of them had medicinal effects comparable to a seventh-grade Qi Sea Pill.
“Here. You take one every two days as well.”
Xu Mu was currently waiting for one final breakthrough. Once he reached the World-Breaking realm, he would heal her.
At that time, he would check her filial piety value again.
[Affection +20]
“Thank you.”
Ying Weiyang accepted the pills with a smile, not caring in the slightest what grade they were.
Jiang Huihui and Shi Fumeng left together. Xu Mu was now alone at home with Ying Weiyang.
The moment they returned to the villa, Chen Xuan sent Xu Mu a message, telling him that he had already reached the late Transcendence stage.
Xu Mu replied with a smiling emoji.
Xu Mu spent another entire day refining pills. He finally prepared all the pills needed by Meng Wanyue, Dai Xingluo, and Tong Guoguo.
As for Fu Jinyu, she had already reached the second level of World-Breaking. To help her advance as rapidly as before, he would need ninth-grade materials and divine medicines.
Xu Mu didn’t have that much.
It would be better to mix those high-quality heavenly treasures into seventh- and eighth-grade pills and focus on helping everyone else improve.
Of course, if this divine artifact pill furnace was willing to acknowledge him as its master, that would be a different story.
…
Another day passed.
Xu Mu had Ye Tong take Ying Weiyang away. Today, he planned to deal with Xiao Qiao’s matter first.
He took out his phone. He had originally intended to call Ji Liang and ask about the location of Black Sand City, as well as whether there was a nearby intersection that could take him there.
Only after confirming the location would Xu Mu message Xiao Gui.
Xiao Gui had been wandering around the Inner Realm for a long time, so he was certainly more familiar with the route than Xu Mu. Xu Mu didn’t want to rush over only to find that everything had already been settled.
However, just as he took out his phone, he noticed that a deliveryman had arrived at his front door.
“Hello, delivery.”
“Coming.”
Xu Mu walked toward the gate. Using his perception, he immediately checked the contents of the package and discovered two phones inside.
They were the same model as the one in Li Hongdou’s possession—the special phones issued by the Sanitation Bureau.
He immediately opened one and inserted his own SIM card.
Inside, he found an app containing a map of the Inner Realm. When he opened it and searched for Black Sand City, the entire route appeared on the screen.
“Wow, this is advanced.”
With this map, Xu Mu no longer needed to call anyone else for information.
He called Zhong Qianqian directly, intending to send Hat Bro the video of Xiao Qiao being arrested.
As for the Everlife Thousand-Skinned Woman, that was exactly what Hat Bro was desperate to see.
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
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.
shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]
