"According to what you said, is there no true love anymore?"
Lyu Yan glanced at Xu Mu.
"There is, but the probability is very low."
Xu Mu explained, "Most of it is just like what I mentioned earlier, partnering up to get by in life."
"What about you? How do you view these people?"
Lyu Yan looked at Xu Mu and asked.
"I'm just a vulgar man. For this kind of woman, first I look at her values, second her abilities, and third her appearance."
Xu Mu smiled and spread his hands.
"That's not too vulgar, at least appearance isn't ranked first."
Lyu Yan chuckled, "Would you marry someone like that?"
"No, because I have a wife, and I will never get a divorce in this lifetime. However, if she meets my requirements, letting her be a concubine would still be acceptable."
Xu Mu shrugged his shoulders.
"Young Master Xu, you really are an interesting person. I really want to go back to the past, to the days when we shared a desk."
Lyu Yan wiped her tears, looking up at the sky.
[Affection +5]
She wasn't lying as she recalled her student days.
The most comfortable year she ever had was the time she shared a desk with Xu Mu.
After being misunderstood as Xu Mu's girlfriend, the people in her dorm who used to make sarcastic remarks about her fell silent.
Those men who used to pester her also vanished completely.
When running errands to buy food for Xu Mu, she could buy a portion for herself as well, indirectly saving money for her family.
After graduation back then, she still felt a bit reluctant to part.
However, she also knew that she was just a passerby in Xu Mu's life, and he probably wouldn't even remember her.
Not long after, Tong Guoguo walked over from a distance. "Xu Mu, they have already made their beds. They want to stroll around the school for a bit, so I came back first."
"Alright."
Xu Mu also stood up from the bench. "Lyu Yan, I sympathize with your situation, but this is not a small sum of money. Over the next few days, you can think carefully about what price you can pay."
After saying that, Xu Mu left together with Tong Guoguo.
"I haven't slept with him, do you believe me?"
Lyu Yan suddenly asked from behind.
"I believe you."
Xu Mu didn't turn his head back; he just waved his hand and left the place.
[Affection +8]
Lyu Yan sat back down on the bench, covering her cheeks with her hands deep in thought.
...
Xu Mu drove back. Along the way, he suddenly sighed.
"What's wrong?"
Tong Guoguo turned her head to look at Xu Mu.
"Hat Bro is not easy to deal with."
Xu Mu gently shook his head.
"Who is Hat Bro?"
"Oh, a potential enemy of mine."
Xu Mu smiled and shook his head.
When dealing with other male protagonists, Xu Mu could pull their female leads over, making the opponent lose that female lead storyline.
This would reduce their Destiny Power.
But Hat Bro's female leads were a bit too fierce. If they were all this kind of woman, Xu Mu really wouldn't know what to do.
If he remained indifferent, Hat Bro would definitely take them all.
Then, through these female lead storylines, he would obtain various opportunities to upgrade his own Destiny Level.
Subsequently, he gently shook his head. For now, it was better to solve the immediate matters first.
Arriving back home, Xu Mu parked the car in the garage.
Sweeping his perception around, he was surprised to find that Meng Wanyue and Dai Xingluo were both at Feng Yue's house.
After hearing the noise, they came over to Xu Mu's place together.
"Brother, we've come to battle again."
As soon as Dai Xingluo entered the door, she wrapped her arms around Xu Mu's arm.
[Affection +10]
Meng Wanyue also walked over and pried Dai Xingluo's hands away. "Brother Mu, battling with Dai Xingluo is no fun at all. Battling with Guoguo helps me improve much more."
"Battling with you is no fun either!"
Dai Xingluo rolled her eyes at Meng Wanyue.
"Alright, you two stop arguing. One pill for each of you. These were refined from eighth and ninth-grade heavenly treasures."
Xu Mu looked at the two of them respectively. "The efficacy of this medicine is much stronger than the Qi Sea Pill. Take it when you show signs of breaking through."
"Ninth-grade?"
Meng Wanyue widened her eyes in disbelief.
She certainly knew how much the efficacy would increase for every grade a heavenly treasure went up.
"Brother! Your little sister loves you to death!"
Dai Xingluo grabbed Xu Mu's head and planted a bite on his mouth.
[Affection +20]
"Dai Xingluo! What are you doing?"
Seeing this, Meng Wanyue forcefully wiped Xu Mu's mouth with her hand, glaring at Dai Xingluo with a face full of disgust.
"At least I'm better than you. You took such a precious thing from Brother and didn't show any appreciation at all."
Dai Xingluo said sarcastically to Meng Wanyue.
Meng Wanyue froze for a moment, then similarly planted a bite on Xu Mu's mouth.
"You... Good for you, Meng Wanyue. Are you doing right by Ye Tong?"
Dai Xingluo didn't expect Meng Wanyue to dare to do such a thing right in front of Tong Guoguo.
Lately, she seemed to be getting bolder and bolder.
"Shut up!"
Xu Mu touched his mouth. Clearly, he was the one who had been taken advantage of.
However, it actually tasted a bit sweet.
"Guoguo, take the two of them down and teach them a good lesson!"
Xu Mu said to Tong Guoguo.
[Affection +10]
Tong Guoguo found Xu Mu increasingly harder to see through. He only had four pills in total.
Now he had already given away three.
Clearly, Xu Mu was the one in the most danger right now. Instead of hurrying to improve himself, he was improving others.
This guy was just too silly.
After the three of them entered the illusion array together, Xu Mu returned to the living room, took out his Heaven-rank cultivation technique, and began to focus on his training.
This move had very strong life-saving capabilities. Once he had learned it decently well, he would pass it on to Xu Ningbing.
...
Dusk.
The first to arrive at the villa was not Ye Tong, but Xu Ningbing.
"Sister, here to train again?"
Xu Mu asked with a smile.
"Training is only one aspect."
Xu Ningbing sat beside Xu Mu, took out her phone, and unlocked it.
Xu Mu took a look and frowned. "An electronic invitation from the Cui family of Jiangnan?"
"That's right. They specifically invited us over, saying it's the grand birthday banquet for the old patriarch of the Cui family."
Xu Ningbing put her phone away. "It's tomorrow."
"Are you planning to make a move tomorrow?"
"They invited us, do you think anything good will come of it? As long as they dare to target me, I will immediately strike back!"
Xu Ningbing clenched her fists. "We are no longer what we used to be. There's no need to indulge these jumping clowns."
"Alright, I'll go with you tomorrow."
Xu Mu nodded. "By the way, have you prepared the things I sent you?"
"The materials are already prepared. You didn't ask for much, so I can have the items delivered to you tomorrow."
After saying that, Xu Ningbing waved her hand at Xu Mu. "I'm going to train first."
Xu Mu nodded, and on his end, he also began preparing the heavenly treasures for processing.
He planned to brew a large vat of poisoned wine first. With these things, it would be enough to bribe a great number of experts from the Immortality Research Institute.
...
Early the next morning.
Xu Ningbing did not go to the company. After eating breakfast, she headed to Jiangnan together with Xu Mu.
Meng Wanyue and Dai Xingluo stayed at home to spar with Tong Guoguo and did not follow along.
Besides, it was just an ordinary hidden family; Xu Mu felt there was nothing to fear.
He was currently at the late stage of the Grandmaster realm, after all.
The low mountain outside Jinling City in Jiangnan was exactly the territory of the Cui family.
Their birthday banquet was scheduled for noon, and at this time, the foot of the mountain was already parked full of luxury cars.
As soon as Xu Mu got out of the car, he saw an acquaintance, Wu Tian.
However, he was not with Yan Baizhi; instead, he was together with Cui Yunshen.
At this moment, Wu Tian also noticed Xu Mu. He walked over and whispered, "Brother Xu Mu, someone is out to get you this time. Listen to me, you need to run."
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.”
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
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.
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
