Xu Mu smiled. "I'm still not sure if I'll participate. There are as many heroes in the world as carp crossing the river. I want to see if there are many top experts first."
"Hahaha! You know your limits. I like people like you."
The more Jiang Sheng looked at Xu Mu, the more satisfied he felt.
In fact, people like Xu Mu were the truly smart ones. First of all, relying solely on his strength, it was absolutely impossible for him to place in the competition.
The geniuses from the Five Great Sects were all incredibly monstrous. They had been guided by famous masters and cultivated diligently since childhood.
Taking a step back, even if Xu Mu's talent was greater than theirs, how could a late bloomer like him compare to geniuses who had cultivated since they were young?
Since he couldn't get a ranking, participating in the competition would only serve one other purpose: to be noticed by the other major sects.
But Xu Mu didn't need that at all.
The martial arts marriage tournament Jiang Sheng hosted last time had already allowed many sects to see Xu Mu's talent.
Setting aside all his other merits, just the fact that he was an alchemist meant he would definitely be chosen by the Shennong Cauldron, one of the Five Great Sects.
Because the Shennong Cauldron was the Alchemy Sect.
Of course, according to Jiang Huihui, Xu Mu also knew formations.
A genius like him didn't need to participate in a competition to prove himself.
"Old man, get down to business."
Jiang Huihui urged from the side.
"Haha! I was so busy talking to your fiancé that I forgot."
Jiang Sheng smiled at Jiang Huihui.
Hearing this, Jiang Huihui's cheeks instantly flushed. She sneaked a glance at Xu Mu, blew a large bubble with her chewing gum, and immediately turned her face away.
[Affection +10]
Behind her sunglasses, Fu Jinyu's eyes gradually narrowed. She hadn't expected Xu Mu to have a fiancée.
That woman in Hanfu earlier had also claimed to be Xu Mu's wife.
This kid really had quite a few women around him, but Fu Jinyu didn't care about any of that. Anyway, once she married him, she would be the primary wife.
These other women would just have to bow down and behave.
"You must be the Empress of the Sky Demon Race, right?"
Jiang Sheng looked at Fu Jinyu standing next to Xu Mu.
"That's right."
Fu Jinyu nodded slightly and took the initiative to remove her sunglasses, revealing her eyes.
"I've met your father a few times, and I know a bit about his character. I believe his daughter is just like him."
Jiang Sheng glanced at Fu Jinyu. "Follow me."
Led by Jiang Sheng, the group arrived at the entrance of the Kunlun Mountain ruins.
When they arrived, Xu Mu was stunned. They had taken the back door before, which didn't have anything special about it.
But this main entrance was completely different from all the sects he had encountered before.
Outside the ruins' entrance, a luxurious palace had been built. Above the palace hung a plaque with three large characters: "Kunlun Mountain."
Unlike the so-called secrecy of other sects, they stood here solidly in plain sight.
Perhaps this was the composure of a top-tier sect.
Outside the palace, rows of parasols were set up. A row of people sat there, recording the personnel coming in and out.
A middle-aged man sitting at the desk immediately stood up upon seeing Jiang Sheng. "Senior Jiang is here."
"Hehe, this time I'm here to sponsor a member of a foreign race to let her enter the ruins to watch the competition. If she commits any violations, I will bear the responsibility."
Jiang Sheng said to the middle-aged man.
"Understood. May I ask who Senior is sponsoring?"
The middle-aged man sat back down and began to skillfully operate a laptop next to him.
Jiang Sheng pointed to the woman behind him. "The Empress of the Sky Demon Race, Fu Jinyu."
As soon as he finished speaking, the gazes of everyone around swept over.
Everyone's eyes landed on Fu Jinyu.
Rumor had it that the Sky Demon Race had the power to contend with the Jiuli Race. From ancient times to the present, they had never submitted to the Jiuli Race; they were a race with great ambition.
Fu Jinyu took off her sunglasses, revealing her face.
The middle-aged man immediately used the shared database of the Sanitation Department to check Fu Jinyu's records.
Since succeeding the throne, this Empress of the Sky Demon Race had indeed not committed any evil deeds against the descendants of Yan and Huang.
"Senior, you should know the rules. Scan your face and leave a fingerprint to confirm you aren't an imposter."
The seated middle-aged man smiled.
"Alright."
Jiang Sheng pressed his fingerprint and scanned his face on the machine in front of him.
"Fu Jinyu, you do the same."
The middle-aged man said.
Fu Jinyu also pressed her fingerprint and scanned her face against the machine.
Jiang Sheng then stood together with Fu Jinyu to take a photo, and the matter was concluded.
Finally, the middle-aged man handed Fu Jinyu a temporary identity token. A simple swipe of it could prove her identity.
"Senior, thank you."
Xu Mu bowed his head to Jiang Sheng.
"We're all family, why so polite?"
Jiang Sheng waved his hand.
Xu Mu took out a pill from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Huihui. "This is the pill I wanted to give you. It contains Myriad Spirit Coriander and should be able to take your combat power to the next level."
"What? The divine medicine, Myriad Spirit Coriander?"
Jiang Sheng was dumbfounded. Something of this caliber, and Xu Mu was just giving it away?
Was he kidding?
In his eyes, this thing was enough to serve as a betrothal gift.
No, it was more than enough to marry five or six Jiang Huihuis.
[Affection +30]
"Xu Mu, this is Myriad Spirit Coriander. How could you give me something so precious?"
Jiang Huihui naturally knew how precious this divine medicine was.
She grabbed Xu Mu's hand and returned the pill to him.
"Why are you being so polite with me?"
Xu Mu directly stuffed it into Jiang Huihui's mouth.
"I haven't spit out the chewing gum in my mouth yet..."
Before Jiang Huihui could finish her sentence, the pill in her mouth instantly dissolved, turning into a surge of power that roamed through her meridians.
Jiang Sheng watched the swelling power inside Jiang Huihui's body, secretly shocked.
Logically speaking, Myriad Spirit Coriander couldn't directly increase one's strength, but Xu Mu seemed to have stimulated the medicine's efficacy to the limit. Just the spiritual energy of the divine medicine itself had allowed Jiang Huihui to improve this much.
"What a powerful pill. Xu Mu, thank you."
Jiang Huihui smiled at Xu Mu.
[Affection +20]
"What are you thanking me for? When I refined it, a portion was meant for you."
Xu Mu smiled and waved his hand, then looked at Jiang Sheng again. "Senior, if there's nothing else, we'll be leaving first."
"Alright. I also happen to be taking this girl to see some old friends."
Jiang Sheng nodded. His satisfaction with Xu Mu had deepened even further now.
Seeing Xu Mu and Fu Jinyu leave, Jiang Sheng smiled and glanced at Jiang Huihui. "You just entered the Grandmaster realm, and your Qi has increased so much again. For the amount of power you've just gained, an ordinary person would have to cultivate for at least several years."
"The pill I needed when I broke through to Grandmaster was also given to me by Xu Mu."
Jiang Huihui said with a smile.
"This kid, it seems he loves you so much he can't pull himself away."
Jiang Sheng smiled. "He treats you so well, I'd feel embarrassed to ask for a betrothal gift."
...
Xu Mu and Fu Jinyu went down the mountain together, and Xu Mu handed over the pill refined from the divine medicine to Fu Jinyu.
"Sister Empress, I haven't given you yours yet."
"I thought there wasn't a portion for me."
Fu Jinyu said indifferently.
[Affection +10]
"How could there not be? Besides this, I also prepared a Great Nourishment Pill for you. This time, it will definitely help you step into the peak of the Shedding Mortality realm."
As Xu Mu spoke, a person suddenly appeared in his perception. His eyes turned solemn. "Wang Hun! He's here too."
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…
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
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.”
