In that silent moment, it was as if time had frozen in the banquet hall.
People's eyes were fixed on the massive spider web-like crack on the floor and Xie Zhilan embedded within it, as if unable to believe what had just happened before their eyes.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Wait, what just happened? Wasn't Xie Zhilan strutting arrogantly in front of Leng Ling'er just a moment ago?
How did she end up buried in the ground in the blink of an eye? And moreover, were these cracks in the floor something humans could do?
No, no, no, no, why was Young Master Gu so angry???
Xie Zhilan wasn't even insulting Shen Wan'er, so why was he furious?
Originally, everyone thought Gu Yan was just Shen Wan'er's lapdog, but now it seemed he was not someone to be trifled with.
Gu Yan had originally just wanted to come and happily attend an ordinary banquet.
If possible, he even wanted to see the protagonist Xiao Lin being looked down upon and provoked, only to end up slapping faces in return.
But how come Xiao Lin had no issues, and instead it was Leng Ling'er who was in trouble?
Helplessly, he walked over, initially thinking of just having Xie Zhilan apologize to Leng Ling'er and be done with it. After all, the Xie family and Gu family had business together, and they would have to face each other often.
Who knew that after just taking two steps, Xie Zhilan would utter a few more words that instantly made him lose his rationality.
He looked at Xie Zhilan buried in the marble floor and fell silent.
First, it must be stated that he had no fluctuations in his cultivation, which had been confirmed by Old Gao.
Usually, he didn't feel like his strength was particularly great, so what was going on with this situation?
It couldn't possibly be the effect of the [Universe Pure Love Cultivation Method] he had been practicing, could it? No way, right?
But he didn't feel anything special either.
And at this moment.
The Xie family's bodyguards finally reacted. When they saw the young miss embedded in the banquet hall floor,
They all cried out in horror: "Young Miss!"
They ran over in panic, trying hard to pull Xie Zhilan out of the ground.
The latter was also unrecognizable, with more breath going out than coming in.
Seeing Xie Zhilan in this state, some righteous individuals couldn't stand by any longer.
Some were young people who had never seen Gu Yan before, mostly inexperienced youths who had never been exposed to the harsh realities of society and couldn't even get close to someone of Gu Yan's caliber.
"You've gone too far!"
A young man with a naive face plucked up his courage and walked up to Gu Yan. He pointed at Xie Zhilan, then at the dazed Leng Ling'er, and shouted: "The Xie family's daughter was clearly just having her clothes dirtied by this improperly dressed person."
"She wanted an apology but didn't get one, that's why she..."
Slap!
Thud!
Before he could finish speaking.
The entire crowd gasped.
The speaker had been slapped to the ground with one hit.
The young man only felt a burning pain on his left cheek, looking at Gu Yan in disbelief: "You... you actually hit me?"
Gu Yan looked at him coldly: "Get lost."
!!
The person trembled all over, lowering his head and not daring to speak, as if doubting himself.
Another person couldn't stand by any longer and walked over, trying to be a peacemaker: "Oh, little Yan, I'm your Uncle Yuan, don't you remember me?"
This middle-aged man with a big belly came over, acting overly familiar as he said: "We're all young people, don't be so hot-tempered..."
Slap!
Another one was slapped to the ground.
"Dad!"
Someone who had been watching the drama unfold saw his own father slapped to the ground. His eyes instantly bulged with rage as he ran over and started cursing at Gu Yan: "You bastard! Do you know who my dad is..."
Slap!
Another one fell.
A woman ran over next, cursing: "How dare you hit the head of the Jianghai Lin Family! Are you insane? Do you know who I am..."
Slap!
"Xiu'er! How dare you hit my daughter? Do you know I'm from the Jianghai Wang Family??"
Slap!
"Alright, Brother Gu, give me some face, don't do this..."
Slap!
"How can you do this! It's too much..."
Slap!
After slapping the last person, Gu Yan felt a bit tired.
He even found it absurd and amusing that these people didn't stand up to speak when Leng Ling'er was being bullied, but they came out when Xie Zhilan was hit.
They even tried to morally bind him, they truly deserved to be slapped.
?!!
Young Master Gu...
So fierce...
Everyone present felt their cheeks stinging, looking in disbelief at Gu Yan who had repeatedly slapped people.
They all swallowed hard, feeling that today's events were simply too absurd.
Gu Yan, a member of the younger generation, had actually hit so many people? And most of them were prominent figures in Jianghai City.
"Alright, alright, everyone calm down!"
At this moment, an energetic voice rang out.
Everyone looked over to see a young woman in a purple evening gown, with smooth black hair like a night elf, walking towards them.
She approached Gu Yan with great interest.
"Hiss! It's the Yan family's eldest daughter, Yan Qingqing!!"
"Isn't she supposed to be entering the entertainment industry? How does she have time to come here?"
"Hehe, the Yan family is a top-tier family on par with the Gu family. With Miss Yan speaking up, even Gu Yan wouldn't dare to act up anymore."
"That's right, that's right. This farce can finally end."
Yan Qingqing walked gracefully up to the expressionless Gu Yan.
She looked at him with great interest, thinking this man was quite intriguing. The banquet had been unbearably boring, but he had put on quite a show for her.
"Your name is Gu Yan, right?"
Yan Qingqing smiled warmly as usual: "Give me some face, let's consider this matter settled. We were all invited here to attend the banquet."
"It's not good to cause trouble for the host."
After saying this, she smiled at Gu Yan: "What do you think..."
Slap!
Yan Qingqing fell to the ground.
Eh?
The entire crowd was stunned.
Yan Qingqing was also stunned. She touched her face in a daze and looked up at Gu Yan, who was coldly staring at her: "You... you hit me?"
"Shut up, ugly woman."
Gu Yan said coldly.
What kind of people were these, how come everyone wanted to come over and ask for face?
How much is your face worth? Still asking to give you face.
Ugly?! Ugly woman?!
Yan Qingqing was dumbfounded. The impact of these words was even greater than being slapped in the face.
For a moment, her eyes turned red, and she looked at Gu Yan defiantly, crying out: "Who's an ugly woman! Who's an ugly woman? You bastard! I'll have my fans cyberbully you!"
"Waaaaaah!!!"
Yan Qingqing immediately lost all composure, sitting on the ground and bawling loudly.
"Young... Young Miss!!"
The Yan family bodyguards immediately rushed over, glaring angrily at Gu Yan: "Young Master Gu! You've gone too far!"
"No matter what, you shouldn't hit our young miss!"
Gu Yan's head started to hurt from listening to them, so he chose to ignore them. Then he looked around and shouted loudly: "Is there anyone else who wants me to give them face?"
Those caught in Gu Yan's gaze either lowered their heads or looked away.
No one in the crowd responded.
Seeing this, Gu Yan finally showed a slight smile and said: "Very good."
Then, he walked over to Leng Ling'er, who had been standing there in a daze since earlier, and put his hand on her head.
He announced to everyone: "Listen up, all of you! The Leng family is under my protection!"
"Before you try to cause trouble for others, think about whether you have the guts to stand in front of me and negotiate!"
With these words.
Everyone gasped again.
They looked up at Leng Ling'er, who stood dazed next to Gu Yan, in disbelief.
Hiss!!
The Leng family!! They've partnered with the Gu family!!
Oh my God!! So the news was true after all!!
The Leng family! They're making a comeback!!!
Leng Xing'an was also shocked. This, this, this... niece, it's not that I wanted to use Gu Yan's name.
It's just that he's already made the official announcement in front of everyone...
Now... the landscape of Jianghai City is going to change again.
Hmm...
He glanced at a certain Yan family princess who was sitting on the ground, refusing to get up and wailing loudly.
As well as the various family heads and scions scattered on the ground, holding their faces and doubting themselves.
The head of the Gu family was probably going to have a headache.
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
Cheng's father told him he was getting remarried—to a wealthy woman. Cao Cheng realized his time had finally come: he was about to become a second-generation rich kid. Sure, it might be a watered-down version, but hey, at least he'd have status now, right? The wealthy woman also had four daughters!! Which meant, starting today, Cao Cheng gained four stunning older sisters?? But that wasn't even the whole story... "My name is Cao Cheng—'Cheng' as in 'honest, smooth-talking gentleman'!"
pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
