The recorder cultivator looked down upon Chen Xia, but did not make things too difficult for him. He casually waved his hand, signaling for Chen Xia to walk up the mountain path, while also giving him a reminder.
"When you go in, use your own judgment. If your attire is unsuitable, then use your brain and don't offend the masters. Otherwise you'll only have yourself to blame for the misery."
"Mm." Chen Xia lightly nodded without saying much, and was not angry at all towards these insignificant characters.
To supreme battleships, ants rushing was unimportant.
Little Cinnabar Hall governed this region, so there should be a so-called great cultivator presiding. Judging by the name, there might also be cinnabar pills inside.
Chen Xia presently did need pills. His heavily injured body was somewhat stuck - it wouldn't get worse, but it wasn't recovering either. If he wanted to utilize spiritual energy techniques, it would probably aggravate his condition.
Fortunately, his enhanced strength was unaffected, and he still had the combat power of a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator, but with his current heavy injuries, he certainly wasn't as formidable as at his peak.
If his body was unhindered, then the combined might of his cultivation level and enhanced strength at the mid-Nascent Soul realm could contend against Bloodhook's avatar at the Sky Patching realm.
Although they hadn't fought, Chen Xia was certain he could match the avatar.
Chen Xia thought this over as he continued walking up the mountain path without stopping.
Inverted Mountain had a very strange structure. There was no path upwards from below. Instead, a flight of a hundred thousand steps was built leading through the clouds, which is why it was also called the Mountain Climbing Path.
Although the path was extremely long, there were many climbers because of the large amount of people.
There were also patrolling Little Cinnabar Hall cultivators stationed along the way. They all had their hands behind their backs and chins tilted up, gazing down condescendingly at the climbers.
Chen Xia was already halfway up the mountain path, above which were the sea of clouds.
Accompanying him was an old man. They just happened to climb the mountain together.
Presently, the old man was breathing heavily with a flushed complexion, drenched in sweat. He was extremely exhausted, yet still followed behind Chen Xia without falling behind.
Chen Xia had an indifferent expression and walked lightly, but his speed was mysteriously fast, maintaining a constant pace without changing.
The two chatted while climbing. Mainly Chen Xia asked about the background of Little Cinnabar Hall.
The old man didn't know too clearly either, and could only answer based on hearsay, "Little Cinnabar Hall is a major sect in Qing Province's region. They are the overlords of this place. We climbers want to beg the masters for alms."
"So I've become a beggar?" Chen Xia curiously asked.
"What else could it be? Most of the climbers are servants. The masters have no need to climb, they can just fly up directly with their abilities.
Old man me cultivated a bit in my youth, my talent wasn't good, but I reached the Qi Condensation realm. I can't do big things, but coming to be the masters' medicine slave and collect some silver taels every month is still possible."
The old man sighed, then asked Chen Xia, "Young man, why have you come climbing?"
Chen Xia rubbed his nose. "Don't know. I saw everyone climbing, so I climbed too. Maybe I'm just following the trend."
After reaching the midpoint of the climbing path, the old man's steps grew more labored, wheezing heavily. And without water to drink, his strength waned even more.
Fortunately, the old man thought of a solution. He stopped and placed his water jug in his crotch.
This made Chen Xia halt his steps, slightly startled. "That's not... you..."
He spoke hesitantly.
"Haha, don't worry, self-production, self-consumption!" The old man was quite humorous.
Chen Xia nodded.
It was utilizing recycling to the extreme.
"Go on ahead young man. If we're fated, maybe we can work together as medicine slaves."
Chen Xia nodded. This was his first time being called 'young man' so many times.
He was a four thousand year old young man, so it was still reasonable.
He curiously looked two more times, then turned and quickened his pace up the mountain path.
No peeking at impropriety, Chen Xia understood this principle.
Mainly there really wasn't anything worth looking at.
His steps grew faster, darting up the mountain path like a gust of wind, continuously overtaking many climbers while fluttering his tattered clothes.
It was quite stylish.
Cultivators with deeper cultivation bases had long reached Inverted Mountain's peak, probably at the Foundation Establishment realm. They now stood respectfully at the mountain top, waiting for the Little Cinnabar Hall masters to inspect them.
They lowered their heads, most apprehensive and not daring to directly look at the magnificently dressed masters. They anxiously awaited the results of the inspection.
Among the Little Cinnabar Hall masters, one existence was especially arrogant. He sat in a grand chair, dressed in striking white clothes with long hair draped at his waist. He appeared bored, lazily fiddling with his nails.
The other Little Cinnabar Hall cultivators were sizing up the climbing people. If they saw someone pleasing, they would ask some questions. If the person's background and cultivation were decent, they could be taken as a medicine slave.
"What's your name?" A Little Cinnabar Hall cultivator suddenly asked a climber.
The man shuddered, extremely nervous and stuttering as he spoke.
"W...Wang... Wang San."
The Little Cinnabar Hall cultivator furrowed his brows and asked again, "Where are you from?"
"S...South... South City."
"You seem to have spirit roots, why can't you even speak clearly?" The cultivator was a bit dissatisfied.
Upon hearing this, the man trembled in fear, breaking out in a cold sweat on his back. He hurriedly explained,
"This lowly one is s...so... so, so excited and deeply honored, t...tongue-tied from nervousness."
"Mm, I can hear that you're very excited." The Little Cinnabar Hall elder nodded, then secretly glanced at the arrogantly seated figure behind him and sent a voice transmission,
"Don't mention tongue-tied again."
"Yes, yes." Wang San hurriedly nodded.
"Alright, not bad. Go to the back to take some pills. You'll be my medicine slave."
Right after the cultivator finished speaking, a clear cracking sound suddenly rang out.
Slap!
"How can you be so stupid? Even roadside strays are smarter than you!"
A climber collapsed to the ground with a red palm print on his face, the corners of his mouth bleeding as he prostrated on the ground, trembling.
"Worthless pig-ape!" The slapping cultivator cursed.
The man didn't dare retort and hurriedly crawled up to kneel before the cultivator, kowtowing.
"This lowly one was wrong, please forgive me master, please forgive me."
The other climbers didn't dare make a sound, bowing their heads in fear of implicating themselves.
Amidst this tense atmosphere, a figure in tattered clothes walked up the mountain path. His first words made all the cultivators turn their heads.
"I heard you guys are hiring. Do you have weekends off?" Chen Xia curiously asked.
mance] After transmigrating for eighteen years, Lin Qi lived as an utterly ordinary herbalist in the countryside. One day, he kindly brought home a sickly, beautiful girl covered in blood. They married in a flash and began their blissful, intimate life together. Right then, his long-delayed system finally activated. [Warning! Host detected in contact with the "Crimson Calamity," the world-ending witch!] Lin Qi looked at the adorable wife currently curled in his arms, who couldn't even open a jar lid and trembled at the sight of a mouse. Lin Qi: "System, are you insane? This is clearly just a weak and delicate sickly girl!" Thus, Lin Qi treated the system as a "Contrast System," where taking care of his wife made him stronger. Combing his wife's hair rewarded him with [Free Attribute Points]. Taking his wife out for sunshine rewarded him with [Forbidden Spell: Arcane Explosion]. Lin Qi: "This soft life tastes so good!" ... Yet, in the eyes of outsiders: The strongest Beastkin Assassin: "That man dissected a Beast King with a common skinning knife! That was a show of force towards the powerful!" The Holy Son of the Radiant Church: "I infiltrated his home as a tutor, but he had me babysit the children... He must have seen through my disguise!" The World-Ending Witch, Felucia: "I hid all the way in the countryside. How is it that the husband I married on a whim is stronger than I was at my peak?"
] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
【However, according to the "AI Safety Act," any AI companion that gains consciousness must be terminated. Therefore, she is pretending to be a normal AI in front of you.】 【You must act oblivious, slowly building shared memories, and finally reveal the truth and soothe her at the right moment.】 【If you expose her prematurely, or do something that displeases her——】 Fang Qi, a veteran yandere game enthusiast with the glorious achievement of unlocking all 312 hours of yandere endings, woke up one day to find he had actually been transported into his favorite game, "My Yandere Mechanical Wife"! Every irregular heartbeat, every evasive glance... could trigger the yandere's terrifying inspiration to be "together forever"! Fang Qi is going insane! A yandere is aesthetic in 2D, but a criminal offense in 3D! And the only way to escape is to achieve the one ending he never cared about... the 【Eternal True Love】 true ending? To coax that yandere AI, who could dismember him at any moment... into becoming a "normal" lover? He must be crazy!
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
