After the rain, the sun shone brightly on the earth, as if countless little fairies were dancing in the wind, and the emerald-green leaves dripped with rainwater.
Su Ze held Xiao Hanhan's hand as they walked back to the dormitory.
His phone rang, and when he glanced at the screen, his eyes met Uesugi Akizuki's innocent gaze. "Holy crap! Your mom!" he exclaimed in panic.
Uesugi Akizuki tilted her head, her wine-red hair swaying slightly, and asked in confusion, "Nani?" (What?)
Seeing the caller ID displaying "Uesugi Akizuki," Su Ze, in his nervous state, didn't realize the problem with his words.
His current mood was akin to waking up in bed with his girlfriend, only to have her mother call him instead of her daughter after discovering her absence. The first call wasn't to her daughter but to the guy who often sneaked her out for dates!
At this moment, the guy was undoubtedly panicking, but the outcome was usually the same: the girlfriend would answer the call, and he would hold his breath, perhaps fidgeting nervously.
"Is the holiday coming soon?" Uesugi Akizuki's cold voice came through the phone.
Su Ze's heart tightened. He suddenly remembered that Uesugi Akizuki had said she would leave her daughter in his care but warned him not to do anything inappropriate with her!
Su Ze felt a pang of guilt, but he quickly justified himself. They only cuddled and kissed every day—that wasn't inappropriate, right?
I mean, what's so inappropriate about kissing? Even his mom used to kiss his cheeks when he was a kid!
Su Ze shamelessly affirmed his thoughts. Even if he felt guilty, he convinced himself there was nothing to feel guilty about! He firmly believed he had done nothing wrong!
"Yes," Su Ze replied calmly. "Tomorrow is National Day, and there's a seven-day holiday nationwide."
"Hmm... Come see me tomorrow," Uesugi Akizuki said.
"Tomorrow?" Su Ze was taken aback. "Isn't that a bit soon?"
"What's too soon?"
"...Never mind," Su Ze quickly shut his mouth.
"Alright."
The phone line went dead with a series of beeps.
Su Ze turned to look at the clueless Xiao Hanhan, pinched her cheek, and said seriously, "If your mom tries to kill me, remember to stay far away, okay?"
Xiao Hanhan looked at him blankly, not understanding a word.
...
CSGO trivia:
(Decoy grenade: A throwable item that simulates gunfire to distract enemies. It explodes after about seven or eight seconds, but the damage is negligible and rarely harms anyone.)
(Flashbang: A grenade that blinds enemies upon explosion.)
On the CSGO map Dust II.
Su Ze made a beautiful flick shot to take out an enemy rushing B site, then called out, "One at B."
Two teammates smoked off A site, while a girl-controlled terrorist lingered outside A doors. "Got a flash? I want to push A," she asked.
"Yeah," Shen Qingsheng replied, positioning himself at A doors, ready to throw the flashbang as soon as the girl entered.
Bang bang bang!
As the girl rushed into A site, she was met with a sniper's scope and froze. Suddenly, a deep, gruff voice roared, "Where's the flash?! Why the hell did you throw a decoy?!"
With a loud bang, the girl—no, the burly man—was taken out, and his screen went dark.
Everyone was caught off guard by the sudden outburst.
Just as the sniper who had taken out the man was about to leave, another sniper shot rang out. Su Ze, who had followed up from A long, ended the sniper's life with a single shot.
"Bro, that's not cool. Using a voice changer to pretend to be a girl and mess with my feelings," Shen Qingsheng complained, playing the victim.
"You f***ing b****! You f***ing—how dare you say I'm not cool after pulling that crap!" The man on the other end of the voice chat started spewing profanities.
The teammates were all confused. It was just a flashbang for pushing A site. Even if it was a bad throw and blinded a teammate, was it really worth getting so angry over? Dude, you need to chill.
"Bro, you're way too aggressive. What's your zodiac sign?"
Shen Qingsheng casually switched to his butterfly knife and hopped around, following Su Ze to A long. "I saw you hesitating, and since I didn't have a flash, I threw a decoy to boost your confidence," he said nonchalantly.
"Damn it! Hahaha... you're such a jerk... hahaha... that's evil..."
"OMG, I can't breathe... I thought something serious happened to make him so mad. You threw a decoy instead of a flash to boost his confidence? That's genius!"
Both teammates were laughing hysterically, and Su Ze was struggling to hold back his laughter.
In the next round, as Shen Qingsheng was about to push A site, the man took him out with a single Deagle shot and then quit the game...
"Why's he so mad?" Shen Qingsheng muttered as he opened a bottle of Nutri-Express.
"Hahaha—serves you right," the teammates continued laughing.
Su Ze, with his exceptional skills, dominated the match and secured the win.
Afterward, the two switched to playing League of Legends.
"So, what are your plans for National Day?" Shen Qingsheng's Yasuo danced through the minion waves. "Partying, clubbing, or surfing?"
"I'm thinking of checking if there are any factories hiring for the holiday, offering food and lodging. Just to get by for these seven days," Su Ze replied, playing Yone in the top lane, teasing the enemy Riven.
"I know a place that offers food and lodging," Shen Qingsheng said.
"Where?"
"The police station."
Su Ze was speechless and silently went to mid lane to steal all of Shen Qingsheng's minions.
"I admit, when it comes to being a jerk, I'll never match up to you!" Shen Qingsheng fumed.
"Actually, I do have plans for National Day," Su Ze said as Yone headed back to the top lane, ignoring Shen Qingsheng's Yasuo, who kept Qing him.
"What?!" Shen Qingsheng was shocked. "Are you going on a honeymoon with your girl and leaving me all alone to pull all-nighters at the internet café?!"
"We're in college now. Why don't you just get a girlfriend?" Su Ze lit a cigarette.
"Hahaha, get a girlfriend?" Shen Qingsheng scoffed. "Am I stupid? Why would I spend my money on someone else's future wife?"
"You've got it all figured out," Su Ze replied indifferently.
Suddenly, Shen Qingsheng's voice came through the headset, feigning sadness. "Wahhh... you heartless jerk! You've found someone new and forgotten about your old buddy. Men are all the same—no good!"
Su Ze exhaled a puff of smoke. The internet café was bathed in colorful lights, and Xiao Hanhan was curled up on the chair beside him, asleep. When she caught a whiff of the smoke, her nose twitched, and she turned her head away. Su Ze paused, stubbed out the cigarette, and waved the smoke away.
He had unconsciously ignored the little one who had been quietly by his side all this time.
Su Ze hadn't wanted to bring her along, but Xiao Hanhan was clingy and refused to leave him. In the end, he had no choice but to bring her.
Love wasn't a transaction. If Su Ze gave up going to the internet café for Xiao Hanhan, she would become a shackle binding him.
Xiao Hanhan didn't want to confine Su Ze either. Her only request was to stay by his side.
She curled up on the chair, feeling a little tired but not at all wronged. As long as she was with Su Ze, she was content.
"Tomorrow, I'm going to Rakshasa to meet my... I mean, Rakshasa's leader, Uesugi Akizuki," Su Ze said.
"Wait, wait, wait..." Shen Qingsheng was stunned. "Are you saying you're going to die?"
"Full marks for comprehension," Su Ze praised. "If your Chinese teacher were here, she'd give you full marks. But since I'm here, I'll smack you with a slipper."
"She can't kill me, and she wouldn't dare," Su Ze said calmly.
"You're that confident? Don't forget, she's at the Rolling Flame Realm, mid-stage!"
Su Ze remained expressionless. "Doesn't she know? This is Huaxia."
Su Ze was a prodigy of Huaxia. No matter how powerful Uesugi Akizuki was, killing Su Ze would be tantamount to declaring war on Huaxia. That was Su Ze's confidence in attending the meeting—he had the backing of his nation!
It wasn't just because of his country that he dared to go to Rakshasa. He had faced life-and-death situations and broken through realms before. What was one trip to Rakshasa?
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.
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
+ Slow Paced + Main Character Thrives Together with His Disciples】 Transmigrated into a cultivation world, Chu Xingchen awakens a discipleship system that reveals the tags of his disciples! Starting from scratch, he builds the strongest sect. Disciple One: Li Yingling 【Gold Tag: Genius Cultivator】【Purple Tag: Extremely Lucky】【Blue Tag: Bewitchingly Beautiful】 Disciple Two: Li Hangtian 【Gold Tag: Reincarnated】【Purple Tag: Ruthless and Decisive】【Blue Tag: Loyal and Noble】 Disciple Three: ??? 【Orange Tag: Alluring Demoness】【???】【???】 Thus, in the cultivation world, an unremarkable little sect appears out of nowhere, but little do others know that each member of this sect is a powerhouse in their own right. The book is also known as: Cultivation? It's Exactly Like This!
