Yi Feng sat in the dilapidated temple and studied it stubbornly.
One hour passed, two hours passed...
Yi Feng had thought through all the possible effects of this goddamn halo, only to painfully realize that other than the beam of light on his head, this useless thing was completely useless.
Of course.
If you really wanted to scrutinize it, it did still have a little bit of use.
At least with this beam of light, he wouldn't be afraid of stepping on snakes when walking at night in the summer.
After happily getting his hopes up for nothing, Yi Feng collapsed dispiritedly on the ground and started researching the system again.
After all, he thought, hadn't the system just upgraded?
After upgrading, it should be able to bring him some new functions, right?
But Yi Feng suddenly remembered that other than rewarding him with a stubbornness, patience, and the beam of light on his head that could be summoned at any time, this system just taught him musical instruments, chess, books and painting.
Additionally, it could detect other people's talents.
In other words, the entire functional purpose of the system was just detecting other people's talents.
So with such limited functionality to begin with, how much could it improve after upgrading?
But he still had to try.
Perhaps after the system upgraded, it improved the talent detection function. For example, in addition to talents, it could also detect other people's cultivation, or some other secrets?
With this idea in mind, Yi Feng walked out of the temple again.
Just as he was looking for a target to detect, six silhouettes streaked across the sky above Guantang City.
Although he didn't know who they were, anyone who could fly must be a cultivator. So Yi Feng directly activated the detection on those six people.
"Ding: Too lazy to detect."
After a moment of waiting, the system sounded.
"Huh?"
"Too lazy to detect?"
As soon as he heard the system's voice, Yi Feng was dumbfounded instantly. His lips quivered as he brewed countless curses in his heart.
He thought that after the system was upgraded, this one existing function would also be upgraded. But he never imagined this would be the result.
It was even too lazy to detect now?
"Damn."
"Scam system."
"Screw your whole family."
The furious Yi Feng wanted to drag this damn system out and beat it up, but he was completely powerless.
With nowhere to vent his anger, he took out a knife and stabbed the half pig carcass placed on the nearby butcher block over eighty times before stopping.
When he left, seeing the fat female butcher lift up her pig-killing knife, he had only taken half a pound of meat. He threw down a coin with a missing corner and left cursing.
The six people swept their eyes over the entire Guantang City as they streaked across the sky.
"How come there is still no trace of Senior?" The leader of Heng Tian Sword House couldn't help but ask Ye Yi: "Miss Ye, did you miss anything?"
"I shouldn't have. I remember Senior's appearance and back perfectly clearly. If I saw him, I would definitely recognize him at a glance," Ye Yi shook her head and said.
"Then how come even after circling Guantang City countless times, we still haven't found him? What's going on here?" The sect master of Tianlong Valley frowned and said.
"That's right. Could it be that Senior doesn't want to see us?" The sect master of Taiyi Valley couldn't help but say.
"I guess that's also possible. With the six of us looking for one person, it would be too easy unless Senior doesn't want us to find him. Otherwise, it would be impossible for us not to find him," the sect master of Canghai Mountain said.
"I don't think Senior deliberately doesn't want to see us. He is very kind and easy to approach," Ye Yi shook her head and guessed.
"Then why?" Ye Neng asked.
"I remember now!" Suddenly, Ye Yi hurriedly said, "When I met Senior, he kept calling himself an ordinary person and told me not to call him senior. That means he doesn't want to reveal his identity at all. Our reckless flying around here obviously goes against Senior's ideas!"
"Oh, so that's why."
"Hurry, let's land quickly."
Hearing this, everyone suddenly realized. They hurriedly descended from the sky and converged their auras at the same time.
At this moment, the jade talismans of the four major sect leaders lit up at the same time.
After reading the messages in the jade talismans, they looked at each other and nodded solemnly.
Obviously.
The four of them received the same message.
"What's the matter? Did something happen?" Ye Neng couldn't help asking.
"An anomaly between heaven and earth appeared in the sky above Yi Xian Valley. If I guess correctly, a treasure between heaven and earth should have appeared," the sect master of Taiyi Valley said.
"That's right. The movement caused by this anomaly between heaven and earth is very large. Many hidden forces have emerged. I'm afraid we four will have to go," the sect master of Heng Tian Sword House said rather reluctantly.
"Duty calls, you guys go ahead," Ye Neng looked up at the sky in the north direction. Indeed, the sky there was filled with anomalies.
Although reluctant to leave, the four didn't have a choice. But before leaving, they all solemnly exhorted Ye Neng.
"We'll come back immediately after taking care of things."
"For now, finding Senior will be left to you."
"If you find Senior, please send him our regards first."
"When you get familiar with Senior later, remember to introduce us!"
"Remember, you must remember!"
The four kept looking back every three steps until they finally flew towards Yi Xian Valley.
"Father, how should we look for Senior?"
After the four left, Ye Yi couldn't help but ask Ye Neng.
"If your heart is sincere, then your wish will come true. Since Senior has the heaven-reaching means you mentioned, I'm sure we'll see him very soon if he doesn't reject meeting us," Ye Neng said softly.
Ye Yi nodded.
The father and daughter started their journey, searching aimlessly.
"What a coincidence, young lady."
Just after turning a street corner, a familiar voice came from the side.

] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"

rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!

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)

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.”