Strange... why is there a faint strawberry flavor in this plain water?
Ye Feng raised the empty cup and examined it carefully. It shouldn’t be like this—could it be that it wasn’t washed properly?
Su Yuxin, noticing Ye Feng’s actions, understood what he was thinking. She tiptoed and snatched the empty cup from his hand, her fair face quickly flushing with a hint of red.
"Brother Ye Feng, since you’ve finished drinking, just give it to me."
"Hmm... but Yuxin, it seems like this cup wasn’t washed properly. There’s still a faint strawberry taste in it."
Su Yuxin froze for a moment, her eyes darting around uneasily.
Oh no... maybe I added too much, and Brother noticed! Ugh... it’s all because Brother Ye Feng is so charming. I couldn’t stop myself when I thought about you drinking the water filled with my affection~
"Maybe... maybe this cup was used to make strawberry juice before. I drink it every day at home, you know."
"Is that so..."
"It’s... it’s getting late! Brother, let me walk you home."
Seeing the slight suspicion in Ye Feng’s eyes, Su Yuxin quickly interrupted his train of thought.
"Alright, it is getting late. I’ll head back now. Yuxin, you don’t need to see me off."
"No! As the host, I must make sure you’re properly taken care of. Let me at least walk you to the gate."
Seeing how insistent Su Yuxin was, Ye Feng didn’t argue further. He nodded, and the two of them walked toward the entrance.
"Brother, are you going to tutor Mu Cheng tomorrow?"
Su Yuxin suddenly asked as they walked side by side, her usual cheerful tone noticeably subdued.
"Yes, Mu Cheng’s lessons are on weekends. You know that, Yuxin."
"How much longer will you be tutoring Mu Cheng? From what I know, her grades are much better than mine."
Su Yuxin’s mind began to picture Ye Feng teaching Li Mucheng, and a sour feeling welled up inside her.
"Really? I haven’t been teaching her academic subjects. Most of what I teach her are life skills."
Life skills? Well... Mu Cheng probably wouldn’t be able to take care of herself without her servants. Her haughty personality wouldn’t allow her to learn such things.
Thinking this, Su Yuxin felt a bit better. After all, she was the only one who could tolerate Li Mucheng’s peculiar personality in the past. Surely Ye Feng must feel somewhat annoyed by her too.
"Alright, Yuxin, you can stop here. I’ll head home now."
"Okay, Brother, be careful on your way home. See you next week~"
"Goodbye."
After waving goodbye to Su Yuxin, Ye Feng hailed a taxi and headed to a large electronics mall. He hadn’t forgotten that he needed to buy a smartphone for Xie Yuyan today.
"Hello, how may I assist you?"
As soon as Ye Feng stepped into a store selling a well-known brand of smartphones, a friendly salesperson approached him.
"Hi, I’m here to buy a smartphone. Do you have any recommendations?"
"Do you have any specific requirements for the phone’s performance?"
"Hmm... not really. Just something practical will do."
Ye Feng recalled his conversation with Xie Yuyan about her interest in smartphone features, but her response had been that she’d be happy just being able to stay in touch with him.
"Practical, you say... then how about this one!"
The salesperson pulled out a sleek-looking phone from the display.
"This phone is designed specifically for practicality. It has a brighter flashlight than most phones, a special location feature, and its battery life and call quality are excellent. It also receives signals faster than other phones. And most importantly..."
The salesperson suddenly turned the phone over and slammed it against a nail on the counter. The nail embedded itself into the wooden surface, but the phone remained completely unscathed.
"Most importantly, it’s extremely durable and can even be used to crack walnuts~"
"I’ll take it!"
Without a moment’s hesitation, Ye Feng pulled out his card and handed it to the salesperson.
Seriously, a phone that can crack walnuts is just too cool!
"Thank you for your purchase. Please come again~"
After buying the smartphone, Ye Feng walked home, enjoying some peaceful time to himself. He couldn’t help but reflect, "Come to think of it, since I ‘kidnapped’ Xie Yuyan, not much progress has been made on the tasks. Li Mucheng and Xie Yuyan’s progress has been stuck at 89%, and as for Su Yuxin, I haven’t ‘kidnapped’ her yet, so there’s no data to see."
Recalling the details of the kidnapping tasks issued by the system, Ye Feng had initially thought it would involve the ruthless actions of a villain. However, he soon realized that even a physical kidnapping counted toward task completion, as if the system’s true intention wasn’t to harm the girls but to create some kind of connection between them and himself. It seemed the kidnapping was more like a bond tying them together.
But why would the system want to connect him with these girls?
After pondering for a while, Ye Feng couldn’t come up with an answer. In the end, he decided to take things one step at a time and set the question aside for now.
......
"Huh?"
As Ye Feng approached his apartment building, he noticed two men in maintenance uniforms walking out of the entrance of the building next to his.
Assuming they were just routine inspectors, Ye Feng didn’t pay them much attention. He stepped into the elevator and naturally pressed the button for his floor. As the elevator ascended, he suddenly remembered where he’d seen those two maintenance workers before.
Wait... they’re not maintenance workers! They’re the same two men who were staking out the apartment building earlier! Could the organization hunting Xie Yuyan have started conducting door-to-door inspections? No! I need to get home quickly!
As the elevator reached his floor and the chime sounded, Ye Feng finally let out a sigh of relief, waiting for the doors to open.
Thank goodness... everything’s still under control...
As the elevator doors slowly opened, Ye Feng saw the two maintenance workers talking to a resident. When they noticed Ye Feng in the elevator, they glanced at him warily but quickly averted their gaze.
"Is there anything else you need to check?"
"No, sir. Thank you for your cooperation."
"Honestly, what a hassle."
The resident grumbled impatiently and closed the door, while the two workers moved on to the next apartment.
Ye Feng watched as they continued their inspection and realized that only two more apartments stood between them and his own. Feeling grateful that he’d returned in time, he cautiously made his way to his room.
I absolutely... absolutely cannot be discovered!
o a martial world and obtained a system that allowed him to draw one entry per year. Unfortunately, all he drew were useless white-tier entries. The probability for high-quality entries was extremely low, with the highest-tier mythic entry having a mere 0.001% chance! To increase the probability, he had to improve his martial realm, but he lacked the innate talent for cultivation. At the age of eighteen, Chen Yi fell into the hands of a gang and was forced into hard labor. Just as his life seemed destined for a bleak end, on his 18th entry draw, he actually pulled a mythic entry—Simulator! In the simulation, he could also draw one entry every year that passed, and upon ending the simulation, he would inherit all entries and his martial realm! In his first simulation, Chen Yi struggled desperately just to survive, knowing that living one more year meant one more entry draw! Finally, with hair turned white, he drew the entry he had longed for—Low-Grade Innate Talent! "Hahaha! Don't bully the old and poor! Time to cultivate and inherit my cultivation base!" ... From then on, Chen Yi continuously simulated and drew entries, his martial realm soaring higher and higher! Epic, legendary, and even mythic entries were gathered into his collection one after another! "What demon race or devil race? What dark turmoil? I don't know anything about that. They just charged at me screaming 'How can you possibly ascend to immortality?!' and got stuck to my fists, unable to be shaken off. Blind spots, speed bumps... go talk to my simulator. We're all struggling to survive out here. I'm trying so hard, so how are they still alive?"
end. Thus one must continue to cultivate, and become a saint or great emperor, in order to prolong one's life. Chen Xia, however, completely reversed this. Since his transmigration, he has gained immortality, and also a system that awards him with attribute points for every year he lives. Thus between the myriad worlds, the legend of an unparalleled senior appeared. "A gentleman takes revenge; it is never too late even after ten thousand years." "When you were at your peak I yielded, now in your old age I shall trample on you." - Chen Xia
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)
Resolve] Gu Yang was once a true disciple of the Falling Cloud Sect, but after failing to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, his cultivation regressed, his foundation was damaged, his lifespan was nearing its end, and he was about to be demoted to a menial servant. At his moment of despair, he awakened the [Daily Intelligence System]. By refreshing it daily, he could learn about countless hidden opportunities and secrets within the cultivation world! [Today's intelligence has been refreshed] [White Intelligence: One month ago, the Foundation Establishment spiritual item "Profound Ice Spirit Marrow" used by the host to attempt his breakthrough contained a trace of the poison "Bone-Corrobing Spirit-Dissolving Powder".] [Purple Intelligence: Tonight during the Yin hour (3-5 AM), a wisp of "Golden Crow Primordial Flame" will overflow... If this flame is devoured, it can recast the shattered cultivation foundation, fully restore cultivation, and awaken the one-in-ten-thousand—Primordial Supreme Yang Body. [Click to view coordinates]] [Golden Intelligence: Shen Qingyue, a Golden Core elder of the Falling Cloud Sect who possesses the Nine Yin Body, suffers from backlash of cold energy every full moon night, causing her strength to plummet and excruciating pain. Grand Elder Zhao Wuji has secretly bribed Shen Qingyue's personal maid, Hongxiu, and learned the rear gate array node of the protective formation "Clouds and Mist Veiling the Sun Array". Tomorrow late at night, he intends to take advantage of Shen Qingyue's flare-up of the cold poison, when she is weak and unable to resist, to use a secret technique to refine her into a cauldron and force her into a Daoist partnership. [Click to view coordinates]] The cultivation world is a jungle where the strong prey on the weak, and human hearts are as treacherous as ghosts? Sorry, but I can read the script! From then on, relying on his informational advantage, Gu Yang proceeded step by step with careful planning. Seizing opportunities, plundering fortunes. Selling intelligence. Playing rivals against each other. Step by step, he ultimately became the Immortal Emperor!
