Tianye Pharmaceuticals.
President's Office.
Shen Wan'er looked at the man standing in front of her with some surprise. She teased, "Xiao Lin, what's going on? Didn't I tell you to take a day off?"
Xiao Lin scratched his nose, feeling a bit embarrassed, and chuckled, "Uh... Miss Shen... Could you lend me some money?"
Hearing this, Shen Wan'er was momentarily stunned but then smiled helplessly, "Is that all? Why are you so nervous? How much do you need?"
Seeing how easygoing Shen Wan'er was, Xiao Lin's heart was filled with even more gratitude. He extended one finger and asked cautiously, "Could you lend me a thousand yuan?"
Shen Wan'er nodded and took out a thousand yuan from her drawer, placing it on the table. "Consider this a gift for you..." she said with a gentle smile, "Who else would you help as much as you've helped me?"
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Xiao Lin's heart skipped a beat. He nodded dumbly, grinning foolishly, "Thank you, Wan'er."
He pocketed the money and was about to leave when his expression turned conflicted. He turned back and said to Shen Wan'er, "I'm sorry, but I actually won't be using this money myself."
Shen Wan'er was puzzled, "Huh? What do you mean?"
Feeling as though he was betraying Shen Wan'er, Xiao Lin decided to come clean about his plan to visit Wang Yulan, "Well... the thing is..."
After a few more minutes.
Shen Wan'er looked at Xiao Lin in surprise, noticing how cautious and earnest he seemed.
She couldn't help but burst out laughing, covering her mouth, "Hahaha, you're too funny. Why are you so nervous about something like this?"
The sudden laughter left Xiao Lin flustered, his face turning red, "Uh... Wan'er, please don't laugh..."
When Shen Wan'er had finally stopped laughing, she stood up and walked around her desk to stand in front of Xiao Lin.
She naturally took his hand in hers, gazing into his clear, innocent eyes. Her heart seemed to be touched.
The backstabbing and intrigue within her family had left her exhausted, but Xiao Lin was like an unpolished gem, untouched by the corruption of the world.
The way he became shy and honest around her stirred a strange feeling in her heart. She held his hand and smiled softly, "Xiao Lin, you're part of my company. I'll make sure you rise higher. These little things won't affect our relationship."
"All you need to do is protect me, okay?"
Thump! Thump!
Xiao Lin nodded dumbly, "Okay, Wan'er."
Moments later, Xiao Lin left the company with the money, still feeling the warmth of Shen Wan'er's touch.
He glanced back at the company entrance, his expression growing more delighted.
Wan'er... she must like me!
Gu Yan, I have to thank you for not staying by Shen Wan'er's side! That's how my goddess noticed me!
And I! Will definitely protect Wan'er!
On the other side.
Shen Wan'er's mind replayed Xiao Lin's nervous, earnest demeanor, and she couldn't help but smile softly.
What a cute guy. I didn't expect such things to happen after arriving in Jianghai.
By the way... I wonder who that rich young master was that Xiao Lin mistook for a bad guy.
Shen Wan'er's mind suddenly flashed with the image of Gu Yan.
But then she felt a bit silly and shook her head, muttering to herself, "What am I thinking? Don't tell me you're still longing for a reunion? That's ridiculous."
Still... the image of Gu Yan's figure at the banquet lingered in her mind.
After a long while.
She spoke softly, almost questioning herself, her voice tinged with weariness, "Maybe it's time to fall in love again..."
Gu Yan, it's all your fault. If you hadn't stopped loving me, I wouldn't be in such pain.
If you had shown your ambition and excellence earlier, maybe... the outcome would have been different.
......
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The Leng Family, inside the study.
Click~
Leng Qingqiu carefully locked the door.
In her hand, she tightly gripped the spoon that Gu Yan had used. She took a deep breath.
Slowly, she opened her eyes. The emerald green eyes she had at the banquet had now transformed into something else.
Two eerie runes slowly etched themselves into her pupils.
Then, buzz!
It was that strange and sinister grimoire again, as if it had a life of its own. It danced joyfully around Leng Qingqiu, or more accurately, around the spoon she held.
Flap flap flap~~
It flipped through its pages excitedly, as if it couldn't wait any longer.
Leng Qingqiu couldn't help but roll her eyes. She gently patted the floating grimoire, "Calm down. Haven't you had enough with the souls of those small fries?"
Flap flap flap~
The grimoire responded with more flipping sounds.
Leng Qingqiu held the spoon in front of the grimoire, but it just flipped through the pages without taking any action.
Only then did Leng Qingqiu nod and smile, "Alright, good boy. You can eat now."
Flap flap flap~~
The grimoire no longer hesitated. Buzz!
Countless black-purple, smoky hands with eerie glows shot out from the book, grabbing the spoon and dragging it into the pages.
Immediately after, the grimoire closed and emitted a dazzling black light.
It trembled.
Soon, it calmed down and quietly flew back into Leng Qingqiu's hands.
Leng Qingqiu sensed the slight improvement in her abilities and... her heart raced.
"It... really works?!"
Leng Qingqiu was shocked. After another experiment, she finally reached a definite conclusion.
Gu Yan's bodily fluids! They could actually aid her cultivation!
No way? No way? No way??
Happiness came too fast, like a tornado.
Just a little bit of Gu Yan's bodily fluids had given her stagnant perception a slight boost.
What if it was more? And what if she consumed it daily?
Gulp...
Leng Qingqiu subconsciously swallowed.
Her face flushed slightly as she closed her eyes, and the grimoire dissipated on its own.
Then she shook her head vigorously, as if resisting these impure thoughts.
No, no, I am the Night King!!
The Night King walks an invincible path!! Why would I need someone else's fluids?!
Leng Qingqiu, you're so foolish. As long as you patiently wait for your eyes to heal, you can become the strongest in the world.
However...
Leng Qingqiu had some doubts. This year would mark the fifth year, yet she still showed no signs of recovery.
Speaking of which, how exactly do these eyes heal? What conditions are needed?
But Leng Qingqiu wasn't discouraged. According to the grimoire, once her perception reached a certain level, she would know the conditions for her eyes to heal. Of course, if she could find out earlier, that would be even better.
Enhancing her perception had always been Leng Qingqiu's top priority. In fact, the grimoire had long recorded methods to improve perception.
The first was to absorb the life essence of living beings.
The second was when one's spirit suffered a severe shock, perception would surge.
However, except for the massacre that had destroyed her family, she hadn't encountered anything that could shock her.
The path of cultivating through shock was therefore very difficult.
That's why Leng Qingqiu was so excited when she discovered that Gu Yan's bodily fluids could aid her cultivation.
Because the stronger her perception, the sooner she would know the conditions for her eyes to heal.
Once her eyes healed, she would have the greatest capital for revenge, and her plans could be fully executed!
However, it all depended on enhancing her perception.
Leng Qingqiu sighed softly. Could it be... that she really had to rely on Gu Yan for her cultivation?
This would make me seem like some evil villain in a novel who uses others as cultivation vessels...
Even if it's Gu Yan, he probably wouldn't be happy about this either.
Ah, I'll just have to see how things go!
.......
Or maybe I should test it one more time. What if I was wrong?
ts me of treason?" "Correct. The host must return to the capital and gradually build up influence." "Wait—I have half a million soldiers, and you want me to go back to the capital to 'build influence'?" "Host, you are currently the Northern Garrison General, loyal to the Great Xia Dynasty." "Of course I am loyal to Great Xia! Absolutely loyal!" "But you keep referring to yourself as 'We'..." "Never mind the details! Summon all the regional commanders and military officers! We suspect treacherous officials are manipulating the court! They shall march with Us to the capital and purge the corrupt!" "......"
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
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.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
