Chapter 1: The Temptation of the Wife
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Chapter 1: The Temptation of the Wife
[System loading... Current progress 95%]
Lou Yuqing listened to the mechanical voice coming from her mind and urged, "Faster, faster."
Half an hour ago, she transmigrated to this world. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw a large, striped tiger pacing towards her in the distance. Terrified, she ran for her life, but ended up on a dead end.
When Lou Yuqing looked at the cliff face in front of her, her heart sank completely.
At the critical moment, the system's heavenly voice rang out.
[System loading... Current progress 1%]
Lou Yuqing was overjoyed. The ironclad rule that every transmigrator must have a system was indeed true. She wondered if it was a counterattack system, a face-slapping system, or a simulation system that was popular recently.
She didn't ask for much; she just wanted someone who could handle the tiger.
[System loading... Current progress 5%]
"Why is it still loading?" Lou Yuqing asked in confusion, then reassured herself, "It must be because the data is quite large, and it takes a while to load."
"roar!"
The large, striped tiger roared, its body measuring over ten feet in length and six feet in shoulder height. It slowly strode forward, bringing an immense sense of oppression.
If it were on a screen, Lou Yuqing would definitely cheer for it, but as the prey it has its eyes on, she says, "Don't come any closer!"
Lou Yuqing had nowhere to retreat and stood just one step away from the cliff.
"System, if you don't load soon, I'm going to be eaten by a tiger!"
[System loading... Current progress 10%]
"..."
Lou Yuqing: Let's save ourselves.
Trying to scare away a tiger by imitating its roar? No way. The tiger might think she's provoking it and attack her right away.
Jump off the cliff and hang from a tree? Wait, are there any trees below the cliff? She didn't look carefully just now.
Lou Yuqing thought and thought, racking her brains but still couldn't come up with a solution, and she was so anxious that she was covered in sweat.
Suddenly, she sensed something was wrong. The large, striped tiger was pacing back and forth about ten feet away from her, seemingly afraid to approach.
Is it afraid of something on itself?
Lou Yuqing began to pull at her clothes. When she touched her bosom, she felt something hard in her hand. She took it out and saw that it was a black incense stick and a cylindrical tinderbox.
She decisively lit the black incense with a tinderbox, and wisps of smoke drifted away in the wind.
The large, striped tiger smelled the fragrance and a human-like fear appeared in its eyes, but for some reason, it still refused to leave.
Lou Yuqing has been holding out against the tiger with the black incense stick until now, and as the seven or eight-inch-long stick is about to burn out, her heart is beating faster and faster.
[System loading... Current progress 99%]
Lou Yuqing said nervously, "Give it your all, it's just one percent short."
The next moment, a mechanical sound rang out.
[The gossip system has finished loading and is ready to serve you.]
A panel appeared out of thin air in front of Lou Yuqing, with several lines of text on it.
Host: Lou Yuqing
Gossip Points: 1000 (Newcomer Gift Pack)
The melon field's boundaries are: within a mile in radius.
List of melon enthusiasts: Qingxuzi (10,000 points)
Friendly reminder: You don't have enough "gossip points" (points for eating melons). Please work hard to earn more.
"..."
Wait, a gossip-eating system?
Although she enjoys gossiping, can gossiping really solve the tiger problem?!
And if she wasn't mistaken, the "gossip points" given in the newbie gift pack weren't even enough to afford the gossip listed above.
The only certainty was that Qingxuzi, the melon maker, was located within a mile of her, but did that matter? She didn't know him at all.
Just then, the black incense burned out, and the last bit of ash fell to the ground.
"roar!"
The striped tiger roared, its eyes were golden, and its muscles were beautifully defined. With every step it took, one could feel its fierce aura as the king of the forest.
Lou Yuqing's pupils contracted, and she subconsciously stepped back, only to lose her balance and fall helplessly off the cliff.
One second, two seconds...
A soft touch came from below.
She's not dead!
Lou Yuqing opened her eyes shakily and found herself lying on a white cloud. The cloud was soft and fluffy, carrying her leisurely to the cliff.
An elderly man with an air of otherworldly wisdom appeared out of nowhere, stroking his long beard and looking at Lou Yuqing with a kind and amiable expression: "What's your name, girl?"
Monk?
She transmigrated to a world of cultivation.
The old man's gaze stirred something in Lou Yuqing's heart. He seemed to recognize her. She climbed up from the cloud and honestly said, "My name is Lou Yuqing. Thank you for saving me."
The long-bearded old man nodded and said, "I had a relationship with the Lou family's ancestor and once gave him a stick of incense to guide immortality. Light it and I will come over."
"So this fragrance comes from you. No wonder that tiger didn't dare to act rashly." Lou Yuqing glanced at the tiger, which was lying on the ground with its tail drooping, looking submissive.
"It's just an ordinary tiger that doesn't even reach the highest rank. It's normal for it to be afraid of the scent of immortal incense. You're lucky; you stumbled upon this old man by accident."
The long-bearded old man pondered for a moment and asked, "He has never used the Immortal-Guiding Incense. As his descendant, you don't even know what it is. It seems that the Lou family has experienced some changes in recent years. Besides you, who else is in the Lou family?"
Lou Yuqing searched her memory and said, "The Lou family has always had only one son per generation. I am my parents' only child. They unfortunately died in a conflict a few years ago, and now I am all alone."
The long-bearded old man sighed, a look of nostalgia in his eyes. Times had changed, and the past was gone with the wind. He looked at Lou Yuqing with affection: "In that case, would you be willing to return to the sect with me?"
"This junior is willing!"
Lou Yuqing quickly agreed. The world of cultivation was too dangerous, and the gossip system was unreliable. It was better that the old man was willing to be her backer.
The long-bearded old man nodded in satisfaction: "Our sect is called Wendao Sect, and my Daoist name is Qingxuzi. I am honored to hold the position of sect leader, so you may call me Grandmaster."
Qing Xuzi?
Isn't that the gossipmonger detected by the system?
The system doesn't seem to be entirely useless.
Seeing her stunned, Qingxuzi asked in confusion, "Hmm?"
Lou Yuqing immediately smiled sweetly: "Grandmaster."
Qingxuzi agreed: "That's how it should be."
“Yuqing, if you have spiritual roots, I will teach you cultivation methods. If you don’t have spiritual roots, I will settle you down at the foot of the mountain. Do you understand?” Qingxuzi’s attitude suddenly became serious.
Lou Yuqing said solemnly, "Yuqing understands. Spiritual roots are predetermined by heaven and cannot be changed. Please rest assured, Grandmaster, I will not develop any obsession because of this."
Qingxuzi looked at the girl with satisfaction. This girl was more open-minded than her ancestor. Back then, one of them had spiritual roots and the other did not. From then on, immortals and mortals were separated and went their separate ways.
Thinking of this, Qingxuzi shook his head. As people get older, they inevitably become sentimental. He shook off his distracting thoughts and began to introduce the basic situation of Wendao Sect.
The Wendao Sect is located on the Yuelin Mountain Range, which stretches for more than 100,000 miles. From a distance, it looks like a winding dragon, and the sect's nine main peaks are located on the dragon's head.
Besides the main peak, there are many other peaks of varying sizes on the dragon's body, some reaching tens of thousands of feet high and stretching to the horizon, while others are hundreds of feet high and pierce the clouds.
On the surface, the Yuelin Mountains are no different from other places, with towering peaks and lush trees, except that the fog is thick, making people hesitant to venture out.
In reality, the Yue Lin Mountains are covered by a super array. The fog is just an illusion. It looks deserted, but in fact, countless pavilions and towers have been built there. Disciples fly around on magical artifacts, creating a lively and busy scene.
Lou Yuqing followed Qingxuzi through the thick fog, and the real scene appeared before her eyes. Looking down at the dense palace buildings, she couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
Qingxuzi chuckled. Any disciple who had just joined the Wendao Sect and was visiting the sect for the first time was not much better than this girl.
Unbeknownst to him, Lou Yuqing was secretly checking the panel of the gossip-eating system.
Host: Lou Yuqing
Gossip Points: 1000 (Newcomer Gift Pack)
The melon field's boundaries are: within a mile in radius.
List of participants: Qingxuzi (10,000 points)...Wei Houming (1,000 points)...Si Nidie (100 points)...Yuan Yan (10 points)
Since entering the Wendao Sect, the list of gossip enthusiasts has been constantly updated, basically remaining at around twenty-something, arranged from highest to lowest gossip value, with the highest requiring 10,000 points and the lowest only requiring 10 points.
Lou Yuqing sighed, "The sect is just a big melon field."
It's a pity she didn't have enough "gossip value" (meaning she was eager to see all the gossip), otherwise she would have enjoyed it all.
Xuantian Peak, the residence of successive sect leaders.
Qingxuzi pointed to the palace in front of him and said, "That is the council hall. I usually stay there. If you need anything, just come here to find me."
Lou Yuqing replied, "Okay."
The palace, built of white jade, had a gate that was over ten feet high. Two handsome young boys guarding the gate bowed and said, "Disciple greets Sect Leader."
Qingxuzi nodded reservedly and led Lou Yuqing into the hall.
The two boys exchanged a glance—
Who is that person behind the sect leader?
have no idea.
There were three people in the hall at this time: an old man dressed in gray linen, a handsome young man, and two people standing one in front of the other.
The last person was seated, seemingly listening to the old man speak. The man wore a jade crown and a moon-white robe, exuding a calm and composed aura.
When he saw Qingxuzi enter, he looked up but did not stand up.
"Greetings, Martial Uncle." Qingxuzi dared not be negligent and bowed respectfully. "May I ask what brings you to the council hall?"
The man in the jade crown remained silent.
The gray-haired elder, Zeng Xuangan, took the initiative to speak: "Sect Leader, it's like this. A few days ago, I went back to the family and found a seedling with a lightning spirit root. I quickly brought him to Uncle for his appraisal."
Qingxuzi was slightly surprised: "Junior Brother Zeng is so lucky. Your master also has a lightning spiritual root. If you can become your master, your future will be limitless."
Qingxuzi glanced at the young man and noticed that he already had the cultivation of the Foundation Establishment stage. He asked curiously, "Why didn't you bring him here sooner? Your master has already said that he wants to take on disciples."
Zeng Xuangan said helplessly, "Changfeng has been living away from home since he was a child. He only recently returned to his ancestral home. The family informed me of this news, so I left the sect to confirm it."
His name is Zeng Changfeng?
Lou Yuqing glanced at the young man, thinking the name sounded familiar. She opened the panel and saw that he was indeed a melon seller.
Suddenly, her hand slipped and she tapped something.
Wow, this is huge news!
Everyone: ?
What was that sound?
Lou Yuqing didn't have time to feel sorry for her zeroed-out gossip points. She quickly scanned the gossip that had been unlocked.
Zeng Changfeng had a peculiar fetish: he was attracted to other men's wives. He slept with an average of one married woman per year, cuckolding more than twenty victims.
Someone else's wife?!
Qingxuzi's expression was strange. Zeng Changfeng looked like a decent young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but he liked to interfere in other people's relationships. You really can't judge a book by its cover.
By the way, why could he hear Yuqing's voice? She hadn't said anything. Could this be her inner thoughts?
Zeng Xuangan was furious. The owner of this voice had slandered his junior for no reason. If his uncle believed it and refused to accept Changfeng as his disciple, wouldn't that ruin Changfeng's future?
"You..." Zeng Xuangan was about to rebuke him angrily when he suddenly realized that no one in the hall seemed to have spoken, and the word was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't bring himself to say it.
Zeng Xuangan refused to believe it and tried several times, but he couldn't say anything related to that voice, as if some kind of force was suppressing him.
"Sect Leader, Senior Brother."
"Junior Brother Zeng."
The two communicated telepathically almost simultaneously, their eyes met, and they immediately understood what the other was trying to say.
"You heard it too."
"Yes, to be honest, that voice belongs to the girl behind me," Qingxuzi said helplessly, as he himself didn't know what was going on.
Zeng Xuangan's attention was focused on his martial uncle, and he didn't pay any attention to the people his senior brother, the sect leader, had brought. He glanced at Lou Yuqing without noticing anything amiss.
What they didn't see was that the man in the jade crown, who was actually the Purple Cloud Immortal Venerable himself, straightened his posture slightly.
The reason Zeng Changfeng became like this is because he had a childhood sweetheart with whom he grew up. The two were deeply in love and were about to get married when the woman's family came and forcibly separated the couple.
[Zeng Changfeng was devastated to learn that Qingmei had married someone else. He decided to take revenge on her, so he became a male mistress and frantically plotted to seduce another man's wife to achieve some kind of pleasure?]
Are you trying to get revenge? I think you're enjoying it.
Lou Yuqing was speechless.
Qingxuzi gave Zeng Xuangan a look and gossiped, "Is your junior really like this?"
Zeng Xuangan: "..." Little did he know, they had only been in contact for a day at most.
However, what that girl said might not be true. He needed to ask Changfeng, so as not to wrong him.
"Changfeng, before you acknowledged your ancestors and returned to the clan, did you have any close friends or childhood sweethearts? If so, my Zeng family will not mistreat them." Zeng Xuangan emphasized the words "childhood sweethearts" with his voice.
Zeng Changfeng was completely unaware of this. He thought that the sudden silence of the crowd was a test of whether he was qualified to be the disciple of the Purple Cloud Immortal Venerable.
Upon hearing Zeng Xuangan's question, a strange expression flashed across Zeng Changfeng's face unexpectedly, then disappeared so quickly that it was almost imperceptible.
"Ancestor, Changfeng has been wandering alone, without any close friends, let alone a childhood sweetheart," Zeng Changfeng said calmly.
Zeng Changfeng thought to himself, "The ancestor is indeed the ancestor. With just one sentence, he earned sympathy for him in front of the Purple Cloud Immortal Venerable."
I've heard that Immortal Venerable Zixiao had a tragic past. Hearing his answer, the other party should feel deeply moved, which will increase his chances of becoming his disciple.
However, no one paid attention to his answer. Instead, they all stared at him like Sherlock Holmes, noticing that his expression changed when he heard the word "green plum".
Clearly, Zeng Changfeng is not as alone as he claims. He must have someone deeply buried in his heart, and this person is most likely the childhood sweetheart Lou Yuqing mentioned.
[If you walk by the river often enough, you're bound to get your shoes wet. Did Zeng Changfeng really think he wouldn't get caught by the victims for doing this? Wait, he actually messed up.]
[The victim was a Golden Core cultivator. The incident occurred at his centennial birthday celebration. While he was drinking and making merry with everyone in front, Zeng Changfeng was in the back with his Daoist partner. As for what they did, the censorship doesn't allow us to say.]
Zeng Xuangan's heart was in his throat.
Although Zeng Changfeng has just been recognized as a member of the Zeng family, he is now a member of the Zeng family. His past actions will be attributed to the Zeng family, which makes the family lose face.
And he, the patriarch of the Zeng family, will probably not escape the gossip either.
Lou Yuqing continued to browse the system.
[Zeng Changfeng and his Golden Core cultivator partner were so engrossed in their lovemaking that they forgot all about the world and accidentally crushed a bead on the woman's body.]
[This bead is called the Sensing Bead. It was placed on the Daoist partner by a Golden Core cultivator. If the bead breaks, he will immediately know. So when the bead was crushed, the Golden Core cultivator thought something had happened to his Daoist partner, abandoned his fellow Daoists, and rushed to the inner courtyard.]
Upon opening the door, he saw a stranger and his wife lying naked and entwined together on his wedding bed.
[This is so tragic; anyone who didn't know better would think he was a third party in a relationship.]
Qingxuzi paused in stroking his long beard, thinking to himself, "In all my years, I have never seen anything so wild."
[Poor Golden Core cultivator, his birthday banquet was turned into a matchmaking event, and the news was spread around. Now he's hiding at home, afraid to go out and be ridiculed.]
[Speaking of which, this Golden Core cultivator has quite a temper. If it weren't for the Zeng family's First Elder recognizing Zeng Changfeng as a long-lost descendant of the Zeng family through the jade pendant, he probably would have been beaten to death by the enraged Golden Core cultivator.]
Why did the Zeng family acknowledge Zeng Changfeng again? Aren't they afraid of losing face? There are many people watching him as a cheating husband, especially now that everyone has discovered he's a member of the Zeng family—it's become the talk of the town.
Zeng Xuangan's face darkened. He also wanted to know why. If he had known beforehand that Zeng Changfeng was this kind of person, he would never have brought him to his uncle.
Zeng Changfeng felt a chill run down his spine. He quietly glanced around the main hall, sensing that the atmosphere was becoming increasingly strange, as if something he didn't know was happening.
However, the ancestors clearly did not say anything.
[Oh, so it's because the Supreme Elder of the Wendao Sect, Immortal Venerable Zixiao, is taking on disciples. Those with the same spiritual root as him have a higher chance of being selected, so the Zeng family patriarch instructed the family to pay attention to potential candidates with lightning spiritual roots.]
Zeng Xuangan: "..."
It can't be entirely blamed on him. The seedlings of Lei Linggen are so rare, and they're from his own family, so naturally he wouldn't let the good stuff go to outsiders.
Just then, Lou Yuqing cast a pitying glance at Zixiao Immortal Venerable.
[Immortal Venerable Zixiao probably didn't know that he had taken in a rebellious disciple who would not only steal his Daoist partner, making him wear a green hat, but also steal his healing pills, causing his strength to plummet. By the time he realized what was happening, he had already become a laughing stock in the entire cultivation world.]
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The Villain Won't Let Me Go Offline
Lian Mingke flipped through the script in her hand.
As a minor character who transmigrates into a fantasy drama series, her character can be summarized as an outlaw who kills anyone she doesn't like.
This includes, but is not limited to, jealousy of the female lead's extraordinary talent, jealousy of the male lead's pampered life, jealousy of the female supporting character's beauty, jealousy of the male supporting character's extravagant spending... and thus wanting to hire someone to kill.
In the end, none of the minor cannon fodder were killed; instead, the main characters joined forces to send them to their deaths.
The prerequisite for hiring a hitman is to find a killer. Lian Mingke took stock of his assets and fell into deep thought: which hitman could accept a reward of three spirit stones?
On his first day as a black market assassin, Zhu Yuanxi was offered a spirit stone by a young woman to kill someone, and he successfully completed the mission.
However, she didn't seem very happy.
Zhu Yuanxi completed the second, third, and fourth tasks in double measure...
Hmm, she seems even sadder now.
Lian Mingke: Help! The main characters have all been wiped out!
*
Zhu Yuanxi once read a prophecy that said his life's glory and wealth would come from his first employer.
Ah, the wealth of a single spirit stone?
It wasn't until he intercepted the opportunity of the first chosen one that he suddenly realized the truth.
Lian Mingke, who had taken on several scripts and witnessed the protagonist's repeated deaths, finally realized that Zhu Yuanxi was actually playing the villain in a TV series.
"The Fake Heiress Only Wants to Pick Up Trash":
Gu Chaoxi transmigrated into the body of a fake heiress in a cultivation novel. Out of jealousy and resentment, she repeatedly framed the real heiress. In the end, she was bitten in the neck and died by a monster summoned by the real heiress in a secret realm.
Gu Chaoxi's plot point coincides with her journey to the secret realm. Faced with the covetous Zhen Qianjin, she turns and runs away to the sect's garbage dump.
Just one day before the secret realm opened, the real heiress arrived.
Gu Chaoxi felt despair, thinking she was doomed. Then, the trash she had just picked up emitted a light, and the real heiress walked past her as if she were blind.
Gu Chaoxi: It turns out I picked up a treasure.
Then, Gu Chaoxi stayed at the garbage dump.
She didn't want to get involved in the original storyline; she just wanted to collect trash.
"The Cannon Fodder Girl Has a Billion Things to Do in Farming":
In the novel "The Immortal Path to Immortality", there is a cannon fodder character who opposes the female lead. He overestimates his abilities and makes a bet with her, but dies inexplicably on the competition stage.
Chu Yunran transmigrated into the body of a cannon fodder character, staging a dramatic resurrection.
Faced with an unknown enemy within the sect, she quickly fled.
Cultivating immortality is too dangerous; she just wants to go home and farm.
Later, she discovered
Whenever the spiritual plant matures, her cultivation level increases.
Harvesting one acre of spirit rice grants +10 years of cultivation!
Harvest a tea tree, and your cultivation level will increase by 20 years!
Harvesting a mushroom grants +50 years of cultivation!
When her cultivation level was low, Chu Yunran was obsequious and submissive.
When her cultivation level increased significantly, Chu Yunran launched a powerful attack.
Which brat plotted against this old lady? She's going to turn this person into fertilizer!
Everyone was shocked and investigated Chu Yunran's experiences over the years. It turned out that all she did was farm, and they couldn't help but question the meaning of life.
Damn, can you cultivate immortality by farming?
Chu Yunran proudly raised her head: Yes.