QT Cannon Fodder's Record: Dekachapter 247

Chp 2461: A Primitive Society

Ning Shu hardly needed to work for a living. She was given food by different families and some would even give her entire dishes.

People here didn't have money. If they needed something, they would barter. Ning Shu felt that she was living in a primitive society.

Ning Shu's life was very simple. She would carry Zhenzhen out to gather herbs and bask in the sun while at it.

It wasn’t good for people to never get sunshine, especially for children like Zhenzhen who lacked sources of vitamin D.

Afterward, she would learn how to create demonic poison insects from the high priest.

Ning Shu completely discarded the idea of taking the spirit stone. When she passed the shrine every day and saw the stone statue, she would silently sigh.

She’d already gotten a piece. She couldn't be too greedy.

It was already hard for these people to survive on the stone’s capability.

Ning Shu hammered at her chest and went to the high priest's home to learn how to refine demonic poison insects.

However, the high priest’s house would really frighten people. There were all kinds of bizarre things like intertwined snakes kept in a water tank.

Seeing things like that really gave her goosebumps.

The high priest said that he would give Ning Shu the position of high priest in the future. Ning Shu waved her hand saying that he should forget about it.

In the village, the position of the high priest was exalted, but Ning Shu wasn’t interested.

The high priest sighed and expressed his understanding. He said that Ning Shu’s body was normal and that she could leave at any time.

He repeatedly lamented about who should be entrusted with his skills.

Poisonous insects could not only harm people, but they also save them. For example, if someone contracted a disease that would cause parts of their body to rot, the insects could help. They would eat the dying flesh.

However, this kind of demonic poison insect wasn’t easy to cultivate.

The high priest position was passed from generation to generation and many skills were also passed down.

Ning Shu noticed that many people in the village were related to each other by marriage, and it was even possible that many close relatives were married to each other.

Had not a single person who wasn’t afraid of the sun ever emerged?

Ning Shu was still honestly learning how to create demonic poison insects. Apart from some nauseating things, Ning Shu was very happy with learning the process.

Ever since he went out to pursue Xuan Yuanhao to get the spirit stone back, the high priest's health had been getting worse and worse, and he didn’t have much energy.

The high priest said it was sun damage.

Ning Shu: …

The high priest selected a smart young child from the village as his successor.

Many of the villagers wanted their children to become the high priest.

Ning Shu was quite curious about why the high priest had no children of his own.

The high priest explained that high priests wouldn’t get married or form a family. They had to give their all to the village.

Ning Shu rolled her eyes. That was too inhumane.

However, the high priest said that being given such a revered position came with a price. The more one wanted to go higher, the more they had to give in return.

After thinking, Ning Shu felt that this made sense. Nobody would revere beggars and hooligans from the street.

They would revere successful people because successful people had made great efforts and sacrifices.

Ning Shu was given preferential treatment to some extent because she had saved this village.

The days passed peacefully. Zhenzhen could now sit up on her own and crawl around.

The high priest held Zhenzhen and said that he would let Zhenzhen marry a handsome young man from the village.

Ning Shu: →_ →

Xuan Yuanhao and Xiao Ke came looking for the village, but they couldn't find it.

The village seemed to have disappeared into thin air.

The terrain was very complicated. After walking in the maze-like mountains and forests for a long time, they got lost.

It was Xiao Ke's quick-wittedness and good luck that finally allowed them to escape.

Translator: Kiara

MTL Editor: Wheat

#Wheat’s comments: Not these two again - _ -

TLC: Kaho

Chp 2462: Wasn’t Just a Village Woman

Xuan Yuanhao even invited the head of White Cloud Temple to help them. The old Taoist priest found some clues, but could not unravel the formation and almost got lost in the forest himself.

Even if Xuan Yuanhao didn’t want to accept it, he couldn’t find an entrance.

Power, that was such great power! But those country bumpkins just used it to block the sun.

Xiao Ke couldn't help saying, "It's all because of that meddlesome village woman."

The old Taoist priest waved his horsetail whisk. "That wasn’t just a village woman. She was previously a bride that was supposed to be buried with the dead..."

"Instead, she ran away."

"She was that kind of person?" Xiao Ke sighed.

The old Taoist priest shook his head and said, "Arrogant and obstinate, with a complete lack of etiquette, whoever this woman meets will be unlucky."

The most annoying thing was that he couldn’t do anything to her.

Xiao Ke nodded. "That is quite unfortunate. The general had originally already gotten the spirit stone when that woman appeared and insisted on helping those people."

"She was such a heartless person." Xiao Ke had never seen such a woman before.

"General, I'm sorry. It's all because of me. If I weren’t so weak, the general wouldn’t have had to exchange the spirit stone for me." Xiao Ke felt very guilty.

Xuan Yuanhao looked at Xiao Ke and said, "If I were to choose again, I would do the same thing. The stone is just a lifeless object, but a general needs a resourceful military adviser."

The rims of Xiao Ke's eyes were a bit red. "Thank you, General." She looked at Xuan Yuanhao with tenderness in her eyes.

The group kept complaining about Ning Shu even as they helplessly left.

Ning Shu sneezed as she was feeding porridge to Zhenzhen. She placed down the bowl and touched her forehead. Did she catch a cold?

After she finished feeding Zhenzhen, Ning Shu took Zhenzhen outside the barrier to bask in the sun.

She chatted with some intelligent animals in the jungle about where to find a specific herb and such.

Generally, it was the more clever animals that could answer Ning Shu.

The restriction that the animal had to have a certain level of intelligence was quite limiting.

Ning Shu recorded each kind of herb she found in a book, along with its medicinal characteristics and which illnesses it was used to cure.

By writing down one medicinal ingredient a day, the book had already become thick.

Life went by ordinarily and enrichingly. Ning Shu herself had also succeeded in refining some demonic poison insects, but they were all very simple.

After staying in the village for a long time, Ning Shu gradually came to understand the village.

It was said that every generation of high priests had a demonic poison insect. This insect would be passed down from generation to generation when the previous generation’s high priest was about to die.

It was called the swarm sovereign.

Ning Shu was interested in how an insect could live so long?

It was too unscientific.

Ning Shu wanted to gain first-hand knowledge of the swarm sovereign, but the high priest said that it wasn’t time for it to appear. Only when the high priest was about to die would it come out and enter the body of the next generation’s high priest.

The swarm sovereign would protect the high priest when making poisonous insects. It was a preventative measure to keep from being hurt by more aggressive ones.

Ning Shu: →_ →

The more it was explained, the more incredible it sounded. Did this insect really exist?

It seemed that she wouldn’t have a chance to see it.

Ning Shu would go to the high priest's house every time she created demonic poison insects. She didn't want to stink up her own house.

Especially when it came to poisonous insects and snakes, what would she do if something got out and bit Zhenzhen?

Ning Shu slowly mastered the skill of refining the insects and became more proficient at it.

She found that if she put a bit of spiritual energy into the urn where the insects were, the fighting in the urn would become more intense and the victorious insect would be stronger than usual.

Ning Shu was delighted. This could be considered as having mastered another skill. As long as conditions permitted, she could make demonic poison insects.

She learned to make both demonic poison insects that could save people and kill them. More skills never hurt after all.

Ning Shu felt that the tasks were becoming more and more difficult. Without some preparation, she wouldn’t be able to finish her tasks at all.

Her goal was to get to the top! But so far she could barely survive.

Translator: Kiara

MTL Editor: Wheat

TLC: Kaho

Chp 2463: A Perfect Way to Solve This Issue

Ning Shu asked the high priest, "Have you guys never tried to find a way so you guys can live naturally under the sun?"

Ning Shu was still pining for the barrier stone in the ancestral shrine. It would be great if there was a perfect way to solve this issue.

If she had a barrier stone, the world she was going to build would be much stronger and more durable.

The high priest said, "We are looking for solutions. We’ll apply herbs when we go out."

Ning Shu: …

"I mean, is there a possibility that this situation is just self-hypnosis and that you’re actually able to go into the sun?" Ning Shu spread her hands out.

The high priest shook his head. "Our ancestors already tested that out. They placed a child that was only a few months old under the sun, but the child still died in the end. Such a small child wouldn’t have developed intellect yet. It wasn’t like adults who had fear and emotions, but it still died."

Ning Shu: … ……

If it was a child with no existing issues, then it could only be a natural problem.

Ning Shu swallowed. Her heart felt stifled. "Have you found the cause after so many years?"

"No," the high priest said. "But we found that there are some herbs that can temporarily protect us from the sun."

Ning Shu heavily rolled her eyes.

No, I refuse to accept…

Whenever Ning Shu passed the ancestral shrine, she couldn't help hammering at her chest.

There was absolutely no means to obtain the stone. The villagers were inseparable from this thing.

This was a very dangerous thing, like a child walking through busy streets while holding a gold coin.

Forget about the people who didn't know what it was, if they were to encounter someone who did know what it was–such as Xuan Yuanhao–someone who had authority, influence, and military strength, they would rob them and the villagers would only be able to watch.

However, these people had survived for so long, so they probably had some countermeasures.

Zhenzhen’s height shot up rapidly and her clothes quickly became too small.

Although the village had no fancy clothes or jewelry, food was abundant.

Zhenzhen’s food was really good with all kinds of game and mountain delicacies.

Ning Shu would cook cow’s milk, and also cook the mushrooms given by the villagers with meat and give them to Zhenzhen to eat.

In addition to that, she would occasionally inject some spiritual energy into Zhenzhen's body.

Zhenzhen grew up plump and fair. Ning Shu tied her pigtails with red string and her loveliness only increased. Wherever they went, aunties and wives would hold and pinch her.

There were also some little boys who would surround Zhenzhen every day and help Ning Shu look after her.

Ning Shu: →_ →

They were all little demons with ulterior motives...

Now Zhenzhen could babble and call Ning Shu ‘mother’.

A villager saw that Zhenzhen's clothes were too small and gave some old clothes to Ning Shu, saying that she should alter the clothes to fit Zhenzhen.

Ning Shu didn’t accept it since cloth was very valuable in this village because the people couldn’t leave the village. In addition to shunning the world, no merchants knew about the place and so they wouldn’t go there to sell things.

Even if merchants were able to get to the village, the villagers had no money.

Ning Shu could go to town to buy some things, but it was very far away. It would take two to three days to go and come back.

Ning Shu decided to go buy some cloth to make clothes for Zhenzhen.

People in the village asked Ning Shu to buy some things for them. After all, they couldn't go out for too long.

Ning Shu agreed to all of the requests.

Ning Shu first went to the pharmacy to sell some ginseng. The money she got from selling it would be spent on shopping.

After she finished buying everything, she planned to go back to the village.

Translator: Kiara

MTL Editor: Wheat

TLC: Kaho

Chp 2464: Hand Over the Money

However, Ning Shu had been circling around because she found that there were people following her.

The price of ginseng wasn’t cheap. With such a large sum of money on her, it was inevitable that it would attract others. Of course, she couldn’t rule out the pharmacy wanting to fully loot her.

Ning Shu carried Zhenzhen all around the market and bought a lot of things including flour, rice, and also some vegetable seeds and fruit saplings.

The people behind her tailed her the whole time. Ning Shu was very calm and unperturbed as she continued to buy what the villagers had requested

She dragged a big bag of things out of the town. As soon as she left, she was blocked by four strong men.

Ning Shu placed her things on the ground. She looked at the four people and made a fist as she warmed up her wrist.

"Hand over the money," a man shouted viciously at Ning Shu and held out his hand.

Ning Shu curled her lips. "Since when did I owe you money?"

"Cut the crap and hand over the money, or you’ll regret it," the strong man said coldly. He pointed to Zhenzhen on Ning Shu's back. "Your child will also be sold."

Zhenzhen stared at these people with her pair of black grape-like eyes. She didn’t know what these people wanted to do, so she giggled.

Zhenzhen was a child who wasn’t shy with strangers.

Ning Shu moved her neck and made a cracking sound.

The man had such a sturdy build yet he didn’t do any honest work and insisted on being a robber.

Ning Shu didn't even use one-tenth of her power to beat these people until they couldn't get up.

The four men covered their stomachs and groaned painfully. They sprawled on the ground and couldn’t get up.

Ning Shu picked up her things and stepped on their hands, grinding them into the ground one at a time.

"Ouch, it hurts..."

"My hand, my hand..."

The four men clasped their hands. The areas that Ning Shu had stepped on turned purple and the backs of their hands were swollen.

Ning Shu beamingly said, "Next time I see you robbing someone again, I will crush your hands into flat cakes."

The four people ran away in a flurry. Ning Shu carried her things and went home.

Back in the village, the villagers who had asked Ning Shu to bring them things gave her meat and animal fur in exchange since they had no money to give her.

Ning Shu made a small vest for Zhenzhen with the fur.

Fur clothing was very precious.

When it came to making clothes, Ning Shu found that her skill was lacking and that she seriously couldn’t make clothes and shoes.

Ning Shu succeeded in making a small pair of underpants for Zhenzhen with difficulty. Ning Shu could only ask others for help with the larger pieces of clothing.

Ning Shu sat at the side, learning how to thread a needle. It wasn’t like she wanted to learn how to be a good wife and loving mother so there was no need for her to be able to make attractive butterfly embroidery.

She just wanted to know enough so that in case her clothes ripped in the future, she would be able to repair them herself.

If she came across an extreme environment, this skill could be used.

She should learn these skills now so she wouldn’t be caught unaware in the future.

After that, Ning Shu made some clothes for herself. Although they weren’t very beautiful, they were quite comfortable to wear.

After all, in this place, no one cared about something looking good. Practicality and convenience were valued more.

She was now someone that could sew!

The high priest's health was getting worse and worse, especially after the weather turned cold. He would lie in bed all day.

The high priest called Ning Shu to his presence and asked Ning Shu to help take care of his successor, the next high priest, after he passed away.

A child that looked only about seven crouched beside the bed and wiped his tears as he looked towards the high priest.

Ning Shu took the high priest’s pulse and said, a bit dumbfounded, "Are you really dying, or are you just scaring yourself? Your body is weak, but not to the point of dying."

"I understand the situation with my own body," the high priest said. "When Xuan Yuanhao removed the poisonous insect from himself, I suffered a backlash."

Ning Shu remembered that the high priest had vomited a mouthful of blood at that time.

Translator: Kiara

MTL Editor: Wheat

#Kiara’s Comments: She’s so cool. Ning Shu doesn’t need anyone, she could have me though.

TLC: Kaho
Chp 2465: My Days Are Numbered

Ning Shu felt the high priest’s pulse again and injected some spiritual energy into his body. She told him, "You’re in very good health. You can still live a long time."

"I have ginseng at home. Use it to replenish your energy. You’ve been tired recently from tracking Xuan Yuanhao," Ning Shu said.

Ning Shu wanted to keep the high priest alive. He was a pretty good person and a kind old man.

The high priest shook his head. "My days are numbered. The swarm sovereign is starting to become restless."

Ning Shu ‘oh’-ed and then injected more spiritual energy into his body.

Ning Shu had decided not to pass on the Unsurpassable Martial Arts.

After all, this wasn’t a cultivation world. Although the world had some fantasy elements, the Unsurpassable Martial Arts would still exceed its power system.

After all, the Unsurpassable Martial Arts allowed for directly absorbing the heaven’s and the earth’s spiritual energy.

Ning Shu continued to take the high priest’s pulse every other day. Each time she did so, she would transfer some spiritual energy to his body.

She also brought some ginseng and told the high priest’s successor to simmer it for the high priest.

Ning Shu asked the high priest, "Does the swarm sovereign harm your body?"

Just thinking of having an insect in her body caused Ning Shu to have goosebumps all over.

Of course, she wouldn’t be as affected when using poisonous insects on other people.

"No, the swarm sovereign and the high priest are in harmony with each other. To survive, the swarm sovereign must live in a human body," said the high priest.

Ning Shu nodded. It was actually a symbiotic relationship.

It was quite mystical.

When the high priest was in better health, he would stroll around when he had nothing to do. However, his teaching was truly hard on his successor, as he crammed all of his knowledge into the boy’s brain.

Ning Shu thought that the high priest would live for quite a while, but one night, the successor rapped on her door and said while crying, "The high priest is dying."

Ning Shu was stunned for a moment. She picked up Zhenzhen and hurried to the high priest’s home.

There were already many villagers there and some of them were quietly weeping.

Their expressions were sorrowful and their feelings were obviously heartfelt and sincere.

Ning Shu entered the room and saw the withered looking high priest. His cheeks were sunken. He really was all skin and bones.

Ning Shu was bewildered. "Why are you so thin?"

When she came over to refine poisonous insects yesterday, he hadn’t been like that.

"The swarm sovereign has absorbed my vitality. Anyway, I will soon turn to ash, so might as well let it have a good meal," the high priest said calmly.

The swarm sovereign had absorbed the remaining vitality in his body.

Ning Shu: …

Shoot, the position of high priest really came with so many strings attached.

In a short time, the outside of the house was full of kneeling people who kowtowed to the high priest.

The high priest said to Ning Shu with difficulty, "Help me take care of him, so that he may become a strong high priest that can protect the clan."

Ning Shu comforted the high priest, "Yes, he will definitely become the most excellent high priest."

The high priest closed his eyes. His body trembled and a golden insect came out of his mouth.

It looked like a silkworm and was entirely golden. It moved very slowly.

How did such an insect with absolutely no fighting strength become the swarm sovereign?

It left the high priest's mouth and slowly, unhurriedly crawled onto the palm of his successor.

Its whole body emitted a sweet fragrance.

The little successor was a bit scared, but he still opened his mouth and let the swarm sovereign crawl inside.

Then he swallowed it down. As she watched, Ning Shu couldn't help but stretch her neck and swallow a mouthful of saliva.

Jesus…

The high priest said a few words and then breathed his last.

The high priest’s death plunged the village into a sorrowful mood.

According to tradition, the villagers held a very complicated funeral.

Translator: Kiara

MTL Editor: Wheat

TLC: Kaho

Chp 2466: People’s Pain All Originated From Desire

Ning Shu also donned mourning clothes.

In all the worlds that Ning Shu had experienced, the people of this village seemed to have the purest hearts that she's encountered.

These people didn't have much ambition and lived in seclusion. There were no exquisite jewelry, no beautiful clothes, and no brothels.

They headed out to work at sunrise, then went to rest at sundown. Their lives were extremely simple.

As expected, people's pain all originated from desire, from struggling to obtain what they desired.

They struggled within the thralls of love and hate.

Of the causes of suffering identified by Buddha including association with the unpleasant, separation from the beloved, when one cannot obtain what one desires—much suffering came from not being able to obtain what one desired.

Throughout the ages, from high-ranking officials to ordinary people, they subject themselves to the torture that was desire.

They spent time and effort scheming, plotting, and using all sorts of tricks in the open and in the shadows, only to end up ruining their own lives.

However, Ning Shu realized that even she herself couldn't help but desire. She desired to live, to be able to construct a world that belonged to her.

After the funeral, the seven-year-old successor became the high priest and moved into the high priest's residence next to the ancestral temple.

Whenever Ning Shu had free time, she would make some tasty food for the little high priest.

However, the high priest never had to make food for himself. The families in the village would take turns delivering food to him.

All the best food of each family was offered to the high priest.

Ning Shu would often visit the high priest. After all, she had been asked by the deceased high priest to look after this little one. Since the weather was getting cold, she made some extra clothes for him.

Although the days were monotonous, Ning Shu felt at peace.

No matter how lively one's days were, it would return to such peace in the end. The exception was that you died before this time.

Ning Shu wondered, if one day, she would be sitting in a rocking chair and watching her own world slowly change. Watching, as the white clouds rolled across the skies, forming countless unknown possibilities.

It would definitely be awesome…

However… When in the world would she finally be able to get all those fricking world origin powers?

“Ding. Task complete. Would you like to leave the task world?" A mechanical voice appeared. It wasn’t 2333's voice.

Ning Shu: 2333 was sleeping again?

Ning Shu silently sighed. The barrier stone was right in front of her, barely an arm's length away, but she had no way of taking it.

Alas...

Ning Shu kissed Zhenzhen’s forehead. Hopefully, she'd grow up to be a strong child.

Then she hammered at her chest again. Dammit, the barrier stone!!

“Leave," said Ning Shu.

Ning Shu felt a moment of dizziness, and the next time she opened her eyes, she was completely dumbstruck.

What the hell? Was this her system space??

Cracks that were as wide as a thumb covered the walls like spiderwebs.

Had there been an earthquake??

The system space was a mess. The bookshelf had fallen to the ground and books were sprawled out all over.

On the wall was a pitch-black hole.

Ning Shu: ...

"What the hell is going on?" asked Ning Shu, dumbfounded.

"I will proceed to read 2333's last words," said the system mechanically.

Ning Shu: Last—last words?

“It pretty much took up all of my energy to prevent the system space from collapsing. As of now, the passageway to the fabricated space is closed. I've turned off all the functions that could be turned off to conserve energy and I will also be going into hibernation to save energy. Use the backup system to assist you in completing tasks."

The CPU consumes a lot of energy to operate and the current 2333 did not have the extra energy to support it.

Ning Shu: …

What terrible luck!

Seriously, what other system ever experienced this many calamities?

Translator: Kaho

Chp 2467: Rest in Peace

The frequency with which 2333 broke down made Ning Shu question life.

Was it that she had the bad luck to encounter a system like 2333?

Or was it that 2333 had the bad luck to encounter a task-taker like her?

Next time, she should ask around to see if this kind of thing also happened to other people's systems.

2333 always ate up more than he spat out.

Amen!

"Rest in peace." Ning Shu made a cross in front of her chest.

“2333 also said that if he completely runs out of energy, the system space might collapse. Once the system space collapses, the soul pearl will be lost and it's unknown where it’d ended up."

Ning Shu: Cough cough cough...

This was revenge. An imagined scene of the system space exploding flashed through her mind. The soul pearl would definitely end up lost.

Ning Shu thought for a moment, then said, "For the next task, check if there are any system tasks."

Even if it was only for the soul pearl, she couldn't let the system space collapse.

"Alright." The sound of the system was very mechanical, with no trace of personality at all.

Ning Shu righted the bookshelf that had fallen over and started placing the books back onto the shelf.

The system space was full of cracks. It covered the ceiling, the walls, and the ground.

Ning Shu couldn't help but be cautious while walking around, worried that if she wasn't careful, her weight would enlarge the cracks. Then the system space might instantly blow up and be shattered into pieces.

Ning Shu carefully tiptoed to the sofa with bated breath, then slowly got onto the sofa to sit down and start cultivating.

After she finished, she touched her face and felt that her soul had gotten a little stronger again.

It was great!

After enjoying a moment of satisfaction, she tapped open the stats panel.

Probably due to the lack of energy, the stats panel was so transparent it looked about to dissipate. It was hard to read the text on it too.

Ning Shu leaned forward and squinted as she looked at the stats panel.

Number: 2333

Name: Ning Shu (Advanced Task-Taker)

Age: 27

Experience: 54000k

Soul: 340

Life: 131

Intelligence: 364

Charm: 50

Luck: 229

Mental Strength: 260

Faith: 17515

Martial Arts: 392

Aptitude: 149

Merit: 13710

Abilities: Five Rings Shooting Skill, Intermediate Combat Skill, Proficient Practitioner of Unsurpassable Martial Arts, Intermediate Poison Concoction, Rudimentary Business Administration Knowledge, Entry-Level Programmer, Entry-Level Lawyer, Entry-Level Exorcist, Beginner Demonic Poison Manipulation

Acquired Titles: Goddess of War, Altruistic Ancestor

Items: Calmness Halo, Tranquility Pill, Faith Halo, Protective Talismans x4, Upgraded Protective Talisman x2

Halos: Halos: Benevolent Mother of the World (Empress’s blessing), Model Worker Sis (Chen Xi’s blessing), Chief Halo (Cao’s blessing), Lifelong Friend (Miao Miaomiao’s blessing), Healing Hand (Zhu Suniang’s Blessing), Nation Founding General (Chen Ermei’s Blessing), Lady Law (Chen Ning’s Blessing), Interspecies Diplomat (Bai Sanniang’s Blessing) [* can only communicate with creatures that reach a certain threshold of intelligence]

Fulfilled Liu Xiaoya’s wish: get free from Li Sanlang and leave the Li family.

Task Completion Degree: 100%

Gained 5000k experience points.

Gained 40 attribute points.

Gained 3k faith points.

Gained 150 merit points.

It was not bad. There was always more faith compared to merit. Merit was way too hard to obtain.

These faith points were probably accumulated from all those previous worlds.

Maybe she would end up fulfilling the faith requirements for becoming an ultra task-taker first.

Translator: Kaho

Chp 2468: Hu Duo

Ning Shu allocated the attribute points.

Number: 2333

Name: Ning Shu (Advanced Task-Taker)

Age: 27

Experience: 54000k (+5000k)

Soul: 340

Life: 131

Intelligence: 364 (+10)

Charm: 50

Luck: 229 (+10)

Mental Strength: 260 (+10)

Faith: 17515 (+3000)

Martial Arts: 392 (+10)

Aptitude: 149 (+10)

Merit: 13710 (+150)

Abilities: Five Rings Shooting Skill, Intermediate Combat Skill, Proficient Practitioner of Unsurpassable Martial Arts, Intermediate Poison Concoction, Rudimentary Business Administration Knowledge, Entry-Level Programmer, Entry-Level Lawyer, Entry-Level Exorcist, Beginner Demonic Poison Manipulation

Acquired Titles: Goddess of War, Altruistic Ancestor

Items: Calmness Halo, Tranquility Pill, Faith Halo, Protective Talismans x4, Upgraded Protective Talisman x2

Halos: Halos: Benevolent Mother of the World (Empress’s blessing), Model Worker Sis (Chen Xi’s blessing), Chief Halo (Cao’s blessing), Lifelong Friend (Miao Miaomiao’s blessing), Healing Hand (Zhu Suniang’s Blessing), Nation Founding General (Chen Ermei’s Blessing), Lady Law (Chen Ning’s Blessing), Interspecies Diplomat (Bai Sanniang’s Blessing) [* can only communicate with creatures that reach a certain threshold of intelligence]

After she finished allocating the attribute points, she grabbed a book from the bookshelf and started reading.

Once she finished, she sat crosslegged, put the Buddha bracelet on her hand, and started reciting the heart-clearing chant.

She had the prayer beads, the tranquility pill, and also the heart-clearing chant. She felt like she could practically ascend to the land of bliss and become a Buddha.

Anger clouded judgment. Only by maintaining a calm heart could one successfully complete tasks. Otherwise, not only would she be unable to complete tasks, she might even be eliminated.

Even if you were furious, after exploding on the spot for a bit, you had to calm down.

After reciting the heart-clearing chant, her head felt much more clear.

Ning Shu said, "Let's enter the task."

“Alright," said the mechanical voice, completely emotionless.

Ning Shu felt a moment of dizziness, then her soul slowly merged into a body.

Once her soul completely merged with the body, she opened her eyes and looked around. The room was decorated in a modern style with a poster on the wall.

It was of a handsome man in a cool pose. It was probably some celebrity.

There was the sound of a car honking from outside the window.

This was a modern world.

Ning Shu sat up and rubbed her head. Her nose felt a bit stuffy. She probably had a cold.

She sat cross-legged on the bed and started cultivating, but there wasn't much spiritual energy in the modern era. After cultivating for a good while, all she got out of it was a profuse sweat.

However, she felt much better and her nose had cleared up.

She grabbed a tissue and wiped the sweat off her face, then started receiving the storyline.

The original host's name was Hu Duo. She was 22 years old and was still in university, but she would be dropping out soon.

It would be due to a person from next door — a man who she had grown up with: Luo Jiang.

Luo Jiang had already graduated from university, but he continued to stay at home and didn't even go out to look for a job.

Even the few times where he found a job, he always quit after just a few days. It was always either his boss was looking down on him, or that the work was too tiring. He had graduated from university, how could he do this kind of work!?

He didn't meet the requirements for positions with better pay, but he felt that the more tiring positions were not befitting of his status. After all, he was someone that had graduated from university.

Due to his dissatisfaction with his lot, in the end, he decided to just stay at home and leech off his parents.

He wore tank tops and flip-flops every day, didn't bother to groom himself at all, and just played games all day.

He never woke up before noon and completely disregarded how his parents felt about this.

Whenever arguments arose, he even resented his parents for not being rich.

Translator: Kaho

Chp 2469: Sensitive and Egoistic

If his parents had been rich, he would have had enough money to start a business.

Then he wouldn't have to scrape and bow to others.

Whenever Luo Jiang saw people that drove luxurious cars, he would feel indignant, saying that they were sure good at picking their reincarnations. Whenever he saw beautiful girls wearing famous brands, he would silently mutter that they definitely had sugar daddies and were shameless.

However, his eyes would still be glued to them.

He was sensitive and egoistic. His huge ego served as a shield to cover up his inferiority complex.

Luo Jiang had achieved nothing, but he felt that he was unappreciated by the world.

This kind of loser that only knew to blame society and his own parents ended up obtaining a system.

This system was called the beauty take down system.

It was obvious from the name that it was a system for picking up girls.

As long as one picked up girls, one could reach the pinnacle of life.

The system would rate the woman that its host encountered and give a score based on the women's looks, figure, and family background.

The highest score was 100 points. For example, if a woman had long legs and was very beautiful, and had a pretty good family background, then her score might be 98 points.

Those with a score of 90 or above were all extremely beautiful women.

If it was a fat girl, she would only be 30 points or 40 at most, which wasn't up to standards so it wasn't worth it to pick her up.

Those who were below standards didn't meet the criteria to become the system's targets.

There were all sorts of rewards for completing tasks. Example tasks were: getting a girl with a score of 70 to confess to him, touching the thigh of a beauty with a score of 80, or getting a lady with a score of 90 to kiss him.

Once Luo Jiang completed the task, he would be able to get rewards. It might be things that allowed him to improve his looks and become more handsome.

It could also be cash rewards.

He could also choose to make his little thing bigger or increase his xxx ability to become even better at conquering women.

Of course, the ultimate goal was just to push down as many women as he could…

There were no women he wouldn't flirt with as long as they were beautiful. Even if they were already taken, he would still poach them.

If he encountered a beautiful married woman, her husband would certainly be someone cruel and heartless, a scumbag that drank with prostitutes and gambled, so of course, he had to rescue the poor, lonely, unloved wife.

Even if he encountered an engaged daughter of a rich family, her fiancé was sure to be a rich second-generation good-for-nothing that was stupid and ugly.

How could one find happiness marrying such a person? He had to rescue the rich young miss’ happiness.

A beauty was short of money, Luo Jiang saves her.

A beauty lacked love, Luo Jiang saves her.

A beautiful teacher, a pure school beauty, a cute loli, an enchanting dancer, a gentle nurse, a hot policewoman, a domineering female CEO, an exotic beauty...

Wherever there were beauties, that was where Luo Jiang was. The more beauties that he took down, the more points he would get, and in addition, the more money he would have, the more handsome he would become, and the stronger his xxx ability became.

Thanks to the contribution of these beauties, Luo Jiang’s wealth increased exponentially. It was a vicious cycle, the more money he had, the more girls he flirted with.

Every time he took down a beautiful woman, the system would transform his body, to the point that his body became capable of cultivation.

Luo Jiang took on one dungeon after another. Not only did he flirt with girls within the country, he even flirted with girls abroad. Once his cultivation got to a certain point, he was able to break through the plane and go to other worlds to continue flirting with and taking down women.

Ning Shu: Ha. Ha. Even the universe couldn't stand you anymore…

Luo Jiang was completely going through the movements without an ounce of sincerity. To him, these beauties were pretty much like the monsters you had to defeat in a game.

He had to conquer these monsters.

So he used all sorts of ways to conquer them like using money, tenderness, forcefulness, or playing out the role of a hero saving the beauty. He would use different means according to what the beauty was like to win over their hearts.

Translator: Kaho

Chp 2470: Peerless, Massive Scumbag

He was simply a peerless, massive scumbag, whose ultimate goal was only to push all women down onto the bed.

It was impossible for Luo Jiang to ever have a true love. He was someone that wanted to have the heart and body of all beautiful women.

Moreover, with a system by his side, he’d also developed an unnaturally massive ego.

Besides, he had so many women that he didn’t even have the time to give affection to all of them.

It was equally impossible that every one of them was his true love. How could he love each and every one of them? Even Luo Jiang himself didn’t believe such nonsense.

How many pieces could someone's heart possibly be divided into?

A man’s mind was actually quite simple and cruel.

Beauties! So many beauties, all for him to take. He didn’t even have to be responsible afterward.

All men wanted was power, strength, beauty, and top-notch performance in bed.

With this system, as long as he slept with beautiful women, he wouldn’t need to exhaust himself by working. He also didn’t need to humble himself to any boss.

He just needed to go to a restaurant with a beautiful girl, enjoy the melody of the violin in the restaurant, then help her cut her steak into neat little squares.

Occasionally, he’d use his system-created muscular body to scare off some hoodlums, act like a knight in shining armor, and save the beauty. Just like that, he could easily walk to the peak of life.

On top of it all, the name of the system, ‘beauty take down system’, gave Luo Jiang a huge adrenaline rush when he heard it.

Luo Jiang’s daily routine now rotated between taking down beauties and being on the way to taking down beauties.

The original host, Hu Duo, was the first woman Luo Jiang took down. Having just gotten the system, he didn’t know any big beauties. He wasn’t at their level yet.

Even if he had encountered any of them, it’d be impossible for him to seduce them. He’d get a huge slap and, more than likely, a trip to the police station.

He’d be called a perverted and obscene molester.

So Luo Jiang set his eyes on Hu Duo, who lived next door.

Hu Duo’s appearance and figure barely passed the passing line. However, in the early stage of his ‘career’, Luo Jiang didn’t have any previous experience. He thus didn’t look down on her.

After all, Luo Jiang, who had just got the beauty take down system, was eager to check whether this system was the real deal.

Was it true that if he got the girl, he’d get money and be able to go through a second puberty?

Luo Jiang, therefore, began to flirt with his childhood friend, then took her down.

Hu Duo’s parents had always warned her not to interact with Luo Jiang, who lived across from them, more than she needed to.

After Luo Jiang graduated from college, he didn’t get a job and lived a lazy and sloppy life. They could play together when they were young, but not anymore. After all, as a girl, Hu Duo would be the one to suffer more should anything happen.

Hu Duo listened to her parents’ words at first. She did distance herself from Luo Jiang. After all, she could see how dirty and slovenly he was. His body always either smelled of cigarettes or instant noodles. Even if she didn’t have the intention of distancing herself, there was no way she would approach him.

However, Hu Duo began to change her mind after Luo Jiang intentionally flirted with her.

He then took her down.

Usually, the female characters of male erotica like this one had a pathetic level of IQ and EQs. Facing the studhorse’s halo, the women seemed to turn mentally handicapped. They’d generously share their boyfriends and husbands with other women.

Luo Jiang got his first bunch of rewards because of Hu Duo. Meanwhile, Hu Duo seemed to start growing a deep-rooted love for Luo Jiang.

When she eventually became pregnant, Hu Duo chose to drop out of school and nearly angered her parents to death.

However, she then had a miscarriage. This miscarriage involved Luo Jiang, but when he apologized, Hu Duo simply forgave him.

Luo Jiang would go out to flirt with other beauties. Even if Hu Duo found out about this, seeing the other girl’s beauty, she’d feel insecure and think that since Luo Jiang was such a good man, it was only natural that many other women also liked him.

She was already satisfied just by being able to stay by Luo Jiang’s side.

Hu Duo had no idea what was wrong with herself. She lived in constant despair, and she was always heartbroken as well. However, as soon as she saw Luo Jiang, she’d instantly forgive him again.

Then, as soon as Luo Jiang began to tease her, all her anger would vanish too.

In short, this was a highly fantastical world, a world all men dreamed of.

MTL Editor: Ran

Translator: Kaho