After successfully invading Chen Ming's computer, Shi Lei kept his cool. After all, Chen Ming was using the Internet to chat. If he randomly made any changes and got found out, that would be bad!

Although he had invaded, what if the foe shut down the computer?

Or even unplug the power cable?

Shi Lei only browsed freely through the computer files, trying to get his hand on some secrets.

Too bad, that bastard Chen Ming's computer was actually very clean!

Not even one secret!

No private diary or any Wo Sang Empire's porn film.

Shi Lei who was helpless at the moment could only check the hardware department.

"Damn!"

Shi Lei cursed. Chen Ming's computer is yet another beast. Compared to those two computers undergoing repair at Sun Feng's place, they were about the same.

Besides a lower number in hard disk space, the others were exactly similar.

"This bitch's computer is not bad!"

Shi Lei continued to investigate and found out that the computer was installed with webcam, microphone and speaker!

Looking at the date, out of nowhere, a sinister plan was born within Shi Lei's mind.

First, Shi Lei returned back to the server and began searching military training information.

As the result of having super authority account, he no longer had to sneak around to do his things. In just a few moment, Shi Lei managed to find all the information of military training.

Opening the instructor list as well as contact details, Shi Lei had a glance and quickly made a copy into his local computer.

Shi Lei cleared the server log, eliminating all traces of his operation before getting back to his own computer.

Under Linux system, Shi Lei began to write code.

While typing the code, Shi Lei didn't forget to continue monitoring Chen Ming's situation.

Chen Ming had ended the chat and was watching anime.

Shi Lei laughed out loud. Controlling the campus server, Shi Lei started to temper Chen Ming's room broadband by temporarily allocating a larger bandwidth. From Internet, Shi Lei downloaded several interesting porn films from Wosang Nation. Then, he controlled Chen Ming's computer to download them.

Storing them in a folder, Shi Lei hid it from Chen Ming.

The temporary increase of bandwidth didn't affect the streaming experience of anime. Not aware of anything, Chen Ming had been tricked by Shi Lei to download those porn films.

Shi Lei continued typing the code as he monitored the download progress.

Half an hour later, Shi Lei had completely edit the code. After testing it a few times and ensuring the software could run well, Shi Lei once again logged into the campus server. Through the server, Shi Lei invaded the school mobile service base station.

These self-made little tools, Shi Lei uploaded them to the server and ran them.

This is a software which functions by detecting the signal from base station and determine the position of the mobile phone by triangular positioning calculation.

This software, Shi Lei named it: Exploration.

Shi Lei first entered his own mobile phone number. Software Exploration began to calculate Shi Lei's location.

When the calculation was completed, combined with GPS data, when compared with Shi Lei's actual position, they were roughly the same.

After being confident with the software's functionality, Shi Lei then entered military training company leader's phone number into the software.

In about half a minute, Shi Lei found out that this company leader was actually not at Shuangqing University!

But in Beijiang District!

Since today was the last day of military training and it must have ended already, the school leaders most probably brought the company leader out for visit!

"Heaven has helped me!"

Shi Lei screamed out in happiness.

He then found out Instructor Zhao, the leader of Class 2 of batch '06 Department of business management, Mu Shuang's class instructor. Shi Lei grinned evilly.

Last time at the military ground, this Instructor Zhao had won Shi Lei once. How could he forget about it?

Typing Instructor Zhao's phone number, the software searched for his position.

Again, in half a minute, Instructor Zhao's position was determined. He was still in Shuangqing University!

Shi Lei waved both his hands, his mouth once again widely grinned.

First, he closed the software and then uploaded a different small software.

This software can change the number of caller ID!

For example, Shi Lei's phone number can be changed into military commander's phone number!

From the server, Shi Lei directly activated the caller ID changer software and then stole a phone number from Internet. Through the software, he linked this stolen number into company commander's one.

"Zhao Wu, at 8pm, inspect 6th dormitory, room 302!"

Instructor Zhao received the message, he was shocked!

After all, military training had already ended.

They as soldiers would have to return tomorrow morning. Why there is still any need to do inspection!

Instructor Zhao immediately called company commander.

But just as the signal reached the mobile service base station, it was Shi Lei's software which intercepted and played the busy message.

Shi Lei quickly sent a text message.

"Inconvenient to answer the phone, only via SMS!"

Zhao Wu felt something was not right. After repeatedly checking the phone number of the company commander several times, then only did he replied the message.

"Company commander, is it still necessary to do spot check on the room?"

Shi Lei laughed sinisterly, if not doing spot check, how could interesting thing happen!

"Zhao Wu, when I ask you to go check, just do it! Stop asking any nonsense question!"

Zhao Wu scratched his head. No matter what, he had to obey the order from higher up since he is in military.

"Yes, company commander!"

7.30 pm, Zhao Wu together with another soldier, also following them was Zhan Song, lecturer from Department of Computer Science, were headed to 6th dormitory.

Zhan Song asked with a hint of surprise in his tone, "Zhan Song, I thought military training is already over. Why still conduct spot check?"

Zhao Wu himself was clueless too. Yet, with a straight face he answered: "The end of military training is exactly at midnight!"

"Hehe!" Zhan Song laughed as he led the way in front.

Controlling the computer of Chen Ming, Shi Lei noticed that a few porn films had already been finished downloaded. Instantly through the campus public server, Chen Ming's internet bandwidth was adjusted back to normal.

After doing these, Shi Lei quietly did his thing and secretly opened the microphone, linking it to his own computer.

At about 7.50 pm, a series of door knocking sound could be heard.

Shi Lei was extremely excited and eager for the next scene.

"Good show is about to start!"

Chen Ming's voice could be heard through the microphone.

"Who is it?"

Outside the door, Zhao Wu said: "Room inspection!"

Chen Ming was caught in surprise.

Isn't military training already over?

Why would there be room inspection?!

But he couldn't refuse to open the door.

Chen Ming was not bothered to shut down his computer. Instead, he made a quick tidy up on his bed. His three other roommates were also busy sorting out their beds.

"Still not gonna open the door?"

Zhao Wu's voice travelled into the room. Through the microphone, his voice came out from Shi Lei's headphones.

Chen Ming quickly replied: "I'm coming!"

Once Shi Lei heard that, his fingers were dancing on the keyboard, remotely activating Chen Ming's webcam.

Webcam in year 2006, doesn't have its own LED light. Shi Lei wasn't worried at all of being noticed as he activated the webcam.

Through the webcam, Shi Lei watched Chen Ming opened his room's door.

Shi Lei remotely added Wo Sang Empire's porn films into the media player's playlist.

Zhao Wu, Zhan Song and Zhao Wu's comrade, three of them entered Unit 302.

Chen Ming was acting cool, "Greeting instructors! Teacher!"

Zhao Wu had a glance at Chen Ming and then said: "Today is the last day for room inspection. You guys are all in the room, I am pleased!"

Chen Ming secretly felt relieved. Luckily, he didn't slip off somewhere to enjoy. If he was to get caught, won't that be miserable?

"Reporting to instructor! Strictly speaking, military training time should have ended this evening!"

A trace of smile appeared in Zhao Wu's face.

The following statement was the same excuse he gave to Zhan Song.

Hearing the argument of Chen Ming, Shi Lei smiled with an evil grin.

"This guy seems capable of acting fast!"

"But, lets see how are you gonna cover up next!"

Shi Lei remotely controlled Chen Ming's computer, played the porn film and minimized the video player. He then completed the final step by maximizing the volume.

In Unit 302, out of nowhere, a burst of classic sound of 'yi yi ar ar oh~' as well as 'yamete', 'yiku' etc could be heard.

Chen Ming's face changed. He had a look at his computer.

His three other roommates all looked down with red faces.

Zhan Song faintly smiled at Chen Ming. As for Zhao Wu, he was frowning.

"This is?"

Chen Ming quickly shook his head, "I myself also don't know what is happening!"

"Maybe it's some Internet ads!"

Listening to Chen Ming's explanation, Shi Lei directly maximized the video player. All kind of love action was shown clearly on the 19 inch monitor!

That white, plump flesh hitting each other!

The voice which could tempt any man kept echoing within the room.

With a pale face, Chen Ming quickly grabbed his mouse and wanted to close the video player.

However, the mouse seemed to have fail him big time. It didn't respond to his action at all!

"Yamete~~~"

"Yiku! Yiku!"

On the screen, the man in action was going for his last sprint!

At this moment, Chen Ming felt like digging a hole in the ground to hide himself.

Zhao Wu coldly said with a stern voice, "Faster close it!"

"Report to instructor, the mouse is not working!"

Chen Ming felt that he was dreaming now. His mouse was not moving at all yet he didn't think off just unplugging his computer.

It was Zhang Song noticing the webcam and microphone, linking them to the currently playing Wo Sang Empire's porn film. A thoughtful look was revealed on his facial expression.

Zhao Wu's face turned black, "Close you damn computer now!"

Hearing this sentence, Shi Lei laughed out loud while hitting the 'Enter' key.

In Unit 302, Chen Ming who hadn't make a move to close his computer and yet his monitor suddenly turned black as the hard disk spinned heavily.

As Chen Ming was about to unplug his computer, Zhan Song stopped him, "Halt!"

"If you don't want your computer to be damaged, don't turn it off!"

"The hard disk is undergoing low level formatting. If you force shutdown it, the hard disk will be destroyed!"

However, even by not shutting down, the hard disk itself was already almost ruined!

Low-level format would destroy all the data in the disk and there was also possibility of some damage on the disk itself!

Such operation would usually be performed on the hard disk before out from factory. Only manufacturers would do this kind of operation, ordinary consumer almost never used such operation.

With this low-level formatting, Shi Lei destroyed every evidence of his invasion completely!

The world’s top-level hacker, Shi Lei; due to him hacking the world’s top military powers during a joint exercise and attempting to steal information from them, ultimately leads him to get sold out by his own organization. This act eventually caused his own death by a missile bombardment.

God was playing a joke on him and allowed him to return back to six years ago, the autumn season of when he was still at his university. Being given another chance, plus the fact that he retained his ability as one of the best in hacking technology, Shi Lei decided to change his life! During his previous life, he was only an assassin in the dark. Although such an existence made people afraid of him, he would have to always hide within the shadows. In his new life, not only does he want to be an assassin in the dark, but he also wants to stand openly in the middle of the world stage. Creating a world-class super enterprise, he will single handy change the whole world!

Updates: 2-3 chapter/week

Debbie was in high spirits that day. Scarlet didn't know why her editor was so chirpy but she smiled too.
"Oh! I see that you're finally out of the cast. How does it feel?"
The young writer laughed. "Not much different from when I'm still in a cast... I was told that I'd still need a few weeks to get used to moving around again and about a month before I can try to walk without the splint and crutches. There are physiotherapy classes that I will be attending to help with the recovery process but it feels great not having to bear the itch and not be able to scratch it."
The editor smiled and presented the girl with an envelope.
"This is...?"
Debbie grinned. "Open it."
Scarlet grabbed a letter opener and neatly ripped it open. There was a letter addressed to Scarlet and the girl looked at her teacher.
"This...?!"
Debbie couldn't keep the wide smile away from her face. "I turned it in to a friend who is a literary agent and it was well-received. Your very first writing contract, darling. Congratulations."
Scarlet didn't know how to react and cried. Sixteen is a Gang might not be her first work but in terms of growth, it marked a significant milestone for the girl who had gained not only a precious family but a very close group of friends who didn't shun her. The fact that the publishing agent who accepted the manuscript mentioned how touching the feelings of the main character moved them made Scarlet feel as if it wasn't written in vain.
The young writer had poured her feelings and the trials they'd overcome together into this make-belief world of adventure and evil adults. While the manuscript was unpolished in the eyes of the publishing agent, they were keen to sign her up for publication because of that unique perspective and Scarlet's ability to move people with her story.
"I didn't tell them your age. This meeting might have to wait until you tell the good news to Wilmer and Orita. People normally don't get their writing contracts with their second attempt. You're very talented, Scarlet. I'm hoping to see more of your future works, there's nothing much I can teach you at this moment."
Scarlet hugged Debbie and thanked her from the bottom of her heart. Being offered a writing contract meant a lot for Scarlet. It meant that she was acknowledged and more importantly, this was something she didn't accomplish using the influence of the Wilde Family's name. Could this be the way she could repay Mrs Wilde's kindness of accepting her into their family?
The good news couldn't remain a secret forever. When Alex and Jasper returned home that day, Scarlet told them the good news. One good news multiplied into two and when Mr Wilde returned home, he called for a celebration. It turned out that there was not just one simple piece of good news. They had two unexpected but dearly missed guests joining them for dinner and another two guests whom Scarlet was happy to receive.
"Mother!" the girls screamed with joy as Jenna brought the luggage up. Mrs Wilde bent down to hug her girls with Jasper awkwardly standing by Mr Wilde's side.
"Mrs Wilde," he greeted politely and offered to help Jenna.
Claire bowed with Tina and Sue behind her. The lady butler was impressed by Claire's management of the household. The head maid did a great job despite the lack of manpower. Also, due to the short notice, Jenna was expecting some difficulty in being able to accommodate such a large group. Claire didn't seem to struggle with the new guests. The dining table was quickly modified with the table extended to fit the extra people for dinner. The maids under Claire's care were also quick to whip up extra dishes and make enough food for everyone, not neglecting to add a touch of classiness to them befitting of the Wilde Family's prestige.
Alex announced that she won an art competition that she was secretly participating in and was going to have her work displayed at an exhibit. Mrs Wilde and Jenna revealed that they would be moving over to live in Singapore for a more permanent period of time from now on so that they could spend more time as a family. Jasper's parents would also visit from time to time when Mr and Mrs Wilde had to fly for business trips.
Wilmer was all smiles as well. He had received news from Benjamin earlier that afternoon that the evidence the children collected was enough to permanently ruin Cody and Larissa. The verdict will be out next week. Danny and Elfie were here to deliver news about their findings of Anastasia.
Danny smiled and congratulated the Wilde's. "I have a favour to ask."
Immediately, the joy and laughter melted into silence. The children looked at their teacher oddly. Jasper knew about Danny and Wilmer's special relationship but Scarlet and Alex were slower to catch on. Whatever favour Danny was asking for didn't feel like something a teacher and parent could easily talk about.
"I would be taking a short leave of absence from the school due to personal reasons and in that period of time, I would like to entrust my son, Elfie, in the care of your family."
Wilmer's warm expression grew cold at once. The jokes and laughter erased from his eyes. "It's about that, isn't it?"
Danny nodded. Orita didn't look pleased but her eyes softened when she saw Elfie tense up.
"You're going to be personally acting on it?" the CEO asked and Danny nodded again, not daring to meet his friend's eyes.
Wilmer's lips thinned into a line, his eyes hard. "Orita and I don't mind taking care of Elfie for you. However, I won't accept it if you don't intend to come back for him."
Elfie looked fragile at that moment and it was Alex who held the hacker's hands to comfort him. Scarlet didn't know what was going on either but she gave Elfie a small smile trying to reassure him that everything would be alright. The adults could be relied on and even if things didn't work out, Elfie still had them and a group of very reliable friends.
Danny bit the insides of his cheeks. "I'm not abandoning him, Wilmer. I didn't adopt Elfie with the intention of abandoning him. He is my son."
Orita decided that the tension was scaring the children a little too much and quickly diffused the tension by asking Jenna to bring out the alcohol to the study so the men could talk over it. At the same time, she expertly diverted the subject away from the serious discussion by asking the children how they met Elfie.
Everyone had good news to share and interesting stories to tell about their time spent together at school. When Scarlet told everyone that Debbie sent her manuscript to an agent who found a publishing house interested in contracting her book, Orita squealed like an excited schoolgirl and immediately placed the first order of five copies that she wanted Scarlet to sign.
"You need to start practising your signatures now," Alex joked and Scarlet blushed.
Elfie smiled. "What is the story about?"
The young writer launched into details about the inspiration she took and the hacker had a good laugh over some of the scenes Scarletdescribed. Scarlet's vivid imagination and good sense of humour had successfully woven the personalities of everyone in the E.C. Class into her book.
"I want to read that book, I really do. It sounds very interesting that you managed to capture everyone so accurately!" he praised.
Scarlet squirmed in her chair, embarrassed by the praises.
"That's it!" Alex declared. "I'm going to draw your first book into a comic!"
Jasper raised a brow. "Do you know how to draw digitally? I thought you were still trying to understand how paintbrushes work."
Orita laughed. "Oh, Jasper dear... there's no rush. Alex can slowly pick that up. We can employ some art teacher if she wants to speed up that process. Also, Wilmer might be planning on an internship rotation for the three of you."
That news got their attention and the heiress smiled. "Don't tell Daddy that I said this. However, Wilmer has been working hard to negotiate for the departments that would interest you most to accept you and teach you the trade. Alex will have plenty of opportunity in the future to get acquainted with digital brushes. Scarlet will have a lot of chances to learn different writing styles and the practicality of it. Jasper can discover the secrets to how money flows within an organisation."
All three children had their eyes lit up. Elfie watched them with envy. He didn't know what an internship was but it sounded fun. "Mrs Wilde, can I join them for the internship too if I'm going to be in the care of the Wilde Family for a while. I think my programming skills might come in handy. I'd also love to have a chance to study a network and create a network system set up on a large scale."
Orita looked at Jenna who bowed at the hacker. "We will do our best to make arrangements. I'm sure many of our software developers and engineers would be thrilled to meet the mastermind behind the most recent underground raids in person. We will inform Wilmer about your wishes."
Elfie was flattered. Not many people knew about his official job or talked about it apart from Danny. He knew that Danny and Wilmer were close friends but Wilmer had never once spoken about Elfie's accomplishments before.
"Underground raid?" Alex asked and Orita smiled.
"That's a secret between your daddy, mommy and Danny. Elfie is a very talented programmer and he sometimes helps adults who need his skills which is why he is often not in school. Elfie travels a lot to help others so he hardly has any time to make friends."
Alex put a finger to her lip to indicate that she understood this should not be so easily revealed to others outside of the family. Orita smiled at her daughter's simple-mindedness and gave the other two children a sideways glance. Jasper nodded slightly to indicate that he understood because his eyes were unreadable behind his hair. Scarlet met the heiress' look with her own full of acceptance but also curiosity.
Claire knew that look. There was no mistaking it. Her young mistress would definitely find a chance to catch Elfie and interrogate him for information. Who knows, this might be the content Scarlet needed for her new book.


At age 10, Scarlet Liu Xiu Wen was tested with a Mensa IQ of 156.

By age 12, she was publishing books with the pen name Permanent Frost. By age 14, she was a successful vocalist-composer in the band called Britannia. By age 16 Scarlet had a successful career as a model and actress going by the stage name of Liu Xiu Wen.

However, there was a secret that the world didn't know. Away from the limelight, Scarlet took on yet another persona online as Pirate S - the eccentric half-genius. Everyone who lurked in the forums knew her name. Known for her unusual takes on life and mostly popularly for her "Human Observation Diary" blog, Scarlet enjoys the nerd life in secret.

Human Observation Diary has always kept to a very standard format but one day, a reader pointed out that the blog has recently been differing from its usual format. Intrigued by the trigger, Scarlet investigates her latest human observation - an online NEET by the name of Jedd77.

From further interactions, Scarlet finds herself helplessly drawn to him. As their friendship develops into something more, Scarlet has to make a choice.

To give up her secrecy and allow Jedd77 to be a part of her life? Or continue the game of cat and mouse even after the face reveal.

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The Divine Beast Department of the ancient Heavenly City was the predecessor of the Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Sect. Song Shuhang speculated that the destruction of the Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Sect was perhaps likewise related to the ancient Heavenly City.
Fairy Fleeting Life looked at 'Senior Tyrannical Song' in surprise. Was he a senior that'd been alive since the 'Ancient Heavenly City' era?
"Don't indulge in flights of fancy, my relationship with the ancient Heavenly City is not what you think," Song Shuhang said with a smile.
The relationship between him and the ancient Heavenly City was rather complicated.
His ghost spirit, Ye Si, was one of the fragments of ancient Heavenly City's 'Empress Cheng Lin'; his other ghost spirit was probably also closely related to the ancient Heavenly City; his virtual lamia had a lot of pursuers in the ancient Heavenly City, possibly being one of the ancient Heavenly City's big beauties.
He had already made contact with several male experts from the ancient Heavenly City, and these experts all seemed to love the virtuous lamia. Unfortunately, the virtuous lamia's sexual orientation was a bit crooked, and the one she loved was Cheng Lin.
In addition, Song Shuhang suspected that the Heavenly Emperor might have something to do with him. After all, it had happened more than once that the Imperial Pearl broke as soon as it got close to him.
"If you are free, you can wait for my classes to finish first. After my morning class is over, I can take you to my temporary residence," Song Shuhang said.
"Alright." Fairy Fleeting Life nodded, and then said, "But Senior, what are you doing in this place?"
"I am a second-year student at Jiangnan University Town," Song Shuhang replied with a smile.
Fairy Fleeting Life understood. "Oh, you're experiencing the mortal world!"
Song Shuhang laughed, and said, "No... my true identity is a student's." 
Fairy Fleeting Life first froze, then nodded. "I see, Senior Tyrannical Song, you're now a student."
Whatever, I'll just let her understand it however she understands it.
"It's almost time for my class, I'll see you after the morning class then," Song Shuhang said.
Fairy Fleeting Life asked, "Then, I'll wait for Senior here, is that fine?" 
Song Shuhang waved his hand. "Okay, I'll come looking for you later."
❄️❄️❄️
After watching Song Shuhang leave, Fairy Fleeting Life squatted beside the big box and patted it gently.
Inside, her disciple and friend was still unconscious. Although the monster fox was her disciple, his cultivation talent was actually above hers. In terms of strength, he had already caught up with her.
As a matter of fact, she could only guide him on the path of taming monsters.
In addition... the monster fox had always thought that she was a human cultivator, but in fact, she'd only had a lucky encounter in her early years, and could change into her human form as early as in the Third Stage Realm. This misunderstanding had persisted until now.
She gently held the gold chain in her hand.
She murmured, "What is the origin of this Senior Tyrannical Song?" Why were her teacher's items in the hands of Senior Tyrannical Song?
He isn't a Senior of the 'Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Sect', and neither is he a member of the ancient Heavenly City's Divine Beast Department. So, where did this Profound Sage Tyrannical Song come from?
However, this Senior is really kind. Perhaps he had a friendly relationship with Teacher Bamboo Pipe?
As Fairy Fleeting Life thought of Bamboo Pipe, she felt sad.
The enmity for the destruction of the Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Sect had been left on her shoulders. She had a decent talent for cultivation, but since the destruction, her mood had been affected, and her cultivation speed had been getting slower and slower.
The enmity for the destruction... Would there be a day where she would be able to end it all?
❄️❄️❄️
As Song Shuhang returned to the classroom, the second class began.
The three roommates sat together, but Gao Moumou now had a petite and cute figure beside him.
It was his girlfriend, Yayi. Her class was over, so she came to Gao Moumou's classroom, waiting to go back with him.
At this moment, she was holding a laptop, revising a manuscript—it was Gao Moumou's novel. Yayi was bored, and so she simply corrected the typos and grammatical errors in Gao Moumou's manuscript.
Seeing Song Shuhang approaching them, Yayi raised her head and smiled at him.
"Hey, haven't seen you in quite a while. Yayi, you're getting cuter and cuter. Compared to you, Gao Moumou is just getting older and older. Tsk, tsk, in a few years, you're going to look like father and daughter. Yayi, hurry and dump Gao Moumou already," Song Shuhang joked.
Yayi covered her mouth as she laughed.
"Shuhang, you bastard. Will it kill you to have some manners? Besides, others can make fun of me, but you can't." Gao Moumou smiled coldly, and said, "Your Teacher Su looks much younger and you're together with her right now. Now that's what looks like a father and daughter."
"F*ck, do I really look that old?" Song Shuhang pinched his face. He felt that his face should look quite young.
Yangde closed his book with a smile, and said, "From his appearance, Shuhang actually looks younger recently."
"I did say that I've been getting better and better recently, so I should be looking younger as well," Song Shuhang said.
His cultivation to immortality wasn't in vain. Cultivation was really just like that: the earlier one began, the better they would look.
"That isn't everything I have to say," Yangde said. "Theoretically speaking, you should actually appear much younger. However, there seems to be a problem with your temperament recently; it's been getting more and more stable. Just look at you, you give me the same feeling that my father gives me. I suspect that your mental age is already past 40, or even older. I suggest that you take a mental age test online and see the results."
Song Shuhang pinched his chin, and recalled his recent experiences.
In the past months, he had experienced an extremely rich and wide array of things. The experiences he had during his summer vacation would surpass what an ordinary person could even imagine and experience in their lifetime.
So, unconsciously, his mental age should really already surpass that of a youth. This could be seen from how he treated Loli Shi.
Whenever Song Shuhang faced Loli Shi, he already appeared more like an elder rather than a brother. He would subconsciously feel that he was a senior to Shi.
"Heavens." Song Shuhang looked up at the ceiling. There was no need to test it; his current mental age should indeed already be over 40, or even over 50.
"It seems that you are aware of it." Gao Moumou pushed his glasses, which then reflected a ray of wisdom.
Song Shuhang: "..."
So to speak, when he stood with Su Clan's Sixteen, it really felt like they were father and daughter?
His heart felt stifled.
Song Shuhang asked, "By the way, has that Chu Chu come back?"
Gao Moumou said, "Nope, she's probably still on the phone. A girl of that age would be able to stay on the phone for hours."
Song Shuhang nodded.
The phone he lent her was newly bought, and he had yet to even download chat software on it. As such, he wasn't worried that she would find anything on the phone.
As for whether Chu Chu would end up coming into contact with the world of cultivation, that depended on Doudou. Song Shuhang was not planning on interfering in that at all.
Therefore, he let her have a good chat with Doudou. Anyway, he still had around 10 million RMB to use on his account.
Then, the second class began.
Professor Yang continued his lecture, and Song Shuhang continued to listen as various thoughts ran in is mind.
Among the gifts that Bamboo Pipe left for Fairy Fleeting Life, the 33 kinds of spirit beast crystals had already been consumed by him. Hence, Song Shuhang could only compensate her with other types of spirit beast crystals.
Besides, he had to write down the ❮Encyclopedia of Animal Taming❯ again.
As for the box of clothes that had been sent to Su Clan's Sixteen… It had already been sent, and it was quite awkward to request it back.
But there was nothing that could be done about it. The rightful owner had already appeared, so that box of clothes which represented the intention of Elder Bamboo Pipe to his disciples could only be given back to Fairy Fleeting Life.
The problem was that if he wanted to get that box of clothes back from Sixteen, he couldn't tell her directly. His EQ wasn't that low.
Su Clan's Sixteen was a sensible girl, so as long as he made the situation clear to her, she would definitely return the clothes back to him—Song Shuhang knew this.
However, Song Shuhang felt that he had better prepare some gifts. It would be best if he made Su Clan's Sixteen satisfied before raising the topic of having the box of clothes returned.
Then, just what kind of gift would be able to make Sixteen happy?
Song Shuhang whispered, "Old Gao, in general, what gifts would you give Yayi that would make her happy?"
When Shuhang asked the question, Yayi, who had her head lowered, pricked up her ears.
Gao Moumou: "..."
Song Shuhang, you pig friend!
Yesterday, Yayi had been showing interest in a purse, which was very cute, but the problem was that Gao Moumou didn't have much money this month. As such, he was considering to look for solutions to solve this problem, but had yet to find any. He was actually waiting for his monthly salary before heading out with Yayi to buy the purse.
And now, Song Shuhang had played the role of a pig friend as he brought up this topic.
Seeing Gao Moumou's face, Song Shuhang immediately understood that he had accidentally asked the question at the wrong time.
"Cough." Song Shuhang covertly took out a paper, and wrote on it: "What's the problem?"
"Money," Gao Moumou wrote back.
"It's fine. We'll be getting our pay for ❮Apocalypse War❯ in two days," Song Shuhang said.
Gao Moumou's eyes shone—he had forgotten about the film. "How much?"
Song Shuhang smiled, and replied, "I've heard that it's quite a big check. I'm not sure on the exact numbers. If it isn't enough, however, I'll handle it. So, back on the topic of what to gift." 
True Monarch Yellow Mountain and the others didn't really have a need for money. Didn't Scholar Drunken XXX even casually give him 10 million RMB once?
If it was really needed, Song Shuhang could simply send a message and get a lot of money.
"A purse!" Gao Moumou replied. "Purses are perfect for women, and so are shoes, clothes, and cosmetics. However, most men have a shallow understanding of what shoes, clothes, and cosmetics their woman would want. As such, purses would be the easiest to choose from. Just pick the expensive ones and buy them, no need to worry much about how well they look."
"That makes sense." Song Shuhang nodded his head.
In addition… tonight, he had to seize the opportunity to ask about the [life-bound magical treasure] of the Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Sect. After all, one wouldn't meet with the successor of the said sect every day—he couldn't waste such a good opportunity.


One day, Song Shuhang was suddenly added to a chat group with many seniors that suffered from chuuni disease. The people inside the group would call each other ‘Fellow Daoist’ and had all different kinds of titles: Palace Master, Cave Lord, True Monarch, Immortal Master, etc. Even the pet of the founder of the group that had run away from home was called ‘monster dog’. They would talk all day about pill refining, exploring ancient ruins, or share their experience on techniques.
However, after lurking inside the group for a while, he discovered that not all was what it seemed... 

"A world without magic is nothing but a dull and boring one. I'll make this world thrive with magic and wonder!"

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Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation;
Nine Yang Divine Power;
Flaming Wooden Blade Skill.
These were the three fake copies of rare manuscripts Fang Zheng decided to use for evolution. 
The marrow-washing sutra in the Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation. 
The training for internal strength and true Qi in Nine Yang Divine Power. 
The blade skills in Flaming Wooden Blade Skill. 
They were three separate developments that did not overlap with each other. They complemented each other without affecting each other. 
Fang Zheng picked up Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation. His palms were slightly sweaty, and he was nervous. 
Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation was one of the top three Divine Skills in the Jin Yong Series. 
There had always been talk about whether the Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation was a Buddhist martial art or a Taoist one. 
There was a rumor that it was created by Bodhidharma. Shaolin monks had stumbled upon it as they were repairing the statue of the Dharma. 
Another rumor claimed that both marrow-washing and tendon-changing were phrases from Taoism. They were not found in Buddhism nor ancient India. 
It seemed as if both Taoism and Buddhism had their own arguments that spanned across the centuries. 
There was another less popular version: Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation was created by both Taoists and Buddhists. This would explain why tons of Taoist phrases could be found in the book; it was birthed where the Dharma practiced. 
Anyhow, Fang Zheng was just a commoner. The thing he was most concerned about was whether the Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation could be evolved into a true, rare manuscript. 
Fang Zheng held the Human Skin Scripture in one hand, and Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation in the other. 
He focused his attention. 'Evolve!' 
Everything was shiny in the blink of an eye. The Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation was coated in golden rays of light. Its pages began flipping quickly; it was that familiar sight again. Each page seemed to be coated with a golden stream. The words, paragraphs, and illustrations on them began transforming rapidly. It seemed to be evolving into a scripture of the heavens; it was impossible for the human eye to keep up with the speed of the transformation. 
At the same time, one part of the runes on the Human Skin Scripture faded away. 
When there were only two lit parts of the runes left on the Scripture, the transformation of the Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation was completed. 
Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation! 
The evolution was successful! 
The Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation (Level 1)!
'What? 
'F*ck, is this a joke?'
Fang Zheng stared at the cover of the book. The words, ancient and as large as a dragon, left him a little dumbfounded. 
It was his first time encountering something like this after three evolutions. 'The first level?
'Does this mean that there is a second and a third?'
Fang Zheng wasn't excited about the face that the number of possible layers meant more powers. His first reaction was, "F*ck!". 
'What a waste!'
His heart was aching. 'A precious part of the runes was spent on evolving an incomplete rare manuscript?'
With a broken heart, Fang Zheng opened the book with his shaking hands. 
According to the introduction, there were nine layers to the rare manuscript. 
The first layer was for Qi-changing, the second for blood-changing, the third for spirit-changing, the fourth for pulse-changing, the fifth for marrow-changing, the sixth for bone-changing, the seventh for tendon-changing, the eighth for divinity-changing, and the ninth was fate-changing. 
The copy of The Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation (Level 1) he had in his hand was indeed an incomplete rare manuscript. It only contained Qi-changing instructions in the first layer. 
'Motherf*cker!' 
Fang Zheng's testicles throbbed in pain; he nearly threw the book in his hand, but he eventually chose to put it in place carefully. He was afraid that if any corner of the book was folded, it would be a waste of the runes he obtained when putting his life on the line. Soon after that, Fang Zheng picked up a fake copy of Nine Yang Divine Power. 
This was another debated book. 
Some people claimed that this was a Shaolin skill. 
Others have argued that back when the Quan Zhen denominations Wang Chongyang had a drinking competition with a peculiar person, Wang Chongyang lent a copy of Nine Yin Divine Power to the latter after losing to him in the competition. Later on, the peculiar man hid himself in Shaolin and created Nine Yang Divine Power, as he felt that the Yin energy from Nine Yin Divine Power was too strong. 
There were multiple versions of the story online. 
Fang Zheng eventually decided to evolve his copy of Nine Yang Divine Power to prove a hypothesis he had in his mind. 
Given that Nine Yang Divine Power was one of the top skills in the Jin Yong Series, it was no surprise that it had its own specialties. 
Its true Qi was pure and endless; it was possible to replenish one's true Qi with this skill. 
On top of that, it had the effect of training one's body and strengthening his veins. 
It was also a specific skill to prevent cold and Yin poisons. 
Fang Zheng chose Nine Yang Divine Power in an attempt to fulfil his dream of becoming a martial arts master on top of having it complement the Yang-based Golden Immune Arhat. 
'The most important thing was! 
'Prevention of the cold and Yin poisons. Wasn't that the antichrist of ghosts?!' 
This was the true reason why Fang Zheng prioritized Nine Yang Divine Power. 
With the Human Skin Scripture in one hand and the Nine Yang Divine Power in the other, he evolved it once again! 
A familiar sight occurred: the golden rays of light could be seen. 
The letters and symbols in the book began transforming like a sped-up scene in a movie. It was amazing; it was a miracle. 
Nine Yang Divine Power successfully evolved! 
The Nine Yang Divine Power (Level 1)! 
Fang Zheng stared at yet another copy of an incomplete rare manuscript in his hand in frustration. So much for the first level. 
As stated in its name, there were 12 levels to this book. The more powerful your skill was, the faster it was for your true Qi to recover, and the more powerful the effects were from strengthening your veins and fending off the cold and Yin poisons. 
Fang Zheng looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle as he clenched onto the Nine Yang Divine Power (Level 1) in his hand. 
He figured out why he had been getting incomplete copies of rare manuscripts after two rounds of evolution. 
It was the same reason why he couldn't evolve the Mantra of the Five Lightnings, Divine-Crushing Mantra, and Fiend Breaker Tongues. Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation and Nine Yang Divine Power were both on the top of the martial arts literature pyramid. The effects of perfecting those were way stronger than the usual literature. Therefore, it was only natural that the depletion from the evolutions were greater. 
The Human Skin Scriptures collection of Gray Qi prior to this wasn't enough. Forcing the evolutions only resulted in the First Levels of incomplete rare manuscripts. 
As they did not evolve into complete books, their titles did not change either. They were still The Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation (Level 1) and Nine Yang Divine Power (Level 1).
If he wanted a complete set of skills, it was easy; he only had to continue risking his life to collect the Gray Qi endlessly. Although this seemed like a bright future—given that these were top of the literature—why did he feel such unprecedented, throbbing pain in his testicles? Fang Zheng was tired. He did not have the energy to curse anymore. 
This was such a waste of his resources!
Who knew how many years it would take for him to complete the evolution of all 12 levels in a series?! In times of scarce resources, the effects of these were not nearly as good as having a full version of an ordinary book! 
He was not sure if he should say the curse words he was thinking about. 
Soon after that, Fang Zheng's tired gaze landed on Flaming Wooden Blade Skill.
After a few seconds of doubt, Fang Zheng gave up on finding other blade skill books to replace this one. Blade skills were different from powers, if he got it to evolve into another incomplete book, the special martial arts moves he could learn from it would make him better than hundreds of firewood collectors and butchers. 
'Evolve!'
The Flaming Wooden Blade Skill (Level 1)!
It was yet another incomplete copy of a rare manuscript. It was divided into the upper part, the intermediate part, and the lower part. 


Missing people... Cars mysteriously falling off the Tongjiang Bridge... The world is going mad and it is up to Fang Zheng to prepare himself for it. What will he get himself into? What horrors will he face? Are YOU ready to join Fang Zheng on his journey to hunt the wicked? Ps. Save this one for a lonely midnight.

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She was the only young miss of her family. Her family loved her, she had talent in martial arts,looks that could bring down countries and a good fiance-the third prince, she had a bright and cheerful personality. She had everything a lady could wish for.

However her fiance thought that she was too powerful. How could he do as he please if his wife was strong and had the backing of the immortal general who was her grandfather. He could not defy the marriage chosen by the emperor, so he plotted against her in secret and he succeeded.

Before she took her own life she said: I will return as a ghost and will make all of you pay.

She lived countless lives in different worlds, as a human, beast, monster, pet, even demon. She kept a seed of power from every world inside her soul which she refers to as "the core".

Her core returned to her lifeless body and the bright and cheerful young miss was gone .

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Chapter 6. Contract (2)

Nagamo-san glanced around Rei's room as he was waiting for Rei to come with tea.

His room was really a mess and was filled with scattered pages and manuscripts.

Anyone would find it hard to sit here but Nagamo-san rather liked it.

Any book lover would find it pleasing to see an author's workplace.

Nagamo-san who had seen many previous rooms like this can tell that Rei's room was like those veteran authors.

He was finding it hard to control his curiosity to read the manuscripts in the room.

It was a manuscript written by someone who had wrote a novel like «Genius», although he didn't knew if it will be the same quality as «Genius» but he really wanted to read it.

It was his habit, he can't contain his curiosity whenever he saw a manuscript.

Although he had read thousands of books till now, it only made his hunger for books increase.

Although he wanted to read the manuscript, it would be rude to do that.

Nagamo-san controlled himself for some time but he don't know why but he was attracted by a manuscript.

It had a peculiar feature that was attracting him to read it and his instincts as a editor were telling him that he will regret it if he didn't read it now.

He subconsciously moved his hands towards the manuscript and grabbed it.

He slowly read the title and the title had already attracted him.

«Your name»

He slowly started reading the manuscript and the more he read, the more he found himself entranced in it.

* * *

Rei opened the door of his room with one hand while carrying tea and snacks in his other.

What he saw inside his room surprised him, Nagamo-san was reading a manuscript and it was non other than the manuscript of «Your name».

He was shocked to see Nagamo-san reading that manuscript and realised that he had forgotten to hide those manuscripts, he had written to practice his writing.

He quickly put the tea and snacks away and snatched the manuscript from his hand.

Nagamo-san was greatly startled when he realised that the manuscript he was reading had been snatched away.

He didn't even realised that Rei had entered the room until the manuscript was snatched from his hand, he was that much entranced in the novel.

He was also not embarrassed that he was caught reading a manuscript without the author's permission, he wanted to read the novel first.

"Re…..Rei, please let me finish that part..first"

Rei had already told Nagamo-san to speak to him casually, that's why he was talking casually with Rei but that wasn't the issue here.

"Nagamo-san, why are you reading this….without my permission"

"I am extremely sorry for that, I will even bow down if you want but please let me read your novel"

"No…I, I can't let you read it any further"

"Wh, why….please let me read it" Nagamo-san said desperately.

Rei didn't knew what to do at that time.

'What do I do? I can't let Nagamo-san read this book further'

The reason Rei didn't wanted Nagamo-san to read this book because he knew that he will request him to publish it after reading it.

But if Rei really published it, then it will be plagiarism. Although Rei will not be suspected of plagiarism as in this world, there is no Makoto shinkai to write this book.

But it will hurt his conscience as a writer. Rei had once thought of continuing his writing career with famous books of earth but he had eliminated that idea as it will hurt his conscience.

He too was a writer, although he was a failed writer, he will also be extremely angry if someone got fame with his work.

For a writer, his work was his own pride. If Rei really published the book as his own work, then he will be the same as a ghost writer.

So, what can he do now? Looking at Nagamo-san, Rei knew he will not give up until he get to read this book.

From his conversations on emails and real life, he knew what kind of person he was. He was a experienced editor with a knack of reading books.

He really loved books and he can go to any lengths to read a decent book.

He was very similar to him, if you only consider the loving books part just that he was a bit too intense than him.

Nagamo-san pestered Rei for several minutes and Rei had to finally let him read it.

When Rei finally gave him the manuscript to Nagamo-san, he literally had tears in his eyes.

'Looks like he really was curious about the novel'

In his past life, when he had read that novel, he also was very curious about the ending. 

His favourite scene was when Taki and Mitsuha have met on the top of the mountain. It was really a well written and dramatic scene.

Nagamo-san enthusiasm with the novel was only normal, it was a great novel which have sold over a million copies in Japan.

Although many people liked the anime film more than the novel, it was only because many people have seen the anime film first and later read the novel.

From a book lover perspective, it was a beautiful novel that will tell you about love, drama, mystery and how all fates are intertwined with each other.

Even it's animation had swept Japan and many countries in its frenzy.

It had created a huge boom across the world and was one of the most famous anime till his death.

He still remembered crying when he had saw the last scene of the film. He was also somewhat frustrated as he wanted to know the story after the ending.

That's kind of novel was it. It was a great ride that no one will regret sitting on.

Only seeing how Nagamo-san was concentrated on the novel and his change of expressions with every turning page, Rei can tell that he was really enjoying this novel.

Time went on and on but Nagamo-san was still fixed on reading the novel.

«Your name» was a novel with a total of 262 pages and Nagamo-san was only on the 150th page. If he really keep reading it, then it will be really late.

That's why Rei had to again snatch the manuscript from Nagamo-san and told him about the time.

He was reluctant and wanted to read more but before he can argue, the sound of door opening was heard.

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