Hmph, Hmph, Hmph, So That's How You Want to Play?

Chapter 6: Fine, Fine, Fine—So This Is How You Want to Play?

"Ahhh!!"

A heart-rending scream tore from Qin Yang's throat. Cold sweat poured from his entire body as pain sent him rolling across the ground.

Within moments, he felt a scorching agony in his internal organs, as though something were gnawing them away alive.

Such bone-piercing pain had already far surpassed Qin Yang's limit of endurance.

"Bai... Bai Feng!"

Qin Yang growled.

There was no need to think about it. Bai Feng had definitely tampered with something on purpose.

Otherwise, how could this have happened?!

Sure enough, Bai Feng looked down at Qin Yang rolling about on the ground. The corners of his mouth curled wildly upward, and the chill deep in his eyes was no longer concealed.

"Junior Brother Qin, be on your way."

"After setting up this formation, I waited and waited before finally finding a sucker like you, willing to help me of your own accord."

"To be honest, this formation can indeed remove the Soul Locking Pill poison—but it can only help one person."

"And it requires a second person to bear twice the Soul Locking Pill poison. Unfortunately, Junior Brother Qin, that person is you!"

Bai Feng's smile was incomparably savage and delighted.

After all, he had now completely freed himself.

Without the Soul Locking Pill poison restraining him, he could escape the devil's clutches and roam free from then on!

As for Qin Yang, he was merely a tool Bai Feng had used to stay alive.

"What?!"

"Bai Feng, you'll die a miserable death!"

Upon learning how the spirit formation actually worked, Qin Yang spat out a mouthful of blood.

He had calculated and calculated, believing himself cautious enough, yet he had still fallen one move short and been duped by Bai Feng!

"Go on, keep cursing."

"Thank you, Junior Brother Qin, for helping me escape this sea of suffering. Don't worry—if there's a next life, I'll definitely help you find release and repay this debt of gratitude!"

Bai Feng laughed loudly and strode away without looking back.

Qin Yang, left behind, grew weaker and weaker. He could only watch helplessly as Bai Feng's retreating figure vanished into the distance.

Fine, fine, fine. So this is how you want to play with me.

In the next life, let's see if you can still laugh!

Qin Yang ground his teeth. In the end, after a quarter of an hour, his consciousness scattered, and he died from being unable to withstand twice the Soul Locking Pill poison.

[Host has died. Karma has been reset!]

[The host may select one item from the previous life's magical treasures, Cultivation Methods, or cultivation to inherit!]

[Previous life's magical treasures: none. Cultivation Methods: none. Cultivation: Qi Refining Realm First Layer.]

[Please select an inheritance.]

Amid the haze, the system's voice reached him.

The next moment, Qin Yang's consciousness recovered. When he opened his eyes, he was completely awake.

A glance around confirmed it: he was still inside Xuan Chengzi's cave, surrounded by peers who had been captured just like him.

Everything had started over from the beginning!

"I choose cultivation."

Qin Yang lowered his voice and made his choice.

Buzz!

A surge of pure power instantly entered his body, like enlightenment pouring into his mind. Qin Yang immediately sensed his meridians and dantian opening up, and the faint traces of cultivation returning to him!

At the same time, the system panel opened.

[Host: Qin Yang]

[Cultivation: Qi Refining Realm First Layer]

[Magical Treasures: None]

[Cultivation Methods: None]

[Lifespan: 16/20]

[Spirit Root: Fire (Low Grade)]

"I finally have cultivation. It seems that even if I restart endlessly, bit by bit, my cultivation will gradually improve!"

"Since the system exists and can reset karma infinitely, there will always come a day when I grow stronger!"

Qin Yang pondered.

He sensed himself slightly and found that his cultivation was truly far too weak, no different from an ordinary person at all. This made him rather happy.

Because it meant that, for the time being, no one would discover that he possessed cultivation.

Only then could things proceed smoothly according to the course of his previous life!

"Bai Feng!"

"You damned bastard, just wait and see if I'll still put up with you this time. Don't let me catch an opportunity!"

The very thought made Qin Yang grit his teeth. He had fallen for the trap for nothing, becoming the scapegoat and allowing Bai Feng to escape.

If not for his ability to reset karma, he truly would have died!

As he sorted through his thoughts and the various pieces of information he had gathered in his previous life, something suddenly occurred to him. A flash of inspiration struck, and his eyes immediately lit up.

"Wait, I nearly overlooked something."

"Bai Feng told me in my previous life that the Soul Locking Pill's poison flares up once every month. That means I can completely ignore its poison for now, escape this den of demons first, and seek an opportunity. Why do I have to insist on detoxifying myself?"

Qin Yang's heart jolted.

The logic was simple. With the system, he could restart endlessly.

And the Soul Locking Pill's poison took a month to flare up. Within that month, he could escape and directly search for an antidote or raise his cultivation.

This advantage was the greatest difference between him and ordinary people.

With the system allowing him to restart again and again, there was no need to fear death at all. After probing time after time, there would always be a way to survive!

Realizing this, Qin Yang already had a rather good idea in mind.

"Qin Yang!"

"Master wishes to impart Immortal Arts to you."

At that moment, Bai Feng's voice rang out as punctually as expected, haughty and indifferent.

Under the sympathetic gazes of the children his age beside him, Qin Yang rose directly to his feet, his expression utterly calm.

After what he had experienced in his previous life, he had now adapted somewhat.

"Let's go." Bai Feng glanced at Qin Yang, not expecting this "medicinal seed" to be so composed—not crying or shouting in the slightest. It was truly strange.

Rumble!

The stone doors of the Pill Refining Room opened. Just as Qin Yang had expected, he was shut inside. Then came Xuan Chengzi's cold, oppressive gaze, sharp as knives.

"This disciple greets Master. I ask Master to impart Immortal Arts to me!"

Qin Yang's words were exactly the same as in his previous life.

"Mm, a good seedling..." Xuan Chengzi nodded faintly, then moved with lightning speed, a gust of yin wind rushing toward Qin Yang's face.

Yet Qin Yang had long anticipated his move.

"Reporting to Master, this disciple senses that I possess a Fire Spirit Root, which conflicts with the Great Elixir within the Alchemy Furnace..."

"Mm?!"

Xuan Chengzi's hand halted abruptly, suspicion and belief warring in his eyes.

"Boy, how do you know?"

How do I know? I fooled you with this not long ago, you bastard!

Qin Yang lowered his head and rolled his eyes, but he still answered honestly according to what he had said in his previous life. Neither servile nor overbearing, he remained calm to the extreme.

Sure enough, after checking, Xuan Chengzi found that he had indeed calculated wrongly. He gave Qin Yang the same test as before, and Qin Yang answered it accurately as well.

Thus, he successfully won Xuan Chengzi's favor once more and likewise received a Qi Condensing Pill to consume.

Gulp.

The Qi Condensing Pill produced no sensation. After all, he had already opened his dantian and reached the Qi Refining Realm First Layer.

Afterward, everything proceeded exactly as before. Xuan Chengzi handed over the Soul Locking Pill, and Qin Yang swallowed it helplessly.