Not a word was said all night.
Lu Siye and Fang Lanyue spent the entire night cultivating.
It wasn't until morning, when Fang Lanyue needed to hide from the sunlight, that she reluctantly retreated into the Spirit Nether Jade Disc.
Before going in, Fang Lanyue pleaded with Lu Siye, looking a little aggrieved, not to put the jade disc back in the suitcase. She was afraid of the dark.
Lu Siye readily agreed, but once Fang Lanyue had entered the Spirit Nether Jade Disc, he still put it straight into the suitcase and stored it in his system space.
As if he'd pass up any chance to squeeze out more Fear Points.
In a good mood, Lu Siye left his rental apartment and headed to the snack street outside the residential complex to buy some rice rolls and soy milk for breakfast.
It was almost rush hour, and by the time he reached the rice roll shop, it was nearly full. Only one table with an open seat remained.
"Boss, three rice rolls, with two eggs and two sausages, plus two cups of freshly ground soy milk!" Lu Siye called out with the boldness of someone with more than two million in his account.
He'd usually only added one egg or one sausage before. Now he'd gone all out and added four toppings, earning envious looks from the working people in the shop.
"Coming right up!" the owner replied with a smile.
Before long, the rice rolls were ready. The owner deftly cut them up, arranged them on long plates, and drizzled them with his special sauce.
He set them down in front of Lu Siye, and their aroma immediately wafted over, tempting his stomach.
Lu Siye pulled a pair of disposable chopsticks from the holder and began wolfing down his food.
Suddenly, the light in front of Lu Siye dimmed. He bit through the rice roll in his mouth and looked up.
A young couple stood there. The mother was holding a chubby little child who clutched a piece of White Rabbit Candy.
"Hey, mind if we share the table?" the young father asked politely.
"Oh, sure!" Lu Siye nodded and moved his plates and soy milk a little closer to himself.
"Thanks!" the young father said.
He pulled out a tissue and wiped the chair beside his wife clean. He waited for her to sit down before taking a seat himself.
"Boss, two rice rolls, one with egg and sausage, and the other with just egg," the young father called to the owner.
"Sure! Just a moment, though—it'll probably be a few minutes." The owner replied, bringing over Lu Siye's two rice rolls and setting them down before speaking to the couple with a somewhat apologetic expression.
"Hey, could you hurry it up, please?" The young father glanced at his watch, looking a little anxious.
Lu Siye noticed his expression. He glanced at the other two rice rolls, pushed the plates toward them, and said, "If you don't mind, go ahead and eat these first. I'm in no hurry. I can wait."
"Oh, that's too kind of you." The young father scratched his head, embarrassed.
"It's fine, go ahead. Here, you can give this soy milk to the little one, too." Lu Siye moved one of his cups over and waved his hand dismissively.
"Thanks so much, brother!" The young father looked delighted.
"Lele, hurry and thank big brother!" the young mother gently urged the child.
"Thank you, big brother! This is for you!" the child said in a sweet, childish voice, then offered Lu Siye the White Rabbit Candy in his hand.
Lu Siye took the candy, unwrapped it, and popped it into his mouth. Putting on an exaggerated expression, he exclaimed, "Oh! It's so sweet! Thanks, Lele!"
"Gigglegiggle~" The child burst into laughter at Lu Siye's over-the-top expression.
The couple were smiling, too, thinking how lucky they were to have met such a kind person on their way out that morning.
After they'd eaten their fill, the couple left. Before going, they paid for Lu Siye's meal as well.
Lu Siye didn't find out until he'd finished eating and was about to leave. By then, they'd been gone for quite some time.
Back at his rental apartment, Lu Siye opened the Town Demon Suppression Division's shop and exchanged for twenty more Blood Replenishment Pills. Then he practiced his saber techniques and light-footed movement for a while to help digest his food, before continuing to cultivate the fourth layer of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill.
Close to noon, someone knocked at the door. When he opened it, he found the furniture store's employees had arrived to install his bathtub.
He led them to the bathroom and watched the two technicians work away for nearly half an hour before the bathtub was installed.
Before they left, Lu Siye handed everyone a bottle of Ice Cola, smiling as he watched them go.
He returned to the bathroom and looked at the bathtub he'd been longing for. Now that it was right there beside him, he felt a satisfaction he couldn't quite put into words.
Back in the living room, Lu Siye continued cultivating. It wasn't until after nine that night that he finally used up all the Blood Spirit Pills in his hand.
When he finished cultivating, he looked around the empty room and felt as if he'd forgotten something.
It wasn't until he was about to try out how good a soak in the bathtub felt and went to the wardrobe to get some clothes that he remembered Fang Lanyue was still in his system space.
He hurriedly took out the suitcase and removed the jade disc, then tapped it gently.
A flash of white light, and Fang Lanyue appeared on the bed, bleary-eyed and staring at Lu Siye in confusion.
So she'd fallen asleep inside the jade disc. No wonder the system had been quiet all afternoon. He'd even forgotten he had a ghost with him.
This Spirit Nether Jade Disc really was a good thing. Fang Lanyue had spent the whole day inside, and the Yin energy around her was clearly stronger. Her strength had improved quite a bit, too.
"Ahem! I'm going to take a shower. If someone knocks, could you get the takeout for me?" Lu Siye said.
At that moment, he felt more and more like a capitalist. First he'd squeezed emotional value out of Fang Lanyue, and now he was squeezing labor value out of her.
"Oh!" Fang Lanyue replied groggily, still not fully awake.
Lu Siye took his clothes to the bathroom. The bathtub was already about eighty percent full.
After turning off the faucet, he turned to hang up his clothes. He'd taken off his shirt and was just about to take off his pants when his face suddenly darkened.
Bare-chested, Lu Siye went over to the bathtub and crouched beside it. He stared at the clear bathwater, his expression dark.
"Fourth Master just wants to enjoy a nice soak. Did you really have to come looking for death right now?"
He suddenly punched into the water. When he pulled his hand back out, he was already gripping a slippery figure that reeked of fish.
The Drowned Ghost stared in shock and uncertainty. How could this be? How had he spotted me? Fear Points +88!
The Drowned Ghost was horrified. Impossible! How could I be caught in the water by a Night Patrol Envoy? Unless he wasn't a Night Patrol Envoy, but a Night Wanderer Envoy!!! Fear Points +99!
"Tell me, did the Web send you?" Lu Siye gradually tightened his grip, crushing the Drowned Ghost's neck out of shape.
"P-please spare me! I don't know what the Web is. A big-headed doll told me to come." The Drowned Ghost's eyes rolled back as he choked, and he hurriedly begged for mercy.
That big-headed doll again!
"What did it tell you?" Lu Siye pressed.
"It... it said that you were only at the Night Patrol Envoy level and badly injured, so it told me to come... come..." The Drowned Ghost didn't dare finish.
"Hmph. It told you to come kill me, didn't it?" Lu Siye snorted, making the Drowned Ghost tremble all over.
"Y-yes, but this little ghost didn't want to. I was also being... Ah!"
Before the Drowned Ghost could finish begging, a powerful suction force burst from Lu Siye's hand. The Yin energy inside it rapidly drained away.
"Die! I want you dead!" The Drowned Ghost's eyes brimmed with hatred. He knew Lu Siye wouldn't spare him. Rather than wait to die, he might as well risk everything in one last fight.
"And you think you can?" Watching the Drowned Ghost struggle desperately, Lu Siye shook the hand gripping his neck. The shock dispersed the Yin energy in its body, leaving it no chance to fight back.
A few dozen seconds later, the Drowned Ghost had been completely drained. After reporting it to the Town Demon Suppression Division, Lu Siye punched it to dust.
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