How Long Has It Been Since You Brushed Your Teeth? Your Breath Stinks!

Beep~ Beep~

Just as Lin Chen was heading to the school gate to wait for his ride, his phone suddenly buzzed. He opened it and saw a notification that money had been deposited into his bank account.

"One hundred and fifty thousand?"

Seeing the extra 150,000 in his account, a flicker of surprise crossed Lin Chen's face. In his previous life, he couldn't earn that much in a whole year. Now he'd made 150,000 in a single night?

"Sure enough, for the extraordinary, money is the easiest thing to get."

Lin Chen sighed to himself. The inheritance and compensation left behind after his parents' untimely deaths in this life were more than enough for him to live comfortably.

So he wasn't nearly as hungry for money as he'd been in his previous life. This time around, he wanted to live differently and see the view from the pinnacle of the extraordinary.

As he passed the school gate, Lin Chen caught sight of Shen Shiyuan beneath the shade of a tree. The guy was obviously waiting for Hu Xiaoling. Too bad she'd never show up. The chubby guy's love story had died before it could even get off the ground... no bun in the oven!

Lin Chen waited at the school gate for less than a minute before a white sedan pulled up beside him. It was the ride-hailing car he'd booked.

"Senyuan Chicken Farm!"

As he drove, the driver asked, "Young man, what are you going to the chicken farm for?"

"I suddenly feel like eating chicken."

The driver's mouth twitched at that. He felt like eating chicken, so he was going to a chicken farm? Wasn't he supposed to go to the market?

"If you want chicken, just go to the market. I hear things haven't been peaceful there lately," the driver said again.

"Straight from the source, no middlemen taking a cut." Lin Chen glanced at the driver, then continued, "How do you know things haven't been peaceful there?"

Lin Chen knew there was something wrong with Senyuan Chicken Farm because he'd seen it on the forum. The driver beside him clearly wasn't a cultivator, so how did he know about it?

"I live nearby. I hear the farm's been losing chickens lately, dozens or even hundreds at a time. No one knows what's going on." The driver paused, then sighed. "Some say the farm owner offended someone and got targeted. Others say the Yellow Immortal's been showing its power. There are all kinds of stories."

"What do you think's the reason?" Lin Chen asked, looking at the driver.

"How would I know? But ghosts and goblins? What age are we living in? We ought to believe in science." The driver curled his lip and continued, "I reckon it's a thief using some kind of high-tech gadget to steal the chickens!"

If Lin Chen hadn't seen Mutated Creatures with his own eyes, as well as Hu Xiaoling after she'd mutated, he'd probably have thought the same as the driver. But now that he knew Mutated Creatures came in all shapes and sizes, he understood that anything was possible.

The driver was a talkative man, and the two of them chatted on and off. Before long, they arrived at Senyuan Chicken Farm. Lin Chen got out and headed straight for the farm.

"No one here?"

After ringing the doorbell for ages with no answer, Lin Chen gathered his strength and vaulted right over the wall into the farm.

"Something's wrong!"

Looking at the chicken farm, which lay in complete disarray, Lin Chen's expression shifted. Some kind of creature had clearly attacked it.

Chickens had gone missing. The farm should have tightened security, yet now everything was in such disarray, and there wasn't a soul in sight. Something had obviously happened.

Lin Chen soon found a gaping hole in the farm's wall. The creature that had attacked the farm had clearly escaped through it, so he hurried after its trail.

As he followed the trail, Lin Chen used his phone to tell Xu Fei what had happened at Senyuan Chicken Farm. Killing Mutated Creatures was no problem, but someone might have died this time, and the Demon Suppression Division had to be informed.

"I'll be right over. Be careful. If you can't handle it, don't try to take it head-on!"

At the Demon Suppression Division, Xu Fei put down his phone with a grave expression. He'd only just gotten back from Qingzhou University, and now he had to go on another mission. What surprised him was that Lin Chen had taken the Bounty Mission so quickly. Hadn't he even bothered to look into it first?

While Xu Fei and Wang Lin were on their way, Lin Chen had already followed the trail to a patch of woods a few hundred meters from the chicken farm.

He hadn't gone far into the woods when a rank stench reached him. Along with it came the sounds of a fierce battle.

"Is... someone trying to steal my kill?"

Lin Chen's expression changed. He'd spent seventy or eighty yuan on the ride, and now someone was going to steal the Mutated Creature he'd found? No way!

With that thought, Lin Chen pushed off and sprinted toward the sounds of fighting. The closer he got, the stronger the stench became.

In the woods, a Giant Python was locked in a fierce struggle with a tall, well-proportioned woman wearing a charcoal-gray short-sleeved shirt. She was stunning, the kind of beauty who could easily be voted school belle—the sort you couldn't forget after just one look.

"Let go of that snake... Bah... Let go of that girl!"

Lin Chen shouted, but then noticed the woman was on the losing end and hurriedly changed his words.

The woman clearly froze for a moment when she heard Lin Chen, but the Giant Python showed no mercy to a pretty face. It suddenly lunged and slammed into her chest, sending her flying into the trunk of a large tree.

She got painfully to her feet and shouted toward Lin Chen, "Run! It's a Second-Order Mutated Beast. I can't beat it!"

A Second-Order Mutated Beast?

Lin Chen's eyes lit up. A Second-Order Mutated Beast's essence was definitely worth more than a First-Order Mutated Beast's. If he killed it, he might be able to strengthen himself again!

"Big Baby, I'm coming!"

Lin Chen roared excitedly and charged straight at the Giant Python. The sight left the woman dumbfounded. Was this guy crazy?

Was he charging at a Second-Order Mutated Beast just to get himself killed?

The Giant Python didn't care who was coming. It lunged again, straight at Lin Chen.

"Eat this punch!"

Lin Chen leaped into the air and swung at the oncoming snakehead. His fist landed, and the Giant Python went shooting through the air like a long strip of cloth before slamming heavily into the ground.

"Who is he? How is he so strong?"

The woman stared, stunned. One punch had sent the Giant Python flying, leaving a clear fist mark on its head. He was even stronger than she was.

"Hmm~"

Watching the Giant Python sway as it raised its head, Lin Chen gave a little hum. "It actually took a punch from me, a punch backed by twenty years of cultivation. No wonder it's a Second-Order Mutated Beast. I'll have to get serious now!"

Before he'd even finished speaking, Lin Chen tapped the ground and prepared to charge at the Giant Python again. At that moment, it opened its jaws and sent a cloud of dark-green mist billowing toward him.

"Look out! That mist is poisonous!" the woman cried, hurrying to warn him. She'd already suffered from the poisonous mist when she fought the Giant Python earlier.

Lin Chen circulated the Blood Qi True Flame in his dantian. The so-called poisonous mist had no effect on him, but the overwhelming stench nearly made him retch.

"Damn, how long has it been since you brushed your teeth? Your breath stinks!"

Lin Chen threw a punch. His fist, wrapped in Blood Qi True Flame, instantly burned away the poisonous mist around him.

Whoosh~ Whoosh~

Just then, more than a dozen little snakes suddenly shot up from the ground and attacked Lin Chen. Clearly, the Giant Python had prepared another trick while it was releasing its poisonous mist.

"All flash, no substance!"

Facing the little snakes as they came at him, Lin Chen swung his fist again. The moment the Blood Qi True Flame touched them, they turned to ash and vanished.

"Mutated Venomous Snake slain. Essence +100."

"Mutated Venomous Snake slain. Essence +100."

As the system's kill notifications rang out and his essence kept climbing, Lin Chen—who'd been holding his breath—was overjoyed. He fixed his blazing gaze on the Giant Python and called out eagerly, "Big Baby, got any more? Send a few more over!"

These Mutated Venomous Snakes didn't provide much essence individually, but there were so many of them. In the blink of an eye, Lin Chen had gained 1,300 essence.