First, He Needed Something to Film With...

"Bought it! If you're capable enough." Du Fei gritted his teeth viciously. After roaring For the goddess! in his heart, he felt it was no big deal after all. Just losing a few days of his life—nothing serious...

"Can I ask who you really are?"

"Me... Just think of me as a Mysterious Merchant." Jiu Ming shrugged casually. "Anyway, you're both lucky and unlucky. I wouldn't have sought out anyone else. Don't regret it."

Under Du Fei's astonished gaze, Jiu Ming took a few steps back, and his body actually passed through the window. After staring blankly for a moment, Du Fei suddenly jumped down and hurried to the window. Looking out, he could no longer find any trace of the other man.

"Fuck! Du Fei, what the hell are you doing in the middle of the night?"

The commotion had been a little too loud, making his roommate groggily shout at him.

"N-No, nothing. I had a nightmare." Letting out a long breath, Du Fei sat back down. Even now, it still felt unreal. Who exactly was that guy? How had he found him? And trading lifespan? How could life be taken away?

Of course it could be taken away. As long as it was a willing transaction, the Mysterious Shop's rules could take effect. His life was used to buy something from Jiu Ming; as long as both sides agreed, it counted as a fair transaction in the Mysterious Shop...

Origin Power could be transformed into practically anything. Naturally, things like Life Force could be transformed as well. What the Mysterious Shop did was reverse the conversion. No matter how one looked at it, reverse conversion had to be more difficult than normal conversion, right?

Fine, this was not something Jiu Ming needed to care about right now. He could not reach that level anyway, and he did not really understand what Origin Power was. He only had a vague understanding of it.

Like how the Dao gave birth to One, One gave birth to Two, and Two gave birth to Three?

First, he needed a camera.

"Hey! Hello, everyone! Need any help with your gang fight?"

"Huh!?" Under the night sky, the tense atmosphere between the two opposing groups instantly collapsed. They all turned to look at this suicidal outsider.

"Don't be surprised, don't be surprised. I'm just here to help." Jiu Ming raised both hands to show that he meant no harm. He completely ignored the hostile stares from both groups. Clearly, these two groups were planning to fight over territory in the middle of the night. Even in a world with superpowers, this sort of thing could not be avoided.

His luck was not bad. He had actually run into exactly what he was looking for, which made things easy.

"First off, I'm really good at fighting. Which side wants me to join?"

"Lunatic!"

"Where did this crazy bastard come from?"

Obviously, Jiu Ming's not particularly muscular appearance made his words far from convincing.

"Get lost, get lost! Stay here any longer and we'll chop you to death!!"

"Think about it. I'm cheap. For three thousand, I'll help either side take care of the other side. How about it?" Jiu Ming sighed, still unwilling to give up. The response he got was a brick casually thrown over by who knew which guy...

The brick passed straight through Jiu Ming's body.

"An Ability User?" Both groups reacted quickly, and someone immediately stepped forward. "You want to interfere? Do you know the rules!?"

"Even if you're an Ability User, you shouldn't meddle in this matter, or you'll regret it!" Someone from the other group stepped out too. The two sides suddenly seemed united against a common enemy...

"Whether you know the rules or not, I'll offer four thousand! As long as you're willing to fight!"

"Okay! I really don't agree with this rules nonsense, but since I agreed, fine." Jiu Ming nodded with a grin. What were rules anyway? He was only doing this once.

"...Bastards! You're really shameless!!" The other group stared dumbfoundedly at their enemies. They had actually betrayed all principles? "Fuck! Hurry up and call for backup!"

Seeing that Jiu Ming had already made his move, they immediately panicked. The man who had shouted suddenly saw a blur before his eyes, and Jiu Ming was already in front of him. A light chop to the neck, followed by a series of smack smack smack sounds, and Jiu Ming was standing off to the side, clapping his hands. "So, where's the money... Hey! Why are you running!?"

When Jiu Ming turned around, the other group had already fled until only a few shadows remained. He did not even feel like chasing them. Forget it—he would count it as doing a good deed and preventing a bloody fight. Both groups had been carrying weapons meant for chopping people up. If they had fought, several people might have ended up at the human recycling station—the hospital. He had only knocked them unconscious; they might not even have any aftereffects by tomorrow.

"Phones... Fine, these will do too." After pulling out several phones, Jiu Ming picked the one with the best camera and kept it. The technology of this world was far more advanced than the world he had lived in. He popped out the SIM card and flicked it aside. Jiu Ming felt that he could even go back and make another round now.

But when he returned to Changhe Academy, he found that security seemed to have been raised by another level. He shook his head. The Campus Belle's Expert Guard had not discovered him, but she had noticed something unusual. Tsk, tsk, she was quite perceptive.

He touched his cheek. That person's ability was probably related to wind, perhaps even allowing her to sense changes in airflow. That was why she had nearly discovered him. But she would never have expected him to come back again, right?

Once he got what he wanted, there was no need to care about anything else.

With a phone on him, Jiu Ming could no longer use his convenient method of passing through walls. After bypassing the academy guards, he slipped back to the Changhe Academy Campus Belle's place and infiltrated it with practiced ease.

"Huh, so she's a woman. Makes sense. If a man stood guard here in the middle of the night, the Campus Belle inside probably wouldn't sleep well either." Muttering to himself, Jiu Ming waited for the female guard to pass before turning and continuing forward.

"The door's half open? An empty-fort strategy? Or are they trying to scare me?" But it would not work on him. Jiu Ming smiled lightly. Without the limitations of his sickly body, he felt much more restless and active, as though he wanted to make up for all the movement he had lacked in the past. In any case, he could not stay idle.

Anyone who could become the Campus Belle was certainly beautiful. Her smooth, pale ice-blue hair was especially eye-catching. Stroking his chin, Jiu Ming looked at the girl who was 'sound asleep' and smiled faintly, though who knew what he was smiling about. He picked up the phone that had already been set to record.

Burst mode...

Click click click click click!

Huh!? He seemed to have forgotten to turn off the sound!

The sleeping girl's brows drew tightly together. With a flick of her hand, an Ice Spike pierced straight through the blanket.

"Misjudgment, misjudgment. But you don't need to pretend to be asleep anymore, right?" The phone's burst-shot sound still did not stop. Jiu Ming took a slight step back and grabbed the Ice Spike. With a shake of his hand, the entire spike turned into shattered ice.

"Who exactly are you!" Zhou Jing retreated to the side and watched Jiu Ming warily. When she tried to see his face clearly, there seemed to be a thin veil over it, making his features blurry. Most importantly, the phone in this guy's hand was still taking pictures without any sign of stopping!

"As you can see, I'm Paparazzi."

"Hmph." Zhou Jing sneered. After thinking for a moment, she guessed that he might have been hired by some Rich Kid. But this guy's performance was far too clumsy. "Paparazzi don't have that kind of ability. You've taken enough pictures, haven't you!!"

"Mm? Not yet. Wait a little longer..." As Jiu Ming spoke, he tilted his head slightly. The wind pressure that grazed past him directly crushed the phone in his hand into pieces. Pinching with two fingers, Jiu Ming caught the Memory Card from among the fragments and protected it firmly in his palm.

"Sister Lan!" Zhou Jing called out. With a sweep of both hands, the bedroom filled with thick Cold Air. The moment it appeared, the airflow gathered it together and enveloped Jiu Ming.

Jiu Ming, encased in an Ice Crystal, shuddered. Fine cracks instantly spread across the entire crystal. After breaking free, he did not linger. He swung his fist and shattered the Wind Blade cutting in from behind before turning to retreat. The Campus Belle's ability was more troublesome than the Wind Ability User behind him. The freezing effect restricted him significantly. It was not that he could not beat them; Jiu Ming simply did not want to get too entangled.

All his fighting ability had been forged through training and killing in the Mysterious Shop. When he fought, it was hard for him to hold back. This was also his first 'real' battle. Since he had not intended to hurt anyone, Jiu Ming could not be bothered to tangle with Zhou Jing. It was more suitable to deal with the slightly stronger Wind Ability User behind him.

"Who exactly is he..." The woman called Sister Lan saw very clearly when Jiu Ming shattered the Wind Blade—he had done it at close range. A Flesh System Ability User? She could not let him get close.

Get close? Of course he needed to. Jiu Ming did not have many long-range methods. Most of his combat abilities were Martial Arts Type. After skillfully evading Sister Lan's attacks, Jiu Ming immediately turned and rushed back. Zhou Jing's counterattacking Ice Spikes were either dodged or shattered by him.

Just as he was about to reach Zhou Jing, frost spread across the floor beneath his feet. Jiu Ming raised his brow slightly. This Girl was pretty good too—an attack prepared in advance, and hidden so well...

Crack!

To Zhou Jing's astonishment, large cracks spread across the solid floor. The ice energy that was about to erupt was violently stomped apart by Jiu Ming and dissipated.

"How could this happen?"

"Stop!" Sister Lan was afraid that Jiu Ming would attack Zhou Jing. Even knowing it was a trap, she had to rush forward and stop him. Sure enough, once she moved, Jiu Ming had already turned around at an even faster speed. The rapidly spinning Wind Barrier was torn apart by the force exploding from his hand chop. In the blink of an eye, Sister Lan felt an icy hand rest on her neck. If that hand twisted with force... it was over.

"Bye~"

The stabbing pain had barely appeared before it receded like a tide. The teasing echo by her ear brought Sister Lan back to her senses. She was not dead?

She touched her neck. It hurt a little, and several finger marks remained there.

"Sister Lan, are you okay?" Zhou Jing quickly shut the bedroom door, afraid that Jiu Ming would return. When she saw the finger marks on Sister Lan's neck, her heart began beating faster despite herself. Who exactly was that person?

"I'm fine. He held back." Letting out a breath, Sister Lan touched her neck and spoke with lingering fear.

Sigh, sigh. Sure enough, he had almost failed to hold back. Shaking his hand, Jiu Ming stopped hiding his tracks after being discovered and boldly charged outside. The whole way had been smooth, but once he got out, a Large Net dropped over his head. It was so fast that Jiu Ming was caught immediately. Just as he thought—it could not possibly have gone that smoothly!

As the Large Net fell over him, Jiu Ming reached out with his free hand. The instant he touched it, he twisted with force. The net's descent slowed, twisting around Jiu Ming's palm at its center. It was really sturdy—it had not even torn!