(Wang Dong'er beauty illustration)
Fine. Since she wanted to put on an act, he'd play along.
He laced his hands behind his head and answered lazily, "All right, all right, my young master."
Wang Dong'er froze.
He just agreed?
He didn't even fight back?
The whole "if you don't accept it, I'll beat you until you do" plan she'd prepared hadn't been needed at all.
"...Hmph! Are you dressed?"
"Yep."
Wang Dong'er turned around.
Lin Ye was sitting on the bed, sunlight slanting in through the window and falling over him.
His face was fair and clean, his features sharply defined, and the corner of his mouth curved in a faint, teasing smile.
Wang Dong'er blinked.
She'd always thought she was good-looking enough, even dressed as a boy.
She hadn't expected this guy to be every bit as handsome as her.
Did they pick the students for Dormitory 108 based on their looks?
"My name's Wang Dong. What's yours?" She collected herself.
"My name's Lin Ye." Lin Ye smiled. "Let's get along from now on, Dong'er."
Wang Dong'er froze for a moment.
Dong'er?
How did he know she was called Dong'er?
Lin Ye realized he'd let the name slip, too.
Oh no, he'd called her that without thinking.
He hurriedly tried to cover it up. "Um... Wang Dong, I'll just call you Dong'er. Is that okay?"
Wang Dong'er fell silent for a second.
Her face flushed again.
"...Whatever."
She stopped looking at him and turned to unpack her mountain of luggage.
Fur bedding, changes of clothes, bottles and jars—it was piled all over the floor.
Lin Ye got up from the bed and walked over to her.
"Let me help you unpack."
"I won't touch your bedding. I'll just sort out all this miscellaneous stuff, okay?"
Wang Dong'er lowered her head, her voice growing quieter. "...O-okay."
What was going on?
She'd already been prepared.
If her roommate didn't listen, she'd beat him until he did.
But this roommate was unbelievably gentle.
Wang Dong'er didn't know what to make of it.
As they unpacked, Lin Ye called out to the system in his mind.
Bind Wang Dong'er.
She was the original heroine, destined to become a god, with an incredible talent.
How could Lin Ye possibly let her slip by?
[100 points spent. Current points: 262]
[Ding! Wang Dong'er successfully bound!]
[Obtained treasure: Leopard Skin Pouch!]
[Storage treasure. Its space can expand or shrink!]
Lin Ye's eyes lit up.
A storage treasure whose space could expand or shrink?
That meant... infinite space?!
This was great! Way better than a Storage Soul Tool!
He was secretly thrilled, but kept helping Wang Dong'er unpack, his face betraying nothing.
Wang Dong'er was holding her fur bedding and spreading it over the bed when a sudden "ding" exploded in her mind.
A translucent screen appeared out of thin air before her eyes:
[Destined Goddess detected. Pit-Father System successfully bound!]
Wang Dong'er: "???"
What?
She instinctively looked up at Lin Ye.
He was crouching on the floor, helping her gather the bottles and jars. He seemed perfectly normal.
"Lin Ye, did you hear or see anything?"
"Hm? No." Lin Ye looked up, bewildered.
"Oh."
Wang Dong'er looked away and turned back to the screen only she could see.
A few more lines had appeared on it:
[Clear eyes reflecting stars and moon,]
[Gracious immortal beauty fallen to the mortal world!]
[Remember: You must not let others know the system exists!]
[The fated one automatically receives the main quest: Have many children and enjoy many blessings with your destined partner to earn generous rewards!]
[When you encounter your destined partner, a heart will appear on the system screen!]
Wang Dong'er went stiff all over.
A system?
What was a system?
And what was a fated one?
Many children and many blessings???
There was so much information that she couldn't begin to process it all.
But her cheeks had already turned red against her will.
Just then, the system screen before her changed again:
[Ding—]
[Received a C-rank quest: Make your bed]
[Time limit: 10 minutes!]
[Quest reward: Purify the Sea of Consciousness!]
[Quest failure penalty: Clouded awareness!]
Wang Dong'er froze for a moment.
A quest? There was a reward for completing it?
Was this for real?
But she was going to make her bed anyway.
She didn't understand what the reward or penalty meant. The whole thing felt inexplicable.
Could someone be playing a prank on her?
She didn't think too much about it and continued making her bed.
Lin Ye was crouched on the floor sorting her things. When he looked up, he saw Wang Dong'er leaning over the bed, making it.
She had her backside sticking up as she struggled to tuck the four corners of the fur bedding neatly into place.
She was wearing loose trousers and doing her best to look like a boy,
but those rounded, pert curves were so well-defined that she was clearly a girl.
And... kind of sexy and cute, too.
Lin Ye stole a couple of glances, then silently looked away and continued sorting her things.
Wang Dong'er's fur bedding looked soft and warm spread over the hard bed. It looked cozy.
As soon as she finished making it, the system screen before her changed:
[Ding! C-rank quest complete!]
[Reward: Purify the Sea of Consciousness!]
The next second, Wang Dong'er felt her mind clear instantly!
It was as if a mist had been blown away from before her eyes, making everything seem bright and clear.
That feeling of being bound by something, which had always been there before, was gone too!
So refreshing!
This system seemed to be real!?
What she didn't know was that the wisp of divine sense Tang San had left inside this body had already been rudely kicked out by the system.
Like a kicked ball, the wisp of divine sense shot out of Wang Dong'er's body with a whoosh.
It flew out of the dormitory building.
It flew out of Shrek City.
It flew toward the distant Star Dou Great Forest.
Deep in the Star Dou Great Forest.
A gigantic female Man Faced Demon Spider was ravenously devouring the Soul Beasts around her.
Her cultivation was already close to a hundred thousand years.
A violent aura rolled off her. Every time one of her eight long legs swung, a Soul Beast fell with a shriek.
Why was she so crazed?
Because she was consumed by hatred.
Ten thousand years ago, a human named Tang San had nearly wiped out the entire Man Faced Demon Spider clan.
Only she had survived, clinging to life.
For the past ten thousand years, she had devoured other Soul Beasts and cultivated day and night, forcing her cultivation up to nearly a hundred thousand years.
She had sworn an oath!
Once she broke through to a hundred thousand years, she would take human form, become a god, find that despicable Tang San, and tear him to pieces!
The deeper the resentment of the Man Faced Demon Spider clan, the faster they cultivated.
Just as she was frantically feeding, a streak of light flashed across the sky.
Tang San's wisp of divine sense flew straight into her body, right on target.
The female Man Faced Demon Spider shuddered. All eight legs froze at once.
A flicker of confusion suddenly crossed her blood-red compound eyes.
At the same time, in the dormitory.
Lin Ye received a system notification:
[Wang Dong'er completed a quest. Points obtained: 52]
[Current system points: 304]
[One lottery draw obtained!]
Lin Ye's eyes lit up.
Here it came!
He silently thought: Draw!
[Ding!]
[Congratulations! You obtained the Samadhi True Fire cultivation method!]
Lin Ye nearly jumped right off the bed.
Samadhi True Fire?!
Nezha's signature power!
He took a deep breath and forcibly tamped down his excitement.
Calm down, calm down. He'd take a good look at it later.
After helping Wang Dong'er finish unpacking, Lin Ye sat cross-legged on his bed, closed his eyes, and put on the appearance of someone diligently cultivating.
Wang Dong'er glanced at him and thought, This guy's pretty hardworking, huh? So diligent?
Then she collapsed onto her own soft fur bedding and sighed in comfort.
Unpacking was exhausting~
Lin Ye leafed through the cultivation manual that had appeared out of nowhere in his mind.
[Samadhi True Fire · General Principles of Cultivation]
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