Arc 11The Hidden Dragon Manor

Li Yichen secured Hidden Dragon Manor, traded Ability Pearls with the living and the dead, and brought his roommates into his world. The Su Family faced a Jiang-led alliance while Yang Weifeng, Sun Kai, and Zhang Yong began training with their new abilities.

  • Li Yichen helped Old Master Su return to his body long enough to name Su Shengnan family head, then accepted the Jade Token for Hidden Dragon Manor.
  • Li Yichen traded for 155 Ability Pearls and sold more to Elder Mo, Elder Wang, and Elder Wu in exchange for paper aircraft and other supplies.
  • Su Shengnan transferred Hidden Dragon Manor to Li Yichen after he defeated the two impostors who claimed to be Black and White Impermanence.
  • Li Yichen gave the real Black and White Impermanence a new mansion and handed them the impostors, who were sentenced to the Eighteen Levels of Hell.
  • Li Yichen assigned Dazhuang and awakened stones to guard Hidden Dragon Manor, while Dazhuang helped a white fox hatch from an egg inside Li Yichen's ring.
  • Li Yichen revealed his ghost-cultivator connections to Sun Kai, Yang Weifeng, and Zhang Yong, took them to the Underworld, and gave each an Ability Pearl.
  • Su Shengnan learned the Jiang Family was seeking an alliance with the Qin and Shen families, while the three roommates endured their ability fusions at Hidden Dragon Manor.
  • Yang Weifeng, Sun Kai, and Zhang Yong tested their new abilities against Li Yichen, and a stone with red eyes grabbed Sun Kai's arms.
Chapters 251–275 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 251Silencing Spell

Li Yichen subdued the Su Family with spells and asked Black and White Impermanence to let Old Master Su return to his body briefly. Old Master Su regained consciousness and sat up in the hospital bed, glaring at his family.

  • Li Yichen dodged the three Su uncles' attacks, immobilized them, and silenced the Su Family members who tried to call for help.
  • Li Yichen asked Su Shengnan to remove Old Master Su's tubes, then spoke with Black and White Impermanence, who had arrived to collect the old man's soul.
  • Li Yichen asked Black and White Impermanence to let Old Master Su return to his body for ten minutes so he could settle his final affairs.
  • Black Impermanence pushed Old Master Su's soul back into his body, and the heart monitor began registering a heartbeat.
  • Old Master Su opened his eyes, sat up, and stared coldly at the Su Family members in the hospital ward.

Ch. 252Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain

After Li Yichen helped save Old Master Su, the elder thanked him and confirmed Su Shengnan would take over the Su Family. Su Shengnan convinced her uncles that the family faced danger from the other three great families, while Li Yichen offered Black and White Impermanence an attack helicopter in exchange for staying out of his way.

  • Old Master Su knelt to thank Black and White Impermanence, then thanked Li Yichen and encouraged Su Shengnan to spend time with him.
  • Old Master Su slapped his three sons and explained that Su Shengnan needed to lead the family to keep it from being swallowed by its rivals.
  • Su Shengnan reasoned that the Jiang, Qin, and Shen families could ally against the weakened Su Family, leaving her uncles unable to object.
  • Li Yichen offered Black and White Impermanence an attack helicopter if they would let him watch without interruption, and they eagerly agreed.
  • Old Master Su summoned Su Changfeng, Su Changlin, Su Changhuo, and Su Changshan, who emerged trembling from the crowd.

Ch. 253Given away just like that

Old Master Su punished the four elders and secured their promise to support Su Shengnan as the Su Family head. Before his time ran out, he urged her to bind Li Yichen to the family and then returned to his body, leaving Su Shengnan to face his death as Li Yichen departed.

  • Old Master Su chastised and struck the four elders, then had Li Yichen release their restraints.
  • Old Master Su threatened to strip the elders of their positions, but gave them another chance in exchange for supporting Su Shengnan and fined each of them one million.
  • Old Master Su confirmed Su Shengnan as the family head and ordered her to give Li Yichen Hidden Dragon Manor and try to marry him.
  • Old Master Su told Su Shengnan that Li Yichen was powerful enough to destroy the Jiang Family, then returned to his body as the heart monitor went flat.
  • Old Master Su bowed to Li Yichen before leaving with Black and White Impermanence, and Li Yichen said goodbye to Su Shengnan and left.

Ch. 254Ghost possession

Li Yichen accepted ownership of Hidden Dragon Manor from Su Shengnan, then used his spatial magic to give Black and White Impermanence an armed helicopter. Back at Jinling University, his roommates’ chopstick ritual seemed to identify him as the ghost that had possessed Sun Kai, but Li Yichen changed the subject by offering them jade gifts.

  • Su Shengnan gave Li Yichen the Jade Token proving ownership of Hidden Dragon Manor, and he accepted it.
  • Li Yichen turned a fighter jet into an armed helicopter and sent Black and White Impermanence through a Spatial Gate in it.
  • Yang Weifeng and Zhang Yong questioned Sun Kai about his strange behavior and tried to identify a ghost with a chopstick ritual.
  • When Yang Weifeng named Li Yichen, the three chopsticks stood upright in the water.
  • Li Yichen returned to the dorm, offered his roommates Hotan seed jade, and said he had brought them souvenirs from the Western Regions.

Ch. 255So Damn Flashy

Li Yichen gave his roommates three pieces of seed jade, which they mistook for ordinary stones and used to crack walnuts before learning they were valuable Hetian jade. Meanwhile, Ouyang Xuanxuan worried that Li Yichen was on a date with Mo, and Black and White Impermanence showed off the armed helicopter he had given them in the Underworld.

  • Li Yichen gave Zhang Yong, Yang Weifeng, and Sun Kai a piece of seed jade each, and they used the stones to crack walnuts.
  • Li Yichen revealed the stones were genuine red-skin, white-flesh Hetian jade worth ten thousand yuan per gram, and Zhang Yong, Yang Weifeng, and Sun Kai hurried home to have them checked.
  • Li Yichen was left alone in the dorm, while Ouyang Xuanxuan waited for his call and worried he was out with Mo.
  • Black and White Impermanence circled Fengdu City in their new armed helicopter, showing it off to the Ghost King, Cui Jue, Ox Head, and Horse Face.
  • Horse Face asked Black and White Impermanence to let him and Ox Head try flying the helicopter.

Ch. 256Ability Pearl

Ox Head and Horse Face crashed Black and White Impermanence's mansion while testing a helicopter, then joined the other underworld officials to ask Li Yichen for helicopters. Cui Jue offered Li Yichen an Ability Pearl that could grant a living person skills extracted from the dead.

  • Ox Head flew a helicopter crowded with underworld officials, but Horse Face accidentally made it crash by pressing a button.
  • After Ox Head got the helicopter airborne again, Horse Face fired its missiles at Black and White Impermanence's mansion, destroying it.
  • Ox Head and Horse Face fled with the others, then headed to Jinling University to find Li Yichen and request helicopters.
  • Li Yichen asked why the group had come, and Cui Jue offered him a strange pearl in exchange for a helicopter.
  • Cui Jue explained that an Ability Pearl let someone absorb skills extracted from a deceased person before those abilities were erased by Meng Po Soup, and Li Yichen was thrilled by its potential.

Ch. 257That'll cost extra

Li Yichen traded goods with Underworld ghosts for 155 Ability Pearls and decided to share some with his friends and Ouyang Xuanxuan. After realizing he had forgotten Xuanxuan, he went to meet her, and they ended up together in a hotel room.

  • Cui Jue explained that each person could use only one Ability Pearl, and Li Yichen traded goods for ten before the other ghosts clamored to trade theirs too.
  • Li Yichen accepted enough pearls to end up with 155, then planned to give some to Boss, Xuanxuan, and the other girls.
  • Li Yichen realized he had forgotten Xuanxuan and flew to the girls' dormitory at night.
  • Li Yichen messaged Xuanxuan, and she replied that she would meet him before jumping out of the dormitory window.
  • Li Yichen and Xuanxuan arrived at a luxurious hotel room, where she reproached him for coming so late.

Ch. 258Mind Pact

Li Yichen reunited with Ouyang Xuanxuan, but Little Fairy interrupted their romantic moment and won her over with a Mind Pact. Little Fairy chose to stay with Ouyang Xuanxuan, leaving Li Yichen frustrated.

  • Li Yichen kissed Ouyang Xuanxuan and went to shower as she waited for him.
  • Ouyang Xuanxuan discovered Little Fairy hiding in Li Yichen's clothes and offered him a pile of snacks.
  • Li Yichen rushed out of the bathroom naked, and Little Fairy accidentally froze him while trying to protect Ouyang Xuanxuan.
  • Ouyang Xuanxuan stopped Li Yichen from retaliating against Little Fairy and defended him.
  • Little Fairy formed a Mind Pact with Ouyang Xuanxuan and declared that he would stay with her because Li Yichen often left him hungry.

Ch. 259Are you stupid?

Li Yichen returned to the dorm and gave his friends Hetian seed jade worth millions, then visited Elder Mo to ask about buying aircraft. He showed Elder Mo an unfamiliar Ability Pearl, leaving him to examine the mysterious object.

  • Li Yichen's friends returned the Hetian seed jade, but after learning he had found a jade mine, they accepted the stones and playfully demanded a share of his future wealth.
  • Li Yichen went to the Good Karma Hall and asked Elder Mo to procure attack helicopters and fighter jets, then clarified that he meant paper offerings.
  • Elder Mo tried to send Li Yichen away, but changed his mind when Li Yichen hinted that he would show Elder Wang something valuable.
  • Li Yichen revealed an Ability Pearl, and Elder Mo examined it without recognizing it, though he noticed the smoke-like substance inside.

Ch. 260Testing the Waters

Li Yichen offered Elder Mo an Ability Pearl that he claimed could grant a special ability, and Elder Mo, Elder Wu, and Elder Wang arranged for a young man to test it. The young man chose Teleportation and appeared to gain the ability, leaving the elders watching the result.

  • Li Yichen offered to trade an Ability Pearl for fifteen realistic paper airplanes and told Elder Mo it could grant an ordinary person a special ability.
  • Elder Mo called Elder Wu, while Elder Wang heard about the offer and arrived at the Good Karma Hall.
  • Elder Wu decided that one of her people would test the pearl, and a young man who specialized in firearms volunteered.
  • Li Yichen offered the young man a choice between Giant Strength and Teleportation, and the young man chose Teleportation.
  • The young man spattered blood onto the Ability Pearl, which turned red before its energy entered his body.
  • The young man felt the new ability take effect and realized he could teleport within a certain range.

Ch. 261Three conditions

Li Yichen negotiated with Elders Mo, Wang, and Wu to sell Ability Pearls to their bureaus after demonstrating a soldier’s new teleportation ability. With China’s next International Ability User Conference approaching, he agreed to seek more pearls if the elders accepted his conditions.

  • A young man tested his new teleportation ability, impressing Elder Mo, Elder Wang, and Elder Wu.
  • Li Yichen offered to sell Ability Pearls for one hundred million each, and the elders agreed after he defended their value.
  • Elder Mo, Elder Wu, and Elder Wang requested thirty, thirty, and forty pearls respectively to prepare for the International Ability User Conference in three months.
  • Li Yichen agreed to try to obtain the pearls within a month if the bureaus supplied his requested paper items for free and accepted that the abilities would be random.

Ch. 262How Embarrassing

Li Yichen left after agreeing to a deal with Elder Mo and the others, then campus returned to normal while Sun Kai and his friends prepared to visit the Judo Club. Su Shengnan arrived to take Li Yichen to Hidden Dragon Manor, where she revealed that the Su Family was losing money and struggling against the other three families; they reached the manor and found a crowd gathered outside.

  • Li Yichen agreed to exchange money for goods with Elder Mo, Elder Wang, and Elder Wu in a month, then left to prepare.
  • Campus settled down, with a new Academic Affairs director and new Student Union leaders, while Sun Kai planned to visit the Judo Club in his wheelchair.
  • A Ferrari nearly hit Sun Kai's wheelchair, and he jumped up and ran out of the way before Su Shengnan got out and approached Li Yichen.
  • Su Shengnan told Li Yichen she had come to transfer Hidden Dragon Manor to him, and he left with her after his friends urged him to go.
  • Su Shengnan told Li Yichen that the other three families had canceled contracts and delayed payments, costing the Su Family over a billion in three days.
  • Li Yichen and Su Shengnan arrived at Hidden Dragon Manor and saw a crowd gathered outside.

Ch. 263Star-Absorbing Art?

Su Shengnan confronted Jiang Tianyu and the Black and White Impermanence when they tried to seize Su Family property. Li Yichen stepped in to protect her and began draining the old men’s corrosive black vapor, leaving them shocked that he seemed to use the Star-Absorbing Art.

  • Su Shengnan challenged Jiang Tianyu, but the Black and White Impermanence struck her and sent her stumbling backward.
  • Li Yichen steadied Su Shengnan as she identified the two old men and explained their reputation for slaughtering the Qi Family.
  • Jiang Tianyu demanded that Su Shengnan surrender the property, while Li Yichen mocked the old men and dodged their corrosive black vapor.
  • The Black and White Impermanence lunged at Su Shengnan, but Li Yichen seized one arm from each of them.
  • Li Yichen absorbed the black vapor from their bodies, and the two old men recognized the Star-Absorbing Art.

Ch. 264The manor changed hands

Li Yichen defeated the Jiang Family’s hidden experts and revealed that the Su Family had given Hidden Dragon Manor to him. Su Shengnan drove off Jiang Tianyu’s men and completed the transfer, while Li Yichen stopped her from sending the wounded elders to the hills and ordered that they be brought to him.

  • Li Yichen drained Black and White Impermanence of their energy and showed Jiang Tianyu the Jade Token proving Hidden Dragon Manor belonged to him.
  • Su Shengnan confronted Jiang Tianyu, kicked him, and ordered the Su Family men to break the legs of his group and send them back to the Jiang Family.
  • Su Shengnan and Li Yichen signed the contract and pressed their fingerprints, transferring Hidden Dragon Manor to Li Yichen.
  • After learning Black and White Impermanence were still alive, Su Shengnan ordered them thrown into the hills to feed the wolves.
  • Li Yichen told the Su Family men to bring the two elders to him, and Su Shengnan declared that his word would be hers.

Ch. 265I Just Want to Die

Su Shengnan left Li Yichen after raising the salary she offered to recruit experts, while Li Yichen dealt with two impostor ghosts and went to find Black and White Impermanence. He learned that their residence had been destroyed because of his helicopter.

  • Li Yichen awkwardly saw Su Shengnan off, then told her she could come to him if she ever could not hold on; she smiled as she drove away.
  • Su Shengnan called Steward Wang and ordered him to raise expert recruitment pay to a million a month, then lamented that she just wanted to die.
  • Li Yichen extracted the souls of the two old men, threatened them with punishment from the real Black and White Impermanence, shrank them, and burned the bodies.
  • Li Yichen opened a spatial rift and found the Seventh Master and Eighth Master's residence reduced to ruins.
  • Black and White Impermanence appeared, and White Impermanence blamed the destruction on Li Yichen's helicopter.

Ch. 266Mind Your Manners

Li Yichen replaced Black and White Impermanence’s destroyed mansion with a luxurious modern villa, prompting Underworld officials to order their own homes from him. After the crowd left, he explained that he had come to report two mortals impersonating Black and White Impermanence, and the pair vowed to punish them.

  • Black and White Impermanence complained to Li Yichen that their mansion had been destroyed and asked him to help them.
  • Li Yichen promised to give them a new villa for free and conjured a modern mansion with lavish rooms and furnishings.
  • Underworld officials gathered to see the villa, grew envious, and asked Li Yichen to build homes for them at higher prices.
  • After the officials left, Li Yichen told Black and White Impermanence about two mortals who had used their names and killed a family of thirteen.
  • Black and White Impermanence demanded to know where the impostors were so they could drag them to the Underworld and punish them.

Ch. 267Gluttons for punishment

Li Yichen delivered two impostors to Black and White Impermanence, then returned to Hidden Dragon Manor and worried that it had no guards. He asked Dazhuang to protect the manor, and Dazhuang began putting his own plan into action.

  • Li Yichen handed the two old men who had used Black and White Impermanence's names to the real Black and White Impermanence, who beat them and sentenced them to ten years in the Eighteen Levels of Hell.
  • Li Yichen returned to Hidden Dragon Manor and found that only a dozen elderly groundskeepers remained there, with no young guards to protect it.
  • Li Yichen brought out Dazhuang and asked him to guard the manor, but Dazhuang said he did not want to stay behind alone.
  • Dazhuang flew down to the courtyard and chose a five-meter-tall bluish boulder for his solution.

Ch. 268Masochist

Li Yichen helped Dazhuang awaken a giant stone creature and many smaller stone sentries to protect the Mountain Villa, then returned to campus. There, Sun Kai lamented that the woman he liked wanted to spar with him again, and Li Yichen wondered if he was a masochist.

  • Dazhuang awakened a giant boulder as his servant, then gave stones across the Mountain Villa red eyes so they could guard it.
  • Li Yichen told Dazhuang not to animate stones in buildings, then put him in his ring and flew back to Jinling University.
  • Inside the ring, Dazhuang noticed the forgotten egg glowing and began pounding its shell to help whatever was inside hatch.
  • Li Yichen found Sun Kai, Zhang Yong, and Yang Weifeng looking dejected in their dorm room.
  • Zhang Yong explained that Sun Kai's crush wanted to spar with him again after he recovered, and the others suggested he get a wheelchair instead.
  • Sun Kai asked Li Yichen for advice, and Li Yichen asked whether he was a masochist.

Ch. 269Love-brained

Sun Kai described his ideal woman to Li Yichen and asked him for a plan to win over Bian Rourou, prompting Li Yichen to consider making him a martial arts master. Meanwhile, Jiang Zhengshan learned Jiang Tianhao had sent Jiang Tianyu to demand Hidden Dragon Manor and plotted to use the broken-legged Jiang relatives to turn the family patriarch against Tianhao.

  • Sun Kai listed his many requirements for an ideal woman, then told Li Yichen that his dream girl was named Bian Rourou.
  • Sun Kai pleaded with Li Yichen to help him, and Li Yichen wondered if he could make Sun Kai a martial arts master.
  • Jiang Zhengshan berated Jiang Tianyu for provoking the Su Family and bringing Black and White Impermanence to Hidden Dragon Manor.
  • Jiang Tianyu revealed that Jiang Tianhao had urged him to demand the manor, and Jiang Tianyu's mother slapped him for not saying so sooner.
  • Jiang Zhengshan told Jiang Tianyu and his mother to gather the injured collateral relatives and children and complain to the family patriarch, blaming Jiang Tianhao.

Ch. 270I have a way

The Jiang Family blamed Jiang Tianhao for the failed attack on the Su Family and planned to ally with other families against them, while Tianhao schemed to secure money from Ouyang Hai. Meanwhile, Li Yichen decided to help Sun Kai by sharing Ability Pearls, and announced that he had a way.

  • Old Master Jiang rebuked Jiang Tianhao for leading the failed raid, then ordered Jiang Zhengshan to seek an alliance against the Su Family.
  • Jiang Tianhao privately vowed revenge and called Boss Zhou to ask about the money due from Ouyang Hai.
  • Inside Li Yichen's Space Ring, Dazhuang and the creature inside broke open the egg, revealing a snow-white fox.
  • Li Yichen weighed whether to reveal his secrets by giving his friends Ability Pearls, then decided to help them.
  • Li Yichen announced that he had a way, and Sun Kai eagerly asked him to explain his plan.

Ch. 271Putting My Cards on the Table

Li Yichen revealed to his roommates that he was a ghost cultivator and took them to the Underworld to meet Black and White Impermanence. The roommates overcame their fear, befriended the pair, and eagerly imagined how impressive their new connections would make them at school.

  • Li Yichen told Sun Kai, Yang Weifeng, and Zhang Yong that he was a ghost cultivator and claimed he had met several Underworld figures.
  • When the three doubted him, Li Yichen opened a Spatial Gate and dragged them through to the Underworld.
  • Li Yichen brought his frightened roommates to the villa where Black and White Impermanence lived.
  • Yang Weifeng, Sun Kai, and Zhang Yong knelt when Black and White Impermanence appeared, then relaxed after Li Yichen introduced them as his brothers.
  • Black and White Impermanence welcomed the roommates and offered to show them around the Underworld, while Li Yichen guessed they were already thinking of boasting about the connection at school.

Ch. 272Choosing abilities

Li Yichen offered Sun Kai, Yang Weifeng, and Zhang Yong Ability Pearls, and they chose abilities to fuse with. As they prepared to meet him for the procedure, Su Shengnan received an urgent report from Steward Wang.

  • Li Yichen revealed that each Ability Pearl cost one hundred million and warned that fusing with more than one ability could kill them.
  • Yang Weifeng chose flight, Zhang Yong settled for Invisibility, and Li Yichen chose Superhuman Physique for Sun Kai.
  • Li Yichen sent the three men an address and went ahead to prepare for their ability fusions.
  • Su Shengnan reviewed information in the office, and Steward Wang rushed in with an urgent warning.
  • The phone on Su Shengnan's desk rang.

Ch. 273Every day felt like a year

Li Yichen brought Yang Weifeng, Sun Kai, and Zhang Yong to Hidden Dragon Manor and gave them Ability Pearls, whose painful absorption left them unable to move. Meanwhile, Su Shengnan rushed to the Qin Family after learning Jiang Zhengshan had gone to the Shen Family.

  • Su Shengnan told Steward Wang to withdraw the staff from Hidden Dragon Manor, then learned Jiang Zhengshan had gone to the Shen Family and set off for the Qin Family.
  • Li Yichen flew to Hidden Dragon Manor and confirmed its staff had left, leaving the estate entirely to him.
  • Yang Weifeng, Sun Kai, and Zhang Yong arrived at the manor, marveled at its size, and accepted Li Yichen's invitation to stay there.
  • Li Yichen gave the three men Ability Pearls, and they began enduring severe pain and numbness as the pearls were absorbed.
  • After an hour, Li Yichen noted that the men were still absorbing the pearls, while Su Shengnan arrived at the Qin Family's residence.

Ch. 274Bargaining with a tiger

Su Shengnan and Jiang Zhengshan sought audiences with the Qin Family, but Old Master Qin chose to admit Jiang and reject Su while plotting with the Jiang and Shen Families against the Su Family. Meanwhile, Yang Weifeng recovered from Li Yichen’s training and chased him, while Li Yichen lured him into the air and flew away.

  • Su Shengnan provoked Jiang Zhengshan outside the Qin estate, but he controlled his anger and requested an audience with Old Master Qin.
  • Qin Wenhan proposed bringing the Su Family into the Qin-Shen alliance, but Old Master Qin suggested joining the Jiang Family to reduce Jinling’s four great families to three.
  • Old Master Qin invited Jiang Zhengshan inside and refused to see Su Shengnan, who realized the Su Family was in danger.
  • Yang Weifeng recovered from Li Yichen’s training, complained that it had been torture, and charged at him.
  • Li Yichen dodged Yang Weifeng’s attacks, encouraged him to keep chasing, and flew off with Yang pursuing him into the air.

Ch. 275A monster!

Li Yichen fought Sun Kai and Yang Weifeng until they called a truce, then Zhang Yong ambushed him with stones. As the three brothers prepared to attack Li Yichen together, a strange monster appeared from a stone and grabbed Sun Kai.

  • Sun Kai tore up bluestone slabs and hurled them at Li Yichen while Yang Weifeng attacked from the air, but Li Yichen caught and deflected the slabs.
  • After half an hour of fighting, Sun Kai and Yang Weifeng were exhausted, and Li Yichen demanded that Sun Kai pay for the damaged paving stones.
  • Zhang Yong turned invisible and attacked Li Yichen with stones, but Li Yichen used netherworld power to spot him.
  • Yang Weifeng, Sun Kai, and Zhang Yong prepared to attack Li Yichen together.
  • When Sun Kai picked up a basketball-sized stone, red eyes appeared on it and hands grabbed his arms, making him yell that a monster had appeared.
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