"Main quest one: fulfill the possession target's wish to marry a handsome, great man, give birth to nine sons and nine daughters, and live a life of supporting her husband and raising their children."
That was the first main quest. It would have been fine for a woman, but he was a pure, manly man!
He could just about manage marrying a handsome, great man. At worst, he could dress up as a woman, or, if that really didn't work, cultivate the Sunflower Manual or Bixie Swordsmanship to make himself more womanly. As long as he was good-looking enough, he wouldn't have to worry about finding a husband.
But giving birth to nine sons and nine daughters was a complete rip-off.
He simply didn't have the equipment for that!
"Wait a minute. Who did you pick for me to possess?"
Wang Hao suddenly seemed to think of something and looked at the little loli before him with a distinctly unfriendly gaze.
He had a feeling that he'd been screwed over by this little girl again!
"The system chose her for you on its own. Her name is Dongfang Bai, and she's a great beauty too. Didn't you say you liked women, mister?"
Blinking her big, innocent eyes, Xiao Mengmeng handed Wang Hao the little notebook from before. It contained a record of their conversation during the initial setup.
He looked at the notebook, then at the main quest on the quest panel. It was only because he was in his true spirit state that he didn't spit out a mouthful of old blood.
That little girl really had screwed him over!
"What? You're not happy? Could it be that you're actually a G, mister?"
Xiao Mengmeng's expression suddenly changed, and her gaze filled with contempt and disgust. She even stepped aside to put some distance between herself and Wang Hao, the perverted gay man.
The sight gave Wang Hao the urge to spit blood again.
"Tell me, what will it take to change my possession target?"
Forcing down his frustration, Wang Hao decided to negotiate with the black-bellied little loli.
He had no choice. She held all the cards!
"Mister, you know I'm only a system spirit. Changing the system's initial settings takes a tremendous amount. Not only does it..."
Xiao Mengmeng counted on her fair, delicate fingers as she laid it out for Wang Hao, trying to show just how difficult changing the settings would be.
But Wang Hao wasn't buying it. He waved a hand and cut her off. "Just tell me what you want!"
"Straight to the point! I like straightforward people like you! Half your Fortune Points. Give me half of all the Fortune Points you earn from now on."
The little loli's big, bright eyes curved into adorable crescents. She held up five fingers, setting her price at half his Fortune Points.
"You're robbing me while my house is on fire!"
Wang Hao was shocked by the little girl's appetite, and his expression turned distinctly ugly.
"You can always choose not to have me change it for you!"
Gazing at Wang Hao at her leisure, the little loli said in a dreamy voice, "Oh, I wonder what it's like to be a woman. And you'd have to give birth to nine boys and nine girls. Even if you had twins every time, you'd still have to get pregnant nine times in a row!
"Oh, right, I think I heard that some couples can have a whole bunch of daughters without ever having a son. It doesn't seem easy to get exactly nine girls and nine boys! And how do grown-ups get pregnant with babies again..."
The more Wang Hao heard, the more aggrieved he felt. By the end, his face had turned green. He gritted his teeth and said, "Fine! Half my Fortune Points it is! But you have to find me a pure, manly man to possess. Don't pull any tricks on me."
He had no choice but to admit defeat!
"Straight to the point! I like straightforward people like you, mister! I'll automatically deduct my share whenever you earn Fortune Points, so I won't notify you again!"
A delighted smile immediately spread across the little loli's face. Then she stuck out a little foot and, before Wang Hao could react, kicked him flying.
"Just you wait, little girl!"
Wang Hao only had time to let out an angry roar before he was kicked into the giant bubble-or rather, into the world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.
What Wang Hao didn't know was that, the instant after he entered the world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, Xiao Mengmeng's figure suddenly fluctuated violently and nearly fell apart.
It took quite a while for her to barely stabilize herself. Her entire body became nearly transparent, just as Wang Hao's had been earlier, and her presence weakened to a freezing point.
"That stupid woman, the Heavenly Dao, has actually grown this powerful!"
Looking back into the dark void, Xiao Mengmeng muttered softly, her face deathly pale. Clearly, bringing Wang Hao across worlds this time had cost her a great deal.
With that, her reason for scheming to get Fortune Points from Wang Hao became perfectly clear.
Wang Hao knew nothing of the change in Xiao Mengmeng. After passing through the world barrier of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, his consciousness spun dizzily. When he came to, he had already possessed an unfamiliar body and was lying in a silent courtyard.
"At least that little girl listened. She didn't screw me over again!"
Wang Hao got to his feet and inspected the body he had possessed, nodding in satisfaction.
The body had a massive frame, easily over two meters tall by his estimation, with knotted muscles all over. It belonged to a pure, manly man who couldn't have been any manlier!
A build like this was rare even in modern times, let alone in ancient times, when conditions were poor.
To paint a picture, it was the perfect combination of Schwarzenegger's muscles and Yao Ming's height.
Of course, most importantly, this treasure was big enough!
He felt the thing hanging between his legs, and the smile on his face grew wider as he sensed just how impressive his endowment was.
This was a good body!
"Hm?"
The smile hadn't lasted long when Wang Hao turned around and his expression changed. The courtyard before him was littered with corpses.
When he had first gotten up, he had been facing a wall in a corner, so he hadn't noticed the corpses around him right away.
"Pfft!"
"You..."
Before Wang Hao could figure out what was going on, he suddenly heard movement beside him. He turned to see an incomparably beautiful woman in red spit out a mouthful of blood. Her beautiful eyes went wide as she stared at him, but as soon as she spoke, her body went limp and she collapsed unconscious.
"..."
Wang Hao stared at the scene in complete bewilderment, unable to understand what was happening.
Before he could give it much thought, a torrent of information suddenly appeared in his mind.
Having previously received his past life's memories in the Primordial Wilderness, he naturally understood that this torrent of information was the body's memories.
Compared to the memories of his past life in the Primordial Wilderness, this body's memories were much simpler. Wang Hao felt only a slight prickling pain in his head before he quickly digested the torrent.
But after receiving his predecessor's memories, his face abruptly darkened.
Xiao Mengmeng, don't you owe me an explanation?
Wang Hao glanced at the beauty in red lying unconscious on the ground and asked the question inwardly.
"What's wrong? Aren't you satisfied with this body, mister?"
Xiao Mengmeng's soft, sweet voice rang out in Wang Hao's mind, tinged with confusion, as if she genuinely didn't know why he was asking.
"I'm very satisfied with the body, but isn't this identity a bit of a trap?"
Wang Hao's face looked terrible, because he had discovered that this identity really was a huge trap!
After receiving his predecessor's memories, he finally understood why the name Dongfang Bai, which Xiao Mengmeng had mentioned earlier, had sounded so familiar. He also knew which version of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer this world was.
This was the Yu Mama version of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, and Dongfang Bai was Dongfang Bubai. It was the first version to establish Dongfang Bubai as an actual woman.
That would have been one thing, but the man he had possessed happened to be a member of an assassin organization. Three years ago, he had infiltrated Dongfang Bai's Lineage, drugged their drinking water, and then guided the organization's assassins in slaughtering the entire Dongfang Lineage. Dongfang Bai had been the sole survivor.
Today, three years later, Dongfang Bai, who had learned a set of skills somewhere, came to their door and killed every assassin at this base, including his predecessor.
His predecessor had been stabbed through the heart by Dongfang Bai's sword and had died as dead as could be. If the system hadn't roughly repaired the sword wound in his chest during the possession, Wang Hao would probably have died even after possessing him.
That was right. The beauty in red who had fainted earlier was none other than Miss Dongfang Bai.
Although she had killed every assassin at the base, she had also suffered serious injuries. She had just been circulating her power to heal herself and couldn't afford to be disturbed.
So when she saw that he, her great enemy, was still alive, rage assailed her heart and her internal power ran wild, aggravating her injuries. That was why she had spat blood and fainted.
Although Miss Dongfang Bai's background differed from the setting in Yu Mama's version of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, that was only a television drama, while this was a real world. It was only normal for there to be differences, and he could understand that.
"The modified possession rules are based on the strength of the karma between the target and the female lead. This body currently has the strongest karma with her, and it also fits the standard of a pure, manly man you described earlier!"
Xiao Mengmeng's soft, sweet voice rang out again, her tone as innocent as ever, leaving Wang Hao at a loss for words.
"Forget it. I'll make do with it!"
Wang Hao covered his face in frustration. Helpless, he could only accept it.
He sighed and opened the system's quest panel.
Although the system's quest panel appeared to be in front of him, it was actually a projection onto his true spirit's consciousness. Only he could see it; nobody else could see a thing.
When he saw that the damned quest requiring him to have children had disappeared, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But immediately afterward, he drew a sharp breath, and his face darkened again.
Little girl, are you sure you're not screwing me over?
Pointing at the newly appeared penalty quest on the quest panel, Wang Hao questioned her inwardly.
Changing his possession identity had, after all, violated the system's rules, so he could understand the system imposing a penalty quest. But this penalty quest was far too damned cruel, scarcely any better than the childbearing quest from before.
"Penalty quest: Tear of True Love-make Dongfang Bai, the female lead of this world, truly fall in love with the host and shed a Tear of True Love for the host!
"Quest success reward: 10,000 Fortune Points. Quest failure penalty: 10,000 Fortune Points."
He didn't understand this Tear of True Love business, but the first part was perfectly clear.
The problem was that the man he had possessed was the great enemy who had caused the deaths of her entire family, and now he was supposed to make her truly fall in love with him.
Whether on Earth, in his past life in the Primordial Wilderness, or as the man he had possessed in the world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, he had been a shameful virgin. He had never even held a woman's hand, much less gained any experience picking up girls.
Winning over Miss Dongfang with this identity was practically impossible.
This was hell difficulty!
"The Tear of True Love of a world's female lead is a very precious treasure. It contains a certain amount of world origin and is very helpful for cultivation. Given the world level of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, directly refining it can raise your cultivation by at least one minor realm, mister."
Xiao Mengmeng didn't say much else, merely explaining the use of a Tear of True Love.
Sure enough, Wang Hao's eyes lit up as soon as he heard about its powerful effects.
He had been worrying about how to raise his cultivation to the fourth rank in the low-martial world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, and who would have thought such a fortuitous opportunity would appear?
Not to mention the reward of ten thousand Fortune Points!
"How is this a penalty quest? It's practically a reward quest!"
A sharp gleam flashed in Wang Hao's eyes. He turned his gaze to Miss Dongfang, who lay unconscious on the ground, and chuckled inwardly. How about I take this girl home now and let love grow over time?
Then he could have this girl bear him a whole bunch of children, and even a hatred as great as the heavens would have to fade away.
As he considered the possibilities, a lecherous smile gradually appeared on Wang Hao's rugged, honest-looking face, making him look very punchable.
Of course, he was only indulging in a fantasy. After all, she was the original Dongfang Bubai, and her strength was formidable. Trying to make love grow over time with a strong woman like her would be courting death, but there was no harm in fantasizing about it.
"Just a reminder, mister: outside this courtyard, there's a swordsman whose cultivation has just reached the Mortal Realm Third Layer. Judging by the presence of his Cultivation Method, it comes from the same lineage as Dongfang Bai's, and he's shown killing intent toward you."
While Wang Hao was imagining a certain wicked scene, Xiao Mengmeng suddenly spoke. Her words were like a bucket of ice water dumped over him, making him shudder and instantly snap out of it.
"A swordsman at the Mortal Realm Third Layer? And his Cultivation Method comes from the same lineage as Dongfang Bai's? Could it be Dugu Qiubai?"
After considering those two clues, Wang Hao immediately recalled a new detail from Yu Mama's version of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.
Apparently, Miss Dongfang Bai's master seemed to be Dugu Qiubai, and only a big shot like Dugu Qiubai could possess Mortal Realm Third Layer cultivation in this low-martial world.
In other words, Miss Dongfang Bai's master had his eye on him?
And had shown murderous intent?
Once Wang Hao understood all this, he truly felt like crying!
In his past life in the Primordial Wilderness, he had faced the miserable fate of being castrated and made a eunuch as soon as he transmigrated. Now, in this one, he had entered the scene only to face a situation of ten deaths and no life.
Why was every start he got so miserable?