Chapter 73: Purchased OOC Privilege
The thunder roared for half the night, and that white figure stood at the foot of the mountain for half the night.
During this time, quite a few passing disciples silently avoided this mountain under the other party’s chilling gaze, not daring to disturb the person transcending tribulation at the summit in the slightest.
It wasn’t until the sky was about to brighten, the thunder completely dissipated, the rain cleared, the clouds parted, and the red sun pierced through the blue sky to cast its first ray of morning light, that Shen Songhe finally closed his umbrella and stepped up the mountain.
The summit.
Feng Shi lay collapsed on a rock that had shattered into black slag, his eyes closed in exhaustion. Feeling the solidified golden core in his dantian, he wanted to laugh, yet was so tired he didn’t even want to lift an eyelid.
This level of lightning was truly not something he, a modern person educated from childhood not to poke electrical outlets, could withstand.
[Congratulations Host, congratulations Host! Detected that you have successfully broken through to the Jindan stage! Now opening the corresponding privileges for you!]
Hearing this, Feng Shi abruptly opened his eyes, chuckling: “If you’re talking about this, then I’m not tired anymore.”
Qingqing wiggled its Crayon Shin-chan-like eyebrows and continued: [The current privileges opened for the Jindan stage are as follows: 1: Personal Space Beginner Level Activated!] [Host dada, you can finally use the time-accelerated space! Are you happy? Are you excited?!]
Feng Shi cheered weakly: “Happy! Excited!”
[2: Heart-linked Puppet Summoning Privilege! At critical moments, someone can finally come and tank damage for Host dada! Most importantly, if the spirit stones are sufficient, the puppet’s strength can be equivalent to a Huashen stage powerhouse! It’s a well-deserved gold-medal thug!]
Feng Shi made a peace sign: “Yes!”
[Finally, it’s the OOC privilege that Host has been eagerly waiting for! However, activation requires 40,000 points~]
Feng Shi: “…”
Feng Shi went silent.
After speaking, Qingqing didn’t hear a response. Thinking he hadn’t heard clearly, it repeated it again.
Feng Shi: “…”
Feng Shi still had no reaction.
Qingqing looked at its sluggish-looking Host below, its heart skipping a beat: Please! Its dear Host dada couldn’t have been rendered stupid by the heavenly thunder!
Scared to death, Qingqing busied itself preparing to return to the system to check the raw data, while thinking to itself: Could it be that asking for too many points scared the Host silly? But it clearly thoughtfully left him 10,000 points!
Who knew that in the next second, Feng Shi—who had been lying on the ground like a corpse—suddenly sprang up like a reanimated zombie, pointing at the sky and shouting: “Buy!”
“Buy it for Laozi!”
Qingqing looked utterly bewildered.
Feng Shi bounced once, immediately twitching in pain all over, and collapsed back down with a clatter, physiological tears sliding down the corners of his eyes.
Qingqing: […]
Well.
It could understand.
[After lifting the OOC restrictions, negative favorability from passersby will no longer affect the Host’s total favorability, but positive favorability will still count.] [At the same time, after activating the privilege, a parallel system of favorability, reverence, and fear will be implemented. The higher the three levels, the more points the Host will get. Is the Host sure you want to purchase this privilege?]
Feng Shi: “Buy! Only an idiot wouldn’t buy it! I don’t want to live this wretched life for a single day longer!”
[Okay~ Purchased OOC privilege! From today onward, aside from following system tasks, Host can be yourself as much as you please! Please remember our slogan: The wilder the Host! The brighter the days! Add oil!]
Feng Shi coughed twice, having no strength left for anything other than laughing.
After lying there for a moment, he suddenly heard a series of somewhat hurried footsteps approaching.
Feng Shi struggled to raise his head. In his still somewhat blurry vision, a snow-white, slender figure appeared.
Snow-white clothes, snow-white hair, snow-white skin.
In this world, it seemed there could be nothing purer than this flash of white.
Feng Shi blinked, calling out hoarsely: “Shizun…”
The person called out affirmed softly, crouching down beside him.
Feng Shi felt himself fall into a warm, fragrant embrace. A gentle spiritual energy was subsequently transferred into his body, easing his post-tribulation exhaustion.
The air after the rain was damp and carried the scent of greenery. The warm sunlight wasn’t scorching; truly, everything was just right.
Since coming to this world, Feng Shi relaxed his body and mind like never before, nestling comfortably in Shen Songhe’s embrace. He didn’t sleep, but was simply comfortable and relaxed to his very bones, unwilling to move.
Shen Songhe scooped him up, touched his sweat-drenched hair, and said softly: “If you’re tired, sleep for a while.”
Feng Shi shook his head, smiling sweetly. He reached out, wanting to touch Shen Songhe’s face too, but upon raising his hand, he discovered that his so-called hand had turned into a charcoal-roasted black claw!
Feng Shi: !
He subconsciously pushed against Shen Songhe’s shoulder, wanting to get down first.
With this push, not only did he fail to move him, but he also blackened the pristine white clothes on Shen Songhe’s shoulder.
“…”
Feng Shi’s face flushed red, but figuring Shen Songhe couldn’t tell anyway, he shrank his hand back, not daring to touch the white again: “Shizun, put, put me down first. Your clothes are dirty…”
The arms holding him not only didn’t loosen, but hugged even tighter. Shen Songhe’s shallow chuckle came from above, his voice extremely soft and full of amusement: “Not dirty.”
Feng Shi stopped his movements and looked up at him, blinking.
This time, Shen Songhe didn’t deliberately restrain his smile. Hooking the corners of his lips, he reached out and wrapped his hand around one of Feng Shi’s hands balled at his chest, guiding it to rest gently against his own clean face.
He said: “Touch if you want to.”
Thump, thump!
Feng Shi felt so hot he was about to blow smoke out of his ears. His heart pounded wildly, as if it would go on strike in the next second.
The jade-white cheek in front of him was stained with black.
A white magnolia splashed with ink.
Yet, it didn’t diminish his flawless, ice-clear demeanor in the slightest; instead, it added a touch of poetry, making the heart of the beholder flutter and sway.
Feng Shi felt he could replay this scene a hundred times.
Even until he was carried steadily to the front of the mountain gate, the heat on Feng Shi’s face hadn’t completely receded.
As soon as the two came down from the mountain, Qiu Changzhou and the others were waiting at the mountain gate.
Up close, Feng Shi’s pitch-black, blasted appearance was exceptionally funny. Several elders held their laughter in until their cheeks were red.
Looking at how his Shidi pampered his disciple to the point of not letting him touch the ground, Qiu Changzhou felt unbalanced several times over in his heart, but ultimately held it in and didn’t dare let it out. He could only fake a couple of coughs and toss the nourishing pill he had prepared earlier to Feng Shi.
“Hmph, your performance this time was somewhat decent. Hurry up and take the medicine.”
Feng Shi took a look. Good heavens, it was actually the Huichun Dan from the shop that was bleedingly expensive; a single pill cost tens of thousands of points, and its price in reality was likely comparable. Zhangmen was truly generous!
“Thank you, Zhangmen!”
Looking at Qiu Changzhou, who was putting on a fake act of deep solemnity with his hands behind his back, Feng Shi grinned, tilted his head back, and quickly swallowed the medicine.
Shen Songhe furrowed his brows slightly, somewhat uncomfortable with these people’s gazes falling on him and Feng Shi. Leaving behind a rather cold remark about going on ahead, he left with the person in his arms.
Watching from behind, Qiu Changzhou shook his head repeatedly, sighing: “Sigh, truly, a grown Shidi cannot be kept at home.”
Zi Ping stood shoulder-to-shoulder with him, her hands tucked in her sleeves. She also tilted her head to watch the backs of the two, smiling: “I see the relationship between your Shidi and your Shidi’s disciple is not ordinary…”
Qiu Changzhou understood instantly, glaring: “…Nonsense!”
Zi Ping looked back at him: (ω)
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