Gu Fan put the Phantom Veil Cloak away and casually strolled back towards his courtyard while the rest of the massive compound descended into absolute, screaming chaos.

He could clearly hear the distinct sounds of a massive uproar as guards shouted frantically and warning bells blared loudly across the estate.

The clan elders must have undoubtedly rushed into Gu Chen’s quarters to witness the ultimate humiliation.

Gu Fan could not stop himself from grinning at his own deviousness as he visualized the pathetic scene of the clan authorities bursting in to find their precious Clan genius beaten to a bloody pulp as he helplessly watched the naked hallucinating Gu Ling finger herself raw on the carpet.

But instead of going back out to gloat, Gu Fan crashed onto his bed because he knew the original protagonist was no longer an immediate threat.

Instead, it was time for him to check his gains., and sort out his inventory.

"Alright System, pull up the stats," Gu Fan muttered with a satisfied, villainous grin.

[SYSTEM NOTIFICATION: Processing Request. Displaying Current Host Profile & Inventory...]

And just like that, the transparent blue interface materialized in the air.

[HOST PROFILE]

[Host: Gu Fan (Li Wei)]

[Base Cultivation: 7th Stage of the Body Tempering Realm.]

[Effective Strength: 1st Stage of Spirit Realm.]

[Special Physique / Elements:]

[Ancient Venom Physique (Perfectly Merged) | Purple Nether-Ghost Fire.]

[Mastered Arts:]

[Sovereign Strike of Infinite Freedom! (King Grade Movement/Domain) | Eye of the Void-Shatter (Emperor-Tier Soul Art)]

"Base Cultivation is still stuck at the 7th Stage, but my Effective Strength is pretty decent. I might not lose to Gu Ling in a fair fight."

"But who wants to fight fair," Gu Fan chuckled as he continued to read.

[Body Count: 12 Confirmed Human/Named Targets]

[Harem: 3 (Madam Li, Bai Bing, Su Mei).]

[Parasite Hosts: 4 (Xiao Mei, Gu Ling, Madam Li, Bai Bing, Su Mei).]

[Active Quests: None.]

[Random Spins: 0.]

Gu Fan paused for a second, his eyes narrowing slightly at the host list.

"Hey, System," he asked out loud, "I touched Gu Chen multiple times while I was beating him to a pulp. Why didn’t you prompt me to plant a parasitic seed in his body?"

[Does Host truly wish to establish a permanent, physiological parasitic connection with another man’s body?]

Gu Fan instantly grimaced, a shiver running down his spine.

"Forget I asked."

He swiped his hand to the right, opening his storage tabs, and his grin widened as the glowing blue text laid out the absurd wealth he had acquired in just a few days.

[INVENTORY]

[High-Grade Void Band (Soul-Bound, 100 cubic meters).]

[Basic Spatial Pouches x6 (1 System + 5 Looted).]

[Low-Grade Spirit Crystals: ~157,500+ (Note: +11,500 awaiting collection from Su Mei).]

[Medium-Grade Spirit Crystals: 52,719 (Note: +15,850 awaiting collection from Su Mei).]

"A hundred and fifty-seven thousand Low-Grade stones, and over fifty thousand Medium-Grade stones," Gu Fan summarized, tracing the glowing blue numbers and laughing out loud, "Now even the Gu Clan does not stand in front of my eyes."

"I should treat mother to something nice," He whispered to himself.

[Phantom Veil Cloak (King-Tier)]

[’Blood-Drinker’ Spirit Sword (King-Tier)]

[’Skull-Crusher’ Meteor Hammer (Earth-Tier)]

[Earth-Grade Knuckle Buster (System Reward)]

[King-Grade ’Absolute Submission Collar’ (Equipped on Su Mei)]

[Golden VIP Token (Heavenly Treasure Pavilion)]

[Unknown Glowing Jade Bracelet (Looted)]

[’Wind-Chaser Boots’ (Spirit Grade) x49 pairs]

[’Spring-Tide Jade Egg’ (Spirit Grade) x50]

[Fragment of the Blue Ghost Fire Map]

[Chen Clan Token]

"I should have sold some of the Windchaser Boots to Su Mei, or maybe I can give them to mother along with a few Spirit stones. It can help her raise a small fraction in the Gu Clan which can come in handy," Gu Fan planned in his mind, "And I can sell these Spring Tide Jade eggs to Su Mei."

"There must be a lot of perverted old men who might want to please their pretty mistresses."

"I can’t keep them in my inventory for too long, they are only going to take up space." Gu Fan made up his mind, the next time he was going to pay Sister Mei a visit, he will unload all this on her.

[Celestial Unification Art Manual (Stolen / Unmastered)]

[’Mind-Shattering Illusion Array’ Talisman (Earth-Tier) x1]

[’Beast-Tracking Talisman’ (Mortal Grade) x20]

[’Minor Illusion Talisman’ (Spirit Grade) x18]

[’Heavenly Bliss’ Aphrodisiac (Large Gourd)]

[Demon-Ape Lust Powder x45 vials]

[’Tears of the Jade Mermaid’ (Spirit-Tier) x1]

[’Dragon-Tiger Vitality Pill’ (Spirit-Grade) x1]

[Marrow-Cleansing Ascension Pill (Peerless) x1]

[’Qi-Clotting Pill’ (Mortal Grade) x10]

[’Burst-Step Pill’ (Spirit Grade) x20]

[Blood-moon Ginseng (Earth-Grade) x10]

[Nine-Leaf Bloodclot Herb x1]

[Blood-Clotting Grass x3]

[Iron-Root Weed x4] 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

[Snake-Bite Lily x3]

[Yin-Gathering Moss x2]

[Black-Veined Lotus x1]

[Bone-Piercing Silver Needle Set’ (Spirit Grade) x40]

[Silent Sting Poison Needles x6]

"Nope! This can’t keep on going," Gu Fan scoffed slightly as the list of items in front of him, "If I don’t use these to speed up my cultivation now, they won’t be of any use to me later."

He saw the Celestial Unification Art Manual he had just stolen from Gu Chen’s hidden floorboard, deciding he should just sell it for heavy money since his own system-backed dual cultivation was far superior.

"I hope Sister Mei isn’t too sore."

Now that he understood what he was supposed to do next, Gu Fan swiped the interface screens away and rested his hands behind his head, entirely satisfied with his ridiculous inventory.

"Mother will be busy with Gu Chen’s mess right now."

"But I think we might need to speed up the process," Gu Fan thought as he calculated the number of days and the progression of the storyline so far, "It should be about time for..."

[CRITICAL SYSTEM ALERT: SYNCHRONIZATION DELAY DETECTED]

But just as he was thinking about his next plan of action, the transparent system panel suddenly forced itself back open, accompanied by loud blaring alert noise echoing directly inside his skull.

*****

[A/N: Are you guys enjoying the story and satisfied with the pace and plot of the story?]

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