Chapter 23: The System’s Mission: Save Shen Bai

Lin Yaoyao agreed. Gu Mingchun was curious why Shen Fengjiang’s mind kept wandering the moment the girls from Tianxiang Tower arrived.

“Take a look at this!”

It was Shen Fengjiang’s SWOT chart, which recorded his weakness: a craving for beauty.

Shen Fengjiang wasn’t the only senior brother who loved beautiful women. Several others did too.

The girls from Tianxiang Tower had been arranged by Lin Yaoyao long ago. She just hadn’t known which senior brother to use them on.

She had even spent one hundred points of her own to trade for those sexy outfits.

“Miss Lin, your planning is thorough. I’m impressed. From now on, I, Gu Mingchun, will do whatever you ask.”

Lin Feiyuan and Lu Yan’er joined in from the side, also offering to be Lin Yaoyao’s sidekicks.

“Yaoyao, I want to be your sidekick too!”

Lu Yan’er held onto Lin Yaoyao’s arm and refused to let go. Lin Yaoyao was speechless. These days, people actually fought to be someone’s sidekick.

“Yaoyao, if you help me win this competition, I’ll be your follower too. I’ll listen to you from now on.”

Lin Feiyuan also jumped in to join the fun. The one standing by his sister’s side should be him. How could he let Gu Mingchun take that spot?

Lin Yaoyao couldn’t be bothered to argue, so she agreed to all of them.

Whether they were her followers or not, she would help them anyway.

The matches on stage continued. They had already reached the sixth round: Fang Jun versus Shen Bai.

Fang Jun was the most outstanding disciple of this generation. He had top-quality dual spiritual roots of thunder and fire, incredible talent, and had advanced at lightning speed. He was already at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Shen Bai? That guy had no presence. She couldn’t recall him.

This round should have no suspense and end quickly. Lin Yaoyao reminded Lin Feiyuan to get ready, because the next round would have him on stage.

Fang Jun used his Thunderclap Fist with astonishing force. Shen Bai struggled to block it, but the difference in strength was too great. Shen Bai was injured and fell.

The result was exactly as Lin Yaoyao had thought. This was a match without suspense.

Wait, Shen Bai stood up again and attacked Fang Jun!

Fang Jun dodged, then counterattacked with another punch straight to Shen Bai’s chest. Shen Bai collapsed and spat out blood.

“Junior Brother Shen, surrender!”

Fang Jun looked down at Shen Bai lying on the ground, blood leaking from his mouth, and curled his lip in disdain.

Shen Bai propped himself up with both hands and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

“I won’t surrender! Keep going!”

Lin Yaoyao shook her head. Was this guy crazy or stupid? He clearly couldn’t win, yet he kept asking for a beating.

Sure enough, Shen Bai took another punch and spat out two mouthfuls of blood.

No, he wasn’t asking for a beating. He was asking for death.

Lin Yaoyao felt a little uneasy. This Shen Bai wanted to die on the arena.

“Third Brother, Senior Brother Gu, do you two know this person?”

Lin Feiyuan shook his head. Gu Mingchun knew him. Shen Bai was of the wood element, just like Gu Mingchun.

Shen Bai was the eldest son of the Shen family in Canglan City. At his birth, a famous monk had predicted he was a star of calamity, bringing disaster to his relatives.

From a young age, his father hadn’t cared for him and his mother hadn’t loved him. They threw him to an old nursemaid and ignored him completely.

Fortunately, Shen Bai’s talent was decent. He trained hard day and night, got into Tiandu Academy, and his life became a bit easier.

Lin Yaoyao didn’t understand. Shen Bai had made it through such difficult days before. Why was he acting like this now?

Who would risk their life for a school assessment, unless they simply didn’t want to live anymore?

“Has Shen Bai run into some trouble recently?”

Lin Yaoyao asked Gu Mingchun, but he didn’t know. He didn’t have much interaction with Shen Bai.

A wood-element disciple next to Gu Mingchun took the initiative to speak to Lin Yaoyao. He and Shen Bai were both from Canglan City and knew each other’s background well.

“Sigh, Shen Bai is a pitiful one too.”

Lu Yan’er got curious too. After a few questions, Lin Yaoyao and the others learned the story. His fate had truly been rough.

A while ago, during the academy’s break, Shen Bai secretly went back to Canglan City. He had wanted to surprise his childhood sweetheart, his fiancee. Instead, he caught his younger brother having an affair with her.

In his anger, Shen Bai hit his brother. When his parents learned of it, they switched the marriage to his brother and even expelled him from the family.

The Shen family removed Shen Bai’s name from the family register and publicly declared that he had harmed his brother, defied his elders, and was unfilial and disobedient.

Now Shen Bai’s reputation in Canglan City was completely destroyed. It wouldn’t be long before word spread to Tiandu Academy. For someone abandoned by his family and stuck with a bad name, what future was left?

“His fiancee had been his greatest attachment, but she betrayed him. No one could take something like that!”

Lu Yan’er angrily shouted. How could there be such venomous family in the world? The younger brother was the one at fault, so why punish the older brother?

‘Of course there could. The ones who hurt us deepest are often the ones closest to us.’

In her previous life, Lin Yaoyao had also been treated differently by her parents. She had always been more outstanding and sensible than her younger brother, but her parents were never satisfied with her and always nitpicked. Everything was picked by her brother first, and she used what was left.

From afar, she saw her parents coaxing her brother in soft voices, a warm family of three. Lin Yaoyao didn’t dare to intrude. She was an outsider there.

After coming to this world, it had been a long time since Lin Yaoyao thought about her past life.

Shen Bai’s parents made her think of her previous parents again. For those who didn’t care about you, they couldn’t care less whether you lived or died.

A familiar voice broke through Lin Yaoyao’s thoughts.

“[Ding, the system has issued a mission: Host, please save Shen Bai and make him join the Lin family!]”

What the heck? Save Shen Bai? Lin Yaoyao was baffled.

“Dog system, you’re a treasure hunting system. What’s the meaning of telling me to save someone?”

The system replied: “[Host, talented people also count as treasure! Shen Bai has an Innate Dao Body. This is a physique that appears once in ten thousand years.]”

‘Innate Dao Body? Such a powerful constitution, and no one noticed? Is this dog system trying to trick me?’ Lin Yaoyao wondered inwardly.

“System, are you sure you didn’t get it wrong?”

The system replied: “[Host, it’s absolutely true. Shen Bai’s Innate Dao Body hasn’t awakened yet. Once it does, he will definitely become a dominant power.]”

Lin Yaoyao glanced at Shen Bai on the stage. He was determined to die. Sigh, this mission was too hard.

Shen Bai was still on the arena. How could she save him? Wasn’t this just making things difficult?

“[Friendly reminder: if Shen Bai joins the Lin family, the Lin family’s fortune value will increase by 10 points. Currently, the Lin family’s fortune value is 5 points, and it could court disaster at any moment.]”

Dog system. This was coercion to make her do the mission! Lin Yaoyao’s little mind spun.

“It’s not that I can’t save him. It’s just that my cultivation is low and my abilities are limited. Without the system’s support, I definitely won’t be able to.”

Shen Bai on the stage was severely injured. At this rate, his life really would be gone. Lin Yaoyao couldn’t be bothered to beat around the bush with the system.

“System, I want three Rebound Talismans and three Basic Immobilization Talismans.”

She had been eyeing these two items in the shop for a long time but had never been willing to buy them.

One Rebound Talisman cost five hundred points, and one Basic Immobilization Talisman cost two hundred points. With her current points, she could buy at most one Rebound Talisman.

“[Host, your points aren’t enough!]”

“Dog system, I’m telling you to simply hand these things over to me! Otherwise, I can’t save this person!”

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