Chapter 7 - This Heroine Needs Correction, So I Slap Her Face with Money
Jin Yu guided Fu Tong to her mansion, located in the deepest part of the city. Upon stepping inside, she turned around and created a water bubble around him. She then apologized.
"My deepest apologies, sir. I forgot you were still under the visitor's rules."
"It's fine."
Jin Yu led him to the office. Her subordinates in humanoid disguise followed them into the room, carrying a glowing stack of papers.
The interior was made from mysterious red wood. Similar to the decoration in town, all materials were painted red. This was due to the flaws of their race—They were colorblind, and they could only see red and blue.
When she sat, the foxes put the papers on the office table and excused themselves. Jin Yu pulled one of the papers and started drafting a contract. Fu Tong also picked a wooden chair at the side and played with the teapot on the guest table, helping himself a drink.
While Jin Yu was writing, she snapped her fingers and disabled the blue mask's functions. It detached from Fu Tong's face. Instantly, his eyes were generated, and his tongue was healed. He also sensed a wisp of energy coursing through his veins.
The thread of energy rested at the area below his belly button. Fu Tong, having no experience with Qi in real life, was momentarily confused. It took him a few seconds to realize what Jin Yu had done to him.
He concentrated, attempting to feel and control the thread of Qi.
It was easy. As if the thread was his 33rd organ, it moved and slithered anywhere as he wished.
Following the momentum, he commanded it to solidify and stay at the same place where it had arrived earlier. Instantly, it condensed into a tiny soft ball.
That was his dantian.
DING
His system status was updated.
Name: Fu Tong
Age: 18
Cultivation Base: Qi Condensation Level 1
Active Mods: 2
Current Mods:
- Mod Management Menu
- Infinite Gold Coins
Mission Objective: Travel to Divine Cloud Sect and join the entrance examination event within a month.
Mission Rewards: Infinite Carrying Weight Mod
Failure Penalty: You lose one of the mods.Failure Penalty: You lose one of the mods.
Fu Tong opened his eyes and smiled at the game interface. But because of his carelessness, he accidentally gazed at Jin Yu's face. He thanked her.
"Thanks for removing that. It was suffocating. Talking with a needle in my tongue is a pain in the butt."
Jin Yu flinched. She looked up and met his gaze. Her mischievous nature resurfaced as she smirked.
"I forgot to ask you, Venerable One. This humble one goes by the name Jin Yu. What should I call you?"
"Fu Tong."
"Very well, Venerable Fu Tong. My apologies if I may sound rude, but are you aware of my country's tradition?"
Fu Tong froze. Her reminder hit him like a truck.
"Well, that sucks," he complained.
"I'll assume that you're aware. Do you know why we have this tradition?"
He bitterly chuckled. "One of your ancestors was a greedy lustful motherducker. He doesn't want all females of his tribe to look at any man from other tribes, so he made up this whole shtick. Also, those female ancient foxes were all gluttonous sadistic wenches who enjoyed tormenting men. The tradition was a tool for them to toy with inferior races and mortals."
Jin Yu burst into laughter as his explanation was spot on. "You're very knowledgeable."
"So," Fu Tong stopped laughing and let out a long sigh. "Do you want to enforce that tradition now that I look into your eyes?"
As Fu Tong gazed at Jin Yu's face, he got to admire her beauty. Although her skin and hair were as white as a sheet, her glowing crimson iris, gorgeous face, a red seal symbol on her forehead, a red dress that revealed her slender shoulders, and 100cm-sized assets on her chest were so alluring to the point that his heart fluttered.
Jin Yu caught Fu Tong's lewd gaze. She coyly smiled and stopped drafting the contract. Getting off her chair and approaching him, she leaned closer to his face.
Both man and woman locked eyes. Jin Yu tested him. "What if I want to adhere to the tradition?"
A corner of Fu Tong's mouth twitched, and he got sober. After clearing his hazy mind, he reminded her.
"If you eat me right now, who will help you kill Xiao Han Ce?"
Jin Yu paused. She puffed her cheeks and turned around, stomping back to her seat. Dropping her butt on the chair, she crossed her arms.
"You're boring, Venerable Fu Tong. At least, pretend to be interested in me a little."
Fu Tong let out a long sigh. Once again, he escaped death. But as he relaxed, his intrusive thoughts escaped through his mouth.
"I've seen too many naked women to feel anything. It takes more than that to stimulate me."
"Is that so? How about this?" Jin Yu giggled and lifted her skirt, revealing too much skin.
Fu Tong had enough of Jin Yu's childish pranks. Relieving his stress, anxiety, and horniness, he manifested stacks of gold coins and placed them on the tea table, one stack at a time. While creating a pyramid of gold coins, he stared at Jin Yu's face. Driven by intrusive thoughts, his ninth-grade syndrome and his toxic gamer persona took control of his mouth.
"Now that we stray to this topic, let me get this out of my mind. How much does it cost to buy you?"
"Y-You what?!" Jin Yu was taken aback. It was her nature to prank, suppress, and humiliate others, not the other way around. Getting served a reverse UNO card was new to her.
Fu Tong ignored her reaction and kept piling money.
Although Jin Yu had stolen Fu Tong's gold coins earlier, she didn't believe that he still had a lot more in him. She narrowed her eyes and scanned his body, searching for a storage ring or any container artifact.
However, she found nothing.
"Where did you get those coins from, seriously?" She asked.
"My soul."
"Y-Your soul?"
Fu Tong demonstrated his heavenly bullshitery skills. Exploiting his game knowledge, he lied with a straight face.
"My soul contains a universe inside. The same applies to all sages in the divine sage realms. We transcend karma and reincarnation circle. But in my case, well, to be honest, I got exiled because I failed to fulfill my responsibility and rescue those poor… fated heroines."
Fu Tong shed a crocodile tear, but his hands never stopped moving, stacking more gold coins.
"Therefore, I vow to never look away from those who suffered from ill fate. Then, I found you."
"…M-Me?"
"Since I have a lot of these coins, I might as well use them for something more meaningful… such as saving you and your city from the taming guild's evil scheme. So tell me, fair lady. How much does it cost to buy myself into your heart? How much do I have to pay to win you over after I killed Xiao Han Ce? How much money must I collect… so that I can relieve your pain and make you mine."
"…"