Su Yier's eyes rippled with allure, innocent yet tinged with a hint of seductiveness, evoking pity. Her bright red lips parted slightly, breath like orchids, and then she shed her clothes, revealing her fair, fragrant shoulders...

To prevent the book from being taken down, ten thousand words are omitted below.

Fang Jinyu put down the book in his hands and fell into contemplation.

In the end, Fang Jinyu had to confirm one thing: he was now in a female-oriented cultivation novel, and he had never even read this novel before transmigrating.

That was the worst possible news!

And how did Fang Jinyu realize this? It had to do with the book in his hand.

The book had suddenly appeared before him early that morning, and its content told the story of a woman named Su Yier, who, with her beauty and talent, cultivated immortality while keeping a string of admirers, reaping a series of handsome men, including her senior brother, junior brother, uncle-master, master, the demon king, and the ghost king...

It didn't end there, but the book did not record the rest.

Fang Jinyu felt like crying, not because he didn't know the second half of the plot, but because of his identity—he was just a minor cannon fodder who only survived one chapter in this book.

Unless something unexpected happened, an unexpected incident would befall him today.

According to the book's description, it went something like this: After the female lead Su Yier became a disciple, she was greatly doted on by her master. Because Su Yier's spiritual roots were too poor, her master planned to get her a slot to enter the Lingdu Secret Realm.

The Lingdu Secret Realm was a land of opportunity prepared by the Tianling Sect for its disciples, where dangers were minimal but opportunities abounded. Any disciple who could enter the Lingdu Secret Realm would invariably break through from the Qi Refining stage to the Foundation Establishment stage upon emerging!

Therefore, all disciples of the Tianling Sect eagerly longed to go to this Lingdu Secret Realm.

However, with so many benefits, the entry slots were naturally extremely precious, only opening once every thirty years, and every available slot had been reserved more than a hundred years in advance.

Of course, some special slots were held back.

For example, someone like Fang Jinyu—because his parents had sacrificed themselves for the Tianling Sect, the sect leader gave him a slot to enter the Lingdu Secret Realm.

But that was also the last one.

Thus, after Su Yier's master failed to request a slot from the sect leader, he immediately set his sights on Fang Jinyu.

Simply because Fang Jinyu had no backing within the Tianling Sect.

In the end, naturally, Fang Jinyu's slot to enter the Lingdu Secret Realm was forcibly exchanged away by Su Yier's master with the excuse, "Su Yier can't wait thirty years."

Fang Jinyu was full of indignation, but reality was stronger than men; he was helpless and could only drown his sorrows in drink, yet accidentally fell off a cliff and lost his life.

Here, it seemed like Fang Jinyu was just careless.

But Fang Jinyu was already at the ninth layer of Qi Refining!

A cultivator at the ninth layer of Qi Refining dying from a drunken fall? Not even a ghost would be fooled! Although a ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivator could not yet fly on a magical tool, he could still use force to briefly stay in the air and perform Wind Riding Art, a spell mandatory for those with wind spiritual roots.

And Fang Jinyu happened to possess wind, lightning, and fire triple-attribute spiritual roots, having long since mastered the Wind Riding Art.

So, the death of Fang Jinyu in this book definitely had hidden secrets.

‘What could be more unlucky than this?’

Fang Jinyu felt utterly stifled.

At that moment, the book that had suddenly appeared that morning very abruptly turned into a shower of shattered starlight and then vanished without a trace.

‘It's really gone… Not even a detailed description…’

Fang Jinyu was slightly astonished in his heart, but his expression remained quite calm, because too many bizarre things had happened in a short time, so he had become somewhat immune.

Then he began to think of countermeasures.

First, he ruled out fighting with force.

He, a ninth-layer Qi Refining disciple, would be out of his mind to fight a Golden Core stage cultivator!

Then he could only use his wits!

But Fang Jinyu had average intelligence and couldn't come up with any good scheme; after all, there was an invisible hand that absolutely wanted him dead. Even if he willingly handed over this slot to enter the Lingdu Secret Realm!

Because according to the book's description, by this time, Su Yier's master and Su Yier had already developed mutual feelings. In her master's eyes, Su Yier was the purest, flawless treasure, stained by not a single blemish.

And seizing someone else's slot was definitely a blemish.

Although it was her master exchanging with him, what Qi Refining disciple would dare refuse a Golden Core great cultivator?

So, obviously, the best solution was to silence him forever.

‘Damn!’

Fang Jinyu couldn't help but curse a few times. How could such a neurotic love-brain cultivate to the Golden Core stage?

Oh, this is a novel world centered on love? Never mind then.

‘Maybe I should secretly sell this slot to enter the Lingdu Secret Realm?’

The thought crossed Fang Jinyu's mind, but he immediately shook his head.

Because the Tianling Sect forbade this, aiming to prevent people from forcibly seizing entry slots.

After all, which normal Qi Refining cultivator would willingly give up an opportunity to break through to Foundation Establishment? Moreover, besides the chance to advance cultivation, the Lingdu Secret Realm also contained precious magical treasures!

In this world, every magical treasure was forged from heaven and earth essences or formed naturally by heaven and earth, so every magical treasure contained a strand of fate energy.

Once a cultivator obtained a magical treasure, after refining it, they could share that portion of fate energy.

How precious fate energy is needs no further elaboration.

Fang Jinyu couldn't help but sigh.

This was a dead end!

He couldn't make a private deal, but the other party could, simply because the other party was a Golden Core great cultivator.

Fang Jinyu was so aggrieved he almost wanted to vomit blood.

‘No, if I can't afford to offend, can't I just hide?’

Suddenly, Fang Jinyu remembered there was a special chore within the Tianling Sect—cleaning the excrement of the sect's guardian spirit beasts.

The Tianling Sect's spirit beasts were not ancient divine beast bloodlines, but a group of mutated black pigs. Although each one was quite powerful, they couldn't abstain from grain and needed large quantities of food daily.

It was said that the only reason these mutated black pigs submitted to the Tianling Sect was that the sect provided them with food and drink.

And because these spirit beast black pigs ate so much, their excrement piled up like small mountains.

This chore was originally supposed to be handled by Golden Core great cultivators, after all, they were guardian spirit beasts! But which Golden Core cultivator would be willing to do that? So it was pushed down to Foundation Establishment.

However, Foundation Establishment cultivators were also unwilling, so they further assigned the chore downward.

Thus, every month, a few unlucky Qi Refining cultivators were drawn to help clean up after those spirit beasts.

‘Being nearly suffocated by the stench is better than really dying!’

Gritting his teeth, Fang Jinyu made up his mind.

Among that group of black pig spirit beasts, there was a Golden Core stage pig king. If Su Yier's master really tried to harm him, that Black Pig King would definitely react immediately and wouldn't stand by and watch him die.

And the reason Fang Jinyu was so certain was that the book mentioned that the Golden Core Black Pig King had a favorable impression of Tianling Sect disciples who voluntarily went to help with the cleaning.

Besides, Su Yier's master had a severe obsession with cleanliness!

Immediately, Fang Jinyu no longer hesitated. He left his dwelling cave, cast Wind Riding Art, drifted down from the mountainside, and went straight to a certain valley.

Before Fang Jinyu even entered, he smelled a scent that could "shake one's soul."

But he still steeled himself and went in.

This chore wasn't hard to get; because it was perpetually vacant, otherwise they wouldn't have to draw lots every time. So as soon as Fang Jinyu arrived, the Manager Uncle-Master in charge of this valley welcomed him in with a beaming smile.

* * *

And the rest of the day went just as he expected: Su Yier's master did not come to pressure him to exchange the Lingdu Secret Realm slot, as described in the book.

Though nearly suffocated by the stench, Fang Jinyu was still excited deep down.

‘Is this considered defying fate?’

Fang Jinyu couldn't help thinking.

Then, very suddenly, he saw an incredibly unexpected sight.

[Today is a day of shoveling poop]

[Extraction obtained: Charm +1]

Unless something unexpected happened, this was something akin to a system. But, could someone tell him, why could shoveling poop extract an increase in charm?