Honestly, the one-eyed thug was in a good mood.
There weren't many cultivation sects in this area, and they usually made a living by robbing lone cultivators who passed by.
Although life was certainly not as comfortable as joining a sect, they could still manage to get by.
Unexpectedly, their luck was so good today, encountering such a fat sheep.
The other party's flying boat was so luxurious, it was clear they were not short on money!
The woman was only at the Nascent Soul realm, posing no threat whatsoever.
The man had no cultivation at all, most likely the woman's kept man.
What was the difference between this and money being delivered to their doorstep?!
What incredible luck had they stumbled upon today?
Was it their birthday?
"If I were you, I wouldn't do this and would flee this place immediately," Ye Fan warned kindly.
Just then, a thin cultivator with a lecherous face approached the little demoness.
"Big brother, this chick is really something!" the lecherous cultivator licked his lips. "Can I have some fun with her first?"
"Be quick about it," the one-eyed thug chuckled and cursed. "You kid, you'll die on a woman's belly sooner or later."
"Hahahaha!"
The other cultivators also burst into hearty laughter.
"Let's go, little girl," the lecherous cultivator grabbed the little demoness's arm. "Brother will take you for some fun."
"Really?" The little demoness widened her eyes, asking with a 'naive' expression. "How much fun?"
Perhaps the little demoness's appearance struck some strange chord within him, the lecherous cultivator immediately swallowed hard.
"As much fun as you want!"
"It just so happens I know a few ways to make people happy, brother, do you want to try?" the little demoness continued in an innocent tone.
The lecherous cultivator's heart stirred.
Oh?
Didn't see that coming?
This chick looks so pure on the outside, but she's surprisingly slutty on the inside!
I like it!
In his opinion, the little demoness being so sensible was not surprising.
The weakest among their group was at the Transcending Tribulation stage, while the opponent was merely at the Nascent Soul realm, so naturally, they knew they were no match.
"Then tell me, how will you make me happy?" the lecherous cultivator quickly asked, pulling the little demoness towards a room on the flying boat.
"Hmm... how should I put it..." the little demoness said happily, "the kind that makes you fly with joy."
Then the lecherous cultivator discovered that he was indeed flying!
His perspective grew higher and higher.
After reaching the peak, he began to slowly descend.
Then he saw the shocked expressions of the others, and he saw his own bleeding body...
"Thump!"
"Gurgle..."
The head fell onto the deck, rolled a few times, and then stopped.
At this moment, these bandits finally realized they had miscalculated!
They hadn't even seen how the little demoness had made her move before the lecherous cultivator was dispatched.
If not now, then when would they run!
Everyone immediately urged their true qi with all their might, fleeing in all directions!
As for who would escape and who wouldn't, it was all up to luck.
The little demoness casually released a sliver of her pressure, plunging these bandits into despair once more.
It was as if a great mountain had suddenly pressed down on their bodies, causing them to fall uncontrollably...
One of the bandit's underlings was quite lucky and fell right next to Ye Fan.
He gritted his teeth, stood up, and held his sword to Ye Fan's neck.
"Stop quickly!" the bandit stammered. "Otherwise... otherwise I'll kill your pretty boy!"
A ball of golden light appeared from Ye Fan's neck and began to spread towards the sword.
However, the golden light collapsed completely after only crawling out a few inches...
"Awful, even the most basic protective measures can't be activated!"
The system girl's voice was filled with despair.
"We're going to die, going to die..."
The next moment, the bandit felt a dizzying sensation...
Two breaths later, the little demoness retracted her demonic energy.
All the bandits lay silently on the ground, their expressions incredibly peaceful...
It had to be said that their luck was truly good; at least they didn't suffer much pain.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
Seeing Ye Fan's somewhat pained expression, the little demoness asked in confusion.
"Can you be more careful next time?" Ye Fan pointed around. "Look how messy you've made it."
"Got it," the little demoness replied perfunctorily, and happily ran off to loot the bodies.
A faint glimmer of light appeared and converged towards Ye Fan's chest.
Ye Fan sighed silently.
Although the system seemed very weak after waking up this time, as long as this fellow could recharge itself through these means, it wouldn't truly 'die'.
And he had no way to stop it, which was a real headache...
An unexpected event occurred.
After the faint lights drifted around for a while, they began to fall towards the ground!
It felt like when a person is carrying a heavy object and suddenly loses strength!
After a few seconds, the lights floated up again.
After swaying for about a foot or two, they fell again...
Then came the second time, the third time, the fourth time...
And each time they floated up again, the number of lights was less than before.
Ye Fan's spirits immediately lifted!
What the heck?
What's going on?
In just a few meters, it took the system two or three minutes.
By the time the lights finally entered Ye Fan's body, their number was less than a third of what it was before!
"Phew, finally done—"
The system girl's voice sounded a little tired, but it was better than the state of possibly cutting out at any moment.
"The situation is worse than I imagined, damn it!"
"Host, you saw it too."
"The forced overdraft of energy last time has caused severe damage to this system."
"Why don't you reconsider my previous proposal?"
...
The system began to plead again, chattering on for several minutes.
Ye Fan's heart bloomed with joy!
Holy crap!
Holy freaking crap!
Is this thing really on its last legs?
Am I dreaming???
Ye Fan suppressed his excitement and decided to observe secretly.
He was afraid the system might be setting a trap for him...
Having been tricked to death by the system, this scumbag, 99 times, Ye Fan absolutely did not mind assuming the worst possible intentions from them!
The system babbled on for a few more minutes.
Its tone gradually became more irritable.
"You lazy bum, what do you want? You're just going to keep this up?"
"If you continue like this, you'll truly lose me, you know that!"
"Can you bear it!!!"
"Without me, how will you survive in this dangerous cultivation world?"
"What good will it do you to kill me?!"
"Doesn't your conscience hurt!!!"
...
After scolding for a while longer, the system finally shut up.
Of course.
Ye Fan thought it might simply be trying to conserve power...
With nothing else to do, Ye Fan wandered into his sea of consciousness again.
But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't mobilize even a sliver of spiritual power.
It seemed it was still not working...
Ye Fan lay down on the bed and stared at the ceiling, lost in thought.
Although the system, this scumbag, must want to betray him, it would absolutely not place a seal on his sea of consciousness.
After all, its purpose was to make him cultivate, and to obtain something it needed from his cultivation.
Placing a seal on his sea of consciousness would hinder his cultivation, which conflicted with its own interests.
If it wasn't the system, then who could it be?
Or rather...
The seal must have been placed by himself, but who would make him do that?
An enemy?
He had already died 99 times. Shouldn't any grudges be settled by now?
Could it be that the other party had also transmigrated with him?
Besides, if the other party had the ability to control him to place a seal on his spiritual sea, they could have simply killed him directly?
Instead of killing him, they only controlled him to place a seal on his brain. This was sheer absurdity, wasn't it?
He couldn't figure it out, he couldn't figure it out...
Ye Fan felt his thoughts becoming increasingly chaotic, his head buzzing.
...