The Drop Rule When Fortuity Hits Zero, That Guy Surnamed Gu Is No Good Person
The Drop Rule When Fortuity Hits Zero, That Guy Surnamed Gu Is No Good Person
As far as Gu Changge was concerned, the reason he was still keeping Ye Chen around was that Ye Chen didn’t qualify for the title of enemy.
A true enemy—Gu Changge would naturally never keep one around for long.
The moment someone offended him, he would use every means at his disposal to kill them outright. There was no way he would show them any mercy or allow them to grow stronger.
Whether it was Ye Chen or Lin Tian, to put it nicely they were Fortuitous Ones; to put it bluntly, they were leeks, tools.
One crop harvested, another crop sprouting up.
Fortuitous Ones came and went like flowing water, but the villain remained immovable as iron.
Gu Changge wasn’t stupid. There was no way he would let an existence that threatened him grow unchecked.
Since ancient times, villains died from talking too much, and died from arrogance.
He neither talked too much nor was he arrogant—he simply knew a bit more than others, though he couldn’t yet claim to be omniscient and omnipotent.
But playing these Overworld Fortuitous Ones to death? That was still effortless for him.
The reason he hadn’t simply killed the two of them with the easiest methods...
To put it plainly, it was because Ye Chen and Lin Tian posed absolutely no threat to him in his current state.
Gu Changge was also happy to take everything from them piece by piece, and before the last bit of value was squeezed out of them, farm a wave of Fatums along the way.
Otherwise, it would all be far too boring.
Having transmigrated here and become a villain, naturally he would do whatever felt the most satisfying.
On top of that was the information he had just learned from the System—the drop rule for when a Fortuitous One’s Fortuity hit zero.
Killing a Fortuitous One whose Fortuity points had been reduced to zero could drop an additional Heavenly Gift from the System.
A Heavenly Gift—it sounded pretty good.
At the very least, Gu Changge felt quite tempted.
Otherwise, with the tricks Gu Changge had already planted on Ye Chen’s shifu, finding where Ye Chen was would have been all too easy.
But Gu Changge chose not to do that immediately. He was still waiting for Ye Chen to serve as a treasure-hunting rat, to open the ruins for him and locate the Eight Barren Demon Halberd.
To shine and burn until the very last moment.
After all, that was the true purpose of his descent to the Overworld.
As Gu Changge was mulling this over, a soft knock came from outside the hall.
“Qingge, go open the door.”
Sensing who the visitor was, Gu Changge’s eyebrows rose slightly, and he spoke to Su Qingge, who was not far away flipping through some ancient texts.
“Yes, Young Master.”
Su Qingge set down the ancient text in her hands and moved with graceful lotus steps.
At the entrance of the hall stood Lin Qiuhan in a pale blue dress, her face lightly touched with powder, making her all the more breathtakingly beautiful.
In her hands she carried a small food box, faintly exuding an enticing fragrance.
“This is spirit cake that Qiuhan made with her own hands. I thought that if Gu Gongzi got hungry at night, it could satisfy his appetite.”
Lin Qiuhan’s face flushed slightly red as she spoke to Su Qingge.
As if possessed by some ghostly impulse, she didn’t even know what she was thinking—she had actually gone and made spirit cakes herself.
As a cultivator, she had long since reached the point of fasting.
But the cravings of the palate could never be dispelled.
It just so happened that her cooking skills were decent, so she thought to make some pastries and bring them to Gu Changge.
“Understood. Then thank you for the trouble, Lin Guniang, coming personally this late at night to deliver some food.”
“Qingge will thank Guniang on behalf of my family’s Gongzi first.”
Su Qingge’s face wore a flawless, courteous smile, her voice cool and clear, yet not without a hint of implication.
She enunciated the words “my family’s” very clearly.
This innocent woman before her—having met him only once—had already had her heart captured by her family’s Gongzi.
This made Su Qingge wonder whether she should warn her, to keep her from falling into a fiery pit.
But considering that she would be bullied by Gu Changge for it...
She gave up on the idea.
Lin Qiuhan, of course, had no idea what Su Qingge’s words implied.
Her little head was nowhere near as clever as Su Qingge’s.
“Then I’ll trouble Saintess Qingge. I won’t disturb Gu Gongzi’s rest any further.”
Hearing this, Lin Qiuhan grew somewhat nervous. She handed the food box to Su Qingge, then fled as if running away.
“Making Lin Guniang fall for you after just one meeting—Gongzi’s skill at toying with people’s hearts is truly growing more and more masterful.”
Su Qingge returned to the hall, walked to Gu Changge’s side, and spoke while opening the food box for him.
Weng!
Immediately, the fragrance within rushed out, wisps of hazy auspicious light billowing forth. Strange phenomena even appeared above the spirit cakes, displaying an extraordinary air—one could tell the ingredients of the pastries were anything but simple.
“Lin Guniang’s cooking skills are quite good. Qingge, you should learn from her.”
Gu Changge didn’t mind Su Qingge’s blunt words.
He was in a good mood. After tasting a few bites, he couldn’t help but praise it.
“Since Gongzi likes it, why not keep Lin Guniang by your side? Wouldn’t that be simpler?” Su Qingge said.
Hearing this, Gu Changge glanced at her and said with a half-smile, “Qingge, are you jealous? A jealous woman—that’s not like you at all.”
“That sort of thing doesn’t make one likable.”
Su Qingge shook her head. “Gongzi’s thoughts run too deep. Qingge knows her own limits—it’s hard for me to earn Gongzi’s true affection, so whether I’m jealous or not doesn’t matter.”
Though she spoke calmly, she couldn’t quite hide that trace of grievance.
“When did you become so dishonest with your own feelings?”
Gu Changge couldn’t help but laugh.
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From afar, Lin Tian saw Lin Qiuhan returning from the palace complex deep within the Lin Family grounds.
That direction happened to be exactly where Gu Changge was staying.
A woman—what was she doing going there in the middle of the night?
His face filled with irritation and hidden resentment, his fists clenching tight.
“Xiao Tian, what are you doing here? And another thing—where did you run off to this afternoon? I looked everywhere for you and couldn’t find you.”
Lin Qiuhan’s face had originally been carrying joy, shyness, apprehension, and many other complicated emotions.
But the moment she saw Lin Tian, she immediately reined in all those emotions and asked sternly.
Lin Tian gritted his teeth, jealousy blazing in his heart, but he forced himself to calm down and asked, “It’s late at night—where did you go, jiejie? Don’t tell me you went to see that Gu Gongzi?”
He didn’t even know what he was feeling right now.
As long as that obsession remained unresolved, it would only affect his state of mind, his clarity, and his judgment.
This matter—he had to find a way to resolve it first.
Hearing this, Lin Qiuhan instantly panicked a little, feeling as if her secret thoughts had been seen through.
But in front of Lin Tian, she still maintained her stern elder-sister demeanor. “My affairs are none of your concern. Focus on your own cultivation.”
“That guy surnamed Gu is no good person. Don’t let his appearance fool you. One look at his type and I know he’s a specialist at deceiving women. Lin Qiuhan, you need to wake up.”
Lin Tian said with a dark expression, even calling out Lin Qiuhan’s full name.
He couldn’t let Lin Qiuhan sink any deeper. If it really couldn’t be helped, he would have to resort to forceful measures.
“How is Gu Gongzi not a good person?” Hearing this, Lin Qiuhan’s delicate brows furrowed, and her expression turned unpleasant.
Since when could even Lin Tian lecture her?
Besides, after spending a whole day in contact with Gu Gongzi, she hadn’t found anything wrong with his character—humble and courteous, gentle as jade.
His background was terrifying, yet he didn’t put on the slightest air of superiority.
“You must not slander Gu Gongzi. If you could have even one percent of Gu Gongzi’s excellence, I’d be relieved.”
Lin Qiuhan said, feeling that Lin Tian was simply overthinking things.
“How can you be this stupid? Can’t you see through something this obvious?”
Lin Tian was getting angry, thoroughly exasperated.
He had already said this much, yet Lin Qiuhan still looked hopelessly bewitched.
That guy surnamed Gu—just what kind of love potion had he fed her?
“What’s gotten into you lately? Acting so strange? Even if Gu Gongzi isn’t a good person, what designs could he possibly have on me?”
By this point, Lin Qiuhan was nearly speechless. She shot back with a retort, then strode off on her long legs, quickly walking away.
Hearing this, Lin Tian was also somewhat stunned.
Right—what designs could he have?
But halfway through her walk, Lin Qiuhan suddenly remembered there were still things she hadn’t asked Lin Tian.
How exactly had he learned Alchemy and cultivation?
And where had he run off to this afternoon?
Why couldn’t anyone find a trace of him?