10: Chapter 10 Jideda

But Hua Lulu's hunter husband was simply toxic! It was like he had a radar installed! Every time Li Guidai just touched the vicinity of Hua Lulu's house, or just said a few more words to Hua Lulu at the village entrance, that hunter would surely be home! Then it would be a scene of chaos, and from far away, one could hear the hunter's irritable roars and Hua Lulu's suppressed sobbing.

The hunter didn't hit Li Guidai (probably fearing his village chief father and his mother in town), but only grabbed Hua Lulu to beat and scold her to death.

Li Guidai initially thought the hunter had a bad temper, but later learned the truth from a drunk villager—

It turned out that on the day Hua Lulu and the hunter married, Li Guidai felt stifled, drank some wine, and evil arose from his courage. He secretly mixed his own concocted, fist-sized, pitch-black, "nourishing" pill, which he named the "Stretch-Legs-Staring-Eyes Pill," into the wedding gifts and sent it over.

He originally intended for the hunter to be "mighty" on his wedding night, but... he overestimated his alchemy skills and underestimated the "power" of the pill.

It is said that that night, after the hunter took the "Stretch-Legs-Staring-Eyes Pill," he was indeed "mighty," but too mighty, directly performing "explosively"... The consequences were extremely tragic, and it is said that the screams that night were heard by half the village.

The hunter's "crime tool" suffered a devastating blow. Although it was barely saved, its function was basically scrapped.

Since then, the hunter's psychology was completely twisted, venting all his resentment on Hua Lulu, believing it was all because of this "jinx" and her former lover Li Guidai, beating and kicking her at every turn.

After learning the truth, Li Guidai's conscience was condemned (though not much), and he couldn't bear it.

So he learned from his pain and decided... to use his newly learned, barely-a-half-baked refining technique to forge a new "crime tool" for the hunter!

He racked his brains, collecting various materials he thought were "hard" and "durable," like old ox horns, wild boar tusks, and even a small piece of scrap iron he didn't know where he got... Finally, he forged a... "man-made artifact" about eighty centimeters long, as thick as a child's arm, pitch black, covered with irregular bumps, and weighing as much as a blacksmith's hammer!

That night, he used his homemade powerful anesthetic to knock the hunter down, and then secretly performed an "installation" surgery on him! "The process was extremely rough, unbearable to describe."

He originally thought that with this "artifact" added, the hunter would regain his prowess and treat Hua Lulu better.

The result... he again underestimated the "power" of his work.

After the hunter woke up, looking at the "thing" that had grown on him, which clanged when he walked and could be used as a meteor hammer when swung, he almost fainted from anger again.

This thing, let alone hunting, he had to use his hands to support it while walking, otherwise he would easily lose his balance and fall. Daily life became a problem, and the hunter blamed it all on Hua Lulu and Li Guidai, intensifying his beatings of Hua Lulu, believing she was the source of bad luck...

Recalling this unbearable "helpful" experience, Li Guidai wanted to slap himself twice. Truly, good intentions led to bad deeds, professionally sabotaging teammates for a hundred years!

"Sigh, the past is unbearable to look back on..." He sighed, shoved the Basic Manual of Cultivation into his bosom, planning to use it as a pillow or to prop up a table leg.

At this time, Senior Brother Zhuge Ming had finished explaining all matters and finally said: "Alright, you can now go to your respective caves to tidy up and rest early. Conserve your energy..." He paused, a smile that everyone understood appearing on his face, "Tomorrow, you will be arranged... wives."

After speaking, Senior Brother Zhuge Ming turned and left, leaving behind dozens of teenagers with different thoughts.

"Wife! There will be a wife tomorrow!" Li Guidai rubbed his hands, the previous depression swept away, his heart was beautiful, already starting to fantasize about what kind of beauty would come tomorrow. Was it an iceberg type? Or a cute type? Or... maybe a hot and passionate one?

He just prepared to lift his foot to find his No. 250 cave, when a figure leaned over from the side.

The person was a fat man with a round face and small eyes, smiling with a natural lecherous air. Although Li Guidai considered himself occasionally lecherous, this fat man's lecherousness seemed even more... natural.

"Hehe, this Senior Brother, greetings." The fat man took the initiative to cup his hands and introduced himself with a grin, "My name is Ji Taida, eighth-grade low-level earth spiritual root, just registered. I am in the cave next to you, number two hundred forty-nine!"

Li Guidai, hearing he was a neighbor, also smiled and returned the salute: "Hello, hello, my name is Li Guidai, ninth-grade low-level fire spiritual root, living in two hundred fifty." He had already calmly accepted this cave number.

"Two hundred fifty? Haha, Senior Brother, this cave number... is quite unique!" Ji Taida winked and laughed.

The two looked at each other and smiled, suddenly having a feeling of "birds of a feather flock together."

Ji Taida lowered his voice and said excitedly: "Senior Brother Li, did you hear? We're getting wives tomorrow! Hehe, I don't know what kind we'll be assigned, I hope it's a spirited one..."

Li Guidai also grinned: "Isn't that so! This Zhuge Family's efficiency is just high! They provide food, housing, and even distribute partners. This treatment, no one can match it!"

The two were hooking shoulders and backs, immersed in the joy of "receiving a wife" tomorrow, when a slightly displeased cold snort sounded from the side.

The two turned their heads to look, and it was that genius with the fifth-grade spiritual root, Ye Fan.

Seeing Ye Fan's brows slightly furrowed, with a trace of disdain and anger on his face, looking at Li Guidai and Ji Taida, he said righteously: "We cultivators should aim to pursue the Great Dao of Longevity, cut off worldly thoughts, and be pure and desireless! How can you be so... so addicted to these pink skulls, and give up on yourselves! Hmph!"

After speaking, it was as if staying for one more second would pollute his Dao heart, he snorted heavily, flicked his sleeves and left, his back straight, carrying an aloofness of "everyone is drunk while I am sober."

Li Guidai and Ji Taida stood where they were, looking at each other, completely confused.

Ji Taida scratched his fat face and said confusedly: "Senior Brother Li, he... what did he just say? Pink... skulls? Aren't we discussing getting wives? What does it have to do with skulls?"

Li Guidai also twitched the corners of his mouth, looking at Ye Fan's retreating back, speechless and retorting: "Maybe... this genius Ye has a unique aesthetic? Likes... those with amazing skeletons?"

The two looked at each other and burst into uncontrollable laughter at the same time.

"Hahaha! Ignore him! Let's go, let's go, Senior Brother Li, let's go recognize the door first, tomorrow... hehe, waiting to receive a wife!" Ji Taida hugged Li Guidai's shoulders, and the two walked towards the dense cliff caves, laughing and joking.

Li Guidai walked while saying to the system in his heart: "System, see that? This is called perspective! Some people think of longevity, some people think of wives! But I am different!"

[Oh? What high opinion does the host have?]

"I want it all!" Li Guidai was full of ambition, "I want longevity, and I want a wife too! This is the ultimate pursuit of our generation's kidney fighters!"