6: Chapter 6 The Art Style of Chi's Father is Off.

A fall in a pit, a gain in wit.

Chi Anlin recalled carefully. Although that old Daoist's words made a lot of sense, he had already learned all of that back in school!

He had really been swindled until he was crippled!

That old Daoist was a complete fraud; it was just that everything he said was the truth, which led Chi Anlin to believe him.

【A true liar must be able to believe even themselves, so of course, they must tell the truth.】

Fortunately, there was still this bottle of pills.

Chi Anlin sighed, gently picking up the pill bottle and shaking it, only to suddenly realize that these pills seemed to have changed appearance.

Appraisal.

【Name】: Chocolate Beans

【Quality】: None

【Introduction】: A bit sweet.

What the hell!

Chi Anlin's chest felt tight, and he nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.

Inside this glass bottle, only the top layer was spirit tempering pills! Counting them carefully, there were only about twenty spirit tempering pills!

He hadn't expected to be given such a lesson as soon as he arrived in the cultivation world.

...

Returning home with a body full of exhaustion, Chi Anlin felt that life had become much bleaker.

If it were any other time, it would be fine, but tonight his father—who was usually nowhere to be found—was coming home. How was he supposed to explain this?

Who the hell would believe that he was robbed by a cultivator of the Second Realm or higher? Was that guy just bored out of his mind to have his eye on his meager belongings?

But fortunately, having this many spirit tempering pills—which were rare and often unavailable for any price—meant he hadn't lost out too much.

Opening the door to the backyard, Chi Anlin squatted down listlessly and unenthusiastically dug open the Iron Fierce Ant burrow.

There were over a hundred ant eggs in the burrow, all laid by ordinary Iron Fierce Ants. The productivity of these Iron Fierce Ants was certainly not as high as the Queen's, but fortunately, their numbers were sufficient, and there was no class disparity.

The eggs required two hours to hatch, which could be considered a limitation of the Iron Fierce Ants' production.

After producing, the Iron Fierce Ants would be briefly weakened and needed to consume metal to recover quickly, so these Iron Fierce Ants took turns laying eggs.

During this period, the Iron Fierce Ants had slaughtered a large number of insects in the backyard soil, allowing Chi Anlin to harvest 57 points of blood energy.

However, the insects in the backyard were ultimately limited. Fortunately, there was a large mountain next to the villa area where Chi Anlin lived; he could move these Iron Fierce Ants there when the time came.

The Queen was not a combat-type beast, and for now, her egg-laying speed was very slow; she would need some time to develop.

And school started tomorrow. He was still a high school senior, and with the college entrance exam approaching, they were about to have a military training session.

Military training here was different from his original world; it wasn't just practicing military posture and marching in formation.

High school seniors had to engage in a real battle before entering university, so the military would lead students into the Otherworld to hunt demon beasts and gather resources.

Therefore, he needed a demon beast capable of fighting, one that could display a certain level of strength in the early stages.

He needed to find another demon beast to form a contract with.

With his father returning, they could go to the beast taming shop together.

As Chi Anlin thought, he walked upstairs; the Queen was still in his room.

Opening the door, Chi Anlin looked at the desk. The Queen was currently sleeping, and beside her was that mortal rank mid-grade egg.

The pots used for cooking had all been consumed by the Queen, causing her size to swell significantly. He didn't know how the creature managed to digest it all.

Pouring the purchased metal onto the table, Chi Anlin sighed, once again recalling the spirit tempering pills and his ordeal.

As expected, one couldn't harbor too many fantasies about people in the cultivation world; meat pies wouldn't just fall from the sky for no reason.

Chi Anlin suddenly looked at the Queen on the table. spirit tempering pills were quite rare; could they be used for the Queen's synthesis?

Excitedly, he tipped the pill bottle onto the floor and sifted out a spirit tempering pill. Chi Anlin gently picked up the Queen and opened the synthesis system.

“Ding, do you wish to perform Fusion on 【Iron Fierce Ant Queen】 and 【spirit tempering pill】?”

Required blood energy: 1000

Fusion Success Rate: 90%

Huh?

Chi Anlin's eyes lit up. With such a high success rate, it seemed the spirit tempering pill and the Queen were exceptionally compatible?

But this blood energy...

Chi Anlin felt a sense of powerlessness. In other words, he would need to kill a hundred thousand ants to obtain this much blood energy.

Even if he were killing fish, it would be enough to make his hands go soft.

He didn't know what changes would occur after the Queen fused with the spirit tempering pill. The only bad thing about this synthesis system was that every Fusion was like opening a blind box, leaving him unsure whether the Fusion would be good or bad.

Just as Chi Anlin was feeling a headache coming on, a sound suddenly came from downstairs.

“Anlin! Come see who's here!” His mother's voice drifted up. Chi Anlin shrugged helplessly; no matter how old he grew, his mother still treated him like a child.

His memories of his father in this world were quite vague. To be safe, Chi Anlin grabbed a Chinese textbook and walked downstairs.

As soon as he got downstairs, Chi Anlin was stunned by the two people before him.

He hadn't finished absorbing the memory fragments, so he hadn't expected his relative to have undergone such a massive change.

His mother was fine; she looked very young in both his past and current lives. Chi Anlin and his sister had inherited their mother's good looks, making them the kind of people who would definitely make others turn their heads on the street.

As for how handsome he was, there was no need to describe it, lest he be described as so handsome that the audience couldn't relate.

As for his father, in his past life, he looked rather frail, wore glasses, and had the aura of a businessman.

Yes, not a scholar, but a businessman. Because Chi Anlin was always being tricked by his father, he always felt the man had a bit of a dishonest merchant vibe.

But now, Chi Anlin looked at the tall man at the door with a body full of muscles and a slicked-back undercut, and felt something collapse in his heart.

Good heavens, what kind of art style is this?

Looking back at his own scrawny appearance... Dad, are you really not considering a paternity test?

However, Chi Anlin only thought these words in his head, otherwise it would be...

The loving mother's sword in hand, cleaving the traveling son's body; the father sees the son not yet dead, and pulls out the Seven Wolves leather belt.

Upon seeing Chi Anlin, Chi Xingfei strode forward and laughed heartily, “Son, reading this crap is useless!”

As he spoke, Chi Xingfei tossed away the Chinese textbook in Chi Anlin's hand. Beside him, Liu Jiahui gave Chi Xingfei a sidelong glance and said somewhat reproachfully, “Don't teach him nonsense, cultural classes are also very important...”

Before she could finish, Chi Anlin hurriedly said, “My dad wouldn't harm me!”

—Bam! Bam!!

Chi Xingfei slapped Chi Anlin's back twice, nearly causing him internal injuries.

“Good lad, your constitution has improved a lot lately. This way, I can feel at ease giving this thing to you.”

Saying so, Chi Xingfei opened the door, and several cages appeared before Chi Anlin.

“These are all demon beasts I caught in the Otherworld. Take this Wolf Beast cub and contract it first. How old are you and you still haven't successfully contracted a demon beast? It cost your old man a lot of effort to catch this for you.”

A snow-white little wolf cub was pacing anxiously in the cage, a bite-proof muzzle over its mouth. Chi Xingfei pinched the cub's scruff, lifted it out, and threw it to Chi Anlin before continuing, “The rest of these demon beasts are for you to practice your courage. They're all half-dead Mortal Beasts. Kill them all in front of me later, so you don't piss your pants during military training.”

“Of course, if you don't dare...”

Chi Xingfei talked to himself, completely failing to notice that Chi Anlin's eyes had instantly lit up, radiating an excited glow.

Dear father!!