15: Chapter 15 The System Shop and the Old Man's Amazing Plan

The next day, nearing noon.

The autumn rain that had persisted for three days in Jiangzhou City finally stopped.

The long-absent sunlight struggled to tear through the clouds, passing through the gap in the thick blackout curtains of the second-floor bedroom, casting a golden beam of light onto the scratched wooden floor.

Lin Ye opened his eyes, stared at the yellowing ceiling, and zoned out for a full five minutes.

He tried to move his body, but immediately let out a painful groan.

"Hiss!"

His left side was being pinned down tightly by Frost Star, who was wearing an oversized Pikachu T-shirt.

This little girl was extremely restless in her sleep, with one fair, short leg draped directly over his stomach and her little head buried in the crook of his neck.

A trace of crystal-clear drool hung from the corner of her mouth; she was clearly treating his neck as some kind of delicious Pure Yang lollipop.

His right side, however, was sunken into a sensation of astonishing softness and coldness.

One of Leng Yue's jade-like arms was draped naturally over Lin Ye's chest, and that silver hair, long enough to reach her ankles, was scattered across half the bed, emitting the pleasant, cold fragrance of Manjusaka.

Having experienced last night's life-and-death battle and the overdraft from the "Yin-Yang Convergence Nine Heavens Thunder," Lin Ye currently felt as if he had been run over by an eight-wheeled heavy truck and then stuffed into the freezer compartment of a double-door refrigerator.

He carefully pinched the back of Frost Star's neck and moved her off himself as if lifting a kitten.

Then, he gently lifted Leng Yue's arm, placed it back by her side, and reached for the thin quilt to cover the scenery that was enough to drive a man crazy.

After doing all this, Lin Ye tiptoed out of bed, holding his aching lower back as he walked out of the bedroom.

The Funeral Shop on the first floor remained dim.

Lin Ye didn't rush to open the rolling shutter door; instead, he walked to the rocking chair behind the counter and collapsed into it, brewing himself a large cup of rich goji berry and codonopsis tea.

"Whew…"

A mouthful of hot tea went down, dispelling the lingering chill in his body, and Lin Ye's brain finally became completely clear.

He closed his eyes and chanted silently in his heart: "System, open the panel."

A slight distortion appeared on his retina, and that familiar translucent screen, with a border combining high-tech and metaphysics, popped out.

["My Lord, Please Behave Yourself" System]

Host: Lin Ye

Physique: Pure Yang Dao Body (Primary Awakening)

Current Yang Energy: 85 / 120 (Healthy state, but moderation is advised)

Husband Points: 850

Harem Harmony: 15 (Barely managing, still a risk of being hacked to death)

Bound Partners: Leng Yue (First Tier: Yang-Absorbing Symbiosis), Frost Star (First Tier: Yang-Absorbing Symbiosis)

Looking at the values on the panel, Lin Ye rubbed his chin.

The final payment of one million from last night had indeed allowed him to achieve wealth in the secular sense.

But these "Husband Points" were the foundation for his survival in this weird world where spiritual energy was recovering.

"System, open the store."

The screen flashed, and a dazzling shelf appeared before Lin Ye's eyes.

Seeing the items and their prices, Lin Ye gasped.

[Hundred-Year Lightning-Struck Peach Wood Core]: 200 points / piece.

[Primary Talisman Compilation (including True Explanation of Talisman Drawing and Pacing the Dipper)]: 500 points.

[Spirit-Binding Rope (Yellow Tier Low-Grade Magical Artifact)]: 800 points.

These were still normal, but when Lin Ye's gaze slid down to the "Special Goods Area" with a pink, ambiguous border, his eyes almost popped out.

[Dual Cultivation Technique Fragment "Yin-Yang Joyous Union Sect Secret Canon"]: 5000 points.

(Note: After mastering, you can achieve lossless Yang energy exchange and unlock more high-difficulty energy transfer postures.)

[Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Jade Bed]: 10000 points.

(Note: An extreme Yin treasure. Sleeping on this bed allows zombie wives to maintain their consciousness forever, and when the host engages in intimate interactions on the bed, Yang energy recovery speed + 300%. Truly an artifact for sleeping together!)

[Thousand-Year Mysterious Female Pearl]: 50000 points.

(Note: Can suppress 80% of the ferocity in a Red Hou, helping her transition smoothly to the Drought Demon realm.)

"Good heavens… This system is not only a profiteer, but also a pimp!"

Lin Ye swallowed his saliva.

That Cold Jade Bed was practically tailor-made for his current situation; with that thing, what would he have to fear about his Yang energy being drained?

But the price tag… Ten thousand points!

He had fought for his life last night and killed a Water Spirit Wraith only to get 500 points; how long would it take to afford that?

Putting aside unrealistic fantasies, Lin Ye pragmatically spent 500 points to exchange for the [Primary Talisman Compilation].

That Nine Heavens Divine Thunder from last night was cool, but it relied entirely on the origin Yin energy of Leng Yue and Frost Star, combined with his own Pure Yang essence blood to force it out; not only was it life-threatening, but it was also uncontrollable.

In this increasingly dangerous world, to forge iron, one must be strong oneself.

A golden light drilled into the center of his brow, and vast, complex talisman knowledge, hand seals, and Pacing the Dipper techniques were instantly engraved in Lin Ye's mind, as if he had been practicing them for over a decade.

"This 500 points was well spent."

Lin Ye rubbed his throbbing temples.

Putting down the teacup, Lin Ye's gaze involuntarily fell on the "Five Ghosts" ominous position in the center of the patio.

The remains of the shattered black wooden coffin from that night were still scattered there.

He stared at the fragments of gloomy wood, his brows gradually furrowing.

"The old man…"

Lin Ye murmured to himself. Although he was often forced by the old man to learn Feng Shui when he was a child…

He had always thought that his missing grandfather was just a charlatan old man who knew a little Feng Shui and sold paper crafts to make a living.

But from the looks of it now, things were definitely not as simple as they appeared on the surface.

"This shop was bought by the old man with a large sum of money back then. The layout of this patio, with four waters returning to the hall, was originally a wealth-gathering formation. But he insisted on building a black shed in the Five Ghosts position, forcibly changing the wealth formation into a 'Yin-Gathering Zombie-Raising Array'."

Lin Ye stood up, walked to the center of the patio, and the knowledge of Feng Shui and geomancy in his mind spun rapidly.

"Not only that. That mother-and-child interlocking double coffin contained a Thousand-Year Red Hou and a mutated White Zombie!"

"For this level of fierce creatures, let alone ordinary Taoist priests, even if the Maoshan Sect Leader came, he would probably have to take a detour. How could the old man have managed to suppress them steadily here?"

"Moreover, his will clearly stated: [Open the door at the hour of Shen, close the door at the hour of Yin]. This is not a business schedule for living people; this is using the Feng Shui formation of the shop's door to filter out the external baleful energy for these two female zombies!"

The more Lin Ye thought about it, the more his heart pounded.

Who exactly was the old man?

He not only knew that his grandson was a once-in-a-century Pure Yang Dao Body, but he also accurately calculated the node of the spiritual energy recovery!

The appearance of the system was definitely not a coincidence either. It was activated the moment his Pure Yang blood dripped and awakened the twin female zombies.

"The old man said before he disappeared that when the time comes, the wives will naturally come to the door. Could it be that he had long anticipated this spiritual energy tide sweeping across the entire world?"

"He kept me here to watch the shop for three years; was it to protect me, or was he treating me as a formation eye, plotting a grand plan?"

Lin Ye took a deep breath, feeling as if he had fallen into a giant web woven over hundreds of years.

"Gurgle!"

Right in this serious and suspenseful atmosphere, Lin Ye's stomach growled ungraciously.

"Forget it, if the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. The most important thing now is to feed those two ancestors upstairs and myself."

Lin Ye shook his head, threw those complicated thoughts to the back of his mind, and turned into the kitchen.

...

Lin Ye got busy in the kitchen.

He washed the rice twice, added the chopped century egg and lean meat, dripped two drops of sesame oil, and the water in the casserole began to boil, bubbling up. The fragrance of rice and meat permeated the narrow kitchen.

Then, he fried two golden sunny-side-up eggs and cut a plate of cold cucumber salad.

A breakfast for mortals, full of the aura of life, was ready.

But Lin Ye knew that outside food was tasteless to those two female zombies, and might even damage their pure Yin bodies.

Their food was only pure blood or Yang energy.

"Tap, tap, tap."

Faint footsteps came from the wooden stairs.

Lin Ye carried the casserole out and happened to see Leng Yue and Frost Star coming down from the second floor.

Leng Yue had already changed into a set of modern home clothes.

It was a gray knitted long dress, the material was extremely soft, tightly outlining her devilish figure.

The high-collar design barely covered the snow-white skin that was about to burst out, but because it was too tight, it squeezed out an astonishing curve that made it impossible for people to look away.

She walked barefoot on the wooden floor, her silver hair tied loosely behind her head with a wooden hairpin.

That cold, stunningly beautiful face revealed an inviolable sanctity and the laziness of a mature woman in the morning light.

Frost Star was still wearing that oversized Pikachu T-shirt, rubbing her sleepy heterochromatic eyes, pulling on the hem of Leng Yue's skirt like a little follower.

"So fragrant…"

Frost Star sniffed, but her gaze didn't look at the century egg and lean meat porridge on the table, but was staring straight at Lin Ye's neck.

Leng Yue walked to the dining table, her gaze swept over the steaming food, and she frowned slightly:

"Husband, these grains are contaminated with too much secular turbid energy. If you consume them for a long time, I fear it will affect the purity of your Dao Body."

"It's early in the morning, what should I eat if not grains? Even in immortal cultivation, you have to fill your stomach."

Lin Ye smiled and pulled out a chair for Leng Yue.

"But you guys really can't eat this."

Just then, the very sensible system screen, with the familiar tingling prompt tone, went online on time.

"Ding! The "My Lord, Please Behave Yourself" System has detected: At the time of rising, Yin and Yang alternate, and the two female zombies are in a state of extreme hunger (craving Yang energy). Please make a choice within three minutes to start a wonderful cohabitation daily life!"

[Option A: Forced Feeding — Stuff the century egg and lean meat porridge into their mouths, shouting "No eating, no leaving the table."]

[Reward: Cooking + 5. Consequence: Leng Yue will throw you and the pot out of the shop; Frost Star will pour the porridge on your head and threaten you with a bone knife to hand over Yang energy.]

[Option B: Bloodletting — Take a kitchen knife to cut your wrist, and feed them a bowl of Pure Yang blood each.]

[Reward: Yang Energy - 30, obtain the title "Human Blood Bag". Consequence: Extremely boring and painful simp behavior, Leng Yue will look down on you for this.]

[Option C: Morning Yang Transfer — Use the most intimate and pure method of Yin-Yang Convergence to inject the first ray of morning Yang energy into them.]

[Reward: Harem Harmony + 5, randomly obtain one [Yellow Tier Talisman Making Material Pack]. Note: This option will inevitably trigger a small-scale battlefield of jealousy, please show the demeanor of a water-balancing master!]