The Counterattack Plan of A Villain With Ten Thousand Fans - Chapter 217 (Patreon)

Chapter 217

Ling Chunann naturally chose no.

While treating her, Ling Chunann also helped Lu Yao change her appearance, so at this moment, she looked very different from the standard beautiful face of Lan You, the female lead. However, it was countless times better than her disfigured state, a tremendous blessing for Lu Yao. She finally dared to go outside!

Then she discovered that the world had changed. She just realized she liked Ling Chunann a bit, only to find out that he was actually a couple with Xiao Hongjing! She felt quite down for a while, but soon new things caught her attention, and somehow she took a fancy to Ying Jiu. Initially, Ling Chunann thought she was just playing around, but later she actually came to him asking for help to propose marriage, clearly determined to marry Ying Jiu.

098 focused on the female lead's affection for Ling Chunann, which hadn't changed over the two years, "Host, is she just teasing Ying Jiu? Her affection is still with you."

"That value was the peak in the past, it's already been updated, 098, you're behind," Ling Chunann said mercilessly.

098, struck by a real blow: "......"

Lu Yao clearly really liked Ying Jiu. When she talked about him, her eyes sparkled, and her words couldn't hide her admiration.

Ling Chunann and Xiao Hongjing discussed this matter and then concluded, "I originally thought she would like someone with better looks."

Xiao Hongjing naturally agreed with his darling's point of view. Although he didn't see Lu Yao as a threat, having one less implicit rival made him more than happy, "What do you think, darling?"

"Call Ying Jiu over and ask him later," Ling Chunann said.

Xiao Hongjing glanced at the sky, "Let's ask tomorrow, it's too late today, darling, rest."

The result was as expected. Although her face had changed, the female lead was still the female lead. Lu Yao's Mary Sue halo hadn't completely dissipated. When Ying Jiu heard Lu Yao was interested in him, this man, who was over thirty and still unmarried, blushed, his eyes filled with irrepressible joy.

Of course, this matter just settled like that.

Ever since the last time he met the leader of the Demon Sect in the dungeon, Ling Chunann hadn't heard any news about him. Later, when he did get news, it was about him being together with a righteous swordsman, someone Ling Chunann was very familiar with, Kunlun Sect's Lu Zhiqin. The two had met at some point, but 098 guessed that Lu Zhiqin's sudden appearance in Xiao Hongjing's house was probably related to the Demon Sect leader.

Another person, Bai Hantian, who had been missing since the sword conference, was finally found by the Martial Alliance Leader three years later, apparently having lost an arm and all his martial skills, and had married a country girl.

Of course, all this information was gossip 098 shared with Ling Chunann during his free time. This world felt incredibly powerful to it, not just a little bit more energy than before. It even began to gradually see the actions of supporting characters, which gave it a bit of an inflated ego, so it talked a bit more.

This situation continued until 098 realized that Ling Chunann hardly paid it any attention, then it quieted down. Although nobody heard, talking to oneself was still a bit embarrassing.

"Congratulations, host, on completing the mission. You have earned a total of 60,000 energy points from this mission. The world difficulty assessment is high-level, with an energy point doubling compensation for completing the mission beyond the expected level, earning a total of 120,000 energy points from this world. Your current total energy points are 420,000." Staring at the mission level evaluation for a long time, 098 was stunned, the host was indeed correct, "The system store is open, does the host wish to purchase any items?"

"Let me see."

Ling Chunann, for once, didn't give an outright negative response, which 098 wasn't used to, but quickly opened the store.

After browsing through the store, Ling Chunann's gaze lingered on a gray-colored item named "unknown" on the last page, "When did this appear?"

"Replying to the host, I'm not sure, it seems to be newly listed," 098 answered, "But generally, gray items are garbage, it's recommended not to purchase."

"Mm," Ling Chunann responded, then squinted at it for a while, "Then buy it."

098: "......Host, are you really not going to consider it? There's no discount." 300,000 energy points! The host had only earned a little over 400,000 from so many world missions, spending 300,000 on a

completely useless item was a huge loss.

"It's not your energy points being spent," Ling Chunann glanced at 098, "Hurry up."

098 startled, "Okay, host. Deducting 300,000 energy points, the host's remaining energy points are 120,000."

After the payment, 098 retrieved the item, only then realizing it was a limited-time purchase. There were only two seconds left when it was taken down.

It didn't feel special in the store, but after taking it out, 098 realized how small it was. It appeared to be a men's earring set with a sapphire, though Ling Chunann never wore such accessories.

Just thinking this, it saw Ling Chunann actually put it on his left earlobe, 098: "……??"

Feeling the system's surprise, Ling Chunann asked, "Any problems?"

"Host, don't you wear earrings?" 098 asked.

"Who said?" Ling Chunann countered.

"I......" 098 was at a loss for words. Indeed, no one had told it this, but after being with the host for so long, it should have noticed something. Although Ling Chunann had pierced his ears before, wasn't that just for acting?

"Alright, stop guessing," Ling Chunann interrupted 098's wild thoughts with a smile, seeming in a very good mood, "Start the next mission."

Surprised by the host's sudden good mood, but 098 didn't ask further, "Yes, host, reading the new mission world information, please wait. Information reading complete, preparing for transmission."

"Are you trying to turn the sky upside down? How dare you push me, you little rascal, see if I don't beat you to death today!"

The moment Ling Chunann opened his eyes, he saw a man with bloodshot eyes, a ferocious face, swinging his fists at him. Instinctively, he raised his hand to block, only to hear a crack, obviously, the arm of this yet-to-be-modified body broke, and he fell to the ground due to inertia.

The man obviously wasn't going to let it go easily. He raised his foot and kicked towards Ling Chunann.

"Host, be careful!" 098 shouted.

But then, the menacing man stumbled, crashed head-first into the corner of a nearby table, and blood gushed out.

After a while, the man staggered up, covering his forehead, spat on the ground, "Damn it, so unlucky." Then glared at Ling Chunann, who hadn't moved from the spot, "Little rascal, I'll deal with you when I come back!" Then he headed towards the door.

The loud sound of the door closing, Ling Chunann leisurely got up from the ground, went under the table to pick up the marble he had thrown out, and placed it in the toy box next to the cabinet, "098, the storyline."

Still immersed in the host's amazing reflexes, 098 immediately responded, "Yes, host."

This is a modern story, let's call it an ability novel, because the male lead is a Taoist priest who can also read feng shui. However, at the beginning, the male lead is just an ordinary poor student. At fifteen, he suddenly finds a jade pendant and receives the Taoist inheritance. As his skills unlock, more and more beauties surround him. Eventually, of course, he ends up with a harem, so this could also be called a harem novel.

In this world, Ling Chunann's identity is named Xie Ziyan, a villain but not a major one. In this type of leveling novel, each stage has different bosses, and Ling Chunann can only be considered an early small boss, but he is the villain with the most significant impact on the male lead.

Because of him, the male lead found the jade pendant that changed his life.

"Host, the mission in this world is to snatch the male lead's golden finger and kill Tang Shouxu." 098 said.

Tang Shouxu? Isn't that the name of the final boss in the original story? Ling Chunann paused in treating his wounds, "Anything else?"

"No, host, that's the mission," 098 found it a bit strange too, it seemed like the mission had simplified. It checked the world description again, and indeed it was a mid-level mission world.

"Mm, got it." Ling Chunann straightened the broken bone in his right hand and then treated it with his healing ability. After moving it, perfect. He touched his left earlobe, the earring didn't show on this body, but he could feel it.

As for why he bought it, Ling Chunann wasn't quite sure himself; he just had a feeling it would be very useful in the future.

But for now, he was very satisfied with its function. In the mission space, he transferred some energy into the earring, and after arriving in this new world, he was able to directly extract and use that energy. Not only that, but the energy was much purer and stronger than before, making it an energy purification and amplification device. He wondered why it was categorized as gray.

But things always have two sides; if it weren't gray, Ling Chunann might not have noticed it.

Now, Xie Ziyan was fourteen, one year younger than the male lead, born into a less than wholesome family. His mother ran off early with another man, and his father was a gambler and drunkard who vented his frustrations on him when he lost money or got drunk.

Ling Chunann arrived right when Xie Ziyan was arguing with Xie Quan, and Xie Ziyan pushed Xie Quan away.

After sorting through his memories, Ling Chunann stripped away the accumulated negative emotions from the original body, discovering that this young man's happiness was pitifully scarce. More precisely, from the beginning of his memories, he lived in a distorted environment, where even his happiness was based on the wrong notion of being built on others' pain.

Typically, villains with such extreme emotions end up with particularly tragic endings, and Xie Ziyan was no exception.

Ling Chunann rubbed his somewhat aching head. The person had not slept for three days before his arrival, coming back from the internet café that morning, and hadn't yet had the chance to lie down when he was scolded by the gambling Xie Quan, leading up to the scene Ling Chunann entered.

"Host, the male lead finds the jade pendant this afternoon." 098, keeping track of time, reminded, "In three hours."

In the original story, after pushing Xie Quan away, Xie Ziyan stormed out of the house, then, leading a few delinquents, wandered around and ended up beating up the male lead in an alley.

"Got it." Ling Chunann replied while heading to the bathroom.

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