The Counterattack Plan of A Villain With Ten Thousand Fans - Chapter 242 (Patreon)

Chapter 242

The commotion in the backyard was quite loud, quickly drawing two house servants who hesitated before pulling Ling Chunann away. Ling Chunann did not resist, but he bit a large chunk of flesh from the arm of a young boy, leaving the servants gasping in shock at the sight of the wound and the flesh spat out by Ling Chunann. No one dared to approach him, fearing he might suddenly bite them again.

The young boy, upon seeing his own bloody and flesh-torn arm, screamed in terror and fainted, sending the servants into a panic. "Young master, young master?" they cried as the boy was hastily carried away. Ling Chunann was then pushed into a small room by several of the young men who had regained their composure.

"You fool, you've gone too far this time."

"Wait until the master returns, you'll get what's coming to you."

...

As the door closed with a creak, silence enveloped the surroundings.

Ling Chunann wiped the not-yet-dried blood from his face and suddenly bent over to vomit, "Ugh!" 098, somewhat anxious, asked, "Host, are you alright?" It seemed that the body hadn't eaten in a long while as Ling Chunann vomited nothing substantial. Hearing 098's question, Ling Chunann shook his head, "It's fine, the blood just tastes foul."

098: "..."

Ling Chunann, relying on the instincts of his body, found a pile of dry straw to sit down on. "098, the storyline."

"Yes, host." This was a cultivation story involving the rebirth and leveling up of the male lead.

Before his rebirth, the male lead was Yun Zehan, the eldest young master of the Yun family in Floating City. He was handsome and debonair but stubborn, solely focused on reviving his family. He had a remarkable talent for business and took over the family's business at a young age, revitalizing the nearly bankrupt family within a few years.

Unexpectedly, on a business trip, he was killed by his own brothers, and his birth parents merely watched coldly from the sidelines, their reasoning absurd—they wanted another, Yun Ze, to inherit the family business instead of him.

After his rebirth, filled with resentment, Yun Zehan poisoned his parents and burned the Yun family to ashes. Yun Ze had not returned to the family yet and temporarily escaped this fate.

Ling Chunann had just received the memories of the original body upon arrival. The original body, named "the fool" and ten years old, was picked up by Lan Chi during one of his travels. However, Lan Chi disappeared soon after, and since the original body was disabled, the head of the Lan family didn't bother with him, allowing him to roam the large estate for the children's amusement.

Touching his lower back, Ling Chunann pulled out a jade pendant. Lan He wanted to snatch this item today. The pendant had "Yun" engraved on one side and "Ze" on the other, revealing his identity as Yun Ze, the vile antagonist who killed the male lead in the story.

After going through the storyline, Ling Chunann asked, "098, the mission."

"Yes, host." 098 quickly informed him of the mission requirements: to survive and to head to the Yuling Realm.

"Is that all?" Ling Chunann asked.

"Back to the host, that's all," 098 replied.

However, these two tasks were challenging enough. In the story, Yun Ze met a tragic end. Without the Yun family's protection and as a water spirit root, he was captured by a demonic cultivator to be used as a cauldron. After a difficult escape and reaching the demonic infant realm, he was recognized and severely injured in a fight with the male lead, captured again by the demonic cultivator, drained of his cultivation, and thrown into a pit of snakes. His soul was captured by the male lead and refined, leading to his annihilation.

The Yuling Realm, a legendary place in the cultivation world, was somewhere even the male lead had never visited. The task seemed impossible.

After planning how to complete the mission, Ling Chunann asked, "098, is there a time limit for the mission?"

"Back to the host, there isn't," 098 began, then noticed a not-so-obvious countdown added to the mission requirements, "There is, the time limit for this mission is five hundred years, and two hours have already passed."

Worried that Ling Chunann might not realize the urgency, 098 added, "Host, five hundred years might seem long in the ordinary world, but this is a cultivation world. Cultivators often seclude themselves for hundreds of years, but you only have five hundred years. In this time, you not only need to survive against the male lead but also cultivate to become an immortal and find the possibly non-existent secret realm. This is too difficult." 098 sounded unhappy, "Host, do you need me to submit a bug report?"

"Find me the list of those who became immortals within five hundred years in history," Ling Chunann responded, bypassing the question.

"Yes, host, please wait." Although not entirely understanding Ling Chunann's intent, 098 quickly started gathering information.

The more 098 searched, the more disheartened it became. In the list of cultivators over the past ten thousand years, fewer than five had ascended within five hundred years, and among those, four ascended at around the age of four hundred ninety. The other ascended slightly earlier, at around four hundred sixty years old, and all were of exceptional spirit root talent. The host, with only a water spirit root, would likely not have enough time to ascend within five hundred years if he followed the normal cultivation path.

After reviewing the data, Ling Chunann nodded, "Give me the list of those who are most likely to ascend within five hundred years now."

"Currently, there's only one person each from the Jianling Sect and the Fengxian Sect, but both are very mysterious, never appearing in the original story. So, I'm sorry, host, there's no data record."

"Hmm." Ling Chunann twirled a straw in his hands, seemingly deep in thought, as 098, after delivering its report, dared not disturb him further.

Soon after, Ling Chunann discarded the straw and walked towards the window. Perhaps because they assumed he was blind and couldn't possibly escape through the window, those who locked him up didn't secure it. Ling Chunann easily climbed out.

Not far from the window was a small pond. Ling Chunann went to wash off the blood before sneaking behind the woodshed, where there was a tree. The servants sometimes used it to sneak out of the yard.

By the time the Lan family realized they needed to severely punish the "fool" who injured the young master, Ling Chunann had vanished. After a fruitless search, they had to swallow their frustration. Lan He ended up with two hideous scars on his arm, and the injury to his tendons meant he could no longer exert strength in his right hand.

Ling Chunann was now sitting in a cart leaving the city, unaffected by the bumpy ride, taking a silver needle and carefully applying it near the acupuncture points around his eyes.

098, watching anxiously, feared Ling Chunann might injure himself, but seeing his methodical actions, it eventually calmed down, then asked, "Host, where are we heading?"

"To cultivate, we naturally need to find a master first," Ling Chunann said.

"..." Agreeing with the host, "Which sect would you like to join?"

Seeing it was about time, Ling Chunann nonchalantly removed the silver needle, blinked his still blurry eyes, and asked in return, "What do you think?"

098 always took a long time to answer open-ended questions, but this time it quickly guessed, "Fengxian Sect!"

Ling Chunann had specifically inquired about these two sects. They were comparable cultivation sects in this world, with Jianling Sect focusing on sword cultivation and only accepting sword cultivators, while Fengxian Sect focused on magical cultivation with alchemy as a secondary focus. 098 guessed Fengxian Sect because the male lead was in Jianling Sect.

Comparing the two, Ling Chunann would have an easier time cultivating in Fengxian Sect, given his spirit root and experience. Cultivating magic would definitely be easier for him to become an immortal.

098, feeling confident in its guess, saw Ling Chunann smile but not refute.

Convinced of its choice, 098 grew somewhat nervous, wondering if it had guessed wrong again. But it was unlikely, considering Ling Chunann's previous exposure to magic cultivation in the ABO world, though he only reached the Nascent Soul stage due to insufficient spiritual energy. Normally, given the choice, one would choose their area of expertise, especially since the male lead was eagerly seeking to kill him. It was clear that choosing Fengxian Sect would be more beneficial.

As they traveled east, 098 became more convinced of its choice, as Fengxian Sect was located on the eastern continent. It finally got it right this time!

However, when Ling Chunann eventually stopped at the gates of Jianling Sect, 098 realized its mistake. Jianling Sect was also in the east, not far from Fengxian Sect.

098 regretted using ordinary logic to deduce its host's actions, a clear mistake.

After nearly a month of travel, during which Ling Chunann had healed his eyes—a result of childhood poisoning rather than using the power from his soul—he made a point to visit the Yun family. The once-grand estate was now ruins, indicating the male lead had been reborn for some time.

Lin Xian City, near Jianling Sect, was bustling with cultivators and

those seeking the Dao, especially with the Jianling Sect's disciple selection ceremony approaching. With many young people among the arrivals, Ling Chunann, though younger, did not attract too much attention, aside from a few who admired his looks.

Just then, a beautiful girl around fourteen or fifteen years old walked towards him, waving at someone behind Ling Chunann, "Ah Han, over here!"

Ling Chunann turned, raising an eyebrow, "Fate really does make enemies cross paths."

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