Chapter 298.2: All Trash, Throw It Away
At that moment, a message notification interrupted Qi Yuan’s thoughts. He opened it and found a video of a cat wielding nunchucks with impressive flair. It was quite amusing.
The sender was his old classmate, Li Yan, who was full of excitement.
Li Yan: Is this your account? I came across this video, and it feels really familiar. Isn't this your place? Did you get a new cat? It's hilarious. How did you film it? I'm so jealous, 100k followers already! If you go viral, don't forget me!
Qi Yuan glanced at the messages and casually sent several replies in one go.
Qi Yuan: I didn't film it. My robot did. The cat's just a stray I picked up from the street. It can't freeload in my house, so of course it has to work and earn money. I had Zero-One record the videos.
Li Yan: The videos were filmed by a robot? And the cat's real? Not edited? That's incredible! Haa, I'm away on a business trip right now, otherwise I'd definitely come visit. Damn these capitalist bosses! Working every day is exhausting. If I had a cat like that, I'd just post videos daily. Maybe l'd go viral and never have to work again.
She sounded envious. She could already imagine Qi Yuan achieving financial freedom with this cat, which left her feeling conflicted. He was like an expelled, failing student who later entered a top university elsewhere.
Li Yan: You're absolutely right. Working? Impossible. I'll never work in this life. Playing games is better.
Qi Yuan agreed wholeheartedly.
Li Yan: Next time, Wang Xu and I will visit your place to see the cat. Oh right, how did your blind date go last time? I heard Cui Fan got arrested. Did you know? The person he introduced might not be reliable.
Originally, she hadn't intended to bring this up. However, she couldn’t help feeling envious and uneasy at the thought of someone else benefiting from Qi Yuan’s sudden success.
Qi Yuan: It went fine. I even borrowed quite a bit of money from her.
He thought of the young woman in tight-fitting clothes. Now that he had money, he intended to repay her, but he couldn't find her.
Given his character, he would definitely track her down no matter what. But now that he had a mental illness certificate, it seemed perfectly reasonable for him not to repay a debt, right?
He switched off his phone and looked at a box not far away. "There's still this pile of leftover spirit items, the smell is awful. It's polluting the air."
Refining mutated sea monsters into spirit items had produced a heap of residue, emitting a strange and unpleasant odor.
Qi Yuan called out, "Zero-One, come and throw this trash out."
The robot immediately pushed open the door, entered and carried the box away as instructed.
Xie Xinsu rushed in as well. The moment she saw what was inside, her eyes widened. She recognized them right away. By the standards of her world, most of them were high grade, with even a few level 1 spirit items! When she had been at the Foundation Establishment realm, she had only used level 2 ones.
And yet here they were, about to throw away an entire box of precious spirit items! How could she not be tempted? If these were brought back to the Profound Heaven Sect, their strength would skyrocket. More importantly, where did he obtain so many treasures?
She felt envious, but even more than that, she felt anxious and frustrated at someone who failed to appreciate what he had. Didn’t this ignorant, cold-hearted man call them trash and order them thrown away?
She rolled anxiously on the ground, trying to stop him. "Meow! Meow! Meow!"
Qi Yuan glanced at her, as if seeing through her intentions, yet he showed no hesitation. "This trash smells terrible. Leaving it here pollutes the air. Zero-One, throw it out quickly."
Zero-One ignored her cries and carried the box outside.
Xie Xinsu remained in the living room, stunned and heartbroken. My idiot owner has no eye for treasure at all! How can these spirit items smell bad?! They clearly emit the wondrous aura of the Immortal Dao!
Nevertheless, she was only a cat, and one bullied mercilessly by a robot. As for her master, he even had a mental illness certificate. Communicating with him was utterly hopeless.
In her mind, she added a few more descriptors to his title: uncultured, ignorant, and cold-hearted.
As if her own treasures had been destroyed by an ignorant fool, she fumed with resentment, her heart aching intensely.
***
Meanwhile, a group of people had gathered in Yang Shan's residence.
Yang Shan was filled with confusion. He recognized some of them. One was the son of the top figure in their military district. Such a powerful heir usually lived in an entirely different world. Yet now, the heir seemed like a mere decoration next to the ordinary-looking man, who was clearly the leader of the group.
Yang Shan couldn't help but wonder, Could he too come from a powerful family?
The man calmly gazed at Yang Shan, exuding quiet authority. "So, he’s been practicing martial arts during this time?"
Yang Shan had a fanatic look in his eyes. "Yes! He's been training all this time. His Martial Dao aptitude is the greatest I've ever seen. He might even redefine the peak of martial arts!"
If that happened, it would be recorded in history.
He didn't know their intentions, but under orders from higher authorities, he could only reveal what he knew about Qi Yuan. At the same time, he subtly emphasized Qi Yuan's importance in Martial Dao, fearing they would target him.
Truthfully, he was puzzled as to why these people had come to question him about Qi Yuan.
The young master chuckled, a trace of mockery in his voice. "Martial cultivation... That's an interesting choice. Brother-In-Law, I don't think there's any need to cooperate with him. He only has a year."
The cryptic remark left Yang Shan confused.
The ordinary-looking man, Luo Ping, pondered for a moment. "You're right. If he were like me, he wouldn't have chosen Martial Dao."
Even if spiritual qi returned ten years later, reviving the Martial Dao, it would still pale in comparison to the Immortal Dao. The gap was simply too big. Clearly, Qi Yuan’s one year of foresight was too insignificant.
Luo Ping was a rebooter. After his return, he reconnected with the Seven Martial Star families. As agreed in his previous life, he married their cherished daughter, the little princess of the Two Seas.
The woman he once couldn’t even hope to meet in his past life now lay beneath him, yielding without resistance.
Such was the advantage of a rebooter. With knowledge of the future, he seized opportunities, resources and fortune. Among them, the greatest gain he obtained was Immortal Destiny.
Originally, Luo Ping had planned to meet Qi Yuan to see if he possessed any useful information. It turned out Qi Yuan would die in a year and knew nothing of real value. Even the Seven Martial Star families would not contact him ten years later. Otherwise, why would he foolishly choose Martial Dao?
Luo Ping concluded. "He's not suitable for cooperation, but we can still meet him."
