Ding—Host has deceived an ignorant Heaven's Chosen. 500 villain points awarded.
Qin Feng happily pocketed the 800 spirit stones, fulfilling his promise to lend the small cauldron to his brother for a few days. Once it activated, though, he would naturally reclaim it.
As for Qin Hao—he didn't feel cheated at all.On the contrary, he believed he'd won a bargain.
"My brother spent two eights. I only paid one. Clearly, I got the better deal!"
Qin Feng looked at his simple-minded brother with a mixture of affection and pity."Ah, my foolish little Onii-chan… how is it that someone with a double-digit IQ ends up trampling my high-IQ, high-EQ villain self in the endgame?"
"What's so special about this dingy little pot?"Lin Xiner leaned in curiously.
But Qin Hao, as if guarding a national treasure, quickly shoved the cauldron into his shirt.Even future wife material got no privileges.Lin Xiner stomped her feet in frustration.
"Hmph! I don't even want it anymore! Lin San, we're leaving!"As a textbook tsundere princess, she had no concept of the word "beg."She dragged Lin San away and resumed browsing the Qin family market.
Naturally—Qin Feng shamelessly tagged along, closely watching Lin San's every reaction.
"Why does the Qin heir keep staring at me?!"Lin San broke into a cold sweat.A creeping sense of dread crawled up his spine.
As the personal servant of the West's most beloved little princess, he'd heard stories.Some nobles were into… "certain things."
And Qin Feng was starting to fit that mold.Especially when he began buying everything Lin San looked at.
It was like watching a CEO take his little sweetheart shopping—"Whatever you want, baby. Daddy's rich."
"This doesn't make sense."Qin Feng frowned, arms loaded with rare treasures, yet none compared to the cauldron.
Ding—Host has stolen Heaven's Chosen's spiritual herb. 300 villain points awarded.Ding—Host has stolen Heaven's Chosen's elixir. 300 villain points awarded.
Villain points flowed in, sure—But what he really wanted was another draw.
"There's no way… there must be more treasures out there!"Qin Feng doubled down.For several days, rain or shine, he dragged Lin San around the market like a loyal husband taking his wife shopping.
Lin San nearly developed PTSD.He began sleeping with his sword drawn."I'm here to be a model servant, not a blushing bottom!!"
Meanwhile—Qin Feng's fame soared.
His one-sword defeat of the Long Sky Sword Saint's heir had stunned everyone,but now his uncanny ability to pick treasures with zero error made him legendary.
"Is this really an eight-year-old?""How the hell does he know what to buy?""No misfires at all! This must be divine insight!"
Days later—The marriage was publicly announced.The Qin and Lin clans officially allied.
Lin Hao and his entourage prepared to return west.
"Farewell, Brother Qin."Lin Hao cupped his fists, eyes filled with genuine reluctance.
"Safe travels, Brother Lin."Qin Tian looked just as reluctant, accompanying them for several hundred miles.
Qin Feng, however, was inconsolable.His beloved dual-core treasure-finding engine was now just a single-core.
"Fifteen thousand villain points and a gacha draw… you gave me joys even my dear brother could never offer."
Sniffle.Lin San met Qin Feng's mournful gaze and nearly burst into tears.
"I can't take it anymore. This man… he's trying to convert me!!"All he wanted now was to run far, far away.
That night, Qin Feng couldn't sleep.
He kept thinking about Lin San,the thrill of manipulating the protagonist,the joy of points raining down like spirit stones in a tycoon's vault.
"This is the life… this is what being a villain is all about!"
To cheer himself up, he called upon the system.Time to spin the prize wheel!
Clatter!The gacha spun.Familiar divine powers flashed past:☯ Taishang Physique☯ Heaven-Breaking Body☯ Fist of the War God☯ Chaos Sacred Vessel☯ True Dragon Arts☯ Supreme Bone
Ding—Congratulations! You have obtained: Divine Buddhist Art – Great Heavenly Dragon!
BOOM!Thunder echoed in Qin Feng's soul.His consciousness was ripped into a different world.
ROAR!!A golden dragon, over a hundred meters long, coiled in the sky, roaring with divine might.The heavens trembled.The earth cracked.
Before he could blink, the dragon barreled into him—straight into his soul.
He jolted awake, drenched in sweat.A golden dragon-shaped tattoo coiled around his arm, glowing faintly.In his mind, a mantra echoed—and a set of hand seals etched themselves into memory.
Divine Buddhist Art: Great Heavenly Dragon.Not only devastating in power—It dealt double damage to all beast-kind and enhanced defense to an absurd level.Even better: it granted him the ability to see through demons in disguise.
Creak.His door opened.
Qin Hao's little head peeked in.Upon seeing his brother still awake, he rushed in barefoot, clutching his pillow."Brother, I'm sleeping with you tonight!"
Qin Feng stared blankly.
"Why is it always the sister who clings to the brother at night? Why the hell is my clingy one a chosen-child little brother?!"
Qin Hao snuggled into bed like a happy dumpling, snoring away in seconds.
Qin Feng, meanwhile, lay frozen, staring at the ceiling.
"You're hugging your big brother, while hiding a Supreme Bone… do you have any idea how disrespectful that is to my villain identity!?"