1: Chapter 1 System, you're quite vengeful.

"Uncle Zhang, why don't you just sell this thatched cottage to me?"

"Get lost, kid, stop bothering me."

Cangyuan World.

At the border of Dongning Prefecture and Xining City.

Inside Death Fishing Village, a place that was supposed to be nestled against mountains and rivers—well, actually, it was just a place of barren rocks without a shred of life.

Kang Dalei wore a flattering expression.

He had transmigrated to Cangyuan World two and a half days ago and activated the Demon Core Recycling System. As long as he recycled demon cores, he could earn corresponding points, which could be used to exchange for items.

The system's first task was to make him buy this prime piece of land before him to serve as his dojo.

But no matter how Kang Dalei looked at it, he didn't think this godforsaken, desolate Death Fishing Village could be any kind of prime land.

Besides, he was a transmigrator, for crying out loud; where was he supposed to get money?

So, he went to work odd jobs at a harsh labor camp for two days and earned five taels and thirteen wen.

Yet this old bastard in front of him had actually hiked the price of the thatched cottage, which was originally six taels of silver, up to thirty taels.

If not for the system telling him he couldn't beat this bastard, and that he couldn't force a sale and needed mutual consent, he really wanted to...

"What's the matter, young man? You thinking of throwing hands?"

The old man suddenly grinned, then took off his shirt, revealing his muscular, scar-covered chest.

"Back when I was fighting demon beasts, you kid didn't even know where to suckle. You want to spar with me?"

And then...

"Young man—no, no, handsome guy, you should have said so earlier! You're here to kill demons? It's all a misunderstanding, isn't it? This place, I'll give it to you for free, absolutely no charge. Consider it my support for demon-slaying."

The old man, clutching his bruised, blood-covered face, handed the property deed to Kang Dalei with a grin.

Kang Dalei was very surprised; he hadn't expected a dilapidated thatched cottage to actually have a property deed.

But when he opened the paper in his hand, the lines of text nearly made his eyes pop out.

Area: 100 acres.

"Damn, looks like I misunderstood you."

Kang Dalei patted the old man's shoulder and said with lingering fear.

He had thought it was just a thatched cottage, but he hadn't expected it to be the entire mountain!

But when he patted the old man's shoulder, it was obvious that the old man's eyes were constantly darting around.

"Young man, don't blame me! You were the one who insisted on having this land. If anything happens in the future, don't come looking for me."

Kang Dalei, immersed in joy, didn't notice the change in the old man's expression, nor did he see the small line of text on the back of the deed.

Exclusive wasteland of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Human cultivators cannot survive here. If you take it, the government will pay you 40,000 taels.

"Old man, since I promised to pay you, and I'm not an unreasonable person, these thirteen wen will be for purchasing your dilapidated thatched cottage."

"I..." The old man blankly took the thirteen copper coins Kang Dalei handed over. He wanted to say something, but seeing Kang Dalei's unfriendly gaze, he heard him say:

"What? You think it's too little?"

The old man, who had felt guilty, saw Kang Dalei's demanding and forceful attitude and immediately lost half his guilt. He cupped his hands at him and excitedly left Death Fishing Village with his 40,000 taels of silver notes.

After he left, Kang Dalei excitedly took out the property deed and scanned it with satisfaction. It really had been effortless.

In just two days, he, Kang Dalei, had become a local landowner. What an unparalleled genius he was!

He muttered to himself, unable to resist kissing the deed several times, afraid of losing the treasure in his hands. If he weren't afraid of ruining it, Kang Dalei would have been ready to sleep with it in his arms every night.

[Ding-dong, congratulations to the host for acquiring the wasteland Fishing Village. Reward: one xuanpin star. Demon Core Recycling System activated.]

[Ding-dong, demon core recycling enabled. Earn corresponding points. Points Mall activated.]

[Ordinary demon beast = 1–9 points]

[First-tier Demon King core = 10 points]

[Second-tier Demon King core = 100 points]

[Third-tier Demon King core = 1000 points]

[And so on]

...

"A xuanpin star!" Kang Dalei was somewhat excited.

This was a good item that only a Prefectural Lord would have. Meng Chuan relied on this very thing to activate seven-colored baleful qi. He just wondered how many colors he could activate.

Without hesitation, Kang Dalei swallowed the xuanpin star in his hand.

As the xuanpin star entered his mouth, went into his abdomen, and merged into his dantian, a powerful force began to cleanse his entire body.

Before long, nine colors lit up around Kang Dalei's body: red, blue, yellow, purple, white, green, black, pink, and gray.

"Hahaha, I never expected that I, Kang, would one day be this awesome! Nine-colored baleful qi, it's actually nine-colored baleful qi!"

It is said that five colors mean at least a King-Sealing Divine Venerable in the future, and six colors mean you cannot reach the Creation Realm.

Seven colors is the Hundun Realm.

Eight colors is the Emperor Lord, and nine colors is the Primordial Realm.

It seemed that even without the system, he would definitely be a powerhouse of the Primordial Realm in the future.

Immersed in his own fantasies, Kang Dalei couldn't be feeling any better at this moment.

Thinking about making God Venerable Qingyu sing "Conquer."

Thinking about making Princess Li Shaoying his little mistress.

Thinking about stealing Meng Chuan's childhood sweetheart to be his wife.

He fantasized about a lot of things, completely forgetting that this was Cangyuan World, a place filled with danger everywhere, where one could encounter demon beasts at every turn.

Furthermore, he was still outside the city.

Roar~

With a roar that tore through space, a massive, tusked pig demon appeared behind Kang Dalei. Without any pause, the moment it appeared, it rushed directly toward Kang Dalei, who was standing there motionless and just giggling foolishly.

With just one hit, Kang Dalei, who had been immersed in fantasies of conquering women, went flying.

Then, before he could react, he saw a sharp, massive claw slam toward him again.

Puchi~ With a miserable groan, Kang Dalei's entire body caved in.

[Ding-dong, demon beast detected: Demon Soldier = Marrow Cleansing Realm.]

"Damn it, System, save me!" Kang Dalei immediately screamed at the top of his lungs.

Encountering a Marrow Cleansing Realm great demon at the start—wasn't this deliberately targeting him?

[Ding-dong, as a genius who can become a Primordial Realm expert without the system in the future, please try hard to survive.]

[Otherwise, you will be the 105,325th transmigrator who died right after activating the system because they were showing off.]

"I... you sure hold a grudge."

Kang Dalei frowned, then without any hesitation, turned around and leaped into the fish pond.

Losing face for transmigrators?

That was still better than losing his life!

Roar~ After several more angry roars, the pig demon seemed very furious that Kang Dalei had actually jumped into the water.

It kept screaming desperately on the bank, but showed no sign of entering the water.

Kang Dalei was not having a good time in the water either, but after a short standoff, he seemed to have discovered this characteristic of the pig demon—it didn't dare to enter the water—so he started acting cocky again.

"Little piggy, piggy, piggy, you can't hit me, you can't hit me, aren't you mad? Aren't you mad?"

Roar~

The sound resounded through the sky. The pig demon, with red-rimmed eyes, stared fixedly at Kang Dalei in the water.

If it could talk, it would have cursed Kang Dalei's ancestors for eighteen generations already.

This bastard was just too infuriating.

Just like that, the man and the beast stood off for almost three days and nights. Just when Kang Dalei was so hungry he could barely hold on, he actually broke through.

As the black water constantly slapped against his body, a faint stream of light actually formed on the surface of his muscles.

"Could this be baleful qi?" Kang Dalei had watched anime and knew that body refining could utilize baleful qi.

But his baleful qi was very strange; it clung to his body, constantly gathering in the injured areas, emitting little streams of light. After the light spread, those injured areas began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.