5: Vine demon naked ghost

The next half month passed like a tranquil lake, without a ripple.

Lin Chuping, every day, felt as if he was guarding a Treasure Trove, eagerly watching the System prompts continuously sound, with about 400 points of Incense Value steadily entering his account.

“Sweet!”

He was overjoyed, as if he had suddenly found the feeling of reaching life's Peak.

“Isn’t this the life I dreamed of in modern times, when I was working myself to death, toiling like an ox and a horse! I don’t have to do anything, I can just lie down and earn money, it’s truly refreshing!”

Lin Chuping secretly sighed, everything was so beautiful.

As time went on, Lin Chuping gradually understood some tricks; the amount of Incense Value depended entirely on the degree of devotion the incense offerer had for him, the deity.

The more sincere and prostrate the believer, the higher the Incense Value contributed; conversely, it was pitifully small.

It's worth mentioning that after the Incense Value crossed the 1000 mark, the System Mall could also be opened.

“Tong Ge, open the System Mall.”

Lin Chuping, filled with excitement and anticipation, silently recited in his heart.

“Ding! System Mall has been opened, consuming 1000 Incense Value.”

The System’s mechanical voice arrived as expected.

“No, Tong Ge, I’m a new account, don’t mess with me.”

“What’s our relationship? How can opening a mall still cost Incense Value!”

Lin Chuping couldn’t help but grumble when he heard this.

“Tong Ge, you’re a bit too much like Zhou Bapi!”

But the System was like a silent gourd; ever since Lin Chuping’s Transmigration to thisdifferentworld, it would only symbolically “ding” when issuing tasks or giving message prompts.

The rest of the time, no matter if Lin Chuping was coaxing it with kind words or angrily spouting wild rhetoric, it remained motionless, like a sleeping inanimate object.

Lin Chuping was initially fuming, but after a long time, his temper wore down, and he completely recognized the true nature of Tong Ge as a “dead object,” yet he unknowingly felt relieved.

Lin Chuping still preferred a System that maintained itself through fixed procedures over one with independent consciousness.

With consciousness comes selfishness, regardless of the species.

When the mall opened, the scene that greeted Lin Chuping made his jaw drop.

They said the System Mall would have everything! But there were only a few lines, short and small, looking very shabby.

“What kind of System Mall doesn’t even fill the System screen, let alone have multiple pages?”

Lin Chuping pouted, full of disdain.

【Mall Rank: 1

Current Products:

1. Enter Dream: As an immortal, how can one not know how to Enter Dream?

Price: 10 Incense Value

2. Blessing: After Blessing, no longer fear losing believers!

Price: 10 Incense Value

3. God Cultivation Art: A Dao Cultivation Technique, of excellent quality, the best choice for Cultivating Divine Soul!

Price: 10,000,000 Incense Value

Note: Purchasable items update daily at midnight】

Lin Chuping's mouth twitched as he looked at the price: “Tong Ge, are you serious about this 10 million Incense Value? 10 million! Even if I shaved the heads of everyone in Chang Sheng Village bald, I wouldn’t be able to gather that much in this lifetime, right?”

He quickly glanced at it, then hurriedly averted his gaze.

“Tong Ge thinks too highly of me.”

Lin Chuping silently bought the two Divine Arts, Enter Dream and Blessing, then “snap” closed the System Mall.

“Too bad, I didn’t buy any offensive Divine Arts!”

Lin Chuping looked regretful.

“Without offensive skills, wouldn’t I just become a shrinking turtle? Hiding in a turtle shell can save my life, but I can’t keep every believer locked in a turtle shell, can I?”

Curiosity is human nature, and the yearning for freedom is innate, deeply ingrained in everyone’s bones.

If humans were confined to a small world like a turtle shell, even if a beautiful paradise was created for them, someone would eventually be unable to resist the urge to break free and explore the unknown.

“Alas... I can only see what refreshes tomorrow.”

And the suddenly appearing Cultivation Technique made Lin Chuping even more confused.

Can immortals also improve their strength through Cultivation? But the price is ridiculously high; for a “pauper” like him, who has to carefully calculate every Incense Value, even a glance makes his heart ache.

Lin Chuping opened his personal information page, weighed his options repeatedly, and exchanged 40 points of Divine Power Value, just in case.

【Host: Lin Chuping】

【Rank: Wild God】

【Jurisdiction: Chang Sheng Village】

【Divine Power: 40】

【Divine Arts: Enter Dream, Blessing】

【Incense Value: 60 (Can convert Divine Power, purchase Divine Arts)】

【System Mall: lv1】

“No matter what, today was a fruitful day!”

Lin Chuping stretched with a big yawn, a satisfied smile on his face, his heart full of aspirations for the future.

*

Less than a hundred li from Chang Sheng Village, a Black Wind Mountain rose like a giant, towering into the clouds.

The vegetation on the mountain grew wildly and spread wantonly, covering the entire mountain body so densely that not a breath of wind could pass through; the sun, trying its best, could only leak a few fragmented rays of light through the gaps in the branches and leaves.

In stark contrast, the rocky mountains surrounding Black Wind Mountain appeared to have been drained of vitality by time, bare and desolate, with not a blade of grass, looking particularly barren under the sunlight.

In a hidden corner of Black Wind Mountain, there was a cave, like a dark mouth opened by the earth.

As soon as one approached the cave entrance, a nauseating stench, like the hand of a demon, suddenly grabbed one’s nose and drilled straight into the nasal cavity.

This foul odor continuously wafted out from inside the cave, extending all the way to its depths.

Peering into the cave along the faint light, one could see mountains of white bones piled everywhere; some of these bones were incomplete, as if gnawed by wild beasts, while others still maintained a relatively complete shape, but without exception, all exuded an aura that sent shivers down one’s spine.

From time to time, wisps of black Qi would rise from the cracks in the cave walls or the ground, slowly ascending.

They intertwined and coiled in the air, like twisting, man-eating venomous snakes; just one look could make one’s hair stand on end.

If a human with slightly less courage were to stand at the cave entrance and witness such a sight, let alone walk inside, they would probably be scared to the point of their Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering and their guts ripping apart.

At this moment, in the deepest part of the cave, a Vine Demon was sitting cross-legged with her eyes closed.

She was dressed in a dark red garment, her body bent and hunched, looking ancient.

But one should not underestimate her; the lush vines all over the mountain were her “disciples and descendants,” growing and spreading wantonly in this mountain forest, becoming a unique and terrifying sight.

Suddenly, the Vine Demon abruptly opened her eyes, and two clusters of black flames instantly ignited in her black pupils, revealing a strong killing intent.

She noticed that one of the Puppet ghosts she controlled had inexplicably disappeared.

“Humans are absolutely incapable of doing this.”

The Vine Demon mused to herself, her voice chillingly cold.

“Who?!”

“Who exactly is it? Who dares to touch something belonging to me, the Naked Ghost!”

She suddenly stood up, her dark red garment rustling as if ignited by wrath.

“What audacity!”