45: Chapter 45 Opening the Door to a New World!

The heart of the Taklamakan Desert.

A dry breeze stirred up dust, and the scorching sun hung high in the sky, baking this lifeless desert and Gobi landscape.

"Found it! We've found the entrance to the Ghost King's tomb!"

With a shrill shout.

Old Master Chu Jianghe hurriedly hung up the phone and rushed out of the tent. He arrived at the edge of a deep pit, squatted down, and scooped up a handful of sand that had just been excavated; mixed inside were some broken bricks of an indeterminate age.

On the surface of these broken bricks were some faint patterns, but unfortunately, they had long been eroded by time, making it impossible to discern their meaning.

Old Master Chu Jianghe nodded excitedly and said, "Good, very good! Although it's not very clear, this is undoubtedly the script of the Ghost Nation! Everyone, prepare your gear; we are entering the tomb immediately!"

Beside him, a young man wearing a black trench coat with a pale, somewhat sickly complexion said respectfully, "Master, let me go down and scout the path first this time! You can just wait for news up here!"

Another young woman in a red gauze dress nodded and said, "Senior Martial Uncle Chu is advanced in age, and this exploration of the Ghost Nation King's tomb is bound to be extremely dangerous! You shouldn't take the risk! Let us young people gain the experience!"

The people around them also spoke up, all of them incredibly excited.

Old Master Chu Jianghe hesitated slightly, pondered for a moment, and then nodded, saying, "You must remember to proceed with caution. If there is any situation, turn back immediately! Whether or not there are Stone Spirit Fruits in this Ghost Nation King's tomb is still up for debate! Do not act rashly! Our lineage of Spirit Catcher..."

"Rest assured, Master! I will definitely bring everyone back safely!"

After the man in the trench coat finished speaking, he turned and went into the tent to pack his things.

The others also started packing up, their faces filled with excited smiles.

Only Old Master Chu Jianghe looked worried, feeling constantly uneasy, as if something ominous was about to happen.

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Meanwhile, elsewhere.

Jianghai City, Yuhuwan Villa.

Pei Yimo and Li Qingxue left in a hurry after eating breakfast.

Chu Xiao drove his luxury car out for a spin, but found that his pleasure points were pitifully low; after working for an hour, he had only earned 200 pleasure points.

This is just too little!

"Looks like I've gotten carried away; I'm even looking down on two hundred pleasure points now!"

Chu Xiao laughed at himself, rubbing his chin as he pondered how to obtain more pleasure points and save up one hundred thousand to upgrade the System.

Just then.

[Ding!]

[You have received envy and jealousy from Xiaojia, gaining 0.1 pleasure points!]

[Ding!]

[You have received envy and jealousy from Nanci, gaining 0.1 pleasure points!]

[Ding!]

[You have received envy from Pudding...]

[Ding!]

[Ding!]

...

A series of System notification sounds exploded in his mind.

Chu Xiao was stunned.

What's going on?

I haven't done anything!

Why did I suddenly get pleasure points?

And only 0.1?

Although the pleasure points contributed by each person were very small, the quantity was quite substantial. Almost a dozen people were contributing pleasure points every second.

Half an hour later.

Chu Xiao swallowed hard. He opened the System interface and took a look; he had unexpectedly gained over 1,000 more pleasure points. This was too strange. What exactly was going on!

"System, did you make a mistake? I haven't done anything! Where are these pleasure points coming from?" Chu Xiao asked.

[Ding!]

[This System does not make mistakes!]

The System replied indifferently.

Suddenly.

Li Qingxue called via video.

Chu Xiao curiously pressed the answer button, and two beautiful faces quickly appeared on the screen—it was Li Qingxue and Pei Yimo, and their expressions were a bit off.

Pei Yimo's delicate face flushed red, and she said with some worry, "Chu Xiao, what should we do!"

Chu Xiao was filled with questions and exclamations, and hurriedly asked, "What do you mean 'what should we do'? What happened?"

Pei Yimo stammered and couldn't make heads or tails of it.

Li Qingxue said, "Haven't you looked at the news?"

Chu Xiao touched his nose and shook his head, saying, "Sorry, I don't have the habit of reading the news! What exactly happened? Just tell me straight!"

Pei Yimo: "You'd better check the news quickly! We... we're on the headlines!"

Chu Xiao was slightly stunned, and then finally realized; no wonder the System suddenly gave him so many pleasure points—he had ended up in the news.

He hung up the phone.

He casually picked up the tablet on the sofa.

He opened the daily headlines, and a very popular news story caught his eye.

"Shocking Gambling Match: The God of Gamblers Defeated; The Eldest Young Master of the Chu Group Takes Home Two Beauties, Winning Both Wealth and Beauty!?? "

"Damn, this headline is pretty good!"

Chu Xiao opened the content and discovered that there were many photos of himself, Pei Yimo, and Li Qingxue. It even included photos of him driving them home and winning billions in chips at the casino.

This news had only been published for half an hour, yet it already had hundreds of thousands of views, and thousands of people had replied below, all expressing envy and jealousy.

Some people are not only born with a silver spoon in their mouth, but even their gambling luck is this good!

"This is interesting!" Chu Xiao's eyes lit up instantly. He felt as if he had opened the door to a new world.

So pleasure points could be obtained this way!

Although the pleasure points obtained through news were very small, the quantity was large. A large quantity leads to a qualitative change, and if accumulated over a long period, it might even be more than the pleasure points obtained from killing a Child of Fortune.

"A talent, truly a talent! I must bring such a talent under my command! Let him publish news about me every day!"

"Wouldn't that mean I could earn pleasure points just by lying down!"

Thinking of this, Chu Xiao hurriedly clicked on the news publisher's homepage and sent them a private message.

The other party had disabled private messaging!

"...!" Chu Xiao felt speechless and muttered, "Since this person could take photos of me bringing Pei Yimo and the others home to sleep, they must be staked out somewhere near my house!"

Thinking of this, Chu Xiao immediately activated his X-ray Vision to search the surroundings.

A few dozen seconds later.

The corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.

On a crooked tree outside the villa.

A young girl was squatting. She held binoculars in her hands, pouting her pink, tender lips while biting on a lollipop, and asked in confusion, "Strange, he was just there! How did he suddenly disappear!"

Her name was Su Xiaowan, 19 years old, the captain of the paparazzi squad!

Just as she was using her binoculars to observe Yuhuwan Villa, searching for Chu Xiao's figure, she didn't notice that a man had already appeared behind her at some point.

The man stood behind her, hunched over to look in the direction of her gaze, and said with a slight upturn of his mouth, "Are you hungry?"

Su Xiaowan responded subconsciously, "Of course I'm hungry! To capture the perfect moment, I didn't even have breakfast... Ah!"

She turned her head and saw a handsome face, half-smiling and carrying a hint of melancholy, pressed right in front of her, so close that she could feel the other person's breath.

"Ah!" Su Xiaowan was startled, her heel slipped, and she fell toward the ground beneath the tree.

"Careful!" Chu Xiao hurriedly reached out to grab her, and he ended up falling down with her...