I Alone Am Immortal: My Rebirth and Leisurely Cultivation

Chapter 164 It's Not a Date

"It's been a long time since I've been back, and it's a bit dusty."

Upon entering the room, Hua Junshu looked around and spoke to Li Yan and the other two, a hint of embarrassment flashing in his eyes.

The house, which I hadn't been back to for a long time, had a stuffy smell, like clothes drying in the shade after a rain.

"It's okay, senior, we're just here for a visit," Jiang Yingzhu said.

Li Yan nodded and looked around.

The house was about the same size as his home, but the furnishings were not reduced because Hua Junshu lived alone; it was still full of life.

Led by Hua Junshu, the three entered her room.

The senior student's room was very simple and elegant, with a desk, a bookshelf, a bedside table, a bed, and a wardrobe against the wall, all made of light yellow wood.

There wasn't much on the desk except for a family photo, a lamp, and a pen holder.

Very simple.

Unlike Li Yan, whose desk not only had books, but also models, carving tools, his computer, and a kettle.

It's so full that sometimes there's not even room for a single cup.

"Just leave it here," Hua Junshu said, placing the clothes he was holding on the bed and pointing to the desk as Mei Mengqian, who was holding a potted plant.

"it is good."

Mei Mengqian placed the bonsai model against the wall.

Hua Junshu looked at it but didn't touch it.

She turned her head and looked at Li Yan and the other two.

"I know a fried potato chip shop nearby that's really good. Let me take you there."

There is no evening self-study session on Fridays, and most students go straight home after school, so they don't eat.

“Okay!” Jiang Yingzhu nodded.

Li Yan had no objections; he quite liked fried potato chips.

However, this dish mainly relies on the sauce, and each family's sauce is quite different, resulting in vastly different flavors.

The four of them immediately went downstairs and walked towards the mahjong parlor. After turning a corner, they could see a small shop in less than a hundred meters.

The shop sign is very simple, just the words "Fried Potatoes," clearly indicating that the main customers are the local residents.

There were four or five people sitting in the small shop. The shop owner looked up and saw Hua Junshu, his eyes lit up, and he smiled:

"Hey, Xiaohua! Long time no see! You brought your friends over for a meal. Help yourself to whatever you want."

Hua Junshu nodded, took three baskets and clips from the shelf, and handed them to Li Yan and the other two.

"What would you like to eat? Help yourselves."

Jiang Yingzhu glanced at the freezer; it was similar to a hot pot restaurant, and the variety was quite complete.

Why isn't there a price tag?

"Young lady, you can take it. I'll give you a price." The boss stood to the side, glancing at her, as well as Mei Mengqian and Li Yan next to Hua Junshu.

"Oh, good!"

Jiang Yingzhu ordered a large pork tenderloin and two starch sausages.

"5 yuan."

She brought eight or nine more pieces of stinky tofu.

"7 yuan!"

She added two more chicken strips.

"10 yuan."

Jiang Yingzhu glanced at the shelf and saw a receipt for potatoes on the side. She took a three-yuan receipt and put it in.

Then it was Mei Mengqian's turn to take some. He only brought two meat skewers, an egg, and some greens.

It only costs 5 yuan in total.

Anyone who knows math can see that the boss only gave the discount because of Hua Junshu.

Then Li Yan discovered that when it came to his turn, the price suddenly returned to normal and became standardized.

Two large starch sausages with extra pork tenderloin cost Jiang Yingzhu 5 yuan, while he paid 7 yuan!
Sexism, blatant sexism.

It's truly chilling!

This makes one wonder, can this world ever get any better?
Li Yan ordered six more stinky tofu, causing the price to skyrocket to 11.

Okay, okay, you've learned the tricks of Changsha stinky tofu.

He wasn't too concerned about the price, it was just a little expensive.

If this were in the future, let alone 6 pieces of stinky tofu for 6 yuan, some places could sell it for 2 yuan a piece.

This is essentially making up the difference in price for yourself, right?
So, the senior's female friends are just friends, but her male friends are just sleazy guys?!

Li Yan handed the basket to the shopkeeper speechlessly, and then realized that his senior had already paid the bill before starting to choose her own.

He glanced at it, said nothing, and figured a meal wouldn't bankrupt the senior.

Besides, it would be even better if the senior student didn't have money; she could take care of it herself, since her family happens to have a spare room.

If I could see profound truths every morning when I woke up...

I can't help but slurp it up!

Li Yan noticed Mei Mengqian and Jiang Yingzhu's gazes and subtly adjusted the swirling expression on his face.

The boss cleared out an empty table for them, and the three of them sat down. The food arrived shortly afterward.

The sauce here is very good, spicy with a hint of sweetness, and you can add vinegar or chili according to your personal taste.

The bright red sauce is poured over the golden potato slices, and sprinkled with sesame seeds. The aroma is irresistible, and it looks incredibly delicious.

"Mmm, delicious!" Jiang Yingzhu said. "It's just not spicy enough. I'll go add some chili. Mengmeng, do you want some?"

"No."

"Where's senior sister?"

"Need not."

"Hey, do you want some?!" Jiang Yingzhu looked at Li Yan.

"I'm not saying hello."

Li Yan said something and handed her his bowl.

Jiang Yingzhu rolled her eyes, reached out and took the bowl from him, taking the initiative.

"Yes! Your name is Chu Yuxun, okay?"

Because she was holding a bowl, Li Yan didn't say anything.

……

At home, Li Yan took out several pieces of valuable wood, some stone, and precious metals from the storage room.

Then, he looked at the system panel and clicked to claim the reward.

"Ding, the system is distributing the funds to you."

A cold notification sound rang out, and Li Yan lost control of his body. Just as he thought the system was about to take control of him and select a material to carve,

But then they discovered that he had turned around and walked out of the door, then left the house and went straight to the rooftop.

"?"

What is this for?
While Li Yan was filled with doubt, the system had already led him to a rooftop vegetable garden made of foam boxes.

With Li Yan's current physical abilities, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that his speed is as fast as a ghost.

The whole process took only two or three seconds. The old man, who was watching the sunset and drinking wine on the rooftop, only felt a shadow flash past him and then disappear.

He turned his head and saw a figure in his vegetable garden. The figure floated over, then floated away, and then disappeared into the darkness.

"Which one?"

The wind on the rooftop was slightly cool, but the old man's heart was even colder.

"Which one?!"

The old man called out again, but since he was the only resident on the roof, no one answered.

The old man took a big gulp of strong liquor and mustered his courage to walk to the vegetable garden.

After searching for a long time, I found a bright red bill on the ground.

Instantly, all sorts of rumors and stories about finding money and having one's life or luck borrowed began to rise in the old man's mind.

"Ghost? Ghost!!"

"I don't want yours! Take it away! Take it away now, take it away now!"

The old man took three steps back, shouting loudly.

Li Yan had already returned to his room, but seeing this scene through his divine sense left him speechless.

Superstition is unacceptable! We should talk about science; it's just a little bit of a cheat code, making things a little faster.

Why should I be expelled from the human race?!

Li Yan shifted his attention to the weapon forging in front of him.

You can see a flowerpot in front of you, but it's actually just a large bowl.

The bowl contained wild soil collected from the rooftop, and in Li Yan's hand were seeds.

It appears to be a rose.

At this moment, the system is controlling him, holding a needle, trying to carve something on the seed, but it seems that he is not actually carving, but simply using spiritual power to draw.

The seven seeds consumed most of his spiritual power.

After the drawing was successfully completed, the system guided Li Yan to raise his hand and plant the seed in the flowerpot. Then, he placed one hand on the flowerpot and spiritual energy surged into it.

Soon, Li Yan heard the sound of the seeds sprouting, budding, and breaking through the soil.

Green shoots emerged from the brown soil.

But what's amazing is that they didn't grow upwards; instead, they extended their branches toward each other and then merged in the middle into a thicker branch.

As the branches grow, clusters of flower buds slowly emerge, arranged in a very regular pattern, one after another.

Each bud is larger than a regular rosebud, and when they bloom, they are already the size of a washbasin.

The petals overlapped one another, yet under the influence of a force, they intertwined.

The patterns on the petals are also very unique, unlike those of ordinary roses.

Soon, a page made entirely of rose petals fell from the branch and landed in Li Yan's other hand.

The original branches quickly withered and became straight and smooth.

The system guided Li Yan to pull it out, and he saw that the roots at the bottom were also twisted together, like the tip of a wolf hair brush.

"Ding! Reward gift completed."

The system notification sounded, and Li Yan regained control of his body. He didn't make any movements, but instead closed his eyes and replayed the process of refining the Seven Deadly Sins Book over and over again.

Without a doubt, this is yet another new method of weapon crafting.

He was somewhat confused about what the corresponding skill was for this weapon-refining method.

Could it be cultivation or planting?!
But the most important thing is the Book of the Seven Deadly Sins in my hand.

The once vibrant red had turned into a dark red, which looked somewhat eerie.

The material of the petals has a peculiar feel to the touch.

Li Yan then looked at the pen he was holding in his other hand.

"What's the use of this? It sounds like a powerful weapon."

"Since it's a book of sins, it should naturally record sins. Should we write about people or events?"

He frowned and tried to write "theft" on the petal book.

no response.

Even the magical characters on the paper disappeared as soon as they were written.

He used his divine sense to find Hua Junshu's uncle's family, who were lying in the hospital at the moment.

Li Yan discovered that his senior's uncle had also broken his leg at some point, and it looked like he had been bitten.

He ignored all of that and wrote down the name of Hua Junshu's uncle on the Book of Seven Sins.

Hua Ronghua!
As the pen finished writing, a burst of scarlet light suddenly erupted from the Book of Seven Sins.

These crimson lights suddenly transformed into human faces, some furious, some greedy, some arrogant...

These faces appeared and disappeared quickly, and Li Yan noticed that the spiritual power he had injected was dissipating.

The magic weapon's effects were not activated!
"Do we need a medium?"

He pondered to himself, then went downstairs to his car and took Jiang Yingzhu's baton, attaching Hua Ronghua's aura to the Seven Sins Book.

Then write his name again.

The next moment, the pervasive red light suddenly formed Hua Ronghua's face, filled with twisted anger and greed.

Gazing at that face, Li Yanfu instinctively raised his pen, the tip glowing with a scarlet light, and pierced through it.

The next moment, Hua Ronghua, whom he was observing with his divine sense, suddenly turned red in the face and raised his hand to slap the woman who was taking care of him.

Then he suddenly sat up and started cursing at the people around him.

He reached out and ripped off the syringe of a young man next door who was getting an IV drip.

Then, he was surrounded by an angry crowd, and someone tried to attack him, but he slapped them in the face before they could.

Those who wanted to break up the fight stopped, and Hua Ronghua was quickly beaten by the other family members in the ward.

By the time hospital staff arrived to maintain order, Hua Ronghua was already lying on the ground with a bruised and swollen face, yet he was still roaring angrily.

"The patient may have a mental disorder and exhibits extremely aggressive behavior. Please have a psychiatrist diagnose the patient and send them to Qingshan Mental Hospital after anesthesia."

A supervisor took a look and immediately made arrangements.

Li Yan, who had watched the entire process, stroked his chin.

"It doesn't look like something for killing. Maybe I didn't infuse it with enough spiritual energy?"

Li Yan placed these two items on the shelf, treating them as works of art.

Its effect is neither significant nor insignificant, because it requires a medium.

The experiment just now had completely depleted his spiritual energy.

Li Yan began cultivating, preparing to test the Seven Deadly Sins Book at its maximum power once he recovered.

late at night.

After finishing his cultivation, Li Yan went to the kitchen and made himself a bowl of beef noodles.

While eating, he subconsciously expanded his spiritual senses and then discovered 100 yuan on the rooftop.

Remembering the old man's wish, Li Yan's lips curled slightly.

With a flick of the finger, the red bill floated up lightly.

It drifted through the stairwell with the wind.

He took it into his hands.

Just then, Jiang Yingzhu came over, drawn by the scent.

The beef noodles were spotted at first glance.

"Oh! You've been cheating on me with food."

"What happened?"

Jiang Yingzhu was speechless; he had actually admitted it.

"No, you have to make it up to me. You'll come with me to the movies tomorrow, it's a deal!"

After Jiang Yingzhu finished speaking, she turned around, took a few steps back, and then came back to emphasize.

"It's just watching a movie, don't overthink it!!"

She rushed back to her bedroom and collapsed onto the bed, the bitterness in her heart finally bursting forth like a freshly opened can of cola, the gas gushing out rapidly.

[Was I being too forward? Won't he overthink it?! It's not a date!]

Li Yan blinked and looked at Mei Mengqian, who was looking at him expectantly from the doorway.

"To watch alone?"

"Mmm..." Mei Mengqian lowered her head and made a very low sound from her nose. Her small hands, which were tucked into her pockets, were almost tearing her clothes.

"Then let's go in the morning."

Why in the morning?

"There are fewer people in the morning, so there's no need to queue. After watching the movie, I can come back for lunch."

Mei Mengqian didn't see anything wrong with coming back for lunch, so she nodded, said okay, and quickly went back to her room.

As I passed Jiang Yingzhu's room, I lowered my head a little guiltily.

The following morning, the bloody glow of the petal-shaped book in Li Yan's hand was once again revealed.

In the remote Qingshan Mental Hospital, Hua Ronghua, who had been injected with anesthesia, suddenly widened her eyes, tensed her body, and then fell completely silent.

Inside the room, Li Yan glanced at the book in his hand and the pen in his hand.

The petals were somewhat withered, and the pen in my hand was a little scattered.

It seems to be a magic item with a limited number of uses.

He ordered some gardening books online, hoping to see if he could practice it.

Then I heard the door next door open.

(End of this chapter)