After school, he was then offered himself to a succubus

Purely freebie.

He was born very early, and he was once like a machine that would stop at nothing to achieve its goals.

I'm sorry, Xiao Xiaomei, I'll treat you to a few more drinks two thousand years from now. There's really nothing I can do for you now.

"The wound is bandaged up." Xiao Qingyao said coldly, "I know this was all part of your plan. You knew Nuoyan would lose her temper, so I cooperated with you to scold her. Now that she's gone, you can continue with your plan."

Zhang Chen was taken aback. "What plan?"

"More than ten years have passed, do you still think of me as the little girl I was back then?" Xiao Qingyao looked at him resentfully. "I recorded everything about you in my books, studying them day and night. Everything you do has a purpose and a plan. Brother Chen, I don't believe you couldn't stop Nuoyan back then..."

"You're trying to provoke her, aren't you? You want to sacrifice yourself to awaken her bloodline?"

“…” Zhang Chen nodded involuntarily.

Is that so?

“Even me, Brother Chen, when you took me in, it was just to find Nuoyan a companion, right? You wanted her to be closer to humans, didn’t you? So you took advantage of my admiration for you... and made me waste my youth in this bamboo forest.”

"..."

Zhang Chen was speechless; his heart naturally confirmed it all.

I'm so awesome! You idiot Zhang Xiaotu, do you even have any humanity left?

"Go, even if you die, I will not live on. I will take that book with me and perish in the sea of ​​fire. No one will know any of this, and you will still be the number one immortal in the world."

Zhang Chen now understood completely.

It turns out that he arranged all of this. He may have been cunning, but in the end, he was willing to risk his life.

If you say you're not cunning, then by letting Bai Nuoyan live, will the cat really become some kind of demon king?

The result was obvious: after Bai Nuoyan's super evolution, he did not die, but instead chose to sacrifice eight lives.

"Bang! Roar!"

Suddenly, a tiger's mournful roar came from outside the mountain.

This means that Bai Nuoyan has already started fighting with those from Biyang.

As he gradually integrated with the body from over a thousand years ago, a flood of thoughts and emotions poured in, and Zhang Chen suddenly understood why he had chosen to lose his memory and start over... He understood, he truly understood.

It's like playing a game where you accidentally mess up the save file from two thousand years ago, resulting in all sorts of bad endings.

By the time they finally realized it was too late to change anything, everything had already turned out to be beyond repair.

Now... I don't know what bug it is, but I can roll back and push the corner over again...

"Oh shit."

Zhang Chen swore, which startled Xiao Qingyao, who was sobbing.

The next instant, the girl saw Zhang Chen's injuries healing at an astonishing speed, and terrifying lightning crackling around his body.

"Brother Chen, you..."

The feeling of power has returned.

Finding the data from 1800 years in the future, combined with current technology, is akin to a dimensional reduction attack.

No wonder, no wonder.

"Keep that book. Since you've been writing it for so long," Zhang Chen said softly. "Eighteen hundred years from now, remember to come find me and get a few more drinks."

“Drinks…” Xiao Qingyao stared at him blankly, suddenly feeling that her Brother Chen had changed a lot.

Before she could ask any more questions, Zhang Chen streaked across the sky like lightning...

Then, suddenly, my memory went blank.

...

"Sister Bai, what happened next? What did that Taoist priest do? What happened to the cat demon? Sister Bai, why did you stop at the most crucial moment?"

"Wait..." Bai Nuoyan suddenly clutched her head, her eyes tightly shut. "Strange, strange..."

"What's so strange?" Xiao Shuyao was just as bewildered as she was 1,800 years ago.

"This shouldn't be happening... Who added a side quest for me?! And why is there an 'what if' scenario? This isn't a game."

Bai Nuoyan said breathlessly, "Wait a minute, let's stop here for today. We can talk about it next time. I'm a little confused."

"what?"

"You can stay here tonight. I have all the pajamas, but don't wear a few of those sexy open-crotch outfits. I'm going to go next door to find him."

Bai Nuoyan pressed Xiao Shuyao down on the sofa and turned to leave.

Xiao Shuyao, puzzled, sat on the sofa, twirling a pen in her fingers. After a few rotations, she seemed to sense something and looked out the window...

The narrow alleyways squeezed out by the staggered buildings, the orange-blue sky at night and the warm yellow streetlights, the cats resting in the corners, the gray-brown houses everywhere, the mottled walls, and the brightly colored outdated billboards that have the flavor of the last century.

There are no particularly tall or glamorous buildings, no large shopping malls, only the calls of vendors selling tofu pudding and malt candy on the street, and steaming late-night food stalls tucked away in nooks and crannies...

The small town of Ning'an seems perfect for hiding, concealing everything in the fleeting days.

So, who is hiding in this city?

"Beep beep beep beep..."

Suddenly, the urgent ringing of the telephone broke the silence. Xiao Shuyao frowned as she looked at the caller ID displaying "Father".

Is he telling her to go home? Or is it just a rare instance of him showing concern for her...?

"Hey..."

"Shuyao, where did this ancient book come from in your study? Why didn't you tell your family?! Do you know you shocked your great-grandfather so much he vomited blood?!"

"How could I possibly have ancient books..."

"Tsk, so you were framed... This could really kill your great-grandfather! Who did you offend outside?!"

Hearing this, Xiao Shuyao lowered her eyes slightly and said dejectedly:

"Dad, you only call me once every six months, and that's all you talk about... Don't you know how long it's been since I've been home?"

"..." There was a long silence on the other end of the phone, then he said:

"You're still young and don't understand your family's good intentions... Alright, it's about time you went home. A big shot from the Chen family specifically wants to see you. Befriending him will be very helpful for your future..."

Xiao Shuyao hung up the phone and then turned it off. This was the first time she had taken the initiative to end a conversation with an elder.

It seems like nothing serious.

"call..."

The girl turned her attention back to the small notebook in front of her. For some reason, she kept associating Bai Nuoyan's descriptions with Zhang Chen...

She felt that Bai Nuoyan's account was biased and clearly subjective, distorting the character. She argued that if the Taoist priest were replaced with Zhang Chen...

Beneath that big tree, a mysterious and handsome young man.

Thinking of this, Xiao Shuyao was inspired and picked up her pen to write the introduction on the draft she had just completed:

Fallen petals sway in the wind, while a banished immortal toils and falls into the mortal realm.

...

Southern Sichuan, the company's southern headquarters.

A green shadow flashed past the teleportation array.

"Kui Di! You want my life?!" Zhou Nang, enraged, stepped forward and grabbed the man by the collar.

"How did that book appear out of thin air? Weren't Chunyang Daoist's relics destroyed long ago?"

"Although you are not the person in charge of the company, you are still a nominal shareholder. How could you find that book and not hand it over to the company, but instead report it to the central government on your own?!"

Kui Di remained unmoved by Zhou Nang's behavior, squinted, smiled, pushed up his twig-made glasses, and said:

"I have always been on his side."

“Previously, he never showed up, and I mistakenly thought that the company’s intentions were his intentions.”

"But now that he has shown up without asking any questions, I realize that I have been fooled by you old folks. It turns out that you have kept this from him all along."

"They don't even know he exists? Do they really think this is a peaceful world, and that it's all thanks to your company?"

"Little did they know, the monsters' complaints had already spread like wildfire, and the company had already been completely overturned by you."

"However... to be able to cover up such a big thing as the Bitter Love Tree, your company's information network is indeed impressive."

Quidi shoved him aside lightly and patted his collar.

Zhou Nang was covered in instruments to maintain his vital signs, and he looked very old. He was about to swear loudly when he almost lost his breath and collapsed into the chair.

"Zhou Nang, it seems that the matter of the Bitter Love Tree has offended quite a few people?" Kui Di laughed.

"...What good will doing this do you?" Zhou Nang said weakly, "At least let me die knowing the truth."

“It’s not beneficial at all, it’s just trouble,” Quai said.

"and you..."

“Eighteen hundred years ago, my ancestors were his closest friends, but they listened to slander and attempted to assassinate him, almost ruining him.”

“But he was magnanimous and spared the lives of my ancestors. Since then, my Kui Shu lineage has owed him a great debt of gratitude.”

"Hehe, favors, favors again..." Zhou Nang laughed, "Emperor Kui, isn't it too early for you to be planning to take sides now?"

"Unless the Celestial Empire collapses, the company cannot possibly fall. With three hundred years of foundation... what role can your book play? What can it bring to the Celestial Empire?"

“You’re wrong.” Quai took off his glasses and wiped them. “The Celestial Empire only cares about the will of the people. Their methods are a bit clumsy, but they can see what humans and demons truly expect.”

"Now, this has opened a crack in your three hundred years of strict defense. In the future, this crack will only get bigger and bigger."

"Besides, with him around, the birth rate of the Celestial Empire can be saved." Kui Di said casually, as if he were joking. "This one move alone is enough to make the Celestial Empire pay enough attention to him. He is much more capable than those guys in your company."

Zhou Nang's face darkened. "A heretical Taoist! A heretical Taoist!"

After his sigh, Zhou Nang seemed unwilling to give up, and said ferociously, "I won't live much longer, so tell me, what exactly happened? Where is he?"

"You still want to get this information from me?" Quaid chuckled. "I don't know anything about it. I only just found that book."

"He gave you three hundred years, but it's been wasted like this. He's probably very angry now!"

"How much profit have we contributed? Is that why we're doing something wrong?!"