Why are all of us who transmigrated at the same time demons?

"Xiao Song, calm down!" Zhang Qian and her two uncles came to mediate the fight.

With a cold gaze, Loran lifted Zhang Xu with one hand and Yang Li with the other, throwing the dog-like couple out.

"I'll go out myself." Zhang Chen's eyes were filled with fear, and he no longer had the condescending attitude of a genius cousin. He hurriedly carried the dizzy little white flower Gao Xuanxuan and ran out of the Li residence.

"You dare hit me?" Murong Jin's eyes seemed to spit fire. "Do you know who I am?"

"I don't care who you are, you dare to act like a hooligan to my mother, so I've decided to give you two more slaps." Loran delivered two more lightning-fast slaps, and Murong Jin didn't even have time to react, let alone defend himself.

With his face bruised and swollen, Murong Jin was also thrown out of the Li residence by Luo Lan, where he kept Zhang Xu and Yang Li company.

Looking at the dumbfounded Zhang Qian and her two siblings, Luo Lan revealed a shrewd smile.

"Come, Uncle Zhang, Uncle Li, sit here. Let's discuss the matter of Zhang borrowing money from Li. How much do you plan to borrow? For how long? How do you plan to repay it?"

Chapter 36 Urban Life: The Reborn and the Golden Eyes

"Honey, it hurts so much!"

Yang Li groaned softly, her voice revealing a hint of pain. Her once pretty face now resembled a swollen, bruised pig's head.

However, this did not stop Yang Li from acting coquettishly towards Zhang Xu as usual. She gently twisted her body, trying to get Zhang Xu's attention, while gazing at him with her pitiful eyes, as if telling him about her grievances.

However, Yang Li seemed completely unaware that her current appearance was rather frightening. The swollen pig's head not only greatly diminished her beauty but also made her somewhat nauseating.

Zhang Xu's gaze was deep. He never expected that his nephew, who had the air of a spoiled brat, would have such martial arts skills.

They hid it so well!

However, daring to hit me and my beloved wife, and even throwing me out of the Li family mansion, is such an insult. I, Zhang Xu, will remember this and will definitely take revenge.

You wait, Loran, wait for your uncle... uh, Zhang Xu paused, unable to think of any revenge plan for the moment.

Should we just send someone to fight back? Judging from his skills today, Loran probably has a fifth-grade cultivation level, right? A fifth-grade cultivation level is enough to make him a pillar of these local powerful families.

Moreover, the Li family has two brothers who hold the fifth rank, and they also have some retainers. The Zhang family's power is not much stronger than the Li family's, so it is impossible for them to fight back.

Business retaliation? The Li family and the Zhang family are not in the same industry, so how could they retaliate? Besides, the Li brothers are notorious business wolves, and Zhang Xu is actually a little afraid of them.

The reason he bullied Zhang Qian so brazenly was simply because he knew the Li brothers weren't present. After all, Zhang Qian had always been gentle and mild-mannered, like a soft persimmon, easy for him to manipulate.

His eagerness to finalize the loan before the Li brothers returned was simply a ploy to create a fait accompli. That way, even if the Li brothers found out later, they would be powerless to change the situation. Therefore, his actions were nothing more than bluster and empty bravado.

To ruin his reputation?

Loran already had no reputation, so how could he possibly ruin it? Besides, he's so good at hiding his abilities, so mere slander and rumors would be nothing more than a breeze to him.

Tell the parents? That's a brilliant idea! Zhang Xu thought to himself, a smug smile creeping onto his lips.

Having Old Master Zhang teach that arrogant grandson a lesson would surely make him regret it. After all, Li Song, the original owner of Luo Lan's body, held his dignified but short-tempered grandfather in high esteem.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xu's initial frustration at being beaten by a junior instantly lifted. He even felt as if he could already see his grandson trembling and begging for mercy before the old man, and a sense of vengeful pleasure welled up inside him.

Suddenly, Zhang Xu, his face bruised and covered in dust, seemed to have been injected with adrenaline and rallied again. Completely disregarding his disheveled appearance, he continued to maintain the composed and elegant demeanor of the general manager of Zhang's Group, as if the beating had never happened.

A thin mist seemed to fill Yang Li's eyes, a kind of intoxicating attraction. She gazed at the man before her, a feeling she couldn't quite describe welling up inside her.

His composure was as solid as a mountain, making him someone you could rely on with confidence. Yang Li couldn't help but sigh, Zhang Xu truly deserved his title as the ultimate victor in the Zhang family's succession struggle.

He was the "Jade Prince" who propelled the Zhang family business to its peak, a legendary figure who was powerful and omnipotent in the business world.

After her rebirth, Yang Li resolutely dumped that scumbag Zhang Chen, disregarding all gossip and rumors, and wholeheartedly threw herself into her uncle's arms. She knew that only a man like him could truly give her the happiness and future she desired.

However, to passersby, it just looked like two pigs acting crazy, the boar posing, and the sow in heat towards the boar—it was quite ridiculous.

A gust of cold wind blew by, cutting my cheeks like a knife.

It hurts so fucking much!

Driven by the pain, Zhang Xu could no longer maintain his domineering CEO persona and obediently led Yang Li to the parking lot, preparing to drive to the hospital for treatment of her facial injuries.

That evening, in a luxury hotel in Jiangcheng, Murong Jin, the legendary jade gambling expert, slumped on the sofa. The injuries on his face had been healed by his "golden touch."

His injuries had healed, but the anger in his heart only grew stronger.

Since he unexpectedly bought a boxwood bracelet at an antique market two years ago and gained the superpower he calls "Golden Eyes," Murong Jin has soared to great heights.

His legendary reputation in jade gambling resounded throughout several provinces, and he was sought after wherever he went. Moreover, these divine eyes not only granted him the ability to see through things, but they could also extract the pure spiritual energy contained in jade, precious medicines, green plants, and antiques.

These spiritual energies transformed his physique, turning him from a short, ordinary-looking person into a tall, handsome man.

Moreover, his martial arts cultivation also advanced by leaps and bounds with the blessing of spiritual energy. In just two years, he grew from an old, useless person with no strength to a fifth-rank expert. This is the fundamental reason why he dared to act recklessly in the open with two fifth-rank experts in the Li family.

Some time ago, Zhang Chen, through Gao Xuanxuan's connections, approached him and offered him a large sum of money and two percent of the future Zhang's Jewelry Company shares to help him win the stone-cutting competition that would determine the heir of the Zhang family.

Gao Xuanxuan was his high school classmate; their relationship wasn't particularly close, but it wasn't bad either, and they could still exchange a few words. Furthermore, the conditions Zhang Chen offered were indeed tempting, and Zhang Chen would cover all the expenses incurred during the stone-cutting process, allowing him to also gain free spiritual energy—why not?

However, to his surprise, Zhang Xu's fiancée was also a hidden expert. She took the initiative and picked out a lot of top-quality rough stones, resulting in a draw. He thought he could turn the tables in Jiangcheng, but he ran into Luo Lan, who didn't take his so-called "stone gambling master" seriously, and got a beating for nothing.

"Damn it!" Murong Jin cursed inwardly, "That Luo Lan is not the spoiled brat he's been rumored to be at all!" He recalled the scene of fighting Luo Lan just now. The other party's speed was as fast as lightning, leaving him completely unable to fight back.

"This person must have at least a fourth-grade cultivation level..." Murong Jin thought to himself, a sense of defeat welling up inside him. He had always been quite confident in his strength, but he never expected to be so embarrassed in front of an unknown person like Luo Lan.

"So what if he's at the fourth rank?" Murong Jin quickly adjusted his mindset. "To be at the fourth rank at such a young age is indeed genius, but that's all!" He raised the corner of his mouth, revealing a disdainful smile. "No genius can compare to me!"

Murong Jin was full of confidence in his golden eyes—his cheat code. In his view, although Loran was exceptionally talented, he had been nurtured by the Li family since childhood and it had taken him more than ten years to reach the fourth rank.

And what about Murong Jin? Relying on those miraculous golden eyes, he practiced martial arts at an advanced age and broke through to the fifth rank in just two years! Such talent is beyond what Luo Lan can compare to.

He can continuously grow stronger as long as he absorbs enough spiritual energy, but spiritual energy is indeed scarce; sometimes, he can't absorb even a wisp of spiritual energy from an entire raw material market.

In order to quickly heal his injuries, he had just used up a wisp of spiritual energy, and now his golden eyes still had four wisps of spiritual energy stored within them.

Murong Jin was somewhat worried. He was thinking of using up all his spiritual energy to quickly break through to the fourth rank. But martial arts cultivation wasn't like playing a game, nor was it like having a blue stat panel; it wasn't something you could just do by shouting "add points!"

Murong Jin's cheat ability is relatively traditional. Spiritual energy can only change one's physical constitution and repair injuries, just like the Great Rejuvenation Pill. However, breaking through to the fourth-grade minor grandmaster realm cannot be achieved simply by pouring in spiritual energy.

To cultivate external strength, one needs a great deal of knowledge about the mysteries of the human body, mastery of true qi, and sophisticated techniques.

Despite Murong Jin's high cultivation level, it's mostly due to brute force. He usually relies on numerical superiority to intimidate others. If he were to actually fight someone of the same cultivation level, he would probably get beaten to a pulp.

What is this "True Qi Control"? What are these "Mysteries of the Human Body"? Can you eat it?

Not to mention, Murong Jin doesn't even have a clue how to break through to the fourth rank. Although the Li family isn't a martial arts family, they did produce a minor grandmaster named Li Chunfeng back then. His notes pointed Luo Lan on the right path, and Luo Lan also obtained a lot of inheritance from the main characters.

The "Tai Xuan Gong" that Murong Jin bought and practiced at great expense sounded impressive, but in reality, it was just an expert fooling him, an outsider with only a superficial understanding of martial arts and a not-so-clear mind. In fact, it was just a slightly better version of the "Tong Xuan Gong" that was widely available, but with a different name.

This technique is simply insufficient to support a person in breaking through to the fourth rank.

Murong Jin was getting angrier and angrier and couldn't sleep at all. He got dressed, left the hotel, and prepared to go to a nearby nightclub to have some fun, and maybe he could pick up some hot girls to spend the night with.

After finding out the location of the most popular nightclubs near the hotel from the hotel reception, Murong Jin stepped into the brightly lit night scene of Jiangcheng.

Murong Jin, who thought himself a powerful fifth-rank expert with superior skills and daring, was attacked when he tried to take a shortcut through the alley. He was knocked unconscious by a blow to the head.

Loran expressionlessly withdrew his hand, dragged him back to his SUV, and threw him into the back seat. A man and a woman were already lying in the back seat—Zhang Xu and his wife Yang Li, who had intended to tell their parents.

Yang Li and Murong Jin couldn't hide their little secrets from Hua Zizai, but since he was still near the Li residence at the time, Luo Lan couldn't just arrest him in front of Zhang Qian.

Loran transported the three of them to a villa in the suburbs. This was one of the many properties owned by the Liu family. It was usually deserted, but its remoteness made it perfect for interrogating the three of them.

Chapter 37 Urban Life: Two Kinds of Cheat Codes

As for Murong Jin, Luo Lan knew his cheat ability was his mutated eyes, which would be a unique eye technique in the Naruto world. What truly puzzled him was Yang Li—rebirth? How did she get reborn? Time reversal? Or foresight? Was she the only one in this world who had been reborn?

As Loran's cultivation progressed, the power of the Six Paths grew stronger, and the seeds began to sprout fully. Loran used the Human Path to explore Yang Li's memories. The memories in Yang Li's mind did indeed contain information about the next ten years, but Loran was not in those memories.

In Yang Li's memory, Luo Lan was still that big simp Li Song. The Li family was suppressed and retaliated against by the Immortal Doctor Ye Fan because they offended him.

The Li family business went bankrupt and was completely absorbed by the Wang family. Li Cheng was sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes such as murder, tax evasion, and illegal business operations. Li Quan disappeared without a trace, and none of the younger members of the Li family, including Li Song and Li Lang, survived.

Li Song suffered the worst fate, and it is said that he cried out in agony as he died, tearing off his own flesh and blood.

Then came the rise of the Wang family, followed by the full-scale war between Ye Xian and Long Aotian, plunging Jiangcheng into chaos.

Zhang Xu came to the Li family to borrow money, but it was at Yang Li's instigation. In her opinion, the Li family would be wiped out in a few years, so she might as well take the opportunity to make a fortune. After dragging it out for a while, she wouldn't have to pay the money back at all, making it a complete free profit.

In Yang Li's eyes, Zhang Qian, Luo Lan, and others were no different from dead people and were not worth her and Zhang Xu's attention.

As expected, being reborn doesn't make you smarter. Didn't this woman know to find out about the current situation of Jiangcheng's wealthy circles before coming to Jiangcheng to gamble on jade?

Yang Li, relying on her status as a reborn person and her precognitive advantage, didn't care about anyone except her beloved husband, Zhang Xu. Had she been prepared in advance, she would have realized that Jiangcheng and the Li family were completely different from what she remembered.

The reason Yang Li dumped Zhang Chen, whom she had been frantically pursuing, and remarried Zhang Xu was because she hadn't been happy after scheming to marry Zhang Chen in her previous life. Zhang Chen's body belonged to Bai Xuanxuan, a substitute he kept outside, and his heart belonged to his white moonlight, Lin Menghan. He had no place for Yang Li, either in body or in mind.

Zhang Xu was the ultimate winner in the Zhang family's series of succession battles, completely sweeping Zhang Chen out of the game and implicating her as well. The reason Yang Li was able to dominate the jade gambling market was because the rough stones she selected were all cut by Murong Jin.

In her previous life, Murong Jin still stood on Zhang Chen's side. Yang Li, who was Zhang Chen's nominal spouse, watched from the sidelines during the stone cutting. Because the Yang family was also in the jewelry business, Yang Li had been exposed to this industry since childhood, so she remembered those "opportunities" firmly.

However, Zhang Xu in his previous life had no intention of listening to Old Master Zhang's words and engaging in any gambling battle with Zhang Chen. He knew he couldn't beat Zhang Chen, who had Murong Jin's help.

So Zhang Xu went directly to Zhang's grandfather, and somehow forced him to transfer his shares, thus taking over as chairman of Zhang's Jewelry Company.

Seeing Zhang Xu gain power, Murong Jin did not hesitate to kick aside the worthless Zhang Chen and join Zhang Xu's camp.

As for why Zhang Xu agreed to play the jade gambling battle with Zhang Chen this time, besides the confidence given by Yang Li's precocious and disguised jade gambling "genius", Luo Lan glanced at the Three Poisons Canopy above Yang Li's head with mixed feelings. The canopy hung down with strands of silk like a spider web, deeply enveloping Zhang Xu. He was another poor kid affected by the "protagonist halo".

"Interesting." Loran habitually stroked his chin, pondering, "Did Yang Li already possess the Three Poisons Canopy before his rebirth? Or was he only approached by the Three Poisons Canopy after his rebirth?"

"Now that I think about it, perhaps the Three Poisons Canopy is not the so-called 'protagonist halo,' but rather a vampire that automatically clings to the great fortune of those who are blessed with great luck."

"I'm increasingly convinced that there are human factors behind the Three Poisons Canopy."

From Yang Li's memories, Luo Lan couldn't discern anything that led to her rebirth. Yang Li only remembered being pushed downstairs by Zhang Chen during an argument, and then suddenly being reborn.

Furthermore, Loran has doubts about whether Yang Li's experience is a "rebirth." Given that the other party's memories still belong to Loran or the original Li Song, Loran has the following two guesses:

First, the other party, through some fortuitous encounter, glimpsed the secrets of the next ten years and mistakenly believed it to be a rebirth. However, when Yang Li was reborn, Loran had not yet arrived, so the future the other party glimpsed did not include him, a demon who should not exist in this world.

Second, Yang Li's consciousness may have been replaced by an equivalent entity in a parallel world, or she may have accidentally dissipated her consciousness into a parallel world.

The only thing that set Yang Li apart from others was the Three Poisons Canopy, a privilege reserved for "protagonists." What exactly was this? Loran was very puzzled.

Luo Lan studied Yang Li for several days but couldn't figure out anything. Considering the marriage relationship between the Zhang and Li families, Luo Lan used the Human Path to erase Yang Li and his wife's memories, installed surveillance devices on them, and then dumped them at the entrance of their hotel.

Unable to find an answer immediately, Loran turned her attention to Murong Jin, whose cheat ability was much easier to understand.

These golden spiritual eyes are not Sharingan that can be inserted and removed at will; to remove them intact requires the aid of specialized modern medical equipment. Therefore, in the Li family's medical laboratory, Loran personally removed Murong Jin's pair of golden spiritual eyes.

Murong Jin seems to have a mysterious connection with these golden spiritual eyes, so he was imprisoned by Loran for further research.

With the help of modern scientific technologies such as ultrasonic biological microscopy and optical coherence tomography, Loran clearly observed the microscopic structure of the pair of spiritual pupils.

Loran used the purest and most refined Everlasting True Qi, cultivated through the Everlasting Spring Technique, to stimulate the Spirit Eye, which even underwent further evolution.

After being nourished by the true energy of Changchun, the pair of spiritual eyes can be divided into inner and outer rings. The outer ring is composed of thousands of extremely tiny scale-like crystals, while the inner ring is composed of numerous nebula-like vortex structures of the iris nucleus. The white part of the eye is covered with nanoscale energy conduits and optic nerves, which radiate to Murong Jin's temples.

Loran synchronized his "Otherworldly Freedom" with the senses of these spiritual eyes, and he was astonished to discover that these spiritual eyes directly observed the flow patterns of the world's vital energy.

From the perspective of these divine eyes, all things in heaven and earth are formed by the circulation and differentiation of primordial energy. Stars are the condensed lamps of primordial energy, mountains and rivers are the solidified veins of earth energy, and plants, insects and beasts are all formed by the interaction of yin and yang energies. Even when humans breathe, they inhale and exhale the three treasures of "essence, energy and spirit" that are of the same origin as heaven and earth.

All things in the world extend like a spider web amidst the entanglement of Qi. Human Qi refines the spirit, Yin Qi dispels evil, and Yang Qi nourishes life. These three, like a snake with its tail between its legs, maintain the ceaseless breath of the universe. Between the interaction of heaven and earth, the harmonious Qi flows, giving birth to the three elements (heaven, earth, and humanity), and then all things grow.

The boundless primordial energy and profound truths were directly perceived by these divine eyes and implanted into Loran's brain. For a time, he was completely captivated by it.

Loran seemed to feel that all things were manifestations of primordial energy. As long as one comprehends this principle, one can manipulate creation and bring withered trees back to life and reverse the flow of the ocean in the blink of an eye.

It took him a long time to reluctantly break free from this godlike perspective.

With a shift in vision, Loran once again became that mortal with only "the flesh and blood".

In Loran's view, Murong Jin simply did not know how to use these golden eyes. These divine eyes brought the most fundamental function of the eyes, "sight," to its extreme.

Clairvoyance is merely the most basic function of the Divine Eye's ability to "observe all things." The so-called absorption of spiritual energy is actually the Divine Eye's perception of extremely pure Qi of the Three Powers, which it instinctively draws upon for the mother body.

Is it really possible to create such a divine eye from a mere bracelet or antique?

Murong Jin always carried the bracelet with him, so it ended up in Luo Lan's hands.

Loran had already studied it, even grinding several beads into powder for testing. After examining it repeatedly and using the Golden Eye for most of the day, he finally had to conclude that it was a boxwood bracelet that was probably over three hundred years old. The material was nothing special, and there were no strange runes or markings.

It wasn't until Loran discovered a small hole in one of the wooden beads, the inside of which was unusually smooth. Perhaps it wasn't a characteristic of the bracelet itself, but rather something hidden within it that awakened Murong Jin's consciousness.

What could it be? Loran was very curious.

Then, during a full-body examination of Murong Jin, Loran discovered that extremely tiny golden blood droplets were seeping from the healing wound around his eye.

Loran collected all the golden blood that had seeped from Murong Jin, but after much effort, he only managed to collect about 2 mL of it. Loran's intuition told him that this mysterious golden blood was the reason for Murong Jin's awakening of his golden eyes.

These golden blood cells are extremely potent, their plasma resembling molten gold, containing a large number of components that Lorraine has never seen before.

Loran named the golden blood "divine blood." He felt that Murong Jin might have a faint divine blood inheritance in his body, but it had never been expressed until it was activated by something in the bracelet. The so-called golden eyes were just organs modified by the divine blood after being activated.

If Murong Jin possessed this divine blood throughout his body, perhaps he would truly set himself apart from ordinary people.