On the other side.
After several ejaculations, Xiao Fan collapsed onto the hard bed in his dorm room.
As the pain receded, a twisted sense of euphoria surged from the depths of his soul.
A strange smile slowly appeared on his distorted face.
[Endurance +10]
[Masochism +10]
[Mental Toughness +5]
He greedily absorbed these attribute orbs, which had burst forth due to his punishment, one by one into his body.
"Yes... just like this..."
"Only through pain can I become stronger!"
He growled in a low voice, his resentful gaze fixed on the ceiling.
This wasn't enough... he needed to find a way to rise even faster.
Suppressing the unwillingness in his heart, Xiao Fan left his dorm and wandered aimlessly through the streets.
He needed to find a new breakthrough.
Passing a magnificent gold shop, Xiao Fan's steps halted.
He looked at the jewelry in the display window, shimmering with dazzling golden light under the lamps, his eyes filled with jealousy and greed.
It was then that he was surprised to find faint golden orbs floating above the gold jewelry.
He subconsciously thought that these were expressions of disdain or mockery from passersby or shop assistants, seeing his impoverished appearance.
But when he looked closely, his pupils suddenly constricted!
["Pure Gold Bracelet" dropped attribute: Wealth +1. Do you want to pick it up?]
["24K Gold Necklace" dropped attribute: Value +2. Do you want to pick it up?]
What did this mean?
Xiao Fan's mind went blank.
His system was only supposed to pick up people's emotions and skill attributes, wasn't it?
How could it pick up the attributes of objects now?
He immediately experimented, turning his gaze to a shiny plastic lucky cat ornament on an adjacent counter.
Nothing.
The space above the ornament was empty; there were no orbs.
Xiao Fan understood instantly!
His system could be used to distinguish authenticity!?
This discovery made his blood boil!
He suddenly remembered that last time, when he bought that 300-million-yuan diamond, similar orbs had also appeared around it.
But at the time, he thought they were the shocked and envious emotions of the people around him, or perhaps from his own act of spending a fortune, and he hadn't thought in this direction at all!
He was such an idiot!
An incredibly bold idea began to grow wildly in his mind.
Bargain hunting!!
As long as something was valuable, he could determine it by the attributes that popped up!
Not only could he pick up attributes, but he could also get rich?
This... did he even need to think about it?
He definitely had to go to the antique market!
That place was full of antiques and calligraphy that were hard to distinguish between genuine and fake, a mixed bag of good and bad, simply a treasure trove tailor-made for him!
He seemed to already see himself, relying on this divine skill, easily finding dust-covered national treasures among a pile of junk and getting rich overnight!
Then, with endless wealth, he would fiercely trample that bastard Lu Cheng and that bitch Jiang Lian under his feet!
"Haha... hahahaha!"
Xiao Fan could no longer suppress the ecstasy in his heart, standing on the bustling street and letting out a crazed laugh.
The surrounding passersby all looked at him as if he were a madman.
[Disdain +10]
[Pity +5]
[Mockery +20]
Countless negative emotion orbs burst around him.
"Pick them up! Pick them all up!"
Xiao Fan roared in his heart, these disdainful looks, these mockeries, would all become fuel for his take-off!
...Lu Family Manor, back garden.
Lu Cheng was leisurely lying on a rattan chair, sipping the tea Lu Ying had brewed for him.
The Japanese tea ceremony originated from Dragon Country, but it had its own unique flavor, especially when brewed by the Witch.
On the system light screen in front of him, Xiao Fan's entire process, from discovering a new function to laughing wildly on the street, was being broadcast live.
"Tsk."
Lu Cheng shook his head and said to Lu Ying, who was standing obediently beside him.
"This tea is still a bit bitter."
"It doesn't quite suit my taste."
Upon hearing this, a flicker of panic flashed in Lu Ying's eyes, and she immediately moved to brew it again.
"No need."
Lu Cheng waved his hand, signaling her to stay.
He looked at Xiao Fan, who was acting like a madman on the screen, and a prompt sounded in his mind.
[Ding! Sub-system host "Xiao Fan" has unlocked a new ability, his luck has slightly increased, and he is looking for new opportunities.]
[Hundredfold Return has been triggered! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the advanced skill: "Eye of Truth"!]
[Eye of Truth: You can directly see through the essence, age, material, and all the causality and luck contained behind all things.]
A stream of information instantly flooded Lu Cheng's mind.
His eyes seemed to become even deeper at this moment.
He simply glanced casually at the teacup in front of him.
[Item: Yongle Blue-and-White Lotus Seed Teacup]
[Causality: Once used by Prince Ning, Zhu Quan, later circulated among the populace, and acquired by an auction house.]
[Effect: Long-term use can calm the mind.]
"A bit interesting."
Thinking of Xiao Fan's situation, he was clearly going to seek opportunities... he knew the tropes of this kind of urban novel too well.
Xiao Fan's next step would be, one hundred percent, to go to the antique market to "hunt for bargains."
Then, he would discover an inconspicuous treasure, and then, because of this treasure, he would meet a beautiful female collector who was also there to find treasures, or a powerful old man, thus embarking on a new path of showing off and slapping faces.
Lu Cheng disliked these randomly appearing variables.
All chess pieces must move on his chessboard.
He still had to go there himself.
Not to intercept those pathetic opportunities.
But to make this "bargain hunting" drama even more exciting, and even more... expensive.
After all, there was still a little girl watching him from the shadows.
He wanted to personally dig a tailor-made, magnificent trap for his new toy... On the other side, Xiao Fan suppressed the excitement in his heart. He knew that going to the antique market shouldn't be too conspicuous.
He specifically changed into the most inconspicuous and "stable" old clothes from his wardrobe, then hailed a car and headed straight for the antique street in Magic City.
In the car, he clenched his fists tightly, his eyes burning with the fire of ambition.
"You all just wait for me!"
"Today is the first day of my, Xiao Fan's, rise!"