The question was: You are strolling at the foot of a mountain and suddenly encounter a beautiful woman being robbed by a group of mountain bandits. What do you do?
(A) Rush forward to save the damsel in distress.
(B) Pretend you didn't see anything and turn away.
Han Mo pondered for a moment. He chose C.
Where did C come from?
He wrote his own answer C: Lie in wait, observe from the shadows, find an opportunity to kill the mountain bandits, capture the beauty, and interrogate her about her conspiracy? In the wilderness, how could a beautiful woman appear for no reason!
Stunning!
It was f***ing stunning!
Han Mo's "scheming old fox" style was exactly to Hao Ren's liking.
Compared to that, Liu Xiuer, that hot-blooded youth, was too impulsive, too chuunibyo. How could he be as reliable as a "scheming old fox"!
Hao Ren decided right then and there that he would pass on the true meaning of the "Way of the Coward" to Han Mo and have him spread its glory!
Han Mo did not disappoint Hao Ren. He had an unparalleled talent for the "Way of the Coward."
For many things, Hao Ren didn't need to brainwash him. Han Mo naturally understood, accepted, and then carried it forward.
For the past two months, the "smuggling business" of "Sage Dragon-Tooth Rice" and "Dragon-Tooth Rice Wine" had been booming.
One had to admit, that little chubby cultivator named "Qian Duoduo" was a talent!
He usually acted timid and unremarkable, but once it came to business matters, he instantly transformed into a different person – astute, capable, and possessing an incredibly sharp business sense.
With Qian Duoduo's help, Hao Ren's business empire expanded rapidly, and sales soared. Recently, Hao Ren had been making a fortune.
To meet market demand, Qian Duoduo even invented "installment payments."
You wanted "Sage Dragon-Tooth Rice," you wanted "Dragon-Tooth Rice Wine," but you didn't have the money, so what could you do?
Simple!
Sign an IOU, pay in installments, and you could take the "Sage Dragon-Tooth Rice" and "Dragon-Tooth Rice Wine" first.
Wasn't he afraid of people defaulting on their debts by doing this?
Heh, he really wasn't afraid!
Firstly, this wasn't Qian Duoduo's business, but the business of the Azure-Eyed Golden Boar. No, to be precise, it was the Master's business.
In this region, who dared to break faith with the Master?
Heh...
The Master wouldn't even have to act personally. The fanatical followers of the "Dehua Cult" outside his cave would instantly tear apart anyone who defaulted!
Secondly, installment payments were a virtuous cycle. As long as no major mishaps occurred, there was basically no need to worry about not being able to repay the money.
The cultivators would first take the "Sage Dragon-Tooth Rice" and "Dragon-Tooth Rice Wine" home. After eating and drinking, they would normally experience two "epiphanies," their cultivation would advance, their strength would skyrocket, and some might even break through major bottlenecks and ascend to higher, stronger realms!
After their strength increased, cultivators could "act on behalf of heaven," eliminate some demonic and heretical cultivators, and "plunder," ahem... "recycle," yes, recycle the storage bags of the heretical cultivators.
By "farming monsters" in this way, cultivators could quickly pay off their debts.
Hao Ren greatly admired Qian Duoduo's business acumen and decided that if he had the chance, he would personally get to know Qian Duoduo.
As Hao Ren was lost in thought about various things, a sudden premonition arose in his heart.
Not good, he felt danger approaching!
"System, use the 'Search Nearby People' function!"
Hao Ren silently recited in his mind.
He hadn't used this function in a long time.
As his cultivation realm continuously improved, the "Search Nearby People" function also kept improving. Now, the search range had reached a hundred miles, which was very powerful!
[Beep! Warning, warning, in the southeast direction, 88 miles away, a "runaway mechanical puppet" has been detected. It is flying rapidly towards the cave, estimated to arrive in five minutes.]
Damn it!
Sitting at home, disaster strikes from the heavens!
Hao Ren frowned. He hated this kind of "unprovoked disaster" the most.
He didn't know how strong this "runaway mechanical puppet" was. If it was very powerful, it would be troublesome!
Because the "runaway mechanical puppet" could not generate favorability or hatred points towards Hao Ren, as it was neither Hao Ren's "friend" nor "enemy," Hao Ren could not check its detailed attributes.
Damn it!
[Beep! System friendly reminder, the host's friend count has reached 100,000, and the "Search Nearby People" function can be upgraded. After upgrading, you can view the detailed attributes of "discovered target individuals."]
One hundred thousand friends?
Hao Ren checked his "friend list." There were less than thirty thousand, still a long way to go!
[Beep! System friendly reminder, the host can descend the mountain to train and make more friends...]
No way!
Absolutely not!
Hao Ren refused the system's suggestion without hesitation.
There are always scoundrels trying to harm me!
They want to trick me into descending the mountain again, impossible. Descending the mountain is impossible in this lifetime!
[Beep beep beep... BEEP BEEP BEEP...]
The system, as usual, was so exasperated by Hao Ren's "cowardice" that it started spewing out gibberish.
[Beep! In the southeast direction, 88 miles away, "Golden Silent Daoist," the Grand Elder of the "Heavenly Machine Sacred Land," has been discovered.]
[Beep! In the southeast direction, 88 miles away, "Kong Xian'er," a direct disciple of the "Heavenly Machine Sacred Land," has been discovered.]
Hmm, two more cultivators from the "Heavenly Machine Sacred Land" have appeared?
Hao Ren's heart stirred.
Combining this with the previous "runaway mechanical puppet," he had a vague guess.
Could the Grand Elder and the direct disciple of the "Heavenly Machine Sacred Land" have come to pursue the "runaway mechanical puppet"?
Hmm, this possibility was very high!
The "Heavenly Machine Sacred Land" had the best reputation among the five great sacred lands. They were particularly skilled at refining "mechanical puppets."
Is it possible that a "mechanical puppet" they refined went out of control, went berserk, and fled all the way here? And that Grand Elder and direct disciple also pursued it all the way here?
Thinking of this, Hao Ren's brows furrowed deeply.
This matter was both good and not good.
If the people from the "Heavenly Machine Sacred Land" could control the "runaway mechanical puppet" and take it away, that would be for the best.
If the people from the "Heavenly Machine Sacred Land" failed to catch up to the "runaway mechanical puppet," and the "runaway mechanical puppet" rushed all the way to the cave...
Damn it!
Hao Ren would not only have to deal with the "runaway mechanical puppet" but also with the Grand Elder and direct disciple of the "Heavenly Machine Sacred Land" who would follow.
A double blow!
Hao Ren's brows knitted tighter and tighter. He hoped that the people from the "Heavenly Machine Sacred Land" would catch up to the "runaway mechanical puppet" and take it away, and that nothing messy would happen.
At this moment.
Eighty-eight miles to the southeast.
Above the clouds.
An old Daoist priest with white hair and a youthful face, with an immortal aura, was flying by controlling his Qi!
Please note, the old Daoist priest was flying by controlling his Qi, not by sword.
Immortal mist swirled around him, and spiritual energy surged. His bearing was many times higher than someone fearfully flying on a sword!
Flying by controlling Qi, this was the method of a "Nascent Soul cultivator"!
This old Daoist priest was a Nascent Soul cultivator!