"Do you know about the Napkin Theory?"
"At a round table, if someone first picks up the napkin on the right side, everyone else will pick up the right side too. If the left side is picked up, then others will follow and pick up the left side."
"And now, I have picked up the very first 'napkin'!"
In the school cafeteria, Su Yuan elegantly pulled out a napkin to wipe his mouth and mused softly.
Opposite him, Chu Lanxi tilted her head and said strangely:
"Why the sudden arrogance? Did something big happen to you?"
"What do you mean big? I've never been low-key, okay?"
Su Yuan's tone was prideful, his eyes looking down on the world.
Chu Lanxi remained silent for a moment, her peach blossom eyes that even looked deeply at a dog suddenly curved slightly as she sneered:
"Since Grand Commander Su is so impressive, you should treat me at the school cafeteria from now on, and I won't ask you to do my homework anymore. How could I dare let a big shot like you do my assignments?"
In the past, Su Yuan would have immediately yielded to this killer move, but to Chu Lanxi's surprise, today Su Yuan merely smirked disdainfully.
"How can a noble man dwell under others for long while living in the world!"
Hearing this, Chu Lanxi felt something was off.
Could this guy really have experienced something big!
And in fact, it was just as Chu Lanxi had guessed.
At that moment, a virtual progress bar appeared before Su Yuan's eyes, with a striking line of characters displayed on it.
[System Loading]
The instant he saw this line, Su Yuan's eyes brimmed with tears!
After traversing for so many years, I finally have a system of my own!
Looking back on his eighteen years, he could only describe it with the word hardship!
Starting as an orphan, enduring ten years of hard study, even getting into a key city high school required earning tuition and living expenses by writing assignments and doing odd jobs. Not a moment of ease.
Now, everything is different!
The system is here! Salvation is here! With the system, I, Su Yuan, will rise above!
[System Loaded]
As the progress bar reached one hundred percent, a crisp mechanical voice suddenly echoed in Su Yuan's mind.
[Ding Dong, congratulations to the host for binding with the Chaos System. As long as the host continuously completes demon tasks, you can become a generation's Demon Venerable]
[Beginner Demon Task Released]
[Task: Seize Opportunities (Incomplete)]
[As a demon, seizing treasures should be as simple as eating and drinking. Please snatch other's opportunities for your own use!]
[Task Progress: 0/10]
[Task Reward: Brahma Purifying Demon Heart]
Su Yuan: "..."
What the hell is this, looking again.
No mistake, it truly is the Chaos System!
Who... who put this system on me?
I am a legitimate transmigrator, diligent in work and study, can't even afford to rent a decent Spiritual Root, and now the system comes, and the first thing it asks me to do is something illegal?
Seize treasures, snatch opportunities?
His whole life he hadn't stolen even a penny, the most unethical thing he'd done was spotting a dropped hundred-yuan bill on the ground, stepping on it, and standing with the owner for three days and nights.
And now such a system suddenly appears!
Who's trying to harm him!
And beside him, having witnessed Su Yuan's expression shift from excitement, to cool, to loneliness, then shock, finally to despair, Chu Lanxi could only remark it was classic.
This young peer of his, who would have thought at such a young age, was already a seasoned actor with many performances under the belt.
Thud——
Su Yuan suddenly slumped onto the table, grabbing Chu Lanxi's hand and said:
"Dad, I was just joking, don't take it to heart, as I live so well, no student can compare to me."
"Now that's more like it."
Chu Lanxi grinned slightly, picking up her tray and leaving the seat, with a final word:
"Today's homework is also entrusted to you, I have things tonight, you don't have to wait for me."
"Take care, godfather."
"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, just you wait! (mutters under his breath)"
"What did you say?"
"Nothing, I said, I'll write your homework for life."
Su Yuan straightened up immediately, and only after Chu Lanxi completely disappeared from sight did Su Yuan stare at the annoying system panel, letting out a long sigh.
"Damn system's screwing me, either don't come, or give me a normal one, what's with this demon system?"
"Nowadays there's zero-tolerance magical power surveillance everywhere, demon cultivation has no chance of survival, dare to break the law, they'd catch you for sure!"
After quickly finishing the food off his tray, Su Yuan walked out of the cafeteria, out of the campus, heading towards the nearby subway.
Above, flying swords and spiritual ships frequently passed by, navigating between skyscrapers.
There were even some riding an Immortal Crane.
Look, there's a faint yellow cloud trailing the Immortal Crane.
Wait, that's not a cloud, the Immortal Crane just relieved itself mid-air!
Luckily, a split-second later, a city cleaner astride a flying sword soared up, skillfully catching the air droppings with a bag, and then approached the crane's owner to demand a fine.
By now, Su Yuan was already used to such sights.
He was a transcendor, who one day hit a stroke of luck after work in saving someone, and found himself in this highly developed cultivation civilization.
From what he understood, over three hundred years ago, this world called Blue Star shared almost identical development levels with Earth at the same time, with no existence of cultivators.
But on the eve of the Industrial Revolution, the spiritual energy on Blue Star revived, and relics from ancient cultivation heritages appeared, leading this world down a development path completely different from Earth.
After stumbling through over three hundred years of development, human civilization on Blue Star unified, and the world tended towards peace.
By Su Yuan's era, cultivation knowledge had become widespread, high tier cultivators had already left the mother planet to explore the stars and seas, and artificial spirit roots had entered thousands of households, truly achieving universal cultivation.
Su Yuan was an orphan who relied on his own efforts to get into a prestigious immortal dao high school in the city...
But with just over two hundred days left until the high school exams, his grades were only above average in the entire school, essentially ruling out any top immortal dao academy for him.
He thought the system coming would change this situation, but clearly, his hopes were dashed.
Now Su Yuan was already considering whether to learn a skill in advance so that he could easily find a job after college graduation.
He couldn't really go to a construction site to lay bricks, right?
When the subway reached his stop, Su Yuan walked to a residential building, skillfully swiped his card to enter, took the lift to the twenty-eighth floor, opened one of the apartment doors, and went in.
This was an apartment of over 80 square meters with two bedrooms and one living room, far beyond what Su Yuan's orphan finances could afford, so he shared it with someone.
His roommate was none other than his good friend Chu Lanxi, with whom he was like father and son.
Tomorrow was the Spiritual Energy Revival Day, a statutory holiday that allowed for three consecutive days off, so Su Yuan wasn't in a hurry to help his "son" with homework; he sprawled on the sofa, took out his phone, and started looking for work in various work groups.
He had given up hope on the system; only a part-time job could sustain his life at this point.
Very soon, Su Yuan found a job as a waiter in a restaurant. After negotiating the pay with the restaurant manager, Su Yuan took out his and Chu Lanxi's homework from the storage bag and started writing furiously.
When he finished the homework, it was already midnight.
Experts suggest that Qi Cultivation cultivators sleep for four hours a day. As a Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer cultivator, Su Yuan planned to watch short videos for an hour before going to sleep.
At that moment, Su Yuan's phone suddenly rang.
Chu Lanxi: Son, dad has an order coming soon, please pick it up. Your father will be home in ten minutes.
After reading this message, Su Yuan clicked his tongue.
Just then, a rushing sound came from outside the window.
Su Yuan turned his head and saw a delivery guy wearing a helmet, dressed in a yellow robe, speeding towards him on a flying sword.
Just before hitting the window of Su Yuan's home, the flying sword suddenly turned sideways and came to a stop just in time at the window.
"Hello, Kangaroo Delivery at your service, here's your ordered spirit fruit."
Su Yuan opened the window and took the delivery from the delivery guy.
"Enjoy your meal and your life, please give a five-star rating."
The delivery guy flashed a bright white smile.
Su Yuan was about to speak when another rushing sound came from not far away. A quick glance revealed a middle-aged man in a security guard's uniform, riding on a flying fork, charging over aggressively!
"Delivery not allowed inside! Where are you running, boy?"
The security guard uncle yelled, the flying fork under his feet transformed into a sharp red light, shooting straight toward the delivery guy!
The delivery guy remained unfazed, forming a sword mark with his fingers, surrounded by a hundred strands of azure sword qi, meeting the incoming explosion-proof fork!
With the clashing sounds of the fork and sword qi, the delivery guy sped away in a flash, laughing heartily as he left:
"Old Wang, your fork isn't fast enough, nor is it fierce enough! Better go home early and retire!"
"Hmph!"
The security guard uncle snorted coldly and pointed remotely, two missiles shot out from the tip of the explosion-proof fork, flying swiftly towards the delivery guy in his astonished gaze.
With two loud booms, the missiles hit the delivery guy, transforming into two large nets of spiritual power, securing him tightly.
"Didn't expect it, did you? Our property's equipment has been upgraded!"
The security guard made a large gesture, the flying fork flew back to his feet, he hefted the embarrassed delivery guy, then turned to Su Yuan with a serious salute:
"Protecting the resident's safety is our duty!"
With that, he flew away with the delivery guy.
Su Yuan: "..."
Is this what a battle between experts looks like? But isn't there something off about the style?
Su Yuan, being an old local, was only slightly surprised by this and closed the window as if nothing had happened.
Looking at the heavy bag of delivery, then the price on the receipt, Su Yuan's mouth twitched.
Chu Lanxi that kid really knew how to treat himself, playing crazily all night and still wanting to eat some fruits when he got back, why is there such a gap between people?
He casually opened the bag, took a glance at the fresh red boxed fruit cuts inside, and was about to throw it on the table, when suddenly a ding sound came to his ears.
[Demon Task: Steal Opportunity (In Progress)]
Su Yuan: "???"
What the hell?!
Ten minutes later, wearing a black leather jacket, legs for days, exuding a cool vibe, Chu Lanxi walked into the house, grabbed at the delivery bag on the table by the door, only to find it empty?
"Weird, where's my Fire Dragon Fruit?"
Chu Lanxi muttered, turned on the light to glance around the living room, hearing rustling sounds coming from Su Yuan's room.
He tiptoed to Su Yuan's bedroom door, pushed open the ajar door, and saw Su Yuan sitting at the desk, hunched over, doing something with his back to the door.
A faint fruity scent emanated from that direction.
Chu Lanxi raised an eyebrow, striding towards Su Yuan, grabbing Su Yuan's nape, staring at the crimson juice on Su Yuan's lips, and squinted as he asked:
"Where's my Pitaya? Did you see it, Su Yuan?"
"No, no."
Su Yuan's eyes flickered evasively.
Chu Lanxi directly pointed to the box of fruit cuts Su Yuan hid in the drawer:
"Then what's this you're eating?"
"Ba, Ba-na-na."
Su Yuan continued to play dumb, struggling to swallow the last piece of Fire Dragon Fruit.
[Demon Task: Steal Opportunity (In Progress)]
[Task Progress: 1/10]