The male supporting character was actually myself.

First break his legs, then twist his arms, then smear his face. Even if he kneels on the ground and begs for his father, I will never show him any mercy!

"Whoosh!"

Just then, a paper crane folded from white paper slowly flew in through the open window of his room.

"Senior Brother, it's me, Lu'er!" A paper crane flew in and landed on the exquisite wooden table in the room, its delicate and aggrieved voice coming from it. "For some reason, a group of people in the city suddenly came out with my portrait, searching for me everywhere."

Senior Brother, I'm terrified!

Those people are so fierce and scary!

Please help Lu'er! I'm hiding in the inn and too scared to go out.

The spell attached to the paper crane was of a limited level; after conveying the message, it scattered into a blank sheet of paper and lay slumped on the table.

The paper was stamped with Lu'er's seal and had the following words written on it: "Please, Senior Brother, wipe out all those villains who bully Lu'er and don't respect the Qingfeng Sect. Lu'er is moved to tears!"

"Hey, she's delivered herself right to my door!" The catgirl twitched her ears excitedly. "Host, can you catch her by following the paper crane?"

Jiang Chen shook his head, his expression grave, and said, "How did she know I came to Yunyan City, and even know where I was staying?"

The kitten girl, who was resting her round cheek on her right hand, was taken aback. "Huh? Could it be some kind of communication within your sect? Like the red thread that Yang Qianqian planted for the protagonist?"

"No, the Qingfeng Sect doesn't have such a thing." He closed his eyes, concentrated his energy, and carefully checked himself to make sure that no love threads had been planted on him.

"Oh dear, host, you suddenly took off your clothes, I'm too embarrassed to look!" The cat girl covered her eyes with her hands, peeking at her host's good figure through her fingers.

After examining all of his clothes from head to toe, Jiang Chen finally discovered something amiss with the embroidered brocade pouch.

Upon careful recollection, this was originally a gift from my senior sister.

He always kept it on his jade pendant, but during a battle with an evil cultivator on one of his journeys down the mountain, he lost the jade pendant and the brocade pouch.

Later, Lu'er found it and returned it to her.

It seems she must have tampered with the brocade pouch back then!

"Xiao Bai, do you think Qin Xiuer's system will have a backlash?" Jiang Chen asked thoughtfully, holding the talisman he took out of the brocade pouch.

The cat girl paused for a moment, "Probably, but you never know with these kinds of wild systems. There might be penalties for failing to complete a strategy, and if you keep failing and fall below a certain point, the system might just disappear."

“Since he won’t even spare you, we have to change our battle plan to make Qin Xiuer lose the system bonus and even make the laws of heaven abandon him as the chosen one.”

"Huh? Force the system that the protagonist is bound to away? How do I do that?" The cat girl blinked, a little confused.

"Targets that have been successfully captured, targets that are currently being captured, and targets that are being prepared to be captured—act on these three targets simultaneously. Even if we can't force the system to escape, we'll at least make it suffer!"

He unfolded the talisman in his hand, drew a more complex rune on the yellow talisman with cinnabar, and then put it inside.

A moment later, a bright light appeared.

Lu'er's changed face appeared in the light; she was anxiously awaiting a reply.

Jiang Chen used the photo-recording stone to memorize her face and also found out the exact address of the inn where she was staying.

Once he was ready, he picked up the jade slip he used for communication and sent a message to his senior sister first.

Chapter Thirty-One: Favorability Plummets

{Romantic character: Chi Ling}

Identity: An ancient ferocious beast, the only red nine-tailed fox in the world.

Difficulty: 9.5 stars.

(She is solely focused on regaining her peak strength; assisting her will increase your chances of winning her over.)

Walkthrough progress: 0/100

Favorability: 0

Rewards: 5 Heavenly-level Secret Manuals; 1 Top-grade Spiritual Treasure; 5,000 years of cultivation; 60000 points

Adding another rare and desirable target to the deluxe package, Qin Xiuer rubbed her hands excitedly as she looked at the already full list of targets.

"What good luck I'm having today!" He held a book as a cover while carefully observing the beautiful woman in red who had just entered the bookstore.

The "Conquer the Beautiful Girls" system allows only five targets to be selected at a time.

Besides Jiang Mianmian, who is currently being pursued, the last spot has now been given to the Nine-Tailed Fox Chi Ling, who previously joined the group but has been unable to catch up with Ye Qing Shangshen, Qingfengpai Bai Yu, and the special BOSS Xiao Mao Yao.

As soon as she entered the bookstore, she began carefully searching for the books she wanted on the shelves.

"Hehe, I really deserve to be called the chosen one who transmigrated with a cheat code!" Qin Xiuer couldn't help but chuckle as she looked down at her book. Who could compare to this heaven-defying luck?

The system needs to seduce beautiful girls, and so many high-quality beauties are just walking right into the line of fire!

Bai Yu entered the Beast Taming Pavilion, but to avoid conflict with Jiang Mianmian, whom he was currently pursuing, he had to temporarily give up.

The God of Night Clear is too fast; I haven't even seen his face yet.

The little cat demon's situation was special, and he dared not act rashly due to his insufficient strength.

The nine-tailed fox is right beside me now, and she's within the system's automatic attack range.

Qin Xiuer remained seated, patiently waiting for the favorability rating to rise until she could strike up a conversation.

His plan was perfect, but the hourglass on the table kept dripping, and half an hour quickly passed, yet the system's automatic favorability rating was only 0.02!

This is way too slow.

Will it take forever to automatically increase favorability?

Taking a deep breath, Qin Xiuer walked over with the book in her hand, controlled her facial expression, and asked in a low, gentle voice, "Miss, may I ask what book you are reading?"

He figured that since the other person was in the bookstore looking at books, they must be a studious nine-tailed fox, so starting the conversation with books would definitely be a good idea!

"Are you blind?" Unexpectedly, the other person looked up at him, glanced at him, and then lowered his eyelids to continue reading.

The favorability rating that I had painstakingly achieved through automatic progression on the system interface instantly dropped to 0!

Damn it!

Why is it falling so fast?

All I said was a sentence! Was the topic inappropriate?

The difficulty of nine and a half stars is truly impressive.

Qin Xiuer took a deep breath to suppress her anger, thinking that since everything had already been reset, she might as well go all out and forcefully find a topic to generate some buzz.

If I guess right, my favorability rating might skyrocket.

He glanced at the book in her hand—a biography of wondrous tales from all corners of the world—and suggested in what he thought was a charming tone, "If you wish to travel the world, young lady, perhaps I can..."

Before he could finish speaking, the system suddenly sounded an alarm—{Target Chi Ling's favorability has dropped to -10, deducting five credits.}

Damn it!

Qin Xiuer quickly shut her mouth and took two steps back, her heart bleeding as she looked at the remaining ninety credits.

Is this what they mean by opportunities and risks coexisting?

The problem is, isn't this risk just too high?

This system is awful and I can't even complain about it. They should at least warn me if there's a risk involved! Thumbs down!

"What exactly do you want?" Chi Ling looked up at him impatiently, her once captivating eyes now filled with disdain.

She looked at him carefully and was sure she didn't recognize him.

Not good-looking; shifty-eyed; lacks class; mismatched attire; casually flirts with pretty girls; looks like a toothpick, utterly useless!

Qin Xiuer never expected that in the heart of the nine-tailed fox who had seen countless handsome men, her rating was even worse than that of a bookstore clerk. Yet she still thought she could turn the tables with her good looks and the advantage of being a knowledgeable transmigrator.

However, it's clear that we can no longer discuss this topic from the perspective of books.

Learning those cheesy pickup lines online might work for Lu'er, but saying them to a nine-tailed fox would seem like taking advantage of her, which is too risky.

After weighing the pros and cons, he cleverly said, "I want the girl to think I'm a good person worth getting to know."

"A good person?" Chi Ling's eyes darted around and a mischievous smile appeared on her face. "If you can make me eat the dumplings like candy, then I'll think you're a good person."

ball?

Qin Xiuer didn't dare to be rash and asked earnestly, "What kind of dumplings are you referring to, young lady?"

"Mysterious Spirit Pill".

Oh open!

He immediately understood that elixirs were essential for cultivating immortality.

Which protagonist who transmigrates to the cultivation world isn't an all-around expert in alchemy and weapon crafting?

With a local-level cultivation technique, a profound-level cultivation technique, a storage ring full of rare and precious materials, and various spirit stones and magic treasures given to him by Lu'er, his net worth is not small in the cultivation world. He should be able to afford to spend money to buy his way in.

"Please wait a moment, young lady."

He walked out of the bookstore full of confidence and took out a communication jade slip to contact Lu'er.

"Mysterious Spirit Pill?" Upon hearing these three words, Lu'er's eyes lit up!

Although Brother Xiu is a bit of a womanizer, it has to be said that he is really lucky. He can encounter all kinds of cultivation techniques and spiritual treasures and get them smoothly.

"Brother Xiu, you're so good to me." She said in a sweet, coquettish voice, "Brother Xiu knows I'm about to advance, right? The Profound Spirit Pill is extremely rare; if I take one, I'm sure I can break through!"

Is it something that can only be encountered by chance?

Got it, it means it's extremely expensive.

No wonder even the nine-tailed fox wanted to eat it like candy!

My system is still not powerful enough. Many novel protagonists' systems prepare all the necessary resources in advance. Now, if I want to win over the Nine-Tailed Fox, I have to find a way to earn money to buy Xuanling Pills to supply her.

"Miss, the Profound Spirit Pill is a rare and precious medicine that is hard to come by, and I really don't have any right now. Could you leave your contact information? If I find it, I will contact you as soon as possible!"

Chi Ling tried to read minds several times but couldn't figure out the other party's background. After buying the books, she glared at him, threw down the words "lecherous scoundrel," and disappeared from the spot.

{Warning: The target Chi Ling's affinity level has dropped to -20, deducting 5 credits.}

Qin Xiuer almost choked on her breath, her face turning ashen.

Judging from the map, God Ye Qing is far away; the little cat demon is at Hongfu Inn; Bai Yu and Jiang Mianmian are both at the Beast Taming Pavilion; and the Nine-Tailed Fox has teleported to a certain place in the north of the city, moving at an extremely slow speed.

He dared not pursue the matter further, fearing that he might say something wrong and cause his favorability rating to drop even further.