The male supporting character was actually myself.

"If he's caught red-handed, shouldn't we just kill him?"

"The main system hasn't given us a reply yet, and we haven't figured out how these wild pseudo-chosen ones appeared. What if we just randomly kill Lu Fan and another wild one appears from somewhere else? It's safer to keep the wild ones under our control."

As Jiang Chen spoke, he tucked his ear together and slowly licked his fur, explaining in a very low voice, "Lu Fan's aura of setbacks is weaker than before, so even if the authorities suspect that he used underhanded methods, there is no evidence now."

After all, judging from the setting of the mission world, there are no spells or powders that can create illusions, otherwise the protagonist Ling Qiye would not be locked in a prison now.

Therefore, Lu Fan's refusal to confess and the assistance of his special aura will surely allow him to escape easily.

He's still a good-for-nothing, but if he wants to continue cultivating, he'll definitely have another burst of inspiration and obtain treasures or elixirs. He casually bought a divine artifact before; who knows, he might even find some sacred artifact for us next!

The money-grubbing little white cat's eyes lit up instantly, rubbing its paws together and jumping excitedly, "As expected of my chosen host, you're truly amazing! Lu Fan, Lu Fan, your halo must keep up the good work!"

Sure enough, after a long trial, the final verdict was that Lu Fan was innocent.

Given the advisor's special abilities, he believed that neither party was lying and that the misunderstanding must have been caused by someone else. Therefore, he transferred the case to the School Affairs Department for professional handling.

Lu Fan was acquitted;

The wealthy businessman Cao Sanchuan retrieved his belongings;

The owner of Zuixianju Restaurant's claim that Lu Fan dined and dashed was unfounded, as Lu Fan indeed had the ability to pay after receiving the money and did not intend to eat for free. However, it was true that he did not receive payment and suffered financial loss. In the end, the Kyoto Prefectural Government paid twelve taels of silver on his behalf, pending the arrest and prosecution of the culprit who secretly caused the incident.

"Phew!" Lu Fan breathed a sigh of relief as he came out of the lobby.

He could clearly feel the original owner's resentment churning violently, to the point that he himself was agitated.

"Enough!" Lu Fan pushed through the chattering crowd and turned into a deserted alley, angrily scolding in a low voice, "I haven't even complained about your useless body being a burden yet, and you're already making a scene."

Isn't it just about getting that woman, killing Ling Qiye, and slapping those who used to look down on you in the face?

Isn't it all about wanting wealth, fame, and a meteoric rise in one's career?

Quiet down. How could I, the mighty Demon King, be unable to do such a small thing?

It doesn't matter that the Illusionary Mirror is gone. External objects can be stolen, but the memories that belong to me in my mind will always be loyal. As long as I can get enough spiritual medicine, I will definitely be able to repair my useless body and embark on the path of cultivation again.

They can even use the powder to control others and make them work for them!

Just you wait and see! I'll live another life for you and stand at the pinnacle!

After saying this, feeling the resentment gradually subside, Lu Fan clenched his fists, looked up at the sky, and sneered, "Heh, the heavens are making things difficult for me at every turn. I will defy the heavens, shatter the nine heavens, and change this world!"

Fluffy dumplings:

Meow meow meow? Is there anything wrong with this main character?

"Host, did God offend him?" it asked curiously, tilting its head.

Jiang Chen quickly followed behind Lu Fan and whispered, "Judging from the storyline in the Book of Prophecy, this is a typical brainless wish-fulfillment novel protagonist. He keeps talking about breaking the heavens and earth. If the heavens and earth really had consciousness, they would definitely strike him dead with lightning. Why should he care about the heavens if he doesn't follow the right path?"

"Heavens are so pitiful." The little white cat chased after them and muttered, "It's a pity we're not in the mission world controlled by the script team right now, otherwise we could just report the protagonist for despising the laws of heaven and even trying to take his place. The main system's authority has been challenged, and it will definitely be punished. Even if he doesn't die, he'll be skinned alive!"

"If a complaint is filed like that, the scriptwriting team will most likely suffer, since the character they created is just too childish..."

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The cat and the system chatted idly as they followed Lu Fan back to his rented, dilapidated house.

"I can't cultivate and I have no money. I don't even know where my next meal will come from. It's true that even a hero can be brought down by a penny!" Lu Fan entered the courtyard, locked the door, and started slamming it in frustration.

If I fail to keep the promises I made earlier, won't I be ridiculed by those hateful gossips again?

The most urgent task is to find a way to obtain enough of the elixir!

As long as there are enough spiritual herbs to cultivate, all problems will be solved.

Does this mean... I should sell the prescription?

The thought had barely crossed his mind when Lu Fan rejected it immediately. Absolutely not!

The pills refined by extraordinary beings in the human realm are either for advancing in rank or for healing. The precious medicinal formulas stored in one's mind are the foundation for future upgrades, crushing everyone and reaching the peak. How can one easily hand them over to others?

"I can't even refine some simple healing medicines to sell for money, those spiritual herbs are just too expensive!" Lu Fan was really annoyed. He opened the door and looked at the empty room and the mottled mud walls, and his anger flared up.

Cultivation emphasizes wealth, companions, methods, and environment, with wealth being the most important.

How can someone so poor possibly take the first step towards a turnaround?

"Squeak!" Just as he was feeling annoyed, a mouse scurried out from the corner of the wall and provocatively strolled around the empty room.

Lu Fan narrowed his eyes, then casually grabbed the door latch and smashed it, saying, "Even a beast dares to mock me!"

"Gudong!"

When a thick wooden stick was thrown at the rat, it nimbly darted into its hole and escaped, but the stick instead smashed a hole in the already mottled earthen wall.

"Huh? It's empty?" Lu Fan frowned and went forward to check.

The fluffy little creature, squatting by the door, was stunned. "Host, the wild pseudo-master really is a treasure-hunting rat! It seems he's found something good again!"

Jiang Chen, who was far away on the wall, had already seen everything clearly from a first-person perspective through the Soul Weapon.

This is a small, blue printed package, covered in dust, which looks like it has been stored in a hole in the earthen wall for many years.

"What would be preserved in this way?" Lu Fan was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed. "Hahaha, as expected, there's always a way out. It must be the wealth accumulated by the homeowner's ancestors!"

As long as you have money, you can buy elixirs to repair your useless body;

As long as one can cultivate oneself, one can sell the low-level healing medicines one refines as an extraordinary person and earn high profits. After that, it will be just around the corner for one to recover one's strength and reach the peak!

He was overjoyed and took the package out of the hole in the wall, eagerly opening it.

Inside was only a small jade bottle, about the size of a palm, and a yellowed old book.

Chapter Ten: The Non-existent Setting

"Oh ho, host, quickly check if the Book of Prophecy has been updated."

The fluffy ball leaped up and squatted opposite Lu Fan, watching him flip through the book. It meowed and said, "The super classic little bottle cheat has appeared! I think it should be even more useful than the mirror, after all, its aura burns super fiercely."

Jiang Chen opened the Book of Prophecy and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction as he watched the words slowly forming on it.

Sure enough, this is how you slowly squeeze the treasure-hunting protagonist to survive!

After losing the Illusion Mirror, Lu Fan's protagonist aura exploded. After returning to his dilapidated rented house, he accidentally found the owner's ancestral treasure—the Heavenly Bottle—in a small hole in the wall.

Every three hours, the palm-sized jade bottle produces a drop of nectar that is so green it's almost black. When the concentrated nectar is diluted according to a certain ratio and taken, it can cleanse the marrow, repair and connect the meridians, and strengthen the tendons and veins.

Lu Fan thus easily reopened his damaged meridians, enabling him to absorb spiritual energy from heaven and earth and embark on the path of cultivation!

Knowing pharmacology well, he could not only drink diluted water that was priceless in the world, but also use it to bathe and strengthen his body. In just two days, he gained a brand new body that was stronger and had a greater talent for cultivation than before!

Moreover, the pale green liquid, diluted a hundred times, also has a powerful healing effect.

Whether it's an internal injury or a severe external injury, a few drops of this precious medicine can quickly improve internal injuries and heal external injuries at a visible speed!

Lu Fan repackaged it into small bottles and sold them to Langya. He then proceeded to sell the bottles to Langya. The sales pitch was very effective.

Lu Fan gained both fame and fortune through the Imperial Bottle, and also acquired a large number of spiritual herbs to refine powerful pills.

After forcefully showing off and slapping Ling Qiye in the face, he used a talisman to kill Ling Qiye in prison;

The young lady of the Liang family deeply regretted her actions and came to beg for peace. She did not hesitate to have a slave mark implanted in her and become Lu Fan's possession. She even gave the Liang family money, spiritual medicine, and connections, allowing him to rise rapidly in rank and quickly make friends with more and more powerful extraordinary beings.

After that, Lu Fan became famous throughout the world as a genius pharmacist, and he also won people's hearts by giving away advancement pills.

While those pills helped the other party break through and advance, they also contained the power of puppets. In less than a year, almost all the young talents of the Great Sui Dynasty became Lu Fan's loyal lackeys.

Meanwhile, the hidden masters of various sects were also going to great lengths to win over the pills refined by Lu Fan, resorting to all sorts of groveling and flattery, and even offering up top-grade cultivation resources like lapdogs...

In the end, it was still the same ending—Lu Fan rose above all the royal families in the human world, broke the seal between the two worlds with his own strength, became the new emperor of the demon race, and dominated the world.

"This treasure is far superior to the Illusion Mirror!" Jiang Chen exclaimed, looking at the Book of Prophecy. "While the Illusion Mirror is unpredictable, it's ultimately a flawed artifact with too many limitations. The Heavenly Bottle, on the other hand, directly affects people; even taking it can create a batch of powerful individuals!"

His beautiful big eyes darted around as he pondered how to seize the right moment to take the Heavenly Bottle without severely damaging Lu Fan's aura.

As long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood to burn; killing the goose that lays the golden eggs is unacceptable.

Only by keeping him under prolonged oppression will his treasure-hunting aura repeatedly erupt, allowing him to find numerous artifacts to enhance the strength of the human race!

Lu Fan was completely unaware that he had been thoroughly outmaneuvered.

He was staring at the old book in his hands with shining eyes, trembling with excitement and swallowing hard.

"This is a sacred artifact, even more powerful than a divine artifact! The mortal realm truly lives up to its reputation as a world favored by the laws of Heaven; even a small aristocratic family can possess such a treasure!" Lu Fan finished reading the last page and exhaled a breath of turbid air. "Phew... It's such a pity that the author's prediction was absolutely right; the great fortune of the mortal realm has faded, and now each generation is worse than the last!"

However, if it weren't for that, I wouldn't have gotten away with it so easily without paying any price.

Since I've managed to bring your Li family's treasured artifact back to light and prevent it from remaining hidden, you descendants of the Li family should be very grateful to me, hahahahaha..."

The old book was written by a brilliant ancestor of the Li family hundreds of years ago. It details the reason for leaving behind the Imperial Bottle—he predicted that his descendants would not be fortunate enough to enjoy such a treasure, and that if the family continued to pass it down, they would be exterminated for the crime of possessing a treasure.

Therefore, he used his own abilities to build this small courtyard, which is why the unassuming house has remained intact for hundreds of years.

As the cosmic energy of the human realm shifts and fades, a destined person will bring forth a precious treasure, turning the tide and saving the increasingly depleted spiritual energy of the human world.

The Li family ancestors deduced that the Imperial Bottle was a crucial opportunity that could revive the spiritual energy of the human world, bringing forth vibrant life and creating a more glorious new world.

The book explained the whole story and provided a detailed explanation of how to use the Imperial Bottle, which made Lu Fan very happy and excited.

"With this bottle in hand, my return to the peak is just around the corner!" He carefully finished reading the book, put the old book aside, gently stroked the small bottle for a moment, and then began to activate the bottle according to the instructions in the book.

The process was a bit tedious, but fortunately, it didn't require anything other than his own blood, which was quite useful for Lu Fan, who had plenty of time but no money.

It took nearly half an hour to activate the Imperial Bottle.

A fleeting, emerald-green luster flashed across the white jade bottle before it fell silent.

"It will take another three hours." Lu Fan exhaled a breath of stale air and looked up at the slightly setting sun. He thought to himself that he should take advantage of the time while the Imperial Bottle was brewing the essence of the elixir to complete the other preparations.

There's no hope of having dinner tonight; we're so poor we can't even afford to pawn anything to buy a pancake.

Fortunately, I am familiar with pharmacology and know that the liquid produced by this sacred artifact, when diluted and taken for marrow cleansing, will give me a feeling of fullness. Not eating at night is just a matter of not being able to satisfy my appetite.

As long as the first drop of the elixir is produced tonight, I can go to Langya Mountain tomorrow morning to enjoy its beauty and health.

With plenty of money in hand, what can't you eat?

"Host, when are we going to make our move?" Seeing that the pseudo-host Lu Fan was busy preparing to dilute the first batch of medicine, the fluffy ball of cats hopped over to its host's side and petted him without restraint.

Jiang Chen rolled her eyes and took a few steps back, but failed to dodge.

When he tried to resist, he found that the solid fluffy ball was like a mountain pressing down on him. His weak little body could not resist it, and he was afraid that if he hit too hard, the Horcrux would hurt it. So he could only hang his head and let the little white cat "ravage" him.

"Let's solidify Lu Fan's aura first, at least we need to achieve the first step—to demonstrate his power in Langya! He whispered, his hair disheveled, "We need to let the world see the power of the Heavenly Bottle, so that when we get our hands on it, we can revitalize the human race."