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A collection of short stories and poems containing the horrors of our darkest fears. There may even be a hidden story between the lines if you look hard enough...

To be fair, despite what the lead states, there will be both Male and Female leads here.

Compilation of poems reflecting the writer's actual emotion or feeling at the time the poem was written.

(All poems are mine and original. Pls. credit the quotes/lines/stanza/poem to me if you want it for reference. Thank you!)

Compilation of poems reflecting the writer's actual emotion or feeling at the time the poem was written.

(All poems are mine and original. Pls. credit the quotes/lines/stanza/poem to me if you want it for reference. Thank you!)

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AEEIS 'talent show' instantly shocked everyone and became the focus of the entire live-stream once it was released.
The main point was that it was unexpected!
Most audiences' impression of smart speakers was that they were 'artificial retards'. They could only answer a few fixed questions. If the questions were slightly more complicated, they would not know how to answer.
However, AEEIS was completely different. It displayed a level of intelligence that was completely higher than other smart speakers!
Actually, this was just a feeling. They were using the artificial intelligence technology of Xunke Technologies. They had only optimized the core functions of AEEIS through special techniques.
The principle of the Bickering Mode had been introduced previously. It mainly relied on the counter-attack and pre-emptive strike to make the other party enter the rhythm of the Bickering Mode and gradually lose their rationality. This would result in a "Bickering Mode IQ Suppression" effect.
On the other hand, the poetry function was to make use of a poetry library based on Useful application. It could successfully obtain more accurate information than Qiandu. There would not be any slip-ups when answering basic questions, and it was very simple. On the other hand, the automatic action poetry function developed based on the poetry library would also give people a bright look.
These poems and couplets were automatically generated by AEEIS, but they also had certain rules. A key word could only produce one or two more suitable poems. It was impossible to create poems and couplets without restrictions.
What's more, some poems might seem to be legit, but the meaning might be hollow or lacking, making people feel like they were clueless.
Even so, this poem function was already amazing enough.
That was because these poems were far better than what ordinary people could come up with in terms of culture, be it in terms of rhythm, meaning, or specific words. Therefore, the audience's eyes lit up.
As a result, the live-stream was in an uproar. Those who had already bought the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine immediately tried it out. They found that the updated version of AEEIS indeed had the ability to compose poems. What's more, every poem was done pretty well!
They suddenly felt like they had profited.
However, the live-stream was obviously not over yet.
Ma Yang continued to follow the script and entered the next stage: exchanging lines.
"AEEIS also has a function to exchange lines. I'll only show one or two simple demonstrations since there is a lot of content. If everyone is interested, I will post a few lines on Weibo. Everyone, try it out with your bickering machine."
"AEEIS, return to the initial image."
AEEIS: "Captain Qin Yi, you might be very angry now, but humans need you to continue fulfilling your mission as a soldier…"
Ma Yang and AEEIS simply matched a few lines. Ma Yang did not have any foundation in reading lines, but he acted with AEEIS in a serious manner, it was quite interesting.
At first, the viewers in the live-stream did not pay much attention to it. After all, they already knew that AEEIS had the ability to do that. Many people had already tried Ocean Stronghold's downloadable content.
However, they realized that something was amiss upon closer inspection.
Boss Ma was not using the lines from Ocean Stronghold's downloadable content, they were actually new lines!
This seemed to be the plot after Ocean Stronghold's downloadable content from the first line. Qin Yi was angry for some unknown reason, but AEEIS wanted him to continue fulfilling the mission of a soldier…
As a well-trained soldier, Qin Yi was someone who did not show his emotions. Why was he so angry?
How was AEEIS supposed to continue fulfilling the mission of a soldier? Was there another dangerous mission waiting for him?
They had casually imagined a huge plot!
Someone in the live-stream quickly reacted. All sorts of speculations about the plot floated past the bullet screen comments.
"I feel that Ocean Stronghold's downloadable content should be a tragic ending. Obviously, the war has not ended. Captain Qin Yi's team members are all dead. That's why Captain Qin Yi is so angry!"
"Actually, there was foreshadowing in the game previously. There was a fragment of the Skylark II Combat Uniforms, which means that the decapitation operation has been carried out many times without success."
"That's right, that makes sense!"
"D*mn, that means this is another prelude to the new game? That's too sneaky!"
"Will AEEIS have scenes in the new game?"
"This publicity method is so novel! Wouldn't everyone be able to play the role of Captain Qin Yi? It's so interesting. I've decided to buy one!"
"That's right, spending a few hundred more yuan to buy so many practical functions is too worth it!"
The live-stream was filled with 'buy buy buy buy buy' comments.
To the viewers, the entire live-stream was a process of suppressing one's desires.
Boss Ma openly announced all the parameters of the smart bickering machine the moment he came up. He told everyone frankly that the bickering machine's parameters could not be compared to the high-end sound systems that cost a few thousand yuan. It was only about the standard of similar sound systems of two thousand yuan. Moreover, the price-quality ratio of the sound system alone was not high.
Many viewers thought that Boss Ma was going to boast about his products awkwardly. However, when they heard Boss Ma point out the problem with the bickering machine, they removed their previous discrimination.
The next step was to dismantle the machine and display its internal details in detail. The Bickering Machine made an impression based on its exquisite workmanship, unique appearance, and the exquisite mechanical structure of the Bickering Machine. It gave people the impression that it was of "high quality".
During the next segment, AEEIS might not be able to compete with the seven or eight thousand sound systems, but the audience had already expected it to be a 2000-yuan sound system. Naturally, they would evaluate it based on this standard and felt that it was not bad.
After that, it was time to focus on showing AEEIS' specialty. The unique functions of bickering, poetry, and lines immediately attracted the attention of the audience. The other sound products in the live-stream immediately became boring and unappealing.
The most important thing was that Ma Yang's entire proposal was objective and neutral. Not only was there no boasting about the bickering machine, but the reviews were even stricter.
What's more, he displayed all the details of the Bickering Machine just like what Pei Qian had instructed him to do.
The beginning of the script was according to Pei Qian's plan. However, Pei Qian had not expected the development in the middle!
The live-stream ended. Old Ma watched the screen full of 'buy buy buy buy buy buy buy' and exited his live-stream contentedly.
He completed all of Brother Qian's requests and posted his final work before Chinese New Year. Perfect!
Brother Qian should be very satisfied and proud of me, right?
… 
At the same time, Pei Qian fell into a daze as he watched all sorts of 'buy buy buy buy buy' comments fly past the black screen.
What's going on?! 
What happened to blacklisting the bickering machine? Why did everyone want to buy it?
Was it really not a development arranged by Old Ma?
Pei Qian wanted to throw the blame to Old Ma, but on further thought, Old Ma did not seem to be in the wrong.
He had criticized it and displayed the details. He even directly told the audience that 'this is the standard of a domestic product with an echo wall of 2000 yuan. The price-quality ratio is not good'.
The downfall was the last few functions!
In fact, many of the advantages of the Bickering Machine were just icing on the cake. It had no practical use and was not attractive if singled out.
Take ordinary sound systems for example. A unique shape or a program that could produce poems would probably not be enough to influence consumers' willingness to buy.
However, all of these factors combined together with AEEIS' special persona seemed to have made a qualitative change to it!
Pei Qian suddenly had a bad feeling. He quickly went online to search for topics related to AEEIS and the Smart Bickering Machine.
Related discussion threads did increase rapidly after this live-stream!
Ma Yang's live-stream already had quite a number of fans, and the effect of the live-stream this time was quite good, so many people were discussing it; and AEEIS had just updated its poetry function today. Many people who had previously bought the Bickering Machine also discovered this new function and started discussing it online.
Pei Qian suddenly realized that #AEEIS# had become a hot topic on Weibo!
There were many related videos that showed the entire process of the owner arguing with AEEIS. There was also AEEIS' "A Poem in a Second" video. AEEIS' poems were completely different based on the keywords given by its owner. However, every single one of them rhymed. It sounded very cultured.
Netizens expressed their shock.
"Has artificial intelligence developed to this extent?"
"AEEIS is the smartest artificial intelligence I've seen recently. It's completely different from other artificial retards!"
"It's fine if you can't out-talk it, but you can't even compare to its culture…"
"I suddenly feel that AEEIS' setting is too attractive! This is a super genius with a high IQ but low EQ. It reminds me of the highly intelligent characters in many television dramas!"
"Indeed, while it does make you speechless, who can deny that it is very smart? Usually, its answers are very concise, and its words are as precious as gold. However, it still answers every single question and fulfills every request of yours honestly. It is very intelligent. Not only can it completely suppress you in terms of logic, but it can also create poems according to your requirements!"
"A cold, slightly venomous-tongued, impeccable logical thinking, and talented artificial intelligence? Wow, I love this feeling of dualism!"
"It's a pity that it does not have a concrete image. It would be perfect if it was a cute girl!"
"No, I think that this image is the most suitable! If the gender is confirmed and the speech is similar to a human's voice, then there would be no personality. Is there a lack of similar artificial intelligence? It's precisely because of it's gender-neutral voice that it can better reflect the characteristics of artificial intelligence. What's more, it's very pleasing to both boys and girls!"
"I'm not listening. I want to create an image of AEEIS! Feminism is the way to go!"
"Then I want a male character which would suit a poisonous tongue better."
"I don't think it has to have a gender. Isn't it nice to have a pure artificial intelligence and mechanical image?"
… 
What shocked Pei Qian was that apart from those who were shouting 'buy buy buy buy buy buy', everyone else was discussing AEEIS' character design!
This had never happened before.
That was because many companies had produced similar artificial intelligence products since the breakthrough in the artificial intelligence technology of Xunke Technologies. However, it was not very popular. No one discussed the so-called 'character design'.
That was because everyone knew that these were artificial retards. There was not much difference between them. They just had different names and slightly different images. There was nothing to discuss.
However, AEEIS was immediately unique when compared to these artificial intelligence. For some reason, it gained the love and creativity of the audience!
Pei Qian leaned back in his chair, feeling dizzy.
This is bad!
Not only did this live-stream not extinguish everyone's passion to buy it, it also added fuel to the fire! Previously, many people who did not know about the smart bickering machine became interested in it and began to buy it!


I really just want to lose money! T_T
Best boss ever, prodigy of the business world, genius creator, visionary of the century.
These are the descriptions used for Pei Qian, President of Tengda Corporation.
Ever since his rebirth, Pei Qian finds himself in possession of a system that rewards him if he manages to lose money.
Instantly, a brilliant idea comes to mind — making crappy games!
"If the game flops, all my investment cost will be lost!"
"How difficult can it be to lose money?"
Indeed... how difficult can it be?
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Tyrant?
Screw your sister! You are the tyrant! Your entire family are tyrants!
Xu Que had fled immediately after acting tough and heard the system beeps within his head when his face contorted in anger. He couldn’t stomach the offensive new title and raged out at the system. Afterall, "Act Tough Tyrant" wasn’t half as nice sounding as Act Tough Criminal!
But… Since this new title enabled him to purchase items from the system store at 80% reduction of the original price, he didn’t argue for long and sunk into silence soon after.
(T/N : Apologies for the unclear ‘eightfold’ price reduction in the previous chapter.)
The lines which he had uttered earlier, ‘"These drops of rain were born of the heavens but died here on earth. Their lives spanned the entire duration it took for the raindrops to land."’ wasn’t actually original.
In fact, these lines were taken from the main character of a popular story. He had decided to use them at this opportune timing to great effect. Truth be told, a person of his nature wouldn’t have been able to be so deep and eloquent sounding ever!
All this were done just to act tough and gain points. As for not deriving true understanding and comprehension of the phrase and its context, Xu Que didn’t even care. After all, the way for him to become stronger and gain levels was through points and didn’t require him to attain enlightenment or knowledge!
He walked past a wall and stood at the corner before calling out his system and entering the store.
 
Indeed, the prices of all the items in his sight had drastic changes. The prices had been significantly reduced and there were many more new additions too.
The first thing Xu Que’s eyes caught sight of was the new educational and learning segment of the store. This section was new and was extremely comprehensive. It even included all the works of Confucius and his disciples along with other renowned philosophers.
However, the thing which made Xu Que the most excited was the availability of the book <Comprehensive Chinese Couplets>.
Seeing this filled him with immense joy!
"A book on couplets! Hahah! Looks like I can act tough once again! System, I wish to purchase the book <Comprehensive Chinese Couplets>!"
Xu Que thus purchased it without further hesitation and used it immediately.
Later on during the banquet, there would be a couplet competition. Xu Que knew that he was rather poor with couplets and thus had decided to flee earlier in order to save him the inevitable embarrassment. Now, however, he was filled with confidence.
Whoosh!
In that instant, the book <Comprehensive Chinese Couplets> vanished from his system inventory as it transformed into a ray of white light and swirled around his mind. Once again, his knowledge on the subject had increased many folds.
Along with the <300 Tang Poems>, this <Comprehensive Chinese Couplets> gave him many poetic lines and phrases. However, the most important aspect about this was that it also equipped him with the skill of writing poems and forming correct replies to couplets.
Additionally, Xu Que recalled the classes he was made to attend in his previous life and how he was forced to memorize poems as a child. Hence when he looked at these lines now, he didn’t find them too strange or foreign to him.
After he had purchased the <Comprehensive Chinese Couplets> book, knowledge started to fill Xu Que’s mind. His lips curled into a smile. At this point, he still wasn’t particularly anxious to return and thus continued standing by the corner of the wall, exploring the other items within the system store.
Apart from this new educational segment, there were many other new items added to the system store.
For example, there were many strange spells manuals added which caused Xu Que to feel extremely bewildered. There was this strange <Dual Cultivation - Old Man’s Cart Pushing Martial Arts Technique> and also <Heavenly Fire and Ice Ninth Waves>.
Xu Que, who admits to have the purest of hearts and was the most innocent, was startled. He took mental notes on several of these books and their prices before checking out other items.
When he next explored the food section, he was stumped!
There were many other new items added into the food section. However, the prices of these items were very high. In fact, they were unreasonably high!
When Xu Que saw these prices, he was enraged, "System, explain to me something. Why did the smelly tofu and other food items cost me only 1 act tough points in the past and yet the new food items release are being sold at such an exorbitant price? You’re actually selling a single item for 100 act tough points now? Why don’t you rob the bank or something?"
"This system has decided on prices set for each item in a fair and absolute manner!" The system replied plainly.
"Fair and absolute? Fuck me. Are you learning how to act tough from me now?"
Xu Que was clearly upset at this point as he replied the system, "Then why don’t you tell me, why would a packet of cigarettes costs 100 act tough points? Likewise, a bottle of beer also costs 100 act tough points, why?"
"Ding! Smoking cigarettes is bad for your health!"
"What?" Xu Que’s expression revealed a look of astonishment, "Then what about beers?"
"Ding! Alcohol will cause you to screw things up!"
"..."
Xu Que had no retort for that. Afterall, the system was correct in its replies. Xu Que actually had absolutely nothing to say.
It was true that smoking cigarettes was indeed harmful. But what on earth did drinking beers have anything to do with screwing things up? Could drinking a little beer ruin my acting tough career?
Damn it. It’s so obvious that you’ve realized how rich I am now and are trying to cheat me, huh? But isn’t it just 100 act tough points? Money is something I have. Since you’re trying to dissuade me from purchasing it, I shall damned well purchase it!!
The more Xu Que thought about this, the angrier he became. At last, he waved his hands and purchased a packet of cigarettes!
"Ding! Congratulations to host for purchasing a packet of cigarettes. The cost is 100 act tough points! Do you require a lighter for your recent purchase? After the 80% discount, it only costs 20 act tough points!"

"Fuck! You are indeed a scammy, cheating, damned system!" Xu Que scolded harshly as he flicked his robes.
A lighter? Why would I need a lighter? I am a cultivator. I can conjure fire anytime I wish!
Back at the dining hall of the banquet, after Xu Que had left, the entire hall slumped into silence.
Everyone was still pondering the deep essence of Xu Que’s last words as their hearts hammered fiercely within their chests!
"It was hard to fathom how a common rain was able to enlighten brother Li and direct him to speak such words." Tang Liu Feng sighed as he muttered under his breath.
Another student was filled with regret, "Looks like we’ve all misunderstood brother Li. Although he looks like an unrestrained and improper student, that’s just his character! In actual fact, he’s such a talented individual!" 
 
"While others are teasing my madness, I am laughing at their shortsightedness. This sentence was an actual depiction of his life. In the past, I didn't understand him at all. But I think I do now."
"That’s right . Although he’s an obstinate and arrogant person, the ten poems which he had recited was indeed the best I’ve ever heard! Even though we’re unable to see past his flawed character, we have to admit his brilliant talents!"
"These drops of rain were born of the heavens but died here on earth. These words had caused me to reach a new level of understanding and I’ve learnt quite a fair bit from it. In fact, after several more days of secluded meditation, I should be able to break past my bottleneck and finally ascend in cultivation. Brother Li’s words are truly wise!"
More students started opening their mouths to speak objectively and impartially about Xu Que’s talents.
Those ten poems managed to convince many students! Nobody around dared to say that they weren’t good poems. Absolutely nobody!
Even Mo Yun Shang wasn’t able to say anything negative about those poems. Instead, he sat on his seat, his expression was one of utter disbelief. Despite the sense of dissatisfaction within his heart, he couldn’t say anything in rebuttal of these words of praise for Xu Que.
As for those ten poems, he couldn’t find a single flaw in it. This was to say that in their poems sparring session, he had lost. Or rather, he had lost extremely badly!
Madam Ya’s heart was trembling in fear and she was left reeling in a daze. She had never met a more talented young man in her life. His talents were undisputed and were extraordinary. His personality and character was unique. The fact that he was so stubborn and arrogant was… Extremely charming!
The fact that Madam Ya was completely bowled over by Xu Que was compounded by her inherent condition. She was overwhelmed by such talented individuals, and had absolutely no resistance for people like these. At this point, her face was a deep shade of red as she stared at the empty door frame. There was an unspeakable strangeness lingering within her heart.
The way that Xu Que was forceful, agitated, impassioned and at the same time, cheerful, lingered within her mind. She was unable to forget the expressions on his face for a very long time.
The only person present who was still able to cling onto his composure and calmness was the leader of the four greats, young master Zhao, who was known for his proficiency in couplets. 


I am the best when it comes to taking divergent paths. With just a flip of my hand, I shall take the path less commonly travelled. I search far and wide, only to find myself unbeatable and unrivaled. So now I ask, who else can match my awesomeness? 

Acting tough is second nature to me and I am a lone wolf.
 
The road is long and winding but I shan’t feel lonely as long as I am able to act tough!


Life and death bore me and I do whatever I deem fit.

“Young man, way back when I started acting tough, you were still learning how to put on your underpants!” Xu Que thus decided to take the path of acting tough. He decided to act tough every single god-damned day. If he wasn’t acting tough, he was scheming for the best way to act tough!  

Hearing what she said, Lu Yunshuang's heart plummeted. 
No wonder Grandmother's attitude toward her had significantly dulled when she was back this time around. It turned out that this was the problem. 
"Grandmother, I..."
"Do not listen to Weiwei's nonsense. Although I'm at an elderly age, I still have the energy to walk to the Mansion Gate," the Dowager Duchess interrupted. 
Lu Yunshuang's face turned pallor. 
When the Dowager Duchess was young, she had traversed through the battlefields along with the Duke and was nothing short of prestigious. However, now that she was at an old age, she had to greet and pay respects to her granddaughter. She was sure to feel uncomfortable in her heart.
Now that she heard what the Dowager Duchess had to say, Lu Yunshuang felt immensely anxious and remorseful. 
Before she came over today, she had consigned someone to hand Aunt Zheng a letter. However, she had forgotten to remind her to keep their plans simple in order not to startle Grandmother. 
She only thought of it when she arrived before the gate of the Duke Mansion. However, it was already too late. 
The Dowager Duchess did not express her vexation then, so she never took this incident to heart. 
Nevertheless, being called out by Lu Liangwei like that highlighted her lack of understanding, making her seem unfilial as she appeared not to pay any heed to the Dowager Duchess. 
She attempted to save the situation by saying something, but the Dowager Duchess had already begun to speak.
"It's now March, the season of spring where the grasses are tall, the nightingales are high in the air and the willow trees are green while the flowers bloom a bright red. Both of you can use this as the main topic and compose a poem about it," she said. 
After a momentary pause, she sent a glance toward Lu Liangwei. "It does not have to be self-composed. If there are any good lines from the books you've read, you can write it down as well," she added. 
The instructions obviously benefitted Lu Liangwei. 
Due to Lu Liangwei's usual capricious behavior, she had never done well in her studies. 
Feeling extremely disdainful, Lu Yunshuang shot Lu Liangwei a condescending stare. 
The Dowager Duchess's good intentions might all go to waste.
Other than her face, which was still somewhat useful, Lu Liangwei was a lowly educated and unskilled dimwit. 
Even if she was assigned the task of copying lines of a poem word by word from a book, she might not know how to do so. 
Lu Yunshuang remained silent as she smiled subtly. Holding up her sleeve with one hand and using the other to raise the brush then dip it in the ink, she appeared to ponder on her thoughts momentarily, then raised her head and proceeded to write on the paper right away. 
Her finesse stunned Long Chi, whose eyes glimmered in fascination immediately. 
He could not help but leave the audience seat and make his way to stand behind Lu Yunshuang. 
As his gaze fell on the paper, he could not resist reciting the words aloud. "The prettiest scenery capable of arousing my poetic heart lies in the start of spring, where the willow leaves have just emerged in unevenly colored pale yellow buds. If we waited till the flowers in Shanglin came to full bloom, we'd see people admiring the flowers everywhere once we stepped out of our rooms."[1]
Long Chi recited each of the sentences word by word. Coupled with his clear, melodious voice, the poem was capable of touching the hearts of many. 
After reciting, Long Chi mused upon the imagery described in the poem. He could not hide the glint of admiration in his eyes. "Shuanger, what a good poem!" he exclaimed.
The Dowager Duchess also nodded. "Shuanger's poem is fascinating. The words she used emanates the dignified style of a noble person," she commented. 
Upon hearing her daughter receiving praises from the Crown Prince and the Dowager Duchess, Aunt Zheng felt delighted, even more so than being on the receiving end of praises. 
She was high-spirited and extremely pleased. 
Lu Liangwei was not the slightest bit affected. To begin with, she did not know how to compose poems, but she had read a few classical poem books back in the present. Therefore, it would not be difficult for her to copy down a few good poems. 
Anyway, the Dowager Duchess had told them that if they did not know how to compose poems, they could always copy lines from other poems. 　　
She noticed the cherry blossoms in full bloom in the courtyard and pondered for a while before writing down a poem on the paper. 
"On this very day, last year at this very gate, faces and cherry blossoms both bloomed red. The faces are now in places unknown, yet the cherry blossoms still beam in the spring wind."[2]
Her voice was soft. When she recited the poem, her intonation had the soft and tender hush used by those who came from Jiangnan.
Furthermore, her expression was exceptionally serious when writing the poem. As she raised her head, her hair slid off her shoulder to expose her graceful, fair neck under the sunlight. 
...
[1] Lines from a Tang Dynasty poem.
[2] Lines from a Tang Dynasty poem.


Lu Liangwei wakes up to find herself transmigrated as a supporting character in the novel she had been reading a few days ago. According to the novel, this character has everything—beauty, wealth, status—except brains. Before Liangwei had taken over, she even went as far as to hang herself for the male protagonist that she loved: the Crown Prince as well as her sister's lover. Now that she has become a "brand new" person, it is time for her to turn her life around with charm and wit! She will get everyone to fall in love with her, even the Crown Prince's uncle—the Emperor! Who needs a prince when you can become the Empress herself?

　　 Xiao Rui has three poems in a row, deterring the classroom.
　　 Xiao Jing looked at his Seventh Brother in shock. This is the first time he has seen him like this. Could it be that it was a tortoise shell on a rainy day and he finally got his head?
 How can it be? How could he make such a poem? Substitute work, it must be someone who works on behalf of others!
　　 On the other hand, Xiao Yan looked admired and couldn't help but want to shout: I knew it, my seventh brother is the best! Haha, none of you know, I know a big secret of Brother Seven! I won't tell anyone!
　　 The others also whispered.
　　 Xiao Rui is triumphant. After this, I will see whether Dr. Jin will honor his promise and grant him sick leave honestly. Also earned five advent values, perfect!
　　 Dr. Jin is a little confused, still mumbling to taste three poems.
　　 Put aside the first four-character short sentence for the time being, the second and third have a profound artistic conception, savor carefully, the breath of spring comes to your face, and you are on the scene. They are all ordinary characters, but they have an unusual state when combined. This is what the top-grade poems should have.
 　　 "It's just... how is this possible?" Dr. Jin looked at Xiao Rui and sensibly told him that it was impossible to make this kind of poem based on Xiao Rui's usual performance, but if it was plagiarism, it would definitely be impossible. What generation? It was impossible for Xiao Rui to recruit knowledgeable customers by staying at the fourth prince's house.
　　 "Xiao Rui, are you really making these poems?" Dr. Jin couldn't help asking.
Xiao Rui nodded happily, and said, "It's like a fake! After the last class, I thought about it day by day and night by night, and I felt like a godly help in the midst of my life. Only then can I have this masterpiece. You will let me do other verses, I can't do it anymore. The Ph.D. knows how my literary talent is. It seems that God pityed me for my infirmity, insisted on attending classes, and was touched by the studious spirit that made me enlighten me."
 　　 After pulling the tiger skin, hurry up and pretend to be a grandson. You have to rely on doing high-profile things, and you can't be the first bird by yourself.
　　 Dr. Jin twitched the corners of his mouth. If you want to learn, there will be no lazy people that day. But the hard words were all said, and it was hard to get over.
　　 "Sit down." Dr. Jin waved his hand and could only change the subject.
　　 "Doctor, I might have a stomachache tomorrow, and I want to take a leave of absence from you in advance." Xiao Rui shouted.
　　 Dr. Jin staggered, almost unable to stand firm, he quickly held the podium and held down the old waist. This didn't make Xiaojiao wife's waist flashy, but it couldn't make you flashy.
　　 Can I have a face? Tomorrow my stomach hurts and I know today, do you think it's a woman coming to Tiankui? Really shameless.
　　 "I'll talk about it tomorrow when it hurts." Dr. Jin replied.
　　 "Good." Xiao Rui sat down honestly, and finally felt exuberant.
　　 Old fellow, believe it or not, I will recite Tang Poems and Song Ci to you so that you can hear vomiting?
　　Dr. Jin didn't dare to mention poems any more and began to teach.
　　 Xiao Rui was waiting for the end of get out of class in the torment.
Xiao Jing secretly glanced to the back door and saw that the person watching the class was no longer there. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and frowned at Xiao Rui. His seventh brother had actually robbed him of the limelight. Fortunately, he was frizzy, presumably too. Falling in the eyes of the father. By the way, doesn't it mean that the father is going to test the three princes who are studying?
 　　 After class, Emperor Xia approached and visited Xiao Rui, Xiao Jing and Xiao Yan.
　　 "The three majesty, your majesty dictates that tomorrow, please ask the three majesty to go to Yangxin Pavilion, and your majesty will examine the recent studies of the three majesty." The attendant respectfully said.
　　 Xiao Jingyi was overjoyed and nodded.
　　 Xiao Rui and Xiao Yan looked at each other, frowning.
On the way out of Jiwen Hall, Xiao Jing smiled and said, "Seven brothers, with your talent in writing poems today, you will surely show your face in front of your father tomorrow. Father advocates both civil and martial arts and teaches us to have both civil and martial arts. Seven brothers have this. If you grow up, your father must be happy."
　　 "The eighth brother is serious, your brother and I know what level I know, and I only want to get through tomorrow, when the eighth brother will help me break through the encirclement." Xiao Rui said.
　　 Xiao Yan sneaked a glance at Xiao Rui, seeing his deliberate flattery, and snickered inwardly.
　　 So nodded as if smashing garlic, agreeing: "Yes, yeah, don't be severely criticized by the father."
　　 "Where is the eighth younger brother with outstanding literary talents, now that he has become a master teacher, he will be able to show his edge tomorrow, and the brothers are invincible, who can compare?" Xiao Rui praised.
　　 Xiao Jing's eyebrows were beaming, and his expression was unnaturally proud.
　　Little kid...Xiao Rui sneered, just like that, how can he fight his brothers? You have to practice well. In other words, the current Emperor Xia is fifty-two years old and has a strong body. It should be no problem to live for more than ten or twenty years.
　　 So, what is the prince, stand tall and fall fiercely.
　　 Xiao Rui has been here for more than a year, and he has only seen Emperor Xia more than 30 times, and each time is not long, he does not know the father. For the royal family, it is normal to have no father and no children, so Xiao Rui would rather try to figure out Emperor Xia with the worst mind than to put himself in danger.
Xiao Rui returned to Xiaofeng's Duanwang Mansion. The steward in the mansion sent a lot of gift boxes and said: "His Royal Highness, Ding Daquan, the head of the Ministry of War, apologizes to you, saying that his son is rebellious and asks you to punish you. I heard that you entered the palace for class. He left gifts and letters."
　　 Xiao Rui took the letter and browsed it. It read Ding Daquan's outrage and regrets and lessons to Ding Jian. There were pleadings between the lines.
　　 "I knew today, why bother back then." Xiao Rui kneaded the letter before returning to his house.
　　Jiwendian's course is a five-day class and two days off. The morning is cultural class, and the afternoon is riding and shooting class. Because the Emperor Xia will check the studies of the three princes tomorrow, and in accordance with unwritten rules, there is no need to participate in the afternoon riding class.
　　 So after lunch, Xiao Rui hid in the room boredly and played chess with Gao Quan.
　　 As for how to cope with the test tomorrow, uh... let's talk about it tomorrow.
　　 In poor times, there were too few entertainment facilities, and Xiao Rui almost drove him crazy. Although Gao Quan plays chess with him, he can't always play chess. Is this to cultivate a chess master?
　　 So, come back to chess after playing Go.
　　 Xiao Rui thinks again, do you want to make poker and mahjong and will find two beautiful maids to play together, which is pleasing to the eyes and relieves boredom.
　　 "His Royal Highness, if you feel bored, you might as well go to Chengdongfang City to stroll around." Gao Quan said.
　　Fangshi?
　　 This reminded Xiao Rui. He asked Xiang Gaoquan, "I asked you to do it?"
　　 "It's all done. I spent fifteen thousand taels in total to buy a three-story shop in Chengdongfang City, using my father's identity." Gao Quan replied.
　　 Xiao Rui tapped his finger on the table, lost in thought.
　　Although he is a prince, his mother died early, there is no background in the harem, he is not favored by the Emperor Xia, and he has not won the civil and military officials. Even if he can open a mansion a year later, what mansion will the Interior Secretary arrange for him? Although I have a salary, it is not enough to rely on the salary alone.
　　Looking at the status quo of the princes who have opened the mansion, the eldest prince has been appointed king for seven years, has not been appointed, and has never left the capital.
　　According to the rules of the Great Xia Kingdom, the prince of Kaifu Fengwang will be appointed by the emperor to serve in various places, such as a certain state shepherd, a certain Jiedu envoy, etc., far away from the capital, and only the prince will stay in the imperial city.
　　 No one can guess what Xia Huang thinks today.
　　 Xiao Rui also hoped that Kaifu Fengwang could be sent as an official, how happy it would be. Staying in the capital did not dare to breathe, relying on salary to survive, and was ridiculed by others.
　　 Don't think that if you dress as a prince, you will live a rich life without worry. The prince also has the sadness of poverty.
　　 So Xiao Rui made preparations early and asked Gao Quan to buy a shop in Fangshi, ready to do some business, so that he could supplement his family in the future.
　　 As for what business he would do, Xiao Rui was still uncertain.
　　 "Let's take a look at the location and environment you choose." Xiao Rui got up, changed into casual clothes, and left Duan Wangfu with Gao Quan.

Xiao Rui was reborn as the seventh son of Emperor Daxia.

“I’m going to be a Happy Lord!” Xiao Rui.

“No, you don’t want to.” System.

“I don’t want to open missions, don’t fall in value.” Xiao Rui.

“Dear, you think.” System.

“Are you forcing me to be the emperor? I don’t want it, I don’t want it.” Xiao Rui.

“No, you want.” System.

——————

Therefore, Xiao Rui, under the pressure of the system, how to step by step and ascend to the throne under the crowd of tigers.

Oh, right. There are still several countries in the neighbourhood watching closely.

Finally Lu Shu had a chance to visit the central area of the town. Although the floor was muddy and the ground tiles were laid in a haphazard arrangement, at least the environment looked more civilized.
In the countryside where Zhang Weiyu lived, Lu Shu could hardly see anyone else. Most of the people there had yielded to the pressures of life and sold their farms, their land and even themselves in exchange for a better life and Zhang Weiyu was among the few exceptions. Over time, Tiangeng Town had become the landlords' farmland.
There were not many food stalls along the streets. Most of them were business ones. Inside, the workers had marks on their body - a knife for the Yu family's, a gold ingot for the Lin's, and a fish for the Zhang's. The aristocrats had an even more complicated symbol which consisted of two criss crossing swords.
Major landlords were only allowed to have one symbol, but the aristocrats could have two. The hierarchy was apparent in every detail of their daily life.
However, it was said that the original symbol for the Lin's was not the gold ingot. They had changed it because Wen Zaifou, the South Lord of Heaven, gifted the Lin's with a gold ingot after he stayed at their backyard during his land inspection.
From this story, Lu Shu learned that the family symbol was not permanent. Thus, it required a fair bit of art skills to design a good family logo…
Moreover, the Lin's was pretty good at toadying up to powerful people.
Yu Die invited Lu Shu for a horse-ride, but was rejected. As a result, she walked the horse together with Lu Shu. It was then that Lu Shu suddenly realized that Yu Die was only 3-4cm shorter than him. She had attractive curves as well.
In this world, ability was the only thing that mattered. Despite the landlords' high social status, their luxurious gowns were tight-fitting and specially designed for combat effectiveness.
As she walked, Yu Die tended to lean towards Lu Shu subconsciously, almost forcing him off the road…
All of the workers in the roadside stalls sized them up secretly as they walked past the town.
After a few days, the entire Tiangeng town knew that the landlord of the Yu family was interested in a commoner and that no one was allowed to mess with him.
Furthermore, the Yu landlord sent him presents everyday and rumor had it that he was rather handsome.
In fact, stories like this had happened before among the landlords. They liked to exploit every means possible to get the commoner woman or man they wanted and they would even trade with other landlords for their slaves.
However, in those cases, the landlords would usually force the commoners to obey them and leave them with little or no room for negotiation. But this one sounded more like a romance story…
Yet, Lu Shu found it similar to a typical romance story plot where a powerful figure fell in love with a small fry.
There was discrimination among the slaves as well. The more powerful ones looked down on the weaker ones, and those who received cultivation techniques from their landlords despised those who could only do the chores in their family business. Those in the business despised the farmers and the farmers despised the commoners.
Logically the slaves had a lower social standing than the commoners, but they disagreed. They disliked the commoners' dignity and pride as they believed that they were equally incapable of earning a decent living.
People like Zhang Weiyu, who would rather struggle in their miserable lifestyle than to give up their freedom to someone else, was like a stark contrast to the lack of character of the slaves.
In fact, all of the slaves in Tiangeng Town regarded Zhang Weiyu as a pain in their ass. That was how this society worked.
As a matter of fact, the hefty taxes was not the only reason that contributed to Zhang Weiyu's difficult lifestyle. He would have led a better life if only that were the case, given that he was free from the burdens of family.
Nevertheless, many slaves liked to destroy his farmland when they happened to walk past.
Lu Shu had learned about it from Yu Die, who admired Zhang Weiyu for his perseverance and positive attitude towards life even when his crops were destroyed by the slaves. In the worst case scenario, he would not mind eating tree roots to keep himself alive.
When Yu Die told Lu Shu about that, his impression of Zhang Weiyu had changed as well. His stories were reminiscent of Lu Shu's childhood, when he refused to steal like the other kids from the orphanage even when he was about to be starved to death in the outside world.
The Yu family had a spacious backyard. When Lu Shu followed Yu Die inside, the slaves guarding the mansion studied him curiously. There was a faint look of disapproval on their face.
In their impression, Lu Shu was merely a weak, incapable boy with a pretty face that attracted their landlord… Now that they saw him in person, they realized that his skin was indeed very fair[1].
As Lu Shu walked in, he asked, "Can you tell me more about the old King of Gods?"
Yu Die shook her head and said, "The old King was a mysterious man and all of our knowledge about him is from unofficial historical documents. It's said that someone had once advised the old King to set up a department specially dedicated to documenting his daily life and his history, but the old King refused. He said that his life needed neither comments nor records and he did not want to be documented in any written form or whatsoever because words and books are insufficient as tools of expression. As a result, a profession has formed just to study the poems left by the old King, in an attempt to peek into his life and his philosophies. Those people are called experts of the King's teachings…"
"Oh well." Lu Shu was amused. "Experts of the King's teachings"? It would truly be absurd if they could figure anything out from those poems! By the time they finally reached a conclusion, they would realize that either the old King or the experts themselves had gone mad!
At that moment, Lu Shu felt that the old King was a bully who teased the Luniverse folks for their ignorance. He would have been condemned and reprimanded if he were on Earth.
Yu Die diverted the topic. "How do you find my yard? The Lord of Heaven demanded that no landlords' yards could be bigger than seven acres. I've put in much effort and thoughts just to ensure that my yard does not exceed that limit. Take a look here. All the flat stones on the ground bear a story. This is how much thinking I invested in my yard. As for the Lin's and the Zhang's, they disobeyed the rules set by the Lord and recklessly expanded their yard. Who knows when the Lord will slaughter their entire families!"
"So serious?" Lu Shu gasped in shock. He had not expected the hierarchy system to be so insanely strict in the Luniverse. They had rules over the size of their own yards and the landlords' lives depended on someone else's moods as well.
However, he felt like doubting the intelligence of the people here when he saw the whole collection of poems in the study.
There were over 30 volumes of "300 Poems from the King", over 40 pieces of "Complete Collection of the King's Poems" and over 20 "Complete Collection of the King's Articles", together with many other books and files…
Yu Die sighed in deep emotions. "The King was fabulously imaginative. Some of the places he mentioned in his works are not from the Luniverse. Thus, we speculate that there must have been a beautiful land of the Gods in the old King's mind!"
"Yes. Sure. Absolutely," said Lu Shu. He was having serious thoughts over the sanity of the people of this world.
"There's another argument that the old King of Gods was actually from another world, and he was missing his hometown when he wrote those lines," said Yu Die, "Some people believe that the King was very lonely."
Lu Shu was stunned. This theory was actually possible. Could the old King be an earthling? How else could it explain the fact that the Puppet Masters had gone to Earth?
This world was rich in Spirit Qi, yet it was called the Exiled Land. Honestly speaking, Lu Shu felt that the name was more apt for Earth!
[1] In Chinese, a "weak, incapable boy with a pretty face" is literally called "one with a fair face"


Magical energy has come to this world; Lu Shu could only stare as one powerhouse after another appear.

Looking at his own peculiar ability, he exhaled a breath of cold air.

Dog balls!

...

This is a story of how Lu Shu used poisonous chicken soup to become the Demon King

Translator Synopsis:

This is the story of an orphan, Lu Shu. He is not any regular orphan, but a metahuman experiencing the changes in himself, his country and the world during the dawn of the magical era. Watch as Lu Shu embarks on a journey to hone his peculiar abilities together with his sister, the adorable and charismatic Lu Xiaoyu. Along the way, they’ll encounter supernatural events, obstacles and even the most powerful people in their country. How will Lu Shu make the best of his abilities and oust his never-ending list of rivals and opponents?

"Student Li Xiao Bai greets both teachers." Li Xiao Bai walked up the stage and said politely.
Great Scholar Shen smiled at him, nodding.
Meanwhile, Teacher Jiang of this school asked: "Xiao Bai, do you have any poems?"
Teacher Jiang had a bit of worry shown between his brows. This Xiao Bai was very ordinary in talent, hopefully he had some sort of preparation before this, otherwise with his current standards, this would be a disappointing show.
It was okay if he was the only person disappointed, but right now with Great Scholar Shen here… Especially when the first half of this competition was very interesting and would become renowned in the world, if the later half was disappointing, everyone in the world would know that Teacher Jiang was a talented person but could not teach young talents himself.
"Teacher, I have a poem prepared." Li Xiao Bai immediately answered, he was quite confident.
"Then let us hear it." Teacher Jiang was slightly more assured now.
This Profound Literature grotto-heaven was not like any other place, it had a flourishing literary culture.
If anyone could make a good poem, even if nobody rewards them, heaven and earth would provide them benefits!
Thus, the art of creating poems was an important task, it directly affected the person's livelihood, status, reputation, and future.
Normally speaking, most scholars would accumulate their foundation and save some good poem lines as secrets, even if they could not compose a poem with those lines, they would save it for the future.
Thus, even though many scholars could create great poems, they would not publish them. They would conceal their strength and use them to deal with difficult poem competitions.
Because of this, it was not strange or surprising that Li Xiao Bai had a poem prepared.
Li Xiao Bai had his considerations.
"I have read countless poems in my life, most are world shocking creations, they are famous on Earth even after thousands of years, and after such a long time, the literature on Earth flourished greatly."
"But if I try to use these poems, it will be a problem!"
"This grotto-heaven world has an information path environment, it most excels at collecting information. Especially the method to observe literary qi and talent qi, almost everybody has such methods, they only vary in the depth of abilities."
"I lack literary qi and talent qi, before I used soul replacement, this was just an ordinary student. By creating a world shocking poem now, not only would people not believe me, they would also be suspicious and start investigating me."
"Even if I try to explain that it is not my work afterwards, it would be too late. I'd be seen as dishonest, in this world, everyone will despise and loathe me."
Fang Yuan had planned many things before infiltrating Profound Literature grotto-heaven to deal with all sorts of situations.
The clone Li Xiao Bai lacked literary qi and talent qi to begin with, it was not that Fang Yuan's own talents were lacking.
However, Li Xiao Bai had a large number of famous poems in his memories, other than those from Earth, there were also Fang Yuan's own creations.
Thus, Li Xiao Bai chose one of them and started to recite.
Teacher Jiang let out a breath of air, this poem was quite well constructed, it was barely living up to the standards of today's competition.
"What, it is nothing impressive."
"I sat beside Li Xiao Bai for three years in class, this is way beyond his usual standards, hahaha."
"Isn't that great? With his poem as the anchor, the next two winners will be very lucky."
The students below the stage became increasingly lively.
Even though Li Xiao Bai's poem was quite compatible with his known abilities, he still had many more talented classmates around.
Especially when some students had many precious poems that they prepared already in advance.
These poems were composed meticulously by them, using a lot of time and effort to create, they were too good for other situations, but this was an appropriate setting to use them.
When the drums started rolling and the red flower got passed around, these elite students became very excited, their eyes were shining.
The drums stopped.
Most of the students were disappointed, why were they not chosen?
Next, their eyes turned red, it was him again!
The red flower stopped at Li Xiao Bai's table.
"Oh?" Li Xiao Bai was also quite surprised.
"The rules are the rules, you can come up again." Great Scholar Shen laughed as he shook his head.
Teacher Jiang got worried again, according to Li Xiao Bai's nature and foundation, he had already performed above standard last time, this time…
But Li Xiao Bai started to recite his poem again.
This poem was on the same level as the previous one.
Teacher Jiang finally relaxed as he looked at Li Xiao Bai with a gentler expression: "It seems that even though this student is not as talented, he is very hardworking, he stored up two poems as backup. These two should be his own creation, it was not easy that he managed to compose them."
Li Xiao Bai did not put up a shameful performance, Teacher Jiang was very glad about it.
"The final person."
"Both chances went to Li Xiao Bai, sigh, that was truly bad luck!"
"If I had gone on stage, the two great scholars would definitely be pleasantly surprised. But I was not given a chance."
"I wonder who will get the third chance? If it is not me, I hope it is not them either."
The students were unable to sit still, they had their own thoughts as they lost their cool.
The drums rolled as the students looked at the red flower with bloodshot eyes.
"Pass it to me! Pass it to me!"
"Sigh, it has passed me… I hope the drumming continues and it makes its way to me again."
"Bang!"
The drums stopped abruptly with a loud sound.
Great Scholar Shen opened his eyes as he smiled: "Who is it this time, ugh."
He was dazed, a strange expression was shown on his face as he pointed at the final lucky star, he did not know whether to cry or laugh: "Why is it you again?"
Li Xiao Bai held the flower as he walked up the stage with a grim expression.
He first cupped his fists at the two scholars before turning to the students below the stage: "Fellow classmates, I really did not do this intentionally, getting up the stage thrice is less of a surprise and more of a shock to me. I know that most of you are more talented than me, but I have to recite three times, I sincerely apologize."
Originally, his classmates were shocked and furious, but after hearing Li Xiao Bai's words and expression, the anger in their hearts dissipated.
In fact, a portion of the people started to feel pity for Li Xiao Bai.
After all, Li Xiao Bai's talent and literary skills were inferior to them, wasn't he suffering by going up the stage?
"Your luck is too incredible. Forget it, start reciting." Teacher Jiang laughed as he spoke.
Li Xiao Bai started his recital again, the standard was ordinary but the final line was quite impressive.
Even though it was just a minor point, it elevated the entire poem to a new level.
Not only did Great Scholar Shen laugh and praise it, even Teacher Jiang was a little surprised: "The final line of your poem is quite interesting. How did you conceptualize it?"
Li Xiao Bai smiled bitterly: "Teacher, I don't dare to lie, this poem had only three lines originally, I thought of and added the final line earlier when I was anxious, to think that both sirs would enjoy it, I was also quite surprised!"
Teacher Jiang was stunned before laughing loudly.
Great Scholar Shen shook his head: "Li Xiao Bai, you are very honest."
It turned out that he had used a method secretly to inspect Li Xiao Bai's literary qi and talent qi, he obtained information that this person had quite an ordinary talent.
"But it is not something rare that he can have a flash of inspiration and perform better than normal." Great Scholar Shen had no suspicions.
Teacher Jiang reassessed Li Xiao Bai in a new light.
He looked at Li Xiao Bai inconspicuously as he thought: "Even though Li Xiao Bai is very ordinary in talent, he is very hardworking normally, that is how he had three poems prepared. Being able to gain inspiration and make up the verse on the spot shows that he has potential. But the best thing about him is that he said those words earlier before the third round, he apologized to his classmates, that was his good interpersonal skills. Being able to articulate as well as his writing, and sophisticated in human interaction, he is not bad."
"Wait." Teacher Jiang suddenly thought: "This competition is going to be famous in the world, my reputation has already spread throughout the world before this, that is not key. But Li Xiao Bai is going to become famous from this, if there were three students who performed, it would be less impactful, but he actually took all three chances, this way, he will be the center of attention."
"After ending in a draw against Brother Shen, nobody will find me for a duel in the short period. But there might be some devious people who would target my student in order to affect me!"
And the problem was, Li Xiao Bai was a common and ordinary student.
Teacher Jiang frowned as he made up his mind: "After this, I need to nurture Li Xiao Bai and secretly give him tuition! After this competition, everyone will know that Li Xiao Bai is my student. Even though I have many students, he is the only famous one."
"In the future, if anyone mentions Li Xiao Bai, my name will also come up. Our reputation is already tied together, I need to nurture him well, otherwise…"
Teacher Jiang felt very pressured, he decided to make sure Li Xiao Bai was a proper scholar even if he had to spend a huge amount of effort and resources. Even if he was a cheap piece of wood, he needed to be carved into jade in appearance!
Central Continent, Fei He mountain.
Gu Liu Ru stopped his killer move as he wiped the sweat off his forehead, he let out a breath of air: "It is done, his immortal aperture time has been shifted to its limit, he will face calamities and tribulations very often."
"Thank you for the hard work." Qin Ding Ling smiled as she looked at the sleeping Gu Yue Fang Zheng, suddenly, she gasped.
"What is it?" Gu Liu Ru asked in confusion.
Qin Ding Ling said: "I was using a killer move to inspect luck, I found that after your killer move was activated, Fang Zheng's luck changed again. His original luck was like a hill, lush and squarish, but now it has turned into… hmm… it looks like a pot lid."
Gu Liu Ru was very perplexed: "What premonition is this?"
Qin Ding Ling shook her head, she was troubled too: "In the short term, I cannot understand it."
Two months later.
A certain news made Fang Yuan's main body stop his cultivation.
"I finally found out the location of Dragon Palace."
"Good, I have basically learned all the qi path methods there are, I should act in advance and steal this Immortal Gu House in secret before Heavenly Court does!"


With his Three Fundamental Views* unrighteous, the demon is reborn.
An old dream in the ancient days, a new author with an identical name.
An old story about a time traveler who was constantly being reborn.
An eccentric world that grows, cultivates, and uses Gu. 
The Spring Autumn Cicada, Moonlight Gu, Liquor worm, Comprehensive Golden Light Worm, Fine Black Hair Gu, Hope Gu. . . . . .
And a peerless great demon that freely acts to his heart’s content.
Translator's Synopsis: 
A story of a villain, Fang Yuan who was reborn 500 years into the past with the Spring Autumn Cicada he painstakingly refined. With his profound wisdom, battle and life experiences, he seeks to overcome his foes with skill and wit! Ruthless and amoral, he has no need to hold back as he pursues his ultimate goals. In a world of cruelty where one cultivates using Gu - magical creatures of the world - Fang Yuan must rise up above all with his own power.
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Gu is a legendary venomous insect, often used in black magic practices. It can take on the form of several insects, usually snakes, crickets, worms etc.
* = one's world view, values of worth and philosophy on life 


It was already the afternoon and Angeal, Arlo, Arvid, Frey, and Dharvey were already having their classes. Usually in the afternoon, each of them would be having their major classes of their degree so they don't usually meet each other unless they plan to go home together.
Angeal was in her Stylistics class, listening to Professor Leon. He was already telling the class what tasks they would be doing for the week, already giving them what they would have to do today.
It was also known to the class that Professor Leon is Angeal's father. When they knew about it through rumors that spread ironically from the faculty room, the people who knew were surprised and now understood why their resemblance is uncanny.
Angeal looked like the female version of Professor Leon. Other than that, they both share the same interest in writing—the difference is that Professor Leon lived to teach how to write, and Angeal learned to make stories.
"Now," Professor Leon said as he wrote two titles of a poems on the board, the eyes of the students focused on it. "We would be doing The Passionate Shepherd and The Nymph's Reply."
When the students read the two titles on the board, most of them weren't familiar of the titles. They stared at Professor Leon expectantly, waiting for him to explain further what they are about to do for today's class.
Since this is Stylistics class, the students already expected what they were about to do.
Stylistics is a branch of applied linguistics concerned with the study of style in texts, especially, but not exclusively, in literary works.
Also called literary linguistics, stylistics focuses on figures, tropes, and other rhetorical devices used to provide variety and a distinctness to someone's writing.
If not a short story or a novel to study, sometimes, poems can be used for literary studies in Stylistics.
"We will be studying two poems today namely, 'The Passionate Shepherd To His Love' by Christopher Marlowe, and "The Nymph's Reply To The Shepherd' by Sir Walter Raleigh. For further information, Christopher made his poem in the year 1599, and Walter's, in the year 1600."
As everyone was about to reach out to their phones for them to do a research, Professor Leon called out their attention by clapping his hands thrice, surprising most of his students to stop them from using their smartphones.
"Hey, if you search everything on the net, what will you learn?" he reprimanded, everyone's eyes on him as he leaned on his desk, continuing to speak. "You are to study two poems, correct? We have discussed about ways on how to study poems the other day, now I want you to do just that."
With what Professor Leon had instructed, everyone got their notebook instead, getting a piece of paper at the same time to jot down what they have observed from the two poems.
"Since you are given two poems, you are going to do comparing and contrasting. Once you start, you would find it interesting—the connection of the two poems," he said further as he flashed on the white board the two poems, beside each other.
The moment the two poems flashed before the students, most of them smiled, seeing how each stanza of the different poems came out to be replying to each other.
"Now with what I told you, you are given the whole period to do your study about the poems. Five minutes before the bell rings, submit your papers then you are free to go."
With the instructions now finalized, everyone went silent as they read the poem, the students already making notes before doing an in-depth analysis of each.
Angeal, however, read each poem at the same time, reading one stanza for the other, and another stanza for the second. In this way, she would see how the two poems were connected.
***
THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE
First:
Come live with me and be my Love,
And we will all the pleasures prove
That hills and valleys, dale and field,
And all the craggy mountains yield,
THE NYMPH'S REPLY TO THE SHEPHERD
First:
If all the world and love were young,
And truth in every shepherd's tongue,
These pretty pleasures might me move
To live with thee and be thy love.
***
From the first stanzas of the two poems, Angeal wrote on her notes the two characters namely the shepherd and the nymph. Since the poem was made in 1599, obviously, the poem by Sir Walter Raleigh was made to reply to the poem Christopher Marlowe had done.
***
THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE
Second:
There will we sit upon the rocks
And see the shepherds feed their flocks,
By shallow rivers, to whose falls
Melodious birds sing madrigals.
THE NYMPH'S REPLY TO THE SHEPHERD
Second:
Time drives the flocks from field to fold.
When rivers rage and rocks grow cold;
And Philomel becometh dumb;
The rest complain of cares to come.
***
From what Angeal has read from the first poem, she deduced that it was a pastoral lyric—a poetry that expresses emotions in an idyllic setting. It is associated with Shepherds writing music to their flocks. The tradition goes back to David in the bible and Hesiod, the Greek poet.
As for the Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd, Angeal has yet to read more in order for her to deduce what else she would find out.
"Hmm…" 
Angeal tapped the tip of her pen on the table as she blankly stared at the poem by Sir Walter Raleigh, mumbling to herself at the same time. 
"This is more than just a reply."
"That's right."
When Professor Leon spoke, Angeal was startled for a bit as she did not notice that the professor was actually behind her, getting everyone's attention as each student looked at their instructor.
"The poem by Sir Walter Raleigh is more than just a reply to the shepherd. Look closely—read between the lines. Look at its theme—look at the words used. Do not only skim above the surface."
With his reminder said, he continued walking about in the room, the students continuing their task at hand. 
Angeal then continued reading the following stanzas of the poems, in hopes that she would understand what she was missing.


"Devin, do you love me?"

Hearing her question that had snapped him out of his thoughts, the Soul Eater opened his eyes slowly to meet her blue eyes once more. He smiled foolishly as his right hand reached out to her face, his thumb caressing her bottom lip.

"Is that a question you dare ask your husband?"

Angeal pouted like a child. 

"Tell me you love me... or I’ll cry."

Devin chuckled, making Angeal pout more as she narrowed her eyes at him. When Devin ceased his jovial laughter, he didn’t answer her question. Instead, he bent down as he pulled her closer to him, his lips smoothly landing on hers to give her a loving kiss. 

’I love you, Angeal. Before I even knew it, my heart yearned for you.’

~

Punished by the Almighty Seraphim, Devin was branded a fallen angel and was given a curse to become a Soul Eater—a being who is hungry for souls and feeds on them for sustenance.

Devin was bound on earth, looking for clues on how to cure his irrevocable curse until a desperate old man saw the Soul Eater and begged him to save his newborn granddaughter’s life.

However... it comes with the price of selling both of their souls. 

With the old man giving both of their lives to the Soul Eater, what path lies ahead for Angeal as she grows in a house full of magical immortals?

~

The Almighty Seraphim sighed, shaking herself from her thoughts. She then spoke, planting more curiosity in the mind of the Dominion who was watching over the Soul Eater. 

"Continue watching over them. She is his cure, but it will lead her to oblivion.”

~

With the Soul Eater cursed and with them eventually knowing that the sweet innocent girl he saved is the cure, will their relationship be a boon or a bane?

Will they perhaps have sweet love, forbidden love... or maybe even both?

With the given thoughts at hand, will fate bless their lives... or curse them even more?

Let us know the answers to these questions as we unravel the story of Angeal being the Soul Eater’s Possession.

~

[WARNING: Some chapters may contain mature R-18 content.]

[FYI: This book is also a SLOW BURN romance. If you don’t appreciate slow burns, feel free to take a chance on this book if you want to. *wink*]

Volume 1: Nunc Domum
When the Soul Eater, Devin, and his personal servant, Ivar, found no clues about the curse, they finally went home after 18 years. However, when the two arrived in the mansion, Devin's curse suddenly went amok when he met the human girl, Angeal. What could be the girl's involvement in his curse?

Volume 2: Est Ignotum
As the immortals and the mortals spent their days with each other, they are more confused than ever with not only with the feelings they have for a certain person, but also with their background, with their loyalty, and with what lies ahead. To them, there are a lot of things that are unknown...

Volume 3: Actio Culmen Cadentia
The peak of their lives had finally arrived as secrets and revelations, stirring their judgments and what they believe in. As they all go on with their lives, what will they decide for others, and of course, for themselves?

Volume 4: Et Requiem
With all the events that had transpired, each one of them had started to question one's judgment and decisions. Now that these actions had been falling, what will Devin, Angeal, and everyone do to face what's ahead of them?

Volume 5: Insidiamini Torquet
Everyone's lives are now practically caught in series of unexpected twists and turns. As they are to face the challenges that are thrown at them, what would everyone do as everyone is in it for a shocking revelation about their fate? Will they fight for friendship, freedom, or for love?

~

Update Schedule:
Every first day of the month, story ends on December 2021.

Cover commissioned to: Chainslock

Entry for Webnovel Spirity Awards Spring 2020

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