Once, I wanted to be a good person

Fang Ze felt a bit incredulous.

He had seen people beyond Bone Tempering, including Golden Fox, Hua Jian, Qiu Yue, and even Qing Ya...

But when they used their power, none of them had ever given Fang Ze such a terrifying sense of might.

"Could it be... this is what they meant by 'the metal element that best suits one's bones'?"

"What element exactly is this? It far surpasses the effects of gold, silver, copper, or iron."

While pondering, Fang Ze glanced at the floating debt of 1.8 million in the upper left corner of his vision.

Well... you get what you pay for after all...

Now that his strength had improved, Fang Ze also had to consider how he was going to fill these financial holes.

He sat on the bed and started to calculate.

After achieving Perfection in Skin Tempering today, the resources available to him had dwindled to 1.3 million Lini.

Additionally, considering the 800,000 Lini Bai Zhi "owed" him, that summed up to 2.1 million.

Which was just enough to pay off the debt.

And according to Fang Ze's vague perception,

he would need at least to achieve the next phase: Marrow Tempering Perfection, to possibly advance to a higher-tier Awakener!

According to this high rate of resource consumption, there would still be a hole of over 2 million!

Fang Ze felt his head going bald...

Where was he to find so much money?

It wasn't as if he could just sell himself, right?

And he wondered if anyone would want him...

After pondering for a long time, Fang Ze decided that there might be only one way out for him: to seek out the Rejuvenation Society and sell the information on the Flower Morning Festival, the Shadow Organization, and "Qin 28"!

Information, after all, is only valuable when sold.

Otherwise, it's useless staying in his belly.

Just recently, he had extracted quite a bit of information from Hua Jian, which might fetch a good price.

A sheep, after all, is more comfortable to shear when caught.

The only problem was, his contact person hadn't arrived yet, so he had to wait patiently...

With a plan settled, Fang Ze relaxed, prepared to wash up and go to sleep.

He stretched a yawn, then suddenly, with a thought, darkness spread from him as the origin, swiftly engulfing the entire room as if alive.

One Two Three, who had been sleeping in the living room, felt danger and jumped up from the sofa in a fright.

Its fox eyes looked around, then to its surprise, it noticed that the kitchenware, furniture, everything seemed to have come alive.

They each righted themselves, cleaned, turned on the hot water, and pulled the curtains on their own.

At that moment, Fang Ze also walked out from the inner room. A creature called Mei was clinging to his back, having just emerged from Fang Ze. Discover more content at My Virtual Library Empire

Mei looked at everything around with a face full of astonishment.

"Master. This is...?"

Fang Ze said, "Just a borrowed capability."

Indeed. This was Miaomiao's ability: Darkness.

Where it reached, darkness prevailed. And he was the sovereign of that darkness, able to animate all things around him, temporarily bestowing them with spirits, making them seem like living creatures.

Just now, Fang Ze wanted to wash up and go to sleep.

So, he was about to ask Mei to prepare.

However, at the moment he called for Mei, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't used Miaomiao's ability yet.

Since Miaomiao owed him plenty and he couldn't use up all the accumulated credit points, Fang Ze decided to borrow Miaomiao's power just to give it a try.

Once he used it, Fang Ze felt it was very nice...

Very nice for housework.

The chairs would automatically return to their places, the kitchenware would work on their own, truly like a modern automated home!

In the bathroom, under the care of the bathtub, he indulged in a fully automatic bath.

Fang Ze quickly dried his hair and body with the diligent help of the bath towel and hairdryer.

Putting on his slippers, which sprouted eight slender, spider-like claws, they swiftly gripped the floor, whisking Fang Ze to the bedroom without him needing to move.

He tumbled into bed, the blanket automatically covered him, the lights went out, and the windows slowly closed, pulling the curtains too.

This comfortable life made Fang Ze wonder if he had returned to his original world.

The Internet of things could only manage this much, right?

Probably only Mei was unhappy.

Because these animated household items took over her tasks, leaving her no chance to be close to her master...

......

Meanwhile, after Fang Ze had fallen asleep,

Xida State. Provincial Government.

Inside a mansion, a conversation was taking place.

The participants were a man dressed in noble Qing-purple attire, appearing very young but with manners that seemed aged, and a middle-aged woman.

They sat on a sofa, conversing.

The nobleman lifted his teacup and slowly began, "Council Member Wu, if I remember correctly, aren't you chairing the minor meeting this month?"

Upon hearing the nobleman's words, the woman quickly responded respectfully, "Yes, Your Excellency."

"Hmm," the nobleman hummed softly through his nose and then sipped his tea before asking, "Has your recent work been busy?"

Understanding something from the nobleman's words, the woman replied with a hint of embarrassment, "It's, it's fine, mainly the matters concerning Emerald City..."

"Hmm," the nobleman hummed again, then holding his teacup, he slowly said, "I've also heard about the Emerald City. Jiang Cheng is my son. A father knows his son's capabilities best."

"I believe, you know that too."

As he said this, he glanced sideways at the woman.

Council Member Wu stiffened for a moment, then swallowed hard and nodded with difficulty, "Yes. Yes."