Chen Bei was a middle-aged jack-of-all-trades who'd dabbled in every line of work.
He woke up in a high-martial world of monsters, vital energy, and sects.
Eighteen years later, he was still broke.
His parents had died early. He had no cultivation, no household registration, and a mere 150 copper coins to his name. At last, just when he thought he'd finally get a golden finger, a System error left him bound to the strongest playboy System in the cultivation world.
The System immediately started cursing: "Those bastards at the Plane System Administration Bureau! The people backing me just got ousted, and now they've stuck me with some broke nobody? You don't even have a single silver coin to your name. How are you supposed to live like a playboy?"
Chen Bei wouldn't put up with it. "Is being poor a crime? This place is crawling with monsters, and enough people die every year to fill a whole moat. I survived to eighteen because I've got brains."
The System sneered. "Heh. First mission: spend 100 silver coins. Let's see if you can survive that. I'm out. I've got no time to deal with you."
And with that, it really went offline.
A cold, emotionless AI took over, one that cared only about rules and had no sympathy for anyone.
Chen narrowed his eyes. "A hundred silver coins, huh? You bastard! Just you wait!"
The System thought it had bound a pauper who'd eventually be erased.
It had no idea that this pauper would later figure out how to play every playboy on the continent.
The strongest playboy doesn't play with money, but with people's hearts.
