Qiu Yunli's demon core was accidentally swallowed by Feng Qixie, the sworn enemy he had hated for years. From then on, his cultivation plummeted, and he could barely hold a human form. To get his demon core back, Qiu Yunli disguised himself as a mute woman and sneaked aboard Feng Qixie's ship, waiting for the right moment to strike and kill him.
But what he never expected was that Feng Qixie was such a failure at being a person! Qiu Yunli's faction wasn't the only one aboard the ship who wanted him dead. In the chaos of a multi-sided battle, the spirit ship was destroyed, and Qiu Yunli fell into the sea and washed up on a deserted island.
The island was low in spiritual energy, and monsters came out at night. If Qiu Yunli didn't eat and rest like a mortal, he'd get hungry and tired. He couldn't find a way off the island. All he found was Feng Qixie, unconscious by the shore.
With old and new grudges to settle, Qiu Yunli immediately tried to end his life. But Feng Qixie came away completely unharmed, while Qiu Yunli fell into an underground river in a pitfall. Just before he drowned, he grabbed a glimmer of golden light, and a stranger's voice rang in his mind: “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've bound the 'Deserted Island Survival System.' Newbie task: gather 100 fruits. Reward...”
The System saved Qiu Yunli, but in exchange it constantly pestered him to farm, gather supplies, and hunt.
Hmph! The little sable scoffed, then sneered arrogantly. “As the young master of the Sunsetfall Sect, why would I do the kind of drudgery fit for servants?!”
The System said, “Complete the task and you can recover your spiritual energy~”
The little sable blustered, “As if! Who would ever run short on spiritual energy?”
Three days later...
With his spiritual energy dissipating and no longer able to maintain a human form, Qiu Yunli dragged his sable tail to the beach and started digging.
Nearby, Feng Qixie stared thoughtfully at the large hole in the ground. “Are you... making sea salt?”
Qiu Yunli was furious. “Did the seawater wash a hole through your brain? Haven't you ever seen someone dig a hole before planting a field?!”
“Congratulations, Host, you've harvested thirty carrots. Reward: 10 low-grade spirit stones.”
“Congratulations, Host, you've caught a dragonfish. Reward: 100 Qi-restoring pills.”
“Congratulations, Host, you've harvested...”
The System's seeds grew into top-grade spirit plants, and the pills in its shop were top-grade too. Though the island was deserted, the young master's quality of life hadn't suffered at all. His days grew more comfortable by the minute. Not only had most of his wounds healed, but his sable fur had grown smoother and shinier. Best of all, the sworn enemy who had once outdone him at every turn, Feng Qixie, now had to bow his head to him just to get a meal.
Qiu Yunli waved the carrot in his hand at the man grilling fish for him and raised his chin haughtily. “Hey, Feng Qixie! This is a top-grade carrot~ Want some? Then go dig up that plot over there for me!”
A deserted island was lonely, and one sable's survival was no easy task.
At first, Qiu Yunli treated Feng Qixie as nothing but a toy to relieve his boredom, a useful helper for farming. Once he found a way off the island, he would kill Feng Qixie and reclaim his demon core.
But as time went by, seeing Feng Qixie shield him from attacks and grill delicious fish for him, Qiu Yunli's heart softened just a tiny bit. Hmm... if that poker face served him well, maybe Qiu Yunli would take him along once he found a way off the island? But only after the poker face returned his demon core and promised to grill him a hundred fish every day.
The tasks issued by the System changed too: “Affection System activated. Host, personally feed Feng Qixie one coconut. Task reward: 1 demon core fragment.”
The little sable was shocked. “My demon core depends on feeding him a coconut? Whose divine artifact are you, anyway?!”
A little later...
The little sable edged over to Feng Qixie and held out a coconut he'd opened. “Hey, here. Drink.”
“Affection task: Hug Feng Qixie. Task reward: 0.1 demon core fragments.”
The little sable waited for the right moment, stumbled toward Feng Qixie's arms, and Feng Qixie instinctively reached out to catch him. “You...”
The wicked sable swatted his hand away and bared his teeth. “Don't you have eyes in the back of your head? Why'd you trip me for no reason?!”
“Affection task: Kiss the corner of Feng Qixie's mouth. Task reward: 0.2 demon core fragments.”
The little sable flew into a rage. “I'm a performer, not a prostitute!”
“Failure penalty activated: Feng Qixie can hear Qiu Yunli's thoughts for one day.”
Feng Qixie set the grilled fish in front of Qiu Yunli. “Here, eat.”
The little sable flicked his tail. “Hey, poker face, I hired you as my laborer, and all you feed me is fish? You should learn how to be a proper servant.”
Feng Qixie raised an eyebrow. The next moment, he heard the snow sable's thoughts as it buried its head in its food: “Sable likes it, sable loves eating it, poker face is so good at cooking, sable wants to eat it for the rest of his life, heehee grumble squeak...”
Feng Qixie: “...”
The little sable looked up, twitching his ears with suspicion. The fishbone at the corner of his mouth twitched too. “Hey, poker face, what are you looking at? I'm telling you, I caught this fish myself. Want some? Then call me 'Young Master, you're the best' and I'll think about it!”
Feng Qixie smiled. “If you like it, Xiaoyun, what would be wrong with calling you husband?”
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