Forced to Share a System with Long Aotian [Reborn]

When Gu Ran woke up, he discovered that the entire cultivation world was gossiping about his failed tribulation:

"He couldn't even break through to the Voidrealm. And they call him a genius?!"

"Could you be any meaner? I heard this genius caught his lover cheating right before his tribulation, so... you know!"

"Well, he still can't compare to his two big-shot parents. I heard that when they found out their only son had died, they took one look at the tribulation ashes and went right back into seclusion to cultivate! Such unwavering Dao hearts, untouched by worldly things, are what a true genius of our generation should be!"

"Worldly things??? Why do I suddenly feel kind of sorry for him?"

Gu Ran, now the son of a minor sect leader, pulled his little blanket tighter and indifferently rolled over, as if none of this had anything to do with him anymore.

Even as the System forcibly bound to him tirelessly urged him to complete missions, he only waved lazily and said, "Not going. I've got enough spirit stones. I'm not interested in getting stronger. Be good and quit fussing. Let me lie here a while."

*

Sikong He was being jilted, his entire family had been wiped out, and his enemies were hunting him across the land when he got a System!

The System offered generous rewards: cultivation techniques, spirit medicines, and vast wealth.

He immediately set off, full of enthusiasm. After overcoming countless dangers to complete the missions, he never expected the System to tell him regretfully: This is a two-person mission, dear. You can only claim the reward once the other person has completed it, too.

*

So Sikong He traveled a thousand miles to find Gu Ran.

Gu Ran: "Not going. I've got enough spirit stones. I'm not interested in getting stronger. Be good and quit fussing. Let me lie..."

Before he could finish, Sikong He, whose heart was set on revenge, hoisted him over his shoulder and ran. "You lie there. I'll handle everything!"

*

Much later...

Gu Ran: "I'm tired. I really don't want to move. You've had your revenge, and you're already the strongest under heaven. Just let me lie here."

Sikong He: "Oh... You lie there. I'll handle everything..."

>>> Next book: My Dao Companion Has Finally Ascended. A silly, sweet short story, serialized and free to read. >>>

My Dao companion, Immortal Venerable Ling He, is powerful, handsome, and noble, and commands half the cultivation world. Even though we've been dao companions for five hundred years, he still tops the cultivation world's annual list of most-desired dao companions...

Hah! Everyone's been fooled by his appearance, just like I was back when I was naive!

Ling He is devoted to cultivation, cold-hearted and aloof, and even stops me from practicing my beloved artifact refining, forcing me to cultivate day and night... Yet he refuses to engage in dual cultivation in any form, for any reason!

Hahaha! We've been dao companions for five hundred years, and I haven't taken a single step outside Canglan Mountain's Valley of Ten Thousand Immortals, or even touched one of Ling He's fingers!

Luckily, he's finally broken through his bottleneck, survived his tribulation, and ascended!

My artifact furnace, my heavenly treasures, my artifact-refining manuals, the magical treasures I just finished shaping... At last, I can escape the domineering, unreasonable, evil Ling He and come back to you... Huh?!

Ling He, didn't you ascend?!

F-fallen... What do you mean, you have a fierce tiger in your heart and have fallen into the demonic path? Let go! I want to go to the artifact-refining room! I haven't been there in five hundred years. I don't want to dual...

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