At The Beginning, I Counted The Immortal To Death

"Two seniors, you've worked hard. Please rest early."

Jiang Bai said to the two trusted aides of Dugu Yue and Qin Xiaofeng.

"Sir, you're too kind. It's our duty."

"No trouble at all. It's an honor to know you, sir."

Dugu Yue's aide was a middle-aged man with a small beard, more like a teacher than a cultivator, named Ming Shifei.

He exuded an air of scholarly refinement.

Qin Xiaofeng's aide, on the other hand, was a burly bald man, who seemed honest and simple, named Jie Bao.

The mansion that Dugu Qing gave to Jiang Bai was very close to both the city lord's mansion and the Qin family.

Moreover, it was quiet and elegant, a rare and excellent residence.

In the valuable Ascending Immortal City, having such a mansion was undeniably a symbol of status.

Not only that, the mansion was fully staffed with maids and servants.

From this, it was evident that Dugu Qing was quite adept at handling matters.

Although in reality, he intended to confine Jiang Bai, on the surface, there was nothing to fault.

In fact, Jiang Bai even had a thought that it wouldn't be bad to live like this for the rest of his life.

After dismissing the two Soul Formation Stage cultivators with a few words, he followed a maid to his bedroom.

"I'm going to rest, you may leave."

Contrary to Jiang Bai's expectations of a beautiful maid serving him, the maid who attended to his daily life was a thirteen-year-old girl.

"I'll be outside. If you need anything, just call out, sir."

The maid's professionalism made Jiang Bai feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Accustomed to a democratic life under the leadership of the proletariat, he found it hard to adapt to the oppressive feudal society.

"No need, you should rest early too."

The thought of sleeping comfortably inside while a poor young girl guarded outside made it impossible for him to fall asleep.

"Sir, did I do something wrong?"

The young girl's eyes teared up at his words.

"No crying, hold it in!"

Jiang Bai sternly reprimanded the girl who was on the verge of tears.

He had always been annoyed by little girls crying.

Unfortunately, the girl defied his wishes and burst into tears.

Jiang Bai looked helplessly at the girl and hurriedly tried to comfort her.

After finally calming her down, the girl was unwilling to leave and insisted on guarding Jiang Bai through the night.

"What's your name?"

"Answering... sir, I'm... I'm called Xiaoling."

The girl replied while wiping her tears.

"Xiaoling, the thing is, I need to practice at night, and it's inconvenient for you to stay outside."

"But if I don't serve you well, the steward will scold me!"

Xiaoling tugged at her clothes, seeming very afraid of the steward.

"Don't worry, I'll tell the steward not to punish you."

"Really?"

"Of course, I'm the master!"

After all, how many young girls would be willing to sit under the eaves for a whole night?

After confirming several times, she happily ran off.

Shaking his head, Jiang Bai returned to his room.

He curiously surveyed the furnishings inside.

Hmm, confirmed, it was a house that he couldn't afford in both of his lifetimes!

He hadn't had a proper look around the mansion yet, but just the bedroom where the owner rested was over a hundred square meters.

Once again, he sighed at the corrupting influence of capitalism and feudal landlords.

The furnishings inside were very exquisite, so much so that even as a layman, he could tell that the decoration was very refined.

After a casual glance, he couldn't wait to sit on the edge of the bed and summon the system to check his personal information.

Gender: Male

Age: 24

Height: 180cm

Weight: 75kg

Leg length: 18cm

Romantic history: Forever alone

Special skills: None

Social contribution: Lowering the average income level

...

"Stop, stop, stop... Something's wrong, right? Let's try again!"

Jiang Bai called a halt to the system, suspecting that he might have gotten a pirated version.

[System: Just kidding, livening up the atmosphere! Don't mind, a smile can make you ten years younger, which is very helpful for your longevity.]

Cultivation: None

Techniques: None

Divine Ability: None

Weapons: None

Items: Celestial Token, Storage Ring, 50,000 spirit stones

Luck value: 110,000

Strength: 5

Speed: 5

Stamina: 5

Mental power: 5

Overall evaluation: A real combat scrub!

Jiang Bai's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot, seriously suspecting that he might have indeed gotten a pirated version.

However, being attentive, he quickly noticed a problem.

The amount of luck value was directly proportional to the amount of spirit stones used for divination.

When he divined Dugu Yue's whereabouts, the system quoted 3,000 spirit stones.

Dugu Qing directly used a "White Jade Dragon Pattern Pendant" worth 10,000 spirit stones to fill the divination gold.

It seemed that the system directly offset 10,000 luck value and did not refund the remaining spirit stones to him.

"System, are you taking kickbacks?"

Jiang Bai was somewhat indignant. He had worked hard to earn... swindle that little money, and the system actually cheated him!

[System: Don't be hasty, let me explain.]

[System: Spirit stones can be used to offset divination gold, but when using items to offset divination gold, regardless of the surplus, the system does not give change.]

"Furthermore, as compensation, the surplus can be converted into luck value at the original price."

Jiang Bai: "??"

He seemed to have discovered something.

"What does that mean, can luck value be directly purchased?"

Luck value was undoubtedly the thing he needed most. He had once thought that luck value could only be obtained through divination, but according to the system, luck value could be directly purchased.

[System: Yes, you can, but if you directly purchase it, the exchange rate is 4:1! (*￣︶￣)]

"A divination gold of 100,000 spirit stones is 100,000 luck value, and a White Jade Dragon Pattern Pendant of 10,000 spirit stones returned the original price of 10,000 luck value, so now I have a total of 110,000 luck value."

[System: That's right! ☆(￣▽￣)/$:*]

"If I recharge luck value at a rate of 4:1, then the remaining 50,000 spirit stones can be directly exchanged for 200,000 luck value!"

"Darn it, swindler, give me back my hard-earned money!"

Jiang Bai angrily smashed the precious rosewood and huanghuali-carved bedside.

[System: Dear, you've misunderstood, it's 1 for me and 4 for you! ╮(╯▽╰)╭]

"Oh, oh, what's 50,000 divided by 4 again?"

Jiang Bai struggled to calculate with his fingers.

After his unremitting efforts, he finally continued to angrily pat the bedside, "Darn it, it's only 12,500, and you say you're not a swindler!"

[System: It's a fair price, dear! ╮(╯▽╰)╭]

"Can you change your customer service tone, for heaven's sake!"

Jiang Bai's current anger level: max!