Chapter 6

"Completion..." Hesitating for a moment, Du Fei rechecked the number of photos, just as Jiuming had said, there were exactly seventy, and they were all photos of the school beauty in her pajamas... Although nothing was exposed, the content of the photos made him want to cover his face.

This, this was clearly forced shooting after being discovered!

How did he get back?

"Seventy is a bit much... Can it be less?" After all, it was seventy days of life, more than two months. Ten or fifteen days would have been fine, but Jiuming, with his great abilities, managed to get so many!

"Alright, I'll give you a discount, fifty days then." Shrugging, Jiuming wasn't worried that the other party would only want one. From the look on this guy's face, he probably wanted every single photo, even if they were candid shots, Jiuming had taken them well.

"About this..."

Seeing Du Fei's hesitant expression, Jiuming lightly shook his head. Reducing it by so much was already a favor. He had just asked the panel about the drawbacks of extracting life force. Apart from reducing life force, it also made the person weak, or in other words, drained their vitality. If too much life force was extracted at once, the person could die.

For ordinary people, less than half a year wasn't a big problem, and for those who were stronger, the amount could be increased. Du Fei was a psychic, fundamentally better than ordinary people, so he could handle more.

But this favor seemed to give him more room for bargaining?

Waving his hand, Jiuming easily took the memory card out of Du Fei's phone, "Young man, don't take things for granted. You've gotten something you'd never get in a lifetime, and you still have to pay the price. Of course, if you're hesitant, I'll take this and leave, as if I never appeared."

"Wait!" Seeing the memory card slightly deformed in Jiuming's hand, Du Fei panicked and stopped him, "I agree!"

"The deal continues." Throwing the memory card back, Jiuming saw that Du Fei still wanted to say something and asked, "Any other questions?"

"A bit..." Du Fei smiled awkwardly, "Can you help me pursue the school beauty?"

"What can you offer?" Jiuming countered. He really couldn't see what this guy had to turn things around. A nobody's turnaround... that's through effort, but this guy... relying on writing in a diary?

And his abilities, they really didn't have much room to play. He was just material for a scout. As for physical training, a physical-type psychic would break the conventional way of improving through hard work.

"Still, life force?"

"First, I'm not a saint, and second, I'm not a bottomless evil person. Fairly speaking, the difficulty of this task is something you can't afford. Something you can't do in a lifetime, let's say thirty years of life. By the way, if you lose too much life force, you'll age."

One sentence scared Du Fei. He had already lived for almost twenty years, and subtracting thirty... Hey, becoming a middle-aged uncle, what's that about?

"So, just focus on what's in front of you. You don't have any special encounters. This photo can be a beautiful memory in your studies, don't ignore the people around you." Jiuming had seen another girl's name in the first few pages of Du Fei's diary, but after that, it was all about the school beauty.

"..." Du Fei scratched his head in distress. The thoughts in his heart wavered because of Jiuming's words. Maybe he should give up some unrealistic ideas?

"You won't want to experience this feeling again." Seeing Du Fei's struggling expression, Jiuming thought it was probably the侥幸心理 (侥幸心理 means侥幸 psychology, which can be translated as '侥幸 mentality' or '侥幸 thinking') at work. What if! What if pursuing the school beauty succeeded? But you're not the main character... grinning, "Continue the deal?"

"Continue then."

"Sit tight!" Summoning the panel, Jiuming activated the extraction function, target Du Fei, type, life force!

A sudden intense weakness made Du Fei feel dizzy, and the extreme nausea almost made him vomit. At the same time, a indescribable panic arose in his heart. This was the feeling of his life being 'taken away'...?

He finally understood what Jiuming meant. This feeling didn't end in a moment but continued. The severe weakness, dizziness, and the constant urge to vomit made Du Fei miss the days when his body was fine!

Never again!

"Your willpower and physical condition are a bit lacking. For a psychic, this side effect should be manageable." Saying this with a bit of sarcasm, Jiuming laughed. For a psychic, fifty days of life wasn't an unbearable amount, "Exercise more in the future. Don't worry, you'll recover in a week at most. Of course, if your physical condition is better, it will be even shorter."

Patted Du Fei's shoulder, Jiuming turned and left the dorm. Du Fei's commotion was a bit loud, and his roommates were about to wake up.

【Name: Life Force】

【Type: Consumable】

【Attribute: Life】

【Quality: None】

【Duration: 50 days】

【Note: A product of a life transaction... Are you a devil?】

【Convertible Source Power: 5】

Looking at the card containing fifty days of life force, Jiuming nodded. A few lines quickly appeared on his hand, forming a thick book. Opening the first page, he placed the card on it, and it immediately imprinted, as if drawn on.

Jiuming could take it out whenever he wanted.

Converting source power wasn't urgent, and he didn't particularly need it. This thing could serve as merchandise for now. The beginning is always the hardest, and his main goal now was to solve his current situation.

"Hey, Panel, can I just list it in the Mysterious Shop?" With nothing to do, Jiuming summoned the panel to ask.

【As the shopkeeper, you have the obligation to maintain the existence of the Mysterious Shop. At the end of each month, 1000 source points will be deducted, increasing by 50% every six months until it caps at 10000 points. By then, as the shopkeeper of the Mysterious Shop, you should have the ability to maintain this level of supply!】

"What if I can't?"

【The next shopkeeper will take over. The Mysterious Shop doesn't lack time.】

"You're not being honest, Panel."

Jiuming stretched, and as expected, the Mysterious Shop wouldn't keep a shopkeeper who could use its resources for free. Speaking of resources... weren't they collected by the shopkeeper?

【This information will be automatically prompted in five days if not asked by the shopkeeper.】

"Got it, looks like I need to work hard, right?"

Waiting for a while, no new subtitles appeared from the panel. Shaking his head, the panel wouldn't respond to idle chatter.

Let's go back and rest. Finding a deserted place, Jiuming summoned the faint circular ripples in front of him and walked in.

Lying on the sofa, he yawned. The battle had consumed his mental energy, not his physical strength. Mental energy had replaced his explosive power and physical factors. Without a body, he couldn't use his muscles like a normal person to generate powerful force.

Fortunately, the special nature of Jiuming's soul made up for this. He could condense his mental energy to produce explosive power similar to physical explosions. However, his mental energy couldn't influence others or perform mental attacks like other ghosts.

So, except for being a soul, Jiuming was basically similar to humans, and his mental energy explosions were even superior to physical explosions. He could achieve superhuman levels.

This was also the reason Jiuming could easily suppress Captain Wang in terms of power.

However, mental energy... its growth rate was destined to be slower than physical strength. Additionally, his unique nature required him to sleep.

Being able to eat would be even better. For now, Jiuming could only smell the food.

Jiuming was fine, but other places still had issues.

First, his actions in this world's college were already a blatant provocation, and he would be caught and dealt with. Of course... from another perspective, this matter wasn't too big or too small, depending on the nature.

Based on the information provided by the unnamed Captain Wang and the strange behavior of someone, the nature of the incident was finally determined!

A young man had a crush on the school beauty, Zhou Jing, of Changhe College, leading to a series of impulsive actions—sneaking out at night to take indecent photos!

Alright, the main point was that no one was injured that night, but the act of taking photos...

In short, Changhe College had a new rumor, but it quickly faded due to lack of follow-up.

"Who could it be?" Smoking, Captain Wang stared at the computer. He had pulled many strings to find out Jiuming's identity, but unfortunately, he only knew his face.

"Fei, are you feeling better? I brought you some chicken soup." In a hospital room, a girl suddenly opened the door, holding a thermal flask and asked the person inside with concern.

Sitting on the bed, Du Fei was hesitating whether to press the confirmation button on his phone. The moment the girl appeared, he panicked and pressed the button.

Opening his mouth, Du Fei stared at the deletion prompt on his phone for a while.

"What did you delete?" The girl, with a youthful smile, walked over with the thermal flask and asked, leaning in to look at Du Fei.

"Nothing, just some unimportant stuff." After a moment of hesitation, the last bit of his侥幸 thinking disappeared. Looking at the girl opening the thermal flask, "Rongrong, want to go to the movies this weekend?"

"Really?" The girl, surprised, put down the lunch box, "We haven't gone to the movies together in a long time."

Du Fei scratched his head, feeling a bit guilty, "Yeah, it won't happen again, I promise!"