Translator – Ink Hub
Editor – Ms. B

Yang Ling furrowed his brows, carefully considering how he should allocate his Attribute Points in the future.

The man he was now was worlds apart from the man he had been. Previously, he was just a poor nobody; even after obtaining the System, his first thought had been how to make money.

But things were different now. While money was certainly important, it was no longer the most vital thing.

He had already learned from the System that if he turned in ten energy units, the System would upgrade, granting him a massive benefit!

As for what that benefit was, the System had been explicit: the Domain Dominance function would be unlocked. As long as he dominated a specific field, his cultivation realm would increase accordingly!

This wasn’t just physical capabilities like Strength or Agility; this was a true realm. Once he had a realm, he would possess mana. In the future, if he dominated enough fields, he could even become an Immortal!

‘The sun and moon may decay, yet I shall remain immortal; heaven and earth may be extinguished, yet I shall remain eternal.’ This was the ultimate goal he pursued.

Compared to becoming an Immortal, what did money matter?

He earned money specifically to find and purchase Energy Crystals to turn in to the System, striving to gather ten energy units as soon as possible to trigger the upgrade!

The broadening of his horizons was inevitably accompanied by a change in his state of mind. The Yang Ling of the past was long gone.

Therefore, whether it was Tian Mingzhi or Zhang Chunxia, they were nothing more than ants in his eyes.

This was a mindset.

The mindset of a powerhouse!

After agonizing over it for a long time, he decided on a balanced development. He would turn his four primary attributes into a perfect square of monstrous stats.

Once he reached this realization, he gave a faint smile and walked toward the bookstore.

The road ahead was still long; he had to take it one step at a time. The most pressing matter now was to get into Donghua University. It would be best if he could become the Gaokao’s top scholar; that would count as dominating a field.

He spent the entire morning reading in the bookstore. Just as he was planning to head out for a bite to eat, his phone suddenly rang. It was a call from his father.

“Huh? That female CEO wants to see me?”

Yang Jianjun’s excited voice came through the other end of the line: “I never would have imagined it either! Back in the day, the old man actually set up an arranged marriage with the Liu family!”

“You better clean yourself up and look decent. Two o’clock this afternoon, be there on time for the meeting!”

After hanging up the phone, a bitter smile played on Yang Ling’s lips.

What had been a casual joke the other day had actually turned out to be true.

Speaking of the Liu family, they truly were a titan among families.

The patriarch of the Liu family had been a high-ranking leader in Yanjing back in the day. Although he had since retired to Jiangnan Province for his twilight years, if that old man so much as stomped his foot, forget S City; the entirety of Jiangnan would tremble three times over!

The old man had three sons.

The third son had gone into business, but unfortunately, he had passed away young. However, he had left behind a very capable daughter.

Liu Muhan: Chairman and General Manager of the Muhua Group. Her publicly held assets and stocks reached four billion yuan, but because of her family background, the power she wielded behind the scenes was terrifyingly immense.

Compared to this female CEO, Tian Mingzhi was far beneath her; the gap was astronomical.

He hadn’t expected the System to actually arrange for this young miss to be his wife!

Aside from anything else, the young masters, big bosses, and titans of various industries who wanted to marry this female CEO could form a line stretching from S City all the way to Yanjing. Wasn’t he putting himself right at the eye of the storm?

Furthermore, he had heard that Liu Muhan was an iceberg beauty without a shred of interest in men. If he ended up with a wife like that, wouldn’t he be living a life of celibacy?

However, the benefits were also obvious. He could use the Liu family’s massive network of connections to search for Energy Crystals. In the future, if he wanted to enter various industries, he could obtain help from her as well.

Thinking of this, Yang Ling looked up at the sky. After a long silence, a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

At two o’clock in the afternoon, he arrived punctually at the agreed-upon cafe.

This was the most high-end cafe in S City. Most of the people who frequented this place were prominent figures with status and reputation.

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Footnotes:
TN1: Arranged Marriage (娃娃亲 / wawa qin): Literally “child marriage,” referring to a betrothal set by elders when the children are young.

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