Reborn through an arranged marriage, I awakened the Shennong farming system.

Hua Gengchen touched Lin Chen's forehead with his finger and began searching his memories.

The spell to probe someone's memories requires immense mental strength and a powerful demonic energy; otherwise, one careless move could easily turn the person whose memories are being probed into an idiot. Demons like Hua Jueming and the driver, who have only lived for a few hundred years and whose demonic energy is damaged by the earth's veins and cannot reach its peak, would absolutely not dare to use this kind of spell. But Hua Gengchen can!

Moreover, he doesn't need to exert any effort to use this magic; it's as easy as breathing, and he completes it in the blink of an eye.

"Huh?" Hua Gengchen exclaimed in surprise, "The black aura on Lin Chen's body wasn't something he picked up; someone deliberately left it inside him." As he spoke, Hua Gengchen took out the black crystal he had just collected. However, the crystal in his hand was many times larger than the one he had seen in Lin Chen's memory. It was as if it had been living inside Lin Chen, absorbing his negative emotions and growing, just waiting to mature before it could be harvested.

"What is this?" Hua Jueming and the driver were seeing this for the first time. The black crystals emitted the same smell as the black mist, which they instinctively disliked. "How could black mist condense into crystals?!"

“Yes!” Hua Gengchen held the black crystal in his hand and examined it carefully. Although the crystal in Lin Chen’s body was 'planted' by someone and grew, the crystal itself, like the black energy, was still nurtured by the demon race. “How could black energy condense into a crystal…” Since the birth of black energy, this was the first time Hua Gengchen had seen black energy that could condense into a crystal. He didn’t know if this was an isolated case or… someone had done it on purpose.

The black crystal in Hua Gengchen's hand was only half the size of his palm, but its harmfulness was obviously much greater than that of the black energy itself. Lin Chen had only drunk it for three months, yet it had already penetrated to this extent. Hua Gengchen dared not even imagine what kind of state a human would be in if he hadn't cleansed the black energy for half a year!

He picked Su Bai up and said to the driver, "Take Lin Chen back and find an excuse to get rid of this." Then he said to Hua Jueming, "Go find Bai Ze and tell him to come see me immediately." After saying that, Hua Gengchen carefully protected the person in his arms and teleported back home.

Hua Jueming and the driver exchanged a glance as they watched Hua Gengchen and Su Bai vanish into thin air within the barrier. They immediately sprang into action. They had made such a big mistake today, so it was a good thing to give them a mission to atone for their mistake.

The driver left first, while Hua Jueming stayed behind to handle the aftermath before going to find Bai Ze.

After teleporting Su Bai back to his home in the western suburbs, Hua Gengchen immediately took her to the bedroom. The servants, seeing Hua Gengchen carrying Su Bai back, didn't know what had happened, but noticing Hua Gengchen's grim expression, they all tensed up and worked with utmost care.

Back in the bedroom, Hua Gengchen placed Su Bai on the bed. Looking at the pale-faced girl, Hua Gengchen's brows furrowed, and his expression turned icy cold.

He had removed the black energy from Su Bai in time, but it still had some effect on Su Bai's body, and Su Bai would inevitably be weak for a few days.

After a moment's thought, Hua Gengchen raised his hand and summoned his first storage vault, pulling out twelve white beads and a golden dragon scale. The beads weren't large, only about the size of his little fingertip, but each one was round and emitted a faint glow. They were ice crystals he had accidentally obtained beneath the Antarctic glacier, possessing the ability to nourish the body and conceal one's aura. As for the golden dragon scale, it was the first scale to grow from his forty-ninth dragon bone, and the only scale he had ever replaced in his life—it was incredibly hard. Whoever wore this dragon scale, no matter where they were, would be immediately alerted to any danger! Moreover, the dragon scale would protect its master, providing better protection for Su Bai.

Hua Gengchen had considered giving Su Bai the dragon scale when Su Bai was drugged before, but he hesitated at the time. This time, however, Hua Gengchen did not hesitate at all.

Whether it was out of consideration for the demon realm or out of his own soft heart towards Su Bai, he didn't want anything else to happen to Su Bai!

In just two or three days, his mood fluctuated wildly because of Su Bai. Even Hua Gengchen, who was as cold as ice, couldn't withstand it.

He casually plucked a strand of his own hair, strung it with ice crystals and dragon scales, and then put it on Su Bai's wrist. With a flick of his finger, the joints disappeared instantly, completely preventing Su Bai from taking the bracelet off when he wasn't looking.

Seeing the bracelet on Su Bai's wrist, Hua Gengchen finally felt relieved. He tucked Su Bai in and tiptoed out, as he had more important things to do.

The driver returned to report before Hua Jueming, but before he could even catch his breath, Hua Gengchen ordered him to go to Changbai Mountain to fetch some honey for Su Bai to replenish her body. The driver had a headache just thinking about the relentless swarm of bees, but compared to other punishments, this was already a very easy way to atone for his sins.

"Yes, Master, I'll go right away." The driver looked dejected. Last time he stole honey, he was blacklisted by the bee clan. This time, he might be listed as a 'target of the entire clan'. He might rarely have the chance to eat such delicious honey again. This time, he must take as much as possible!

Hua Jueming's driver returned several steps later, still somewhat angry when he arrived home. Bai Ze, on the other hand, was wrapped in a quilt and tied up with branches by him.

Hua Gengchen, sitting on the sofa, couldn't help but twitch his lips when he saw this scene.

"Haaah!" Bai Ze noticed the unusually bright lights around him and a strangely familiar chill, so he reluctantly opened his eyes. After rubbing his eyes a couple of times, Bai Ze finally saw the person in front of him clearly—it was Hua Gengchen, as expected! He wanted to point at Hua Gengchen's face and question him, but then he realized he was still being held by Hua Jueming. Bai Ze immediately became angry, struggling and yelling, "Hua Gengchen, what do you mean by having your butler disturb my sleep in the middle of the night? Don't you know how important sleep is to me? I've been working so hard to find medicine for you all day, can't I even get a good night's sleep? Don't you have any... no, no, demonic powers?!"

After finally regaining her balance, she pointed at the blanket on the floor and continued her accusation: "You still let your butler treat me like this? Don't you know what it means to respect the elderly and care for the young? I'm so old, how many times can I take this kind of abuse? And you still make him come to me every time. Can't you find a gentler little vixen instead?"

Hua Jueming didn't care about Bai Ze's accusations at all. He knew that his master wouldn't listen to Bai Ze anyway, because that was just the kind of person Bai Ze was, and he couldn't be summoned without this method.

As expected, Hua Gengchen completely ignored Bai Ze's accusations and threw the imprisoned black crystal to Bai Ze, saying, "Take a look at this thing." Although he had lived for tens of thousands of years, Bai Ze was far superior to him in terms of knowledge, and he was still better at taking action.

Bai Ze hurriedly took the item, his face breaking into a smile before he even looked at it. "Oh! Getting married really changes things! You even know to prepare an apology? Is this your secret stash? From which warehouse did you take it? To be honest, you don't need to be so polite. Just let me go to your warehouse and take a look, to feast my eyes and broaden my horizons. There's really no need to be so generous!" As he said this, Bai Ze's movements didn't slow down at all. If Hua Gengchen hadn't said that it was something condensed from black energy, Bai Ze would have already stuffed it into his pocket.

"What!?" Bai Ze stopped immediately after hearing Hua Gengchen's words and asked with a hint of doubt, "You're saying this thing is formed from black energy? How is that possible!" After the initial shock, Bai Ze realized that the black crystal had a smell that he disliked.

Hua Gengchen didn't want to explain too much. Bai Ze was always asking a million questions when he encountered a problem, and he would never give up until he got to the bottom of it. So he gestured for Hua Jueming to talk to him.

After receiving a look from Hua Gengchen, Hua Jueming told Bai Ze what had happened. After listening, Bai Ze asked several questions, but Hua Jueming couldn't answer them. He looked at Hua Gengchen, but Hua Gengchen couldn't answer either. So Bai Ze held the black crystal and slowly walked to the sofa, sat down, and fell into deep thought.

"How could black energy give rise to crystals? That shouldn't be possible! It doesn't make sense! Was some method he didn't know about used? What could it be?"

Hua Gengchen knew that Bai Ze was lost in his own thoughts again, and that he knew that Bai Ze would not recover in a short time, so he ignored him and said to Hua Jueming, "Go back to the demon clan and summon a few demons who are good at tracking and hiding. I want them to keep an eye on people entering and leaving the Crimson Nether Club at all times."

"Yes! I'll take care of it right away!" Hua Jueming immediately turned around and went to carry out the order.

After Hua Jueming left, Hua Gengchen glanced at Bai Ze, who was still muttering to himself on the sofa, paused for a moment, and went back to his room to sleep.

Anyway, Bai Ze is a demon, so it's no big deal if he doesn't sleep all night. Hua Gengchen didn't feel guilty at all about waking Bai Ze up in the middle of the night and giving him a difficult problem. He fell asleep soon after getting into bed.

Because of Su Bai's scent on his nose, Hua Gengchen slept exceptionally well this time, and the frustration of being forced to interrupt his calming period and the anger from discovering Su Bai's injury disappeared.

At seven o'clock in the morning, Su Bai's phone alarm went off on time. After ringing for a while, he finally reached out from under the covers and turned it off.

A while after the alarm clock turned off, Su Bai sat up from the covers with his eyes still closed, rubbing his temples in pain. "Damn it, I'll never drink again!" His alcohol tolerance was unbelievably low; just two bottles of beer had kept him drunk all night!

Slowly opening his eyes, Su Bai was stunned by the scene in the room. How did he get back last night? He had no recollection of it at all.

All he could remember was that after finishing his barbecue, he was walking to the street corner to pick up his driver when he seemed to hear a sound at the entrance of an alley. He went in, and then... Su Bai had absolutely no memory of that!

He rubbed his hair haphazardly, annoyed, "Drinking is really bad, I blacked out!" He hoped nothing bad had happened!

His gaze shifted downwards, and when he saw what was on his right wrist, Su Bai was stunned for a moment.

Holy crap, could he have exchanged tokens with someone while drunk?

In a panic, Su Bai tried to pull at the bracelet on his wrist, but after a couple of tugs, he was surprised to find that he couldn't budge it at all. It seemed to be firmly attached to his hand. "What's going on?!" Could he have encountered some kind of cheat code again?

He already has a system, does he want another one?

No way!

One is enough; Su Bai understands the principle of not biting off more than you can chew.

"This is my life-saving charm; you can borrow it for now." Just as Su Bai was wondering whether to get out of bed to find some scissors or something to remove the bracelet, a voice came from the other side of the bed. Startled, Su Bai immediately turned around and was terrified. "Oh my god! A ghost!"