Bizarre Cultivation: Starting from Being Beaten Up by Reality

Chapter 196 Role Playing

However, some personas need to be changed.

He is Cao Zifan, but not the reincarnation of the previous Magistrate Cao.

Moreover, that rice was very precious to him; every bit used was a bit less, so how could he waste it on something like that?

As for being noticed by a few women? So what if they notice? If they know what's good for them, then all will be well. But if they dare to use this as an excuse to cause trouble, then I'll just have to teach them what it means to be "the husband is the head of the household."

Cao Zifan waved away the women, and the tall, aloof beauty left decisively, as if she really didn't want to stay a moment longer.

There were also a few others with tears in their eyes, begging Cao Zifan to let one or two of them stay.

"Master, I've missed you terribly these past few days." The little girl's eyes were brimming with tears, like a wounded puppy.

"My lord, look how thin I've become." As she spoke, she thrust her breasts forward, making her look anything but thin.

"Sir, please keep one of them, it doesn't matter who it is, we will have no complaints." The scholarly girl spoke with a clear understanding of right and wrong.

"Master, according to our custom, if a husband does not consummate the marriage with his wife for a month, he has no choice but to die." The exotic-looking girl with her belly button exposed spoke of a custom from an unknown place.

Cao Zifan remained expressionless, but the beautiful woman beside her quickly spoke up and cursed, "Go away, you little sluts, you're all so dramatic. If I told you to get lost, then get lost! Don't force me to slap your little faces."

After displaying her authority as the empress, she successfully drove them away.

Only the two of them and the lovely maid from before remained in the room.

Cao Zifan breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, there were two blankets. After declining the beautiful woman's invitation to play solo, he quickly fell asleep in his own blanket.

Lin Fan and Duan Ye achieved a great victory. Together with the volunteers gathered from several nearby counties, they almost completely destroyed Crab Mountain, and the Grand Commander was also killed.

After doing all this, Lin Fan was ready to set off again.

"Are you really not going with me?"

Lin Fan looked at his former clone and asked.

Cao Zifan shook his head. "You have no idea how good life I'm living here. I have eighteen wives now, and each one is different."

Lin Fan looked at him for a long time but still didn't say anything, then gave it to Cao Zifan. There were some of each: a Strength Pill, a gray pill, and spider eggs. Cao Zifan knew his own reserves were also running low, so he gave almost half to himself.

Cao Zifan pushed the Power Pill back, saying, "I don't have a Soul-Suppressing Pearl, so I can't use this. It will damage my brain."

Lin Fan nodded and accepted the gift, said "Take care" and left.

Cao Zifan didn't say it, but Lin Fan should know.

They shared the same thought: only one of them could return. They both felt it wouldn't be good if they both returned to the mortal world, regardless of the circumstances.

Even if there are two people when they go back, what will happen to their families?

Thinking about the trouble that would come with going back, Cao Zifan decided to stay. Lin Fan was right to go home, but he was an avatar born from a supernatural power, and could be considered a native of the area.

"My lord, those women have already been dismissed. Are you really sure you want to do this? If it's just a passing fancy, perhaps..."

Cao Zifan shook his head at the beautiful woman in front of him. "My mind is made up. I'm getting old and my health isn't what it used to be. It's enough for me to have you by my side. Besides, chaos is coming, and I don't want to expend too much energy protecting others."

Cao Zifan dismissed all his other concubines, gave them money, and found them suitable husbands.

Madam Cao blushed upon hearing this and lowered her head slightly. "Alright, I'll listen to my husband. It's better for the three of us to make a good life together than anything else."

Cao Zifan knew that his wife must have figured something out, but this woman was sensible and knew when to advance and retreat. She would never ask what she shouldn't ask or say what she shouldn't say, and she had helped him resolve many troublesome matters, such as the dismissal of his seventeen concubines. When receiving guests, she would also smooth things over for him and often remind him of things he had "forgotten."

Wait, what do you mean the three of us? Cao Zifan suddenly realized and turned to look at the cute maid following behind Madam Cao.

The maid noticed Cao Zifan's gaze and shyly lowered her head. Oh my god, there was another one! How come I never thought of that?

After thinking about it, I decided to just leave it at that.

Lin Fan has been gone for several months, and the best news is probably that no news has come back. Judging by the time, he should have returned to the real world by now.

There's been some unusual activity on Crab Mountain recently. We only scattered them before and killed a few key figures, but it seems they'll be making a comeback soon.

Recently, Cao Zifan has also learned a lot from Master Zhu, and he can understand some things on his own. The fact that the Great Qian Dynasty is promoting popular schools of thought means that chaos in the world is only a matter of time. This is something that we can't stop by our own efforts.

Wujiang County was well-managed by itself, or more precisely by Master Zhu. The militia was well-trained, and the city walls were under construction. Although the future was uncertain, things were progressing in a positive direction.

As Cao Zifan was thinking about these things, he suddenly saw a pair of long, beautiful, fair legs emerge from the corner of the wall. Her usually aloof face was now streaked with tears.

Cao Zifan recognized her immediately. Wasn't this the aloof, long-legged girl from before? Her personality was the strangest. He had neglected them, and they had all come to him crying, but she never did. When it came time to dismiss them, everyone said they didn't want to leave, but she just turned and walked away.

Cao Zifan genuinely believed that the girl had been forced into marriage and disliked him.

"My lord, please don't really abandon Shuang'er. It was you who said you liked Shuang'er's aloofness, that's why Shuang'er treated you that way. That wasn't Shuang'er's intention. Actually, Shuang'er misses you every day. You can have whatever you want, just please don't drive Shuang'er away."

Huh? So that was role-playing before? That's so trendy, they've even gotten into cosplay.

This girl probably misunderstood that she was being kicked out because she had overacted, or she thought it was part of the play and kept acting until she realized she was actually being dismissed.

Just as Shuang'er was hugging Cao Zifan's leg and crying incessantly, a militiaman rushed in.

"Sir, I'm sorry to bother you!"

"The Crab Mountain army is at the city gates."

Ignoring the sobbing girl, Cao Zifan hurriedly donned his armor and climbed onto the city wall, exclaiming, "How did you get here so quickly?"