Oh my burning steel!
I, Zhou Fan, at the age of seventy, finally have a System?
After waking from his coma, Zhou Fan instantly perceived the existence of his Immortal Realm Benefitting System.
Although the System's name was a bit unconventional, Zhou Fan excitedly brought up the System panel he had been longing for.
"Host: Zhou Fan
Realm: Martial Dao Grandmaster
Cultivation Technique: One Qi Art (Major Achievement)
Lifespan (Remaining): 0.314 years
Dao Companion: None (0/1)
Descendants: None
Evaluation: A waste worse than a Qi Refinement Stage minnow"
The System panel was very simple. Zhou Fan checked it while asking the System.
"System, what does (0/1) in the Dao Companion section mean? Does it mean I can only have one Dao Companion right now?"
"Yes, Host, because you don't even have Qi Refinement Stage cultivation yet, you can currently only bind one Dao Companion."
"Of course, besides the number of Dao Companions, this System does not limit the number of good friends."
"However, Host, to receive rewards, you can only do so by increasing the number of Dao Companions or descendants."
"I see. Then how does one form a Dao Companion relationship?" Zhou Fan asked.
"The Host can use this System to scan other beings. If this being has the potential to become the Host's Dao Companion, this System will provide a prompt."
"Once the being willingly agrees to become the Host's Dao Companion, this System will issue relevant rewards."
After hearing this, Zhou Fan immediately used the System scan on Yaya, who had been guarding him.
"Beep! Detecting a being with Dao Companion potential. Do you wish to form a Dao Companion relationship with her?"
Hearing the System's prompt, Zhou Fan's heart filled with joy.
After so many years, he and Yaya already had a deep emotional foundation.
At once, he didn't hesitate and directly said to Yaya, "Yaya, are you willing to become my Dao Companion?"
Yaya heard him and asked somewhat confused, "Xiao Fanzi, what is a Dao Companion? Can it be eaten?"
Zhou Fan looked at Yaya's adorable, clueless expression and chuckled, "A Dao Companion is someone who accompanies you throughout your journey on the Dao, like a husband and wife in the Fan Realm."
"So it's just living together every day? Xiao Fanzi, then aren't we already that... Dao Companion?"
"Ahem, besides spending every day together, Dao Companions also do some... happy things together."
"What are you saying, Xiao Fanzi? I don't quite understand."
Yaya blinked her confused big eyes at Zhou Fan, her gaze revealing a clear foolishness.
Seeing that he couldn't explain it clearly to Yaya in a few words, Zhou Fan directly said, "Yaya, if you're willing to become my Dao Companion, then I'll treat you to a month of big meals."
"Didn't you always want to eat the town's saliva chicken and candied hawthorn? As long as you agree to be my Dao Companion, you can eat them all you want for that month."
Zhou Fan's expression at this moment was exactly like a bad uncle luring a little girl with a lollipop.
"Hmph, do you think a mere month of snacks can bribe me, the dignified Reincarnated Empress — Yaya?"
Yaya heard him and cleverly said, "At least two months of big meals, and you pay!"
Zhou Fan smiled. He rubbed Yaya's little head and said, "Deal!"
Yaya put her small hands on her hips and said, "I agree to be your Dao Companion, you can't go back on your word!"
"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for forming a Dao Companion relationship with Yaya. Reward received: One Creation Medicinal Pill — Innate Reversal Pill."
As the System's voice sounded, a Medicinal Pill abruptly appeared in Zhou Fan's hand.
Without the slightest hesitation, Zhou Fan directly swallowed the Medicinal Pill.
Instantly, a massive surge of medicinal power erupted within his body.
Zhou Fan felt warmth spread throughout his body. His body, which had been somewhat withered due to his advanced age, actually regained vitality at this moment.
Zhou Fan watched as his originally wrinkled palms became firm and smooth in just a few breaths. He immediately excitedly found a bronze mirror.
Then, he saw himself looking to be in his early thirties.
A man does not easily shed tears, only when he is truly heartbroken.
Zhou Fan felt like crying.
Heaven knows how he had lived these past years.
No mobile phone, no computer, no takeout, no happy fat house water...
In his youth, he awakened his past life's memories. Upon realizing he had reincarnated into a Cultivation Family, Zhou Fan was full of ambition, believing he would surely make a name for himself in this vast Cultivation World.
Later, he was tested and found to have no Spiritual Root. His Family sent him down to this Fan Realm Small World, but Zhou Fan did not give up hope.
After all, no protagonist has a smooth journey.
Upon first entering the Fan Realm, Zhou Fan diligently practiced martial arts and quickly reached the level of a second-rate expert. Full of ambition, he set out to gain experience, visiting famous mountains and great marshes, just to seek an Opportunity for a Mortal to cultivate immortality.
But he didn't gain any Opportunities; instead, he encountered a ton of dangers.
After experiencing several life-threatening situations and his Martial Dao cultivation stagnating, Zhou Fan finally understood: he was not a Son of Destiny at all.
He might have cuckolded Luck's father in his previous life, otherwise, why would fate be so hard on him in this life?
Fortunately, when he was twenty years old, by chance, Zhou Fan met a dirty, begging Yaya.
At that time, she was being beaten by several people for stealing steamed buns.
Zhou Fan, who was born under the red flag in his previous life, naturally couldn't stand to see such things. He paid off the small vendors with money.
Then, with a beggar's chicken worth twenty copper coins, he successfully subdued Yaya. Yaya thus became his companion on his lonely journey.
It was strange; ever since he started traveling with Yaya, Zhou Fan's Luck had improved significantly.
Although he still hadn't found an Opportunity for a Mortal to cultivate immortality, at least he no longer encountered life-or-death crises at every turn.
So even if Yaya's mind didn't seem quite right, Zhou Fan always took care of her.
Fifty years passed in a flash. Zhou Fan was already old and frail, but Yaya still looked like a white-haired loli.
Even if Zhou Fan were a fool, he would know that Yaya was extraordinary.
He even once believed that Yaya was truly a Reincarnated Empress.
But after so many years, besides her childlike face and ample bosom, being silly, possessing tenacious vitality, and being immortal, Yaya had not shown any other unusual traits.
Zhou Fan had also asked Yaya about her experiences before meeting him.
Yaya said she had traveled through time and space to this world, then used earth-shattering cultivation to steal two steamed buns. Unexpectedly, her Mortal enemy exposed her whereabouts, which was why she was caught and beaten by several Mortals.
After that, she met her loyal protector, Xiao Fanzi.
Zhou Fan actually believed her at the time. After careful consideration, he asked Yaya who her Mortal enemy was.
Yaya pondered for a full two and a half minutes before slowly uttering two words.
"Mambo~"
Zhou Fan: "...?"
Anyway, from then on, Zhou Fan never asked Yaya any serious questions again, but treated her as one of his only two Family members in this different world.
As for now, Chu Yanran was gone, so Yaya naturally became Zhou Fan's only Family member.
It was just the appearance of the Immortal Realm Benefitting System that made his and Yaya's relationship change a little.