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THE SYSTEM IS NOT MINE

Chapter 38: Beneath the Drainage · Oct 14, 2026

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1 Chapter 1 : The Clinic Was Too Narrow For Death 2026-10-14
2 Chapter 2: Five Days of Silence 2026-10-14
3 Chapter 3: Spiritual Line 2026-10-14
4 Chapter 4 : The Steward’s Toll 2026-10-14
5 Chapter 5: Departure 2026-10-14
6 Chapter 6 : Filtration 2026-10-14
7 Chapter 7 : Correction 2026-10-14
8 Chapter 8: Disturbance 2026-10-14
9 Chapter 9: The Purchase 2026-10-14
10 Chapter 10 : The Cracked Ridge 2026-10-14
11 Chapter 11 : The Weight of the Name 2026-10-14
12 Chapter 12 : Selection 2026-10-14
13 Chapter 13: The Seniors 2026-10-14
14 Chapter 14 : Miscalculation 2026-10-14
15 Chapter 15: Divergence 2026-10-14
16 Chapter 16: Deferred Action 2026-10-14
17 Chapter 17 : The Hollow Victory 2026-10-14
18 Chapter 18 : Village Interlude 2026-10-14
19 Chapter 19: Residual Line 2026-10-14
20 Chapter 20: Drink 2026-10-14
21 Chapter 21 : Accretion 2026-10-14
22 Chapter 22 : Memory Recall 2026-10-14
23 Chapter 23 : The Threshold of Understanding 2026-10-14
24 Chapter 24 : Missing 2026-10-14
25 Chapter: 25 : The Market Manipulation 2026-10-14
26 Chapter 26 : Variables 2026-10-14
27 Chapter 27 : Extraction 2026-10-14
28 Chapter 28: The Classical Script 2026-10-14
29 Chapter 29 : The Market’s Throat 2026-10-14
30 Chapter 30 : Resonance 2026-10-14
31 Chapter 31: The Market 2026-10-14
32 Chapter 32 : Elder Tao 2026-10-14
33 Chapter 33 : Ripples 2026-10-14
34 Chapter 34: A Voice 2026-10-14
35 Chapter 35 : The Grain 2026-10-14
36 Chapter 36 : Division 2026-10-14
37 Chapter 37 : The Letter 2026-10-14
38 Chapter 38: Beneath the Drainage 2026-10-14
39 Chapter 39 : The Aftermath 2026-10-14
40 Chapter 40 : End of the Arc One - The Farewell and The Promise 2026-10-14
41 Chapter 41 : General Yan 2026-10-14
42 Chapter 42 : First Lesson - Five Years Ago 2026-10-14
43 Chapter 43 : Flesh and Soil 2026-10-14
44 Chapter 44 : Emerging 2026-10-14
45 Chapter 45 : The Art of Butchering 2026-10-14
46 Chapter 46 : Recruitment 2026-10-14
47 Chapter 47 : The Old Soldier 2026-10-14
48 Chapter 48: Into the Forest 2026-10-14
49 Chapter 49: Quite Authority 2026-10-14
50 Chapter 50 : The Golden Eagle City 2026-10-14

Yan studied the page carefully, the ink was darker than the surrounding sections, written with a steadier hand.

The text described several preparations mixtures that weakened the body quietly and immediately, poisons that dissolved slowly into food or water, methods that left little trace behind.

His fingers moved to the edge of the paper.

With a soft tear, he removed the page cleanly from the binding with a soft sound.

He closed the book and threw it away while folding the page and inserted it inside his tunic.

Footsteps approached the storehouse, Yan knew who it was.Tan Suzi entered.

The thin manual rested beneath her arm.

“Let’s resume the lesson,” she said.

Yan nodded.

She opened the manual and turned several pages forward.“This section explains the basic cultivation realms.”

Her brush traced the first characters slowly.

“The first stage is the Foundation Realm,” Tan Suzi said. “At this stage the soul begins absorbing spiritual qi and gradually strengthens itself. Cultivators here can only deepen their foundation letter.”

Yan watched the characters form.

“The next stage”

“Tan Suzi.”

Her brush stopped as Yan looked at her calmly.

“What is beneath the drainage channel?”

She looked at Yan, for a brief moment her fingers trembled.The brush tip left a thin crooked mark across the page.

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Tan Suzi lowered the brush slowly.

“Do not ask questions that cannot be answered.”

Yan leaned back slightly.“You know something.”

Her eyes sharpened.

“If you tell me,” Yan continued calmly, “I will testify that the rumor is false.”

Tan Suzi’s gaze narrowed.

“Playing tricks again?” she replied slowly, “People will believe I forced you to say it.”Her voice cooled

“That means I definitely know something.”Yan yawned.

“What if next time Elder Tao loses control,” he said casually, “I tell everyone I know what happened?”

Tan Suzi stared at him.

Yan continued in the same calm tone “I’m also in Elder Chao’s faction.”

“Nothing goes wrong if I learn a little about what’s beneath the ground.”

He shrugged slightly.

“I’m only a servant who barely started cultivating.”

“What could I possibly do with that knowledge?.

Yan explained.

Tan Suzi said nothing, Her thoughts moved behind her eyes.Yan watched quietly.

Still thinking.

Finally she spoke.

“…I won’t tell you now.”

Yan did not react.

“If there is another disturbance,” she said slowly, “I might answer your question then.”

Yan nodded once.

“That works.”

“Enough of your tricks” Tan Suzi said sharply.

“As if Elder Tao is a madman who loses control whenever he pleases.”

She dipped the brush into ink again.

“He will not.”

The lesson resumed.

She continued explaining the cultivation realms as if the conversation had never happened.

Yan listened quietly.When the lantern burned low, Tan Suzi closed the manual.

The lesson ended.

She stood and looked at Yan as if trying to understand something she could not name.

Then she left the storehouse as the door closed behind her.

Yan remained seated.

The courtyard outside was quiet.He stared toward the drainage channel that ran along the edge of the stone.The soil near the bend was darker.

Packed.

Disturbed many times.

Yan’s eyes narrowed slightly.

The balance was shifting.

The soil was finally about to enter the danger zone.

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