Without the slightest hesitation, he swallowed the Marrow Cleansing Pill and felt a cool sensation spread from his mouth, rushing straight to his brain and limbs.

Then some black impurities slowly seeped out from his skin, which stopped half an hour later. Zuan opened his eyes and felt as if he was lighter. He could see the world and every tree and blade of grass more clearly.

Previously, he had been experiencing backaches and pains due to his weak constitution, but now he feels full of energy. In particular, his palms and soles are no longer cold as before; they are now warm and cozy, as if his whole body is full of vitality.

"This thing really works?" Zuan exclaimed with delight. Although he didn't know how much his aptitude had improved, the changes in his body were immediate.

If only I had drawn this thing from the beginning! With my previous low-grade aptitude, I could have filled 3 magic circles after taking 7 hits of the Howling Whip. If I had this Marrow Cleansing Pill back then, I probably could have filled at least 5 magic circles.

A aptitude of the lowest grade, according to my previous life, should be D-? It really is terrible.

Only then did he notice the black mud on his skin. He subconsciously brought it to his nose and smelled it. His expression immediately became very interesting. This is so disgusting!

I rushed to take a shower before going back to my room and going to bed. Looking at the 44 anger points left on my keyboard, I wondered if I should go to the ATM girl tomorrow to earn some more anger points and see what good things I could get.

As his body's memories slowly merged, he remembered that the head of the Chu family was a duke of the current dynasty, and this Bright Moon City was his fiefdom. The head of the Chu family had one son and two daughters: the eldest daughter Chu Yan, the second daughter Huan Zhao, and the heir apparent You Zhao.

The original owner of this body was a commoner, orphaned and raised by his uncle and aunt. He was known throughout the surrounding area as someone who was neither good at literature nor martial arts, and had no redeeming qualities other than being handsome.

Zuan was somewhat puzzled as to why such a wealthy and powerful family would hire such a good-for-nothing as their son-in-law.

There must be a conspiracy involved.

However, now that Zuan has the keyboard as a trump card, he is much more confident and no longer as fearful as he was at the beginning. He is increasingly confident about the future and, with beautiful visions in his heart, he quickly fell asleep.

The next morning, he was half asleep when he was awakened by a commotion:

"Get up quickly, Master and Madam are still waiting for you in the ancestral hall!"

"Stop messing around, let me sleep a little longer." Zu'an was still a bit dazed. He had been up until midnight the night before and was very sleepy. He turned over and prepared to go back to sleep.

Suddenly, a bucket of cold water was poured over him, startling him so much that he sat up abruptly, all sleepiness gone.

When he opened his eyes, he saw several servants standing menacingly to the side, while another young warrior held a copper basin and sneered at him.

"You splashed the water?" Zu'an glared at the young warrior, fragments of memories surfacing in his body. The man in front of him was called Diao Yang, a squad leader in the manor's guards, who seemed to have always been targeting him.

"So what if I splashed it? You really think you're the master of this mansion? I wonder what the young lady sees in you," Diao Yang sneered.

Zu An immediately understood. With Chu Chuyan's beauty, there must be many toads who want to eat swan meat. This Diao Yang was probably one of them. Although the difference in their status meant that he could not have her, it did not mean that he could tolerate other toads eating swan meat.

Bah, bah, bah! He's the toad, and his whole family are toads.

Noticing the mockery in his eyes, Diao Yang inexplicably felt a surge of anger: "Why are you glaring at me? Want to hit me? Come on if you dare!" As he spoke, he moved his face closer.

This useless son-in-law is weaker than a woman; I could easily take him down with just my bare hands and feet. We've beaten him before, haven't we? He's cowardly and doesn't dare speak up even when bullied, which is why he dares to act so recklessly.

However, he miscalculated this time. Little did he know that the person in front of him was no longer the same as before. He only saw a dark shadow swiftly strike his nose, and then tears and blood flowed uncontrollably from his nose.

Zuan withdrew his fist, shook his head, and said, "What's wrong with the people in your world? Why do you all love to make such cheap demands?"

"You bastard, I'm going to kill you!" Diao Yang's mind went blank for a moment. He never expected to be beaten by this good-for-nothing he had always looked down on. He was so angry that he drew his waist knife and was about to slash.

Wait, how come this guy is suddenly so strong?

"Anger from Diao Yang +537!"

Just then, a calm voice rang out: "What's going on?"

A towering, mountain-like man walked in from outside, and a group of people inside hurriedly bowed to him: "Greetings, Captain!"

Zu An remembered that this person seemed to be Yue Shan, the captain of the Chu family's guards. At this moment, Diao Yang hurriedly ran over to complain: "Captain, we kindly came to call him to the ancestral hall, but who would have thought that not only would he refuse to get up, but he would also take advantage of his status as the son-in-law to beat and kick us. Look, he even broke my nose."

Zuan watched his performance quietly. This man's face really changed quickly, and his ability to distort the truth was admirable.

Yue Shan frowned, looked at Diao Yang's bleeding nose, then at Zu An's soaking wet clothes and the basin of water on the ground, and roughly pieced together what had just happened.

"Everyone is waiting in the ancestral hall, and you're all making a scene here? Go to the ancestral hall first, we'll talk about the rest later." Yue Shan snorted, too lazy to deal with the mess that was happening here.

He knew a little about Diao Yang's character and knew he deserved it; of course, he had no interest in standing up for Zu An. He looked down on such a spineless son-in-law and it wasn't worth offending his colleagues for him.

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