"Did you see that, Niya? The look on his face." Fina covered her mouth and chuckled, looking entirely gloating.
"Yeah, he looked like he just ate dog shit." Even Niya, who usually kept a straight face, had a slight upward curve at the corners of her mouth.
Fina and Niya were cheerfully discussing what had just happened, but were suddenly interrupted by an abrupt voice from behind.
"Hey, stop right there! Who is that guy!"
Xie Lun, who had appeared out of nowhere, blocked their path like a cold, gloomy shadow. His scarlet eyes were locked onto Fina and Niya, and an oppressive chill radiated from his body.
"Why should we tell you?" Fina turned around slowly, her chin slightly raised, her face showing undisguised contempt. "Do you think you have the right to point fingers at Lady Aina's affairs?"
"Fina, I think it's better to tell him the truth, so this guy will give up completely," Niya tugged at the corner of Fina's clothes.
Fina's eyes sparkled as she exchanged a tacit look with Niya, and a playful smile bloomed on her lips. "Hmm... you have a point. There's no harm in telling this guy..."
Xie Lun's gaze was fixed dead on his two colleagues.
Fina coughed lightly and looked Xie Lun up and down. "You must have guessed it. That human is the partner Lady Aina chose herself, her husband..."
"No, impossible! How could Lady Aina choose a weak human as her partner? That guy is completely useless except for his face!" Xie Lun suddenly interrupted Fina, his somewhat handsome face twisted with jealousy and anger. "Lady Aina must have been deceived by that damn human! As Lady Aina's trusted aides, aren't you going to do something about it?!"
Fina and Niya looked at each other again. This time, even Niya shrugged slightly, her tone indifferent. "This is Lady Aina's choice. What right do we have to interfere?"
"Tch, two pieces of trash," Xie Lun squeezed the words through his teeth, violently flicking his wide robe, stirring up a gloomy wind.
"Besides, he is no weak human. He is..." Fina added slowly, trying to point out Xia Lun's identity. However, before she could finish, Xie Lun's figure instantly vanished from the spot.
"What an impatient guy."
Fina had originally wanted to reveal the Hero's identity, but before she even had the chance to speak, the guy had already run off.
"He's not going to go cause trouble for the Hero, is he?" Fina glanced at Niya.
"I think it's possible," Niya nodded expressionlessly.
"Then he's going to meet a miserable end, isn't he?" Fina dragged out her words with a hint of fake sympathy.
"That would be wonderful," Niya, on the contrary, seemed quite pleased, her tone gradually becoming joyful.
...
Xia Lun was strolling through Aina's back garden.
Although Aina hadn't returned in a long time, the garden was perfectly maintained by the maids in the Blood Castle.
Unseasonal flowers were still blooming beautifully, and the air was filled with a rich sweetness that wasn't pungent or off-putting.
There was no sunlight here, and naturally, the blooming flowers were not ordinary ones. They were all exotic flora Aina had collected from various places, growing through the infusion of magic.
"Star Tear Grass, Moonlight Flower, Wind Iris, Phantom Chime Lily..."
Xia Lun looked at these plants with great interest... and surprisingly found that he could actually name all these exotic flowers.
Xia Lun paused slightly; these seemed to be all the plants they had encountered during their past adventures.
Aina hadn't followed him; she was still resting in her room.
Aina's appetite was quite small today. According to her, it was because the bed from their wedding night had a special blessing, making her feel quite sensitive.
Xia Lun tentatively believed her.
"Human."
A cold, hostile voice sounded from behind, carrying a deliberate arrogance that shattered the tranquility of the garden.
He really took the bait.
Xia Lun felt a bit helpless. He was the type who preferred less trouble over more.
"This is the territory of the Blood Tribe. How can a mere human like you wander around freely?" Xie Lun's figure emerged like a ghost, blocking the way. His scarlet eyes stared dead at Xia Lun, making no secret of his contempt and disgust. "Don't think that just because you've gained Lady Aina's temporary favor, you can..."
"Aina told me to come take a look."
Xia Lun spread his hands, stating the fact in a flat tone, his gaze meeting the other's calmly.
Aina must be very satisfied with this back garden... Xia Lun was indeed quite surprised. Looking at these flowers and plants, memories of their past adventures together gradually surfaced in his mind.
"Insolent! Is Lady Aina's name something you can just call out?" Xie Lun shouted angrily, his voice suddenly rising, sharp and piercing. "A mere lowly male concubine shouldn't be so arrogant!"
This guy seemed to have misunderstood something.
Male concubine?
Xia Lun raised an eyebrow. Although Aina liked to talk big occasionally, in reality, within their marital relationship, Xia Lun clearly held absolute dominance.
However, to outsiders, Xia Lun had no intention of explaining anything.
"It seems you have no jurisdiction over the matters between Aina and me." Xia Lun frowned and glanced at Xie Lun.
It was fine for Aina to say such things to tease him... but for anyone else, it was severely overstepping boundaries.
Except for the somewhat similar pronunciation of their names, the guy in front of him really had nothing in common with him.
Every gesture and movement of his carried rudeness and arrogance.
When he went back, maybe he really should have a word with Aina about this?
"Bastard!" Xie Lun trembled slightly with anger, as if he had suffered a great humiliation. "I am the Dark Moon Duke, personally appointed by Lady Aina! My status is exalted! You filthy human mongrel aren't even fit to lick my boots!"
What exactly... was this guy's deal?
A trace of genuine surprise finally flashed through Xia Lun's eyes. How did a guy who spoke like the lowest class of foppish noble scions manage to secure such a position?
Even that young master named Kahn they had met in Olifendo seemed to have more brains than this guy.
It seemed he really had to teach Aina a good lesson when he got back. To have chosen a guy like this, her taste was simply too poor.
"So what do you want?" Xia Lun's gaze turned instantly cold.
"Heh, need you ask?"
Xie Lun directly pulled off his black glove and threw it at Xia Lun's chest.
Xia Lun didn't dodge and caught the glove.
"If you're still a man, don't hide behind Lady Aina!" Xie Lun sneered maliciously. "We decide the victor, and we decide life and death!"
Xia Lun's expression became increasingly strange, while Xie Lun, seeing Xia Lun unmoved, thought he was scared and swaggered off smugly.
Xia Lun looked at the glove in his hand, deep in thought.
Such a good thing actually exists?
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
