Clean and decisive.
Ruthless after getting what he wanted.
Pure, extreme egoism.
Gu Yang did not even want to say a single word of farewell. He turned around, ready to disappear into the thick mist of the back mountain.
Inside the Falling Snow Pavilion, there was a deathly silence.
Su Wanyin stared blankly at that gray back.
Her eye sockets slowly turned completely red.
A transaction?
She frantically chewed over these cold words in her heart. Not only did she not feel the slightest humiliation, but she instead felt as if her heart was being tightly squeezed by a scalding hand.
It hurt so much she could barely breathe.
Liar!
The Young Master clearly could have just walked away. Why did he deliberately stay behind to say such heartless words in front of her master?
He was drawing a clear line!
He knew he had provoked a monstrous disaster for the Dao One Sect, and he knew the Blood River Sect was about to face the frenzied revenge of the Eastern Region's righteous factions.
He was afraid the Joyous Sect would be implicated, and even more afraid that her broken body would be dragged into that deadly vortex of absolute certain death!
He would rather paint himself as a cold-blooded patron and degrade her to a cheap cultivation cauldron, just to forcefully sever this thread of affection and keep her fiercely protected in a safe realm!
He is so tsundere.
Even his heartlessness exudes a deep affection and arrogance that makes one's bones go soft!
Su Wanyin bit her lower lip fiercely, tears swirling in her eyes.
On the other side.
Zhao Yuelian sat blankly on the stone chair, her hands tightly gripping her snow-white fox fur cloak.
In her mind, it was as if ten thousand bolts of furious lightning had crashed down.
A transaction? Goods and money cleared?
The shock on her breathtakingly beautiful face grew thicker and thicker.
The Young Master... he is protecting me!
He deliberately used the word transaction to cover up everything that happened last night!
He attributed everything to the overflow and absorption of fortune energy, not mentioning a single word about the three of them being together!
He clearly held the absolute suppression of the Heart-Linked Gu, and he clearly could have used this scandal as the most fatal blackmail to easily trample her, a Late-stage Core Formation grand cultivator, underfoot and order her around like the lowliest slave!
But he did not!
He was even willing to bear the infamy of being heartless, just to preserve her last shred of dignity as a master in front of Wanyin!
What kind of condescending disdain was this? And what kind of flawless, calculating gentleness?
The more he acted like a ruthless passerby, the more Zhao Yuelian felt that her Dao Heart, which had been frozen for many years, was being slowly shattered and monopolized by him.
Salvation in the midst of despair was more fatal than any potent aphrodisiac.
To cover up the tsunami-like panic in her heart, Zhao Yuelian took a deep breath.
She tried hard to straighten her stiff back, feigning the majestic airs of a sect elder in an attempt to break this deadly silence.
Young Master Gu is right.
Zhao Yuelian's voice floated a little, carrying a trace of a tremor that even she did not notice.
Since it is a transaction, this seat naturally will not default on the debt. I wonder what plans the Young Master has next?
She paused, her eyes flusteredly avoiding Gu Yang's deep black eyes, looking instead at the bubbling spiritual spring on the stove.
If the spiritual energy in the Young Master's body is still unstable...
This seat's Lingshuang Peak is abundant in spiritual energy. You may stay a few more days to slowly... condition your body, and in the future...
As soon as the word condition left her mouth, Zhao Yuelian's brain exploded with a buzz.
She completely could not control her memories!
Just thinking of those words made the images of last night frantically assault her sanity.
A breathtaking flush instantly rose on her cool white cheeks, spreading all the way to her delicate earlobes.
Hearing that her master wanted to keep the guest, Su Wanyin's moist peach-blossom eyes instantly lit up astonishingly.
She nodded repeatedly, so excited that the jade pendants on her skirt hem let out a crisp clinking sound.
Yes, Young Master! You have just forged your Dao Platform, and your realm still needs to be stabilized!
Su Wanyin leaned half her body over the stone table, the intense, unreserved love almost overflowing from her eyes.
Master's Frost Incantation is best at suppressing violent spiritual energy.
Her cheeks were crimson, yet she showed a resolute determination, as if declaring some kind of sovereignty.
If you feel unwell again, Master and I can... help you together.
Cough, cough, cough!
Zhao Yuelian had just picked up her teacup to hide her embarrassment. Hearing this sentence, she directly choked on a mouthful of spiritual tea.
She coughed violently, coughing until a thin layer of watery light appeared at the corners of her eyes.
This rebellious disciple!
Does she know what kind of shameless words she is saying?!
If they did it again, she was afraid she would truly suffer qi deviation on the spot!
While covering her lips with a silk handkerchief, Zhao Yuelian used the corner of her eye to steal glances at Gu Yang with extreme panic and a trace of hidden anticipation.
She was terrified that this man would actually take the opportunity to agree.
Gu Yang quietly watched Su Wanyin, who was frantically patting her master's back, and Zhao Yuelian, who was coughing so hard her face turned red.
Not a single ripple appeared in the depths of his eyes.
He was doing something much more important right now—upgrading the system.
Ding! Detected that the host has enough Destiny Points. Would you like to consume 500 Destiny Points to upgrade the system to Lv4?
Upgrade!
Ding, consumed 500 Destiny Points.
Daily Intelligence System upgraded to Lv4!
Current Destiny Points: 100
Lv4: Slightly increases the probability of high-quality intelligence appearing. Unlocks the Intelligence Destiny Deduction function.
Destiny Deduction: The host can consume Destiny Points to conduct a deep trace of specified existing intelligence, unearthing hidden karma and future developments.
The first Destiny Deduction is free. Would you like to perform a Destiny Deduction? (Limited to Gold quality intelligence and below)
Deduction function?
It looks a bit stronger than the Intelligence Expansion function.
Then I will choose a Gold intelligence to test it out.
Gu Yang opened the system, flipped through the previous intelligence, and looked at them one by one.
Gold Intelligence: The previous generation Holy Maiden of the Joyous Sect, Zhao Yuelian, suffers from a strange illness called the Thousand Threads Soul-Entangling Syndrome...
...Eastern Gu Sect disciple Li Qingzhe retrieved the Heart-Linked Gu, accidentally curing her in the process. He obtained her true inheritance and her heart, ultimately becoming Dao Companions.
Deduce this intelligence.
Consuming the free privilege, performing Destiny Deduction...
Deduction successful!
The text on the light screen twisted and reorganized like water waves.
Lines of brand new dark gold text, carrying a heart-palpitating sense of secrecy, slowly emerged.
Deep Intelligence (Gold): What Zhao Yuelian suffers from is not a strange illness.
Her true background is a one-in-a-million physique in the cultivation world—the Nine Yin Profound Charm Physique.
The Thousand Threads Soul-Entangling is merely an origin shackle condensed by this physique for self-preservation.
If the owner of this physique experiences intense extreme emotions such as extreme shame, immorality, and despair while dual cultivating with someone possessing a supreme Yang physique.
Her body will gradually absorb extreme Yang power, condensing a high-level Foundation Establishment spiritual item—the Nine Yin Fortune Dao Seed.
Extracting and refining it can help the host's Great Sun True Fire complete its ultimate transformation and solidify the Dao Foundation.
Current condensation progress of the Nine Yin Fortune Dao Seed in Zhao Yuelian's body: 10%.
Note: Obtaining the Nine Yin Fortune Dao Seed will grant 100 Destiny Points.
...
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
