Gu Yang lowered his eyes, quietly watching this venomous snake from the Southern Frontier trying to wag her tail and beg for pity.
"I don't need a dog."
These few short words plunged the sliver of hope Lan Caidie had just gathered back into the icy abyss.
But Gu Yang's next sentence pulled her back from hell.
"Your Primal Yin, plus that mature Myriad Poison Origin Gu. These two things will serve as the payment to buy your life."
Lan Caidie's pupils suddenly dilated. Not out of humiliation, but out of an indescribable shock.
In this man's eyes, her stunningly beautiful body, which drove countless Southern Frontier cultivators crazy, was actually just a... medicinal ingredient used to extract Primal Yin and Gu poison?
"What? You don't want to?"
"No..." Lan Caidie almost impatiently grabbed Gu Yang's wrist, her ice-cold skin pressing tightly against his boiling pulse.
Like a drowning person desperately clinging to the only piece of driftwood, she cried out, "I am willing! As long as Young Master needs it, this body... is entirely at Young Master's disposal for harvesting!"
Outside the ruined temple, a startling crack of thunder tore through the night sky.
Gu Yang didn't waste any more words.
He backhanded her slender wrist, and an extremely domineering golden spiritual energy surged into her meridians with a boom.
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The campfire flickered, casting their silhouettes onto the mottled walls, light and shadow intertwining...
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[Ding! Successfully extracted the essence of the Myriad Poison Origin Gu.]
[The Great Sun True Fire and the Nine Nether Soul-Locking Flame are converging and smelting...]
[Host's poison resistance has significantly increased. Ordinary rare poisons can be directly incinerated and converted into spiritual energy.]
The system's notification sound flashed through his mind.
Gu Yang slowly and methodically straightened his somewhat messy gray robes. His movements were unhurried, and even the rhythm of his breathing was not disturbed in the slightest.
"You paid with your Primal Yin and Origin Gu, and I gave you a life."
Gu Yang tilted his head slightly. The shadow of his bamboo hat covered most of his face, revealing only his jawline, which was as cold as a blade.
"The deal is over. We are even."
The moment his voice fell.
Without the slightest hesitation, he took a step out of the temple door, his gray figure instantly blending into the boundless thick night and residual rain outside.
Leaving only Lan Caidie alone, staring blankly at the empty temple door.
The cold wind rolled up the residual heat of the dying fire, blowing against her burning skin.
"Even..."
She muttered these two words. After a brief moment of confusion, her eyes suddenly surged with an unprecedented, extremely morbid paranoia.
"You saved me twice."
Lan Caidie suddenly began to laugh in a low voice, laughing so hard her shoulders trembled. The tear mole at the corner of her eye looked seductively dripping under the flickering firelight.
"How could we possibly be even?"
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[Daily Intelligence Refresh.]
[White Intelligence: After the illusion array fell, Shen Qingyue stubbornly believed that it was the Desolate Ancient Extreme Yang Blood Essence that messed with her mind, rather than her having inappropriate thoughts of transgressing the master-disciple boundary. Her desire to summon you is growing stronger. She is trying to prove that without any interference, she can face you normally without crossing the line.]
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Gu Yang read it and shook his head.
Master, oh Master, you look very anxious.
Once I finish the matters here, I will make a trip back to the sect.
And conveniently give Master the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Yin Jade Pillow I obtained in the secret realm earlier.
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[White Intelligence: Within the twelve hours after Tantai Jin woke up, she has simulated 137 ways to extract your soul and refine your spirit in her mind.
However, whenever her killing intent boils to the critical point, the Reversed Slave Contract will instantly drain all the spiritual energy in her body and trigger an abyssal sense of soul emptiness.
Tantai Jin absolutely refuses to admit that she is controlled by a mere slave mark. Currently, she attributes this sudden weakness to the true spirit backlash from failing to break through to the Soul Formation stage.
She has decided to endure for now, recover some strength, and wait for the backlash period to pass before taking action to kill a bug like you.]
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137 ways to extract my soul and refine my spirit?
Gu Yang felt the faint trembling coming from the slave mark deep within his sea of consciousness.
This lofty Soul Formation stage mighty figure probably hasn't realized yet that every time she generates killing intent, she is personally tightening the collar around her neck.
It is precisely because I know you can't kill me that I dared to intercept your opportunity.
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[White Intelligence: Ji Shuanghua returned to the Supreme Sword Sect, settled Lin Qingwan, and is preparing to set off to find you again.
She sees you as a whetstone and plans to ask you to fight her the next time she sees you, to prove her worth.]
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[Golden Intelligence: The Joyous Union Sect's Holy Maiden Battle for Succession, the Bloody Magical Combat, will begin in three days in the Yin-Yang Tomb secret realm.
Ye Chen (Foundation Establishment Peak), the Dao Child of the Eastern Region's number one righteous sect, the Dao One Sect, has disguised himself as a rogue cultivator and infiltrated as the powerful external aid for the candidate Holy Maiden, Lin Yaoyao.
His true purpose: to use Lin Yaoyao's hands to capture Su Wanyin alive in the secret realm. He wants to use Su Wanyin's special bloodline to feed the half-step Golden Core great demon at the core of the secret realm, the Two-Headed Yin-Yang Snake, in order to ripen the companion supreme treasure—the Yin-Yang Fortune Fruit. [Click to view coordinates]
Hint: Intercepting this Fortune Fruit can perfectly forge the host's fifth-layer Dao Foundation. Note: To enter the core area of the Yin-Yang Tomb, one must possess the exclusive authority mark of the current Holy Maiden of the Joyous Union Sect.]
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[White Intelligence: Because the current Holy Maiden, Su Wanyin, is isolated by the sect's powerful elders, coupled with Lin Yaoyao's secret suppression, she has not been able to find an external aid willing to participate in the Bloody Magical Combat for her. At this moment, she is near the Joyous Union Sect, at the end of her rope, and feeling despair. [Click to view coordinates]]
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Dao One Sect, Ye Chen.
That righteous path cultivator whose mouth was full of noble righteousness and who was respectfully called the Noble Sword Immortal by the world, was secretly plotting to skin a demonic sect Holy Maiden alive and feed her to a beast with two heads.
This cultivation world truly became more like a living hell the more one cultivated.
However, this Yin-Yang Fruit opportunity was not to be missed.
Right, there was also that previous Golden Intelligence.
Intercepting these two Golden Intelligences would yield 200 Destiny Points.
Plus the previous 400 points, that would be 600, which could upgrade the intelligence system another level.
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Gu Yang dug out that previous Golden Intelligence.
[Golden Intelligence: The previous generation Holy Maiden of the Joyous Union Sect and Su Wanyin's master, Fairy Lingshuang Zhao Yuelian (Late Core Formation stage), suffers from a strange disease called the Thousand Threads Soul-Entangling Syndrome. Her divine soul is heavily wrapped by invisible fine threads of baleful aura, causing her to suffer daily, and her cultivation realm has stagnated for years.
No one knows that this poison can only be cured by the Concentric Gu, which has long been extinct in the Miao Frontier. This Gu insect is currently sealed in the southeast corner of the inner hall of the Immortal Burial Forbidden Ground near Holy Heaven City... [Click to view coordinates]
Half a month later, Li Qingzhe, a disciple of the Eastern Gu Sect, will stray into this place by mistake. After retrieving the Gu insect, he will accidentally cure Zhao Yuelian. Not only will he obtain her true inheritance, but he will also win her heart, and they will eventually become Dao companions.]
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Hmm...
Li Qingzhe was slaughtered. As long as Zhao Yuelian can be cured, it should be considered a successful interception.
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villain is the number one simp for the book's leading female protagonist, Shen Wan'er. As expected, he later becomes a tool for the main character to show off and slap faces, ultimately meeting a tragic end with his family ruined and his life in shambles. Fortunately, he awakens the [Universal Pure Love System], which allows him to earn points by performing acts of pure love. To change his fate, Gu Yan makes a decisive choice to seek warmth and companionship with the book's biggest villain—Cold Qingqiu. ........... My name is Leng Qingqiu. To find the murderer who killed my parents years ago, I deliberately blinded myself so that everyone would lower their guard around me. Just as I was secretly accumulating power and capital according to my initial plan, a man walked into my world. "Lengleng, Qingqing, Qiuqiu, which nickname do you prefer?" I don't like any of them. You'd better leave quickly! "Why aren't you saying anything? How about I call you my baby wife?" Leng Qingqiu thinks to herself, this man is truly annoying! (Stubborn pure love warrior + single female lead + true pure love + 1v1)
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] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
