Female Lead, Su Qingyun

Within the lush and verdant mountain range.

A young man in white clothes, holding a letter, strolled leisurely through the dense forest. Behind him followed a little girl in a cyan dress, skipping and bouncing, looking incredibly lively.

"Big brother, where are we going?"

Qingli tilted her little head up and asked curiously.

"To visit a mountain." Ye Shu reached out and rubbed her head, smiling. "To find a very, very powerful place. A place powerful enough to protect us."

"Big brother is so powerful, do you still need someone to protect you?"

Xiao Qingli asked while biting her fingernails.

In her memory, Ye Shu was already a supreme hero in the world. Especially in her dreams, everyone who saw big brother had to be extremely polite.

And he didn't even die after being burned by fire for so long!

"Hahaha!"

Hearing these innocent childhood words, Ye Shu couldn't help but laugh out loud. "The heroes in this world are as numerous as carp crossing a river. Who dares to claim invincibility, and who dares to say they are undefeated?"

Back then, he thought he had outsmarted all the heroes.

Didn't he still get beaten back to his original form by Medusa, returning once again to this node of fate?

However, he really wasn't afraid of these female protagonists.

The worst that could happen in life was just death.

It was just...

Ye Shu glanced at Xiao Qingli, who was skipping beside him with eyes full of admiration, and then glanced at Xiaobai sitting on his shoulder. He finally sighed.

Once a person has attachments, they have weaknesses.

Once a person has attachments, they have cowardice.

Once a person has attachments, they have courage.

Once a person has attachments, they have armor.

"So, are you really sure that lineage is strong? Don't try to fool me."

Walking through the mountains, Ye Shu frowned and asked Xiaobai.

Because according to his past life experience of reading novels, generally, the mountain peak the protagonist joins, if not the strongest, is at least a ruthless contender for the top three. Only with that kind of down-and-out start would they say the sect is withered or there is a trash master at home. But in reality, the more it starts like this, the harder the protagonist's master slaps the villains around like spinning tops in the end.

So it was really a bit difficult for him to believe that the Azure Profound Sect still had a mountain peak with only male disciples but top-tier strength.

Xiaobai rolled her eyes.

"Do you think I'm that kind of unreliable Heavenly Dao?"

"I think you are."

Ye Shu dismantled her defense without hesitation.

"You, you, you! You're going to anger me to death!" Xiaobai put her hands on her hips and stomped her little feet wildly on Ye Shu's head. "Let me tell you, this Profound Heaven Sword Peak, crowned with the word Profound, takes the Profound from the Azure Profound Sect. The peak master is one of the two unparalleled geniuses of the Azure Profound Sect throughout the ages!"

"What Purple Cloud Peak? Compared to it, it's just trash by the roadside!"

"Is it that awesome?"

Ye Shu was taken aback, finding it somewhat unbelievable.

"Then why did you make me join the Purple Cloud Peak in the original plot?"

"Uh..."

Xiaobai scratched her head in embarrassment.

"That's of course because Purple Cloud Peak has many beauties, high quality, and good benefits!"

"A guy thinking with his lower half."

Ye Shu commented as such.

But he always felt something was wrong. The eerie smile Lin Qingxue gave him when she saw him off the mountain surfaced in his mind.

He always felt there was a conspiracy in this.

But he couldn't say for sure.

Just as the two were playing around and bickering along the way, neither of them noticed that there was a pair of eyes hidden in the distant grass, quietly watching them.

To be precise, it should be two pairs.

Because there was another pair of eyes further away, secretly watching the people who were watching them.

"Is this that heartless man?"

Inside the grass, a woman in a pink dress was sticking her bottom up, quietly staring at the white figure in the distance. Beside her sat a yellow and white demonic beast.

It had dual wings, an eagle's head, and a lion's body.

It was a griffin.

At this moment, it was lying lazily beside the woman, occasionally flicking its tail.

"Hmph! Except for that face, he's completely useless!"

"Don't you agree, Xiaojiu?"

The woman reached out and patted the griffin's head.

"Chirp chirp!" The griffin raised its head and called out softly twice as a response.

And behind the woman, there was another woman wearing a yellow dress. She looked pretty and cute. It was exactly the third junior sister of the Purple Cloud Peak, Qin Ke'er. Her eyes widened, staring blankly at that man.

Obviously, Qin Ke'er didn't expect the heartless man to actually be alive.

And what she expected even less.

Senior Sister Su Qingyun, the daughter of the Spirit Beast Peak's master, had also been reborn. But thinking about it carefully, it didn't seem surprising, because in the memories of her previous life, Senior Sister Su and that heartless man seemed to have an ambiguous, on-and-off relationship.

However...

Qin Ke'er suddenly frowned.

Why were all the reborn people women, and all people closely related to the heartless man?

Her head hurt so much, she couldn't think about it anymore.

Qin Ke'er shook her head and whispered, "Senior Sister Su, I'm afraid it's not good for you to do this, right?"

"What are you afraid of?"

Su Qingyun rolled her eyes and said fiercely:

"This heartless man committed many evils in his past life, he deserves it in this life! Watch how this lady punishes him!"

"But he hasn't done anything yet. Isn't it bad for you to frame him like this? We are the righteous faction!"

Qin Ke'er was still trying to persuade her earnestly.

Ever since Ye Shu faked his death, she truly didn't want the surrounding senior and junior sisters to do foolish things one by one.

But they all seemed to be possessed!

They insisted on giving Ye Shu a hard time.

"Hmph, hmph! I'm not trying to harm him. I just want to establish a bond with him first and make him join my Spirit Beast Peak."

Su Qingyun crossed her arms and snorted coldly.

"In a moment, I'll have Xiaojiu pretend to lose control and rush out looking like its beastly nature has erupted, making them fight a hard battle. Let this guy taste some suffering first. After he restrains Xiaojiu, I'll show up and say my spirit beast accidentally ran out. Given his lustful nature, he will definitely take the opportunity to show off without hesitation, attempting to get close to this lady. Then this lady will go with the flow and invite him to join the Spirit Beast Peak."

"This way, he won't be a disaster to your Purple Cloud Peak. Wait until he joins our Spirit Beast Peak, hmph, hmph..."

Su Qingyun let out two sinister laughs.

"Isn't he a stud horse? Then I'll give him lots and lots of blessings! Heh heh heh!!!"

"Heh heh heh heh heh heh!!!"

Thinking of the bastard who let everyone down in his past life being gang-banged to death by the spirit beasts of the Spirit Beast Peak, Su Qingyun couldn't help but want to laugh.

This bastard deserved this kind of death!

"Senior Sister, are you sure?"

Qin Ke'er looked at her with some concern. "What if that guy injures Xiaojiu, or Xiaojiu gets injured by him? No matter who gets hurt, it won't be good, right?"

"If you want to invite him to the Spirit Beast Peak."

"Wouldn't it be fine to just walk over openly and honestly?"

"Hmph! When this guy first entered the mountain, I remember he was only at the early Foundation Establishment stage, right? My Xiaojiu is a tier-three magical beast, comparable to a Golden Core stage cultivator. What can he do to it?"

Su Qingyun snorted coldly, her eyes turning icy.

"I just want him to suffer a bit!"

"But..." Qin Ke'er wanted to persuade her again, but was rudely interrupted by Su Qingyun.

"Just watch."

"Xiaojiu, attack!"

Hearing its master's command, the griffin immediately stood up, rushed out of the grass, and headed straight for the duo in the distance.

"What is that thing?"

Ye Shu turned around abruptly, suddenly seeing a monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion charging towards them, baring its fangs as if to roar. Xiao Qingli subconsciously gripped his arm tightly, hiding behind him in fear.

"Here it comes!"

Su Qingyun stared at this scene with excitement.

Covering her mouth, she felt as if she could already see the beautiful future where that heartless man met his death.

In the distance, Su Xiao was also keeping a close eye on this area. Seeing the griffin charge out, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up into a slight smile.

"As expected, the plot is still on track."

Only Qin Ke'er secretly squeezed a handful of cold sweat.

A person who could escape from four Soul Formation stage cultivators and steal the Green Lotus Heavenly Fire right from under their noses.

Could he really be dealt with so simply?

In the very next second.

Clang—

The cry of a sword shook the mountain forest, its cold gleam piercing through the clouds.

Spurt!!!!

Blood shot up into the sky.

A gleaming longsword thrust directly through the griffin's eye socket, killing it in a single strike as blood gushed out.

The griffin didn't even have time to let out a miserable shriek.

Its corpse fell stiffly to the ground.

Ye Shu's expression was indifferent. Without even blinking an eye, he beckoned with his right hand, and the Male Mandarin Duck Sword instantly returned into his body to stand by.

His eyes were ice-cold, as if what he had just killed wasn't a spirit beast.

But a stray dog by the side of the road.

Hiding in the bushes, Su Qingyun and Qin Ke'er froze in place, completely dumbfounded by this sudden turn of events.

It took quite a while.

Before Su Qingyun finally reacted, letting out an agonizing shriek of absolute grief from the depths of her throat.

"Xiaojiu!!!!!"