In the mountain forest, after they had walked a fair distance away.
Xiao Qingli, who was following behind Ye Shu, finally couldn't hold back anymore.
She looked up with some confusion and asked innocently, "Big brother, that bad guy slandered you like that, why aren't you angry at all?"
Hearing this, Ye Shu chuckled.
He smiled, rubbed Qingli's head, and said calmly, "Qingli, you must always remember that the most important thing to becoming a supreme powerhouse is not to let your emotions dictate your actions."
"Don't lose your composure over a few words."
"Oh..."
Xiao Qingli nodded, half-understanding.
"Then why didn't you teach him a lesson, big brother?" She waved her little fists. "Just like how you taught that big sister a lesson earlier and slapped her?"
Ye Shu shook his head.
"That's different."
"Different?"
"That big sister's spirit beast tried to bite us. I killed it, and instead of repenting, she wanted to attack us, so I hit her."
"But the other guy was just running his mouth."
"Most importantly... I can't beat him in a fight."
"Eh?"
At these words, Xiao Qingli froze.
She tilted her little head, seemingly unable to process it.
Meanwhile, Xiaobai, who was sitting on Ye Shu's shoulder, burst into laughter. "Pfft, hahahahaha! You guy, I thought you were being so calm and collected, but you were actually just running away?"
"No wonder I noticed you walking faster just now. It turns out you were fleeing."
"And here I thought you were looking a little handsome."
"Was I not handsome?"
"Were you?"
"I think I was."
Ye Shu said with a straight face.
Hearing this, Xiaobai laughed even louder. She clutched her little belly, laughing so hard that tears almost came out, kicking her two little feet wildly in the air.
Ye Shu's expression didn't change as he continued walking forward.
Xiao Qingli followed behind him, looking up with a face full of admiration. As expected of her big brother, even running away looked so cool.
"Big brother! When Qingli becomes super strong in the future!"
She held his hand and said seriously, "I definitely won't let big brother be forced to swallow his pride like this again!"
"Then big brother will wait for you to carry me."
Ye Shu smiled and patted her head.
"Mhm!"
Qingli nodded happily, skipping and bouncing behind him like a little tail.
The two walked along the way, and finally—
The Xuantian Sword Lineage had arrived.
A massive mountain gate stood before them, three hundred feet high and of unknown width, made entirely of bluestone. Beneath it was a floor paved with bluestone.
Many people passed by, wearing green robes and treading the path ahead.
There were flying birds and running beasts, as well as cultivators riding flying swords, coming and going in a bustling scene.
"This should be it."
Ye Shu took out the map drawn by Lin Qingxue and compared it.
There were only two dots on the map, connected by a crooked, squiggly line.
It was very abstract, but at least it was concise and clear.
"It's so high."
Xiao Qingli looked up at the mountain gate that stretched endlessly into the clouds and mist, letting out a wow of amazement.
"You're finally reliable for once."
Ye Shu patted Xiaobai's head.
The scale of this mountain gate was already comparable to the main gate of an ordinary sect. Coupled with the endless stream of people coming and going, it showed that this Xuantian Sword Lineage was by no means some dilapidated inheritance.
It was a genuinely popular faction!
"Of course!"
Xiaobai proudly put her hands on her hips and gave a soft snort.
"Do you still dare to slander your Mama Bai?"
"Speak up, haters!"
"Not bad."
Ye Shu nodded, picked up the recommendation letter Lin Qingxue gave him, and walked toward the mountain gate.
As soon as he approached, he saw a young man leaning against the mountain gate.
The man was dressed in a green robe, arms crossed, leaning diagonally against the gate pillar. He had a piece of foxtail grass dangling from his mouth and gazed at the distant blue sky and white clouds with a hint of melancholy. A sword was fastened at his waist.
This should be someone from the Xuantian Sword Lineage.
Ye Shu stepped forward, cupped his hands in a salute, and asked, "May I ask, is this the Xuantian Sword Lineage?"
"Xuantian Sword Lineage?"
The young man was taken aback, his expression slightly bewildered.
"That's right. I am here to join the Xuantian Sword Lineage," Ye Shu said calmly.
As soon as he finished speaking, the young man, who had just looked completely disinterested, suddenly blossomed into a smile brighter than the sun. He rubbed his hands together, took two steps forward, his eyes shining brightly.
"Ah! So it's you!"
"Junior Sister Qingxue mentioned to me that a junior brother wanted to join our Xuantian Sword Lineage."
"I didn't expect it to be you!"
He patted Ye Shu on the shoulder, clicking his tongue in admiration:
"So young and indeed a man of striking appearance. Tall, handsome, and with great temperament. If you went out to sell yourself, you could definitely earn a lot, a lot of spirit stones..." The last sentence was spoken very softly, muttered under his breath.
"What did you just say?"
Ye Shu scratched his ear, not hearing clearly.
"Ah?"
The young man froze for a moment, then laughed awkwardly. "N-nothing. I said that since Junior Brother is so handsome, there must be many girls who like you."
Seeing that Ye Shu wanted to ask more, he hurriedly changed the subject.
"And who is this behind you?"
"This is..."
Ye Shu glanced at Xiao Qingli behind him. Looking at her expectant gaze, he scratched his head in a bit of a dilemma.
Only now did he realize, how should he introduce Xiao Qingli?
A child bride?
What if Lin Qingxue found out?
"She's my younger sister."
After hesitating for a long time, Ye Shu still said this.
Xiao Qingli's eyes instantly dimmed, but she still forced a smile and greeted the young man.
"Hello, Senior Brother. I am Brother Ye's younger sister."
"Oh! So it's a younger sister."
The young man nodded in sudden realization, his eyes shining once again. "It's great to have more people! An extra person means extra manpower, uh, I mean, an extra person makes things livelier."
With that, he turned around and looked at Ye Shu.
"I haven't introduced myself yet."
"I am a second-generation disciple of the Xuantian Sword Lineage, Chu Jinghong. I just turned nineteen this year, at the late stage of the Golden Core realm."
"Just call me Senior Brother Chu."
Ye Shu cupped his hands. "I am Ye Shu. Greetings, Senior Brother Chu."
Xiao Qingli also cupped her hands in a decent imitation and called out crisply, "I am Qingli. Greetings, Senior Brother Chu."
"Hahahahahaha!"
Hearing this, Chu Jinghong laughed even louder.
He rubbed his hands together and winked. "Um, could you call me that a couple more times?"
What kind of weird request was this?
Ye Shu paused for a moment, but still spoke, "Senior Brother Chu."
"Good, good, good!"
Chu Jinghong said good three times in a row.
Finally, he was no longer the junior brother. He was now someone else's senior brother!
"Follow me!"
Staring at Chu Jinghong's back as he walked ahead, the more Ye Shu thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.
He couldn't help but feel that the other party was a bit too enthusiastic.
He didn't know if it was just his illusion.
He felt as if he had seen a green glint in the young man's eyes, like a vicious wolf that had been starving in the Arctic glaciers for three months.
It flashed by so quickly that it made him doubt if he had seen it wrong.
"Brother Ye, what are you thinking about?"
Qingli looked up and asked.
"Nothing."
Ye Shu shook his head.
It should just be his illusion. Even if Xiaobai was unreliable, Lin Qingxue wouldn't go so far as to harm him, right?
She probably wouldn't, right?
Right? Right?
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!
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.
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
