What's mine is always mine.

"So what you are saying is, a Soul Formation female cultivator will come to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, fight a massive battle with the Amethyst Lion King, and ultimately lose. I will get curious, go over to check it out, and just happen to find her heavily injured and unconscious on the ground, so I save her. Then, while I am grilling fish, I accidentally sprinkle the very first batch of pills I refined, which are actually aphrodisiacs, onto the fish, thinking they were spices. After eating it, she becomes overwhelmed with lust, and we exchange our first kisses in the river."

"She originally wanted to kill me, but ultimately, because I saved her life and it really was not intentional, this cold and aloof Soul Formation female cultivator actually develops special feelings for me in her heart?"

"And when we part ways, she is even reluctant to leave?"

Ye Shu looked at Xiaobai, who was standing on a large rock smugly recounting the perfect plot she had set up, and repeated it back to her with a deadpan expression.

"Yes, yes!"

Xiaobai proudly raised her chin and kicked up her little feet. "Isn't my plot amazing?"

"A fairy fallen to the mortal realm and an ignorant, hot-blooded youth."

"Brought together by an accident, falling in love through life and death, it simply could not be more perfect."

She threw her hands up, her face full of longing.

It was hard to tell if she was projecting herself onto the female lead or the male lead.

Ye Shu's mouth twitched.

"Is this Soul Formation female cultivator also just so happen to be the sect master and master of my fiancee, and there is a simp alchemist who likes her?"

"And we run into each other multiple times during later encounters?"

"And she goes easy on me every time?"

"Yes, yes!"

Xiaobai nodded in surprise. "How did you know?"

"Screw you!"

Ye Shu finally could not hold it in anymore, pointing at Xiaobai's nose and cursing, "Aren't you just ripping off Battle Through the Heavens? You have zero creativity."

After saying that, he leaned back against the rock in despair.

"So what you mean now is that during my early stages of seeking fortunate encounters, it is inevitable that a Soul Formation female lead with killing intent towards me will appear, right?"

If there were cigarettes in this world, he definitely would have taken a fierce drag of one.

Even if he did not smoke in his past life.

This was just too damn messed up.

"I... I did not know this would happen either..." Xiaobai was frightened by his fierce expression and pouted her little mouth aggrievedly. "I did all this for your own good..."

Seeing her wronged appearance, Ye Shu felt a bit guilty.

Xiaobai did not do it on purpose.

What was the point of arguing with an idiot?

"Alright, it is not your fault either."

Ultimately, Ye Shu let out a long sigh, pulled Xiaobai into his arms, and rubbed her little head to comfort her.

"It is that damn system being too cunning."

"Mhm, mhm!"

Xiaobai nodded vigorously.

"Too cunning. This female lead was clearly supposed to debut three months from now, but she actually showed up this early!"

"Wait!"

Ye Shu's expression suddenly froze. "You said this female lead was not supposed to appear until three months later?"

"Yeah."

Xiaobai nodded.

"According to the original plot, this female lead was only supposed to show up after you finished your training and got a bit stronger."

"What is wrong? Is there a problem?"

She tilted her head in confusion, seemingly still unaware of the issue.

"It is a huge problem."

Ye Shu gritted his teeth, his face looking awful.

"According to what you said, this female lead does not know my exact location. For her to show up right now, there is only one possibility..."

"She is intentionally trying to lure me out!"

Hearing this, Xiaobai finally realized what was going on.

That did seem to make sense.

Her little face instantly turned pale, and she could not help but shrink back into Ye Shu's arms. "How about... how about we take advantage of the fact that we have not been discovered yet and quickly run away?"

Hearing this, Ye Shu did not answer the question.

He merely touched the ring on his ring finger and said flatly, "Normally, wouldn't there be a lot of big and small fortunate encounters for me here in the Magical Beast Mountain Range?"

"Of course!" Xiaobai nodded as if it were obvious.

"This is your beginner village, after all, and it is the crucial capital you need to return to your family and hold your head high. Later on, you and this female lead get a lot of good stuff."

"Which means."

Ye Shu took over the conversation, his gaze deep.

"The moment I leave, all the fortunate encounters in this Magical Beast Mountain Range will belong to that female lead."

"That makes sense."

Xiaobai nodded, then shook her head again. "No matter what, life is the most important thing. Let's run!"

"Run? Run where?"

Hearing this, Ye Shu shook his head and laughed.

"If I run today, will I have to run next time too? And the time after that? And the time after that? If someone knows about all my fortunate encounters, should I just find a deep forest to hide in and be a coward for the rest of my life?"

Ye Shu's eyes were filled with determination. He put Xiaobai down and started walking toward the depths of the mountain forest.

"How could I let someone else take what belongs to me?"

Xiaobai stood frozen in place, staring blankly at his back.

Even though she felt his idea was tantamount to suicide, Xiaobai inexplicably felt that Ye Shu looked incredibly handsome right now.

Wait...

She suddenly widened her eyes, realizing a problem.

"Hey! Where do you think you are going?"

"You are walking in the wrong direction!!!"