"Ouch! My dear auntie!"
"Can't you be a little gentler?"
"Nobody applies medicine like this, you're deliberately harming a patient!"
"Hmph!"
"You should be grateful that I'm even applying medicine for you, yet you're complaining about this and that. Do you know how many people in the Azure Profound Sect beg just to lick the soles of my feet and still get rejected?"
"And now you have the nerve to despise me?"
"Within a hundred miles, who has better techniques than me?"
"Within a hundred miles, there's absolutely no one else besides you."
"Ah!!!!"
"Damn it, even my grandma applies medicine better than you!!!!"
"Then call me grandma, and I'll be gentler."
"Are you kidding me? There's no way I'd agree to any of your demands."
"Grandma."
............
"Alright, now for the final step."
Lin Qingxue clapped her hands, looking at Ye Shu before her with satisfaction. The bandages on his body had been roughly torn off, revealing his cracked torso underneath, which was now smeared with a suspicious green sap.
"What is this stuff?"
Ye Shu moved his joints unnaturally.
The sap immediately seeped into his flesh through the cracks, causing him to grimace in pain again.
Could it be some mysterious ancestral formula?
Something that could accelerate his recovery?
Ye Shu guessed inwardly, feeling a wave of emotion on his face. He didn't expect this silly girl, though a bit foolish, to at least have a kind heart.
Lin Qingxue, however, looked indifferent: "It's nothing really, just some plants I casually picked at the Lion King's doorstep. As the ancients said, wherever a snake bites, the antidote must be within seven paces."
"You fucking..."
Ye Shu pointed at her, revealing an ugly smile, wanting to cry but having no tears. "Has anyone ever told you that's pseudoscience? Besides, I injured myself, I wasn't hurt by the Lion King!"
"You walking disaster!"
"So what?"
Lin Qingxue was confident despite being in the wrong, raising her chin and saying, "Your grand-auntie is helping you heal, and you're still not happy?"
"Open your mouth!"
"Oh..."
Ye Shu subconsciously opened his mouth.
He saw Lin Qingxue reach her hand under her skirt, then flick her finger. A round, warm pill carrying a rich maidenly body fragrance was flicked straight into his throat.
Gulp!
Caught off guard, Ye Shu swallowed the pill before he could even savor it. A surge of pure medicinal power instantly traveled through his limbs and bones.
"Are you serious, bro?"
Seeing the cracks on his body healing at a visible rate, Ye Shu was not grateful at all; instead, he grew even angrier.
He glared at Lin Qingxue.
"If you had this treasure, why didn't you take it out earlier? Did you have to make me suffer so much before giving it to me?"
"What do you know?"
Lin Qingxue rolled her eyes at him.
"The comic books all write it this way. Healing requires wrapping bandages, applying herbs, and making you grimace in pain."
"Otherwise, how would it show that your injuries are severe?"
"How would it show your effort and perseverance?"
"You're reading Wuxia novels, aren't you?" Ye Shu was so angry he was about to spit blood.
"We are in an immortal cultivation story here!"
"An immortal cultivation story!"
"I know."
Lin Qingxue blinked innocently. "So didn't I take out the pill?"
"Haji-Xue, you..."
Ye Shu gritted his teeth, finally confirming one thing: this woman did it on purpose. Then, he shook his head again. "Whatever, it was all for my own good anyway. Judge the action, not the intention."
"Hmph!"
Hearing this, Lin Qingxue crossed her arms and snorted coldly. "I wasn't doing it for your own good!"
"I haven't even settled the score with you for breaking my sword."
"I just..."
"I was just... afraid that you were too trash to survive, and then no one would compensate me for my sword!"
"Yes, exactly, that's it!"
She nodded, feigning nonchalance. "Even if it were a dog, I would save it like this."
Ye Shu: "............"
So I'm just a dog to you?
"Awoo~"
Just then, the little beast that Ye Shu had knocked out with a hand chop finally woke up slowly.
"You're awake?"
Seeing the little beast awaken, Ye Shu immediately remembered the request the Lion King made to him yesterday. He stood up and patted the little beast's head. "Starting today, I'm going to teach you how to read and write."
"Huh?"
Lin Qingxue beside him looked as if she had seen a ghost.
"You?" She pointed at Ye Shu, then at the furry, bewildered little beast. "Teach it to read and write? Is there something wrong with your brain? It's a magical beast."
"Is there a problem?"
Ye Shu said with an expression of 'all for one and one for all':
"As the saying goes, in conversations there are great scholars, and among visitors there are no illiterate folks."
"Education should be provided to all without discrimination."
"Awoo!"
He moved himself with his own words, but unexpectedly, the little beast was not pleased. It shook its head frantically, just like a child who didn't want to go to kindergarten.
Are you kidding me! Reading and writing?
Wouldn't that mean it couldn't play happily anymore and would be forced to do homework?
It absolutely refused to do something so devoid of beastly freedom!
"See, even a magical beast questions your teaching skills!" Lin Qingxue had an expression of enjoying the drama. Anyway, as long as this lecher was deflated, she was happy.
Even if she couldn't beat him in a fight or an argument, couldn't she at least have some fun at his expense?
However, just as the little beast struck a pose of swearing to resist to the death, a giant shadow slowly walked in from outside the cave.
It was the Lion King.
"Awoo!"
Seeing its father arrive, the little beast hurried to the Lion King's leg, affectionately rubbed against it, and then pointed its little paw at Ye Shu, then at itself. After that, it barely formed a circle with its left paw, raised a sharp claw with its right paw, and looked at Ye Shu with its tongue hanging out of its mouth, showing an expression on its furry face that could only be described as perverted.
"What is it saying?" Ye Shu felt a panic in his heart from being stared at, and he pursed his lips towards Lin Qingxue to ask.
"Judging from my experience..."
Lin Qingxue crossed her arms, looking like she understood perfectly. "It probably wants to screw you and then keep you around as a bandit chief's wife."
Ye Shu: "........."
Is it still too late to run?
Fortunately, the Lion King did not agree to the little beast's request. It lowered its head, rubbed the little beast's head, and let out a low growl from its throat.
"Wu wu!"
The little beast immediately shook its head, covering its ears with its two little paws, putting on a look of 'I'm not listening, I'm not listening.'
Seeing this, the Lion King was not angry. It reached out its paw and sketched on the ground. Before long, a lifelike little girl appeared on the ground, and in front of the little girl was a man holding a scripture scroll.
The Lion King then drew an arrow behind the little girl.
At the end of the arrow, it drew another little girl with her two eyes looking in different directions and drool leaking from the corner of her mouth.
After finishing the drawing, the Lion King pointed its paw at Lin Qingxue and let out a strange low growl from its throat. It didn't sound like a threat, nor a urging... it was an emotion Lin Qingxue couldn't understand.
Anyway, the effect was outstanding.
The little beast glanced at Lin Qingxue, and a look of terror immediately appeared in its large eyes. It shook its head frantically, then nodded heavily, and patted the man holding the scripture scroll on the ground with its little paw.
"Roar..."
The Lion King finally nodded in satisfaction.
The little beast then stood up and slowly ambled back toward Ye Shu. However, it cast a look of disdain at Lin Qingxue, eyeing her as if she were a piece of trash.
"Hey! What are they whispering about?"
Lin Qingxue didn't understand, so she nudged Ye Shu with her elbow.
"Oh, it's nothing really."
Ye Shu stroked his chin and said with a straight face, "It was just saying that if it doesn't study hard, it will end up like you."
"Like me??"
Lin Qingxue pointed at herself. She immediately realized she was being used as a negative example and instantly blew her top. "What's wrong with being like me? I am cute and smart! Do you have any idea how many disciples at the Qingxuan Sect praise my heavenly beauty?"
"End up like me?!"
She rolled up her sleeves, glaring at the little beast that was looking down its nose at her, and said through gritted teeth, "Looks like I have to teach this little guy a lesson today!"
Hearing her words, the little beast continued to hold its head high.
As if to say:
You piece of trash, you think you are worthy of teaching me a lesson?
"Damn it!"
"This is intolerable!"
Lin Qingxue screamed and charged forward, grappling with the little beast.
Bang!
Crack!
Smack!
"Ah!!!"
In less than three moves, Lin Qingxue limped back, her face bruised and swollen, with a clear paw print left by the little beast on her cheek. She covered her face, eyes brimming with tears, looking utterly wronged.
"D-damn it! How is this guy so strong!"
Ye Shu looked at her with utter exasperation.
"Why do you think I didn't just loot the cave earlier? Did you really think your Brother Ye was some kind of model student?"
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.
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?!
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
