Heated discussions spread throughout Qinghe Town, with many people feeling the profound relief of having survived a catastrophe. Even though no one knew why Miss Chen had suddenly shown mercy, they all let out a long breath of relief.
They assumed that a major event must have occurred in Ye City to cause such an important figure to leave so hastily. Regardless, it was a stroke of good luck for Qinghe Town.
However, little did they know that hundreds of miles away, the Black Armored Army had ridden non-stop, arriving at Ye City in less than half a day. Dismounting in front of the City Lord's Manor and seeing the familiar gates of her home, Chen Yuxin also let out a long sigh of relief.
Her feeling of having narrowly escaped death was even more pronounced than that of the residents of Qinghe Town!
Only upon returning to Ye City did she truly feel alive again, as if she had just stepped back from the gates of hell. Recalling what she had witnessed in Qinghe Town, it was utterly terrifying. The scenes were still vivid in her mind, leaving her unwilling to linger outside for a moment longer.
Tossing her riding crop to a servant, Chen Yuxin hurriedly stepped through the manor gates.
She had walked through this sprawling, multi-courtyard mansion countless times since childhood, but never with such hurried steps. Along the way, the servants and maids greeted her repeatedly, but she paid them no mind.
By the time she stepped into the main hall, Chen Yuxin was already drenched in sweat.
Seeing her father seated in the position of honor, she finally seemed to relax a fraction and hurriedly bowed in greeting.
"Father!"
From the main seat, Chen Cangyun of Ye City stroked his beard with a smile. Taking in the fine beads of sweat on his daughter's forehead, he nodded in satisfaction.
"Good, very good."
"You departed for Qinghe Town and have returned before dusk. Your swift and decisive actions truly mirror my own demeanor from my younger days. Even as a daughter, taking charge of Ye City in the future will not be a difficult task for you."
Looking at his daughter's valiant yet hurried appearance, Chen Cangyun felt immensely pleased.
His name was renowned throughout the region, and his only regret in life was not having a son. However, seeing his daughter grow increasingly capable in recent years—proving herself no less competent than the scions of other major clans—had finally brought him great comfort in his old age.
Traveling all the way to Qinghe Town to conscript soldiers was no easy task. It was bound to be met with numerous obstacles and tangled in local sentiments and loyalties. Had an ordinary person been sent, managing to recruit even a thousand men would have been a challenge.
Let alone returning successfully in less than a day.
From this alone, it was clear that his daughter truly possessed the aura of a conqueror.
Watching his daughter bow respectfully, Chen Cangyun's eyes shone with indescribable satisfaction. He slowly picked up his teacup, feeling a great sense of relief wash over him.
However.
Hearing her father's rare praise, Chen Yuxin only bowed lower. Her eyes revealed fear and trepidation as she replied.
"Reporting to Father..."
"I failed to complete the heavy task of conscripting soldiers. Please forgive me, Father."
Failed?
Hearing this, Chen Cangyun stiffened. He set down his teacup in confusion, a hint of disappointment and anger flashing in his eyes.
He studied her closely for a moment.
His daughter kept her head bowed in greeting, appearing extremely nervous. She had never displayed such a demeanor before, nor was there any precedent for her failing a mission right out of the gate. All these signs pointed to something highly unusual.
Chen Cangyun did not immediately reprimand her. Instead, he narrowed his eyes and asked,
"What exactly happened?"
"No one knows a daughter better than her father. You have never been one to drag your feet, much less return in failure. A trivial matter like conscription should not have been a difficult task for you. How could you have failed?"
"Could it be that the lowly commoners of Qinghe Town learned of Ye City's impending war and decided to use the opportunity to rebel?"
His deep, resonant voice only made Chen Yuxin turn even paler.
She could clearly hear the disappointment in her father's tone. She also knew that her failure would severely impact the upcoming war, and such a disgraceful blunder that hindered their plans should never have happened...
However, when she recalled what she had witnessed in Qinghe Town, everything else paled in comparison!
She hastily replied, her tone a hundred times more solemn!
"Father!"
"My failure on this trip was not due to any interference from Qinghe Town, but because I encountered an outsider!"
Chen Cangyun's eyes widened in surprise, and his voice grew several degrees colder.
"An outsider?"
"A mere individual actually managed to stop you?!"
Chen Yuxin braced herself and spoke, her tone revealing an extraordinary amount of awe.
"Please forgive me, Father."
"That person is by no means ordinary. His mere aura paralyzed me completely. Even now, just thinking about it fills my heart with absolute terror."
"I consider myself fairly worldly, but I have never encountered such a terrifying aura. That crushing sense of oppression stripped me of any courage to resist. Even your suppressive aura, Father..."
Towards the end, Chen Yuxin paused. After a brief hesitation, she gritted her teeth and blurted out the rest, no longer caring about preserving her father's pride.
"Even you cannot begin to compare to that person!"
"I suspect that person is an existence at the Martial Emperor realm!"
Whoosh!
Chen Cangyun jerked his head up in shock, his pupils visibly trembling.
All of a sudden.
He fell completely silent, his heart churning like turbulent waves.
A Martial Emperor...
That was a legendary existence! With a mere wave of their hand, they could cleave mountains and shatter stones. The wrath of a Martial Emperor was enough to obliterate a prosperous metropolis, reducing vast armies to mere dust!
Others might not understand, but as a peak Martial King, Chen Cangyun was acutely aware of how terrifying a Martial Emperor truly was. He might seem only a single step away from that realm, but the actual gap was as vast as the distance between heaven and earth.
To think that such a mighty figure was in the tiny Qinghe Town!
The revelation was simply too shocking. Even after several breaths of stunned silence, Chen Cangyun found it hard to believe. Staring intently at his daughter, he demanded once more,
"Are you absolutely certain that person is a Martial Emperor?!"
Chen Yuxin hastily replied, truthfully recounting everything she had seen and heard.
"I speak the truth, Father!"
"Untalented as I am, I have still stepped into the Martial Spirit realm. Yet before that person, I couldn't even withstand his suppressive aura. I was paralyzed, like a mere ant..."
"Forgive my insolence, but such imposing might is something even you cannot match. If this person is not a legendary Martial Emperor, then I truly do not know how else to explain it!"
"My failure to conscript troops this time was truly a matter of being powerless to intervene. I beg for your forgiveness, Father."
Her nervous plea for forgiveness echoed softly through the main hall, making the atmosphere increasingly heavy and oppressive.
However, upon hearing this, a sharp glint flashed in Chen Cangyun's eyes, and a look of sheer excitement gradually spread across his face.
"A Martial Emperor..."
"If that is the case, then this person is undoubtedly a Martial Emperor!"
"To think that such a transcendent expert resides in the tiny Qinghe Town! This is truly a heaven-sent opportunity! With a powerhouse like that, your failure to conscript soldiers is completely insignificant. The fact that you returned in time to report this to me is a massive accomplishment in itself!"
She had clearly failed her conscription mission.
Yet, in the blink of an eye, it had turned into a massive accomplishment?
Hearing this, Chen Yuxin looked up in surprise, a strange light flickering in her eyes.
She was a highly intelligent woman.
After just a few breaths of contemplation, she grasped the underlying meaning in her father's eyes and asked tentatively in astonishment,
"Father?"
"Are you suggesting that we invite this Martial Emperor to aid us in battle?"
Chen Cangyun nodded slowly. He stood up, clasping his hands behind his back, a domineering aura radiating from his face.
"Exactly."
"A Martial Emperor living in seclusion in Qinghe Town is a stroke of immense fortune for Ye City. As long as we can persuade this mighty expert to assist us, victory in the upcoming war will be absolutely assured. Even sweeping across and conquering the neighboring cities would be effortless!"
"We must not delay. Prepare a lavish gift immediately. I shall personally travel to Qinghe Town to pay my respects to this mighty expert!"
Hearing his grand declaration, Chen Yuxin was jolted to her senses. She was awestruck by her father's brilliant foresight, yet felt a lingering anxiety over her own previous actions. She quickly detailed everything she had witnessed in Qinghe Town, terrified that her prior behavior might cause her father's endeavor to fail.
As she recounted the events, the reverence in her eyes only grew deeper.
After hearing the full account, Chen Cangyun confidently stroked his beard and waved his hand in a composed, authoritative manner.
"It is of no concern."
"Since this expert was not angered, there is still a chance to salvage the situation. Your father is, after all, at the peak of the Martial King realm. If I personally pay him a visit to demonstrate our sincerity, my standing should carry some weight."
"And if he truly is a mighty Martial Emperor, what shame is there in a father and daughter visiting his door to offer our apologies?"
Hearing these words, Chen Yuxin finally breathed a sigh of relief. With her father personally stepping in, they would surely be able to win over this expert. The thought of the tremendous assistance Ye City was about to receive filled the young lady with renewed enthusiasm. She quickly voiced her agreement and hurried off to personally prepare the gifts.
The night grew darker.
Yet, the entire City Lord's Estate suddenly bustled with activity, brimming with a long-absent sense of excitement and anticipation.
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."
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
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?!
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
