"Teacher, I finally learned how to fold a flower!"
"Really? Let me see."
"Here!"
Xu Xi took the yellowed paper flower handed to him by the girl.
The edges were slightly crumpled, and the inside showed multiple creases, giving it a somewhat comical appearance. But overall, the outline of a "flower" could be discerned.
"Very good, Yingxue."
Xu Xi praised, encouraging the girl, "You've made great progress. I'm sure it won't be long before you can fold something even more vivid."
The princess stood with her hands on her hips.
Her body leaned back.
Her head tilted upward.
Her tone was overflowing with self-satisfaction, "I'm so smart, and with your teaching, isn't that only natural~~"
As she spoke, a spark of inspiration flashed in Wu Yingxue's eyes.
"Teacher, can I learn something else?"
"Something else?"
"Yes, folding flowers is too easy. I want to learn other types of origami."
"Is that so? I understand."
Looking at the enthusiastic princess, Xu Xi smiled gently and glanced down at the battle report in his hand. Demons from the vast mountains were stirring, constantly harassing the rear of the Qiuhuo Army.
...
"Teacher, will we win?"
"We will win."
"But I don't have much confidence..."
"Don't believe in yourself?"
"Mm..."
"Then try believing in me, the one who always believes in you."
The Qiuhuo Army was fully prepared.
Ahead lay the Great Qian, behind them the vast mountains.
After learning the truth about the Azure Dragon's abductions, Xu Xi silently planned everything, seeking a way out for the people of the Qiuhuo Army, or rather, a path to true freedom.
The journey was perilous and rugged.
Almost nonexistent.
To truly break free, one could only carve a path with their own hands.
The goal was so difficult that even the usually confident princess fell into a silent confusion.
But—
It's okay, nothing matters.
A figure stood at the forefront, leading the way, guiding Wu Yingxue forward and accompanying her on the journey.
...
"Teacher, I... want to stay here with you."
That figure could no longer move.
Like burnt-out ash, all color faded, leaving only silent pallor and an intense stillness.
Sitting alone at the base of a withered tree.
Smiling gently, watching Wu Yingxue.
The smile was weary, lips pale and cracked, eyes gradually unfocused, like a wilting flower about to wither.
Wu Yingxue didn't want to leave.
But she was refused.
"Yingxue, everyone is still waiting for you."
Starlight fell on the man's weakened face, and he shook his head, refusing the princess's request to stay.
With the last of his strength.
He trembled as he extended his hand, pushing the girl's back.
He pushed her.
Pushed her toward the path he had carved with his own hands.
It was the path of survival, forged by the departed, for the living.
"Yingxue."
"The road ahead is still long."
The man paused, his breathing growing ever fainter in the quiet night, his voice dry like stones rubbing together, "Go on, keep moving forward, everyone is waiting for you."
...
"Surround it!"
"Quick, surround it!!"
In the Martial Realm.
The people seeking survival quickly encircled the Azure Dragon Demon God.
The Azure Dragon was terrifyingly huge, its body covered in layers of hard azure scales, each comparable to a grown man, shimmering with a deep, eerie light.
The dragon's body swam through the clouds.
Like a winding staircase to the heavens.
Spanning across storms and lightning.
It had a fierce expression, its deformed dragon horns hard enough to pierce the sky, and its cold eyes swept over the army below seeking survival, and Wu Yingxue at the forefront.
"Interesting, truly interesting."
"The fleeing creatures have actually come to seek me out."
"Could it be they know I am hungry?"
"Hahaha, hahahahaha!!"
The dragon's roar echoed across the heavens and earth, filled with ultimate malice towards the human race.
Livestock.
Food.
That was the Azure Dragon's designation for humans.
Nothing more, nothing less.
"Boom!!!" On the ground, a crimson spear light flickered, held by Wu Yingxue, who was covered in blood.
She bore an indescribable immense pressure.
Staggering, she half-knelt on the ground.
Her left hand covered her eye, with extremely bright red blood flowing through the fingers, while her right hand gripped the long spear, using its shaft for support to remain standing.
Her qi and blood surged continuously, enhanced by forbidden techniques.
She leapt to the same level as the Azure Dragon, the realm of the other shore.
"Is it really that funny..."
"Is such a thing really that funny!!"
The spear left the ground.
A crimson shadow soared to the sky.
Her fury transformed into real flames, burning red-hot, piercing the universe, igniting all in its path under the terrified gaze of the evil dragon.
It was a flame that incinerated everything.
Both seeking life and facing death.
"What's wrong, Yingxue, did you have a nightmare?"
Earth, Yanshan City.
A courtyard in the afternoon.
Wu Yingxue awoke from her slumber.
The light and shadow in the courtyard changed with the sun's position, presenting different angles and arrangements.
Sometimes golden and bright.
Sometimes cool and dim.
Wu Yingxue lay on a wicker chair in the corner.
Upon waking, her mind was still a bit hazy, but the familiar voice by her ear quickly brought her back to her senses.
"I remembered a few things, sir..."
The princess sat up from the wicker chair.
She found a thin blanket covering her.
Without needing to ask, the princess knew who had done it.
Without removing the blanket, Wu Yingxue wrapped it tighter around herself, curling up inside like a caterpillar, leaning against Xu Xi's shoulder.
"Are you alright, Yingxue?"
"Of course not~~"
Hearing the slightly cheerful answer, Xu Xi finally felt relieved.
Sunlight poured into the courtyard, sparkling like countless golden threads hanging from the sky.
But due to the shade of the canopy above.
The heat did not descend upon the two.
"Ah~~~"
Wu Yingxue yawned, resting her sleepy head on Xu Xi's shoulder: "I don't know why, but I feel like sleeping when I'm next to you."
"Blame me?"
"Hehe, I didn't say that, you did."
The princess blinked.
Showing a very innocent look.
So Xu Xi gently flicked her forehead.
"It hurts..."
The princess behaved.
"Yingxue, have you thought about the wedding?"
"Um... sir, I think having just one isn't enough."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because everyone likes different styles."
Feeling the warmth of the person beside her, Wu Yingxue instinctively leaned closer and explained her reasoning to Xu Xi.
For example, the witch and the hero both preferred white wedding dresses, while the princess herself liked traditional red bridal attire.
Different styles of wedding dresses.
If placed in the same wedding, they would inevitably clash, appearing mismatched.
"This is indeed a problem..." Xu Xi frowned, lost in thought.
Just then.
The wind rustled through the treetops, making the leaves whisper. Wu Yingxue suddenly tossed aside the thin blanket covering her and stealthily leaned close to Xu Xi's ear:
"Sir, I actually have a way to solve this."
"What?"
"You and I could elope, then we wouldn't have to worry about anyone else~~"
Wu Yingxue blew a breath forward.
That breath swirled around, making the strands of hair by Xu Xi's ear flutter.
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】
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
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!
