Qin Hao raised an eyebrow and followed Ji Ruxue into the newly restored room.
As the door closed, Qin Hao looked at Ji Ruxue with a playful expression and asked softly, "Being all mysterious, what is it?"
Hearing Qin Hao's voice, Ji Ruxue stiffened, her pair of fox ears trembling slightly.
She took a deep breath as if making some kind of resolution. After mentally preparing herself, she turned around. Her gaze was somewhat evasive, and her fingers unconsciously rested on her collar.
"I've thought it over, and I accept your proposal."
Ji Ruxue truly had no other choice. Qin Hao's displayed strength was simply too terrifying. That Ao Lie was an immortal, and a member of the dragon race at that, yet he was still no match for Qin Hao. Asking her to defeat Qin Hao tomorrow to win the inheritance rights to the Primordial Dragon Emperor's blood essence—she really had no confidence.
Furthermore, Qin Hao possessed the Primordial Dragon Emperor's dharma avatar. No matter how she looked at it, she didn't have the slightest chance.
Looking at her, the corners of Qin Hao's mouth slowly curled into an intriguing smile: "What have you thought over? What proposal are you accepting? Why don't I quite understand what you're talking about?"
Qin Hao's words made Ji Ruxue's small face turn bright red. This guy was asking despite knowing the answer! Wasn't he the one who suggested that foolproof plan? Now he was acting as if it had nothing to do with him.
"It's... it's the foolproof plan you mentioned before. I, I agree to it. To become your true Dao Companion. Are you satisfied now?"
Ji Ruxue's voice was very soft, carrying a barely detectable tremor. With a gentle movement of her fingers, her outer garment slipped from her shoulders, revealing her plain white inner clothing. Immediately after, she raised her head, her beautiful eyes meeting Qin Hao's gaze, her cheeks completely flushed.
Qin Hao chuckled softly, then reached out and helped Ji Ruxue pull her clothes back up. "Alright, I was just teasing you with those words. You don't have to do this. I don't like forcing women."
Qin Hao's movements were very gentle as he pulled the fallen outer garment back over Ji Ruxue's shoulders. Watching the gentle Qin Hao, Ji Ruxue froze in place.
She had originally thought that Qin Hao would go with the flow, act smug, or even... even do something. She never expected Qin Hao to actually reject her.
Looking at Qin Hao's face so close at hand, Ji Ruxue's cheeks grew even redder. But this time it wasn't out of shyness, but because of an indescribable emotion.
Qin Hao withdrew his hands, took a step back, and smiled at Ji Ruxue. That smile was as clean as the first snow in the Northern Wasteland, without the slightest impurity. "Alright, don't think too much about it. Isn't it just the Primordial Dragon Emperor's blood essence? When I get it, I'll just give it to you."
Qin Hao looked completely indifferent. What he needed to do now was raise Ji Ruxue's affection level. Anyway, as long as her affection reached over ninety-five, whatever special physique she obtained, he would get it too. One drop of Primordial Dragon Emperor's blood essence benefiting two people—why not do it?
Ji Ruxue stood stunned, her fox ears standing straight up. Her beautiful eyes were wide round, staring unblinkingly at Qin Hao as if trying to find traces of a lie on his face.
Did she hear that right? What did Qin Hao just say? Once he got the Primordial Dragon Emperor's blood essence, he would give it to her? That was the sacred relic of their Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom, the ultimate treasure of the Northern Wasteland dragon race, a treasure countless cultivators dreamed of but could never obtain.
Yet this man spoke of it so casually, as if he were picking a wild flower by the roadside to give to her?
"What? You don't want to believe it? Or are you quite disappointed that I didn't become true Dao Companions with you?" Seeing Ji Ruxue completely dazed on the spot, Qin Hao reached out and flicked her ear, teasing her with a smile.
Ji Ruxue opened her mouth to say something, but found her throat felt blocked by something. She felt an indescribable sensation in her heart.
"Are you serious? Why?" After a long silence, Ji Ruxue couldn't help but ask.
Qin Hao shrugged. "Why do there have to be so many whys? You want it, so I want to give it to you. Is that not okay?"
Ji Ruxue's fox ears perked up. She wanted it, so he wanted to give it to her?
This sentence echoed repeatedly in Ji Ruxue's mind. Every word was like a honey-coated stone, dropping one by one into the lake of her heart, creating ripple after ripple.
She looked at Qin Hao's handsome face—every feature was perfectly placed, combining into something highly striking. When he wasn't smiling, he was coldly imposing; when he smiled, he was elegant and dazzling, making it impossible to look away. He also naturally carried an air of nobility and dominance that made people hesitant to approach easily.
Does he like me? Otherwise, why would he give me such a precious treasure like the Primordial Dragon Emperor's blood essence? Ji Ruxue felt her cheeks burning. The heat spread from the base of her ears to her neck, and even her fox ears were dyed a faint pink.
Were his words just now a confession? How should I respond to him? Ji Ruxue's heart pounded so loudly she suspected Qin Hao could hear it.
So, the Primordial Dragon Emperor's blood essence is a token of love?
Ji Ruxue subconsciously gripped the hem of her clothes, but the tail behind her unconsciously began to sway gently.
......
In the Dragon King's Palace, Ao Bing shook his head repeatedly.
"Damn! Big brother, your son is a prodigal!!!"
"I don't need to say how precious the Primordial Dragon Emperor's blood essence is, right? Do you know how much pressure I endured to prepare to give this blood essence to him? And what does he do? He turns around and uses it to win a girl's favor!"
The more Ao Bing spoke, the more indignant he became, truly feeling a sense of frustration at someone failing to meet expectations.
Hearing this, Qin Wuya burst into loud laughter.
"Hahahaha, I'm already used to it. What is the Primordial Dragon Emperor's blood essence? To win a woman's favor, this brat would even give away a supreme Dao artifact."
Ao Bing twitched his mouth and snorted coldly. "Big brother, how can this do? We cultivators, born between heaven and earth, should take the Great Dao as our path and the heavens as our ambition. How can we linger in the soft embrace of women? Aren't you going to discipline him?"
Qin Wuya smiled and waved his hand. "Don't be hasty. We indeed need to intervene. How about this: tomorrow, you upgrade the difficulty of their trial. It would be best if a life-and-death crisis appears, making it utterly impossible for them to pass."
Hearing this, Ao Bing looked puzzled. "Huh? What's the reasoning behind that?"
Qin Wuya looked at Ao Bing with a smile and said lightly, "If we don't create a bit of a crisis, how can my son play the hero saving the beauty? If they don't share some life-and-death hardships, how will their feelings rapidly heat up? If their feelings don't rapidly heat up, wouldn't my son's Primordial Dragon Emperor's blood essence be given away for nothing?"
Ao Bing: "(ﾉ○Д○)ﾉ"
Fine, fine, fine. No wonder. It turns out the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
In the blink of an eye, a night passed. Ao Bing found Qin Hao and Ji Ruxue to take them to the trial grounds where the Primordial Dragon Emperor's blood essence was kept. Participating with them was also Ao Yu.
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
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!
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
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.
