Xia Lingxi brought Qin Hao back to her palace. Her personal maid looked extremely happy to see her master return:
"Your Royal Highness, you have returned! This is wonderful! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince returned to the palace yesterday and said your fate was unknown. This servant thought she would never see Your Highness again."
The maid's words exploded like a clap of thunder in Xia Lingxi's ears:
"What! Brother Crown Prince returned yesterday? And not only did he not bring reinforcements to save me, but he also said my fate was unknown?"
Disbelieving, Xia Lingxi took two steps back. At this moment, her eyes were full of bewilderment. Qin Hao's words echoed in her mind over and over again:
"You are a fool who helps count the money after being sold. Your brother, the Crown Prince, is trying to get rid of you."
Xia Lingxi could not believe it. Could it be that the Crown Prince's usual kindness towards her was all an act? Was he really so cruel as to want to get rid of her? But why? Why would he do this?
Xia Lingxi dismissed the maid, leaving only herself and Qin Hao in the room. Her eyes were red, tears swirling within them:
"Hey, Ugly Freak, am I really stupid?"
Hearing Xia Lingxi's form of address, the veins on Qin Hao's temples throbbed. Ugly Freak? Qin Hao's blood pressure soared uncontrollably.
He, Qin Hao, the Imperial Son of the Qin family, a peerless handsome man destined to cause romantic tribulations for countless beauties in the future, an existence who considered his looks to be absolutely flawless, was actually being repeatedly called an ugly freak by this intellectually worrying fool in front of him, who was crying so hard that snot bubbles were about to pop out?
Qin Hao rapped Xia Lingxi hard on the head: "You are simply as stupid as can be!"
Xia Lingxi clutched her head, tears falling from the pain: "Stop hitting me, I will get even stupider if you keep hitting me."
The news of the Little Princess's return quickly spread throughout the entire imperial palace. The Crown Prince, naturally, also received the news.
Before long, he brought someone with him to Xia Lingxi's bedchamber.
When the maid reported that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was requesting an audience, Xia Lingxi gnashed her teeth in hatred: "He actually dares to come see me! Ugly Freak, hide yourself first! The moment he appears, teach him a harsh lesson for me!"
Qin Hao did not move; he merely stared quietly at Xia Lingxi.
His cold gaze fell calmly upon Xia Lingxi's face through his ferocious fanged mask.
Xia Lingxi saw that Qin Hao's pupils had split into two, as profound as a chaotic abyss, seemingly capable of devouring all light and souls. The power of the surrounding laws trembled violently simply because of the existence of these eyes.
Staring into Qin Hao's eyes, Xia Lingxi felt an absolute suppression and terror stemming from the level of her very soul.
She stumbled a step back, not daring to look at Qin Hao's eyes anymore, and just hugged herself tightly: "Wh-what do you want to do?"
Stormy waves were already surging in Xia Lingxi's heart at this moment. There was no mistake; these eyes were the legendary Double Pupils, capable of being invincible in the world!
As a princess of the Great Cang Nation, Xia Lingxi had some understanding of many ancient legends and celestial anomalies. She had once seen records regarding the Double Pupils on the oldest, most dilapidated animal skin ancient tome in the Library Pavilion, which was listed as a taboo.
Those with Double Pupils were not human, but akin to gods and demons. They were born with the aspect of a saint and wielded the authority of laws. When their eyes opened, the universe would shake; when their eyes closed, all laws would fall silent.
Xia Lingxi never expected that the temporary Dao companion summoned from the jade pendant she had casually picked up would actually be a legendary Double Pupil wielder.
Once the Double Pupils opened, that aura of absolute high status, overriding all common sense, made even Xia Lingxi, who possessed the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart, tremble uncontrollably.
Right at this moment, Qin Hao spoke up: "If you speak so carelessly again, I will pull your tongue out!"
Frightened by Qin Hao, Xia Lingxi hurriedly covered her mouth, terrified that in the next second, Qin Hao would actually rip her tongue out.
"Don't! But, what should I call you? You never told me your name."
"Qin Hao. Just call me Qin Hao."
Qin Hao merely glanced at Xia Lingxi before withdrawing his gaze. This foolish woman could not compare to Qingyue at all. If only every client was as obedient as Qingyue.
Withdrawing his gaze, Qin Hao retreated into the shadows.
Gulp!
Xia Lingxi swallowed hard, her eyes full of lingering fear as she looked at Qin Hao. It was too terrifying. Being stared at by him felt as if the end of the world had descended!
Just as Xia Lingxi's heart was pounding and her thoughts were in turmoil, an urgent knocking sounded from outside the door.
Crown Prince Xia Yang had arrived.
Xia Lingxi cast a pleading look toward Qin Hao, only to find that the spot where he had just been standing was now completely empty. At some unknown moment, Qin Hao had thoroughly concealed himself, his aura completely gone, as if he had never been there.
Xia Lingxi patted her chest, cheering herself on in her heart:
"It will be fine. With Qin Hao here, he is a Double Pupil wielder. Brother Crown Prince won't be able to hurt me."
Thinking of this, Xia Lingxi took a deep breath and called out to the door:
"Come in!"
The door was pushed open. Crown Prince Xia Yang's face was written all over with anger. Upon seeing Xia Lingxi, he dashed in front of her in a single stride and, without any explanation, slapped her across the face:
"Idiot! Why did you come back? Do you not know that you will die!"
This slap not only stunned Xia Lingxi but even caught Qin Hao, who was hiding in the dark, off guard for a moment. He had thought this Xia Yang would put on an act and pretend to be cordial with Xia Lingxi upon seeing her. He never expected this guy to just directly give Xia Lingxi a massive slap to the face.
However, what did his words mean? Listening to him, it seemed there was a hidden truth to the matter.
Xia Lingxi clutched her face, glaring at Xia Yang with an angry expression. Qin Hao bullied me, and Brother Crown Prince also hit me! You guys are just treating me like a pushover, aren't you!
Very well! By messing with me, consider yourselves to have messed with a ball of cotton!
"Don't you just want me dead?" Xia Lingxi puffed out her cheeks and yelled at Xia Yang furiously.
Xia Lingxi's words made Xia Yang's vision go dark for a moment. He rubbed his forehead and let out a faint sigh:
"Sure enough, I just can't hold out much hope for your brain. If I wanted to kill you, why would I have gone through so much trouble to leave you a way out?"
"Did you think I directed and acted out that assassination drama for you to see? I did that for our Imperial Father to see! The person who wants you dead isn't me, it's Imperial Father! We share the same mother, you are my most beloved blood sister, how could I bear to kill you?"
"It's Imperial Father. He promised me the throne, demanding that I kill you, extract your Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart, and offer it to him to help him become an immortal. Only then would he let me be the Emperor. I was unwilling, which is why I staged that whole play! I thought you would understand my intentions, but you silly sister, why did you run back here yourself!"
Speaking up to here, Xia Yang let out a long sigh: "Fortunately, there is still time for everything. Imperial Father has been in secluded cultivation, and he won't be able to come out in the short term. You must leave the Great Cang Nation right now, immediately. Run as far away as you can. Remember, you must stay alive!"
Saying this, Xia Yang pulled out a person from behind him and said to Xia Lingxi:
"Lingxi, isn't Gong Jun your favorite? I've brought Gong Jun here. I've asked him for his consent; he will take you far away and protect your safety."
That handsome, clear-featured man smiled at Xia Lingxi:
"Your Royal Highness, the days ahead are long. Please take care of me."
Qin Hao, who had been hiding in the shadows all along, now completely understood what was going on. Xia Yang was not trying to harm Xia Lingxi; on the contrary, he was protecting her.
At this thought, the corners of Qin Hao's mouth twitched. He could not help but remark inwardly, how could you say you overestimated Xia Lingxi's intelligence? That massive idiot simply did not have a brain to begin with.
When dealing with someone like Xia Lingxi, one had to explain everything down to the smallest detail, making it absolutely clear and unambiguous.
Qin Hao let out a sigh and took a step out from the void.
Ripples spread through the fabric of space, quickly drawing the attention of Xia Yang and Gong Jun. Seeing Qin Hao suddenly materialize, the two assumed he was an agent sent by the emperor. Xia Yang hastily pulled Xia Lingxi behind his back to shield her, while Gong Jun launched an attack straight at Qin Hao.
"Don't! Brother Gong Jun, you are no match for him!"
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
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."
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
