Jiang Yun looked at Qin Hao, unable to speak a single word for a long time. After a long while, Jiang Yun gripped Qin Hao's shoulders and said earnestly, Little Hao, whatever you do, do not let her down.
Jiang Yun didn't even dare to imagine what would happen if Qin Hao let that exalted figure down. Under her wrath, who could possibly protect him?
Qin Hao smiled lightly. Rest assured, Mother. I am serious about every single one of your daughters-in-law.
Jiang Yun's mouth twitched. You are the first person I've ever met who can speak of being a womanizer with such righteous conviction.
Standing outside the crowd, Luo Qingxue watched Jiang Yun pull Qin Hao into a corner to whisper, and a complex, indescribable emotion surged in her heart.
Master knows him? Who is he? Luo Qingxue vaguely formed a few guesses in her mind.
Luo Qingxue didn't know how she walked over. Her legs seemed to have a mind of their own, carrying her through the crowd, bypassing the murmuring high-level members of the Holy Land, and taking her step by step toward Qin Hao.
Seeing Luo Qingxue approach, Jiang Yun gently patted Qin Hao's shoulder and then walked away.
Luo Qingxue glanced at Jiang Yun, then stopped less than three meters away from Qin Hao. She took a deep breath and said, Ye Hao? Or rather, I should call you Qin Hao!
Hearing Luo Qingxue's questioning, Qin Hao's expression became slightly unnatural. He showed her a warm smile and said, A name is just a code, really. You can call me whatever you like.
With that, Qin Hao took off his mask.
As the mask came off, moonlight fell upon Qin Hao's face. Luo Qingxue was entranced. Although it wasn't the first time she had seen this face, when it appeared before her completely unhindered, she still felt as if her breath had been caught by something.
Sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, a high and straight nose bridge. His slightly pursed thin lips carried a touch of aloofness, but when he smiled, it made one feel like they were bathing in a spring breeze. It was a face capable of making any woman's heart flutter.
Why did you lie to me? Why didn't you dare to face me with your true identity?
Thinking about it now, Luo Qingxue felt that everything had been a setup from the very beginning. Qin Hao coming to the Jade Pool was not for some rental order at all; he came specifically for her. And this time in the Jade Pool Secret Realm, there was a high probability that he orchestrated it just to get closer to her.
Everything was a trap he had meticulously designed, and she, like an ignorant and innocent little white rabbit, had stepped into his snare step by step.
Luo Qingxue didn't know what kind of mood she was in right now. She was someone who clearly hated being deceived, but upon realizing Qin Hao had lied to her, she couldn't bring herself to hate him at all. In fact, she even felt a little secretly glad in her heart.
Qin Hao looked at Luo Qingxue and sighed helplessly. He hadn't expected this girl to be smart enough to figure out his identity so quickly. Looking into Luo Qingxue's sparkling eyes, Qin Hao said in a hoarse voice, I didn't tell you who I was, not because I wanted to see you make a fool of yourself, and not because I thought it was fun. I hid it from you because I didn't want you to force yourself to be with me just for my mother's sake.
Luo Qingxue froze.
I know you were raised by my mother, and my mother wants to matchmake the two of us. Knowing you, you would definitely force yourself to accept me just to make her happy.
You would tell yourself that it doesn't matter, that you might as well marry me since you don't have anyone you like anyway, as long as your Master is happy. You would wrong yourself to fulfill the wishes of others.
I don't want that, Qin Hao's voice was deep and resolute. I don't want you to be with me out of gratitude, filial piety, or any other reason. I want you to accept me because you like me, because you truly want to be with me.
Luo Qingxue stood there, looking at Qin Hao's exceptionally bright eyes in the moonlight, listening to his every word. An unprecedented emotion surged within her, making her entire body feel burning hot.
He was right. He understood her so well.
Luo Qingxue took a step forward. She didn't know why she took that step. Her legs seemed to have a mind of their own, carrying her toward Qin Hao, toward this man who made her heart race.
Luo Qingxue walked up to Qin Hao and raised her head, looking at his face that was exceptionally clear in the moonlight, with his sword-like eyebrows, starry eyes, and high nose bridge.
Then, Luo Qingxue uncontrollably reached out and wrapped her arms around Qin Hao's waist.
Qin Hao raised an eyebrow slightly, feeling Luo Qingxue's body temperature transmitting through the fabric, feeling her bury her face into his chest.
Qin Hao, I think I know what it means to like someone now.
Luo Qingxue took a deep breath, smelling the scent on Qin Hao. Her ears were completely red. Qin Hao, I think I have already fallen for you.
Her voice was very soft, as light as a breeze.
As soon as Luo Qingxue finished speaking, the entire world suddenly fell silent. Everyone felt a supreme, undeniable will descending upon them, overriding everything else.
This oppressive aura came from the phantom deep within the Dao Inquiry Palace of the Jade Pool Secret Realm.
Everyone looked in the direction of the Dao Inquiry Palace. Over there, a phantom was solidifying. It was no longer blurry like before, but an existence that was almost becoming tangible.
The phantom slowly rose from the ruins, her long hair drifting in the void, her dress fluttering loudly in the wind. Her face was still unclear, but everyone could feel that she was looking at Qin Hao, and at Luo Qingxue's arms wrapped around him.
That gaze was too terrifying. It wasn't anger, it wasn't jealousy, nor was it any intense emotion. It was something far more despair-inducing—scrutiny.
Like a supreme god looking down at a mortal who dared to touch her possession.
Let go!
Liu Ruyan spat out these two words. As her voice fell, the Dao manifested, as if the rules of the entire world were rewritten in that instant.
Hearing this, the cultivators present felt their legs give way and slumped onto the ground. It wasn't that they wanted to sit, but their bodies simply refused to listen to them. Even those Holy Land Masters lacked the courage to raise their heads when facing Liu Ruyan.
The person under the most pressure was undoubtedly Luo Qingxue. She felt an oppressive aura surpassing that of an Immortal Emperor pressing down on her, but she did not let go.
Her arms remained wrapped around Qin Hao's waist, hugging him even tighter than before.
Let go!
Liu Ruyan spoke again, and an even more terrifying aura than before permeated the air.
Ruyan! Qin Hao finally spoke. His voice was not loud, but it carried an undeniable certainty.
Stop fooling around, you're scaring her.
Hmph!
Liu Ruyan gave a delicate snort and withdrew her oppressive aura. Qin Hao shook his head helplessly. He had a premonition that in three days, when Liu Ruyan's true body descended, he would face an unprecedented, fierce battle!
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."
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.”
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.
and couldn't return to the real world. Finally, I gave up and decided to go with the flow, only to discover that writing a diary could make me stronger. Since no one could read it, Su Luo wrote freely, daring to pen anything and everything. Female Lead #1: "Not bad. This diary helped me steal all the protagonist's opportunities. I just want to get stronger." Female Lead #2: "I don’t care about reaching the peak of the cultivation world. Right now, I just want to enjoy the chaos." Female Lead #3: "What? Everyone around me is a spy? I’m the Joker Demon Lord?" ... It’s so strange. Why is the plot completely off track, yet the ending remains the same? Are you all just messing with me?!
