Ling Shuangshuang wiped the trace of blood from the corner of her mouth and slowly stood up from the ground. Staring at Qin Hao with a burning gaze, she said in a hoarse voice, "You cannot leave."
Hearing this, Qin Hao couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. "My Royal Highness, aren't you taking yourself a bit too seriously? I must leave when you want me to leave, and I must stay when you want me to stay?"
Ling Shuangshuang took a deep breath and said with a solemn expression, "Stay. Not as a subordinate, but as an equal partner."
"As long as you cooperate with me, you will no longer need to rely on being a rental Dao Companion in exchange for cultivation resources. I promise you that all the resources of my Lingxiao Divine Dynasty, and everything I, Ling Shuangshuang, possess, can be shared with you."
Reaching out her hand toward Qin Hao, her face was filled with utter sincerity. "Immortal crystals, cultivation methods, magical artifacts, elixirs, territories, power—no matter what you desire, I can give it to you. As long as you are willing to help me, I can give you everything you want."
Hearing the promises Ling Shuangshuang made, Qin Hao shrugged nonchalantly. "Sorry, I don't lack any of the things you mentioned."
Ling Shuangshuang obviously didn't believe Qin Hao's claims. He didn't lack anything? If he didn't lack anything, then why did he run over here to act as her rental Dao Companion?
"I know you are rejecting me because you had a bad first impression of me, but I really hope you will consider it carefully. Our Lingxiao Divine Dynasty is the most powerful faction in the Ten Directions and Nine Netherworlds. Even those Ancient Desolate Worlds cannot compare to us."
"The foundation of my Lingxiao Divine Dynasty is beyond your imagination. By cooperating with me, you can obtain the absolute best resources in this world! I am serious. I am willing to exhaust the entire Lingxiao Divine Dynasty's resources to nurture you."
Qin Hao's brow twitched uncontrollably. He keenly caught the key information in Ling Shuangshuang's words. She had just said she was willing to exhaust the entire Lingxiao Divine Dynasty's resources to nurture him, as if all the decisions of the Divine Dynasty hinged on a single word from her.
However, Ling Shuangshuang was merely a princess of the Lingxiao Divine Dynasty. Did her words really carry that much weight?
This couldn't help but remind Qin Hao of what Liu Ruyan had said when he accepted this order. At the time, Liu Ruyan had instructed Qin Hao to do his best to conquer Ling Shuangshuang, saying that as long as he could win her over, he could pull a top-tier faction like the Lingxiao Divine Dynasty—one on par with the Qin family—into their own camp.
At this moment, Qin Hao felt very curious. Just what was so special about this Ling Shuangshuang that gave her such immense authority?
Qin Hao wasn't in a hurry to speak. He just quietly looked at Ling Shuangshuang, his gaze seemingly scrutinizing her, as if he were calculating something.
"Exhaust the entire Lingxiao Divine Dynasty's resources to nurture me? But as far as I know, you are just a princess of the dynasty. Above you is the Emperor, along with numerous clan elders, and among your peers, there are the Crown Prince and other princes. What qualifications do you, a mere princess, have to speak of exhausting resources?"
Hearing Qin Hao's question, the corners of Ling Shuangshuang's mouth slowly curled into a smile. In her view, by asking this, Qin Hao was clearly tempted by her promises.
"Since I said so, it naturally isn't an empty boast. You can stay by my side and observe for a period of time. If I cannot fulfill everything I promised you, you are free to leave."
Qin Hao's double pupils were as profound as two bottomless ancient wells in the night, making it impossible to fathom what he was thinking.
"Observe? I don't have that much time to waste on observation. Your Royal Highness, since you want to discuss cooperation with me, bring out something tangible. Compared to the resources you promised, I am much more interested in knowing why you are so certain that the dynasty's resources will be tilted in my favor because of you?"
Ling Shuangshuang's smile froze for a moment, but she quickly returned to normal. Looking at Qin Hao, she gently shook her head. "I can agree to your other requests, but for this one, I can only say sorry. I cannot tell you."
Qin Hao curled his lip and said in a careless tone, "Tch, and you said you would share everything you have with me. Yet now, you aren't even willing to tell me this little detail. Your Royal Highness, tell me, how am I supposed to believe you? Just based on your words?"
"Forget it. If you don't want to say it, then don't. I don't like cooperating with people who hide things. Farewell."
After Qin Hao finished speaking, he turned around and walked away without hesitation. His pace was neither fast nor slow, his rhythm steady, as if he had genuinely lost interest in this so-called cooperation.
Seeing Qin Hao leaving, Ling Shuangshuang, unwilling to give up on him, spoke almost subconsciously, "Wait a moment!"
Qin Hao didn't even pause for a second. He maintained his rhythm and continued walking out of Ling Shuangshuang's sleeping quarters, waving his hand behind him. "If you want to cooperate with me, at the very least, you have to let me know what you are relying on. If you can't even do that, then there is no need for us to continue talking."
Ling Shuangshuang bit her lip, her hands hanging by her sides clenching and unclenching. She was very hesitant. Her reliance was a matter of grave importance; once leaked, it wouldn't just affect the Lingxiao Divine Dynasty, but the entire Ten Directions and Nine Netherworlds.
Right at this moment, a figure surfaced in Ling Shuangshuang's mind without any warning—Liu Ruyan.
That woman standing atop a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, her white clothes as pure as snow and completely untainted. Blood flowed like a river at her feet, yet she stood there as calmly as if she were admiring flowers in her own backyard, a faint, nonchalant smile even hanging on the corners of her mouth.
Ling Shuangshuang would never forget this scene. It was the nightmare of her entire life. The allied forces of the Ten Directions and Nine Netherworlds had marched out in full force, at one point fighting so fiercely that the Dao lineages of the Three Realms and Nine Heavens were severed. But right at that moment, that woman appeared.
Relying on her own strength alone, she slaughtered her way through the entire Ten Directions and Nine Netherworlds, making all the experts prostrate at her feet, trembling in fear. That kind of despair, powerlessness, and the sense of loss from knowing she could never catch up in her entire lifetime once again permeated Ling Shuangshuang's heart.
Ling Shuangshuang didn't want to lose anymore. In Qin Hao, she saw the hope of turning the tables.
"Wait!"
Ling Shuangshuang spoke again to make him stay, but Qin Hao ignored her completely, still walking away on his own.
Seeing this, Ling Shuangshuang quickened her pace, jogging to catch up with Qin Hao. "Didn't you want to know what my reliance is? Didn't you want to know why I can make the entire Lingxiao Divine Dynasty's resources tilt toward you, an outsider? I can tell you!"
Ling Shuangshuang stood barefoot in front of Qin Hao. In those purple pupils of hers, the previous hesitation was gone, replaced only by a naked, undisguised, and almost crazy gleam.
She was already prepared. After revealing her secret reliance, if Qin Hao agreed to cooperate with her, then so be it. But if Qin Hao refused to cooperate, then she would have no choice but to obliterate the person standing before her.
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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!
