Xiao Mingzhao's eyes widened.
She found it unbelievable. The Tuoba Xiangtai standing before her was suddenly completely different from the Tuoba Xiangtai she knew and imagined.
The former Tuoba Xiangtai was not like this.
He used to be aloof and proud, always the picture of an elegant gentleman. He did things with a calm and steady demeanor, naturally drawing people's affection.
But now...
Why did it feel like this Tuoba Xiangtai had changed?!
A sense of absurdity welled up in Xiao Mingzhao's heart. It was as if everything she had hoped and wished for over the years was just a futile effort, drawing water with a bamboo basket. It was all a fleeting illusion, entirely her own beautiful imagination.
But a moment later, Xiao Mingzhao shook her head.
After waiting and hoping for so many years, the moment of fruition and blooming flowers had finally arrived. How could she negate it so easily?!
"It must be because Xiangtai has just arrived in the capital, the very place where he was once held as a hostage. It is inevitable that fearful emotions would arise in his heart, causing him to lose his composure like this!"
Xiao Mingzhao comforted herself in her heart.
Yet, she couldn't help but feel a surge of pity.
Pity for Tuoba Xiangtai.
Thinking of the many hardships Tuoba Xiangtai had suffered in the past, she felt a slight wave of sorrow, but she quickly adjusted her emotions.
She said softly, "Alright, Xiangtai. Since you insist that I stay, then I shall stay."
"However, I must make this clear to you beforehand. Our Great Yu values etiquette and moral teachings above all else. Before we are married, you are not allowed to do anything inappropriate to me."
"No problem, no problem!" Tuoba Xiangtai agreed hastily. As long as Xiao Mingzhao was willing to stay and accompany him, to be by his side forever and ever, he wouldn't mind even if he couldn't touch her.
His heart was filled with wild joy, and it showed on his face.
His grin stretched from ear to ear.
He hurried to personally arrange the room where Xiao Mingzhao would rest and sleep for the night.
Xiao Mingzhao was actually more familiar with this Yuchen Mansion than Tuoba Xiangtai was. However, Tuoba Xiangtai was smart after all; having just followed Xiao Mingzhao for a walk and a look around, he had already memorized most of the layout.
He quickly found a suitable room for Xiao Mingzhao.
After looking around and feeling quite satisfied, he waved his large hand and ordered his subordinates, "Men, seal the windows immediately! I will no longer allow any man to see my Luan'er's face!"
The few barbarian royal guards following him broke out in a cold sweat.
They were veterans of a hundred battles and had followed many barbarian commanders, but this was the first time they had ever heard such a demand.
Moreover, there was another problem.
What about them?
They were men too!
By staying to seal the doors and windows, they would easily catch a glimpse of Xiao Mingzhao!
Soon, these personal guards found out the answer.
Because...
They were dragged to a corner of the Yuchen Mansion, and scimitars were placed against their necks. With a slicing sound, they followed the attendants Xiao Mingzhao had brought, their souls returning to the underworld.
Xiao Mingzhao did not see this scene.
But she did see the newly sealed doors and windows, which turned this magnificent bedroom into a place where figures could only be seen by the light of lit candles.
Xiao Mingzhao frowned. "Xiangtai, what are you doing?"
"It's to prevent other men from seeing you!" Tuoba Xiangtai spoke as if in a trance. "Luan'er, you don't know. All the women in the world combined cannot compare to a single strand of your hair. With your city-toppling beauty, how could I bear to let others look at you?"
"From now on, just let me be the only one to look at you, alright?"
This was bringing up an old topic.
Xiao Mingzhao had originally forgiven Tuoba Xiangtai's actions in her heart, but seeing him actually do this made her heart skip a beat in apprehension.
However, before she could say anything more, she saw Tuoba Xiangtai take out an object from nowhere.
It seemed to be entirely made of gold, or at the very least, plated with a layer of gold. Under the candlelight, it emitted a unique luster, appearing quite dreamy, but...
Even more terrifying!
Because...
It was a chain!
A long gold chain!
Xiao Mingzhao instinctively took a step back, her tone trembling slightly. "Xiangtai, what are you doing with this?"
"To tie you up!"
This time, Tuoba Xiangtai no longer hid his thoughts, showing a sense of release as if victory was already in his grasp. "Once I tie you up with this chain, you will be able to stay by my side forever."
"From now on, you will never leave me again!"
"Luan'er, I truly cannot bear for you to leave me even for half a step. In this life, and for all eternity, I cannot bear for you to leave me even for half a step!"
"Be a good girl and put on this gold chain, alright?"
At this moment, Xiao Mingzhao only felt terror washing over her. She couldn't help but tremble all over and shouted, "No, no way! Tuoba Xiangtai, how, how can you do this?"
"How could you be this kind of person?"
"I am the dignified Empress, the Emperor of the Great Yu Dynasty!"
"The ruler of a nation!"
"The lord of all people!"
"How dare you, how dare you subject me to such humiliation?"
In the face of Xiao Mingzhao's roaring, Tuoba Xiangtai seemed to pay no heed. With a wave of his hand, two barbarian women walked in from outside.
They were clearly prepared by Tuoba Xiangtai specifically for Xiao Mingzhao.
Upon entering, they followed Tuoba Xiangtai's instructions and pinned Xiao Mingzhao down. Soon, with a few clicking sounds, golden rings were fastened around Xiao Mingzhao's neck and wrists.
Once the two maidservants had done this, they quickly left.
Only Tuoba Xiangtai and Xiao Mingzhao were left in the room.
At this time, Tuoba Xiangtai was trembling with excitement. His wish of so many years had finally been fulfilled at this moment, and he felt as if he was going to explode with thrill.
Xiao Mingzhao, on the other hand, felt a piercing chill rise from her tailbone, rushing straight to the crown of her head. Feeling the icy coldness of the gold chain, her heart was filled with immense terror for the first time.
This fear was more surging and intense than any she had ever felt before. Like a mighty rushing river, it threatened to completely annihilate her in an instant.
Her teeth couldn't stop chattering.
"Tuoba Xiangtai, you, you, how can you do this?"
"How can you do this?"
Perhaps terrified to the extreme, tears instantly overflowed from Xiao Mingzhao's eyes. The crystal tears crossing her snow-white skin made her look both disheveled and breathtakingly beautiful.
"You can't do this!"
Xiao Mingzhao's appearance made Tuoba Xiangtai panic a little. However, remembering the strict moral etiquette Xiao Mingzhao had constantly spoken of, he didn't dare to rush forward and hug her.
He only stomped his feet anxiously, and then said, "Luan'er, I, I just love you too much!"
"Didn't you always tell me!"
"What can be wrong with loving someone?"
"I just love you too much!"
"I am not wrong, I cannot be wrong. I just want you to stay by my side forever. What did I do wrong?"
"From now on, let's just stay like this, alright? You will always be by my side. I will feed you, wash your face, tuck you in, and I can even help you handle state affairs."
"Didn't you say it before?"
"We will share this world!"
"In the future, I will handle all the state affairs for you. I will definitely build this world into a great utopia, a beautiful world where the people of Yu and Han are united as one family!"
"What do you say?"
...
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!
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...
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?"
villain is the number one simp for the book's leading female protagonist, Shen Wan'er. As expected, he later becomes a tool for the main character to show off and slap faces, ultimately meeting a tragic end with his family ruined and his life in shambles. Fortunately, he awakens the [Universal Pure Love System], which allows him to earn points by performing acts of pure love. To change his fate, Gu Yan makes a decisive choice to seek warmth and companionship with the book's biggest villain—Cold Qingqiu. ........... My name is Leng Qingqiu. To find the murderer who killed my parents years ago, I deliberately blinded myself so that everyone would lower their guard around me. Just as I was secretly accumulating power and capital according to my initial plan, a man walked into my world. "Lengleng, Qingqing, Qiuqiu, which nickname do you prefer?" I don't like any of them. You'd better leave quickly! "Why aren't you saying anything? How about I call you my baby wife?" Leng Qingqiu thinks to herself, this man is truly annoying! (Stubborn pure love warrior + single female lead + true pure love + 1v1)
