Ren Tianye laughed: "What are you staring at me for?"
Bai Hu immediately fired back: "What if I am?"
Bai Hu knew he shouldn't be losing his temper.
After all, this was part of his Bai Li sister's plan.
Seeing how impatiently Ren Tianye had come looking for him, it was most likely that Bai Li's plan was going especially smoothly. The Ren Tianye before him had probably already fallen madly in love with Bai Li, but upon learning of his existence, jealousy had taken root.
For Bai Li's sake, he ought to swallow his pride and endure it.
But the thought of his Bai Li sister—whom he himself couldn't bear to touch—being mistreated by Ren Tianye only fanned the flames of his fury beyond control.
Yet, to his surprise, Ren Tianye didn't seem angry at all.
Instead, he grinned: "Ye Hu, you see, this is where you're wrong."
"I know that in your heart, Bai Li is no different from your wife..."
"That's right, Bai Li sister is my wife!" Before Ren Tianye could finish, Bai Hu cut in: "Bai Li sister is, in my heart, just like my wife. I'll be with her for life."
"That's exactly it." Ren Tianye chuckled: "Look, you deeply love Bai Li, and I'm very satisfied with her performance. From this perspective, we share a common interest—we should have been friends."
"Yet you treat your friend this way?"
"Isn't that going too far?"
Bai Hu: "???"
He felt his head spin for a moment, dizzy with confusion.
When clarity returned, his rage only intensified.
He was about to lash back, but Ren Tianye had run out of patience.
This was clearly a case of refusing a toast only to be forced to drink a penalty.
So, with a slight raise of his hand, Wang Ming standing behind him immediately understood the signal.
In an instant, three guards pounced forward like wolves.
A flurry of blows rang out—whacks and thuds.
In the blink of an eye, Ye Hu was bruised and swollen-faced.
"I had planned to have a heart-to-heart with you, but now it seems we'll have to talk about something else." Ren Tianye's tone turned cold. "Spill it. What's this Tongxin Alliance all about?"
"What strength do they have now?"
"Where are their main areas of influence?"
"And also..."
"Bai Li said Liu Ruyan appears and disappears like a ghost. Where is she now?"
Pausing, Ren Tianye looked at Ye Hu's stubborn expression and added slowly: "I'd advise you to talk honestly. Otherwise, tonight, Bai Li might have to suffer again."
The stubbornness on Ye Hu's face instantly melted away.
He blurted out: "I'll talk, I'll talk, I'll say everything."
"Just, just don't lay a hand on Bai Li sister."
And so, with little effort, Ren Tianye extracted everything he wanted from Bai Hu's mouth.
The Tongxin Alliance had forces spread across the entire Great Yu Empire.
Every region had hidden troops and even firearms.
However, their main base was in Yunjing!
One of the two capitals of Great Yu—Yunjing!
"Our Tongxin Alliance has merged with the city of Yunjing. Yunjing is the Tongxin Alliance, and the Tongxin Alliance is Yunjing!"
"And our alliance has something called the 'assembly line' established by the Grand Palace Lord, which can mass-produce all kinds of firearms. What we've seen so far is just a drop in the bucket."
"In our Yunjing, the number of firearms is beyond counting!"
The guards behind Ren Tianye, including Wang Ming, were already showing signs of shock. But Ren Tianye remained calm. Through this whole ordeal with Bai Li, he had come to a clear realization:
In this world, hot weapons were not invincible.
A lovestruck mind was!
As long as he grasped that principle, even if the enemy rolled out planes and cannons, he would bet that they were still on cooldown right now!
"And Liu Ruyan?"
Bai Hu shook his head.
He didn't know much about Liu Ruyan either, only that she was as beautiful as an immortal, elusive as a ghost, and served as the spiritual pillar of the Tongxin Alliance.
This made Ren Tianye frown slightly.
Information on Liu Ruyan still remained incomplete!
Given all the recent events and the investigations by the Demon Suppression Bureau, he was quite certain that the source of Great Yu's troubles lay with Liu Ruyan.
But the fact that a single Liu Ruyan could stir up such chaos across Great Yu once made him suspect she might possess something like a system—especially when firearms appeared; that suspicion had grown immensely.
However, after personally inspecting the firearms brought by Lin Zixiao and the Divine Machine Battalion, he dismissed that notion.
Those weapons weren't mass-produced by a system.
Because while they followed a fairly standardized industrial process, there were noticeable differences between different ones—nothing like the nearly identical products a system would churn out.
So it was highly probable that Liu Ruyan had no system.
Yet, the fact that she could unleash such tremendous power still made him think twice.
Now, without finding out Liu Ruyan's exact situation, Ren Tianye's mood darkened again.
Just as he was about to continue his interrogation, a messenger hurriedly ran in and reported: "Duke, a group is approaching rapidly outside the capital, all carrying firearms, looking hostile."
Ren Tianye was startled. "All carrying firearms?"
That left almost no doubt—it was the Tongxin Alliance again.
The Tongxin Alliance had sent more people?
To do what?
"Have they identified themselves?"
"Duke, they haven't said anything. They just demanded that we open the city gates and let them in, or else they'll show no mercy." The messenger added: "Oh, and at the front of the group is a woman."
"On their wagon flies a banner with the character 'Li'!"
A woman? Surname Li?
Ren Tianye was puzzled, but Ye Hu's face instantly changed.
"Li Shuhan!"
Li Shuhan?
Ren Tianye was surprised.
As far as he knew, those of palace lord rank in the Tongxin Alliance all bore the surname Liu.
The high-ranking members were surnamed Bai, which was why Su Li had changed her name to Bai Li.
This person surnamed Li was likely not a top member.
Yet leading a group carrying firearms?
He immediately demanded: "Who is this Li Shuhan?"
Before Ye Hu could answer, another messenger sprinted in: "Report, Duke! The group at the capital gate has grown impatient. They've lined up their firearms, ready to attack the city. The woman at the front is shouting that she wants to see her fiancé, Bai Hu."
Huh?
Ren Tianye paused.
He looked at Bai Hu.
"Fiancée?"
"Damn, you're engaged?"
"So what if I'm engaged?" Bai Hu exploded like he'd been stepped on, leaping up instantly. "Does being engaged stop me from pursuing love? How can a piece of paper stand in the way of my love?"
Ren Tianye: "..."
Never mind, he didn’t have the patience to discuss romance with this man.
After a brief thought, he ordered: "Bring this Li Shuhan here."
Before long, a woman burst into the room.
She was dressed in a tight-fitting brocade robe, belted with jade, her posture straight and her expression sharp. A true beauty, with skin as fair as snow and arresting features—this was presumably Li Shuhan.
She strode in quickly, her gaze locking onto Bai Hu.
Then, her face flooded with anger.
Marching up to Bai Hu, she raised her hand and slapped him!
"Slap!"
Then she roared: "Bai Hu, you've got some nerve!"
Your mother here handed you a whole production line on a silver platter, helped you claw your way up to the Right Protector of the Pact Alliance, treated you with nothing but pure devotion—and you had the nerve to stab me in the back and mess with my woman?
You're begging for death!
……
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
agon king storylines. At the start, I obtained the "Ultimate Lackey System" - the more I act as a lackey, the stronger I become. What else could I do? I chose to become the personal henchman of the ultimate villain, Su Muwan. I provoke all sorts of chosen ones, snatch away their opportunities, and commit every evil deed imaginable. You ask who's behind me? Hmph! You're not worthy of knowing my lady's name! ...... ....... I am Su Muwan, the eldest daughter of the Su family. Since childhood, I've possessed extraordinary talent in martial arts, which led to my arrogant and domineering personality in my past life. I was even foolish enough to repeatedly challenge those favored by heaven, ultimately resulting in a tragic death. In this life, I must behave and absolutely cannot walk the same path again!! However... SLAP!! "So you're the Dragon King, huh?!" When I saw my little lackey swagger over and viciously slap the Dragon King who was hiding his identity, I felt my heart sink. Su Muwan's suspended heart finally died as she watched Qin Luo, her utterly loyal lackey, standing before her. She fainted on the spot from shock. Heaven is determined to destroy me!! (Pure love 1v1, light-hearted, no angst, single female lead, villain, reincarnation, lackey)
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?"
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
