"You vile human!"
The Jialan Empress was losing her composure, her eyes blazing with fury.
No one had ever dared to be so disrespectful to her!
The key issue was that she truly had no way to deal with him.
"Madam, thank you for the praise," Jiang Che replied with a faint smile.
"Fine, fine, fine!" Jia Mengluo was so angry her teeth were nearly ground to dust, yet she could only watch as the man before her continued his arrogant display.
"Although this fragment of my soul cannot kill you, should my true form appear, even with the protection of the Heavenly Dao, I would find a way to end you," Jia Mengluo began to threaten.
It was mainly because this Jiang Che was utterly despicable! Just the sight of him now evoked the humiliating memories from before, sending shivers down her spine.
Seeing the Jialan Empress in this state of helpless rage, Jiang Che gave a slight bow.
"As the ancients said, 'To die under the peony, even as a ghost, is to be romantic.' Moreover, Madam, surely you wouldn't want to see Ling'er widowed and alone, would you?"
"If you really killed me, wouldn't Ling'er hate you to death?"
With his own actions, Jiang Che had demonstrated the true meaning of the phrase about dying under the peony.
Jiang Che had just died over five hundred more times. Can you believe it?
As for the manner of those deaths... it's better not to ask. If there were a ranking for the world's most bizarre deaths, Jiang Che would undoubtedly be a top contender.
"Get out!"
The Empress flicked her sleeve, straightened her garments with one hand, and then the dreamscape began to shatter. Just before the dream world completely collapsed... countless sharp, thorny vines surged from the earth, instantly piercing Jiang Che through like a pincushion.
It seemed to vent her inner fury, killing Jiang Che one more time.
Of course, this was merely an act of venting. She was well aware she couldn't truly eradicate him; this human's methods far exceeded her imagination.
"Your Majesty, I still have a few Mermaid's Tears here. If you change your mind..."
"GET OUT!!!" Jia Mengluo, currently in a towering rage, couldn't even be placated by the offer of Mermaid's Tears.
"Heh..."
The dream world shattered completely, and Jiang Che's spirit returned to reality.
He then lightly licked the corner of his lips, a faint, provocative smile dancing in his eyes.
A few hundred lives in exchange for a taste of her beauty... it was worth it!
"Jiang Che, what happened? Did she give you a hard time?"
Ling'er approached, her face full of concern.
"No," Jiang Che said seriously.
She only killed me a few hundred times, that's all. A mere few hundred lives... nothing worth mentioning!
"Oh!" The girl let out a sigh of relief.
"Ling'er, try to avoid seeing Qing'er and the others for a while..." Jiang Che was still playing it cautious.
Although Jiang Che had previously helped Qing'er, Xue'er, and the others elevate their bloodlines, now that Ling'er had attained Immortal Blood, unless Jiang Che upgraded their bloodlines as well... but currently, Jiang Che's funds were a bit tight.
The price of a single Stone Man's Tear was one billion, so five would be five billion points.
"Mm! Don't worry, Jiang Che. I'll be in secluded cultivation during this time!" Ling'er nodded earnestly.
This mermaid princess was completely smitten.
Jiang Che raised his hand and ruffled the girl's hair. To be honest... because of the Jialan Empress, he did feel a bit guilty towards Ling'er. After all, your boy Jiang Che does have a conscience, right? Even if it's not a lot!
......
The Nine Heavens Jialan Clan.
The birth of a descendant with Imperial Blood could stir phenomena from the Jialan Clan's ancestral artifact, let alone a bloodline of Immortal grade!
The Jialan Clan's ancestral artifact was a single iridescent fish scale, said to be inherited from a Mermaid Immortal of ancient times.
And now, this iridescent scale was causing a commotion throughout the entire Jialan Clan!
"What's going on??? Why is the ancestral artifact suddenly trembling?"
"This... has another Imperial Blood been born?"
"No! It's not the birth of Imperial Blood... the phenomena from an Imperial Blood birth isn't this terrifying. This... the ancestral artifact seems to be... quivering in fear?"
Many powerful figures of the Jialan Clan rose to their feet, but after investigating the artifact's disturbance, they were all left bewildered.
Because they couldn't discern what was happening at all!
For them, this was a fear born of the unknown.
Then, upon the iridescent scale... the faint image of a figure of peerless elegance and beauty began to materialize.
She had long golden hair, a perfect and slender figure, and an exquisitely flawless face. Her every movement exuded nobility, with a mysterious, alluring pattern at the corner of her eye. Most important was her aura!
"This is... this is Princess Ling'er???"
An elderly Quasi-Emperor woman exclaimed in shock. Although she wasn't of Imperial Blood, she had watched Ling'er grow up since childhood.
"What? This is Princess Ling'er??? Why has her bloodline become so terrifying!!!"
"Could it be that Her Highness has achieved another breakthrough in her bloodline in the mortal realm? But she was already Imperial Blood..." An Emperor-level figure stepped forward, his face filled with disbelief.
"There's no mistake. Even Her Majesty the Empress has never exerted such overwhelming pressure on me through bloodline alone. But Her Highness Ling'er is different... just a wisp of her aura, and my very bloodline trembles from its source! Could it be..."
Just as everyone was marveling, a figure slowly walked out.
"That's correct. Ling'er has broken through the constraints of Imperial Blood. Jiang Che has found our Jialan Clan's ancestral homeland. There, he discovered many supreme treasures... and used them to purify Ling'er's bloodline. She is now a Pure-Blooded Mermaid!"
Jia Mengluo stepped forward gracefully, her expression calm and serene.
However, beneath this apparent calmness lay a supervolcano on the verge of eruption.
"What? A Pure-Blooded return to ancestry!!! Your Majesty, is this truly so?"
Incredible!
In the Jialan Clan, where bloodline reigns supreme, its importance goes without saying. Bloodline determines everything!
"That Jiang Che found our Jialan Clan's ancestral homeland??? Haha, Heaven truly aids our Jialan Clan! Ling'er has already formed a Daoist partnership with that Jiang Che. This really has found our clan an excellent son-in-law," another Emperor-level figure laughed heartily.
Completely failing to notice the Jialan Empress's increasingly gloomy expression.
That scoundrel didn't just want to partner with Ling'er? He even had the audacity to reach his filthy hands towards her, the Empress herself!
Fortunately, she had severed the connection between that soul fragment and herself at the last moment. Otherwise... she might have died of disgust just thinking about it.
"Your Majesty, since things have come to this... why don't we, the Jialan Clan, take the initiative to show goodwill to the Jiang Family? We could formally arrange a marriage alliance? After all, our Princess's bloodline was elevated with Jiang Che's help, so it's not as if your lineage has been tainted..."
The Jialan Empress felt utterly numb.
From the current perspective, Ling'er's bloodline indeed wasn't tainted, but she, the Empress, was about to be!
Just thinking about what that scum might do to her soul fragment after she severed the mental link made her skin crawl.
"Fine! Proceed as you suggest. Contact the Jiang Family... arrange a betrothal. However, once that scoundrel enters the Nine Heavens, we must hold a grand wedding ceremony for Ling'er! My daughter, Jia Mengluo's daughter... will not be a concubine!"
"You can rest assured about that... Our Jialan Clan is a major clan. In a marriage alliance, they would surely give our Imperial Clan due respect!"
Jia Mengluo immediately nodded in agreement. "That's true. I know quite a bit about that human man. He has many women, but apart from Ling'er, all the others are the most ordinary mortal girls. They simply cannot be compared to Ling'er. Even in a grand wedding... Ling'er must be the principal wife!"
Just as the Jialan Empress was about to speak further, someone suddenly ran over in a panic.
"Big news! Big news!!! Huge news!!!"
"The Taiyin Ice Palace and the Nine Heavens Jiang Family are forming a marriage alliance!!!"
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