After receiving an affirmative response, Gu Chengyin prepared to let the two of them get up from the ground.
Before the words could even leave his mouth, he felt a weight on his legs.
Shangguan Yunying shuffled forward on her knees a few steps and draped her entire body over his thighs.
She tilted up her pretty face, her eyes watery, carrying a bit of grievance and coquettishness:
"Master, I'm sorry. I know I was wrong. Please don't be angry anymore, okay?"
Master.
This word coming from Shangguan Yunying's mouth carried a sickeningly sweet, deliberately drawn-out trailing note.
Like a sugar-coated cannonball, it smashed precisely into Gu Chengyin's nerves.
His temples throbbed twice.
It was over.
As soon as this form of address came out, he knew Shangguan Yunying was starting to stir up trouble.
After all, she had never called him Master before.
Now that she suddenly blurted it out, it was obvious.
Shangguan Yunying wanted to provoke Lin Qingyan.
Because she had seen Lin Qingyan's inner demon call him Master.
Gu Chengyin subconsciously looked toward Lin Qingyan.
Sure enough.
This cold and aloof Fairy Jingzhe was still kneeling in place at this moment.
Her gaze fell on Shangguan Yunying, a flash of obvious surprise in her eyes.
But what alarmed Gu Chengyin even more was the faint red glow emerging beneath that surprise.
A blinding red, a scorching red, red like...
An inner demon.
With just a simple form of address, Shangguan Yunying had directly triggered Lin Qingyan's inner demon.
Gu Chengyin understood Lin Qingyan's inner demon too well.
That thing was usually suppressed completely and looked very obedient, but as long as Lin Qingyan encountered a stimulus.
Especially stimuli related to him, it would become restless and want to come out.
If Gu Chengyin hadn't demanded that the inner demon could only be released with his permission.
I am afraid the one appearing here right now would already be the inner demon version of Lin Qingyan.
And this cry of Master was simply throwing a spark into a powder keg.
Seeing Gu Chengyin didn't react, Shangguan Yunying thought he had silently consented.
Her eyes lit up, and she opened her mouth to say something else.
Gu Chengyin was quick with his hands and eyes, grabbing and covering her mouth.
"Shut up."
His voice was kept very low, carrying a hint of gnashing teeth:
"You are not allowed to speak anymore."
Shangguan Yunying blinked, her eyes revealing a sense of grievance.
She struggled a bit, wanting to break free from his hand to continue her previous words.
But Gu Chengyin's hand covered it tightly, giving her no chance at all.
Right at this moment, another person appeared beside him.
Gu Chengyin looked down, his pupils contracting slightly.
Lin Qingyan.
This Fairy Jingzhe, mimicking Shangguan Yunying's manner, shuffled on her knees right in front of Gu Chengyin.
Her movements were very slow, yet they carried an unignorable sense of pressure.
Lin Qingyan draped herself over his thigh, one on the left and one on the right with Shangguan Yunying, like two cats fighting for favor.
Gu Chengyin's breathing stopped for a moment.
He saw an obvious look of struggle on Lin Qingyan's cold face.
Between her brows was an innate aloofness, but beneath that aloofness, something was violently churning.
A faint red glow flickered in her eyes, appearing and disappearing, as if something wanted to rush out.
But ultimately, that red glow was still suppressed.
Because Lin Qingyan had promised Gu Chengyin that without his consent, she could not let the inner demon out.
She promised, so she would definitely do it.
But...
Lin Qingyan bit her lower lip, a trace of unwillingness flashing in her eyes.
She was not resigned to this.
Why could Shangguan Yunying call him Master, but she couldn't?
Why could Shangguan Yunying drape over his legs and act spoiled, while she could only kneel beside them and watch?
Why did this mere Foundation Establishment realm chief female official dare to vie for favor in front of her, a Golden Core fairy?
She was Jingzhe of the Celestial Master Mansion!
How could she be outdone by a junior in front of Gu Chengyin!
A fierce psychological struggle churned in Lin Qingyan's heart, and the look of struggle on that cold face became increasingly obvious.
Aloofness and desire, rationality and impulse, promising and violating.
Like two torrents colliding within her, she was almost about to lose control.
Ultimately, Lin Qingyan still made a choice.
She raised her head and stared at Gu Chengyin.
Those eyes were still cold, yet they held a trace of something they had never had before.
Shyness, desire, and a little bit of stubbornness.
A faint blush rose on her cold face, spreading from her cheeks to the roots of her ears, and disappearing deep into her collar.
Lin Qingyan pursed her lips, her face full of resistance and unwillingness.
But she still slightly parted her red lips, struggling to spit out a word:
"M... Master..."
Her voice was very hoarse, as if squeezed out from between her teeth.
But it was this airy word that caused the air in the entire room to freeze.
Gu Chengyin was stunned.
He stared blankly at Lin Qingyan, looking at that completely flushed cold face.
Looking at those eyes full of resistance and disgust.
His mind went completely blank.
What did Lin Qingyan call him?
Master?
Although it wasn't the first time Gu Chengyin had heard Lin Qingyan call him this.
But before, that was all the inner demon version of Lin Qingyan.
And now.
Now it was the cold version of Lin Qingyan!
It was the cold, aloof, unblemished by the mortal world Jingzhe of the Celestial Master Mansion.
It was the invincible Golden Core, decisive and merciless in killing, Lin Qingyan.
Such an unblemished fairy.
Actually called him Master with her own mouth?
Gu Chengyin's Adam's apple bobbed up and down.
He suddenly felt that this world was a bit unreal.
No one told him that he would have to experience so many temptations on the path of immortal cultivation.
And beside him, Shangguan Yunying's reaction was even more intense than his.
She widened her eyes, staring unblinkingly at Lin Qingyan.
Her eyes revealed an incredibly excited light, as if she had seen some rare thing she had never seen before.
Master.
Lord Jingzhe called Gu Chengyin Master.
This lofty fairy who didn't eat the food of mortals would actually use such a form of address?
If Her Highness knew about this, she would definitely fly into a rage.
Shangguan Yunying's mouth curled up.
Her eyes rolled, and a new bad idea was instantly generated.
Taking advantage of Gu Chengyin still being in shock and the hand covering her mouth slightly loosening.
Shangguan Yunying yanked forcefully, breaking free from his hand, and spoke rapidly:
"I can meow like a cat for Master!"
She raised her head, her eyes sparkling, and her voice carried undisguised showing off:
"Meow meow meow! Can you do it?"
After speaking, Shangguan Yunying deliberately tilted her head, putting on an obedient and cute appearance.
Exactly like a little kitten trying to please its master.
Gu Chengyin's eyelids twitched.
Before he had time to stop it, Lin Qingyan spoke.
"Of course I can!"
Her voice was still cold, but it carried a trace of obvious urgency:
"Meow meow meow!"
Three cat meows popped out from that cold mouth, carrying a sense of contrast that was discordant to the extreme.
Gu Chengyin: "......"
The light in Shangguan Yunying's eyes grew even brighter.
She didn't expect that Lin Qingyan would actually accept the challenge.
And accepted it so cleanly, so without hesitation.
Interesting.
This is really too interesting!
If only Her Highness was also this interesting!
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s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
