Chapter 10

Lin Yi's face darkened. He had never thought that one day, he would also be given a 'good guy' card.

"I'm not a good person…"

"What bad person admits they're bad?" Su Lingshu swept back her purple hair, her faint body fragrance slightly dispelling the bloody smell at the tip of Lin Yi's nose.

"Let's go." Su Lingshu strode forward.

"Go where?" Lin Yi was confused.

"To find your Master and Junior Sister, don't dawdle." Su Lingshu's demeanor was so matter-of-fact that Lin Yi's mouth twitched. She had taken over as host, hadn't she?

jiu liu ling yi er liu er qi ling

一〇一二②ノ╲⒊澪⒐叭

Lin Yi joined his fingers on his left hand, using spiritual energy to cut a large piece of beast meat from the Yao Wolf's body.

He had a slight suspicion that Su Lingshu was probably here for him…

[Ding! Task "Twin Lotus" detected!]

[Su Lingshu and Xia Qianzhen, the former is the latter's youth, the latter is the former's future. They were originally one person, but Xia Qianzhen cut out Su Lingshu.]

[Su Lingshu's arrival signifies that the present has been changed. Lin Yi, do you still remember the illusion in the original work? Xia Qianzhen suffered countless humiliations and bullying within the illusion.]

[Is it merely because she is Ye Linyuan's fiancée? Is it merely because she is the Palace Master of Saintess Palace? Should she endure such sordid things?]

[She cut off Su Lingshu, perhaps only as an effort to find Ye Linyuan, but this undoubtedly means that her disgusting future is about to change…]

[This key is in your hands, Lin Yi. Act according to your true heart…]

ㄚi〇ー２贰⑻⒊0⑨叭

[Twin Lotus (Phase One): Increase Su Lingshu's favorability (lover) to 50/100, or take her as a concubine.]

[Reward: Title: Friend of Fairies]

Huh?

Lin Yi blinked. This reward…

Friend of Fairies? What does he need that for?

Lin Yi clicked to view it.

⒏ⅰ缌舅灵散企臼妭

[Title: Friend of Fairies: Fairies are pure and noble, like a bright solitary moon. Your existence brings the warmth of the Great Sun to cold and aloof Fairies. Your attraction to Fairies is enhanced.]

[Don't think it's useless; this is an ability to increase your Luck.]

[Are you only thinking of enjoying the beauty of Fairies, but not interested in gaining their affection?]

[Are you only thinking of tasting the flavor of Fairies, and not wanting to possess them completely, both body and Soul?]

The System's voice came from his mind. Before, it was always text descriptions, but now it had a voice module loaded.

But the voice… why does it sound so much like a loli with a grandma's voice?

[…]

Lin Yi closed the System. Humans are greedy. After enjoying the beauty of Fairies, he naturally wanted their devotion too!

"Hm? Why aren't you moving yet?" The purple-haired girl in front turned around and called out to Lin Yi.

"Coming." Lin Yi looked at Su Lingshu, his eyes flickering. Instead of painstakingly raising Su Lingshu's favorability, it would be better to…

[Su Lingshu: 20/100 (Friend)]

He was a pragmatist, or rather, he could be a villain, but if the benefits were sufficient, he could also be a good person.

When Lin Yi and Su Lingshu walked back to the resting camp side by side, Yu Xiaotang was using some dry branches to start a fire.

Lin Yi and Pei Yuhan could ignore the cold air, but Yu Xiaotang couldn't. She piled the firewood together and then used spiritual energy to cast a small Spell.

With a rumble, a bonfire appeared before them.

"Xiao Yi… Hm? Who is this?" Pei Yuhan looked at Su Lingshu behind Lin Yi, a hint of suspicion flashing in her eyes.

This purple-haired girl… why does she look a bit like Master's fiancée?

"Su Lingshu, just rescued from the mouth of a Yao Beast." Lin Yi explained briefly. As his spiritual energy flew, behind him, the huge beast meat was being torn into small pieces.

Su Lingshu grinned and greeted Pei Yuhan, sitting down by the fire without any pretense.

"Sister Yuhan." Su Lingshu warmed her small, red hands by the fire.

Pei Yuhan looked at Lin Yi, who shook his head, indicating that he hadn't told Su Lingshu her name.

yi ling yi er er ba san ling jiu ba

Pei Yuhan's eyes flickered, already having some guesses.

"What is Xia Qianzhen to you?" Pei Yuhan asked faintly.

"Hmm… you really can't be fooled…" Su Lingshu stuck out her tongue.

Lin Yi pouted. You weren't even trying to hide it.

"Xia Qianzhen is my sister." Su Lingshu replied.

"Then why is your surname Su?" Lin Yi sat beside Pei Yuhan, casually teasing this Young Miss, the Clone of Palace Master Xia.

"Hmm… I have my mother's surname…" Su Lingshu lied without hesitation.

Pei Yuhan nodded calmly, but she clearly didn't believe Su Lingshu's words. She definitely had a relationship with Xia Qianzhen, but whether it was a sisterly relationship still needed a big question mark.

Moreover, Xiao Yi said he rescued her from the beast's mouth, yet she recognized herself, undoubtedly coming specifically to find their group.

But there was no need to worry…

In the entire Qiongming Domain, apart from Yin Yang, the Chief of the God King Palace, she had some confidence in protecting Lin Yi and Yu Xiaotang.

Thus, silence fell again around the bonfire, with only Lin Yi occasionally exchanging a few words with his Master and Junior Sister.

Su Lingshu blinked her beautiful large eyes. She looked at the intimate relationship between Lin Yi, Pei Yuhan, and Yu Xiaotang, and at Pei Yuhan's occasional light laughter, feeling somewhat surprised.

In her memories inherited from Xia Qianzhen, Pei Yuhan always seemed to have a cold and aloof expression.

Why had she suddenly become so fond of smiling?

Was she still that Fairy Pei?

The variable in all this…

Su Lingshu looked at Lin Yi, who had just saved her. He must be the one who changed Pei Yuhan, right?

She grew a little curious.

"Senior Brother… that Su Lingshu seems to be staring at you…" Yu Xiaotang whispered into Lin Yi's ear.

"Let her stare, it's not like a piece of meat will fall off." Lin Yi patted Yu Xiaotang's head beside him.

He took a skewer of sizzling, oily meat slices from the fire, wrapped it in spiritual energy, and brought it to Yu Xiaotang's mouth.

"Eat slowly, it's a bit hot." Lin Yi tapped Yu Xiaotang's head. She had just gobbled it down in one bite.

Although it wouldn't matter to a Qi Practitioner, in his eyes, his Junior Sister would always be just his Junior Sister.

"Miss Su, please help yourself." Lin Yi smiled kindly at Su Lingshu, then took another skewer of meat slices with spiritual energy and offered it to his beautiful Master beside him.

Su Lingshu looked at the meat skewers wrapped in spiritual energy floating above the bonfire. She pursed her lips, a little greedy, "Then I won't be polite!"

Chapter Seventeen: A Rebellious Fairy Can Only Be Dealt With By Special Means, Right?

"Hey, Lin Yi, what are you looking at?" Su Lingshu curiously watched Lin Yi, who was gazing into the distance.

"Nothing." Lin Yi retracted his gaze. He couldn't possibly say he was figuring out how to persuade his Master and Junior Sister to tie her up and make her into someone he couldn't afford to offend, could he?

Su Lingshu snorted softly, "If you don't want to say, then don't."

At this time, the group was walking on the road to the capital, Chengtian City. According to Pei Yuhan's estimation, at this speed, they would arrive at Chengtian City just in time for the Dao Trial Conference.

It could also be considered a sword-testing journey before the Dao Trial Conference.

Pei Yuhan intended to walk and smash her way through, visiting all the Sect forces along the way with Lin Yi, though it might incur some hatred.

A disciple trained by Ye Linyuan, an unruly existence, was naturally just like her Master, unafraid of stirring up trouble.

Lin Yi didn't care, but… how should he tell his Master that he wanted to 'eat' Su Lingshu?

There were two ways to complete Twin Lotus (Phase One): one was to raise Su Lingshu's favorability to 50/100, and the other was to directly take her red pellet and make her his concubine.

As for the former…

Just look at Su Lingshu's current favorability.

[Su Lingshu: 15/100 (Friend)]

Over the past half month, Lin Yi had tried every method, but Su Lingshu's favorability had actually dropped by 5 points. She was, after all, a Fairy Incarnation who had lived for several hundred years.

Without some bug-like ability, it was truly impossible to move them.

Lin Yi had already foreseen his defeat when facing Lu Jiajing, the Palace Master of Qingmu Palace, let alone Ji Chanxi, the daughter of Pavilion Master Ji Yitian of Yin Yang Pavilion, and Su Lingshu's main body, Xia Qianzhen, later on.

Truly stubborn.

Lin Yi snorted internally. Then he couldn't be blamed for resorting to some villainous methods.

He was only doing it for their own good. Compared to the things they experienced in the original work, it would be better for him to possess them alone.

Lin Yi's thoughts became clear.

He had always considered himself a good person. Helping Fairies escape from a sea of suffering was a good deed!

"Miss Su, why are you still following us?" Pei Yuhan followed behind Lin Yi, looking at Su Lingshu, who was curious about everything beside Lin Yi, and furrowed her delicate brows.

"Uh-huh, didn't I say? My sister told me to follow you, Sister Yuhan…" Su Lingshu replied without looking back.

Lin Yi looked at Su Lingshu's figure and took Pei Yuhan's small hand.

His fingers wrote and drew in Pei Yuhan's palm.

This was to prevent Su Lingshu from hearing, even with Divine Thought transmission… who knew what special methods Su Lingshu, as Xia Qianzhen's Clone, might have?

Su Lingshu had long grown accustomed to him suddenly holding Pei Yuhan's small hand these past few days.

Pei Yuhan glanced at Lin Yi beside her, her eyes filled with inquiry.

[Yuhan, I want to imprison Su Lingshu.]

[?]

[Her existence is a threat to us, but we can't kill her, otherwise the one on Floating Island will definitely know.]

Seeing that Pei Yuhan didn't speak, Lin Yi began to use his 'mouth escape,' oh no, now it was writing on her palm, so it should be 'word escape.'

[Su Lingshu is Xia Qianzhen's Clone…]

Before Lin Yi could write the next words, Pei Yuhan suddenly grabbed Lin Yi's hand back!

Seemingly realizing she was too agitated, Pei Yuhan relaxed her grip on Lin Yi's hand and wrote in his palm.

[How do you know?]

[The Great Sun Scripture's ability. I can see the incompleteness of her Soul. She's a very ethereal person, as if she doesn't exist before us. She is a transient visitor wandering between heaven and earth.]

[So I speculate she's Xia Qianzhen's Clone. Didn't you say she looks very much like a young Xia Qianzhen?]

This was false; Lin Yi had merely told a small lie.

Pei Yuhan didn't doubt Lin Yi's words. She wasn't entirely clear about the effects of the Great Sun Scripture, and Lin Yi had done many things beyond her imagination so far. In this situation, she chose to believe her disciple, her husband.

[Xia Qianzhen, a renowned Soul Transformation grand cultivator, why would she send a Clone over? And make up an excuse that she's Xia Qianzhen's sister.]

[It's hard for me not to suspect this is the doing of that Void Refinement grand cultivator, Yin Yang.]

Lin Yi spoke eloquently.

The above was a mix of truth and falsehood. He wasn't clear about Xia Qianzhen's schemes, but this shouldn't be Yin Yang's doing. He only cared about how to make Xia Qianzhen an inevitable target, to greatly provoke Ye Linyuan, after all…

Xia Qianzhen was Ye Linyuan's fiancée.

But what Yin Yang couldn't imagine was that Ye Linyuan only cared about his Great Dao; everything else, he didn't care about.

Pei Yuhan remained silent. On the surface, she showed no emotion, but Lin Yi could feel her palm slowly tightening.