Zhao Ji Is Jealous? (Please Vote)

Zhao Ji had always possessed a strange kind of magic.

Even though Qiu Tu had gradually become the core of the entire team, Zhao Ji still drew everyone's attention because of her personality, talent, and combat strength.

Even when she was merely sitting there, every word and action of hers drew everyone's attention.

So, when they noticed something unusual about her behavior, everyone present instinctively turned their eyes toward her.

When they saw Zhao Ji's somewhat cold and grave gaze, the women all found it rather strange.

Though Zhao Ji usually resembled a giant block of ice, her attitude toward most people was actually fairly mild.

To put it simply: Zhao Ji looked down on everyone equally.

Precisely because she looked down on them, she did not care much about most people either.

In the entire household, aside from Qiu Tu, the only person who held even a little weight in her heart, whose requests she would consider, was Qing Lan, whose talent was as high as 90 points.

So, seeing Zhao Ji suddenly show hostility toward someone, the women immediately turned curiously toward Mo Li at the door.

They wanted to see what sort of extraordinary person could actually draw Zhao Ji's attention.

The women of the house were enjoying the gossip, but Qiu Tu naturally could not sit there doing the same. Mo Li's disguise had not been exposed yet, and Qiu Tu still had a partnership with her.

So, Qiu Tu stood with a smile and walked over to smooth things over. "Mo Li, you're here?"

"Quick, come inside and sit."

However, after hearing Qiu Tu, Mo Li did not step into the house.

Instead, a pitiful expression appeared on her innocent face. She glanced at Zhao Ji, lowered her head, and said aggrievedly, "Brother Qiu Tu... I... I don't dare. That sister seems... not to like me very much."

Hearing the girl's words, the women inside all drew sharp breaths.

Qing Lan raised both hands and took several steps back, leaving the "stage" to Qiu Tu. Then, she tiptoed to one side, picked up a plate of sunflower seeds, and began cracking them while watching Qiu Tu, Mo Li, and Zhao Ji.

The little red snake, Zhu Wu, flicked her tail, wrapped it around a slice of watermelon, silently flashed onto Qing Lan's shoulder, and stretched out her snake head to watch curiously as well.

Yao Qin, who had returned at some point, picked up Xiao Yuan Yao, who was still dismantling mahjong tiles, and sneakily hid off to the side.

The four of them looked as though they had stumbled upon some juicy gossip. Their eyes moved between Qiu Tu, Mo Li, and Zhao Ji, clearly curious about how things would unfold.

At that moment, hearing Mo Li's words, Zhao Ji, seated upright on the sofa, let out a soft, "Heh." Her tall, straight figure was like an ancient iceberg that would never melt, radiating an incomparable chill.

Her eyes fell lightly upon Mo Li. She did not say a single word, yet it felt as though she had said a great deal.

Seeing this, Qiu Tu continued trying to mediate. Smiling, he said, "Don't misunderstand. Sister Zhao Ji has always had that kind of personality."

"She means no harm."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Mo Li gently bit her rosy lips, lowered her head, cautiously glanced at Zhao Ji, and said softly, "All right... Then it seems I misunderstood Sister."

With that, she finally smiled and stepped into the house, standing shoulder to shoulder with Qiu Tu.

She raised her head to look at Qiu Tu, then said quietly, "Brother, I came this time under Your Excellency Mu Xin's orders to bring you something."

As she spoke, she took a card from her pocket and offered it to Qiu Tu with both hands.

It was clearly a spatial Cataclysmic Treasure, so Qiu Tu naturally accepted it, preparing to inspect it.

But just then, Mo Li suddenly took a step closer to Qiu Tu. She rose on tiptoe, leaned close to his ear, and whispered, "Brother... This card is rather special. It is a 'core' left behind after a world was destroyed."

"After such a 'world core' is crafted, it can not only store items, but also living beings."

"It can be considered an independent little world. It is incomparably precious."

"You absolutely must treasure it."

It had to be said that Mo Li was truly good at teasing people. When she stood on tiptoe, the lines of her entire body became even more graceful.

And as she spoke, her cherry lips were only millimeters away from Qiu Tu's ear.

Qiu Tu could even smell the faint jasmine fragrance on her body and feel the gentle warmth of her breath as she spoke.

He even felt the tiny, nearly invisible hairs on his ear lightly brush against Mo Li's lips. It made him feel ticklish, and his body could not help trembling slightly.

At that moment, perhaps because Mo Li had gone too far, perhaps because it even looked like a provocation, Zhao Ji's brows furrowed lightly. The next second, the water glass on the table shattered with a Bang!

Water splashed everywhere, landing on the table and floor.

Qing Lan, Yao Qin, and the others all let out soft "Whoa"s. They exchanged glances, then excitedly continued enjoying the drama.

Yet Mo Li acted as though she had not seen the cup explode. After finishing her "whisper" with Qiu Tu, she lowered herself from her tiptoes and looked toward Qing Lan, Yao Qin, and the others, who were watching the show.

Seeing Mo Li look over, the four women hurriedly wiped the gossip-loving expressions off their faces and put on serious looks.

But Mo Li seemed not to care in the slightest.

She smiled faintly, her eyes curving, shallow dimples appearing on her cheeks. She looked as pure as a little white flower.

Then she walked over to the four women and said with a gentle smile, "Hello, Sisters."

"Besides bringing Brother Qiu Tu a gift, I brought gifts for all of you too."

As she spoke, she opened her pocket, took out several exquisitely wrapped gifts, and handed them to the four women.

At that moment, the differences in their personalities became clear.

The two best friends, Qing Lan and Zhu Wu, froze for a moment, then their eyes lit up, and they reached out—well, tail included—to accept them.

Yao Qin glanced at Mo Li warily, then looked at Qiu Tu. Only after receiving Qiu Tu's approval did she calmly thank Mo Li and accept the gift.

As for Xiao Yuan Yao... she bit Mo Li's hand without even looking at the gift, then muttered, "Thanks."

Qiu Tu, Qing Lan, Yao Qin, and Zhu Wu:

However, unlike the speechless four, Mo Li seemed especially familiar with getting along with God Kings of the Chaos Path. Covering her mouth, she chuckled and said, "God King Yuan Yao, the gift is not my hand. It is this."

As she spoke, she swept out with Mental Power, picked up the gift that had fallen to the floor, and handed it to Xiao Yuan Yao.

Xiao Yuan Yao blankly looked at the gift, let out an "Oh," then released Mo Li's hand and reached out to take the gift.

After settling Xiao Yuan Yao, Mo Li walked toward Zhao Ji.

Arriving beside Zhao Ji, Mo Li said with a beaming smile, "You must be Sister Zhao Ji, right?"

Without waiting for Zhao Ji's reply, she gave a slight bow and greeted her, "Hello, Sister."

After greeting her, Mo Li took out another gift and offered it to Zhao Ji with both hands. "Sister, this is your gift."

Faced with Mo Li's attentiveness, Zhao Ji did not respond immediately. Instead, she quietly watched her.

At that instant, the air itself seemed to freeze.

The women who had just received gifts did not even dare breathe loudly as they patiently watched everything unfold.

After seven or eight seconds, Zhao Ji finally slowly extended her hand and said coldly, "Thank you."

After giving out the gift, Mo Li's smile became even sweeter.

She did not press her advantage. Instead, she knew when to stop.

She returned to the doorway and said to Qiu Tu, "Brother, I have delivered everything. If there are any problems, you can contact me."

"I will be waiting for Brother's call at any time."

With that, she politely waved at everyone and strode away from Yuan Yao's home.

She had arrived suddenly, and she left just as suddenly. She had not even given them much time to react.

That left the women who had been watching the show deeply disappointed. Even the gifts in their hands no longer seemed appealing.

Qiu Tu ignored the women and looked at Zhao Ji instead. "Sister Zhao Ji, let's go upstairs and talk."

Zhao Ji expressionlessly replied with an "Mm," rose to her feet, and headed upstairs first.

Qiu Tu followed closely behind, and the two soon disappeared at the stairway.

Seeing them go upstairs, Qing Lan and the others exchanged glances, then began whispering among themselves.

Qing Lan said, "Sister Zhao Ji was jealous just now, right?"

Zhu Wu gnawed at a watermelon slice. "Yes, yes. That's what I thought too."

Yao Qin found it a little strange. "But why was Zhao Ji not jealous of anyone else? Why was she only jealous of that girl?"

Hearing that, Zhu Wu guessed, "Could it be because that girl was acting all green-tea?"

After saying that, she paused and asked, "Do you know what acting green-tea means?"

Aside from Zhu Wu, the other women clearly did not understand many human terms, so Zhu Wu immediately began explaining.

Meanwhile, on the rooftop upstairs.

Qiu Tu and Zhao Ji stood there, looking toward the place where Mo Li had vanished into thin air, both discussing the matter with serious expressions.

Qiu Tu asked curiously, "How did the test go? Is she really the Chaos Witch?"

Hearing that, Zhao Ji's expression turned serious as well.

She thought carefully for a moment before saying, "I'm not sure. She resembles her a little, but she also does not."

"But one thing is certain: her strength is definitely extraordinary."

Qiu Tu nodded slightly. Zhao Ji's judgment matched his own.

Leaving aside how relaxed Mo Li had seemed yesterday before Qiu Tu and White Robe, just her behavior today when facing Zhao Ji and Yao Qin—two God King-level experts—showed that she had no fear of them at all.

That was absolutely not something one could fake.

Just as Qiu Tu was thinking that, two cries of surprise suddenly rang out from downstairs.

Qiu Tu and Zhao Ji's conversation was interrupted, and they both turned toward the stairway.

Sure enough, moments later, Qing Lan ran up the stairs with her short little legs going patter-patter.

She held the gift box Mo Li had given her in both hands and said in astonishment, "Boss, look! It's a God King-level Boundless God Crystal!"

Qiu Tu and Zhao Ji both froze at that. They exchanged glances. Qiu Tu looked into Qing Lan's gift box while Zhao Ji began opening the gift in her own hands.

A moment later, after Qiu Tu confirmed that Qing Lan's gift box truly contained a God King-level Boundless God Crystal, Zhao Ji opened her own gift box as well.

Qiu Tu looked at her, and Zhao Ji nodded expressionlessly at him. Clearly, her box also contained a God King-level Boundless God Crystal.

"What a lavish gift," Qiu Tu remarked in surprise.

God King-level Boundless God Crystals were not commonplace. On the contrary, they were exceedingly precious.

After all, Boundless God Crystals were already the hardest currency across all worlds, and God King-level ones were the highest-grade among all Boundless God Crystals.

Like other Boundless God Crystals, they could only be formed when a Cataclysm Creature died and the essence of its entire body transformed into a Boundless God Crystal.

Naturally, God King-level Boundless God Crystals could only be obtained after a God King fell.

God Kings were true powerhouses standing at the pinnacle of all worlds and all living beings. Even among the six major factions, they were genuine core figures. The death of even one was a major event.

Furthermore, after reaching the Heavenly God realm, using ordinary Boundless God Crystals for cultivation and recovery gradually became less effective. God King-level Boundless God Crystals, however, could accelerate the process.

That was why God King-level Boundless God Crystals were so exceptionally precious.

"It certainly is lavish," Zhao Ji said, nodding slightly at Qiu Tu's remark.

However, unlike Qiu Tu, who was simply marveling at the gift, she considered far more.

Was it a provocation? Or a show of force?

Zhao Ji's deep, cold-pool-like eyes became grave and serious. Or... was she deliberately provoking me?

Mo Li's figure appeared before her eyes, slowly overlapping with another figure from several centuries ago.

Was it her?

While Zhao Ji was thinking this, Yao Qin and Zhu Wu downstairs were also holding their gifts and discussing Mo Li.

Zhu Wu shook her red snake head and said, "I was immature just now. How could that girl possibly be a green tea? She is our good little sister."

"From now on, if anyone dares bully her, I'll be the first to refuse."

Listening to Zhu Wu's resolute declaration, Yao Qin glanced at her and asked, "What if it is Zhao Ji?"

Zhu Wu clicked her tongue, lowered her head, stuffed an entire apple into her mouth, and said while chewing, "That's a different price."

Hearing that, Yao Qin could not help laughing as well.

After sending away Qing Lan, who had come to report the discovery, Qiu Tu and Zhao Ji began examining the "bargaining chips" Mo Li had brought for Qiu Tu.

It had to be said that Lao Bai's credibility was reliable. He had promised Qiu Tu ten Heavenly Gods of the Order Path to help him advance to God King, and he had truly delivered them.

He had also promised to meet half of Qiu Tu's outrageous resource demands, and he had provided every bit of them, with more rather than less.

Together with the Beauty and the Country Card, a Special Treasure Item made from a "world core" that could contain living creatures, as Mo Li had described, Lao Bai had shown tremendous sincerity.

After taking out all the supplies, Qiu Tu did not delay. He divided the resources with Zhao Ji, then prepared to return and make their respective breakthroughs.

Qiu Tu would break through to God King, while Zhao Ji would break through to Peak Heavenly God.

Returning to his room, Qiu Tu laid the ten unconscious Heavenly Gods of the Order Path on the floor.

Of the ten Heavenly Gods, eight were men and two were women.

Qiu Tu inspected them one by one and discovered that their strengths were mainly concentrated at the Elementary Heavenly God and Intermediate Heavenly God realms. Only one male Heavenly God had reached the Peak Heavenly God realm, and his strength was formidable.

Under normal circumstances, someone at that level should have been a backbone member of the Order Shrine. But because of the war, he was merely "spoils of war."

That was the cruelty of war.

As he thought this, Qiu Tu also inspected the clothing and possessions of those Heavenly Gods.

On the belongings of all ten Heavenly Gods, Qiu Tu found a five-pointed star insignia. It was the mark of the Star Founder God System.

It seems they are all subordinates of the Star Founder God King.

That makes swallowing them even less of a burden.

After all, they were the ones who invaded and provoked us first.

Thinking that, Qiu Tu began trying to swallow the ten Heavenly Gods before him according to the method Zhao Ji had taught him for swallowing Heavenly Gods.

A God King was the king of a God System—the true master of a God System.

Therefore, for a Heavenly God to advance to God King, the core was to expand their authority and annex Paths.

There were two ways to expand authority and annex Paths.

The first was to "subdue" Heavenly Gods.

This was currently the most commonly used and most convenient method of advancement.

Generally speaking, a Quasi God-King would form contracts with other Heavenly Gods and obtain their loyalty.

That way, the Quasi God-King could indirectly control their Cataclysm Paths, establish their own God System, and ultimately advance to God King.

This method had two drawbacks.

First, a vassal's vassal was not my vassal.

Thus, each Heavenly God could only be "used" once and could not be stacked indefinitely.

For example, Qing Lan, Shao Hua, and Doris had already pledged loyalty to Yao Qin. Unless they severed their relationship with Yao Qin, they could not pledge loyalty to Qiu Tu as well.

And though Yao Qin could pledge loyalty to Qiu Tu, she represented only herself. Therefore, Qiu Tu would have only one follower.

The second method was "swallowing."

This method benefited a Quasi God-King the most, but it was also the most troublesome.

With the first method, although it was simple, followers could still break off the relationship by risking injury or a decline in strength.

And once too many followers fled, even the God King's realm could fall.

The second method was different: devour Heavenly Gods and absorb the Calamity Path contained within their bodies.

That way, all power would belong to oneself. There would be no need to worry about subordinates betraying him.

Of course, this plan also had its drawbacks: it was troublesome.

Because not every Heavenly God could be devoured.

Other than those with the same Calamity Path or the same race, which could be freely devoured, compatibility had to be considered for other paths or races.

Many paths or races might not be compatible with a Quasi God-King.

And beyond matching the path and race, the most important requirement for devouring a Heavenly God was that the Heavenly God had to be alive.

When devouring one, it could not be a corpse, much less a Boundless God Crystal. It had to be a living Heavenly God.

This meant those Heavenly Gods had to be captured alive. That was also what made the second method difficult.

Fortunately, White Robe and the others had already done the hardest part for Qiu Tu.

So Qiu Tu only needed to devour them patiently and advance.

With that in mind, Qiu Tu wasted no more time. He put away eight unconscious Heavenly Gods, leaving only two behind as he began devouring them.

Meanwhile.

As Qiu Tu charged toward the God King realm, Zhao Ji set up layer upon layer of formations with all kinds of effects inside her room.

Then Zhao Ji took out the resources Qiu Tu had given her and began cultivating desperately.

Qiu Tu's rapid progress had clearly given her an intense sense of urgency.

Having never been inferior to anyone in her life, how could she accept Qiu Tu surpassing her?

What had previously held back her advancement speed had been resources. Now that Qiu Tu had made up for that lack and placed the resources before her, only a broad road lay ahead.

Thinking that, Zhao Ji calmed herself and began cultivating diligently.

Just like that, seven days passed in the blink of an eye.

Over those seven days, the Chaos Faction and the Order Shrine continued fighting fiercely, neither side able to gain the upper hand.

At Star Founder God King's request, the Order Shrine sent another wave of reinforcements.

But unfortunately, if the Chaos Faction had no shortage of anything, it was people. So when the Order Shrine reinforced its forces, they did the same.

For a time, both sides fell into a stalemate once more.

After the reinforcements failed to achieve much, the Order Shrine clearly began seriously considering whether this war was still worth continuing—and how it should be concluded.

Just as everything had reached a deadlock, a golden beam shot straight into the sky from Qiu Tu's room! Then an immense aura began spreading outward from his room!