I Will Kill for You

The Chat Group's crossing was completed in an instant. Before Chu Lu could even register the sensation, the world before him had changed its appearance.

He was no longer in the residence of the Seven Profound Sect Leader, but had arrived in a sunny, bird-singing, and flower-scented countryside.

Standing before him was a woman.

This woman had a petite figure and a youthful face, wearing a fluffy, oversized dress. It might be a bit of an exaggeration to say so, but she really looked like a giant shuttlecock.

The woman stared at Chu Lu in shock. After hesitating for a moment, she asked cautiously, "Are you... Chu Lu?"

"Are you Luo Qingdie?" Chu Lu asked in return.

Luo Qingdie was even more shocked. "You actually crossed over!?"

At this moment, the Chat Group also exploded.

Hua Honglian: "What do you mean by 'crossed over'?"

Xu Liniang: "So it's actually possible to come over?"

Zhu Shanlin: "What is the principle behind this?"

Liu Ruyue: "Requesting an explanation."

Seeing this, Chu Lu explained the situation. Everyone immediately became excited, expressing their disbelief that such a thing could happen. They began searching around, hoping they could also get their hands on this World-Crossing Talisman so that everyone could visit each other.

However, Chu Lu did not participate in the discussion. He looked at Luo Qingdie and said, "Alright, I'm here now. What else do you have to say?"

Luo Qingdie looked troubled, her hands behind her back, fidgeting. Finally, she said quite reluctantly, "I understand. I'll take you to our sect. You'll know once we get there."

Chu Lu intended to nod, but suddenly, he realized something.

No, I still think this is too absurd. At the end of the day, there's no proof. Just because she says she's in the Mahayana Stage, does that mean she really is? She might just be bragging.

"Wait." So he said, "Before that, I want to confirm your cultivation level again. Are you really in the Mahayana Stage? Can you demonstrate it for me?"

"Sure." Luo Qingdie agreed immediately, looking even a bit eager. "Watch closely."

Having said that, she pointed a finger toward the sky.

The sky was instantly shrouded in endless darkness. Rolling black clouds, thick as ink, seemed to contain the power to destroy the heavens and the earth. Bolts of lightning darted through the clouds like dancing silver snakes, bursting with blinding light from time to time.

A bone-chilling pressure immediately permeated the world.

Chu Lu was dumbfounded.

He had seen this scene before. It was purely by coincidence that he had witnessed a similar sight from a hundred thousand miles away.

This was the Heavenly Tribulation for ascension!

The next moment, the first bolt of the lightning tribulation crashed down. Like a massive pillar of light connecting heaven and earth, it carried a bone-chilling pressure as it struck straight toward Luo Qingdie. Wherever the lightning pillar passed, space itself seemed to distort, and the air was instantly ionized, crackling with sharp, snapping sounds.

Yet, facing such a perilous situation, Luo Qingdie merely waved her hand.

In an instant, the sky cleared and the air turned serene!

"How about that?" Luo Qingdie said calmly. "Do you believe me now?"

Chu Lu: "..."

"Wait a minute... wasn't it said that one becomes an immortal after passing the lightning tribulation?" Chu Lu muttered.

"Chu Lu, do you not know what the Mahayana Stage is?" Luo Qingdie looked at him, puzzled.

Chu Lu shook his head.

He only knew that the Mahayana Stage was the realm following the Tribulation Stage, but he wasn't clear on the specifics; after all, he was only at the Late Qi Condensation Stage himself.

"Being able to easily pass the lightning tribulation, resist the summons of the Immortal Realm, and remain in the mortal world by choice—that is the Mahayana Stage," Luo Qingdie explained.

Chu Lu: "...So you're even stronger than an immortal?"

"Not quite, not quite. It's more of a fifty-fifty split. Unless they choose to descend themselves."

Chu Lu: "..."

Holy crap. Chu Lu marveled inwardly: Is she really this strong? No wonder she dares to call herself the Number One Cultivator Under Heaven.

The look he gave Luo Qingdie now held a hint of awe, but at the same time, he was even more confused.

—How could someone this powerful end up getting swindled so badly?

"Let's go. I'll go take a look at your sect," Chu Lu said.

"Alright! Our sect is beautiful; you're definitely going to love it," Luo Qingdie said with a grin, taking the lead.

With a Mahayana Stage cultivator leading the way, they arrived in the blink of an eye.

Soon, they reached the gates of the Inquiry Sword Sect.

Looking at the massive sect grounds before him—covering a million acres, with rolling mountains stretching endlessly and an imposing, majestic atmosphere—Chu Lu was truly stunned.

After all, his own Seven Profound Sect was nothing more than a small villa, with barely a dozen disciples in the entire sect.

"Your place... isn't this too big?" Chu Lu muttered.

Luo Qingdie puffed out her chest, looking smug.

Just then, a streak of sword light suddenly cut across the sky, and a tall man appeared before the two of them.

The man wore a robe as white as snow. His face was like finely carved jade, with features that were well-defined yet soft. His sword-like brows tilted slightly upward, revealing a subtle hint of coldness.

His eyes were as deep and bright as cold stars, yet they carried a frigid detachment that made him seem unapproachable, as if he could see through the illusions of all things in the world.

When Luo Qingdie saw this person, she shrank back, whispering, "Senior Brother Xiao."

Chu Lu blinked, asking in a low voice, "Is this the Senior Brother at the Spirit Transmutation Early Stage?"

Luo Qingdie nodded gently.

At this moment, Xiao Yichen landed in front of Luo Qingdie. Just as Chu Lu was wondering what he intended to do, Xiao Yichen raised his hand and slapped Luo Qingdie hard across the face.

Chu Lu's eyes widened in shock, his expression one of utter horror: "Hey, hey, hey, hey!"

What did I just see? A Spirit Transmutation cultivator slapping a Mahayana Stage cultivator? Holy crap! A Spirit Transmutation cultivator slapping a Mahayana Stage cultivator!?

But then, an even more shocking scene unfolded.

Xiao Yichen said coldly, "Where did you go?"

"I... I went out to clear my head."

"Clear your head? Right when we were discussing how to resolve Junior Sister Liu's aptitude issues?" Xiao Yichen looked at her with disdain. "And we clearly notified you. I think you're just making excuses to avoid participating! And what was that lightning tribulation just now? You caused it, didn't you? Trying to show off to us?"

Xiao Yichen sneered coldly, "Luo Qingdie, don't think you're all that just because you're at the Mahayana Stage. Don't think we're afraid of you!"

Luo Qingdie hurriedly defended herself, "It's not me, I didn't."

Xiao Yichen snorted, not believing her at all.

And Chu Lu...

He pinched his own cheek.

Alright, I'm not dreaming.

He looked at the scene before him and thought: But I wish I were dreaming. I don't get it, I just don't get it! Why can a mere Spirit Transmutation cultivator lecture a Mahayana Stage cultivator like a grandson?

"Slap him back," Chu Lu couldn't help but say. "He's just a piece of trash at the Spirit Transmutation stage, someone you could crush with a single finger. Why is he being so arrogant in front of you? Deal with him! Teach him a lesson!"

Xiao Yichen immediately turned his head, looking at Chu Lu coldly as he said, "Who are you? Who let you come here?"

Luo Qingdie quickly explained, "He is my friend. I brought him to tour the sect."

"A friend? Where did this friend of yours pop out from? And at a time like this? Hah." Xiao Yichen scoffed again. "Don't think I don't know what you're planning. It's useless, give it up. You are, after all, the Sect Leader of this sect and represent our face. Stop doing such embarrassing things!"

Having said that, Xiao Yichen flicked his sleeves and left.

Xiao Yichen's words were quite strange; they seemed to carry a hidden meaning, but Chu Lu couldn't spare the thought for that right now because he had caught a keyword that shocked him.

"Sect Leader?" He stared at Luo Qingdie with wide eyes. "You're still the Sect Leader?"

Luo Qingdie nodded.

Chu Lu slowly looked up at the sky, trying to accept this reality.

Thinking about it carefully, it wasn't that strange. Since Luo Qingdie had the greatest strength, it was reasonable for her to be the Sect Leader. But...

I can't accept this, I just can't! How can there be such a spineless Sect Leader in this world?

"Are you really the Sect Leader?" Chu Lu asked again, unwilling to give up.

"It is absolutely true, genuine and authentic," Luo Qingdie said.

Chu Lu said with a complex expression, "...My Seven Profound Sect is only a small sect, and the previous Sect Leader was only at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, but he was so majestic. Forget about slapping him—if anyone even dared to talk back, their whole family would be wiped out."

Luo Qingdie pretended not to hear him and said, "Alright, let's not stand here. I'll take you to my Cave Abode first."

Afterward, they arrived at an ordinary-looking Cave Abode.

There was a maid named Yu'er who came out to greet them at the Cave Abode.

Luo Qingdie asked Yu'er to wait outside and sat down in the reception hall with Chu Lu.

She asked cautiously, "Um, now that you've taken a tour of the sect, do you understand why your method won't work?"

Chu Lu looked at Luo Qingdie in shock, completely unable to comprehend how she could say such a thing.

Then he shook his head firmly and replied, "No, I don't understand at all!"

"Why? Didn't you see Senior Brother slap me?"

"You still have the nerve to say that! It's precisely because I saw it that I can't understand it. Why didn't you fight back?"

"Because of the rules!" Luo Qingdie said with a serious face. "Chu Lu, the biggest difference between this world and yours is that we must follow the rules; we cannot act recklessly just because of our cultivation. Although Senior Brother's cultivation is lower than mine, his seniority is higher, so he is an elder and has the right to discipline me."

"And because I failed to arrive at the meeting on time, I made a mistake, so I had to take the slap. The law applies equally to the emperor and the commoner; that is the sect rule! Even if I am the Sect Leader, it is the same. That is why your method won't work. No matter how much I hate them, I can only honestly collect evidence to deal with Liu Yan'er."

Chu Lu: "..."

"Then what if you violate the sect rules?" he asked.

"There will be sect punishment."

"But you are at the Mahayana Stage. Who could possibly punish you?"

"Then I will punish myself. In any case, the sect rules cannot be broken."

Chu Lu: "??"

"Then let me ask you this," Chu Lu said. "Where do the sect rules come from?"

"They were established by everyone, of course."

"As the Sect Leader, do you have the authority to establish sect rules?"

"Of course."

"Then why don't you just establish a sect rule stating that the Sect Leader is allowed to kill whenever they please?"

"Eh?" Luo Qingdie was stunned, then muttered to herself, "That's right, then I wouldn't be violating the sect rules, would I? No, no, that's not right. What would be the point of the sect rules then? Wouldn't they be completely useless to me?"

Chu Lu: "Congratulations, you got the right answer!"

"No, no, no! You're just looking for loopholes. Besides, no one would agree to such a sect rule. Can a sect rule that isn't accepted even be considered a sect rule?" Luo Qingdie said.

"Then why don't you just kill everyone who doesn't accept it?"

Luo Qingdie: "Eh? That's true. That way, the sect rule would be effective. But the process of killing them would still violate the sect rules, wouldn't it?"

"But it would be justified after the fact. Just think of it as getting on the bus before buying the ticket."

Luo Qingdie said: "..."

"Wait, no? Hold on. So I can change the sect rules whenever I want? Then why do I have to follow them? But I have to follow them. But the rules can be changed at will. Eh, I, eh..."

Luo Qingdie looked dazed, her face heating up rapidly as steam began to rise from her ears, looking for all the world like a system overheating and crashing.

"Hey, hey, are you alright?" Chu Lu waved his hand.

Luo Qingdie suddenly snapped back to reality.

"Have you figured it out now?" Chu Lu asked.

"...I understand," Luo Qingdie said after a moment of contemplation.

"That's great." Chu Lu was just about to let out a long sigh of relief.

When he heard Luo Qingdie say: "Chu Lu, you possess sorcery and are using it to bewitch the masses!"

Chu Lu: "??"

"Rules are rules, how can they be broken? I don't know how you bewitched me, Chu Lu, but I won't fall for it again!" Luo Qingdie declared righteously.

Chu Lu: "No, listen to me..."

Luo Qingdie immediately covered her ears and shouted loudly: "La la la la la, I can't hear you, I can't hear you!"

Chu Lu: "?"

"Is this what you're relying on to defend yourself?"

Chu Lu crossed his arms, looking at Luo Qingdie, who had entered "turtle mode," feeling both annoyed and amused.

In truth, the moment he entered this world, he had already mentally prepared himself.

After all, the mission mentioned the term "World Seven Female Fiction," so it was highly likely that this was a female-oriented novel world. Considering the reputation of the latter, it wasn't strange to encounter some bizarre content.

But he hadn't expected it to be this bizarre.

He recalled the previous conversation in the Chat Group.

That bunch of idiots insisted on pairing him with his Master, and their reasoning was that "Deceiving the Master and Destroying the Ancestors" went against the rules, so he could only sacrifice himself to earn his Master's guilt.

This made Chu Lu grumble inwardly: What is wrong with these female-oriented characters? Has someone branded their brains with a Mental Imprint?

Actually, if one were to insist, following the rules wouldn't be a bad thing.

If everyone followed the rules, problems could be solved much more easily.

But that wasn't the case here.

Xiao Yichen stole her Spiritual Treasure; was that following the rules?

Her Master stole her Spiritual Plant; was that following the rules?

Those three joined forces to trap her with a magic array and stripped her of everything valuable; was that following the rules?

Later, they even went out of their way to kill her to cut off the roots; which sect rule allowed for that?

Liu Yan'er plotted so much behind the scenes; what kind of rules was she following?

In the end, she was the only fool stubbornly clinging to the rules.

How could a fool who follows the rules possibly deal with a bunch of bastards who don't?

In Chu Lu's view, even if Luo Qingdie lived her life over again, she would likely end up with the same outcome nine times out of ten.

Out of a sense of shared misfortune, Chu Lu wanted to give her a hand, but the gap in strength was clear, and he couldn't exactly charge over and kill all those enemies himself.

So, if Luo Qingdie wouldn't cooperate, there was nothing he could do.

"Suit yourself." Chu Lu sighed and turned to leave.

He went to the corner of the Cave Abode, sat down alone, opened the Chat Group, and pulled up the item page, preparing to activate the World-Crossing Talisman to return.

Just then, he noticed the Beginner's Gift Pack next to the World-Crossing Talisman.

Chu Lu blinked and opened the Beginner's Gift Pack.

[Congratulations to the Group Leader for obtaining one Soul Seizing Talisman.]

[Soul Seizing Talisman: Can only be used once per world, with an infinite duration. Unless voluntarily deactivated or upon leaving this world.]

Chu Lu's eyes slowly widened.

The next moment, he returned to stand before Luo Qingdie.

"Eh, Chu Lu, why are you back?"

"I came to confirm one thing. You must hate your Master and senior brothers to the bone, right?"

"Of course. Although there was some affection in the past, it has all been wiped away now."

"So, as long as I can help you take your revenge, guarantee there are no side effects, and ensure your reputation remains intact, you wouldn't mind whatever I do, right?"

"Of course not!"

"Very well, then I have no more concerns."

Luo Qingdie's face lit up with joy. "Chu Lu, are you going to stay and help me gather evidence?"

"No, I'm going to help you kill them." Chu Lu smiled slightly and activated the Soul Seizing Talisman.