Getting Close to Qian Renxue

"Let me do one thing to give you more confidence."

She had been watching Lin Yu from a meter away, looking delicate and charming, with a girlish shyness on her face.

But suddenly, she seemed to make up her mind. After taking a deep breath, she lightly moved her feet forward and leaned close, pressing her forehead against Lin Yu's.

Lin Yu was caught completely off guard. That peerlessly beautiful face and those sparkling eyes were extremely close, close enough for them to hear each other's breathing.

Snow Empress's emotions shifted slightly within the Spiritual Sea of Consciousness. "What is she trying to do?"

But nothing happened between Lin Yu and Qian Renxue. Their foreheads only touched for a moment before they quickly separated.

Qian Renxue's heart was beating rapidly. It was her first time getting so close to a man, and even though she had once been the Angel God, a rosy flush still appeared on her face.

Lin Yu let out a sigh of relief. "Luckily, you didn't do anything to me. I'm only at Rank 16 Soul Power right now. If you had forced yourself on me, I could only have helplessly accepted it."

Hearing the suggestive tone in Lin Yu's voice, Qian Renxue's face reddened even more. She had originally thought that Lin Yu looked quite serious.

Snow Empress in the Spiritual Sea of Consciousness also hadn't expected Lin Yu to be like this. She teased, "So you're this kind of person?"

Lin Yu said, "You misunderstood. I meant that I couldn't beat you and was afraid for my life."

Qian Renxue explained, "Don't worry. I didn't do anything. I merely stored a portion of my memories on your forehead."

This was no ordinary method. It was something only someone who had once been a god could use.

With the memories stored on Lin Yu's forehead, they could travel back into the past with him.

After hearing Qian Renxue's explanation, Lin Yu understood that the memories concerned the Battle of the Three Gods and the contract they had signed today. As long as Lin Yu encountered the Qian Renxue of the past and pressed his forehead against hers, the memories could be transmitted back to her.

At that time, the Qian Renxue of the past would learn what had happened today and smoothly sign the contract with Lin Yu.

After thinking it over carefully, Lin Yu found no problems with it. If he could let the Qian Renxue of the past know what would happen in the future, it would undoubtedly save him a great deal of trouble.

The only problem was how he was supposed to press his forehead against the Qian Renxue of the past.

After all, whether in the past or the present, Qian Renxue had the heart of a maiden. Unless she took the initiative to lean close as she had today, Lin Yu would have no idea how he might die if he rashly tried to press close to her.

Lin Yu had no experience himself, so he hurriedly threw the question to Snow Empress and Qian Renxue before him.

"You two, I've never pressed close to a girl before. How should I deal with this kind of problem?"

"Specifically, what should I do to make you press close to a male stranger you've only met once?"

Snow Empress and Qian Renxue were both stunned when they heard this.

Snow Empress had lived for nearly seven hundred thousand years, but she had only recently taken human form. How would she know how to press close to an unfamiliar young man?

But speaking honestly, if an unfamiliar man suddenly wanted to press close to her, she would definitely find it disgusting and be unable to stop herself from raising a palm and immediately ending his life.

If the man's tone was lewd and his expression revolting, she would have to whip his corpse after killing him.

However, she obviously couldn't say such things to Lin Yu.

So Snow Empress pretended to be calm and said with a smile, "Isn't this easy? I have plenty of experience. I used to press close to someone all the time. I still remember when we first met—she was amazed by my strength and fell at my feet."

"Afterward, she repeatedly tried to find opportunities to press close to me. She was so persistent that I couldn't get rid of her no matter how I tried."

"In the end, I finally granted her wish and let her press close to me once."

Although Snow Empress was putting on an act, Lin Yu naturally knew who she was talking about: that female scorpion with nearly four hundred thousand years of cultivation.

But that had been a scene between two women. Although imagining it seemed more pleasing to the eye, it was of no help to Lin Yu.

Lin Yu wore a speechless expression. "But do I look like someone with strength? I'm this weak. Even the Qian Renxue of the past, when she was young, was much stronger than me."

From the moment Qian Renxue possessed her martial soul, she had been born with Rank 20 Soul Power, making her stronger than Lin Yu, who was only Rank 16.

Snow Empress immediately ran out of ideas. She had always liked using strength to overwhelm others. Whenever she encountered something outside the realm of strength, she was helpless.

So Lin Yu could only turn his expectant gaze toward Qian Renxue.

Qian Renxue felt extremely uncomfortable under his gaze. Every time she had interacted with an unfamiliar young man in her life, it had involved fighting, killing, or schemes. When had there ever been such an intimate scene?

If an unfamiliar young man really wanted to press close to her—no, that was absolutely impossible. She would think he should be executed immediately, lest he sully her eyes.

However, if she answered Lin Yu that way, it would be far too irresponsible. She had created the problem of pressing close, so she ought to help resolve it.

Qian Renxue thought it over again and again, then remembered her experience disguising herself as a man in the Heaven Dou Empire. At that time, many twittering girls had surrounded her, all saying, "Your Highness the Prince, you're so handsome and dashing."

Qian Renxue grew confident. "This is easy to solve. All girls like handsome and dashing people, without exception. As long as you change into something brighter and dress yourself up to look more handsome, I believe even the me of the past won't be able to remain unmoved."

When Qian Renxue and Lin Yu had pressed their foreheads together earlier, she had noticed that Lin Yu's features were extremely handsome, but they had been concealed by the dirty clothes from the dungeon.

As long as Lin Yu washed himself and disguised his appearance a little, he would regain his former handsome looks. Surely even her past self would be moved upon seeing him at first glance.

But Lin Yu pursed his lips when he heard this. Her words did make some sense. He was indeed handsome, and Qian Renxue clearly had plenty of experience dealing with girls.

But that was experience with ordinary girls. Someone like Qian Renxue, a member of the imperial family who had seen countless handsome men, was far from ordinary herself.

When he restored his handsome appearance, the Qian Renxue of the past would most likely only sigh in admiration, What a handsome man.

Then her heart would remain unmoved.

To prove this, Lin Yu went to a nearby river and washed himself. He also changed clothes and tidied himself up before returning to see Qian Renxue.

"Qian Renxue, be honest with yourself. When you saw me at first glance just now, did you feel your heart stir?"

"Did you want to press close to me?"

Qian Renxue was stumped. Lin Yu was indeed much more handsome, but as for pressing close at first sight, that seemed rather difficult.

Lin Yu thought to himself, Luckily, I didn't blindly believe her. If I had acted rashly, I really might not have known how I died.

But at that moment, after seeing Lin Yu's handsome appearance, Snow Empress in the Spiritual Sea of Consciousness unconsciously whispered, "It seems it wouldn't be impossible."

"Hmm?"

Lin Yu froze. What does that mean? Are you the one who's taken a liking to my appearance instead?