Compendium of Beautiful Women in the Martial World

"Listen, you two. If you want to fight, take it outside. This is a small family-run tavern. If you break anything, who do you expect to pay for it? Besides, I ordered the food on this table, and I've only just had a few bites. So, please, go ahead." Li Hao extended a hand in invitation.

Linghu Chong and Tian Boguang exchanged a glance. They thought Li Hao had a point, so they went outside and began fighting in the street with a clatter of blows.

He hadn't wanted to get involved in their business in the first place. He'd also wanted to see whether Tian Boguang's swift blade and Linghu Chong's Mount Hua Sword Style would clash as spectacularly as they did on TV.

But unfortunately, the system hidden inside him wasn't having it. Just moments ago, he'd received a notification from the system, telling him to take part in the struggle over the little nun, Yi Lin.

"Ding! Main quest issued: Collect the beauties listed on the Compendium of Beautiful Women in the Martial World. For each one collected, the system will grant a massive reward based on her ranking."

Holy crap! When Li Hao opened the Compendium of Beautiful Women in the Martial World, he was immediately stunned by the densely packed list.

The woman ranked first had no name, only a codename: Empress.

Li Hao thought long and hard, but couldn't figure out who the Empress was. He continued reading. Ranked third was Yueyao of Yihua Palace; tenth was Shi Feixuan; eleventh was the witch Wanwan; nineteenth was Huang Rong; and thirty-fifth was Lianxing of Yihua Palace...

"Bro, with so many people, how am I supposed to know whether someone's on the Compendium, let alone her exact ranking? And if I go after this many women, won't the whole world hunt me to the ends of the earth?" Li Hao said with a bitter smile. Now he understood why there had been so many 999s in his beginner's gift pack. So this was what the system had been saving them for!

"Open the system radar. Anyone on the list who comes within five hundred meters of the host will trigger an alert. Also, the host bears the Great Villain System, so he is destined to be locked in a fight to the death with the righteous path."

"Open the radar." Li Hao didn't want to keep arguing with the system. It was getting on his nerves.

But the martial world was a place where the strong preyed on the weak. If you weren't ruthless, you couldn't stand your ground. Even without the system's reminder, Li Hao had no intention of playing the saint.

"Yi Lin, disciple of the Mount Heng School. Measurements: 87, 59, 86. Compendium ranking: 798."

Holy crap, this system function was a little too powerful.

But you wouldn't have guessed it—Yi Lin had such a great figure. Those measurements gave him a lot to think about!

"B-Bro, why are you looking at me like that?" Yi Lin noticed Li Hao leering at her, his eyes roaming over her curves. He was clearly up to no good.

If her acupoints hadn't been sealed, she would have run far away from Li Hao already.

"Tsk, what a lovely beauty. What a shame, what a shame..." Li Hao took a sip of wine and sighed over and over. Anyone with eyes could see what the problem was.

"Bro, what do you mean when you say it's a shame?" Yi Lin's face flushed. She was still very shy about being called a lovely beauty to her face.

They might all be people of the martial world, unbound by petty conventions. But in this ancient society, relations between men and women were still a controversial matter.

"That Linghu Chong outside is your sweetheart, right? He's risking his life against a notorious rapist and murderer just to save you. Tian Boguang's swift blade is invisible. With Linghu Chong's pathetic Mount Hua Sword Style, it's only a matter of time before he's hacked to pieces." Li Hao ate a piece of beef, sipped his wine, watched the thrilling fight, and teased the pretty little nun. Life was a lot more exciting than his previous existence, when he'd spent every day frantically writing only to keep failing.

"Bro, don't say things like that. Senior Brother Linghu isn't my sweetheart. The Five Peaks Sword Sect are all one family. He came to save me because I'd gotten into trouble." Yi Lin's cheeks turned bright red as she hurried to explain.

"So he's not your sweetheart? Then we can happily watch him get chopped to death." Li Hao grinned.

"Bro, please, save Senior Brother Linghu! I know you can do it." Seeing Li Hao looking like he was enjoying the show, Yi Lin immediately guessed that he must be a martial arts expert.

"Save him? I'm no relation to him. Why should I save him? Besides, even if his master, Gentleman Sword Yue Buqun, showed up, he still couldn't stop Tian Boguang's swift blade from killing him." Li Hao found the situation more and more entertaining. The tavern's wine was as thin as water, but drink enough of it and it still went to your head!

"Great Hero, please save Senior Brother Linghu. I'll agree to any condition you ask." Hearing Li Hao's words, Yi Lin's heart instantly grew frantic.

She'd never come down from the mountain before. The moment she did, she ran into the rapist and murderer Tian Boguang. If she hadn't crossed paths with the stubborn Linghu Chong, Tian Boguang would have taken her virtue seven or eight times already.

Inexperienced as she was, Yi Lin had already developed worldly feelings and secretly fallen for Linghu Chong. Now, hearing so suddenly that he wouldn't survive, she turned to Li Hao and begged him through her tears.

"Really? You'll agree to anything?" Li Hao asked curiously. Why were women in ancient times all so foolish? It seemed like the TV dramas had been too restrained.

"As long as it's something I can do, I'll agree to it." Yi Lin nodded her little head vigorously.

"Fine. If you agree to leave the nunnery and become my concubine, I'll save Linghu Chong." Li Hao looked at Yi Lin, who was weeping like a pear blossom in the rain, and inwardly grumbled.

Linghu Chong really was the child of destiny! That guy was bound to become his enemy someday. Should he take him out before he had a chance to grow stronger?

Li Hao had already settled into his role as a villain. He'd have to kill the protagonists, Great Heroes, and the like one by one whenever he got the chance, just to avoid future trouble.

"G-Great Hero, I'm a nun. I can't marry. Besides, if you take a concubine, will your wife agree?" Yi Lin was dumbfounded. She hadn't expected the price of saving someone to be herself.

And this man was even worse than Tian Boguang. Tian Boguang only wanted to have his way with her a few times, then be done with it. This shameless man wanted her as his concubine—to have his way with her for the rest of her life.

"I don't even have a wife, so why would I need her permission to take a concubine? And since you won't agree, I won't force you. Let's just see when Linghu Chong bites the dust! Holy crap, he's too slow—he's taken three more cuts." Li Hao covered his eyes, unable to watch any longer.

"Waaah, Senior Brother Linghu, just leave! Stop worrying about me!" Seeing Linghu Chong spurt blood several feet into the air, Yi Lin burst into tears.

As it happened, Yi Lin's cry made Linghu Chong pause, and he took another slash.

"Great Hero, please save Senior Brother Linghu! I agree to your condition. I'll be your concubine." Yi Lin turned to Li Hao and spoke with determination.

"Come on, give me a kiss to seal the deal, and you're mine." Li Hao leaned his face toward Yi Lin and spoke lewdly.

Smack! Yi Lin quickly pecked him on the cheek. She was afraid that if she took too long, Linghu Chong would be done for.