Wannabe Can Also Rule the World Handbook: The Great Devil King of a Level-Five World Got Someone Pregnant?

Heavenly Sword Peak had been under a bit of a cloud lately.

Ye Qingxian, who had always been gentle by nature, had no idea what had gotten into her recently. Anyone who crossed her had the book thrown at them, and then some.

For a while, all the disciples of Heavenly Sword Peak had been wondering whether it had something to do with what happened that night.

All sorts of wild speculations were flying around.

Only Shuang Yue was confident she had seen through the whole truth.

The cave abode of a Direct Disciple.

Ye Qingxian and Jian Wushuang sat facing each other at a round table.

Ye Qingxian lifted her teacup and took a small sip.

"Where were you three nights ago, Senior Brother?"

Jian Wushuang's heart gave a jolt.

She had already gotten suspicious of her?

"I went out for a stroll."

Since Ye Qingxian had asked her that, she must have already found out that Jian Wushuang had gone out that night. Denying it now would be no different from confessing outright.

Ye Qingxian's gaze didn't change.

That very unruffled look was what sent a chill through Jian Wushuang from head to toe.

Ye Qingxian was most terrifying when she wasn't smiling—the sort who could draw her sword at the slightest disagreement.

Thank goodness, thank goodness.

Jian Wushuang kept reassuring herself.

At most, she had failed to abduct Junior Sister. It wasn't a big deal.

Jian Wushuang now somewhat regretted that she had acted too slowly. And then she had run into Ye Qingxian, who loved to make a fuss over every little thing and insist on taking it to the extreme.

Love and hate, entanglements and vendettas—this sort of thing was perfectly normal in the Cultivation World.

She had toyed with so many people before and paid out plenty of compensation in the end. Had anything happened to her?

If Ye Qingxian had come out just a little later this time, Jian Wushuang could have used the halo of her persona to compensate Junior Sister with some cultivation resources. Then none of this would be happening now.

Why, then, had she ended up being grilled at every turn by Ye Qingxian?

Thunk—

Ye Qingxian set her teacup down on the table. The soft, measured clink made Jian Wushuang's heart skip. "Senior Brother, could you take out the Ghost Fire Flying Sword you had a few days ago and let Junior Sister have a look?"

A cold sweat had already broken out on Jian Wushuang's back.

Ye Qingxian was clever to an absurd degree. This was practically her finishing blow.

Jian Wushuang wasn't exactly stupid, either.

She was a core disciple from a great clan. If she hadn't had the brains for it, she would have been weeded out long ago.

So as soon as she got back, she'd immediately had someone get her another Ghost Fire Flying Sword that looked exactly the same.

A moment later, Ye Qingxian stared at the flying sword on the table, a faint, almost imperceptible sneer at the corner of her mouth. "Senior Brother, you and I both know what kind of person you are."

"Those filthy things you did in the past were none of Junior Sister's business. I couldn't be bothered to care."

"You... should know what I mean, right?"

Abandoning Junior Sister after seducing her?

Hadn't she only tried?

When Ye Qingxian put it that way, Jian Wushuang couldn't help feeling as if she had committed some unforgivable crime.

"At Heavenly Sword Peak, you'd be confined for fifteen years. Under the sect rules, you'd be locked in the Cold Pool for a hundred years. And depending on the severity of the abandonment, the worst offenders would have their tools of the trade confiscated." Jian Wushuang wiped the cold sweat from her brow and quietly recited the sect rules. "Junior Sister, I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. I haven't done any of that."

Ye Qingxian didn't answer. Instead, she asked, "Senior Brother, your qi and blood seem a little weak today."

Jian Wushuang's eyelid twitched. She gave an airtight answer. "Something went wrong while I was practicing a few days ago."

This woman was incredible. She could see everything.

Before Ye Qingxian left, she turned and cast a graceful silhouette. "Senior Brother, Junior Sister indeed has no evidence today."

"The Red Flower Sword Shadow has seeped into your marrow. In a month, it'll take root and sprout completely. When dawn breaks, the sky will reveal the culprit's identity."

Ye Qingxian's cryptic words sent a cold sweat running down Jian Wushuang's back. It felt as if a frigid poisonous snake were slithering up her spine, straight toward the crown of her head.

Alone in the cave abode, Jian Wushuang completely lost her composure.

What should she do?

What should she do?

The Red Flower Sword Shadow was Ye Qingxian's secret technique.

It left no trace, had no root or stem, and once it entered the body, even an immortal couldn't save you.

Since Ye Qingxian dared to say that, it meant she wasn't worried about Jian Wushuang finding some way around it.

At that moment, Jian Wushuang almost wanted to turn herself in. At worst, she'd be confined for a dozen years or so, and wouldn't have to keep torturing herself.

The maximum punishment for seducing and abandoning someone was indeed severe. But she hadn't actually gone through with it, had she? She was nothing like those scumbags who abandoned their wives and children. The punishment couldn't possibly apply to her.

A desolate spot halfway up the mountain.

Unlike the other Direct Disciples, I'd been assigned a cave abode halfway up the mountain when I first joined Heavenly Sword Peak.

Right now, I was swinging on a swing, in a pretty good mood.

It was hard to describe how happy it felt to have someone else take the fall.

I was just that wicked!

I secretly pulled out the required reading for my life, the Wannabe Can Also Rule the World Handbook. The words on the cover stood out clearly. On the very first page, it said—

[A cowardly villain facing someone who intends to bully them must learn to toy with that person in the palm of their hand, without the slightest trace of mercy.]

"Junior Sister, what are you reading?" Ye Qingxian heard my cackling and frowned ever so slightly. "You can't read those weird picture books. You know that, right?"

Why was it Ye Qingxian again?

Had she evolved into a busybody mother or something?

"No, no. I'm reading a pregnancy guide." I blurted it out, then slipped the handbook into my spatial storage.

The cave abode door opened, and Ye Qingxian seemed to already know what I was planning.

"Are you prepared to give birth?"

"Yes. I'll protect my baby."

Ye Qingxian stared into my eyes. After a long while, she relented and stopped insisting in vain.

"Since you've made up your mind..." She let out a soft sigh. "I'll make that scumbag pay for what he's done, too. I can't give you a complete family, but at least I can make sure you'll never want for food or clothes again."

"Huh?" My red eyes went blank for a second.

Wait, what kind of plot development was this?

Ye Qingxian was about to pat me on the shoulder.

I didn't have time to think about what had just happened. I was so startled that I immediately stepped back.

You really couldn't go around touching people like that.

I had no idea what was wrong with the baby, either.

It was fine as long as Ye Qingxian stayed close to me, but if she touched me, I'd definitely throw up on the spot.

If that happened a few more times, even a fool like Ye Qingxian would realize something was wrong.

Little did I know, it was precisely my instinctive reaction that made Ye Qingxian grow faintly suspicious.

Ye Qingxian's gaze settled on my little face.

My red eyes were like a little white rabbit's, as sweet and obedient as ever.

"Xiaoyao, I've thought it through."

"You're the victim. Why keep sneaking around? You can keep this from everyone else, but you must let Master know the whole story. Only Master can see that justice is done for you. The bad person will definitely get the punishment he deserves." This was the conclusion Ye Qingxian had reached after thinking it over all night. "With me speaking up for you, Master definitely won't punish you. And if there is a punishment, I'll take it in your place."

Let Master... know?

My eyes went even blanker. "N-no, you can't."

I was just a little Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character. How had this ended up in the highest court?

Was this really so serious?

I... I had no idea my affairs had become so important.

Ye Qingxian had clearly already made up her mind. She didn't give me a chance to refuse, and turned to leave. "Just wait here for my result."

After Ye Qingxian left, I remained frozen like a wooden chicken.

No way.

I seemed to have blown this way out of proportion. Could I still run away while there was time?

Then I remembered Ye Qingxian's promise just now, and gradually calmed down.

Who could stand up to the Female Protagonist?

It'd be fine.

At the highest point of Heavenly Sword Peak.

The Heavenly Sword Venerable had rarely come out of seclusion. She was meeting with two elders when she heard that Ye Qingxian had come to see her, so she cast an illusion to conceal the two elders' figures.

Ye Qingxian got straight to the point.

She didn't want to let this drag on any longer.

In the blink of an eye, Xiaoyao would be ten months pregnant. What she lacked most was time.

"Please, Master, activate the Red Flower Sword Shadow I planted early."

At that moment—

Jian Wushuang had just been about to turn herself in when she heard Ye Qingxian's voice accusing her. Her heart gave a hard thump, and she immediately slid forward on her knees.

Fine, Ye Qingxian. I'll remember this.

Jian Wushuang had known Ye Qingxian was always out to get her.

And now she was trying to steal Jian Wushuang's chance to turn herself in.

Jian Wushuang wore an extremely respectful expression. Maintaining her pose, she slid straight ahead for several hundred meters, then respectfully lay facedown on the ground to confess her guilt.

"Master, your disciple is guilty!"

The Heavenly Sword Venerable's mouth twitched.

What was going on now?

There were only four Direct Disciples on Heavenly Sword Peak. Were they really putting on a whole Empresses in the Palace drama?

Only Ye Qingxian's expression grew colder.

"Jian Wushuang, a Direct Disciple of Heavenly Sword Peak, took advantage of my Junior Sister's youth and innocence to deceive her out of her chastity. She's now more than two months pregnant. Throughout that time, she's made every excuse to shirk her responsibility and even tried to take further advantage. This has reached the highest level of seducing and abandoning someone under the sect rules."

"Your disciple, Ye Qingxian, hereby asks Master to confiscate Jian Wushuang's tools of the trade."

What?

She'd slept with Junior Sister????

Jian Wushuang opened her mouth, but in the end, no words came out.

At that moment, she felt as helpless as a eunuch being falsely accused of sleeping with someone.

What... was any of this?

She couldn't understand a single word.

The Heavenly Sword Venerable nearly lost control of her expression when she heard Ye Xiaoyao's name, tumbling right off her golden chair.

She hadn't understood a word of Ye Qingxian's explanation, either.

The Great Devil King was pregnant?

And... had been seduced and abandoned?

It was about as absurd as suddenly hearing that some invincible great villain had been deflowered. The future, invincible, unbeatable strongest demon king in a Level-Five World was barely nineteen, and some scumbag had already knocked her up?

The Heavenly Sword Venerable rubbed her ears, suspecting for a moment that she must have heard wrong.

Was the world getting too surreal, or had she gone crazy?

No.

Had her hands-off approach really been that successful?

Had the Great Devil King fallen so low as to be deceived in love by a scumbag?

If this went on for two more years, she'd probably be sold into a brothel and still help her captors count the money.

"Summon Ye Xiaoyao."

The Heavenly Sword Venerable steadied herself and issued the order.

After countless years, the Heavenly Sword Venerable was interfering in worldly affairs again—and the cause was a frail little girl.

Whatever the truth was, nothing involving the Great Devil King was trivial. The Heavenly Sword Venerable was afraid, too. She feared that after being seduced and abandoned by some scumbag who had appeared from nowhere, the Great Devil King—still a legally underage little girl—would suddenly turn evil and decide to destroy the world.

She could bring about the apocalypse early and intervene by force.

But she was even more afraid she might not win.

If she had been one in ten thousand, she wouldn't have come up with a Mediocrity Plan in the first place.

At the very top of the great hall, the Heavenly Sword Venerable spoke with righteous authority. "Don't worry. This Master will naturally see that justice is done for Ye Xiaoyao. Whoever could do something so utterly inhuman, I will turn them to ash on the spot."

Jian Wushuang went limp and collapsed onto the ground with a slap.

Could someone please tell her what had happened?

Why was the punishment so severe when it came to her?

She hadn't done any of this...