Qin Hao sent a thread of divine sense into the Chaos Bead.
He discovered a special Chaos Space within it.
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, a stream of information appeared in Qin Hao's mind.
Based on this information, Qin Hao learned that the Chaos Bead had several functions.
First, it could merge with heaven and earth, making its user impossible to detect.
Second, within the Chaos Space, he was the absolute ruler.
Anyone whose cultivation did not exceed his by two major realms could be pulled into the Chaos Space and suppressed.
Third, the flow of time within the Chaos Space could be controlled.
Time could be stopped within a certain area, or accelerated up to twenty times faster than the outside world, without limiting how long he could remain inside.
Upon receiving this information, Qin Hao immediately rejoiced. "With this Chaos Bead, even if I can't win, I can just run away. And my cultivation speed will be twenty times faster than everyone else's."
After studying the Chaos Bead for a while, Qin Hao sensed someone approaching and hurriedly put everything away.
He saw a streak of flowing light fly over from afar. A black-clad young man stood atop a plane, carrying an ordinary-looking disciple in red to this place.
"Junior Brother Qin!"
The black-clad young man said to Qin Hao, "Recently, the Sect Master and several Martial Uncles discussed having inner sect disciples take charge of the Miscellaneous Affairs Office. This is inner sect disciple Wang Lin. You can handle the handover yourselves."
After explaining the situation, he immediately departed on his Flying Sword.
"Greetings, Senior Brother Qin!"
Wang Lin cupped his hands and bowed to Qin Hao.
He knew Qin Hao.
Back then, he and Zhang Hu had killed the Yellow Weasel who oversaw this place, and Zhang Hu had been so frightened that he ran down the mountain.
Qin Hao had been the one selected to replace the Yellow Weasel and oversee the Miscellaneous Affairs Office.
At the time, Wang Lin had thought Qin Hao would investigate the disappearance of the sect's disciples, so he had sought Qin Hao out many times to inquire in secret.
But Qin Hao had never investigated the matter at all, which made Wang Lin secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
"Junior Brother Wang, you're too polite."
Qin Hao smiled. "Since the Sect Master has arranged for Junior Brother to manage the Miscellaneous Affairs Office, I'll be leaving. Arrange the disciples here as you see fit. No one in the sect cares whether they live or die."
With that, he headed into the distance.
Watching Qin Hao's receding figure, Wang Lin could not help but sigh. "Why do I feel that Senior Brother Qin is rather unusual?"
"How could he not be unusual? He's an Early Nascent Soul expert!"
Situ Nan's voice rang out in Wang Lin's mind.
"What? A Nascent Soul stage expert?"
Wang Lin was instantly shocked.
After all, he was only at the Qi Condensation Stage.
Even the founding Patriarch of the Hengyue Sect had only been at the Nascent Soul stage.
How had an Outer Disciple become a Nascent Soul stage expert?
"Could he be one of the Hengyue Sect's Old Ancestors? Or perhaps a spy from another sect?"
Wang Lin felt that the waters here ran very, very deep.
Elsewhere.
Qin Hao had just returned to his cave abode.
Suddenly, an electronic notification sounded again.
[ Ding! ] [ The Peerless Beauty Chat Group invites you to join! ] [ Would you like to join? ]
"???"
"What the hell? The Peerless Beauty Chat Group?"
Qin Hao could not help but freeze when he heard the voice.
He was clearly a grown man, and he had not dressed as a woman like Kaixin Yuanyuan.
Why was he being invited to the Peerless Beauty Chat Group?
"Accept!"
Though Qin Hao was puzzled, he still chose to join.
Although he already had a system, more Gold Fingers meant more paths!
The system and the Chat Group—two Gold Fingers serving him alone.
What incredible fortune was that!
"Whoosh!"
The next moment.
A translucent panel appeared out of thin air before Qin Hao.
[ Group Chat Functions ] [ Public chat area, private messaging between group members, Red Packet function, group photos ] [ Other functions have not yet been developed... ] [ Current Group Chat members: 3 ]
"Let me see who exactly is in this so-called Peerless Beauty Chat Group!"
Qin Hao opened the member list.
[ Group Member—Luohe Gate's Li Muwan ] [ Group Member—Blood Star's Yao Xixue ]
"It's actually these two!"
Upon seeing their names, Qin Hao immediately recognized their identities.
One was Wan'er's Wife, one of the female leads of Xian Ni.
The other was Yao Xixue, the daughter of the Blood Ancestor, who had been imprisoned by Wang Mazi for many years.
"With their looks, they really do deserve to be called peerless beauties!"
Thinking this, Qin Hao opened the Group Chat.
[ Hengyue Sect's Qin Hao has joined the Chat Group! ] [ Li Muwan: "Welcome, new member!" ] [ Qin Hao: "Greetings, fellow daoist Li!" ] [ Yao Xixue: "Oh? Another new Sister? Let's see a photo!" ] [ Qin Hao: "A photo? What's that? Please demonstrate first, fellow daoist!" ] [ Yao Xixue sent a photo JPG. ]
"Pfft!"
When Qin Hao saw Yao Xixue's alluring photo, he nearly sprayed blood from his nose.
In the photo, Yao Xixue wore a snow-white gauze dress as she leaned against the Hot Spring Pool, bathing.
Her black silk cascaded like a waterfall. Her tender, jade-white oval face and crystal-like smooth skin were exquisite, her willow brows gently curved, her nose delicate and high. The surface of those Phoenix Eyes resembled the morning sun reflecting upon rippling water, yet beneath them lay a hidden depth that made one unable to resist sinking in.
It had to be said that Yao Xixue was truly beautiful—breathtakingly beautiful, transcendent and unworldly, a rare sight in the mortal realm. Even the sun, moon, and stars would immediately pale before her.
Beneath that white dress, her curves rose and fell in graceful lines. Her ivory-white body was covered in droplets of water, glimmering with a bewitching sheen beneath the hazy moonlight. It was impossible to say whether she seemed holy or enchanting.
Most importantly, the white dress was as thin as gauze. Soaked through by the water, it clung tightly to Yao Xixue's body, carrying immense temptation and visual impact.
"Gulp!"
Qin Hao swallowed hard and recited the Heart-Cleansing Mantra more than a dozen times before finally calming down.
[ Yao Xixue: "Fellow daoist, where is your photo?" ]
Seeing the message in the Chat Group, Qin Hao's mouth twitched.
If his identity as a man were exposed,
Yao Xixue would probably come all the way from Blood Star to Vermilion Bird Star to take revenge on him!
After all, Yao Xixue had a father at the Mid-stage Pure Nirvana level of the Second Step.
With the aid of her father's magic treasure, Yao Xixue could absolutely cross the Starry Sky and come here.
Having read Xian Ni, Qin Hao knew Yao Xixue's domineering nature all too well.
She was a woman willing to turn herself ugly for the sake of revenge.
Thinking of this, Qin Hao planned to close the Group Chat and play dead.
[ Li Muwan @Yao Xixue: "Oh no, Sister Xue! I just checked his information. This fellow daoist is a man!" ] [ Yao Xixue: "???" ] [ Yao Xixue: "What? How did a man get into the Peerless Beauty Chat Group?" ] [ Yao Xixue @Qin Hao: "Shameless bastard, get out here!" ]
"It's over. The thing I feared most has still happened!"
Looking at the information on the screen, Qin Hao's inner heart skipped a beat.
No matter how carefully he guarded against it, he had still failed to guard against Wan'er's Wife.
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