Three Women Make a Play

After finalizing the cooperation with Qin Wangchuan, Lv Yingxin was granted the right to stay at the Academy temporarily.

The focus isn't on the Academy.

The key point is that she can return to the Foreign Lands through the Academy.

When we left the Dojo, it was nearly dusk.

As Lv Yingxin flexed her wrists, which had finally regained their freedom, she walked slowly along the bluestone path.

In the distance, a slender figure was walking towards them.

It's Li Qingluan.

It was a secluded path that no one usually treads, but today, in the twilight, it welcomed two stunningly beautiful women.

Lv Yingxin didn't look at him sideways, as if the other person was just an insignificant flower or plant by the roadside, not even sparing him a glance.

Li Qingluan also continued walking without stopping, her expression calm.

Just as their figures completely parted ways—

"Li Qingluan."

Without turning her Lv Yingxin's cool voice echoed in the twilight, "Don't you have anything to say?"

Li Qingluan did not pause, and her voice remained calm and even:

"I have nothing to say to a mere concubine."

What seemed like a chance encounter was actually all deliberate.

Lv Yingxin chose this path just to "meet" her.

Li Qingluan had been waiting there for quite some time.

This was a silent confrontation, seemingly uneventful, yet a move had already been made.

Li Qingluan thought she had the upper hand, easily positioning her as a "concubine" based on her status as the "official wife," and attempting to suppress her with her imposing manner.

However...

"Do you think that getting that Stone Chisel will make it useful?"

Lv Yingxin finally stopped, but did not turn around, her voice carrying a hint of amusement.

Li Qingluan finally stopped.

Lv Yingxin slowly turned to face her, her pale golden eyes gleaming strangely in the twilight. "The present and the future are completely different concepts."

"He possesses Immortal Body and will be able to control the Black Mist in the future, but you have nothing."

She tilted her head slightly, her tone flat yet sharp, "Even if you obtain the Stone Chisel and find the opportunity to travel to the Foreign Lands, it will be a futile effort for you, and you might even... become a burden to him."

Li Qingluan's gaze suddenly turned dangerous. "What do you mean by saying all this?"

"What I mean is," Lv Yingxin met her gaze, speaking each word clearly and distinctly, "You are too weak."

Before the words were even finished, Sword Light appeared!

Not one, but two cold glints that appeared almost simultaneously, one on the left and one on the right, silently pressed against Lv Yingxin's snow-white neck.

The sword's edge was icy cold; a single, gentle slash could take away a life.

The ones who made the move were two Li Qingluan.

One from the present, with a calm gaze that conceals a storm;

The other, with a slightly ethereal figure and a more profound and vast aura, was Li Qingluan from the future.

Her gaze, carrying a clear warning, fell upon Lv Yingxin:

"Stop talking."

Lv Yingxin, however, seemed oblivious to the deadly threat at her neck, and instead chuckled softly, "Why won't you speak?"

"If you don't tell me... then your plan won't be able to succeed, will it?"

She said this to the future Li Qingluan, but her gaze remained fixed on the present Li Qingluan's face.

Who is the youngest Supreme Being in history?

Lv Yingxin suddenly asked a seemingly unrelated question, and then answered it herself.

"It's Qin Wangchuan."

"So, who is the youngest King Sovereign in history...?"

Before she could finish speaking, she vanished like a ghost.

The next instant, her voice rang almost against Li Qingluan's ear:

It's me.

Li Qingluan suddenly turned her head, her sword moving with her body, but she only managed to slash at an afterimage.

Lv Yingxin's voice came from the other side, carrying a hint of lazy mockery:

"While you were still playing house in the Three Thousand Provinces, I had already slaughtered the entire younger generation of the Foreign Lands."

"If you think that having your fiancée's script means you can rest easy and relax, then you're being far too careless."

She reappeared a few steps away, calmly adjusting her sleeves as if her previous breathtaking dodge was nothing more than a leisurely stroll.

"However," Lv Yingxin, looked at Li Qingluan's solemn expression, and smiled slightly, "I, in my mercy, can point you in the right direction."

After a brief moment of astonishment at her opponent's strength, Li Qingluan sheathed her sword.

In the future, she also withdrew her sword and stood silently to the side.

Li Qingluan's mind raced—after hearing that Yun Zexuan had brought back a woman who claimed to be Qin Wangchuan's concubine, she immediately rushed back to the Academy.

After observing, she immediately concluded that it was a fabricated excuse.

But that brief exchange, especially the other party's certainty when mentioning "Stone Chisel" and "Future Self," made it instantly clear to her:

[This woman named Lv Yingxin also knows certain secrets about the future.]

"A clear path?" Li Qingluan's voice was indifferent.

"Yes, Minglu." Lv Yingxin nodded.

"You don't seem like the type to hand over intelligence for nothing."

Of course.

Lv Yingxin chuckled softly, a sly glint in her eyes. "The price is simple."

She moved closer again, this time almost to Li Qingluan's ear, and whispered a request that made Li Qingluan's pupils shrink:

"In the future, I will persuade Qin Wangchuan to let me become his concubine."

"Impossible."

Li Qingluan refused decisively, even taking a half-step back to create distance.

She wasn't opposed to her dao companion taking a concubine, as long as her own position was secure.

But this woman in front of me... from the first moment I saw her, I felt an inexplicable disgust.

Who would want to keep an annoying person around?

"Don't be so quick to refuse."

Lv Yingxin's smile remained unchanged, as if she had expected this. "I can give you a little 'sweetness' first."

She paused, then said slowly and deliberately:

"The Heaven and Earth Law that Qin Wangchuan has now obtained are three words, right?"

Li Qingluan remained silent, which was taken as tacit agreement.

"But in the original future," Lv Yingxin's golden eyes flickered slightly, "He received four words, not three."

Li Qingluan's heart skipped a beat, and she subconsciously looked at her Future Self beside her.

The future Li Qingluan remained silent, offering no rebuttal, which was tantamount to acquiescence.

Lv Yingxin continued, her voice carrying an indescribable meaning. "This also means... he has embarked on a path that even the future could not have foreseen."

"How fast could he move? You have absolutely no chance of keeping up with him now."

Li Qingluan's fingers tightened silently.

"But it's not without a solution."

She abruptly changed the subject, glancing at Li Qingluan in the future, "Your 'Future Self' is planning an 'Unorthodox Dao Path'."

"Maybe she can help you?"

After speaking, Lv Yingxin didn't wait for Li Qingluan's reply, turned around abruptly, leaving behind only a sentence that drifted on the wind:

That's all I wanted to say.

"Li Qingluan, think it over carefully."

We will meet again.

Only after the dark figure completely disappeared into the twilight did Li Qingluan slowly exhale and turn to the silent Future Self beside her.

"Is what she said... true?"