What Kind of Undercover Agent?

Chen Qi jolted awake from the darkness and slowly opened his eyes. The blinding light forced him to shield them with his hand.

"Is this heaven?"

"What?"

Qian Renxue's adorable little face appeared in Chen Qi's field of vision.

He froze for a moment, then looked around. Wasn't this Qian Renxue's room?

Wait, shouldn't her favorability have dropped to minus one hundred by now? Hadn't the system forcibly erased him?

"Ding. Qian Renxue's current favorability is 15/1000."

Hearing the system, Chen Qi was a little surprised. Her favorability had actually gone up. Could Qian Renxue have some kind of special fetish?

Qian Renxue noticed him staring and glared fiercely at him a few times.

"What are you looking at? Never seen a beauty before?"

"Master, I was just worried about you. By the way, what happened just now? I can't remember a thing."

At his words, Qian Renxue recalled how, after she'd scolded Chen Qi and told him to leave, blood had suddenly sprayed from his nostrils, splattering all over the bathroom and ruining her lovely bath.

"Nothing. You just fell asleep."

Qian Renxue didn't want to revisit that unbearable memory. Seeing that Chen Qi had woken up, she let out a sigh of relief, stood up, and went to the study to read.

Chen Qi teleported to Qian Renxue's side. Seeing her reading The Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls, the legendary book compiled by Yu Xiaogang, he frowned.

How could Qian Renxue be so engrossed in this piece of trash? It must've been that hopeless romantic Bibi Dong who made her read it.

"Master, why are you reading this book?"

"I don't know. Is that any of your business?"

Qian Renxue's attitude was terrible, making Chen Qi feel that a favorability of fifteen was ridiculously inflated.

It was even worse than the ten she'd had just a moment ago.

"I was just asking. After all, the author of this book is Yu Xiaogang."

"What did you say?"

Qian Renxue immediately perked up and looked at Chen Qi, asking him anxiously.

Chen Qi pointed at the three crooked characters, Yu Xiaogang, on the cover.

"Look, he even wrote his name on the book."

Qian Renxue hurriedly turned the book around. Sure enough, it bore Yu Xiaogang's name.

No wonder the names in the book seemed so familiar. They were all knowledge passed down through the generations by Spirit Hall, copied by that damned Yu Xiaogang.

Her face darkened, and right in front of Chen Qi, she tore the book to pieces.

Qian Renxue finally understood why Bibi Dong had personally given her the book and urged her to read it carefully.

She'd actually thought Bibi Dong had rediscovered her maternal love. In truth, her hopeless romantic side had flared up again.

"Argh! I'm furious! That damned woman actually made me read this book! Unforgivable! Unforgivable!"

Qian Renxue roared, wishing she could rush to the Pope Palace right that instant and curse Bibi Dong out to her face.

Chen Qi silently watched the scene from the side, thinking it was all too much trouble.

Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, mother and daughter, were both devious as hell. They said they didn't love each other, but in truth, they loved each other more than anyone.

If only Yu Xiaogang weren't in the picture, Bibi Dong's family would be the happiest in all of Douluo Continent.

"Master, don't be angry. If you ask me—"

"Shut up!"

"Ding. Qian Renxue's favorability has changed. Current favorability: 10/1000."

Chen Qi fell silent. If he said any more, her favorability might turn negative again. It seemed that until he and Qian Renxue got better acquainted, he should keep quiet as much as possible.

Otherwise, her favorability would keep swinging up and down like his heart monitor.

By nightfall, Qian Renxue, the young lady who had to be humored at every turn, was finally ready to sleep. She shot Chen Qi a warning look, telling him not to try anything he shouldn't.

Chen Qi immediately promised to keep far away from her and not touch a single hair on her head.

So Qian Renxue slept on the bed, while Chen Qi could only sleep on the hard floor.

After a whole night, his back felt ready to snap. But sometime in the middle of the night, the floor suddenly became comfortable. It was soft, quite warm, and fragrant, too.

At dawn, Chen Qi slowly woke up. The moment he opened his eyes, he met Qian Renxue's resentful glare.

That was when he realized he was lying on the bed. No wonder it had been so soft and fragrant. He'd spent the whole night hugging Qian Renxue in his sleep!

Seeing Chen Qi wake up in front of her without the slightest intention of moving away, Qian Renxue blew her top.

"Chen Qi, how long are you going to keep hugging me?"

"Ding. Detected..."

On the path through Spirit Hall leading to the Pope Palace, a bright red handprint had appeared on Chen Qi's face.

He followed behind Qian Renxue, sighing again and again.

After those two incidents, Qian Renxue probably thought of Chen Qi as a lolicon and a complete pervert.

Raising her favorability in the future would likely be harder than scaling the heavens.

"System, can't you bind me to a few more heroines? If I keep stubbornly pursuing Qian Renxue, I'll end up dead sooner or later."

"Ding. This system does not support haggling. Ask again, and you'll be erased immediately."

The system fell silent after speaking, making Chen Qi sigh several more times.

Looks like he really would have to hang himself from Qian Renxue's tree.

Inside the Pope Palace, Bibi Dong sat on her throne and looked down at Qian Renxue, whom she had summoned.

"Why didn't you kneel when you saw this empress?"

"Kneel to you? You think you deserve it?"

Seeing Qian Renxue speak so brazenly, Bibi Dong was so angry she wanted to slap her to death.

"Impudent! You dare speak to this empress like that? Have you got a death wish?"

Qian Renxue snorted at that and kept right on taunting her.

"I'll speak to you however I like. Come on, hit me! Go on!"

Veins bulged across Bibi Dong's forehead. She wanted to beat Qian Renxue to death like a spinning top right then and there.

But thinking of her plan, she forced herself to hold back.

"Qian Renxue, I summoned you here to discuss something important."

Qian Renxue casually grabbed a stool and sat down, speaking with complete indifference.

"Spit it out!"

"As the Pope of Spirit Hall, I have always devoted myself wholeheartedly to its interests. I am now considering leading Spirit Hall to unite the continent in the future. So I need you to find an opportunity to assassinate Xue Qinghe and take his place."

After hearing Bibi Dong's words, Qian Renxue acted as if she couldn't care less.

She claimed to have Spirit Hall's interests at heart, but in her heart, she wanted to destroy Spirit Hall more than anyone.

"Why should I listen to you? You, looking out for Spirit Hall's interests? Who are you trying to fool?"

Unusually, Bibi Dong didn't get angry. Instead, she gave a strange little smile.

"Don't tell me you're afraid? The young master of Spirit Hall doesn't even dare to go undercover? That's laughable!"

This reverse psychology worked all too well on Qian Renxue. She couldn't stand Bibi Dong saying she didn't dare to do something.

So she was about to agree when Chen Qi hurriedly covered her mouth.

If Qian Renxue really went off to become a spy, all that peerless talent of hers would go to waste!

And even if she did go, he had no way to withdraw his Martial Soul, so he'd eventually give himself away. No matter how close a bodyguard was, they wouldn't sleep together too, would they?

So he looked at Bibi Dong and answered for Qian Renxue.

"Go undercover? What kind of undercover agent?"