The Source of All Evil (Please Follow)

The Source of All Evil (Please Follow)

"This world seemed full of potential."

After leaving the underground magma region, Qin Sheng spread his Dou Qi wings and soared into the sky, flying toward the Misty Cloud Sect.

"Since every Heavenly Flame contains unique natural laws, they are undoubtedly a shortcut to improving my comprehension of laws."

Perhaps the Great Dao laws of every world differed, but as long as one's understanding was deep enough, insights could always be applied by analogy.

"And to truly bring out the value of Heavenly Flames, the Flame Mantra is essential."

It would have been difficult for the Qin Sheng of Battle Through the Heavens to cultivate the Flame Mantra successfully, but the current Qin Sheng was different.

"The Dou Qi Continent is merely a lower plane, but even including its upper realm, the Great Thousand World, this world as a whole is not weak. It is worth investing in."

"Later, I can find some alchemy scriptures from the Shaking Light Holy Land, making it easier to improve my alchemy skills in the Battle Through the Heavens world." Qin Sheng began making plans.

Qin Sheng existed in multiple worlds at once, which made many things far more convenient for him.

Without delaying his cultivation, Qin Sheng in this world could take up alchemy as a side profession, while Qin Sheng in another world could focus on formations...

As for Qin Sheng in the Shrouding the Heavens world?

He was even more important, responsible for overall coordination and tactical command!

Me in the Dou Qi Continent, raise the flame temperature by three degrees and move the pill furnace five centimeters to the left!

Misty Cloud Mountain stood tall and majestic. After Qin Sheng flew in, many people bowed to him.

"First Elder."

Yun Yun was the sect master, while Qin Sheng had been appointed First Elder under Yun Shan's arrangements. Yun Leng, the First Elder in the original story, was now second in command.

Misty Cloud Hall.

Qin Sheng looked at the dignified and luxurious woman seated at the very top, speaking with a little girl beside her, and called out:

"Grand Sect Master Yun."

Yun Yun wore a tight-fitting golden robe trimmed in purple. Her figure was full and voluptuous, while her bearing was noble and elegant, her features serene and beautiful.

When she saw Qin Sheng enter, Yun Yun's eyes curved into crescents as she smiled.

"Junior Brother, you've been gone for half a year. You finally came back."

"Martial Uncle." The girl bowed to Qin Sheng.

Qin Sheng looked over. She was none other than Nalan Yanran.

The chief culprit behind Soul Heavenly Emperor's thousand-year plan ending in failure!

"What were you two talking about?" Qin Sheng asked.

Yun Yun revealed a helpless expression. "Yanran has an engagement on her, and she wants to cancel it. She has been pestering me about it for the past year."

Qin Sheng stared at Nalan Yanran, his gaze unreadable.

I nearly forgot. Not only were you the chief culprit behind Soul Heavenly Emperor's failed plan, you were also directly responsible for the destruction of the Misty Cloud Sect.

Why was everything connected to you?

Haji Yan, you really were the engine behind every group wipe on the Dou Qi Continent.

Nalan Yanran grew uneasy under Qin Sheng's stare and explained quietly:

"Martial Uncle, that engagement was arranged when I was just born. I have never even met the other party."

"Your engagement should be with Xiao Yan of the Xiao Family, right?" Qin Sheng said.

"That's him."

"The engagement was arranged by the old master of your Nalan Family and the Xiao Family. If you do not want to marry Xiao Yan, you should speak to your father and grandfather."

Qin Sheng shook his head. "There is no sense in speaking to Senior Sister and asking the Misty Cloud Sect to step in."

Nalan Yanran's little face fell. "They won't agree."

"So you came to wear down your teacher, hoping she would agree instead?"

Qin Sheng criticized Yun Yun, "Senior Sister, you are too softhearted and indecisive. You lack the bearing of a sect master."

"Junior Brother, I am the sect master."

"You'll regret it... No, just because you're the sect master, does that mean I cannot say anything?" Qin Sheng's expression turned stern.

"As First Elder, it is only right for me to oversee the sect master. Also, call me First Elder. In formal settings, address me by my title!"

When I'm First Elder, I manage the sect master. When I'm sect master, I manage the First Elder!

"Then from now on, Sect Master Qin can handle the sect master's affairs." Yun Yun smiled.

"Still, that said."

Qin Sheng said, "Senior Sister, you are actually quite competent as sect master. Better than Master, at least. If anyone dares to be dissatisfied with you, I'll be the first to object."

Having Yun Yun as sect master was very beneficial to Qin Sheng. Whatever he wanted or wished to do, Yun Yun would never refuse him.

"You really are something."

Yun Yun shook her head and asked, "What do you think about Yanran's marriage?"

Qin Sheng asked Nalan Yanran, "You do not want to marry Xiao Yan because he cannot cultivate Dou Qi now and you look down on him?"

"No."

Nalan Yanran decisively shook her head. "I know nothing about him. I do not know what kind of person he is, so I cannot accept someone whose character I do not know, whether good or bad, noble or vile, as my husband."

"Even if he were still a genius now, I would not be willing. He may be a genius, but I, Nalan Yanran, am a genius too."

She was very proud and believed she would not be inferior to anyone in her life.

"If you do not want to marry him, then do not." Qin Sheng nodded.

Nalan Yanran's eyes brightened, but Qin Sheng glanced at her and immediately continued:

"However, this will not be an annulment. Instead, have your father or grandfather quietly visit the Xiao Family, and let both families sit down together to discuss the marriage."

"Why?" Nalan Yanran did not understand.

"Your two families have been friends for generations. Do you know what the consequences will be if you make a grand spectacle of going there to annul the engagement?"

"Not only will the Xiao Family lose face, but the Nalan Family will gain nothing from it either. As for you, Nalan Yanran, everyone will see you as a vicious woman who worships wealth and power and knows nothing of propriety."

Qin Sheng said sternly, "Even the Misty Cloud Sect will be branded as bullies who use their power to oppress others."

In truth, there had never been much hope of this engagement being fulfilled.

The Xiao Family and Nalan Family had not contacted each other for more than a decade, and their relationship had long since faded. Given Xiao Yan's current situation, even the Xiao Family's higher-ups would be too embarrassed to bring up the marriage in the imperial capital.

Later, when Xiao Yan's talent recovered, as long as Nalan Yanran had not gone to annul the engagement, he would most likely enter Canaan Academy to cultivate, then head to the Central Plains. By then, he and Nalan Yanran would no longer be people of the same world.

By then, he and Xun'er would be deeply in love. Who would care about some young sect master of the Misty Cloud Sect?

Still, since his martial niece insisted, the engagement could be dissolved. It would be best to avoid leaving behind any lingering knot, and the two sides only needed to communicate properly.

But there was no need to make a grand spectacle of annulling the engagement and trample the Xiao Family underfoot.

Qin Sheng was not afraid of Xiao Yan from the three-year agreement coming to the Misty Cloud Sect, but not being afraid did not mean he had to go looking for trouble. It was not as if he had something wrong with his brain.

The Misty Cloud Sect did not have a sect rule called [Those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre].

"Dou Qi Strength, Third Stage!"

The youth before the testing magic stone tablet stared at the words on it, pain stabbing through his heart.

"Once the genius youth renowned throughout Wutan City..."

Qin Sheng stood in the air with Nalan Yanran and her father, Nalan Su, watching the commotion within the Xiao Family.

Nalan Su glanced at Qin Sheng and cautiously said:

"I heard Xiao Yan broke through to become a Dou Practitioner when he was eleven. Now he is already fifteen, yet his cultivation has not only failed to progress, it has regressed."

"That really is strange." Nalan Yanran was also puzzled.

"The Xiao Family has found quite a few people to examine Xiao Yan. There is nothing wrong with his body, yet his Dou Qi keeps vanishing for no reason."

Qin Sheng shook his head. No ordinary person could have imagined that an old man was hiding inside Xiao Yan, secretly sucking him dry.

A succubus, but an old man.

(End of Chapter)