Chapter 4

[What a pretty boy. His eyes are so unusual.]

Ye Zhenzhen stared, momentarily spellbound.

"Third Junior Brother." Ye Qingyao cried out in surprise. Ye Qingchuan, usually as docile as a lamb, now looked like a lion whose territory had been invaded, every hair on his body standing on end.

Third Junior Brother? Wasn't that Ye Qingchuan, the obsessive, unhinged second male lead from the original novel?

The male lead and second male lead had met already? Was their next stop a bloodbath of romantic rivalry?

Ye Zhenzhen cheered silently: How exciting!

Shen Xingyan: I'm so handsome, I'm so handsome, I'm so handsome. Look at me, look at me, look at me!

Ye Zhenzhen: Look at what? Your enormous nostrils? QAQ

In the original novel, Ye Qingchuan, the obsessive, unhinged second male lead, had secretly

been in love with

his Second Senior Sister, Ye Qingyao, since childhood.

After Ye Qingyao chose Shen Xingyan, his unrequited love drove him to torment himself. He lost control of his cultivation, fell to darkness, and became the villainous Demon Venerable, taking the name Ye Mochuan.

Qingchuan became Mochuan; his sorrow flowed like a river.

But love-addled Ye Qingyao found no happiness. Shen Xingyan tricked her into becoming his cultivation vessel, tormenting her body and heart in a tragedy that came down to: "Do you love me? Then I'll wipe out your entire sect."

The entire Cloudsky Sect was destroyed, and the Evil Drought Demon's power was stolen.

On the day Shen Xingyan finally ascended to the position of Immortal Venerable, Ye Qingyao slipped away, her heart turned to ashes. He suddenly realized he loved her down to his very bones and began a desperate pursuit, trying everything to make up for the harm he had done.

But it was too late.

Then things got even more outrageous! The obsessive, unhinged Ye Mochuan abducted Ye Qingyao to the Demon Realm and imprisoned her, determined to force her to love him.

To win Ye Qingyao back, Shen Xingyan launched the Immortal-Demon War against Ye Mochuan. Smoke rose everywhere, and the Three Realms fell into chaos. To keep countless lives from being trampled underfoot, Ye Qingyao, the Mary Sue heroine, took her own life with her sword and ended the slaughter between immortals and demons.

As for Ye Mochuan later going mad, seizing the Five Divine Artifacts to release the Evil Drought Demon so he could revive Ye Qingyao, only to die when the demon possessed him—that was a story for another time.

When love rivals met, their eyes always burned redder.

In the original novel, the male lead and second male lead had always been as incompatible as fire and water. But Ye Zhenzhen's arrival had set off a butterfly effect. The Immortal Sects Grand Tournament was still far off, yet the two had already met for the first time. And from the moment they laid eyes on each other, they were at daggers drawn—a battlefield of romantic rivalry.

"Little friend, since I just saved your senior sister and junior sister, please spare this spirit beast." Seeing Ye Qingchuan approach with hostile intent, Shen Xingyan hurried forward to stop him.

Little friend?

"Who are you calling little friend?" The address only fueled Ye Qingchuan's anger. His sword flashed brighter, poised to take off the Xingxing's head.

The Xingxing had yet to wake. It lay motionless on the ground, utterly unaware of the danger about to befall it.

"Stop!" Shen Xingyan stepped forward, pushed Ye Qingchuan's sword aside, and stood in front of the Xingxing. With a helpless look, he confessed, "Young brother, let's talk this through. This Xingxing is actually my contracted spirit beast. It's young and doesn't know any better—it's still a baby. Please have mercy and spare it. Whatever it did wrong, I'll bear the punishment as its master."

Ha! He finally admitted it himself. Xingxing are native to Mount Zhaoyao, not Cloudsky Mountain.

This little demon king really has some skills. No wonder he ends up becoming the Demon Venerable.

Ye Zhenzhen watched Ye Qingchuan with interest. The pretty boy had brains, too.

But Ye Qingchuan gave her an odd look out of the corner of his eye.

Oh no. There's something wrong with that look. Can he hear my thoughts now that he's closer? Help! I said the wrong thing. I need to fix this, quick!

My Third Senior Brother is incredible! He forced that scumbag to show his true colors in no time.

No wonder he's the hope of our entire sect.

Around this little demon king, she even had to watch what she said in her head. Ye Zhenzhen sighed inwardly: I have it so hard...

Ye Qingchuan gave a soft scoff, as though he hadn't heard her lavish praise. He pointed his sword at Shen Xingyan again. "What do you mean, it's young and doesn't know any better? It's still a baby? Does not knowing better erase what it did? My junior sister is even younger—she's a baby too. My senior sister is delicate as well. If they'd fallen straight down just now, they'd be dead or crippled. Who would answer for that?"

"Or perhaps the Xingxing wasn't at fault at all. Did you tell it to steal my junior sister's shoe so they'd fall from the tree?"

Exactly! Who isn't a baby?

Shen Xingyan did it on purpose. He schemed to win Senior Sister's heart!

Ye Zhenzhen wanted to applaud with both hands and feet. Ye Qingchuan had spoken every thought in her head and dealt that rotten scumbag a crushing blow.

Shen Xingyan: ...

Why wouldn't this little brat let it go?

"Young brother, you can eat whatever you like, but you can't say whatever you like. You're so young. How can you assume the worst of someone? My contracted spirit beast is free to do as it pleases. I don't control its every move."

At seventeen, Shen Xingyan stood a good deal taller than Ye Qingchuan. He lifted his chin and straightened his back, hoping to overwhelm him through sheer presence.

Ye Qingchuan couldn't have cared less. His gaze was cold as a thin blade, and he showed no sign of lowering his sword.

"A contracted spirit beast has a pact with its master. If its master tells it to go east, it wouldn't dare go west. If you'd told it to return my junior sister's baby shoe when it stole it, it would have done so at once. How else could it have hidden it in a tree that tall?"

"You didn't tell it to return the shoe. Either you deliberately let it do wrong, or you ordered it to do it."

The little demon king really lives up to his name. His reasoning is flawless.

Shen Xingyan, his intentions laid bare, flew into a rage. He drew his own sword and pointed it at Ye Qingchuan. "If you're determined to condemn someone, you'll always find an excuse. I clearly saved your senior sister and junior sister just now. I've backed down again and again, yet you keep pressing me and making baseless accusations. What are you after?"

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