Unprecedented, Explosive, Mind-Blowing Gossip Detected!!!

A clear female voice rang out nearby.

"Lianyi, over here!"

Hearing the female lead's name, Tang Yan instinctively looked toward the person waving and realized she was the blue-robed female cultivator with a whole table of wine and dishes laid out before her.

Before long, Tang Yan saw Wei Lianyi, dressed in white, sit down beside her.

"Qingrong, why did you get so much food?"

Tang Yan was just about to focus on his wine when the name Qingrong unexpectedly reached his ears. His gaze drifted over again.

[Qingrong? Li Qingrong? One of the female lead's best friends early in her development?]

System: [That's right.]

Over at the other table, the smiles on Wei Lianyi's and Li Qingrong's faces faltered.

Both women instinctively pricked up their ears. The latter was rather curious about how Junior Brother Tang knew her name.

The other gossip lovers silently pricked up their ears, too.

Tang Yan turned back, leisurely sipped his wine, and sighed inwardly.

[Li Qingrong was part of the main cast, after all, yet she met such a miserable end!]

Li Qingrong: "???" (‧_‧?) The smile froze on her lips.

Had she come for the gossip only to find out it was about her?

Wei Lianyi abruptly looked at her friend, deep concern welling up inside her.

[This girl ruined her life over a man.]

[What awful taste. She picked a whoremonger with a dick so rotten it was practically falling apart.]

The onlookers stroked their chins in puzzlement. What did "whoremonger" and "cucumber" mean?

They were always hearing strange terms from their junior brother and learning all sorts of bizarre things.

Unaware of what everyone was thinking, Tang Yan continued sipping his wine and mentally cursing away.

[That Peng Liangyi guy once hired ten women at the Drunken Red Pavilion in a single visit—his personal record. And he paid with money from Li Qingrong, that rich, gullible heiress.]

Li Qingrong, the rich, gullible heiress: "..."

Everyone else: They seemed to have figured out what "whoremonger" meant!

They had to hand it to their junior brother—he really had a way with words. Those descriptions could not have been more fitting.

[Li Qingrong was the daughter of Azure City's lord, a bona fide second-generation cultivator. How could she fall for a social-climbing freeloader like Peng Liangyi? What, was dating him her idea of poverty relief?]

[Tsk, tsk. While you were running yourself ragged convincing your family to approve the marriage, he was spending your money to please his lover. Then the two of them laughed about what an idiot you were.]

Li Qingrong could no longer muster a smile. She clenched her fists tightly, her eyes narrowing dangerously.

[Once you finally became his Dao partner, that social climber immediately turned on you. Not only did he take over the entire Li Family, he killed your whole family and made himself Azure City's lord. Then he crippled your cultivation and sold you to the Drunken Red Pavilion as a prostitute.]

Everyone sucked in a breath.

Hiss!

Holy shit! That bastard was vicious!

They had never seen such a vile, despicable man!

A flicker of contempt crossed Tang Yan's eyes. He was furious.

[That Peng Liangyi was a disgrace to men everywhere.]

Whoosh!

Li Qingrong exhaled heavily, a cold smile curling her lips. She looked utterly dangerous.

She lowered her eyes, her icy gaze settling on the table. Its burning intensity seemed ready to bore a hole straight through it.

She sneered inwardly.

Ha! A whoremonger, was he? A rotten cucumber, was it?

Just you wait!

Let's see how Peng Liangyi seduces those women once she cuts it off!

And once he was dead, how would he steal the Li Family or her father's position as city lord?

Li Qingrong looked up at Wei Lianyi and spoke quietly.

"Lianyi, I have something to take care of. I'll have to leave early."

Wei Lianyi looked at her worriedly. "Can you handle it alone?"

Warmth spread through Li Qingrong's heart. She smiled. "I still have the guards my father assigned me. Don't worry."

With that, Li Qingrong slipped away quietly. Aside from Wei Lianyi and a few people nearby, no one noticed her departure.

Having finished his rant, Tang Yan picked up a piece of peach blossom pastry and slowly savored it.

Suddenly, the system's wildly excited, utterly exhilarated mechanical voice rang out in his mind.

[Host, host! Some seriously, seriously explosive gossip has been detected!!]

[Unprecedentedly explosive! The most mind-blowing gossip this system has ever seen!

Holy shit, when I detected it just now, I nearly made my backend start smoking! Can you believe it?]

Tang Yan raised an eyebrow, his interest piqued.

[Unprecedentedly explosive gossip?! Just how explosive and mind-blowing are we talking? Let's hear it.]

Everyone froze for a moment.

Then they began screaming inwardly in a frenzy of excitement.

Unprecedentedly explosive gossip?!!

Was it more explosive than the woman the Sect Leader loved turning out to be a male fox spirit,

Senior Brother Gu and Junior Brother Qiu getting victimized by the Demon Saint one after another,

or Martial Uncle Ye discovering Saint Su was a man while treating his poison?!

Holy shit! Hurry up and give us every detail!!

We live for this stuff!