Playing out the broken engagement plot (1 / 2)

But what sort of evidence could make everything unreasonable seem reasonable?

It was a real brainteaser.

Ordinary evidence simply would not hold water.

After all, the Xiao Clan currently had no one capable of killing Protector Wu.

Ling Ying!

The Gu Clan!

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration streaked through Chen Yang's mind.

The Xiao Clan might not have anyone, but that did not mean the Gu Clan had no one either.

As long as he brought Ling Ying's identity into the open, all the evidence would automatically point toward the Xiao Clan under the Gu Clan's protection, even without his deliberate guidance.

He really was a genius.

As for how to drag Ling Ying out of the shadows and into the open, Chen Yang already had a plan in mind.

He would borrow a blade to force Ling Ying to reveal himself.

Under what circumstances would Ling Ying definitely appear?

Others might not know, but Chen Yang knew better than anyone.

As the bodyguard Gu Yuan had assigned to Xiao Xun'er, Ling Ying was responsible for her safety.

Whenever Xiao Xun'er's life was in danger, Ling Ying would definitely appear to protect her.

Chen Yang had already chosen his blade: Nalan Yanran's engagement to Xiao Yan.

Since Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran were bound to break off their engagement anyway, he might as well bring it forward.

Then he would add another blade to the mix and blow the matter up.

[Ding! The host's thoughts are wicked. You have the potential to become the ultimate villain!]

Chen Yang was displeased when he heard that.

What did it mean, he had the potential to become the ultimate villain? This was perfectly normal maneuvering!

Just as Chen Yang was about to argue, the System Sprite appeared and stopped every word of his rebuttal in its tracks.

[Ding! System quest issued: help Nalan Yanran break off her engagement.

Quest completion rewards: thirty thousand modification points, divine weapon: Azure Abyss Heaven-Splitting Halberd.]

Divine weapon: Azure Abyss Heaven-Splitting Halberd, an innate divine weapon born of heaven and earth. This divine weapon also contained two kinds of origin power: shattering and rending.

The power of shattering ignored all defensive properties, while the power of rending it contained inflicted damage that could not be healed.

Azure Abyss Heaven-Splitting Halberd's innate attribute: Peerless (ignores defense and prevents healing).

Oh my!

The System Sprite knew he lacked a suitable weapon and had come to deliver a little warmth.

Chen Yang was quite pleased.

But the next instant, his brows furrowed.

Hmm! Wasn't one a little too few?

When there were good things to be had, he could not forget his dear wife's share.

After all, finding a wife these days was no easy feat.

Besides, even now that they were married, he had not given her any betrothal gifts. He had practically gotten a wife for free.

Surely he ought to get her a decent weapon now.

And so, Chen Yang began bargaining with the System Sprite.

"System Sprite, don't you think one divine weapon is a little too few?"

Chen Yang rubbed his fingers together at the System Sprite in a money gesture.

There was no need to misunderstand. He did not want money, only for the System Sprite to add another fine divine weapon to his quest rewards.

System Sprite: "...!"

Host, you really don't stand on ceremony at all.

Besides, host, have you ever seen another system's quest rewards open to bargaining?

The System Sprite said nothing, as though seriously considering the matter.

Seeing that there was clearly a chance, Chen Yang's eyes lit up.

He had actually thought the question through carefully before asking.

After interacting with the System Sprite a few times, he had vaguely noticed that the System Sprite seemed to be deliberately trying to please him.

Although he was not entirely certain.

Almost every system quest issued carried some element of trying to please him, which inevitably made him wonder. That was why he had just decided to test the waters.

[Ding! Following the host's wishes, communication with the main system has been established. The main system has decided to add the divine weapon Windhowl to the host's quest rewards.]

Divine weapon: Windhowl; a wind-attribute longsword with an emerald-green body and an edge so fine it was almost transparent, closely resembling the wind. It enhanced wind-attribute Dou Techniques.

[Ding! Due to the main system adding the divine weapon Windhowl as a reward, the system quest's difficulty has increased. A three-day completion deadline has been added.]

Meanwhile, after Nalan Yanran took over as the tenth sect master of the Misty Cloud Sect, she worked hard at cultivating while also cramming knowledge about managing a sect.

But she had been studying for too little time to achieve much.

Seeing that all her effort had accomplished nothing, Nalan Yanran gave up on the spot.

She simply was not born to study.

How was making her study any different from murdering her?

Recalling how effortlessly and freely her teacher Yun Yun had managed the Misty Cloud Sect, Nalan Yanran decided to follow her example.

She could easily delegate some of her authority as sect master to the first and second elders, establish a Punishment Hall within the sect, and delegate another portion of her authority to it.

Then she would establish a Foreign Affairs Department and give it authority over the sect's external relations.

There would also be an Economic Hall, to which she would dump every kind of cooperative venture.

That way, she only needed to sit behind the scenes, cultivating and counting money every day.

She was just so, so clever.

She was born to be a sect master!

After listing a whole slew of plans for delegating authority, Nalan Yanran sang her own praises. She, Nalan Yanran, really was a genius.

When Chen Yang went to find Nalan Yanran, she happened to be heading out to find trustworthy disciples and elders to put her perfect plan into practice.

"Oh! Master's husband, how did you find the time to come see me?"

Weren't newlyweds supposed to cling to each other?

Could it be that Teacher couldn't satisfy him?!

That made sense. He was so powerful, while Teacher was such a weakling. They weren't even on the same level. How could Teacher possibly satisfy him?

But coming to her was rather inappropriate, wasn't it?

How old was she, anyway?

A size forty-six foot couldn't fit into a shoe barely over size ten.

If he forced it in, neither would be comfortable.

The foot would break, and the shoe would burst.

"Master's husband, have you come to see me about something important?"

Nalan Yanran swept the filthy rubbish out of her mind and asked cautiously, feeling him out.

"There is something, actually." Chen Yang had always been straightforward and disliked beating around the bush, so he went straight to the point and told Nalan Yanran why he had come.

Nalan Yanran's heart tightened. She grew terribly awkward and conflicted.

"What is it? Please tell me."

Heaven protect me, Tou She Ancient God protect me, Teacher protect me, Grandpa protect me, Father protect me, Mother protect me. Please let me survive!

Nalan Yanran prayed silently.

I'm still young. I don't want to die before my time, and I don't want to die like this.

While Nalan Yanran begged heaven and earth, she had no idea that her train of thought and Chen Yang's were not on the same wavelength at all.

They were talking across different channels, yet somehow still getting along remarkably well.

Chen Yang quietly watched the somewhat frightened, uneasy Nalan Yanran before him, suspicion stirring in his heart.

Still, he did not dwell on it and asked, "Has your family arranged a marriage for you?"

At his words, Nalan Yanran's face went pale, despair written all over it.

So it really was true.

You beast!