System: [In light of the host's peculiar tastes, this system has specially prepared a One-Click Sycophant Card for you. It ignores sex, gender, cultivation, and realm!] [Once used, the target will become your unwaveringly loyal sycophant! Holy maidens, empresses, peerless immortal beauties... all can submit to you!]
"..."
Chen Mu's brow furrowed even more deeply. He couldn't understand where things had gone wrong for the system to develop such an enormous misunderstanding about him.
But on second thought, this One-Click Sycophant Card seemed pretty damn impressive!
No matter how reserved or honest someone was, they were bound to make an enemy or two over the course of their life.
Those with no value could simply be wiped out.
Those who could still be useful could be tamed with this One-Click Sycophant Card.
Chen Mu had seen plenty of reports in his previous life about just how terrifying sycophants could be. All he could say was that they had overturned his understanding of humanity.
To think someone could debase themselves to that extent!
He accepted the One-Click Sycophant Card.
Once Ye Qingcheng had dried his feet, Chen Mu lay down on the bed.
"Let me." Quick to react, Ye Qingcheng pulled up the quilt and tucked him in.
Before leaving, she even remembered to ask, "Young master, the weather has been rather chilly these past few days. Would you like me to warm your feet?"
Watching Ye Qingcheng's bashful behavior, Chen Mu couldn't help recalling a scene he had watched in his previous life.
A powerful court official had returned to his room to sleep, and two maids as lovely as flowers lay at the foot of his bed, hugging the old man's legs tightly against their chests to warm them.
So that wasn't made up after all!
"No need." Chen Mu waved a hand, dismissing Ye Qingcheng.
If he really let Ye Qingcheng climb into bed, would he be able to sleep at all?
"Yes, young master." Ye Qingcheng picked up the wooden basin and left with light, careful steps.
She closed the door, turned around, pressed a hand to her chest, and looked up at the moon.
A trace of disappointment flickered in her eyes.
A beauty who could topple cities and kingdoms, a face like a flower beneath the moon, heavenly beauty beyond compare... Ye Qingcheng had heard such praise countless times.
Yet today, when she had taken the initiative for the first time, she had been rejected—even if she had only offered to warm his feet.
She couldn't help wondering whether she truly was as breathtakingly beautiful as everyone claimed.
Realizing she was overthinking things, she shook her head to clear it and reminded herself of her duties as a guard.
"It seems everything that happened today really shook me. Even I have become so sentimental." Ye Qingcheng gave a self-mocking smile.
She stopped dwelling on it and decided to return to her room to rest, lest she oversleep tomorrow.
Since she had already brought him water to wash his feet, she naturally couldn't neglect bringing his face-washing water, helping him dress, or putting on his shoes. She would take care of all of it.
[Checking in...] [Check-in successful! Congratulations, host. You have received the Complete Book of Poetry!] [Check-in successful! Congratulations, host. You have received the Divine Chef title!] [Check-in successful! Congratulations, host. You have received one million Supreme Spirit Stones!] [Check-in successful! Congratulations, host. You have received a Heaven-Rank Supreme Thunder Spirit Root!]
"It's the middle of the night. Don't you sleep?"
Speechless, Chen Mu said, "You can show off if you want, but could you do it when I'm free? Keep quiet! I want to rest!"
[Check-in successful! Congratulations, host. You have received a Heaven-Rank Supreme Fire Spiritual Root!] [Check-in successful! Congratulations, host. You have received a Heaven Rank supreme-grade Water Spiritual Root!] [Check-in successful! Congratulations, host. You have received a Heaven Rank supreme-grade Earth Spiritual Root!]
It immediately muted itself, displaying only text.
"Turn off the light!"
At Chen Mu's command, the system immediately dimmed its panel.
It remained readable in the dark without disturbing Chen Mu as he closed his eyes to sleep.
Though the system could be rather rebellious and thin-skinned at times, Chen Mu was quite fond of it in this regard.
Since it was willing to check in automatically, tirelessly delivering all kinds of divine artifacts and treasures to him...
All Chen Mu could say was, Do whatever makes you happy.
As long as it didn't get in his way...
In the blink of an eye.
The morning sun rose, and the horizon turned the pale white of a fish's belly.
Tianyuan Academy.
Chen Mu's reserved seat remained empty even now.
Someone sighed. "It seems failing to awaken a top-tier talent left quite a shadow over the young master's heart. He probably won't come today either."
"Heaven truly is blind. When have the young master's grades at the academy ever failed to rank among the best? Yet he only awakened a Low-Grade Yellow Rank talent."
"It probably thinks our Tianyuan Holy Land has too many powerful cultivators and is deliberately suppressing us. Even heaven envies the young master!"
"I believe the young master will rise against heaven sooner or later! Just as the Holy Lord once did!"
Beyond their reverence for the Tianyuan Holy Land, Chen Mu, despite being the young master and heir to the position of Holy Lord, was neither arrogant nor impatient. He never used his status to bully or oppress ordinary disciples like them.
He studied diligently and never forgot to guide his fellow students through their confusion, winning their hearts.
More importantly, Chen Mu was generous, often rewarding them with pills and all kinds of Spirit Stones to help their cultivation.
How could they repay such kindness with ingratitude?
"B-bad news!" As everyone was talking, a jarring voice came from the doorway.
"What's with all this panic? Have you no sense of decorum? Has the sky fallen?" someone complained, shooting him a look.
The newcomer wiped the hot sweat from his forehead and swallowed. "The young master... the young master's in trouble!"
"This is the Tianyuan Holy Land. What trouble could the young master possibly be in?" None of them took his words seriously.
"The Sky Sword Sect's holy son, Liu Xiangnan, has come!" the newcomer continued.
"So what?" They still failed to understand what he was trying to imply.
Forget the Sky Sword Sect's holy son—even its sect master couldn't stir up much of a wave here.
"Don't you know? Holy Son Liu has always admired Holy Maiden Ye Qingcheng. Now the Holy Lord has brought her here to be the young master's personal guard. A lone man and woman sharing a room—would you stand for that?"
"And I also heard that Holy Son Liu and Holy Maiden Ye apparently have a marriage agreement!" The young disciple spilled everything.
"Hey! Where are you going?"
He turned to see the whole group marching off menacingly.
"Isn't it obvious? We're going to back up the young master! How dare he challenge the young master on the Tianyuan Holy Land's own turf and fight him for a woman? I'll crush him!"
"That's right! Kill him!"
"Anyone who makes an enemy of the young master makes an enemy of me! We cannot live under the same sky!"
The focus shifted to Liu Xiangnan.
"..." At that moment, his thoughts were tangled like a ball of hemp.
He looked at the hundreds of people surrounding him, and at the supreme experts riding the wind on their swords overhead, every one of them stronger than him, the Sky Sword Sect's holy son.
Overwhelming despair and terror crashed down like a waterfall plunging from a thousand meters above.
That force could easily strip flesh from bone and grind the bones themselves to dust!
Before coming, Liu Xiangnan had never imagined that he would encounter such an enormous force before even entering the Tianyuan Holy Land's gates.
This fighting force could raze several cities and smash through armies of thousands upon thousands!
And more were still pouring in from every direction, gathering without end!
"Where did this brat crawl out from? You want to fight the young master for a woman? Are you even worthy?" One man stepped forward, drew his sword, and demanded an answer.
Fight him for a woman?
Liu Xiangnan looked utterly bewildered.
Once he caught on, he quickly raised both hands to show that he meant no harm whatsoever.
His voice trembled. "Please don't misunderstand, everyone. I... I'm here to return the marriage agreement!"
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