Helplessness shone through Chu Yu's arresting violet eyes, and his voice was puzzled. "Big sister heroine, why?"
"Because I was sentenced to seal the Sealing Barrier." Su Ying's eyes roamed up and down the young man.
His skin was fairer than snow. Even Senior Sister Ruoshui, the Cultivation Sect's greatest beauty, would have felt ashamed of her own looks beside him.
In his youthful face, those violet eyes held innocent bewilderment, like a celestial who had wandered into the mortal world. His featherlike lashes fluttered like butterflies spreading their wings. With his straight, high nose and soft, moist, cherry-like lips, he really did tempt a person to commit a crime...
Su Ying swallowed, aching to pin him down and steal a kiss, to savor the taste-
[Aaaah, those looks, and the way he keeps calling me big sister! Isn't this practically inciting a crime? System, does the shop have any cheat items that could make him my disciple? Or let me tuck him into my Spatial Ring, at least, so he can keep me company every night. I'd gladly let Xiao Muchen and Feng Moyuan kill me a few more times for that!]
[Host, the shop has no such items. Also, the Spatial Ring currently has no function for storing people.] Something felt strange to the system. Why did it seem as though this supporting female character's plotline had veered off course?
But the main system hadn't reported any bugs...
[But I really want to keep him by my side. If I could make him cry every day, have him beg me and call me big sister... ah, isn't there some way?] Every inch of Su Ying's heart was filled with longing.
[Host, no. Male beauty brings ruin. Please focus on the plot and your missions.] The system advised her in its rigid, businesslike manner.
But how could Su Ying listen? Her head was full of ways to bully this young man until he cried.
Listening to her conversation with the system, Chu Yu couldn't help feeling perplexed.
He had only spent a thousand years asleep in secluded cultivation. How had the Cultivation Sect's atmosphere become so depraved?
This woman actually wanted to lay her hands on him?
Hmph, I'm the most handsome man in heaven and earth. How could a wretched woman like her be allowed to sully me!
Chu Yu's desire to kill Su Ying intensified, but he had no intention of acting yet. He needed to learn more.
What Male Supporting Character? And how did my story end?
Chu Yu interpreted everything Su Ying had said as the Heavenly Dao's decree. The Heavenly Dao would make someone as exceptional as him a mere supporting character? Impossible!
Once he understood what would happen in the future, he would overturn this Heavenly Dao and become the protagonist!
His killing intent flashed past, and Chu Yu became that innocent, youthful boy again. He leaned closer, their breaths mingling. "Big sister heroine, why were you sentenced to seal the Sealing Barrier here?"
The sudden closeness sent Su Ying's heart racing, but she still answered with a perfectly straight face. "I lost a competition, that's all."
"Huh? What competition?"
Su Ying cleared her throat and gave him a brief account.
As for everything that had happened in the cave, she didn't mention a word.
As Chu Yu listened, the hand hidden beneath his long sleeve slowly clenched into a fist.
Su Ying had woken him, forcing him to end his secluded cultivation early, and his cultivation hadn't reached the realm he had anticipated.
But that was all right. His cultivation would return, because her spiritual root was quite good.
Once he absorbed her spiritual root, he could not only recover those several hundred years of cultivation, but perhaps gain several hundred more, or even achieve a breakthrough!
Chu Yu said, "So that's what happened. But isn't this Fierce Beast very powerful? How could they make you seal it all by yourself, big sister? You're all in the same group. Why didn't they come?"
The smile on Su Ying's face stiffened. This Young Hunk was certainly tempting, but his intelligence seemed rather lacking.
Of all the pots to lift, he had to pick the one that wouldn't boil.
Su Ying grumbled inwardly, [System, why don't you run a test on him? Is there something wrong with his intelligence? Can he really cultivate in the future like this?]
Chu Yu narrowed his eyes slightly. Was she questioning his intelligence?
[Host, you should not be focusing on irrelevant people. He does not even count as a supporting character in this book,] the system reminded her mercilessly.
Looking down on me?
Chu Yu wondered whether killing Su Ying would make this lousy system disappear along with her.
[So what? I like him.] After retorting inwardly, Su Ying explained with a bright smile, "Maybe they're all rather busy."
A trace of fear flashed through Chu Yu's eyes. "Big sister heroine, don't be afraid. I know a little magic too. I can help you!"
Su Ying was touched, but continuing to circle around this matter of the Seal was truly boring. Just as she was considering how to brush it aside, she suddenly thought of Ling Xian, the female lead.
[No, no, no. Ling Xian's irresistible-to-everyone setup is a little dangerous. I finally found a Young Hunk I like, and I absolutely can't let her lure him away. Besides, you know she has something inside her, so I'm doing this for his own good... even though I'm not from this world and can't take anyone with me once I finish my missions, it would be such a shame if a Young Hunk this handsome were drawn to Ling Xian and ended up dying horribly. No matter how you look at it, he's the ances—no, the future of the cultivation sect! I have to protect him.]
Having convinced herself, Su Ying placed both hands on Chu Yu's shoulders and met his eyes at the same level, putting on a stern expression. "There's no need. But little fellow Daoist Chu Yu, you must remember that not everyone in this Cultivation Sect is a good person. If someone is a person you shouldn't approach, remember not to go near them. Not a single one."
"Do you remember?"
Chu Yu nodded as though he only half understood. He knew whom she meant, but deliberately asked, "Then who shouldn't I approach?"
"Ling Xian." Su Ying blurted out the female lead's name without a second thought. She truly couldn't bear to see such an adorable Young Hunk drawn in by the female lead's gu and meet a miserable end.
[Host, the female lead would plead innocence over this.]
[I'm even more innocent, all right? If it weren't for Ling Xian, I would have succeeded on my first mission!] Su Ying was speechless. Her first mission had failed because Ling Xian had suddenly caused trouble, making her die for nothing.
[That was because you didn't memorize your lines correctly,] the system reminded her.
[Shut up!] Su Ying snapped inwardly, then heard the young man say:
"I'll remember!"
"Very good." Deeply gratified, Su Ying picked up a pastry, then heard Chu Yu ask, "
Big sister heroine, how do I get back to my master?"
Su Ying took a pastry out of her spatial storage and stuffed it into his hand. "Relax. Someone will come to deliver food tomorrow. Just tell him then, and he'll take you back."
"Then I'll stay here and keep you company tonight, big sister heroine?" A meaningful gleam flashed through Chu Yu's eyes.
"Mm, all right." Su Ying gave a sly grin. What a beautiful night it would be.
Chu Yu walked over and sat beside her. He glanced at the pastry in his hand, then lowered his eyes, revealing his disdain.
She actually enjoyed eating this sort of mortal food so much?
It didn't taste nearly as good as a spiritual root.
Su Ying caught a lovely, delicate fragrance on the young man and vaguely felt it was familiar.
Yet she couldn't remember where she had smelled it before.
Su Ying leaned a little closer. Chu Yu's scent was different from the ambergris those cultivators liked to perfume themselves with. His smelled much better.
She couldn't resist greedily drawing in a few more breaths, marveling inwardly, [Is this a Young Hunk's natural scent? I love it, I love it.]
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