[After extracting the keyword, the host can obtain the trait [Purple Has a Certain Charm]] [[Purple Has a Certain Charm] Passive: Greatly increases the host's appreciation of purple clothing and accessories, allowing him to precisely select the purple outfit best suited to the girl he likes] [[Purple Has a Certain Charm] Active: When the host already has a female companion beside him, but another female companion approaches from ahead, saying "She's just my younger sister. My younger sister says purple has a certain charm" will forcibly calm his female companions, quell their resentment, and eliminate the romantic battlefield] [[Purple Has a Certain Charm] Combination skill: When a female companion beside the host regularly wears purple, a bond can be formed to trigger the higher-tier effect [Younger Sister's Beauty Has a Certain Charm]. Until the bond is severed, the bonded companion gains 30% charm and 30% cultivation speed, but the side effect is that the younger sister will become obsessed with purple outfits]
"Hm?"
"Huh???"
Su Yuan broke into a cold sweat, question marks popping up over his head one after another.
The young woman's identity wasn't hard to guess. Su Yuan had already had a pretty good idea who she was when they first met.
There weren't many beauties her age in Star Luo City with looks and bearing like hers. Add her purple hair and the skirt ensemble embroidered with stars, and Xu Jiujiu was the most likely candidate.
When he saw her dressed entirely in purple, with beauty beyond compare, that song had naturally started playing in Su Yuan's head of its own accord.
"She's just my younger sister. My younger sister says purple has a certain charm~♬"
But he really hadn't expected that keyword to actually trigger and be extracted!
And this trait...
How should he put it? Although it wasn't as powerful as Never Bully a Poor Young Man or My Dad Is Li Gang, it really had a whole lot of features and effects!
A passive, an active, and even a combination skill!
This was the first time Su Yuan had learned that his traits could even grant buffs to other people through a bond.
"Ahem~ Hello, Princess Jiujiu. I'm Su Yuan." Su Yuan discreetly extracted the trait, though he didn't equip it just yet.
"I've long heard of you. Word reached me some time ago that an outstanding young talent was living at Elder Wang's residence. Meeting you today, I can see your reputation is well deserved," Xu Jiujiu said with a radiant smile.
She had indeed heard about Su Yuan from Xu Jiawei very early on, and had always been curious about this descendant of the late imperial consecrator.
As their sea-steadying pillar, Wang Xian'er had lived in Star Luo City for over a century. Xu Jiujiu also knew that Elder Wang's cultivation had been stuck at level 95 for decades.
She had never heard of any sign that Wang Xian'er might break through her bottleneck.
Yet as soon as this consecrator's descendant returned, Wang Xian'er had risen from level 95 to level 98, regained her youth, and manifested a Healing Angel True Body that shook all of Star Luo City.
How could Xu Jiujiu not be curious?
How had he done it?
Xu Jiujiu had wanted to meet Su Yuan for ages, but he never went out, and it wasn't convenient for her to visit him uninvited as a princess, so she had never had the chance.
But when they met today, merely seeing his profile had made Xu Jiujiu's little heart race uncontrollably. Without any warning, she felt an intense sense of closeness to Su Yuan, and even wanted to pull out some treasure or other and give it to him.
Only her status as a princess and her years of refinement allowed Xu Jiujiu to forcibly suppress that impulse.
Even so, she hadn't been able to resist coming over to strike up a conversation with Su Yuan.
And once she actually began talking to him, Xu Jiujiu's sense of closeness to him grew stronger and stronger. His utterly undisguised, straightforward compliment in particular had nearly made her start pulling things out to give him on the spot.
Why do I feel this way?
Xu Jiujiu puzzled over it endlessly without finding an answer. In the end, she could only attribute it to an instant affinity, or even love at first sight.
"Love at first sight, a single glance lasting ten thousand years?" Xu Jiujiu's eyes shimmered, and a hint of bashfulness crept into her dignified smile.
Su Yuan had no idea what Xu Jiujiu was thinking. Most of his attention had been drawn to the trait, and hearing her praise him like that, he could only reply modestly, "You flatter me, Your Highness. I haven't really..."
[Ding-!] [Ding-!]
The system's sudden, frantic chimes cut him off. Translucent pop-ups spread like a virus, blocking his entire field of vision almost instantly.
[[Rich Lady, I Don't Want to Work Hard Anymore] trait activated!] [[Rich Lady, I Don't Want to Work Hard Anymore] trait activated!] [[Rich Lady, I Don't Want to Work Hard Anymore] trait activated!] [[Rich Lady, I Don't Want to Work Hard Anymore] trait activated!] [...]
"...???" Su Yuan's vision went dark, and his ears nearly started ringing.
Wut just happened?
What...
"Bro-system! Turn off the pop-ups!"
Nearly knocked senseless by the pop-ups, Su Yuan hurriedly stopped the system, which had gone completely berserk. But before he could ask what had happened, an icy feeling that chilled his back rose uncontrollably within him.
It was as though...
Ten thousand hungry wolves were staring sinisterly at him from behind?
His expression stiff, Su Yuan mechanically turned his head, only to see pair after pair of alluring, foxlike eyes gleaming green.
Those foxlike gazes belonged to noblewomen and powerful female cultivators, all dressed like flowers in full bloom, with voluptuous, mature figures and enchanting poise...
"Slurp..."
Some wealthy lady couldn't help swallowing, and then the sounds of gulping rose one after another. The women instinctively formed a semicircle, surrounding Su Yuan.
"What an adorable child. Whose little darling are you?" A seductive older woman in a formal qipao and gold stiletto heels, with a beauty mark beneath the corner of her eye, approached Su Yuan with shining eyes and asked softly in a affected, sugary voice sweet enough to kill.
"Sister Yang, I'm curious too. Such a handsome young gentleman-I'm ever so fond of him!" Another beautiful woman, overflowing with charm and no less lovely than the first, came closer, covering her mouth as she laughed like a flower trembling on its branch.
"Sister Yang" leaned sideways and glanced at that lustful vixen, snorting inwardly.
Who are you trying to fool with that little-sister act, you scheming tramp? If we're talking age, you're older than I am, you old woman.
And you have the nerve to call me "sister"?
Damn you!
But before she could retaliate, another beautiful woman enveloped in floral fragrance knocked her aside with a boing of her plump, perky hips and swept the stunned Su Yuan into her arms.
"Oh my, what an adorable young gentleman! Come, let your big sister give you a hug~ Heeheehee, you're so soft-"
"No..." Su Yuan only felt a powerful force smother his face as an intense fragrance rushed straight to his head, immediately followed by a tender suffocation!
"Lemme go..."
"Can't bweathe..."
But this was only the beginning.
Once someone broke the rules and got hands-on, these wealthy ladies, normally pampered, dignified, and elegant, instantly became like aunties at a vegetable market, squeezing inward without a shred of decorum.
Only Xu Jiujiu, too concerned about keeping up appearances to compete with the older women, was pushed outside the circle with misery written all over her face.
She was practically like a helpless...
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