Brother-in-law Was a Little Infuriating

A Child of Calamity was a Child of Calamity, protected by the Heavenly Dao. Killing him was no easy feat...

Di Xin sighed softly inwardly. Although he was somewhat disappointed by the outcome, none of it was particularly unexpected.

[Mission to execute the traitor to humanity failed. Host detected severing one of Jiang Ziya's arms. Reward: 500 merit points, automatically converted into merit golden body; 10 Achievement Points for the Traitor Crippler achievement...]

Immediately afterward, the system's notification sounded in Di Xin's mind. To his surprise, although the system had declared the mission a failure, it still awarded him a portion of the rewards. Of course, they fell far short of what he would have received for completing the mission.

Next time, I'll kill Jiang Ziya for sure!

Di Xin clenched his fist and silently swore that oath.

If a traitor like this was not eliminated, he would become a true scourge upon the human race. Who knew how many people would suffer a great calamity because of him?

[Negative emotion points from Jiang Ziya +555... +555... Total negative emotion points +23359.4...]

Just then, the system's background data refreshed again.

Over twenty thousand already!

Although I didn't manage to kill Jiang Ziya this time, the haul was still pretty good!

Looking at that string of numbers, Di Xin felt thoroughly satisfied. The figure far exceeded his expectations. He had to admit that Jiang Ziya made an excellent point-farming tool. He needed to put him to good use, squeeze every last ray of light and scrap of heat from this traitor, and fleece him bald, dry, and bloody!

[Negative emotion points from Yu Linglong +6...]

"If you want to hold me, hold me, but could you stop letting your hands wander? You're making my body feel all funny..."

Just then, Yu Linglong's somewhat airheaded voice came from Di Xin's arms, sounding rather aggrieved.

"Hahaha! Thank you for your help, little sister Yu!"

Hearing her, Di Xin hurriedly stopped unconsciously plucking the pipa strings and thanked her with a chuckle.

Still, he was a little puzzled. Why were these pipa strings so soft, and so springy?

"Hmph..."

With a slight sway, Yu Linglong changed from her original pipa form back into human form and shot Di Xin an indignant glare.

Di Xin glanced over and immediately saw several strings glimmering faintly over the chest of Yu Linglong's purple dress, rising and falling with her breathing.

No wonder they felt like that. So that was why!

"Sister Daji, how are you? Are you all right?"

After glaring at Di Xin, Yu Linglong floated over to Daji.

Right, Daji was injured just now!

Hearing her, Di Xin's heart tightened. He hurried over to Daji as well, gathered her into his arms, and asked gently, "My beloved consort, how are you? Is it serious?"

"My demon core only suffered a slight injury. It's nothing serious. Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty."

Daji shook her head and answered sweetly, but her face was as pale as paper.

"Rest and recover, my beloved consort. I'll find you the finest pills to heal your injuries!" Di Xin tenderly stroked Daji's cold, pale cheek, then said solemnly, "I swear that one day I'll avenge you. I'll cut off that dog Jiang Ziya's head and give it to you to kick around!"

"Your Majesty, you're always trying to frighten me. I wouldn't play with a bloody head..."

Looking into Di Xin's sincere eyes, Daji suddenly felt a warm current flow through her heart, and she answered softly.

Although she came from the Qingqiu Fox lineage, her parents had died young, and her family was long gone. Otherwise, she would never have taken up residence in the Xuanyuan Tomb, nor would the Qingqiu Fox clan have pushed her forward to become entangled in this karma when Nuwa summoned the demons with the Myriad Demon Banner.

Now, Di Xin's care and consideration could not help but move her. A thousand emotions stirred in her heart, and she felt she had not entrusted herself to the wrong man.

[Affection and loyalty from Daji +15. Total +75...]

At the same time, a system notification sounded in Di Xin's mind.

"Sister Daji..."

Seeing the tender affection flowing between Di Xin and Daji as their eyes met, Yu Linglong and Hu Ximei exchanged a glance, then addressed Daji in astonishment.

Empress Nuwa had sent them to Chaoge to throw Great Shang's realm into chaos. How had Sister Daji ended up falling in love instead?

But with Di Xin right beside them, they could not speak openly and could only keep shooting Daji meaningful looks.

"His Majesty already knows what we came here to do. There's no need to hide anything from him..." Seeing this, Daji spoke solemnly to Yu Linglong and Hu Ximei, then continued, "Besides, I've made up my mind to follow and assist His Majesty from now on. I summoned you both here to persuade you to do the same!"

What?!

Yu Linglong and Hu Ximei sucked in cold breaths, their faces frozen in stunned disbelief.

Neither of them had ever imagined that Daji would dare defy Empress Nuwa's decree, abandoning her mission to bewitch Di Xin and bring chaos to Great Shang's realm in favor of following him, sharing life and death, and never leaving his side!

Wasn't Sister Daji afraid that Empress Nuwa would punish her and destroy her body and soul?!

"Once things here are settled, His Majesty can explain to you both in detail why I've chosen to do this."

Seeing the confusion and shock on Hu Ximei's and Yu Linglong's faces, Daji smiled and spoke gently.

"Don't call me His Majesty. Call me brother-in-law..."

Di Xin laughed heartily and took a long look at his two sisters-in-law... then a second... then a third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth.

For any man, having two sisters-in-law like these would absolutely count as one of life's greatest blessings!

After all, as the old saying went, a younger sister-in-law was her brother-in-law's whatever-it-was... Not to mention that these two were Daji's sworn sisters, and according to the original Investiture of the Gods storyline, they also had a tale with King Zhou that simply had to be told!

"Your brother-in-law will go tidy things up first. Take good care of your sister. I'll come have a heart-to-heart with you later."

Once he had looked his fill, Di Xin smiled at Hu Ximei and Yu Linglong, then walked toward the rebel soldiers.

"Your Majesty, we really can't think of any more. Please, spare us..."

As soon as they saw Di Xin approach, the soldiers trembled like mice confronted by a cat, their faces filled with terror.

[Negative emotion points from Li Dagui +66...]

[Negative emotion points from Qin Erzhuang +66...]

[Negative emotion points from An San +66...]

...

Immediately afterward, negative emotion points flowed into Di Xin's pond like streams converging upon the sea. In the blink of an eye, they had accumulated a full +2000 negative emotion points for him.

"Even if you can't think of any, keep thinking. If you can't come up with any today, none of you gets to eat! Of course... you won't get to eat tomorrow or the day after, either!"

Watching the figures refresh in the background, Di Xin raised his brows at the soldiers and spoke with a beaming smile.

"..."

The soldiers let out miserable wails and screams, delivering another +3000 negative emotion points to Di Xin. Sure enough, ancient or modern, everyone was a food lover with a soul devoted to chowing down.

"Come, come, we'll start with you. I'll teach you a few first: heaven-blessed martial prowess, wise and majestic, grand talent and bold vision..."

Just then, Di Xin pointed at one of the soldiers and spoke with a smile.

The soldier's eyes lit up, and he immediately prepared to repeat the phrases. But just then, Di Xin said cheerfully, "Anything I've said doesn't count!"

[Negative emotion points from An San +88...]

The soldier's eyes instantly dimmed, his face filled with anguish. He racked his brains, scratched his ears, and clawed at his cheeks, yet could not come up with a single additional phrase.

"Idiot, can't you change the order? Say majestic and wise, martial prowess blessed by heaven, or bold vision and grand talent!"

Seeing this, Di Xin looked at the soldier and teased him with an amused smile.

At those words, the soldier's eyes immediately brightened.

"Anything I've said still doesn't count!" Before he could speak, however, Di Xin raised his brows again and announced it with a smile.

[Negative emotion points from An San +188...]

In an instant, the soldier's eyes went completely dull, like a glowing coal doused with two ladles of water in succession. It could not have been extinguished more thoroughly. Forget sparks-it did not even have any warmth left!

"Sister, why do I feel that His Majesty..." Propping up her chin as she watched Di Xin at work, Hu Ximei could not help staring in disbelief. After standing dazed for a long while, she said to Daji, "No, I mean our brother-in-law. Isn't he a little infuriating?"

"Not a little. He's utterly infuriating-the kind who could anger you to death and never pay for it!"

Yu Linglong shook her head, then nodded vigorously. She even gave an involuntary shudder, not daring to imagine how agonizing it would be if she were subjected to such torment!