Keeping Her Outside the Sect

No matter how one looked at it, Song Xianming was the Dao companion her sect had personally chosen for her, the equivalent of a husband in the mortal world.

Now that she had slept with Qin Yi, it was an immense humiliation for a man.

If Song Xianming found out, he certainly would not let it go easily.

That is a problem.

Holding her in his arms, Qin Yi suddenly fell into thought.

He had already gotten this woman.

But dealing with the aftermath really did seem far from easy.

Xu Xinran was different from Gu Yiyi. He could take Gu Yiyi without any worries because her father had personally said that he might betroth Gu Yiyi to him.

What he had done now amounted to boarding the carriage before buying the ticket. Even if her father found out, he would at most scold him. He certainly would not do anything to him; after all, he was a prized disciple.

But Xu Xinran was different.

First of all, she and Song Xianming both belonged to the Third Peak, Pine Cloud Peak, and its peak master had personally chosen the two of them to become Dao companions.

As someone from the Seventh Peak, and given his relationship with Gu Yiyi, Qin Yi could not openly claim Xu Xinran for himself.

With his current strength and standing, if he tried that, did he think the Third Peak's master and Gu Yiyi's father were pushovers?

Gu Yiyi's father would be the first to refuse.

You already have my daughter, yet you dare flirt around with other women?

Even a prized disciple would surely matter less to him than his daughter's happiness. He might cripple Qin Yi outright in a fit of rage.

It was these concerns that presented Qin Yi with a dilemma.

Unless Song Xianming meets with an accident.

If Song Xianming died, the matter would be perfectly resolved.

As long as Song Xianming died, no one would care who Xu Xinran was with. Then, as long as Gu Yiyi did not find out, Qin Yi could still shamelessly enjoy a few intimate moments with her from time to time.

Just as this thought formed in Qin Yi's mind, the system's gentle, mature feminine voice actually rang out again.

Qin Yi realized that his system seemed to trigger according to the situation.

[Detected killing intent in the host's heart. You have successfully stolen Xu Xinran's love. If you kill her former partner, the host will receive an additional reward.]

That works too?

Qin Yi immediately perked up.

He could actually get a reward for killing her former partner.

"What kind of reward?"

[A mystery reward from the system. It cannot be revealed in advance. Kill her former partner: does the host accept?]

If killing Song Xianming had merely been a passing thought before, now, for the sake of the reward, he had to kill him.

He had never intended to be a good person after coming to this world anyway.

Besides, stealing another man's love was standard fare for a villain. Since he was a villain, even indiscriminately killing innocents was reasonable.

If I'm going to kill him, I'll have to find a way to do it without gods or ghosts knowing.

At that thought, he kissed Xu Xinran's forehead. "Don't be afraid. I'll handle him. No matter what, I won't let him bully you."

His tender words, coupled with that loving kiss, left Xu Xinran's heart all but intoxicated in his embrace.

For a woman experiencing the first stirrings of love, once she gave her body to a man, her heart would belong entirely to him as well.

And if that man understood a little romance and gave her more tenderness, she would be willing to give almost anything for him.

"Senior Brother Qin, you're so good to me."

Xu Xinran shyly buried her head in his arms.

At that moment, the affection score above Xu Xinran's head increased by another 10 points, reaching 90.

Seeing that the mood had already been built up this far, Qin Yi added more tenderness. "Back outside the sect's mountain, his attitude made me uncomfortable. A man who doesn't know how to respect women doesn't deserve to be called a man at all. Xinran, from today onward, you're my woman. I swear I'll protect you and never let anyone bully you, not even the Heavenly King himself."

At a time like this, sweet nothings were most effective on women, no different from a nuclear-level weapon.

"But my relationship with Song... Song Xianming was decided by Master. What should we do about that?" Xu Xinran still came back to the root of the problem.

She and Qin Yi were sharing sweetness and tenderness now, but once she left this place and returned to the sect, her master's intimidating authority would surely keep her from daring to approach Qin Yi again.

And then, as her nominal Dao companion, if Song Xianming wanted to do anything to her, her master's authority would also prevent her from resisting.

"Xinran, tell me, what if I kept you outside the sect?"

"K-kept me outside?"

"I mean, you wouldn't have to return to the Famous Sword Sect anymore. I'll cover all your cultivation resources from now on and provide for you. That way, as long as you don't go back, there's nothing they can do to you. And outside the sect, you could be with me often. What do you think?"

He could not confront the sect head-on yet.

In the future, if Qin Yi continued stealing other men's loves, having more and more women around him would be unavoidable.

To keep someone like Gu Yiyi's father from jumping out and slapping him dead, his most pressing task was to improve his strength.

Once his strength rose, rules and the like would no longer bind him. Even if he had a hundred women around him then, no one would dare say anything.

But right now, he did not have that kind of strength.

If he wanted three wives and four concubines, he could only hide it from the sect.

For someone like Xu Xinran, keeping her outside, like keeping a mistress, was a way to kill two birds with one stone.

Xu Xinran hesitated.

It had not been easy for her to join the Famous Sword Sect.

Yet now Qin Yi was actually asking her to leave it.

Although Qin Yi had said he would cover her cultivation resources, what would she do if he had a change of heart later?

Seeing her hesitate, Qin Yi immediately unleashed the ultimate oath, the move women of this era responded to best. "If you don't believe me, Xinran, I can swear that if I ever stop taking care of you, may Heaven strike me with lightning and deny me a peaceful death."

Sure enough, hearing the man she loved make such a terrible oath was more than Xu Xinran could bear.

She hurriedly covered his mouth. "Don't say that. I believe you, Senior Brother Qin."

"Then what do you choose, Xinran?"

"I... I'll do as you say, Senior Brother Qin."

A woman in love really did become less intelligent. With just those few words, Xu Xinran agreed not to return to the sect and to let Qin Yi keep her outside.

"We've already been this intimate, and you're still calling me Senior Brother Qin?" Qin Yi lifted her chin with two fingers.

Xu Xinran shyly closed her eyes a little. "Then... what should I call you?"

Qin Yi smiled. "Among mortals, what should a woman call her man once she marries?"

Xu Xinran's cheeks reddened. "Her... husband."

Qin Yi said, "Then call me husband. Let me hear it."

A shiver ran through Xu Xinran's delicate body. Although they had already been intimate, saying the word "husband" still required tremendous courage to break through the moral boundary in her heart.

"You don't want to?"

Xu Xinran shook her head, then buried her face against his chest and softly called, "Husband."

The instant the word "husband" left her lips, the affection score above her head suddenly rose by another 10 points.

Sure enough, to obtain a traditional woman's full 100 affection points, he had to break through her moral boundaries and make her let go completely.