"Uh-huh?"
Ye Xingge scrutinized the cool, aloof face beneath the veil, raising an eyebrow slightly.
Holding the Black Banner Saber, Luo Xuanqing adopted the demeanor of Flower Judge, not daring to breathe a wink from beginning to end. Now, facing the man's eyes so close to his, his robes fluttered slightly, and he gritted his teeth, saying:
Why are you kissing your hat? Are you deliberately trying to mislead me?
Ye Xingge with righteous indignation:
"If I play games, I'll definitely mislead people. If I really do it, wouldn't I become a pervert... wait, what?"
Luo Xuanqing clearly knew the enormity of his mistake. He sheathed his knife, grabbed Ye Xingge by the collar, and kissed him on the cheek, left, right, and center.
Kiss kiss~
He then quickly released his grip, his face flushed, and returned to his desk to sit down, picking up the file and beginning to read it:
"I accept my defeat and I'm not angry. Go back to sleep now."
Ye Xingge. She raised her hand to touch her cheek, feeling flattered and surprised, yet hesitant to speak.
After all, according to the rules, you get to kiss whoever you guess correctly...
I just guessed it was a big green peach...
Shasha~
Luo Xuanqing clearly knew the rules, but according to the rules, she should sit on the front, which made it impossible for her to keep her word.
At this moment, Luo Xuanqing was flipping through the files with a chaotic mind. Seeing Ye Xingge, Luo Xuanqing gritted his teeth, stood up, walked over, grabbed his collar, and stood on tiptoe.
Mwah~
Their lips met.
This time, the kiss was anything but perfunctory; the movements were clumsy but the person cooperated earnestly, and didn't resist when the person hugged their waist.
The office was brightly lit, and a lone man and woman stood in the center of the gleaming floor.
The man held her slender waist, while the woman stood on tiptoe and leaned forward. Although her expression still conveyed a sense of superiority, her trembling eyelashes revealed the turbulent waves in her heart!
After maintaining this state for a moment, Luo Xuanqing separated the strands, noticed the stringiness, quickly wiped them off, and resumed her icy, bossy demeanor.
"Are we even now?"
Ye Xingge thought this was more like the wealthy and generous Great Beauty Luo, and adhering to the principle of forgiving others when possible, he nodded in agreement.
"OK."
"Snort..."
Luo Xuanqing loosened his collar, returned to his desk, and sat down. His face was flushed red to his neck, but he maintained a composed expression and began to sketch out the execution list:
"I didn't take it to heart. Go back and rest!"
Ye Xingge and said:
"Then this humble servant will take his leave. Lord Luo, please rest well as well."
"Um."
Tap tap tap...
Clatter~
Soon, Ye Xingge came out of the room, and her footsteps faded into the distance.
After all movement ceased, Luo Xuanqing's icy aura instantly crumbled. He slumped into the armchair, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath, his face burning red to the point of turning purple. The meaning was probably:
Well, my first kiss is gone again. Let it be destroyed...
Why do I always fail in front of this kid? I've suffered so many losses, and I still haven't learned my lesson...
Could it be that I've truly been cursed by Peach Blossom Baleful Intent, and this boy is bringing me bad luck...?
No, we must be serious tomorrow!
Not long after, in Peach Blossom Lane.
It was past midnight, and the streets were already quiet.
Ye Xingge picked up his bedding roll, placed it on the ground, made a makeshift bed, and shook his head with a light laugh:
"I was just asking for advice, not trying to force myself on you. What are you doing with that knife?"
Inside the curtained room, the Great Beauty in her fiery red dress had already washed and dressed. Now, she sat sideways in the curtained room, wearing a red nightgown, holding the Fate-Robbing Saber in her hand, her eyes slightly panicked.
Hongyu hadn't recovered from beating up that audacious son-in-law at Shangjin Ferry day. She had just finished running errands and was afraid that she would be taken advantage of again if she went home. She had originally planned to find a place to sleep at an inn.
But that slut was absolutely depraved!
Ye Xingge rushed back in the afternoon. That slut had made a bet and had been seen naked all over. She thought she would behave herself for a few days.
As it turns out, that slut never learns her lesson. In the blink of an eye, she's back to betting again, and if she guesses wrong, she insists on losing the bet for free!
Fortunately, the answer wasn't too easy to kiss this time. If it had been someone like Guagua, she suspected that the slut would have actually pulled it out for a kiss...
Faced with such a terrifying desire to attack, Hongyu felt a hundred times uneasy, but she still obediently returned to her original position.
Ye Xingge was very considerate, boiling water for her to bathe and so on. Since Hongyu couldn't clean up after returning to the neighboring courtyard, she naturally bathed there.
After washing her up, this kid wanted to drag her to learn martial arts techniques!
A man and a woman alone together in the dead of night, could they possibly be practicing some kind of martial arts?
Hongyu certainly wouldn't agree, but she was still dragged in and pressed into the curtained room. At this moment, she could only hold the Fate-Robbing Saber and put on the air of a tyrannical hero, Second Rank in the second class.
Ye Xingge made a makeshift bed on the floor and sat cross-legged on it:
"I just wanted to ask about the Great Nine Yang Technique. It's not very suitable for me, and I'd like to switch to the Lesser Pure Yang Technique. You're my protector, so you should at least give me some feedback, right? What if I ruin myself by making the wrong changes?"
Hongyu didn't believe for a second that this audacious son-in-law had no ulterior motives, but she couldn't escape them either. As a protector, she couldn't ignore such a request for advice. After thinking it over, she put down the knife and leaned back against the pillow.
"Then practice diligently. Ask if you don't understand anything. If you dare to be half-hearted, don't blame me for being ruthless."
After saying that, he turned over and left Ye Xingge with a Great Longevity Peach.
Perhaps sensing a bit of danger, he pulled the thin blanket over his waist.
rustling~
Ye Xingge found it somewhat amusing and began circulating his internal energy again, pondering his Lesser Pure Yang.
Chirp chirp chirp~
The night grew completely quiet.
Apart from breathing and gasping sounds, there were no other unusual noises in the room.
Hongyu was actually very nervous. After waiting for a long time, she turned around and found that Ye Xingge was really practicing his skills seriously and did not rush up to tear his clothes or anything. She breathed a sigh of relief. After thinking for a while, she got up again, sat down behind Ye Xingge, and used one hand to press against his back to explore the flow of his qi.
The result was obvious: the master was able to choose this child, and he had no shortcomings in comprehension. Although his progress was slow due to the limitations of his studies, he made steady progress step by step without any problems.
Hongyu nodded secretly, thinking that this was more like the good son-in-law she had brought out. She then crossed her arms and began to strike a pose as a female sect leader, observing from the side.
Ye Xingge sat upright, fully focused on practicing his martial arts. His high nose bridge was outlined in the candlelight, giving him a strikingly handsome appearance. His sword-like eyebrows also exuded a heroic air. Combined with his gray-white robe, he looked like a carefree wandering knight-errant.
His expression was calm and composed, devoid of his usual smugness; he appeared much more mature and indeed looked quite handsome...
Hongyu blinked, her gaze sweeping over the broad shoulders and chest, landing on the waist, before quickly lifting it up.
Then he stood up, struck a pose reminiscent of the Cloud and Rain Tower, and paced back and forth with one hand behind his back, as if supervising his disciples' practice.
He circled around it several times, then finally sat down in front of it and took out the Flower and Moon Pendant.
Although the Flower and Moon Pendant is not a demigod weapon, it is still an incredibly powerful and top-tier magical artifact. Its main function is to conjure anything at will, creating whatever one desires. Though it may resemble a flower in water or the moon in a mirror, it is difficult to distinguish the real from the fake with the naked eye.
In short, it's 3D projection.
At this moment, Hongyu carefully examined the young son-in-law in front of her, gathered her energy, and two small figures appeared in her palm.
The figures gradually solidified, only a finger's height tall. One of them was a young ranger dressed in a gray-white robe, looking up with eyes full of admiration.
Ahead stood a red-clad old demon, half-suspended in mid-air. Proportionally, he was no less than five meters tall, his fiery red skirt seemingly blotting out the sky. He gazed down at the mortals below with cold, aloof, and domineering eyes, his demeanor seemingly saying:
"Immortals and mortals are different, humans and demons are destined for different paths..."
The young hero tried to persuade the old demon in red to stay and apologize, but the old demon remained aloof. However, the young hero was incredibly bold and actually jumped up to touch the old demon in red's knee.
The red-robed demon was enraged. He raised his hand and waved it lightly, conjuring countless ice spikes. With that, he unleashed...
Da da da da~
The young hero scurried around the pillar with his head in his hands, circling around the Flower and Moon Pendant King Qin, offering all sorts of apologies.
The red-clad old demon, on the other hand, was like a flying cannon, relentlessly striking with all his palms.
Hongyu looked at the scene in her palm, a slight smile playing on her lips, her peach blossom eyes filled with triumph. Just as she was amusing herself, she suddenly realized something was wrong.
Looking up, one could see an identical young swordsman about two feet away, tilting his head and staring at the 3D animation with an incredulous look...
?
Whoosh~
The Flowers in a Mirror, Moon in Water vanished instantly, and Hongyu hid the jade pendant behind her waist, her eyes filled with tension.
Ye Xingge had heard of Flower and Moon Pendant's domineering nature, but he truly hadn't expected it to be this fun. He had already calmed his mind and moved closer:
" Yu'er, what are you doing?"
Hongyu's face flushed red, but she forced herself to maintain her domineering pose.
"I'm demonstrating to you what will happen to you if my sister regains her powers, so you must obey and follow the rules..."
Ye Xingge was skeptical. "You're at your peak, can you really be this powerful?"
Hongyu held her head high and said, "Sister, you're ranked eighth in the Second Rank. On the entire Gold List, no one ranked higher than me is younger than me, and the highest-ranking person younger than you is only fourteenth. You think just anyone can become the leader of the Mountains and Rivers Association, Lü Chuan's grandson?"
"..."
Ye Xingge thought about it for a moment and agreed.
The fact that Great Beauty Liang was chosen by Heroine Yun as her successor and took the position of leader of the Mountains and Rivers Association when only Nana was reliable can only be described as having extremely high stats; she could sweep through without even thinking.
But if someone is all about stats yet has lost all their power, it's hard to consider them a peerless master.
Ye Xingge sized up the imposing figure and asked:
"Now that you've regained your power, you really intend to beat me up like this?"
Hongyu adopted a dignified expression;
"Yes. If you continue to disobey your superiors, this will be considered lenient..."
"Oh..."
Ye Xingge nodded slightly, his gaze falling on the most reliable option, as if to say—since we're going to get beaten up sooner or later, we might as well...
"Huh?"
Seeing that look, Hongyu immediately became a little timid and put on a reasonable appearance:
"But if you behave from now on, I can forgive and forget about what happened before!"
"Tch~"
Ye Xingge shook his head and smiled, then reached behind his back:
"Let me play with it..."
Hongyu quickly pulled the cloth behind her waist, clearly unhappy.
After all, this item is too versatile, much like the [ Choose Methods and Determine the Path ] used by Propriety Weapon.
[ Choose Methods and Determine the Path ] creates a virtual world within the sea of consciousness, where opponents, environments, divine weapons, and so on can be created at will. The world is controlled by the divine weapons, perfectly conforming to the laws of nature. The master of the weapon is immersed in the world, and if killed, the illusion collapses, allowing for infinite replays.
If one practices dual cultivation techniques, [ Choose Methods and Determine the Path ] one can naturally simulate a Daoist partner, research various ways to play, and even fox spirits and non-human girls, without having to worry about being crushed to death. They know more about Lower Corpse than even the Filth-Severing Whip.
However, being addicted to the illusion of the virtual world is a misguided path. The Lord of Propriety Weapon is usually quite rigid and rule-abiding, and almost no one would do this. Even if they did, they would not be able to defeat the Lord of Lower Corpse Soldiers.
If the Filth-Severing Whip dares to have such a miraculous effect, then the lustful nature of the Lord of Lower Corpse will definitely prevent him from ever coming out.
Although the Flower and Moon Pendant cannot create an immersive experience like a divine weapon, the illusion is not much different from the [ Choose Methods and Determine the Path ] except that it cannot be touched and must be controlled by oneself.
Ye Xingge discovers this ingenious use, he might be able to create a room full of Great Longevity Peach and beat himself to death!