Fourth Update: Perfectionist! Su Yi! (First Update! Please Vote!)

"Your Holiness the Pope! News has come from Heaven Dou Imperial City!"

Yue Guan appeared in the Pope's Palace and softly reported to Bibi Dong, who stood by the window gazing into the distance.

"How is that little one doing now?"

Hearing Yue Guan's report, Bibi Dong, who had been staring blankly into the distant sky, lost in thoughts unknown, turned and calmly asked Yue Guan, "How is that little one doing now?"

"Reporting to Your Holiness the Pope, Charles wrote back that the little one has successfully entered Moon Pavilion. And the best news is that little Su Yi has become that woman's Direct Disciple. Now, unlike the other students in Moonlight Pavilion, who can only attend class for one day before returning, he stays by that woman's side while she personally teaches him."

As he said this, a faint smile appeared on Yue Guan's face.

Bibi Dong smiled faintly at those words, then turned back to gaze at the distant sky without speaking.

"Enough, Yue Guan. You may leave."

"Yes, Your Holiness the Pope!"

Hearing Bibi Dong's words, Yue Guan left the Pope's Palace with a trace of confusion in his eyes.

Why did His Holiness the Pope seem a little strange today?

Since that day, Su Yi had unknowingly spent three days at Moon Pavilion.

Over those three days, the woman named Tang Yuehua—his current teacher and the Master of Moon Pavilion—would come specifically to teach him after finishing her lessons with the noble children each day.

There was not much to the lesson, only one thing: smiling.

Whenever they practiced this, Tang Yuehua would release the Noble Ring domain to envelop him, placing him in an exceptionally peaceful, serene, and comfortable state before personally guiding him.

She had Su Yi face a mirror while she stood behind him, using both hands to arrange his face into a smile.

After three days of effort, Su Yi could already smile.

However, his smile was extremely stiff, and his gaze was exceedingly cold. It looked somewhat frightening.

Today, Tang Yuehua came to Su Yi's room again. Seeing him continuously practice smiling inside, a trace of gratification appeared in her eyes.

Though this little one was incomparably cold, he would meticulously and wholeheartedly practice and complete everything she taught him.

On the first day of practice, she had personally arranged his face into a smile. By the second day, he could already smile without her help.

Every time she came here, the little one would stand before the mirror, looking at his reflection as he repeatedly practiced smiling.

Yet his gaze was too indifferent. Combined with his smile, it not only looked terribly fake, but paired with those cold eyes, it was simply terrifying.

What Tang Yuehua did not know was that, to Su Yi, a qualified assassin had to complete the mission given to him. No matter what the mission was, it had to be done perfectly.

Thus, no matter what Su Yi did, as long as someone asked him to accomplish it, he would do it to perfection. He was a god of slaughter who pursued perfection.

Since his teacher had sent him here, and he had sensed in this place and in that woman something that could transform him—

Then he would certainly do well whatever that woman asked him to accomplish.

"Little one, you've already done very well. You learn quickly, much faster than I expected."

"However, your smile is too fake."

Hearing Tang Yuehua's words while practicing his smile, Su Yi turned his head to look at her.

"How do I do it?" An ordinary person might not have understood what Su Yi meant.

But Tang Yuehua smiled slightly upon hearing him. "Your smile looks fake because your eyes are far too cold."

"The only solution is to make your eyes gentler, to make them appear like those of a normal person. When you smile, you need to soften your gaze. Only then will your smile be considered perfectly learned."

Tang Yuehua came to Su Yi's side. Looking at little Su Yi, her eyes were filled with tenderness.

"I don't understand. What should I do?"

Looking at Tang Yuehua, who had crouched in front of him, Su Yi unusually said one extra sentence to this woman.

Tang Yuehua did not mind Su Yi's cold words at all, because she knew that this child was simply like that by nature.

Whenever she heard Su Yi's utterly icy voice, Tang Yuehua would look at his already remarkably handsome, almost demonic little face and smile faintly. "A person's temperament cannot be changed overnight. However, there is one thing that can greatly help improve your temperament."

"What is it?"

Hearing Tang Yuehua's words, Su Yi asked.

"Music."

Tang Yuehua looked at Su Yi and slowly said, "When you devote all your thoughts to music, as the melody plays, your mood will relax and find enjoyment along with it. In such an environment, your temperament will quietly change as well."

"So, starting today, I will teach you some basic knowledge about music!"

As Tang Yuehua spoke, she had someone bring in a guqin from outside.

After the attendant placed the guqin in Su Yi's room, he withdrew.

"Come with me!"

Tang Yuehua led Su Yi over to sit before the guqin. Then, looking at him, she softly said, "Listen and watch first. I'll teach you afterward."

After saying this, Tang Yuehua placed both hands upon the guqin's strings.

Then, the Noble Ring appeared beneath her feet once more, enveloping the entire room.

Her fingers plucked the strings, and a gentle, beautiful melody capable of soothing the heart slowly echoed and flowed through the room.

After hearing the music, the coldness in Su Yi's eyes gradually faded, leaving him incomparably calm and tranquil.

When the piece ended, Tang Yuehua looked at Su Yi standing beside her. The usual coldness was gone from his eyes, replaced only by serenity and calm.

She could not help but wonder to herself, What exactly had this little one experienced to become like this?

She had released the Noble Ring and used her trump card, yet only then had this little one's heart become peaceful.

One had to know that even when her brother had returned from that hellish place, the killing intent and coldness radiating from him had been comparable to this little one's. Yet she could not sense even the slightest killing intent from this little one.

Otherwise, she would have thought that this little one had also come from that hellish place her brother had once gone to.

Otherwise, his eyes could not have been so cold.

Yet when her brother had returned from that place, even though he radiated endless coldness and killing intent, once she released the Noble Ring, it could offset those auras and calm him, allowing him to slowly relax.

But with this little one, Tang Yuehua could see that only Su Yi's eyes had become tranquil. His entire body had not yet completely relaxed.

Thus, seeing this, Tang Yuehua felt even more heartache for the icy little one before her.

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Everyone, please rest assured that the protagonist's personality will not change. For example, his coldness, his Decisive in Killing nature, and his straight-as-steel male personality. This transformation is meant to lay the groundwork for the later plot and for the emotional storyline between him and Bibi Dong. If the protagonist did not transform a little, how could his relationship with Bibi Dong develop?

Otherwise, would I ruin Bibi Dong's character setting and have Bibi Dong take the initiative to fawn over the protagonist? I would never do that. I do not want to ruin Bibi Dong as a character.

Through this transformation, the protagonist will gain two additional traits: being scheming, and being willing to use any means necessary to achieve his goals.