Chapter 11: You Wouldn’t Want…

The next day...

Luo Xing felt as though he were dreaming.

In the dream, with the help of the system in his head, he had become the strongest in the Qingyu Continent. He had successfully prevented the plot where Ye Li bullied Luo Han, and then...

He had even conquered Ye Li!

Yes!

The powerful him had successfully beaten Ye Li into a stray dog on the side of the road, and then he...

In all honesty, although this woman Ye Li looked cold, holding her...

Was also quite cold...

*Slap...*

Just as he was immersed in the beautiful dream of becoming the strongest, saving his sister, and conquering Ye Li, his face was suddenly slapped lightly...

The hand that slapped his face felt slightly cool and quite comfortable, carrying a faint, lingering fragrance...

"How bold..."

Luo Xing waved his hand dismissively. "I haven't slept enough yet..."

After saying that, he used both his hands and legs to tightly hug the "Ye Li" in his arms...

*Slap!*

"Holy crap!"

Luo Xing snapped awake instantly, cursing, "Who is so bold! How dare you sneak attack this Emperor!"

He hadn't even heard "Ye Li" cry while singing "Conquer" yet. Who dared to disturb him!

However, when he opened his eyes, his blurry vision met a pair of slender, long, snowy-white feet...

Wh—what the hell?

Luo Xing, his head still groggy, rubbed his face and eyes. Once his vision cleared completely, he finally saw what was in front of him.

Oh, they were feet...

*Hiss...*

These feet were quite beautiful...

And...

They looked a bit familiar?

Luo Xing's brain was suddenly jolted awake by a mysterious force, and his movements stiffened as he gradually looked upward...

He saw a cold beauty sitting on the bed with her arms crossed. On her exquisite face, there was currently a faint, ambiguous smile.

"Are you awake, Great Emperor?"

Luo Xing sat on the ground and stared blankly for a long time. Finally, he decided...

He had to be dreaming...

Otherwise, why would Ye Li appear in front of him early in the morning and sit on his bed?

Wait?

On the bed?

It was only then that Luo Xing realized he was actually sitting on the floor. Beside him was a vase that was almost as tall as he was.

Wait!

Wait, wait, wait, wait!

What happened?

Did Ye Li run into his room early in the morning and kick him off the bed?

But how to explain the vase?

Isn't this the vase from Ye Li's room?

Why did it appear in his room?

Luo Xing clawed at his hair aggressively, desperately trying to recall his memories...

Yesterday...

Yesterday, Ye Li seemed to have given him a bottle of something called Body Tempering Liquid, and then he...

"What? Has the Great Emperor fallen into a state of cultivation deviation?" Ye Li gave a cold laugh. "Does your Master need to regulate your energy for you?"

*Boom!*

In an instant, fragmented memories flooded toward him like a tide.

Yesterday...

He seemed to have drunk too much?

And then...

He had sprayed Ye Li?

I'm cooked!

Isn't Ye Li going to kill him for this!?

Cold sweat instantly erupted all over his body!

"Mas... Master..." Luo Xing forced a smile that looked worse than crying. "Can... can I at least have an intact corpse?"

He no longer hoped for a peaceful death; even that request felt a bit too luxurious now...

Ye Li did not answer his request directly. Instead, she rose gracefully and walked toward the door.

"Wash yourself up and come find me outside."

Having said that, she didn't wait for Luo Xing to respond, leaving him with a view of her beautiful, elegant back as she departed...

Watching Ye Li's departing figure, Luo Xing stood frozen as if struck by lightning...

Wait?

Was he still asleep or what?

Ye Li actually...

She let him off?

No...

That wasn't right?!

In the original story, she was irrationally brutal!

Even if she didn't kill him, she should have at least pulled out a few of his fingernails!

But now...

The character setting has completely collapsed!

***

A short while later, Luo Xing, having finished washing up and changing his clothes, went outside.

However, Ye Li was not alone. There were several servant disciples as well.

At that moment, they were clattering away by the pond, constructing a wooden cabin. Luo Xing took a rough glance...

It looked like...

A kitchen?

"Master?" Luo Xing asked tentatively. "This is..."

Ye Li crossed her arms and glanced at him sideways. "You have not yet reached the Inedia stage. This is a kitchen built for you. From now on, you can cook your own food to fill your stomach."

In truth, there was no need for such trouble. A bottle of Inedia Pills could solve everything.

But hadn't this little guy said so yesterday?

He complained that there wasn't even a kitchen, forcing him to live like a wild man for two months...

Then, as his Master, she naturally had to fulfill this small request of her disciple.

Soon, the kitchen specifically prepared for Luo Xing was built, and some rice, flour, oil, and salt were provided.

Ye Li paid the leading servant disciple two lower-grade spirit stones.

This was how servant disciples obtained cultivation resources. Those two spirit stones would be taken back to the Hall of Miscellaneous Affairs to be exchanged for contribution points, which would then be divided equally among the servant disciples. Afterward, they could use those contribution points to exchange for the resources they needed.

After the servant disciples left, Duan Tian Peak returned to its usual tranquility...

"Um..." Luo Xing, adopting the mindset of "better to die early and get it over with," spoke up tremulously. "Master... about that... yesterday, I..."

He didn't remember much, but those fragmented memories told him that he seemed to have said some...

Not very polite things to Ye Li...

Ye Li glanced at Luo Xing, then flicked her wrist, pulling out a Shadow-Recording Stone.

As a "country bumpkin" (modern person) who hadn't seen much of the world, Luo Xing naturally didn't know what it was. But before he could ask, Ye Li activated the stone.

... "What I want to say is none of your damn business! Why do you care!" ...

... "And then... and then she doesn't treat me like a disciple at all..." ...

... "I... I want to take my sister with me!" ...

Watching Luo Xing's expression gradually stiffen, Ye Li smiled with satisfaction.

Of course, this wasn't all the content recorded by the Shadow-Recording Stone. She had extracted a portion for use in case of emergency.

After Luo Xing finished watching the contents, Ye Li put away the Shadow-Recording Stone.

"How is it? Have you remembered anything, Great Emperor?" Ye Li's lips curled into a smile. "Would you like to watch it again?"

*Thud!*

"Master, spare my life!"

Luo Xing, hoping to avoid disaster through submission, knelt down decisively. "This... this wasn't my intention at all! It... it was just a slip of the tongue while I was drunk..."

"Drunk?" Ye Li feigned confusion. "When did your Master ever give you wine?"

Luo Xing: "..."

Understood...

"Yes... Disciple misspoke..." Luo Xing said through gritted teeth. "It... it wasn't Master's fault... it was... it was all because Disciple didn't know the limits and consumed too much Body Tempering Liquid... The medicinal power was too strong, making my mind unclear, and I... *cough*... spoke nonsense..."

Hearing this, Ye Li nodded slightly. "Mm, it is good that you know your mistake. Don't let it happen again."

How could she possibly be in the wrong?

Luo Xing grit his teeth in anger, muttering in his heart about how this woman could be so shameless. Just because she was beautiful...

He took a secret peek...

Damn it!

She really was quite beautiful!

"Luo Xing."

"Present!"

Ye Li lowered her eyes to look at the youth kneeling on the ground. "You... wouldn't want the contents of this Shadow-Recording Stone to be known by others, would you?"

As soon as those words were spoken, Luo Xing's heart skipped a beat...

What... what did she want to do?

"Two months." Ye Li held up two slender, snow-white fingers. "Enter the late stage of the Qi Refining realm within two months. Otherwise, during the Sect Grand Tournament in one year, everyone in the Xuantian Sect will see the contents of this Shadow-Recording Stone."

She had thought about it last night. Although she hadn't intended to take Luo Xing as her personal disciple, she had indeed accepted him in front of the entire sect.

If Luo Xing lost to other personal disciples or even inner sect disciples during the Sect Grand Tournament a year from now, she would be the one losing face.

She didn't care much for prestige, but she absolutely would not allow anyone to embarrass her.