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Chapter 23: The Male Supporting Characters Are All Useless:
“You bastard! You just want to make a fool of me, don’t you?”
Xia Yuran finally understood. Ling Kong had brought Jiang Ruoxi along with her to toy with her emotions. And she had been utterly humiliated by Ling Kong, not once but twice!
Did he know how it felt to have her heart turn ice cold in an instant?
“Ling Kong! It seems you truly want to sever ties with me. Fine! I’ll grant your wish!”
Xia Yuran gritted her teeth. “From now on, we go our separate ways! Don’t regret it! You pair of scoundrels!”
She had wanted to shout these words for a long time.
No, to be precise, she had wanted to roar them out.
But in front of Ling Kong, she couldn’t bear the shame. Now that Ling Kong was gone, she finally dared to vent her anger.
Bai Feng and the others watched the furious Xia Yuran, unsure of how to respond. Ling Kong’s manipulation of Xia Yuran indirectly revealed a harsh truth: they were all useless!
Yes, they were all useless!
If they had the ability, would the Ice Wolf pup have fallen into Ling Kong’s hands?
If they had the ability, would the Blood Spirit Fruit have been snatched by Ling Kong?
Faced with all this, they were completely helpless!
Ling Kong was someone they couldn’t match, even if they combined their strength.
This was a hard fact!
In front of Ling Kong, they were useless! All of them together were no match for Ling Kong!
Bai Feng and the others were speechless. It wasn’t just Xia Yuran who was devastated; their confidence had taken a severe hit as well. It was clear they needed to work harder.
If they wanted to win the goddess’s heart and surpass that man, they would have to put in twice the effort.
Ling Kong was already at the 9th stage Spirit Refinement Realm, far ahead of them. Given this, they didn’t even dare to think about challenging Ling Kong in the competition a month later.
After venting her anger for a while with Bai Feng and the others, Xia Yuran resumed hunting magical beasts. However, they were all demotivated by Ling Kong and lacked the drive and enthusiasm they had before.
...
Meanwhile, Ling Kong led Jiang Ruoxi to a secluded place.
“Eat the Blood Spirit Fruit and immediately make a breakthrough to the 9th stage Spirit Refinement Realm!” Ling Kong instructed directly.
"If both of us reach the 9th stage Spirit Refinement Realm and use our special techniques, it shouldn’t be too difficult to take down a 2nd-tier magical beast."
“Is this... really for me?” Jiang Ruoxi looked at the blood-red fruit in her hand.
Was she really supposed to eat it?
Once she ate it, it would be gone for good!
He won’t ask her to pay it back later, right? Because she couldn’t afford that!
“Stop talking nonsense.” Ling Kong said to her.
Jiang Ruoxi bit her lip and asked, “But... Aren’t you planning to continue protecting Xia Yuran from the shadows?”
“When did I ever protect her?” Ling Kong frowned.
“Then why were you following her?” Jiang Ruoxi pouted slightly.
“Do you really think I care about her and have been silently watching over her?” Ling Kong frowned.
Jiang Ruoxi blinked her beautiful eyes, “Isn’t that so? Otherwise, why would you keep following her? And why would you try to find her as soon as you entered the canyon? Isn’t it because you’re worried about her?
“Her matters have nothing to do with me,” Ling Kong sighed. “Listen, Jiang Ruoxi, I only care about you! Her issues are irrelevant to me.”
He only followed her to seize her opportunities, but he couldn't explain that to her.
Hearing his words, Jiang Ruoxi’s face turned rosy again.
He only cared about her?
Really?
His gentle yet firm tone was completely irresistible. But why?
“You don’t think I’m giving you these things just to show off to her, do you?” Ling Kong asked.
“Um... um!” Jiang Ruoxi nodded slightly and pouted.
Ling Kong shook his head helplessly.
Well, girls were more sensitive about these things than anything else!
“I’m doing all this entirely for you! It has nothing to do with anyone else!” Ling Kong declared again. “And it has nothing to do with Xia Yuran!”
“Really?” Jiang Ruoxi still found it hard to believe.
Were the things he's been saying all this time truly from his heart?
Did he really care about her?
Was he really helping her?
“Do you want me to prove it?” Ling Kong suddenly raised his hands, and placed them on Jiang Ruoxi’s shoulders.
Facing each other, Ling Kong’s gaze fell on her moist, pink lips. If she wanted him to prove it, he could do it right now!
“What are you planning to do?” Jiang Ruoxi seemed to sense Ling Kong’s strange gaze and the heat in his eyes. She quickly said, “I believe you! I believe you! No need to prove anything!”
Was he thinking of kissing me?
Oh my god, his eyes have that impulsive look, right?
Yes?
She could see he had that impulse!
But... this wasn’t good, right?
After all, everything they do in this valley was being watched by the sect elders and others through the spiritual realm.
Doing this in front of them wasn’t appropriate! There would be opportunities in the future for that...
“Then eat it!” Ling Kong continued.
“Um... okay! I’ll eat it!” Jiang Ruoxi obediently nodded, then swallowed the Blood Spirit Fruit. She placed the Ice Wolf cub on the ground and sat cross-legged, beginning to absorb the fruit’s energy.
Ling Kong stayed to guard her.
(Outside, at the base of Sword Cloud Sect Mountain)
The sect elders were intently watching the spiritual realm’s images of Ling Kong and Jiang Ruoxi. They seemed a bit disappointed.
“Huh... they didn’t go further? I thought that boy was really going to kiss her!”
“I thought they might go from kissing straight to the final step!”
“If they really did that, should we stop them or not?”
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