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Chapter 77:
For women who have been abandoned and whose hearts were incredibly fragile, even the slightest provocation could easily lead to a resurgence of dark feelings.
Qu Qinghan was extremely angry now. She felt an overwhelming urge to kill.
Of course, Xu Ze had no idea about this.
Although the system could constantly remind Xu Ze of the heroines' blackened values, these values fluctuated with their emotions. The constant increases and decreases would drive Xu Ze crazy. So, to maintain his peace of mind, Xu Ze kept the blackened values notifications turned off most of the time. The system would only forcibly remind him when the blackened values became uncontrollable.
At this moment, Xu Ze was strolling around Zixia Palace with Jing Xiaoxuan.
Zixia Palace was one of the many floating islands in the Holy Heaven and Earth Sect.
Since Elder Zixia, the master of Zixia Palace, preferred solitude, she chose a relatively remote location. It would take ordinary disciples half an hour of full-speed flight to reach Zixia Palace from the main hall of the Holy Heaven and Earth Sect.
Servants and low-level workers who couldn't fly had to travel back and forth on cranes, which would take at least three to four hours. For Jing Xiaoxuan, coming to Zixia Palace without Xu Ze would have been incredibly difficult.
Holding a large sweet potato cake, Jing Xiaoxuan ate with great joy. Enjoying her favorite dessert, being with her favorite person, and admiring the twilight clouds and shining stars of Zixia Palace was the happiest thing in the world.
Jing Xiaoxuan was devouring the sweet potato cake without any ladylike restraint.
The passing disciples in white robes with pink patterns, glanced at her and occasionally smiled elegantly.
Most disciples in Zixia Palace were geniuses from lower sects, imperial families, and noble houses. Their noble status from a young age made them look down on commoner snacks like sweet potato cakes. In contrast, Jing Xiaoxuan's lowly background made her shamelessly bold.
"Humph, what are these young masters and ladies looking at? Haven't they seen someone eating before?" Jing Xiaoxuan rolled her eyes and muttered while eating.
Xu Ze reached out his hand and wiped the crumbs from her mouth. Jing Xiaoxuan blushed, holding the half-eaten sweet potato cake. "Do you want a bite? You haven't had dinner yet, have you?" She asked, raising the cake to Xu Ze's mouth.
"At my level, eating is merely an experience to remind me of my origins." Xu Ze smiled.
Jing Xiaoxuan rolled her eyes and retracted the cake. "Humph, if you don't want it, then forget it." she pouted.
Before she could pull back, Xu Ze quickly lowered his head and took a bite of the cake. As he chewed, Xu Ze nodded appreciatively. "Not bad. Sweet and soft, with a lingering fragrance."
"Hey! Don't eat from where I bit!" Jing Xiaoxuan's face turned red as she saw that Xu Ze had bitten from her side.
"Do you want me to give it back?" Xu Ze teased, pointing to his cheek.
A scene of Xu Ze feeding her mouth-to-mouth flashed in Jing Xiaoxuan's mind. "You, you, you, pervert!" she stammered, blushing fiercely.
Xu Ze just laughed. Clearly, Jing Xiaoxuan had misunderstood. He had planned to fetch another cake to compensate her. But he didn't mention it, seeing how embarrassed she already was. Teasing further might make her explode with anger.
As they walked, a familiar voice suddenly called out. "Holy Son!"
Xu Ze and Jing Xiaoxuan paused and turned to see Lin Yue'r, waving excitedly.
"Lin Yuer? Why is she here?"
Jing Xiaoxuan's shyness vanished instantly. Lin Yuer, panting, ran over and subtly pushed Jing Xiaoxuan aside. "Holy Son, I've completed the task of notifying the other six palaces to select ten Core Formation disciples each" She said with a big smile.
"I just finished informing Elder Zixia and was about to head back. I didn’t expect the Holy Son to personally come and pick me up." Lin Yuer happily hugged Xu Ze's arm, her cheeks flushed.
Hmm? Jing Xiaoxuan fumed, feeling squeezed out.
What did she mean, the Holy Son came to pick her up? The Holy Son was clearly here with her to enjoy some cakes!
"Hey, Lin Yuer, can you not show up at the wrong time?" Jing Xiaoxuan glared at Lin Yuer, her voice low and threatening.
Lin Yuer ignored her and kept her eyes on Xu Ze. "By the way, since we’re here, let's try the sweet potato cakes at Zixia Palace, shall we?" she suggested.
"Lin Yuer! You..." Jing Xiaoxuan gritted her teeth, seething with anger.
Watching the two girls bicker, Xu Ze felt both amused and helpless.
Despite his reputation as a notorious playboy across nine reincarnations, he had no idea how to make his harem get along peacefully. Being caught in the middle gave the distinguished Holy Son a headache.
While Xu Ze enjoyed his bittersweet time in the Holy Heaven and Earth sec, far away in another corner of the world, the atmosphere was starkly different. Amidst thick gray fog and dead silence, a girl cloaked in black and hooded to hide her stunning beauty sat on a throne made of bones. Her eyes glowed red under the hood.
Around her were thousands of corpses of demonic cultivators, their deaths gruesome and horrifying. Several high-ranking elders among them had met particularly dreadful ends. Trembling, cold sweat pouring, the surviving demonic cultivators knelt below, not daring to make a sound.
The world was deathly still, except for the clear sound of blood dripping from the girl's crimson nails onto the ground. "I haven't mastered the tenth stage of the Demonic God Technique... I can't kill that scumbag... I love him so much... I can't forget him... What should I do... What should I do..."
Her pained muttering ceased abruptly.
After a moment of silence, the girl slowly raised her head, her eyes glowing with a red flame. "The Ten Thousand Ways Sacred Manual," she commanded.
The demonic cultivators exchanged confused glances. The Ten Thousand Ways Sacred Manual? What was that?
"All demonic cultivators on the Qiankun Continent, by the command of this Demon Lord, seek out the Holy Bright Technique!"
She waved her robe, and a fierce wind of blood and immense pressure erupted from her body.
A terrifying shadow appeared behind her, its aura so powerful that the demonic cultivators shuddered, pressing their faces to the ground, not daring to breathe.
-To be continued!
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