160: The leader of the theoretical school has arrived! This man excites me!

That night at the Myriad Bone Soul-Melting Den turned into a legend, sweeping through every corner of Ten Thousand Demon City like the wind.

No one mentioned the laughingstock that was the social death of "Qin Three Seconds" anymore.

Because a man even more outrageous, who completely subverted the three views of the Demonic Path, had emerged out of nowhere.

With unimaginable wealth, he had smashed the pride of the Saintess of the Joyful Union Sect to pieces.

Furthermore, using a method of humiliation that could be called performance art—falling soundly asleep on the spot—he had caused Hua Yingxue's Dao Heart to crack, making her spit blood in public.

Finally, he had even turned the next successor of the Hehuan Sect into his personal cleaner.

This series of bizarre operations caused the worldviews of all demonic Cultivators in Ten Thousand Demon City to be pinned to the ground by an invisible hand and scrubbed three times with a scouring ball... Inside the pink palace of the Hehuan Sect's stronghold.

Every grain of dust in the air seemed to condense with a bone-chilling coldness.

Hua Yingxue sat kneeling on the cold floor, her face, which once could captivate all living beings, was now devoid of any color.

Her eyes were hollow, like a piece of exquisite porcelain with its Divine Soul extracted, ready to shatter at any moment.

In front of her, the "root of supreme detachment" that Su Chen had casually tossed aside floated quietly, emitting a halo of clarity and tranquility.

But this sacred light now felt like a silent slap imprinted on her pale face.

"Senior Sister... you... you should at least eat something, right?"

Mei Xinnu stood to the side holding spiritual porridge, her voice carrying a hint of a sob, yet she didn't dare to approach.

Since returning last night, her Senior Sister had been kneeling like this.

Silent and motionless, neither eating nor drinking.

Mei Xinnu was truly afraid.

She feared her Senior Sister would be ruined just like this.

For Cultivators like them who specialized in the state of mind, a damaged Dao Heart was more terrifying than having their path to immortality severed.

Hua Yingxue had no reaction to her Junior Sister's cries.

She just stared blankly ahead, her lips moving as she unconsciously spat out a few broken syllables.

"Why... how could he fall asleep..."

"Is my Heavenly Demon Dance... just a lullaby?"

"Was my Dao... wrong from the very beginning?"

With every question she asked, the aura of life on her body dimmed a bit more.

Mei Xinnu could no longer contain herself; she flopped to her knees on the ground, grabbed Hua Yingxue's cold arm, and wailed loudly.

"Senior Sister! Wake up! That man is a monster! We can't afford to provoke him, let's just admit defeat, okay?"

"Admit defeat?"

A ripple finally appeared in Hua Yingxue's hollow eyes.

She slowly turned her head, looking at her Junior Sister who was drenched in tears, a piteous and miserable smile appearing on her face.

"It's too late... Xinnu, there is no way back anymore."

That bet was a brand of shame etched into the hearts of everyone in the entire Demonic Domain.

She, Hua Yingxue, was now that man's servant for a hundred years.

If she didn't go, the Hehuan Sect would become an eternal laughingstock.

If she did go... it would be a fate worse than death.

Endless despair, like a cold tide from the Nine Serenities, swallowed her once again.

Just then.

A woman's voice, lazy to the bone and carrying infinite charm, rang out in the hall without any warning.

The voice seemed to have magic, directly penetrating the eardrums and tickling the depths of their Divine Souls.

"A mere insignificant setback has struck the brightest pearl of my Hehuan Sect into this lifeless state?"

"Xue'er, you've truly made this master... see you in a new light."

The moment the words fell, the space in the center of the hall rippled like a water surface with a stone thrown in, spreading visible circles of ripples.

From the center of the ripples, a figure stepped out slowly.

The newcomer was dressed in an intricately styled, luxurious palace gown. The hem was not pink, but a sinister deep purple, embroidered with blooming black daturas in gold thread.

Every curve of her figure seemed to have been calculated with the utmost precision by gods and demons; any more would be vulgar, any less would be bland. She was perfectly positioned at the point of perfection that could drive all living beings in the world mad.

She wore an exquisite peach blossom fan mask on her face, covering most of her features and only revealing a pair of fox-like eyes that seemed to be smiling yet not, along with her perfectly curved red lips.

She just stood there quietly, and the originally flirtatious pink gauze curtains in the palace seemed to lose all their color as if ashamed of their own inferiority.

She was the Incarnation of 'Charm'.

The current Sect Master of the Hehuan Sect, Hua Nongying!

"Mas... Master!"

Mei Xinnu felt as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw. She scrambled over and clung tightly to Hua Nongying's leg, sobbing uncontrollably.

"Master! You must seek justice for Senior Sister! That man isn't human! He talked Senior Sister's Dao Heart into collapsing!"

Hua Yingxue also shook violently. She looked up at the familiar and majestic figure, her lips trembling, but she couldn't make a sound.

Hua Nongying didn't even look at Mei Xinnu at her feet.

She walked up to Hua Yingxue, looking down from above at what used to be her proudest creation.

"Seek justice for her?"

Hua Nongying's tone betrayed no emotion.

"Your skills were inferior, you gambled the Sect's face and suffered a crushing defeat, and now your Dao Heart is shattered, yet you still want your master to clean up your mess?"

"Hua Yingxue, the prestige of your title as Saintess has truly opened your master's eyes."

Every word turned into a cold steel needle, stabbing deeply into Hua Yingxue's heart.

Overwhelmed with shame, she buried her head even lower, her tears bursting forth like a broken dam.

"This Disciple... has brought shame to the Sect."

Hua Nongying snorted coldly, but then her tone suddenly shifted.

In her fox-like eyes, an intense curiosity and interest actually flickered.

"However... that man is indeed somewhat interesting."

With a wave of her jade hand, a shadow recording stone unfolded in mid-air.

In the light screen was the scene of Su Chen at the night market, talking grandly to Hua Yingxue about his 'scientific view of marriage and love'.

"Big data... risk assessment... social filtering model..."

Hua Nongying muttered these strange terms with great interest, the light in her eyes becoming increasingly bright.

"Using the logic of fallacies to explain desire; using the mindset of a merchant to analyze the love between men and women... interesting, truly interesting!"

She waved her hand again, and the scene switched to the Soul-Melting Den.

When she saw Su Chen falling soundly asleep under her Disciple's strongest 'Demonic Sound of Seven Emotions and Six Desires', even lightly snoring.

Instead of being angry, Hua Nongying let out a "giggle" of charming laughter, her body shaking with mirth.

"Wonderful, absolutely wonderful!"

"Ignoring someone is the highest form of contempt."

"He didn't resist at all, because in his cognition, your attack didn't even count as a threat. His Dao Heart didn't fluctuate in the slightest, so his body naturally entered the most relaxed state of sleep."

"This person is either a stone born without emotion or desire, or... his Dao Heart Realm has already stabilized to a level we cannot comprehend!"

Hua Yingxue and Mei Xinnu were completely dumbfounded.

They couldn't understand why their Master could analyze such an outrageous conclusion from this great humiliation.

"Master, then... then what should we do?" Mei Xinnu looked up, her small face full of confusion.

Hua Nongying put away the light screen, tapped her palm lightly with the peach blossom fan, and paced slowly.

"What to do?"

She paused and turned around.

In her deep fox-like eyes, a fanaticism and excitement erupted, like a scholar discovering a brand-new species.

"Of course... I'll go meet him personally!"

"You two useless things couldn't even figure out his background before being utterly defeated."

"It seems your master must take the field personally."

She, Hua Nongying, was a theoretical genius rarely seen in ten thousand years in the Hehuan Sect!

She had authored world-renowned works such as 'Three Hundred Chapters of the Heart Sutra of Charm', 'On One Hundred and Eight Ways to Cultivate a Cauldron', and 'Game Theory of the Field of Love'.

She had long felt that the Sect's old-fashioned charm techniques lacked innovation and had no theoretical Foundation.

And the appearance of this man was simply the perfect subject for her set of Advanced theories!

"Your crushing defeat has provided me with the most precious opportunity."

The corners of Hua Nongying's mouth curled into a smile that suggested everything was under her control.

"First, this person is extremely narcissistic and a top-tier seeker of fun, enjoying the feeling of being the center of attention."

"Second, his Dao Heart is as firm as divine iron; conventional charm techniques are completely ineffective against him and might even trigger his rebellious psychology."

"Third, and most importantly, he is a freak who doesn't play by the rules!"

Hua Nongying's eyes sparkled with the brilliance of wisdom and calculation.

"So to deal with him, one cannot use force, nor can one use charm."

"One must use... a scheme!"

She looked at her two stunned Disciples and finally gave her final command.

"From this day forth, you two shall reflect behind closed doors. This man will be personally handled by your master."

"I want to see whether the Great Dao passed down for ten thousand years in my Hehuan Sect is more exquisite, or if his set of unheard-of fallacies and heresies is superior!"

An unprecedented confidence and Battle Intent burst forth from Hua Nongying.

She was already impatient to meet this man who made every cell in her body tingle with excitement!