78: Chapter 78 Holy crap, you better speak properly!

[Looking at his arrogant face, you can't help but laugh.]

["Go ahead." You make a gesture of invitation. "I wish you luck in digging out the Immortal Cave soon."]

[Wei Feisen narrows his eyes and stares at you for a few moments, as if trying to find a flaw on your face.]

["What are you laughing at?"]

["I'm laughing at how stupid you are." You mock him without reservation. "Do you think an Immortal Cultivator's Immortal Cave is a cellar where a country bumpkin buries silver, something you can just dig a hole and unearth?"]

[You take a step forward and lower your voice.]

["Outside that Immortal Cave, there is a formation set up by an Immortal, and there is a special password at the formation's eye. If you enter it wrong once, the formation will self-destruct, and the Cultivation Technique, Medicinal Pill, and Spirit Stone inside will all turn to ashes."]

[Wei Feisen's expression stiffens.]

["And that password." You tap your temple with your finger. "Only I know it."]

[The main hall falls into a deathly silence.]

[Wei Feisen stares fixedly into your eyes. Your expression is calm, your gaze clear, with not a trace of lying.]

[He begins to calculate frantically in his mind.]

[He has seen the methods of an Immortal Cultivator before; they are definitely not something a Mortal can understand. If there really is a self-destruct formation and he digs forcefully, his obsession with becoming an Immortal Cultivator will be completely shattered.]

[He dares not gamble, but letting you go is absolutely impossible!]

[Watching his fluctuating expression, the corners of your mouth curl up slightly.]

[Whether there is a password or not, you don't know, but that doesn't stop you from using information asymmetry to fool Wei Feisen first.]

["Have you thought it through, Young Master Li?" you ask softly.]

[Wei Feisen is silent for a moment.]

[Those sinister eyes stare fixedly at you, as if he is solving the most difficult arithmetic problem of his life.]

[After about ten breaths, he lifts his head, and a smile slowly curls the corners of his mouth.]

["I still have the same requirement."]

[His voice is unhurried, even carrying a hint of gentleness.]

["You must marry me."]

[You are stunned.]

[You curse in your heart, feeling somewhat helpless.]

[Damn it, are you mistaken? Big brother? You are truly sick in the head.]

[You take a deep breath, forcing down the rage that had reached your throat.]

["What? Don't you want to find that Immortal Cave anymore?"]

[Wei Feisen doesn't answer.]

["That Immortals Abode contains wonders that can set you on the path of immortality." You spit out the words one by one. "Don't you want that?"]

[Wei Feisen still doesn't reply.]

[You take a step forward, staring into his eyes.]

["Have you forgotten? How that woman abandoned you?"]

[Wei Feisen's eyelid twitches.]

["Don't you want to one day stand before her again and tell her..."]

["'You chose wrong'?"]

[The main hall is quiet for two breaths.]

[Wei Feisen looks at you, the smile on his lips not fading.]

["I do." He says, his voice very light, "I dream of it."]

["But you must also be mine."]

[Your temples throb, and a vein bulges from your forehead.]

[The curve of your mouth twists into a dangerous angle, and your fists clench inside your sleeves.]

[Can't take it anymore.]

[Really can't take it anymore.]

["Wei Feisen." Your voice squeezes through your teeth, one word at a time.]

["I'm going to f*** your mother!"]

[You pause.]

["You still want everything? Who do you think you are?"]

[Your voice suddenly rises, exploding in the empty main hall.]

["You can only choose one! Do you understand!"]

[Wei Feisen shrugs indifferently.]

["Everything you said is just your side of the story; how do I know if you aren't fooling me?" He extends a finger and waves it casually in the air. "Besides..."]

[A flash of fanaticism flickers in his eyes.]

["Just growing old and dying together with you like this, that actually seems quite nice."]

[His gaze wanders slowly over you, and suddenly, as if thinking of something, his mouth curls into a malicious arc.]

["Oh right, as for my mother, I don't know who she is either. If you want to sleep with her, then go find her."]

[His gaze deliberately sweeps over your lower body, his tone filled with absolute mockery.]

["If you have that capability."]

[Your breathing hitches.]

[The next instant, a towering rage, like boiling oil, explodes from your chest.]

[You are about to lash out.]

[A black figure appears behind Wei Feisen without warning.]

[That Puppet.]

[It stands there silently, its gray-white mask facing you, its two empty eye sockets bottomless.]

[Wei Feisen doesn't look back at it, but the expression on his face says it all.]

[This is his trump card, and his capital for being so fearless.]

[Your fists clench and unclench, unclench and clench.]

[Finally, you take a deep breath.]

[Forcing that anger, which was about to blow your lid off, inch by inch back into your Dantian.]

[You turn around, walk straight back to the master chair, and plop down into it.]

[Leaning back, you look up at the hall's beams, your gaze unfocused.]

["Fine, fine, fine." Your voice is very light, so light it's as if you are talking to yourself. "You really got me."]

[You turn your head and glance at Wei Feisen.]

[Only one thought remains in your mind.]

[Fine, you win.]

[I'll go find it myself; I don't believe I can't dig it out.]

[You stand up from the chair and walk toward the door without looking back.]

Outside the simulation.

Lin Shuangwan scratches her head in embarrassment.

"Oh no."

She stares at her own back as she turns and leaves on the light screen, her mouth twitching, her voice carrying a hint of reluctant self-reflection.

"I think… I chose wrong."

She takes a deep breath.

"Why did I use normal human logic to analyze Wei Feisen, this…"

She pauses, changing the wording from "lunatic" to two more precise words.

"…dumbass."

She feels some regret.

In this simulation, she chose to actively contact Wei Feisen, originally wanting to use information asymmetry to cooperate with him, borrow the power of the Puppet to command the world, and buy time for herself to go to Daliang Mountain to find the Immortal Cave.

The logic was perfect, the plan meticulous, only forgetting one fatal variable.

Wei Feisen is not a normal person.

Normal people weigh pros and cons, and make trade-offs.

But Wei Feisen does not.

If you reason with him, he acts like a hooligan; if you talk about benefits, he talks about feelings; if you push him into a corner, he would rather smash his head against the wall with you than let go.

Lin Shuangwan cannot help but cover her forehead.

"Next time, I should just avoid this weirdo."

[Wei Feisen watches your back as you turn and leave, the indifferent, arrogant expression on his face fading bit by bit.]