18: Chapter 18 has been edited again: A handsome and mysterious older brother!
The heavy rain fell all night long. The battle also continued throughout the night.
It was not until the horizon began to pale with the first light of dawn that this torrential rain, which seemed to wash away the sins of the world, finally subsided.
The bluestone plaza outside the Taiqing Palace was long since empty. Only a pool of blood, diluted by the rainwater, remained.
It was left behind by Xiao Fan.
This Child of Destiny, who had been clamoring about his innate arrogance just yesterday, had been dragged into the water prison like a dead dog by the Law Enforcement Hall of the Heavenly Dao Sect this morning, on charges of trespassing in the Emperor Son's bedchamber and attempting an assassination.
Of course, all of this was within Qin Yu's plan.
Only by driving one fish into a desperate situation would the other fish eagerly take the bait.
Inside the bedchamber, sandalwood incense curled in the air. Qin Yu stretched and looked at the stunningly beautiful woman sleeping beside him.
After a night of hard work and the infusion of Origin, Mu Qinghan's Soul body was now so solid that it was almost indistinguishable from a normal person.
Between her originally cold brows, there was now a hint of the allure that comes from having just received the morning dew.
Now, she not only believed that tragic and beautiful love story from her past life, but she had also been branded with his, Qin Yu's, markβfrom her body and mind down to her Soul.
"It really has to be the Empress, the feeling is just... tsk!"
Qin Yu's lips curled slightly, and after dressing neatly, he walked out of the inner palace.
As soon as he stepped out, Li Yuan's pleasing smiling face greeted him:
"Greetings, Lord Emperor Son!"
"Um, there is a young lady outside who has been kneeling and begging to see you."
"She says she is the younger sister of that rebel Xiao Fan, named Xiao Yuxin."
She's here!
Qin Yu's eyes lit up.
He had just finished dealing with the Revered Master in the ring, and now the sister was delivering herself to his doorstep? This was too polite of them!
"Let her in."
Qin Yu sat on the spiritual wood throne, picked up a cup of spiritual tea, and spoke with an indifferent tone.
"Yes!"
A moment later, a beautiful figure walked quickly into the hall. It was Xiao Yuxin, who had rushed back from the outside upon hearing that her brother was in trouble.
Qin Yu fixed his gaze on her.
He saw her two small hands tightly twisting the corner of her clothes. Her eyes were red and swollen, her tear stains had not yet dried, and her face was full of exhaustion. But even so, it could not hide her stunning beauty.
She wore a blue dress, with light makeup, her dark hair tied up in a cloud-like bun, and her face was breathtakingly beautiful.
Her skin was as white as snow, shimmering with a faint spiritual light. Her lips were red, her teeth were white, and her figure was slender and curvaceous.
Qin Yu considered himself to have seen countless beauties back on Blue Star. Yet, at this moment, he felt that the young girl before him surpassed them all.
Unlike the cold, aloof, mature style of Mu Qinghan, she was the image of a pure and adorable girl-next-door.
"System! Initiate background editing!"
"Target, Xiao Yuxin!"
Qin Yu could barely suppress the corners of his mouth.
Xiao Fan, oh Xiao Fan. I'll take down your Revered Master. Then I'll take down your sister. I really want to see what your expression will be like then!
γ Ding! Detected that the target person is associated with the Child of Destiny, and the Karma lines are extremely complex. γ
γ Parsing background logic... γ
γ Please specify the editing direction, Host! γ
Qin Yu raised an eyebrow and began a brainstorming session. How to fabricate it? Naturally, the more melodramatic, the better!
"Let's play something different this time."
Qin Yu sneered in his heart:
"Set my background as the handsome and mysterious big brother who saved a young Xiao Yuxin from the mouth of the Heaven-Swallowing Yao Serpent during the beast tide all those years ago!"
As his voice fell, the System interface flickered frantically.
γ Ding! Constructing relevant Karma lines. γ
γ This edit will involve past events in the Mortal Realm and requires tampering with some spacetime imprints. γ
γ Estimated consumption of destiny points: 1 million points! Confirm? γ
One million?
Qin Yu's eyelids twitched violently. This lousy System was simply robbing him!
An Immortal Artifact in the shop only cost five million. Editing a background costs one million?! That's too expensive!
But on second thought, if he could use this to completely shatter Xiao Fan's Dao Heart, then this one million would not be spent in vain. In fact, one could say it was extremely worth it!
"Confirm! Deduct it!"
Qin Yu hardened his heart. If the effect wasn't good, he would have to tear this System apart.
γ Ding! Deduction successful! γ
γ Background logic successful! γ
As the System's chime faded, suddenly, Xiao Yuxin, who was about to speak, trembled violently.
She felt as if something had exploded deep within her mind. A long-buried, blurry memory gradually became clear.
The oncoming stench of blood, the deafening roar of beasts, and that figure standing in front of her. Clad in white as snow, a single sword flash of cold light.
Who was that? Why did it feel so familiar?
Xiao Yuxin clutched her head in pain, her delicate body trembling slightly.
"Heh, girls really do change as they grow up!"
"You don't even have a word of thanks after seeing your benefactor."
"I shouldn't have saved you during the beast tide all those years ago."
Seeing this, Qin Yu tidied his slightly ruffled cuffs. The voice was not loud, but it struck like a thunderbolt, precisely hitting Xiao Yuxin's heart.
Xiao Yuxin's body suddenly stiffened. Her previously chaotic mind instantly cleared, like clouds parting to reveal the sun.
Beast tide? Saved me? These words were like a key, instantly inserted into the lock of her memory.
With a click, all the images overlapped perfectly!
That year in Qingzhou, there was Chaos and Yao Beasts ran rampant. She was only five years old, shivering in the most desperate corner of this world.
Watching that bloody maw about to descend, even her own brother had been separated from her. Who descended from the sky? Who severed the head of that snake demon with a single sword strike?
That figure, that aura... it was actually him!
"Big... Big Brother?"
Xiao Yuxin stared fixedly at Qin Yu, her pupils contracting violently.
The Qin Yu who was rumored to kill the innocent, commit all kinds of evil, and even wanted to put her brother to death... was the Big Brother she had missed day and night?
How could that be! This was absolutely impossible! If he was her benefactor, why would he target her brother like this?
In this short instant, the young girl's mind went through all sorts of wild imaginings.
Could it be... could it be that there was some misunderstanding in all this? Could it be that Big Brother actually had some hidden reason? Or perhaps... was all of this a test for her brother?
No!
A flash of inspiration struck Xiao Yuxin's mind. She remembered Qin Yu's words full of regret from just moments ago.
"I shouldn't have saved you!"
Was it because of the current situation? Was it because she and her brother were standing on the opposite side of him, making him feel disheartened?
In an instant, a sense of guilt overwhelmed Xiao Yuxin's reason.
Regardless of whether he was an Emperor Son or a tyrant, he was first and foremost the Big Brother who had saved her life!
And looking at the entire Sect, the only one who could save her brother now was probably this villain with the heaven-defying background!
"Big Brother!"
When Xiao Yuxin shouted this, it was clearly choked with sobs.
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