Attack the heart first

Ji Qingxue’s pretty face was like Ru Shuang, her pure and cold demeanor filled with indignation, and the content on the Jade Slip made her chest heave erratically.

“Do we have a grudge? Why do you want to make things difficult for my Ji family!” Ji Qingxue said coldly.

The content written on this Jade Slip seemed to list all the weaknesses of her Ji family.

“You don’t want people to know that your Old Ancestor’s Lifespan is almost at its end and he’s about to pass away, do you?”

“Creation Star Pill, that Ye Chen really knows how to make things up. You’re quite foolish, a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator managed to extract information about your Family.”

“Alright, this undercover work was well done. Go back and give Ye Chen an extra chicken leg.”

Xiao Fan was not someone to be trifled with.

The Child of Destiny’s intelligence-reducing aura could make Ji Qingxue believe that a Foundation Establishment cultivator could truly help a Mahayana cultivator extend their Lifespan, or even advance their cultivation.

Not only that, Ji Qingxue unconditionally believed that he could truly refine the Medicinal Pill just by looking at the Pill Formula.

One could only say that when a Child of Destiny meets a female lead, it’s hard for them not to soar.

As soon as Ye Chen left, the intelligence-reducing aura moved away, and Ji Qingxue regained her composure.

Her intelligence once again took the high ground.

“Yes, why didn’t I doubt it at the time, but chose to believe him instead?”

The more she thought about it, the more terrifying it became! She even felt that her thoughts at the time had been invisibly guided.

“Indeed, there’s no grudge,” Xiao Fan said straightforwardly.

“Since there’s no grudge, then…”

“Stop!” Xiao Fan interrupted her, revealing a slight smile, while admiring Ji Qingxue with approval in his eyes.

Beneath her beautiful and pure face lay an elegant and noble temperament.

There were two Souls hidden within her body; if it involved Soul Cultivation, this was a complex problem that warranted deep thought.

“What do you want to do?” Ji Qingxue sensed the ill-intentioned gaze and unconsciously took two steps back.

Xiao Fan said indifferently, “How about this, I’ll keep your secret, and you just agree to one condition of mine.”

Recalling Xiao Fan’s ill-intentioned gaze sweeping over her entire body, she instead calmed down, “First, tell me your condition.”

“Very simple.”

“Be my informant and provide me with information about Yaoguang Holy Land.”

Ji Qingxue was stunned. Make her betray her sect?

She shook her head and refused, “No.”

“Don’t be so quick to refuse,” Xiao Fan smiled.

“I am a Yaoguang Saintess, I cannot betray Yaoguang Holy Land.”

“Then you mean, for the sake of Yaoguang Holy Land, you can disregard your Family’s peril?”

“I will find a way to deal with the Family’s matters.”

Xiao Fan: “Naive.”

Ji Qingxue: “The Holy Land has treated me with immense grace; I cannot betray the Holy Land.”

Xiao Fan was well prepared.

He had read Ji Qingxue’s script several times, initially just wanting to see the detailed body language descriptions in the Secret Realm for critical learning.

But there were only a few sentences, neither painful nor itchy, and the beautiful maiden’s body was like soft butter.

It was clearly several days of plot, summarized in just a few sentences. The parts that should have been elaborated were not, this System was too unappreciative.

He flipped through it from beginning to end several times and never saw any further interaction between himself and Ji Qingxue.

This meant that in the original worldline, apart from the encounter in the Secret Realm, he seemed to have vanished into thin air.

Indeed, having been with the Child of Destiny’s woman, he could be considered a successful villain, so going offline was normal.

But this was his villain worldline. He wanted to expand the plot in the Secret Realm and make Ji Qingxue one of his confidantes, hehehehehe...

In the original worldline, Ji Qingxue’s experiences were very difficult.

Yaoguang Holy Land promoted her as a Saintess because she possessed the rare Profound Maiden Lunar Yin Physique, carrying the rare Nine Heavens Profound Maiden Bloodline.

And this Physique was also an excellent Cultivation Cauldron, extremely rare in the world. To gain benefits, she was used as a tool for marriage alliances between Yaoguang Holy Land and other forces.

Of course, in the original worldline, the Child of Destiny Ye Chen would save her, ultimately overcoming all obstacles and achieving the Great Dao.

“Since the Holy Land treats you so well, with the foundation of Yaoguang Holy Land, saving a Mahayana cultivator shouldn’t be difficult, right?”

“Why didn’t they save your Old Ancestor?”

“How can you say that you are a Saintess, as long as you are willing to speak, I think there should be no big problem,” Xiao Fan said.

Ji Qingxue: “Although I am a Saintess, I cannot abuse my power. My Family’s matters must be resolved by myself.”

“You really distinguish between public and private matters.”

“Alright, what if I told you that you are merely being used as a tool for marriage alliances, would you believe me?” Xiao Fan continued.

“Marriage alliance? Impossible, my heart is set on the Great Dao, and I never engage in personal affections. The Holy Land also said they wouldn’t interfere with my marriage.” Ji Qingxue denied.

“It’s a pity that what you say doesn’t count. Beauty without the strength to protect it is a disaster,” Xiao Fan said as he approached Ji Qingxue.

One step, two steps, three steps…

Getting closer and closer.

Their eyes met, no more than three fingers apart.

The rich scent of a virgin penetrated Xiao Fan’s heart, refreshing and invigorating.

Ji Qingxue did not dodge, but instead recalled her past in the Holy Land.

She remembered attending many important meetings.

The forces that came were similar to Yaoguang Holy Land, and there were even Immortal Dao Families from the Nine Heavens.

At first, she thought the Holy Land wanted to show her the world.

But the conversations of the important figures always took place in the core area of the Holy Land, which she had never seen.

The important figures were discussing transactions, and the juniors they brought were handed over to the Saint and Saintess to entertain.

Strangely, the juniors who came each time were always young men, and many of them directly expressed their feelings for her, but she refused.

Within the Holy Land, the Grand Elder and the Holy Lord always urged her to befriend more peers, and even hinted several times that if she found someone she liked, she could try to date them.

Make more friends, and there were even several times when the Holy Lord explicitly suggested she could string along several people.

She used the excuse of pursuing the Immortal Dao to brush them off and didn’t think much of it, just taking it as a casual remark.

And each time, the Holy Lord and the others always smiled as they sent those people off, while those people had stern faces, and the young men who came again looked at her with reluctance, which made her a bit confused.

Could it be true, as he said, that I am merely a tool for pricing?

“Think back again, have you cultivated Yaoguang Holy Land’s core secret techniques?”

“Also, you became a disciple of the Holy Lord and a Saintess of the Holy Land, so why do the forces that are enemies with your Family still dare to provoke you there?”

“Even if Yaoguang Holy Land doesn’t want to act, as long as it gives a warning, your enemies will immediately obediently send great gifts to your Ji family, begging for forgiveness, and will even kneel and beg for your magnanimity, Saintess.”

“The problem is, you, a Saintess, don’t seem to have enjoyed such treatment.”

“Or perhaps, you, a Saintess, aren’t even worthy of a verbal blessing from the Holy Land.”

Ji Qingxue’s heart was in turmoil. She had experienced all of this firsthand; she hadn’t thought much of it before, but now Xiao Fan ruthlessly exposed it.

Her heart gradually began to understand.

However, she didn’t want to admit it. She didn’t dodge or flinch, looking directly at Xiao Fan:

“You are trying to sow discord, and your methods are too clumsy.”

Seeing that she didn’t dodge, Xiao Fan showed a triumphant smile, and his actions became bolder, directly reaching out and wrapping his arm around her slender waist.

His other hand gently stroked her beautiful dark hair like a comb: “As long as the goal can be achieved, the means are just tools to achieve the goal.”

Ji Qingxue’s body stiffened. She wasn’t surprised by Xiao Fan’s actions, just unaccustomed to them.

“What do you want?” Ji Qingxue said in a deep voice.

This person uses unscrupulous means, a true hero in the making, he certainly wouldn't be attracted by beauty. These frivolous actions are merely means he employs to achieve his goals.

Ji Qingxue’s mind raced, trying to figure out what other leverage she had.

“What do I want?” Xiao Fan smiled, looking at her rosy, tender red lips.

Mmm~