180: This isn't being fickle, this is called being philanthropic.

Li Zhengyang snorted, his tone filled with disdain: "Hmph, what sophistry. Zhang Bing, do you think I can't see through your little schemes? You are trying to represent Dragon Tiger Mountain in the Buddhist-Daoist debate a year from now. I advise you to give up on that idea early. Dragon Tiger Mountain has always disdained participating in such meaningless disputes. Moreover, without the celestial master seal, you don't have the qualifications to represent Dragon Tiger Mountain."

Zhang Bing sneered in response, looking indifferent: "Hehe, don't think I don't know, you secretly gave the celestial master seal to your daughter, Li Miaomiao, and let her take it away from Dragon Tiger Mountain. However, I have already arranged for Zhao Qiankun and Zhang Yue to go down the mountain with the soul-capturing bell to find her. It won't be long before I naturally retrieve the celestial master seal."

Upon hearing that Zhang Bing intended to harm his daughter, Li Zhengyang instantly became furious: "Zhang Bing, if you dare to do anything to Miao Miao, I, Li Zhengyang, will never let you off!"

Zhang Bing didn't care at all, looking up at the sky and laughing loudly: "Hahahaha, Li Zhengyang, although you are formidable, I, Zhang Bing, am not easily scared. Besides, can you even get out of here now?"

With that, Zhang Bing paused, then changed the subject: "Don't worry, I won't do anything to your daughter. Miao Miao is a child of exceptional talent and is the future hope of Dragon Tiger Mountain. Once the celestial master seal is retrieved, I naturally won't make things difficult for her. As for you all, whenever you come to your senses and are willing to assist me in promoting the Daoist sect, I will release all of you."

After speaking, Daoist Zhang Bing flicked his sleeves and turned to leave the place.

Qin Shou used the soul-capturing bell to control Li Miaomiao and returned directly to his rented apartment. It was already past eleven at night when he got home.

Xu Nanqin had already returned to her school dormitory. She was nearing graduation and needed to work on her thesis.

"Brother, who is this older sister?"

Little Nuo Nuo was meditating and cultivating when she immediately saw Li Miaomiao, whom Qin Shou had brought back.

"Oh, this is a friend of your brother's," Qin Shou replied casually.

"Another friend? Brother, you have so many friends, and they're all pretty older sisters. Brother, are you a womanizer?"

Little Nuo Nuo looked displeased and pouted. Recently, besides cultivating, she had become obsessed with browsing Douyin, watching short videos and mini-dramas. After watching too much Douyin, her thoughts were no longer as simple as before; she had already learned many things about relationships between men and women.

Little Nuo Nuo thought, 'When I grow up, I'm going to be Brother's wife. Now Brother has so many pretty older sister friends, it's so annoying! What rank will I be later?'

"What womanizer? Who taught you all this!" Qin Shou frowned, thinking to himself that this little girl was becoming less and less innocent lately, understanding everything.

Little Nuo Nuo held her head high, a proud look on her face: "Hehe, I learned it myself from Douyin! The pretty older sisters on Douyin say that men are all big pig trotters, always looking at what's in the pot while eating from the bowl, loving every single one they see, each more of a womanizer than the last. Brother, with so many pretty older sisters surrounding you every day, you must also be a womanizer."

"Cough, cough!"

Qin Shou coughed twice, then said in a deliberately serious, deep voice: "Nuo Nuo, in the future, watch fewer short videos on Douyin. It affects normal ideological development and leads to incorrect values, understand?"

"Then, Brother, what does it mean to have very correct values? Does it mean having many, many girlfriends, loving every one you see, that's having very correct values?" Little Nuo Nuo looked at Qin Shou with curiosity.

Qin Shou, with a thick face, activated his Skill of eloquent persuasion, forcefully twisting black into white: "Nuo Nuo, you are still young, and there are some things you don't understand. Your Big Brother Qin, I, this is not called loving every one I see; this is called universal love. Do you understand what universal love means?

The Buddha once said to save all sentient beings. Your Brother Qin, I, am doing this to save all sentient beings, do you understand? This is boundless love. With so many beautiful women in this world, your Big Brother Qin, I, can't show favoritism, can I? So, my thoughts are actually in perfect harmony with the Buddha's."

Qin Shou thought to himself, 'I want to see whether Douyin short videos are more powerful, or my eloquent persuasion is more powerful. I must correct Nuo Nuo's incorrect values.'

Qin Shou's eloquent persuasion was more effective on beautiful women, and Nuo Nuo, though young, was a little beauty. She immediately looked bewildered, biting her little finger. Although she felt deep down that something wasn't quite right, she couldn't articulate it and inexplicably agreed with Qin Shou's point of view.

However, what Qin Shou didn't expect was that little Nuo Nuo was very clever and quick-witted. She actually learned to draw inferences and immediately said seriously: "Brother, Nuo Nuo understands. Nuo Nuo will also learn from Brother in the future. When I grow up, I will love every handsome guy in the world and strive to achieve boundless love."

Qin Shou's face instantly turned as black as coal. He thought to himself, 'Who told you to draw inferences like that?' He immediately said with displeasure: "This boundless love is not to be used like that. Your Brother, I, can do it, but you cannot."

"Why?"

Little Nuo Nuo looked puzzled.

"Children, there are many things you don't understand. What kind of realm is the Buddha's? That's a sage. If your realm isn't high enough, you can't have boundless love, understand? Your Brother, I, have a high realm, so I can. You're still a bit too young."

"Oh, Nuo Nuo understands. When I grow a few more years and am not so young, I can have boundless love like Brother." Little Nuo Nuo said earnestly.

"No, not even when you grow up." Qin Shou's attitude was firm.

"Hmph! Brother, you're bullying me! You can do it, so why can't I?" Little Nuo Nuo was so angry her teeth itched.

"I said no means no. Children must be obedient, understand?" Qin Shou was too lazy to argue further and forcefully activated his Skill of eloquent persuasion.

Seeing this, Nuo Nuo, though extremely unwilling in her heart, still succumbed to the intimidating power of the Skill, saying grudgingly, "Alright."

"Hehe, that's more like it!"

Qin Shou stroked little Nuo Nuo's head contentedly and said, "Later, Brother will buy you something delicious."

"Hehe, thank you, Brother!"

As soon as little Nuo Nuo heard there was something delicious, she immediately looked happy, and all their previous arguments were instantly forgotten.

Just as Qin Shou had convinced little Nuo Nuo, he received a phone call. Qin Shou picked up his phone and saw that it was Zhang Wei calling.

Ever since Zhang Wei had timely informed him last time, saving Xu Nanqin and Guo Gang, Qin Shou had completely buried the hatchet with Zhang Wei and considered him one of his own. He immediately answered the call.

"Zhang Wei, what's up?"

"Brother Qin, you need to go to North City quickly. The Bai family wants to forcibly demolish the area they've contracted, and your house is among them." Zhang Wei's anxious voice immediately came from the other end of the phone.

"What? There's such a thing? Where did you get this news?" Qin Shou was startled to hear this, thinking, 'What a joke, I'm counting on getting several houses and several million in demolition compensation to live as a landlord later.'

"Brother Qin, you don't know, I secretly bought two houses in the land bid by the Bai family, hiding it from my family, using my usual pocket money. So I've been keeping an eye on the news there. I just found out about this, and I'm at the scene right now."

"Hmph! There's no law anymore. In this day and age, someone still dares to forcibly demolish? I'd like to see how capable this Bai family really is. Don't worry yet, stay there and observe the situation. I'll be right over."

"Understood, Brother Qin."

Qin Shou hung up the phone, his expression somewhat gloomy, and directly dialed Tie Wei's number.