91: Chapter 91 System Notification: A God-Sent Opportunity

Gu Yan's hand, holding the teacup, froze in mid-air.

His face wore an expression of perfectly measured gravity and contemplation.

It was as if he were engaged in a serious deliberation—both moral and technical, concerning the benevolence of a healer—over the troublesome injuries of the "Fellow Daoist" before him.

His acting was nothing short of perfect.

Were it not for the corner of his mouth, which curled up slightly, unable to be suppressed due to extreme surprise, he might have nearly betrayed his true inner thoughts.

Dual Cultivation!

And to think it was a request for Dual Cultivation initiated by a heaven-favored daughter of such caliber, possessing the "Ice Dao Body"!

This... this was simply a pie falling from the sky, the kind that lands directly into one's mouth!

He had even begun to calculate in his heart how to agree in a "logical and natural" way.

Should he first show some hesitation to demonstrate his gentlemanly conduct?

Or should he righteously declare that for the sake of righteousness, he was duty-bound?

Just as Gu Yan was frantically performing his inner monologue, attempting to find the most high-minded excuse for his upcoming actions...

Deep within his mind.

That lousy System, which had previously been immersed in "thoughts on watching dramas" and ignoring the outside world...

After precisely capturing the two keywords "Dual Cultivation," which were enough to make its core program boil...

Like a volcano that had been dormant for billions of years, without any warning, it suddenly... erupted!

[ Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep—!!! ]

[ High-energy warning! High-energy warning! High-energy warning! ]

A battle alarm, sharper and more piercing than any before, even carrying a hint of distortion, rang out frantically within Gu Yan's conscious space without any warning!

Immediately following that, a massive, virtual exclamation mark, flashing with blinding red light like a doomsday siren, occupied his entire "retina"!

Next to the exclamation mark, several large characters were marked in bold, black, and constantly enlarging blood-red font—[ A ! Heaven-sent ! K ! P ! I ! ]

The System's voice also completely lost its iconic corporate-slave tone, becoming sharp, high-pitched, and distorted with excitement!

[ Keyword detected: 'Dual Cultivation'! ]

[ Target character detected: 'Leng Yuechan' (SSS-rank ultra-rare)! ]

[ Event type detected: 'Active pursuit'! ]

[ Comprehensive assessment: A gift from heaven! A one-in-a-billion opportunity, enough to let this System be promoted directly to Employee of the Year... the ultimate invitation to spread one's branches and scatter leaves! ]

[ Host! Host, what are you still waiting for?! ]

[ What are you still pretending to be a gentleman for?! ]

[ The heaven-sent KPI has already smashed directly into your face! ]

[ A 'three-high' target with high Luck, high Aptitude, and high beauty, is practically begging you on her knees right now! And you are still there... drinking tea?! ]

[ I order you! Immediately! Right now! Accept her invitation! ]

[ Otherwise! I will report you by name to the All-Heavens System Headquarters Disciplinary Inspection Committee for the crime of 'passive sabotage, malicious delay, and serious dereliction of duty when facing a major KPI project'! ]

Gu Yan: "..."

The hand holding his teacup trembled uncontrollably.

He felt that his current situation was incomparably absurd.

Outside the room, there was the cold moonlight, the stunning Saintess, and an atmosphere filled with extreme ambiguity and shyness.

Yet in his mind, there was a "KPI maniac" acting as if it had been injected with adrenaline, frantically bombarding him mentally with a tone akin to a "political commissar's pre-battle mobilization"!

He really wanted to shout "Shut up" at this pig-teammate.

But he couldn't.

Because opposite him, that ice-cold beauty, who was already so ashamed she wanted to bury herself in a crack in the ground, finally, after waiting in vain for his response, spoke in a trembling voice as thin as a mosquito's buzz, filled with a hint of despair and self-mockery:

"Gu... Brother Gu... If... if you find it difficult... then... then just pretend Yuechan never... never said anything..."

The last trace of color on her already pale, pretty face slowly faded away.

That's right.

How could she be so overestimating her own capabilities?

The other party was a Dragon and Phoenix among men, what a heroic figure.

She was a broken flower and a withered willow, and she carried a deep blood feud; how could she...

[ Host! She is about to go back on her word! Quick! Quickly agree to her! ]

[ If you don't agree, the cooked duck is going to fly away! My year-end bonus! ]

The System's screaming became increasingly shrill.

Gu Yan knew he couldn't "pretend" any longer.

He slowly set down the teacup in his hand, which made a soft "clack" sound.

He gave a light cough, breaking the suffocating silence.

Then, he looked at the woman before him, whose shoulders were trembling slightly, clearly disheartened to the point of death, having fallen into endless despair.

With a tone that was unprecedentedly solemn, grave, and even carried a hint of tragic heroism for "sacrificing oneself for the Dao," he spoke slowly.

"Miss Yue, you have misunderstood."

Leng Yuechan's body trembled slightly.

Gu Yan continued in that incredibly upright tone, saying: "Miss, your Dao Body is of great importance. It not only concerns your future immortal path but also... concerns the survival of a rare Physique in this world."

"Although I am untalented, the Cultivation Technique I practice happens to be the extremely rigid and masculine 'Blazing Fire Art'."

"Since this matter cannot be done by anyone else but me."

"And... and it is for healing, for the Dao path."

He let out a long sigh, as if he had made an extremely difficult, yet necessary decision.

"Then..."

"Gu is duty-bound."