10: Five minutes

"That's true, but why should I trust you? What if you cross the bridge and then burn it?"

Although Su Xuan's offer was tempting, Luo Hongyi wasn't foolish. If Su Xuan went back on his word midway, wouldn't she suffer a huge loss?

Su Xuan's act of crossing the bridge and then burning it was still fresh in her mind.

"You have no choice but to trust me!"

Su Xuan sneered.

In the face of such a vast power disparity, Luo Hongyi had no right to refuse.

If Luo Hongyi hadn't been beautiful, and if Su Xuan didn't need her for something, she would probably be annihilated by now.

"I... I'll think about it..."

Luo Hongyi frowned slightly, beginning to weigh the pros and cons.

"Oh, right, I forgot to remind you. You can choose to refuse me, but there's only one outcome: death!"

"Or, I could hand you over to your enemies. I believe they're called the Haoyue Sect, right?"

Su Xuan sneered.

If Luo Hongyi refused him, he could simply kill Luo Hongyi or contact the Haoyue Sect.

However, the latter was clearly not a wise choice, as the Haoyue Sect was a Demonic Sect. Su Xuan wasn't foolish enough to associate with a Demonic Sect that everyone condemned; wouldn't that be seeking death?

Since Luo Hongyi wouldn't agree to him, he would just let Luo Hongyi turn to dust.

Anyway, whether Luo Hongyi submitted to him or he annihilated Luo Hongyi, it would serve to alter the plot, and he would still gain Villain Points.

No matter which choice, Su Xuan would profit.

"Haoyue Sect... How do you know that name!"

Luo Hongyi's eyes widened.

What surprised Luo Hongyi wasn't that Su Xuan knew about the Haoyue Sect; as a Demonic Sect, the Haoyue Sect was well-known throughout the Tianxuan Continent.

It was how Su Xuan knew that she had been killed by someone from the Haoyue Sect.

Luo Hongyi found Su Xuan increasingly unfathomable.

"How do I know? You don't need to worry about that. I'm just asking you one thing: do you agree or not?"

"Will you follow me, or will I hand you over to the Haoyue Sect in exchange for some benefits? You decide!"

"Although it's just a Quasi-Supreme soul, I believe they'll be very interested in you!"

"You... you're threatening me? You're actually threatening me?"

Luo Hongyi was furious. In all her life, this was the first time she had been threatened by a junior in the True Origin Realm.

"What's wrong with threatening you? This is the Tianxuan Continent. Whoever has the bigger fist is right. Right now, my fist is bigger than yours, so I'm the boss, understand?"

Su Xuan sneered.

"You... you, you, you, you!"

Luo Hongyi's face flushed, and she pointed at Su Xuan, too choked with anger to speak for a long time.

"What 'you'? I'll give you five more minutes. If you don't make a choice after five minutes, then you can die!"

Su Xuan issued the final ultimatum to Luo Hongyi.

"You... I... I'll think about it..."

Luo Hongyi hesitated.

However, Su Xuan wouldn't give her that much time to think.

"One minute has already passed. You have four minutes left!"

Su Xuan said.

"What! Only a few seconds have passed! How is it already one minute!"

Luo Hongyi said in surprise.

"I set the five minutes, so I can count it however I want. Can you control me?"

"Oh, right, while you were just talking to me, another minute passed. You have three minutes left!"

Su Xuan smiled wickedly, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, as if he had Luo Hongyi completely under his thumb.

"I..."

"Only two minutes left!"

As Su Xuan spoke, he was already preparing to call for help.

As soon as Elder Mo and Old Ling made a move, Luo Hongyi would have no room to resist.

"No, you're serious!"

Luo Hongyi was stunned. She had thought Su Xuan was just joking with her, using tactics to make her comply, but then she saw Su Xuan holding a sound transmission talisman, truly preparing to call for help!

At this point, Luo Hongyi was genuinely panicked.

Recalling the terror of Elder Mo and Old Ling from earlier, Luo Hongyi felt a sense of despair.

She had already died once, and frankly, she absolutely did not want to die again.

"Only one minute left!"

Su Xuan directly ignored Luo Hongyi's words, while also preparing to crush the sound transmission talisman in his hand.

"Alright, alright, I'm scared of you! I agree! Can't I just agree?"

In the end, Luo Hongyi chose to compromise.

"Excellent, excellent. A wise man submits to circumstances! I really appreciate you, Miss Luo Hongyi!"

Su Xuan gently stroked the Storage Ring on his hand, causing Luo Hongyi a surge of mixed feelings.

"You..."

Luo Hongyi's face flushed, she wanted to curse Su Xuan, but couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

There was nothing she could do. Now Su Xuan's fist was bigger than hers, no matter how unwilling she was, she could only hold it in.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully changing a major plot! Reward: 10,000 Villain Points!"

Hearing the System's prompt, Su Xuan was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected the System to give him such a big bonus again! It directly rewarded him with a five-digit amount of Villain Points!

"It seems the protagonist's women are quite extraordinary!"

Thinking this, Su Xuan's goal became even clearer. It seemed that women connected to the protagonist could provide him with a considerable amount of Villain Points.

"Alright, now, release your Divine Sense!"

Su Xuan said.

"Release my Divine Sense? What do you mean? What do you want to do?"

Hearing Su Xuan's words, Luo Hongyi immediately had a bad feeling.

"Just release it when I tell you to. Why so much nonsense?"

Hearing Su Xuan's words, although Luo Hongyi was gnashing her teeth in anger, she could only obediently comply.

"That's right, that's a good girl!"

Su Xuan smiled wickedly.

Taking advantage of the moment Luo Hongyi released her Divine Sense, Su Xuan unhesitatingly cast a spell, implanting a slave mark within Luo Hongyi's Divine Sense.

"You... what did you plant in me!"

Sensing the foreign object in her Divine Sense, Luo Hongyi was greatly alarmed. She glared at Su Xuan furiously, her eyes seemingly spitting fire.

"Nothing much, just a slave mark in case you don't listen! Hehehehe!"

Su Xuan's lips curled into a slight upward curve.

"Wh-what..."

Luo Hongyi said in surprise.

She... she actually had a slave mark planted on her? And by a junior?

She was a dignified Venerable! An existence above ten thousand others! Yet she was treated as a slave by a junior in the True Origin Realm?

What a tremendous humiliation, simply a tremendous humiliation!

From ancient times until now, no Venerable had ever been heard of being made a slave by someone in the True Origin Realm!

"You despicable and shameless bastard! I trusted you so much, and you actually tricked me?"

Luo Hongyi cursed angrily.

After having the slave mark implanted, Su Xuan could not only control her every move, but if she even harbored a single thought of resistance, Su Xuan could make Luo Hongyi wish she were dead!