193: She is a good girl

Seeing her stubbornness, Tang Shuying knew that ordinary persuasion was already useless.

Steeling her heart, she said, "Fine, since you believe so strongly in your relationship, then let's put it to the test."

"A test?" Ye Lingxi looked at her warily.

"Yes." Tang Shuying stared at Ye Lingxi, saying every word clearly: "Go tell Chu Hao directly that you have already lost your virginity to someone else, and see if he still wants you."

Ye Lingxi felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She staggered back a step and looked at Tang Shuying in disbelief: "Auntie! How could you ask me to tell such a lie? This is slander! I..."

"If you don't even dare to accept such a small test, how can you say your affection is indestructible?" Tang Shuying pressed her: "If he truly loves you, he won't care whether your purity is lost or not. If he leaves you because of this, then it just proves he isn't your proper match!"

Ye Lingxi trembled all over, tears falling silently.

Immense grievance and despair overwhelmed her.

Just as she was about to sternly refuse, familiar footsteps came from outside the door—it was Chu Hao!

Tang Shuying heard them too. She immediately shot Ye Lingxi a look and lowered her voice: "The opportunity is here. Lingxi, prove it to me, and prove it to yourself."

Chu Hao pushed the door open and entered with a gentle smile: "Mother, you're here too? Lingxi, I..."

He stopped mid-sentence because he saw Ye Lingxi's pale face and the tear stains on her cheeks.

"Lingxi, what's wrong?" Chu Hao's expression changed, and he stepped forward quickly.

Ye Lingxi looked at Chu Hao's concerned gaze and then caught sight of Tang Shuying's unquestionable expression. For a moment, her mind was in a mess.

Driven by immense pressure and a sliver of fear regarding the uncertainty of love, she spoke as if possessed: "Chu Hao... if... I mean if, if I were no longer pure, would you still want me?"

A deathly silence fell over the room.

The concern and smile on Chu Hao's face froze instantly.

His pupils constricted as he looked at Ye Lingxi in disbelief.

His face turned from red to white, then from white to a sickly green, and his chest heaved violently.

"You... what did you say?" His voice was terrifyingly dry.

Ye Lingxi's heart ached so much she could hardly breathe. She wanted to explain, but Tang Shuying gently pulled her sleeve, stopping her.

Chu Hao's gaze swept back and forth between Ye Lingxi and Tang Shuying. Seeing his mother's almost imperceptible nod, a terrible thought exploded in his mind.

Could this be true?

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Immense anger and a sense of betrayal instantly consumed him.

He stared intently at Ye Lingxi, his gaze turning cold. Almost gritting his teeth, he squeezed out a sentence:

"I, Chu Hao, am not that magnanimous!"

With that, he turned abruptly and rushed out of the room decisively, never looking back at Ye Lingxi even once.

Ye Lingxi took a step back, collapsing.

That resolute back completely severed all the hope in her heart.

Her legs gave way, and she slumped to the ground, weeping uncontrollably.

The fortress of love she had so firmly believed in was unexpectedly fragile under that so-called test.

Seeing Ye Lingxi crying incessantly, Tang Shuying also felt a pang of pain in her heart.

But she still knelt down, supported Ye Lingxi's trembling shoulders, and said coldly:

"Do you see, Lingxi? This is the relationship you believed in so blindly."

"Hao'er didn't even ask a single question or try to verify anything; he just believed your words immediately. This exactly shows he doesn't love you as much as you thought."

"Now, do you understand?"

Ye Lingxi looked up with tearful eyes, filled with confusion, pain, and a deadened indifference.

The love she believed in shattered so easily in the face of reality.

"I understand," she murmured. "I'll go with you."

...Inside the Time Wheel Emperor Palace.

Cao Bu seemed to have anticipated this outcome long ago.

He looked at Ye Lingxi, whose eyes had lost their luster, showing no surprise on his face.

Tang Shuying gently pushed Ye Lingxi forward a step and whispered, "Cao Bu, be good to Lingxi. She is a good girl."

Cao Bu nodded and stepped forward to take her cold little hand.

"You'll realize later that this is the best choice for you."

Without any further comfort, he pulled Ye Lingxi's slender waist and led her into the inner chamber.

Tang Shuying stood there, watching their receding figures, and let out a helpless sigh.

"Lingxi, Auntie is doing this for your own good. The opportunity for Immortal Ascension is right before you; you must seize it."

After an unknown amount of time, everything returned to tranquility.

Cao Bu looked at Ye Lingxi beside him, a satisfied curve appearing at the corner of his mouth.

He reached out and gently stroked her tear-stained cheek.

"Do you hate me?"

Ye Lingxi's body trembled slightly.

After a long time, she slowly shook her head.

"I don't. Perhaps Auntie was right; this is my fate."

Cao Bu nodded and took out the ten thousand fragrances paying homage to the phoenix diagram.

"Infuse a strand of your Primordial Spirit and Essence Blood into it."

Ye Lingxi blinked. "This is?"

Cao Bu smiled. "An opportunity for Immortal Ascension. After completing these two steps, you can enter it to Cultivate, and your Cultivation speed will skyrocket a hundredfold."

Hearing this, a hint of color returned to Ye Lingxi's hollow eyes.

Immortal Ascension!

Such a distant word.

"Is there really hope for Immortal Ascension?" Ye Lingxi asked uncertainly.

Cao Bu nodded firmly. "Look at them. Is there any need for me to lie to you?"

Ye Lingxi looked around and suddenly blushed.

At first, she was immersed in grief and hadn't noticed there were so many women here.

Among them, she even saw Mo Yu, who had participated in the Heavenly Pride Battle with her.

"Mo Yu, you... you're here too."

Mo Yu nodded shyly. "I came last month. You should call me Sister."

When she said this, Mo Yu's tone was somewhat cheerful; she was now an older Sister too.

Ye Lingxi opened her mouth but ultimately didn't make a sound.

As she scanned the others, the shock in her eyes gradually intensified.

When she saw Su Li and Leng Yue, she froze on the spot.

"Clan Chief Cao, is... is this also...?"

Cao Bu nodded. "Call her Eldest Sister."

Ye Lingxi swallowed hard and re-evaluated Cao Bu.

Perhaps Auntie was right; Cao Bu was her only choice in this life.

Recalling Chu Hao's performance just now, her heart slowly drifted toward Cao Bu.

"Lingxi, come, infuse a strand of your Primordial Spirit and Essence Blood into it."

Seeing that the time was ripe, Cao Bu handed over the ten thousand fragrances paying homage to the phoenix diagram.

Ye Lingxi took a deep breath and no longer hesitated, immediately detaching a strand of her Primordial Spirit and Essence Blood to infuse into the diagram.

After a while.

Ye Lingxi emerged from the diagram. Feeling the aura of a Breakthrough within her body, she looked at Cao Bu in shock.

A slight curve appeared at the corner of Cao Bu's mouth. "How is it?"

Ye Lingxi's breathing became rapid.

No one knew how difficult it had been for her and the Ye family behind her.

After being with Chu Hao, most forces in the Spirit Realm didn't dare provoke her Ye family.

But when facing those Emperor-level forces, her Ye family still had to walk on eggshells.

Now, following Cao Bu, the Ye family could practically walk unrestrained in the Spirit Realm.

Her gaze gradually became fervent, and she pushed Cao Bu down. "Husband Cao, you lie down; I'll do it myself."