Are you sure you want mind control?

Liu Zhaodi made her choice, but Jiang Yuan, having been through it all, still offered some well-intentioned advice.

While all three are advanced talents, Devouring is clearly superior. If its attributes are perfected, Devouring could even be adapted to the ranks of super talents, just like him. In comparison, Mind Control is somewhat lacking. Mind Control struggles to control enemies stronger than oneself. Against powerful foes, it can only influence them, not directly control them. This alone makes it less than ideal for Jiang Yuan, who consistently fights beyond his level.

"Yes!" Liu Zhaodi nodded solemnly.

"Alright, let's see how many talent slots you have!" Jiang Yuan reached out and blocked Liu Zhaodi's eyes. A phantom of the Grim Reaper appeared behind him, especially the right hand of the Grim Reaper, which was particularly conspicuous. Before long, the hand of the Grim Reaper tightly grasped Liu Zhaodi in its palm.

"There are three talent slots!"

The information from the Hand of Death surprised him. He had met quite a few people, but most of them only had one talent slot, and only a small number had two. As for people with three talent slots, they were extremely rare, one in ten thousand would be considered exceptional.

"What's wrong? Am I not good enough?" Liu Zhaodi gently grabbed Jiang Yuan's wrist, her vision blocked, and she was unusually quiet.

"No, I'm preparing it for you!" Jiang Yuan still didn't lift the cover from his hands; he didn't want to reveal the truth about the Hand of Death.

Ten thousand marks of the dead disappeared, and a beautiful orb of talent appeared, containing the advanced talent of mind control.

Instead of replacing the Breath of Stone, he installed Mind Control in Liu Zhaodi's third talent slot, which was her trophy.

When the talent was activated, the Hand of Death released Liu Zhaodi, and the phantom of Death quickly dissipated.

"You can open your eyes now!"

Jiang Yuan withdrew his hand. Liu Zhaodi, whose eyes were closed, twitched her eyelashes slightly. Suddenly, Jiang Yuan felt a jolt in his soul.

"Liu Zhaodi, you're ruthless!"

Jiang Yuan uttered his last words before his soul was controlled, but he lost consciousness before he could finish his curses.

He was affected entirely by the backlash of the Five Elements Ring. His divine power has been completely destroyed, and his proud ancient martial arts and body tempering are no longer effective in defending against mind control, since the soul and the body are two completely different systems.

"Jiang Yuan, wake up! Don't scare me! I really didn't mean to!"

Jiang Yuan, whose consciousness had been wandering for a while, vaguely heard Liu Zhaodi's trembling voice, which was filled with sobs. Hearing this, he finally felt relieved.

It took Jiang Yuan a full ten minutes to slowly wake up.

"Jiang Yuan, you're finally awake!"

The moment Jiang Yuan opened his eyes, Liu Zhaodi threw herself into his arms.

Still dazed, Jiang Yuan didn't resist at first. He subconsciously pursed his lips, then frowned and said, "What's this taste!"

There was nothing else to it, but he just felt something was off.

Seeing that Liu Zhaodi remained silent, Jiang Yuan flared up with anger and shouted, "Liu Zhaodi, are you out of your mind?! Don't you know what state I'm in right now? You're trying to use mind control on me? Where did you learn this ungrateful attitude?!"

"I just wanted to see if it would work, but who knew that I only thought about it for a moment and you..." Liu Zhaodi looked like she had made a mistake.

"Wait, how long was I controlled?" Jiang Yuan felt that some strange memories had been overlooked.

Upon hearing this question, Liu Zhaodi hurriedly explained, "It was only for a short while. I only thought about it at the very beginning, and then I took care of you after you fainted!"

"Really!" Jiang Yuan glanced at Liu Zhaodi's flushed face and couldn't help but feel a little doubtful.

"Hurry up, hurry up, the banquet has started, I'll go help you change into your dress!" Liu Zhaodi ran out the door in small, hurried steps as if she had done something wrong.

Jiang Yuan already had a temper, but seeing how well Liu Zhaodi apologized, he decided to let it go. The old saying that women and petty people are difficult to deal with is not without reason. Liu Zhaodi is a typical example. He didn't have the energy to argue with such a stupid woman.

"They're here! They're here!"

Liu Zhaodi rushed over carrying a pile of dresses, completely disregarding her own elegant attire.

"Let me wipe your face first!" Liu Zhaodi reached out and, without anyone knowing when she found a wet wipe, wiped Jiang Yuan's mouth.

Jiang Yuan was taken aback. Wasn't this a formal dress change? Why was he wiping his face for no reason? And even if he was wiping his face, couldn't he at least wipe it in the right places?

Before he could react, Liu Zhaodi had already finished wiping and put the wet wipes into her storage ring.

"Finished wiping?" Jiang Yuan was completely confused. What was going on here?

Liu Zhaodi held the dress and nodded vigorously.

"Didn't you say you were just going to wipe your face? You're done already?" Jiang Yuan wiped his lips with his hand, looked at them carefully for a few moments, but didn't find anything suspicious.

"We're in a hurry, let's change into our dresses and go eat!" Liu Zhaodi chuckled and was about to lend a hand.

"No, no, no, I can do it myself!"

Jiang Yuan couldn't stand Liu Zhaodi's erratic behavior any longer, so he pushed her away in a few quick movements.

"Then I'll wait for you outside!" Liu Zhaodi shouted as she was pushed out.

"Alright, alright, stop talking nonsense!" Jiang Yuan was speechless. He should have known better than to try and earn those Divine Bloodstones.

Just as the door was about to close, Liu Zhaodi, who had been pushed out, squeezed half her body back in and said sternly, "You can't jump out the window to escape!"

"Even if today is a trap, I, Jiang Yuan, will risk everything for those three pieces of divine bloodstone!" Jiang Yuan declared.

"Pinky promise!" Liu Zhaodi squeezed in another hand.

"Get lost! Who wants to play this childish game with you!" Jiang Yuan said impatiently.

"Hmph, then you must be planning to run away!" Liu Zhaodi put on a wronged expression, then pitifully muttered to herself, "It must be because I made you angry just now, and you haven't forgiven me! Or maybe you think I'm stupid, no..."

"Come on, let's pinky swear!" Jiang Yuan stretched out his hand like a complete idiot.

"That's more like it!"

Liu Zhaodi immediately stopped her dramatic change of expression, and only after making a pinky promise did she happily leave.

Liu Zhaodi, who had retreated, didn't leave. Instead, she leaned against the door with a smug grin and chuckled to herself, "You arrogant brat, serves you right for ignoring me! Now you're still in my hands! I wonder if this guy's first kiss is his, but it doesn't matter, as long as it's mine!"