Chapter 4: A New Idea, the Villain Has a Sweet Look on His Face

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Miao Jue had just rushed into Danxin Pavilion carrying bricks when he bumped headfirst into a cold, icy chest.

The man's dark white robe, adorned with daylily patterns, brushed against her calves. The jade pendants on the girl's sleeves jingled against his jade compass. When she looked up, she saw a pair of long, narrow, dark eyes.

Sang Biao stopped laughing.

The charming smile that was always on his face transformed into a kind of uncontrollable... disgust for stupidity?

Miao Jue was surprised. How did he come out so quickly? Was he finished speaking?

Chen Jinshi casually loosened his belt, looked at her, and his disgust for her intensified. He completely ignored the secret technique, muttering to himself as he walked along, scribbling on the back of the compass as if he were counting some numbers.

The secret: "?"

She looked down at the brick in her hand, hesitated for two seconds, and then rushed into Danxin Pavilion.

"What? He didn't tell you anything?"

After hearing Dongfang Yaotian's answer, Miaojue slid down to sit beside the table, looking quite puzzled.

"What does Brother Jinshi want to say to me?" Dongfang Yaotian asked, puzzled.

The imperial physician Xiu used his azure light to scrape the bone and suppress the poison. This was the first time Miao Jue had interacted with the male protagonist alone at close range. Dongfang Yaotian's forehead was covered in sweat from the pain, but he did not show any weakness in front of Miao Jue. He was sweating profusely while smiling wickedly.

Miaojue couldn't stand it, so she closed her eyes, not wanting to watch him show off: "...It's nothing."

The villain suddenly changed his mind...?

Could it be that if there are enough rewinds, the plot development could actually be altered?

The birth of the Nether Bone Blade was a crucial turning point in the original storyline, not only leading the male and female protagonists, who were destined for each other, onto a path of love tribulations marked by separation and reunion, but also causing a huge uproar throughout the entire realm.

The bones of the Netherworld Clan are extremely rare; you can't find two pieces that are publicly and perfectly preserved anywhere in the world. Yet, one piece is kept in the Tianyan Kingdom. This is actually the real reason why the male and female protagonists will undergo tribulations in this small country.

Artifacts that can guide the Netherworld race are extremely rare, appearing only once every hundred years. Ever since the overseas Celestial Court wiped out half of the Netherworld race a thousand years ago, all the major clans and families have taken it upon themselves to exterminate the remaining members. Even if they discover a fragment of a Netherworld race body, they would be eager to raise their flags and devour its flesh and blood.

Miaojue has always been puzzled by this matter. Is everyone really this righteous?

This fantasy continent extends in all directions around the Langhuan Immortal Court, with each side having its own forces. Slaughtering the Underworld Clan should be an extremely dangerous thing, so why is everyone so enthusiastic about it?

Of course, the male and female protagonists are indeed righteous, one like white phosphorus spontaneously combusting, the other a saintly figure with a heart for all living beings.

They both love the people and the world, but they don't care about the environment :)

Despite the excruciating pain, Dongfang Yaotian leaned on the table with one hand and gave a doting smile. "Qianqian, have you found the Mo Yao Jade Ring?"

He thought Miaojue ran to the marriage tree because she was eager to save him.

"...No, all the brocade pouches on the tree are broken. That tree is so pitiful."

Dongfang Yaotian had actually guessed this outcome. He secretly pondered that the suddenly appearing Netherworld Clan was probably there to snatch the token of love between him and Qiu'er, because it was their most important treasure!

He must... personally kill that monster, and then slaughter every last remnant of the Underworld Clan!

His heart was pounding, but he reassured Miaojue, "Qianqian, it's alright, don't worry about it. Brother Yaotian is fine even without the Moyao Jade Ring."

Just as I was about to retort, "Can you please stop talking like that?" a sad yet stubborn voice interrupted.

"you……"

Looking up, the female protagonist was leaning against the door frame, her face extremely pale.

She was suffering from a more severe form of the dark poison. She had barely managed to suppress her meridians when she rushed to check on Dongfang Yaotian's condition. However, she overheard this extremely affectionate and tender conversation at the door.

Gong Yuqiu didn't want to doubt Dongfang Qian, but everything just happened naturally. Although the other party had changed a bit, Dongfang Qian had once told her that she hoped that if she died, Yaotian would still be hers.

After revealing the location of the brocade pouch, Dongfang Qian was the first to rush over, but Mo Yaoyu Huan disappeared.

Yaotian's poisoning was relatively minor and wouldn't be fatal even without Moyao's jade ring, but it wouldn't do for her. If this dragged on, she would be devoured by the Netherworld Poison within her body and die.

Gong Yuqiu looked at Miaojue tremblingly, "Princess, are those two tokens really gone?"

The air went still for a moment.

"Qiu'er!" Dongfang Yaotian suddenly stood up. "What do you mean by that?!"

Before the magic trick could be reacted, he was suddenly startled by a loud noise from the side.

"You think Qianqian stole the two treasures? How could she sit idly by and watch us be driven to our deaths by the Nether Poison? In your heart, is my sister, Dongfang Yaotian's sister, such a vicious person?"

Putting aside the fact that the original owner, Dongfang Qian, was indeed so vicious, isn't the male lead's scoundrel's central idea just self-aggrandizement?

Miao Jue quickly asked the system, "Is this considered a difficult point?"

The system pondered for two seconds: "This torture point is too common; it doesn't count as a tribulation."

The secret: "..."

She crossed her arms behind her head and ignored it.

Upon hearing Dongfang Yaotian's hurtful words, Gong Yuqiu's frail figure swayed, and her face turned ashen.

She knew she shouldn't have said it; she shouldn't have challenged their childhood friendship of over a decade. They were truly a match made in heaven.

The female lead made no attempt to explain the threats she had received, turning around with a bitter laugh and saying, "Dongfang Yaotian, I was just being petty, alright?"

The only person with a healthy mouth in the room couldn't hold back any longer: "Seriously, can't you two talk this out? What's the point of having a mouth? To water the fields?"

Gong Yuqiu's back seemed to pause for a second.

As if surprised by the brilliant advice, he listened attentively.

Dongfang Yaotian clenched his fist on the table defiantly, his face gritted as he said, "Let her go—!"

Gong Yuqiu closed her eyes, resolutely left, tears streaming down her face.

The secret: "……………"

Miao Jue looked at Dongfang Yaotian and said, "Are you crazy?"

Never mind.

However, after Gong Yuqiu left, Dongfang Yaotian immediately showed a pale and exhausted expression.

He clutched his chest in distress, "I am indeed sick. My heart has never hurt like this before, it feels like I've been stabbed multiple times..."

His deep, affectionate eyes turned bloodshot as he asked Miaojuan, "Do you know what this feels like? The pain of having your body cut by a knife—"

"Aaaaaah!"

Miao Jue's hand suddenly seemed to possess a will of its own and slapped him across the face.

You dare bring this up with me?

…

Gong Yuqiu walked dejectedly through the palace of Tianyan Kingdom.

The servants and palace attendants who passed by knew that she was the young prince's betrothed, and they all treated her with utmost respect, but this was not her home.

The Jade Void Sect sent her out of the mountains for training, not only to improve her cultivation but also to select talented individuals to join the sect and plot the great cause of slaughtering the Netherworld. Dongfang Yaotian was truly talented, possessing not only a wind-elemental Heaven-grade spiritual bone but also a pure and domineering aura of fortune, and his cultivation easily reached the Prosperous Spirit level.

Thinking of this, Gong Yuqiu closed her eyes, revealing a sweet yet painful expression. When she opened her eyes again, she was suddenly startled.

A handsome figure in white stood not far away, but she didn't even realize when he had appeared.

This is a major taboo for cultivators, but Gong Yuqiu understood after a moment's thought that Chen Daojun must not have any offensive capabilities at all, which is why he had no idea that Gong Yuqiu was at the second level of the Shengling realm.

Chen Jinshi crossed his arms and pondered for a long time.

Inside the Danxin Pavilion, when he revealed the process of refining the Nether Bone Blade, the strange sense of spatial flow he experienced was probably not his imagination.

Otherwise, Dongfang Yaotian would undoubtedly be mentally challenged.

So he spoke, slightly tentatively: "That Netherworld Clan member has escaped, and the people of the whole country cannot sleep peacefully. But there is a piece of Netherworld bone in the Heavenly Evolution Secret Treasury. If we use it to forge a knife, we can point out the location of the Netherworld Clan member."

After he finished speaking, he waited a while.

Gong Yuqiu's eyes widened immediately: "Really?!"

Dust gathers up: "." It means Dongfang Yaotian is mentally challenged.

The villain solved the case and felt relieved. He nodded gently and smiled, saying, "Yes, it's true. Remember to go to the Golden Hook Ye Gate for tempering. It's the best weapon-refining family in Tianyan Kingdom."

"Thank you for the reminder, Daoist Lord!" Gong Yuqiu hurriedly took the message to see His Majesty of Tianyan Kingdom.

She smiled as she gathered up the dust, her eyes cool and gentle as water.

Putting aside his status as the Chosen One, Gong Yuqiu's sect, Jade Void Sect, is the largest sect under the Celestial Court. They have gone to great lengths to slaughter all the Netherworld races—or rather, to find all the Netherworld races in the world.

At this moment, it was hidden in his plain white sleeve.

A section of dark blue, gnarled snail coiled around his pale wrist bone, flowing slowly.

Upon closer inspection, its long, dark tail was actually quite mottled, most of its scales had fallen off, and its two wing-like fins drooped, occasionally flicking, giving it no fierce or imposing appearance whatsoever.

He peeked out from his sleeve, his upturned fish-like mouth pecking at the air, his voice weak and feeble, "So Dongfang Yaotian was poisoned and made stupid by me, that's why he can't remember things. Why are you so suspicious and fussy? You weren't like this before."

Chen Jinshi, expressionless, extended his fingertip and pressed it back, then became happy to himself again: "A new calamity is about to begin."

But the next second, the air around them shifted, and the snail crawled out again, pecking and pecking. "So Dongfang Yaotian was poisoned into a daze by me..."

Dust gathers up: "?"

There's no need to emphasize it so much.

He suppressed his happiness and pushed the object back with his fingertips.

A few seconds later, the snail peeked out: "So..."

Seven times in and seven times out.

Dust settled, his face expressionless: "?"

…

Inside Danxin Pavilion, Dongfang Yaotian covered his face, which had just been slapped, and looked up in shock.

With a flick of his finger at the top bud, time went back to before he was slapped.

Her spirit bone can now withstand the test for about ten seconds, which is quite precious.

Those who don't particularly want to slap others don't deserve a share.

After the flashback, Dongfang Yaotian, who had been struck by the palm, was clearly unconscious, still clutching his heart and whispering, "Do you understand this feeling? It's like my flesh and blood are being sliced ​​a thousand times by a cold blade, cut again and again..."

The secret: ...

Alright, let's indulge ourselves a little, one more slap.

"Snap!" After the slap, the clock hand snapped back.

Dongfang Yaotian was still immersed in the torment of their love affair, closing his eyes in anguish: "Why..."

Miao Jue tried her best to take care of herself, but this time she made a surprising discovery.

His face was swollen.

It's normal for him to be swollen, after all, she used all her strength. But the problem is that, logically speaking, after the flashback, he should have returned to the state before he was slapped, but the red mark from the slap is still on Dongfang Yaotian's face.

Hmm? Miao Jue suddenly had a bold idea, an idea that would determine her next move.

Dongfang Yaotian, who was originally immersed in his heartbreak and had bloodshot eyes, suddenly felt a shadow fall over him.

She opened her eyes. "Qianqian, why are you raising your hand?"

The trick is a kind smile; as long as you're fast, you won't waste too much time rewinding.

"Smack!"

"wipe!"

"Clap clap clap!"

After rapidly rewinding seven times, Miaojue finally stopped and asked the male protagonist with burning eyes, "Do you feel anything?"

"Um?"

Dongfang Yaotian smiled slyly, his cheeks puffing out three times their normal size: "Heh, what could mere residual poison possibly feel?"

Dongfang Yaotian was born into nobility and was the most talented young prince in Tianyan Kingdom. Apart from using his face to make his eyes bloodshot, his profile taut, and to let a tear fall down his chiseled jawline, he hadn't really used it properly—so the effect was quite obvious now.

Dongfang Yaotian calmly said, "I just didn't expect this Nether Poison to be able to invade the face, causing a slight burning and stinging sensation. But for me, it doesn't hurt or itch at all."

The expert withdrew his hand, confirming the decision.

Only time flows on and on, but people are like stones in a river; whether the river flows with the current or against it, they are always there.

Even if time is reversed, the state is preserved.

This gave her a whole new perspective.

The system suddenly beeped, reminding the female lead: "But the villains have already told her about the Netherbone Blade. It's worth noting that after the Netherbone Blade is born, you will still feel pain if your Tree of Destiny is damaged..."

Miaojue raised an eyebrow: "So you can observe simultaneously?"

Wouldn't that mean we could operate on multiple fronts in the future?

System: "?" What's this point of focus!

As if to confirm the system's notification, a voice came from outside the pavilion: "Your Highness! Your Highness! His Majesty has decreed that you and Daoist Chen should go to discuss the matter of opening the Imperial Treasury—"

Dongfang Yaotian's personal guards jogged in from outside, then stopped in shock.

"Your Highness, what happened to your face?"

She gracefully withdrew her hand, a glint of light shining beneath her long eyelashes.

The villain is so proactive, but there's nothing she can do; she now knows what to do—to stop the axe from being born.

"What's the big deal? What could possibly be wrong with my face?" Dongfang Yaotian scoffed.

He was the face of the Tianyan Kingdom, an authority that no one could challenge.

He left with the architectural style of building towers from the ground up.