Feeling a pain in his scalp, Shen Junze was forced to look up and meet the pair of red eyes that faintly exuded anger.
Shen Junze looked at the thing in front of him that looked like a human but was not human, and realized that this should be the real body of the system's destiny.
It has the same limbs as humans, but it is different from humans. Its skin all over its body is not as soft as humans, but as hard as black iron. The black iron-like skin all over its body faintly flashes with a cold edge under the sunlight.
Its face has no facial features, and only the pair of red eyes in the sunken eye sockets can be seen. It looks a bit like a demon from hell, but not like a demon.
"Is this what you really look like?" Shen Junze said, his eyes falling on the scattered limbs in the pool of blood around him.
Tianming has never revealed his true appearance in front of the host. Shen Junze is the first one, and also the first host who made him so angry.
"Your stubbornness is misplaced. You shouldn't make me angry." Tianming's hand was still pulling Shen Junze's hair, and most of his body was pulled up by him.
The usually arrogant host was now covered in blood, with blood still oozing from his waist, abdomen, and the right leg that had been chopped off.
If he just left him here, he would soon die from excessive blood loss.
"So you want to kill the master?" Shen Junze said coldly with a pale face.
"Your Highness, I never intended to kill you. You brought this upon yourself. Women slow down your sword-drawing speed. We've always understood this, yet you still fell victim to them."
Tianming released the hand that was pulling at his hair and stood up, his tall frame blocking out most of the sunlight. "If you had mounted your horse and left just now, you wouldn't be in such a mess right now. What those in power hate most is romantic relationships. It's just Qiu He. You died for her to save her, and what could she do for you? By the time she called the soldiers, I'm afraid you would have already died. Or are you still holding on to hope that I would save you, so you're so fearless?"
Tianming grabbed Shen Junze by the collar and pulled him in front of him with a pale face. Tianming's cold forehead touched his, and the oppressive chill penetrated into his skull.
"Cough cough—" Blood filled his throat. Shen Junze coughed awkwardly a few times and said in a low, hoarse voice, "You lured me here. All this was within your expectations. Why are you pretending to be innocent?"
Tianming: "Your Highness, I've said before that I never intended to kill you, but I like you more than you are now. I like you in the past, the you who would do anything for power, not the you who is now driven by emotions. It was your softness that cost you your life."
"But don't worry, the system can't kill the host. I won't kill you. I will take your place and complete the path you should have taken."
"Until—you obey."
*
When Qiu He arrived with the officers and soldiers, all the bandits lying in a pool of blood had disappeared, and even Ge Gui, who had already died, miraculously resurrected.
"Miss Qiu, is this what you meant by encountering bandits?" The officer looked at the two people standing lively on the carriage not far away and frowned at her.
Qiu He was also stunned when she saw Ge Gui sitting there unharmed.
"Fourth...Fourth Brother, you..." Qiu He walked up to Ge Gui in disbelief. Seeing him sitting there unharmed, her eyes widened in shock. "How...how could this happen?"
As Qiu He spoke, she reached out and touched Ge Gui's chest, and saw that his chest, which had been stabbed by the bandits, was now intact.
Ge Gui watched her call over a group of soldiers and couldn't help but pull at her sleeve, puzzled, "Sister Qiuhe, why did you call the soldiers? Didn't our carriage break down along the way? I asked you to call for someone to fix the carriage, why did you call the soldiers?"
"The carriage is broken?" Qiu He was stunned and looked at the intact carriage next to her. She was still in shock.
The next second, he heard Ge Gui say, "Luckily, we met Master Song. The wheel fell off, but we just fixed it."
Hearing this, Qiu He looked up at Shen Junze, who was wearing a white shirt, and her eyes fell on the waist where he had been stabbed before.
The white clothes that should have been stained with blood were now clean, without any trace of blood.
Qiu He couldn't help but take a few steps back in shock, muttering slowly, "How...how could this happen?"
"Didn't they say they encountered bandits? How come the carriage broke down?" The officers and soldiers on the side said angrily.
Seeing this, Ge Gui on the side hurriedly said, "Please forgive me, my dear officials. Perhaps Sister Qiu He is not feeling well and she made a mistake. I am sorry that you have made such a wasted trip."
Official: "You're playing tricks on us in broad daylight. Do you think we're really free?"
Ge Gui: "Please forgive me, my lords."
"Next time you do this, I'll send you straight to the dungeon!"
Ge Gui: "Yes, yes, yes."
Looking at the backs of the officers and soldiers leaving, Qiu He was stunned.
She couldn't understand how it could have turned out like this. They had just encountered bandits, and Ge Gui had been stabbed in the heart by the bandits in order to save her, while Mr. Song had been stabbed in the waist and abdomen in order to save her, and even had an arrow shot through his calf.
Qiu He thought about it, her eyes falling on the man's calf.
Shen Junze noticed her gaze and chuckled, "What are you looking at, Miss Qiu?"
"You..." Qiu He felt a little weird when she met his gentle eyes.
Shen Junze: "It's getting late, I should leave too."
Ge Gui: "Young Master Song, please come along. You just helped me fix the wheel, and we're going the same way. Let's go back together in the carriage."
Shen Junze chuckled: "Thank you so much."
As they spoke, the two of them got into the carriage very politely.
Seeing Qiu He still standing beside the carriage, Ge Gui said, "Sister Qiu He? What's wrong? Come up, we're leaving."
"Coming...coming." Qiu He said, subconsciously tightening the outer robe she was wearing. It was when she saw the outer robe she was wearing that she suddenly remembered that what she had just seen was not an illusion.
Qiu He's eyes trembled as she spoke, "Young Master Song!"
Hearing this, Shen Junze, who had already boarded the carriage, turned his head to look at her and chuckled, "What's wrong, Miss Qiu?"
"Your clothes..." Qiu He said, and when she lowered her head and looked at herself again, she found that the clothes on her body had already become her own clothes.
Qiu He was even more shocked at this moment. How...how could this happen?
"Miss Qiu?" Shen Junze, who was sitting in the carriage, called her softly, "Miss Qiu, do you have anything to say to me?"
Qiu He looked at the man sitting in the carriage with a gentle smile, and her heart trembled suddenly.
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