Zuan gave an awkward smile: "What do you mean, Empress? I don't understand."
Mi Li glanced at him and said, "I found it strange back in the secret realm. Logically speaking, with your pathetic cultivation, I could have killed you with a single breath, but I couldn't kill you no matter what I did."
"Although your fighting spirit at the time shocked me, if success in this world could be achieved solely through willpower, it would be far too easy."
"So I've always been curious about what you're relying on. Now it seems it must be the system you mentioned, right? The 'forgiveness hat'? That's a rare thing."
Zuan was shocked: "You can see all of this?"
Mi Li said with a half-smile, "When did I say I couldn't see?"
“You before…” Zuan subconsciously wanted to say something, but immediately realized what he was saying.
“I just taught you that the more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to deceive you.” Mi Li smiled and said, “The medicine you used to save the lady of the Chu family was quite miraculous, instantly restoring a person’s life. Even Xu Fu back then might not have been able to concoct such a medicine. And this ‘forgiveness hat’ now, if its description is not exaggerated, it is truly a magical artifact.”
Zu An's expression changed several times. In that instant, countless thoughts flashed through his mind. It seemed that this woman had suspected him for a long time. His strange behavior when he was drawing lots had probably already been noticed by her. However, she had not figured out what was going on, so she had kept quiet. Now it seemed that after observing him a few times, she had investigated everything and was finally revealing her true colors to him.
"Oh dear, you don't need to be so nervous. We're in this together now, I would never hurt you." Seeing his drastic change in expression, Mi Li comforted him instead.
"You just taught me that the prettier a woman is, the more likely she is to lie. Who knows if your 'till death do us part' is real or fake? What if you have a way to break free of the bondage? I'd be counting the money for you even after you've sold me out." Zu An snorted sullenly.
“Little brother, you learn pretty quickly,” Mi Li couldn’t help but look at him with admiration. “But I really didn’t lie to you about this.”
“I don’t believe you,” Zuan said, his gaze falling on her skirt. “You can see right through me now, unless you take off your clothes to show your sincerity?”
Since you're already a spirit, why would you need to wear clothes? Isn't that like taking off your pants to fart?
Mi Li: "???"
Soon, a pig-like scream echoed through the room: "Empress, please talk this out! I was just joking!"
"Hey, hit me anywhere else, just don't hit my face. I make a living off this face."
...
After a long while, the room calmed down. Mi Li wiped the bloodstains from her hands and a dangerous smile appeared on her face: "Let me teach you another lesson: never do anything reckless when you shouldn't."
Zuan, who was slumped on the ground with a bruised and swollen face, said, "I really couldn't think of anything to prove what you said, so I was just joking. Did you have to go this far?"
Mi Li snorted: "I have already shown mercy. If anyone had dared to offend me like this back then, their entire family would have been exterminated."
Zu An's throat went dry. The women around him were all ruthless characters, and each one was more ruthless than the last.
Mi Li quickly laughed: "Besides, I'm not hitting you, I'm clearly helping you cultivate. It's your Phoenix Nirvana Scripture that needs to be beaten to improve."
Zuan: "Hehe!"
“Alright, let’s get down to business,” Mi Li also put away her smile. “Many times, vows of eternal love are indeed unreliable. In the end, it still depends on whether the interests of both parties are aligned and whether the other party is strong enough.”
“Although you are weak now, you are still a person of superior talent, possess several divine skills and secret techniques, and have such trump cards. Your future is full of potential for growth. You know, the stronger a man is, the more trump cards he has, the more attractive he becomes. I find myself liking you more and more.” Mi Li smiled again. “So you don’t need to worry about what I might do to you.”
Zuan said with a resentful look, "Oh dear, I thought we'd developed feelings for each other after spending so much time together, but it turns out you only started liking me because of these things. It was all just business."
Mi Li spat out, "Tch, what do you think? Otherwise, would I have taken a liking to a little brat like you who hasn't even grown his hair yet?"
Zuan immediately objected: "Are you sure I haven't fully grown in?"
The scene she had witnessed inside Chu Chuyan's body in the secret realm involuntarily flashed through Mi Li's mind. A blush flashed across her face, and she quickly changed the subject: "Ahem, let's talk about your trump card. You call it the system? Why would you use such a strange name?"
"Otherwise, what should I call you?" Zu'an snorted irritably. Having his trump card exposed made him, who was well-versed in the art of hiding, extremely uncomfortable.
Mi Li also said seriously, "After observing you for the past few days, your system should be an extremely powerful magic weapon. Although it is not as powerful as some magic treasures I know, it is even more creative. You should know that in this world, destruction is always much easier than creation. So from this point of view, your magic weapon is even more precious."
"A magical artifact?" Zu An was taken aback. In his previous life, he had read too many online novels where the protagonists would be embarrassed to greet people if they didn't have a system. So he accepted this setting immediately and never thought about delving into its origin.
“Of course it’s a magic artifact,” Mi Li said. “It might even have been crafted by the most powerful and talented talisman master in history. His understanding of space, his energy conversion, and his genius creativity are far superior to any peerless expert I’ve ever met.”
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