Chapter 37: The Attacker Wen Yue
The night wind grew colder, making the window frames rustle.
Song Qingyuan's fingertips were cold. She stared at her son's painful eyes while he was sleeping. The suppressed hatred and powerlessness in her heart almost swallowed her up.
Concubine Xue, Wen Yue... these people were like mountains pressing down on her head, making it hard for her to breathe.
She clutched the jade pendant as evidence so tightly that her finger bones ached.
At this moment, a lively and crisp voice that was out of tune with the dead silence suddenly rang in her mind.
【Master, I'm back after upgrading. 】
Song Qingyuan's eyes moved slightly, and his chaotic mind instantly found its backbone.
Yes, she also has Tianbao.
She suppressed all her emotions and calmly asked in her heart, "Tianbao, is there any elixir in the system mall that can make people immune to all poisons?"
[Yes, yes! Tianyuan Dan is a precious elixir that can only be refined by alchemists in the Yuanying stage of the immortal realm. The medicinal effect is extremely powerful. After taking one pill, not only can it dispel ordinary poisons in the mortal world, but even low-level poisons in the immortal realm!]
Tianbao diligently pulled out a transparent page in front of Song Qingyuan and enlarged a glittering "Tianyuan Pill" to show it.
Below the pill was a line of small print: Price: 120,000 points. Song Qingyuan frowned. She remembered her points account, which was a clear zero.
"Not enough points."
[Oh, Master, if you don't have enough points, you can earn more! ]
Tianbao's tone was full of instigation.
[You can sell your unused items in the system mall. As long as someone buys them, points will pour in!]
Shopping? Song Qingyuan's eyes slowly swept across this luxurious house.
As a concubine in the palace, she never lacked gold, silver and jewelry.
"Hang up all my gold and silver jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings." She said decisively.
[Master, there's no need to be so exaggerated! ]
Tianbao's voice was filled with a hint of excitement.
[The system just detected that someone has placed a high-priced bounty order in the mall and is frantically buying something!]
"What is that?" [Night Pearl! The kind you use as a light bulb, Master!]
Song Qingyuan raised his eyes and looked at the fist-sized luminous pearls in the corner of the room, which emitted a soft glow.
She still had more than a dozen of these in her warehouse. "Put them all on the shelves," she said without hesitation.
The next moment, as the pattern of the night pearl appeared on the transparent page, the system automatically gave a price.
[Ding! High-level item "East China Sea Night Pearl" detected. Excellent quality. System price: 100 million points per piece.]
Before Song Qingyuan had time to be surprised by the number, he saw the points in his account start to jump wildly.
[Ding! Sell one "East China Sea Night Pearl" and receive 100 million points!]
[Ding! Sell one "East China Sea Night Pearl" and receive 100 million points!]
...In less than half a cup of tea, four prompt tones sounded in succession, and the points balance in the upper right corner of the page soared from zero to 500 million.
Song Qingyuan's heart was slightly shocked: "Who bought it?"
【Let me check it out...】
Tianbao's voice paused, then became a little strange.
【The buyer is Wen Yue.】
Wenyue?
[Yes, she's also a veteran of our systems department. She used to work in the strategy department. After retiring, she was rehired and switched to a new system. However, her new system is incredibly stingy. Each item can only be redeemed once for free, and the rest requires real money.]
There was a hint of gloating in Tianbao's tone.
[This time, she's going to spend a lot of money. Four hundred million points, tsk tsk.]
Song Qingyuan's pupils suddenly contracted, and an astonishing idea connected all the clues.
"She's not an ordinary time traveler?"
[Of course not. I'm a professional at seducing the second male lead. I'm best at playing the kind of female supporting character who has a miserable life, is bullied, but is also tenacious and unyielding.]
Tianbao explained
After she retired, it seemed like she joined some 'evil female supporting role counterattack department', and her business changed.
So that's how it is.
The coldness in Song Qingyuan's eyes almost solidified into substance.
No wonder Wen Yue's tactics were so precise, each step hitting the nerves of Prince and Concubine Xue. That wasn't luck; it was honed professionalism. A "professional" who earned sympathy by playing the role of pathetic.
The corners of Song Qingyuan's mouth slowly curled up into an icy arc.
"Tianbao."
[Here I am, here I am. What are your wishes, Master?]
"Exchange for Tianyuan Pills." A hundred and twenty thousand of the five hundred million balance was instantly deducted. A pill emitting a brilliant white light quietly appeared in the system space.
Song Qingyuan looked at the pill, and the heavy stone in his heart finally fell halfway. His son's life was saved.
Next, it was time to collect the debt. Her voice was calm, yet it carried a chilling chill that made one's heart tremble.
"List me the most expensive, most insidious, and single-use offensive items in the mall."
Professional? Excellent. Let her see just how much this retired professional has to offer.
Tianbao's voice was light and lively, but the list he drew up was shocking, and every word was bloody and vicious.
[Bone-Eroding Soul-Sweeping Powder: Colorless and odorless, the victim's flesh and bones melt within seven days, turning into a pool of blood and water, resulting in a gruesome death. Price: 50 million points.]
[Ghostly Soul Talisman: Attracts thousands of vengeful souls to haunt you day and night, causing you to suffer a mental breakdown and die of madness. Price: 80 million points.]
[Inner Demon Attraction: A one-time causal item. Intangible and intangible, it acts directly on the target's soul, drawing out their deepest fears and sins, transforming them into inner demons. If these inner demons are not eradicated, there will be eternal restlessness, and ultimately, their own evil thoughts will backfire and lead to their own destruction. Price: 100 million points.]
Song Qingyuan's eyes were fixed on the last item.
Killing Wen Yue would be too easy for her.
Making her crazy is just letting her escape from reality.
The cruelest punishment would be to let her destroy with her own hands everything she was most proud of, and let her be completely swallowed up by the beautiful dream she had created.
A person who gets everything by pretending to be pure and innocent must have a mountain of sin and filth in his heart.
"Exchange for the Heart Demon Guide."
There was no trace of emotion in Song Qingyuan's voice, as if the 100 million points were just an insignificant number.
[Ding! Redemption successful!]
More than 400 million points were instantly reduced to more than 280 million.
A completely black iron piece with strange and twisted patterns carved on it appeared in the system space, emitting an ominous aura.
Song Qingyuan did not use it immediately.
She first took out the Tianyuan Pill from the system space.
As the pill appeared, its rich medicinal fragrance instantly overwhelmed the bitter odor in the room, and the bright white light softened her cold face. She gently pinched her son's chapped lips and slipped the pill into his mouth.
The Tianyuan Pill melted in his mouth, turning into a warm current that slid down Shen Jingyu's throat into his stomach.
With the naked eye, Shen Jingyu's painful frown slowly relaxed, and the abnormal blush on his face faded at an extremely fast speed, regaining some color. His originally rapid and weak breathing gradually became steady and long.
Song Qingyuan stretched out his hand tremblingly and touched his son's forehead.
The scorching temperature has disappeared, replaced by a warm and healthy body temperature.
A heart that had been hanging in the air all night finally settled down. Song Qingyuan's eyes were hot and he almost cried, but she forced him back.
Now is not the time to be weak.
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