"Senior brother, senior brother, senior brother, senior brother, senior brother, I like, like, like, like, like, like, really like, like, like...— "
Accompanied by a long, soft sigh, the bed and the three-inch white lotus under the eaves trembled.
A few moments later, a girl with flushed cheeks arrived in front of the bronze mirror, holding her small face, dumbly staring at her reflection. She gently bit a strand of blue silk between her teeth, and as her skirt flared, the pleats blossomed like a lotus.
"Senior brother... "
After the intense heat capable of melting glaciers in her eyes had faded,
Lin Qingque finally brought the jade vial closer to her.
She bowed her head, gazing at the enchanting face reflected in the vial and started smiling foolishly.
"Don't be afraid, senior brother, soon there will only be me left in your heart."
...
...
At the end of April, with the moon clear as snow, a thin layer of frost draped over the earth.
After confirming that currently, neither physical constitution nor cultivation level could be used as means to oppose them, Xu Yuan turned his focus to the system.
After the morning Bond Value increase notification, the system's shop finally unlocked.
However, that was not the time to inspect it closely.
"I hope this system, being a loser, explodes with some useful things."
With such hopes, Xu Yuan opened the system shop.
And then, his expression froze.
It's not that the items inside were too bad.
But...
Qi Cultivation Treasure Box: 100 Bond Value (upon unlocking, guaranteed to obtain Qi Cultivation Stage or higher realm random items)
Foundation Establishment Treasure Box: 1000 Bond Value (upon unlocking, guaranteed to obtain Foundation Establishment Stage or higher realm random items)
Core Formation Treasure Box: 10000 Bond Value (upon unlocking, guaranteed to obtain Core Formation Stage or higher realm random items)
...
Really? Is this how you're playing? Trying to fake it?
Xu Yuan remembered; isn't this just the lottery event from "Yandere Fairy, Don't Kill Me!"?
He always deeply detested randomness,
and, of course, this hatred was somewhat related to his typically poor luck.
Who understands the pain of an African?
"Sigh, let's just try it."
After thinking it over, Xu Yuan still made the exchange.
It seemed like the Bond Value had no real use if kept anyway.
Ding!
"Initiating the opening of your Foundation Establishment Treasure Box——"
"Successfully opened! Host can choose one from the three items below."
"Foundation Establishment Elixir — [I love a stick in the mud!]: Classic spiritual medicine, produced by Joyous Harmony, unmistakably high-quality! Colorless and tasteless,"
"Foundation Establishment Secret Technique — [Seven Injuries Robbery]: A burst-type secret technique, created by the joyful heavenly monarch once nicknamed 'seven-times-a-night boy,' can sacrifice potential future power for temporary explosions, each strike containing seven different vigorous forms, whether fierce or gentle, swirling or straight or wrapping... Peers in the same realm simply cannot withstand this relentless force, truly domineering."
"Foundation Establishment Magical Treasure — [Ruyi Gold Lock Staff]: As you wish, as my heart desires! A rare spiritual artifact available at the Foundation Establishment, holding this staff, even when facing three thousand female cultivators, you can boldly shout: 'Who claims unrivaled, who dares speak of undefeated? Face my cudgel and fall (flowers)'"
There are choices too?
After carefully reading the descriptions of the three treasures, Xu Yuan could only rate the planner a 6.
This guy is experienced.
One could only say, it fits his stereotype of the game "Yandere Fairy, Don't Kill Me!" perfectly; not a single item is serious.
"The first one, seems quite useful. After all, at critical moments, it can confuse the enemy's mind, making them groggy. However, it's only suitable for use on cultivators of similar strength, and most of my enemies are yandere. Using this on them, they definitely won't get angry. Instead, it might actually excite them more. But what the consequences are, well, that's hard to say."
Moreover, according to the description of his body, Xu Yuan felt that perhaps his blood and essence might be more useful than this item.
"As for the third one, this thing is kind of interesting. It's equivalent to buffing someone, but given the gap between me and these female leads, even if I use this secret technique, how much more likely am I to win?"
"If there wasn't a third item, maybe I would have chosen the second one."
The third one, seemingly the most useless, might actually be useless in its official capacity, but it's hard to say about other aspects.
Cough, don't think dirty.
It refers to its potential remarkable effects in unorthodox practices, not anything to do with any sneaky or underhanded methods.
As he tossed the Ruyi Gold Lock Staff into a place no one would think of, the pressure in Xu Yuan's heart also lightened a bit.
Now, he finally had something that could be said to be as indispensable as underwear.
If any dared to attack, he would definitely make their heads explode.
...
When Lin Qingque approached his room with the Healing Elixir a hundred yards away, Xu Yuan had already anticipated this and stopped his cultivation.
Following the plot of the game, as expected, tonight would not be too calm.
More precisely, this was supposed to be a night for the protagonist and the female lead to enhance their affection.
But, if the number of people promoting affection increased to two, it was no longer just about enhancing affection.
For them, it was a night to strike while the iron is hot, to consolidate advantages, but for him, it was surely a perilous and dangerous night.
"Brother Apprentice, are you asleep?"
Her voice was much softer than last night, as if afraid of waking him.
Xu Yuan sighed in his heart, yet his face was already adorned with a gentle smile.
"I'm not asleep, come in."
"Oh."
The tone of Lin Qingque carried a trace of imperceptible disappointment.
If he had been asleep, wouldn't that allow her to manipulate things as she wished?
Xu Yuan, of course, knew this, so he didn't pretend to be asleep. Otherwise, if Tian Liuli had arrived in the middle of that, he could have been caught in flagrante delicto.
The young girl arriving late at night had changed into a cyan robe with a snowy hem and had even meticulously tied a Concentric Knot Hairdo atop her head.
Her eyebrows untinted but dark as if by nature, her lips unrouged but naturally cherry, her frost-competing snowy skin under the cold moonlight shimmered, appearing like a superior piece of jade, especially her delicate Jade Feet clad in Snow Silkworm Ice Thread, provoking an almost irresistible urge to grasp and play with them intently.
She pushed open the door.
In the room, backed by the Spiritual Mist, Lin Qingque slowly stepping in seemed like a fairy walking out from the Moon Palace, stunningly beautiful and cold.
"Que'er, why have you come?"
Xu Yuan, sitting cross-legged on the bed and feigning a meditating posture, opened his eyes with a mix of surprise and spoiling helplessness, as if unconcerned that she had barged in during his cultivation, appearing very reassuring.
"I was just worried about Brother Apprentice. This morning, I was not cautious enough and you got hurt, so I particularly brought a bottle of freshly prepared Spiritual Medicine that is miraculous for injuries," Lin Qingque, with a joyful heart, pouted slightly, half coquettishly, half caringly. She then pulled out the Jade Vial mixed with the healing elixir from her sleeve and handed it to him like a treasured offering.