“Let’s go. You now have the chance to follow by my side,” Dongfang Wudao said without even looking back.
Upon hearing his words, Shen Qingqiu instinctively followed after him.
“Shen Qingqiu, don’t forget your mission. If you can’t endure even this much, how will you complete your mission of pulling Dongfang Wudao back from the abyss?”
Shen Qingqiu took a deep breath. Her smile returned as she looked ahead at Dongfang Wudao’s broad back.
So tall… being in his arms must feel so safe.
[Little Master, stay alert. Don’t forget your mission. Don’t forget what kind of person Dongfang Wudao is. Haven’t you seen? He’s already blackened.]
“But in the novel, there were reasons for why he destroyed the world. Anyone who had gone through what he did would blacken.”
The system fell silent at her words.
“What if we just killed everyone who hurt him? Then he wouldn’t get hurt again, right? Then he wouldn’t blacken. Wouldn’t that complete the mission?”
[That’s… not a bad idea. But Little Master, you don’t have a background. You couldn’t possibly handle those people on your own.]
“Forget it. I’ll think more about it later.”
At that moment, Dongfang Wudao also received a system prompt in his mind.
[Congratulations, Host, for completing the first kill of a Chosen One. The villain takes his first step. You’ve received 800,000 Reversal Value and gained the ability ‘Formation at a Thought’. Your formations will be one full realm above your current strength.]
The Reversal Value didn’t excite Dongfang Wudao, but the ‘Formation at a Thought’ ability did surprise him.
Choosing to become a blackened villain was clearly the right choice!
Dongfang Wudao came to a stop, but Shen Qingqiu, lost in thought, didn’t notice and walked right into him.
Thump.
She slammed into his back, letting out a pained groan. Her forehead turned red.
She wore a sulky expression. Why was this guy built like stone?
Dongfang Wudao turned around and looked at her.
Meeting his gaze, Shen Qingqiu’s cheeks flushed. She lowered her head.
Dongfang Wudao reached out and gently poked her reddened forehead.
“Hiss!” Shen Qingqiu gasped from the sting and glared at him.
“This guy… I swear, one day I’m making him into a specimen.”
“Does it hurt?” A gentle voice whispered beside her ear.
Looking at his godlike face so close to hers, Shen Qingqiu’s heart skipped several beats.
“I’m done for… This guy’s appearance is practically poisonous!”
Then she felt a cool sensation spread across her forehead, and in a moment, the pain was gone.
When Dongfang Wudao withdrew his hand, Shen Qingqiu dazedly stared at it.
Those hands… if they touched her waist… oh no, she’d go insane. Slurp slurp.
Seeing her expression, Dongfang Wudao paused.
“You’re hungry?” he asked with a voice as gentle as the wind.
Shen Qingqiu snapped out of it, inwardly numb. She wiped the corner of her mouth awkwardly.
The air in front of them suddenly rippled as Chenghuang appeared.
Shen Qingqiu’s eyes lit up with shock when she saw the beast.
She snapped out of her daze and felt a chill on her scalp.
“System, system! Come out now! I knew something was wrong with the plot!”
“Didn’t the original plot say Chenghuang belonged to Su Chen? He survived so many times because of Chenghuang! I thought the plot hadn’t started yet, but Dongfang Wudao has already claimed it?!”
[Little Master, I’m numb too. This isn’t how it went in the novel. It said that Dongfang Wudao blackened and directly killed Chenghuang.]
While she argued with the system, Dongfang Wudao suddenly wrapped his arm around her waist.
“My god! He’s too good at this!”
“Bah! Shen Qingqiu, what are you thinking?!”
“Ugh… what should we name the kid?”
“Will it be a boy or a girl?”
By the time Shen Qingqiu snapped out of it, she realized she was already sitting atop Chenghuang.
Dongfang Wudao was right behind her. Her back was pressed tightly against his chest.
When she tilted her head up, she could even see the side of his stunningly perfect face.
And that’s exactly what she did—Dongfang Wudao suddenly lowered his head.
Their gazes met.
Shen Qingqiu quickly looked away, and Dongfang Wudao smirked playfully.
Her heart pounded faster and faster.
“Shen Qingqiu, Shen Qingqiu! What’s wrong with you?! Don’t forget your mission!”
“Dongfang Wudao has already blackened. He’ll stop at nothing to achieve his goals. Don’t get fooled by his face.”
“Right! He knows he’s handsome and he’s using that to mess with me. I can’t fall for it.”
“Isn’t your Dongfang family starting the competition for the Divine Son?”
Dongfang Wudao looked at her back and chuckled.
He leaned close to her ear, close enough to see the tiny hairs.
As he got closer, those little hairs visibly stood upright.
“It’s already started.”
Her ear tingled, but she had no time to think about that.
“Can you make it back in time? Are you planning to give up your place as Divine Son?”
“It doesn’t matter. As long as I have you.”
Boom.
Shen Qingqiu’s scalp went numb. She suddenly felt like she was being targeted by a scheming man.
Chenghuang didn’t know what Dongfang Wudao was playing at, but it grinned.
Shen Qingqiu felt that something was off. This man seemed to know her very well—but wasn’t this their first meeting?
She looked at Dongfang Wudao and saw he was still wearing that constant smile.
“Damn it, that smile… way too charming.”
“What is it? Are you uncomfortable somewhere?”
Shen Qingqiu took a deep breath and turned away from him.
“System, do you think there’s a possibility that Dongfang Wudao also transmigrated?”
The system froze.
[That’s impossible. My system is top-tier. If there were another system, I’d detect it.]
[There’s no issue with his soul either. I detected no signs of another system.]
“Then what’s wrong?”
“Even though it’s our first meeting, it’s like he knows what I’m thinking… what I’m going to do. That feeling has been clinging to me the whole time.”
The system fell silent.
[Little Master, maybe… we should just see how the plot unfolds?]
Shen Qingqiu took a deep breath and asked without turning her head.
She didn’t dare look at Dongfang Wudao anymore. He seemed to have the power to see through her soul.
“Young Master, is there someone in your clan named Dongfang Qingtian?”
“Oh? You know my cousin?”
Shen Qingqiu finally let out a sigh of relief.