So that’s how it is! Turns out my heart is just as twisted. No wonder the Heavenly Dao Marriage System was triggered. In that instant, the way Jiang Zhiyi looked at Jiang Lin completely softened.
Jiang Zhiyi had always been simple. She was inherently a sickly person, the typical type who gave her all in an extreme way. The Affection System released by the peerless enchanting body easily turned the main switch in her heart, and the sealed magic box within her opened on its own. The peerless enchanting body was a weapon that could toy with people’s hearts! Using the copied contents of the system’s database, it kept eroding one exceptional female lead after another.
“Alright, Lin’er, stop overthinking,” she said softly. “My entry into the palace is part of the Jiang family’s strategic arrangement. Don’t be unreasonable. The ancestor is waiting for me to finish refining the Transcendent Realm Pill. Don’t delay such an important matter!”
Her voice was gentle, like a warm spring breeze in April, calming Jiang Lin’s emotions. This was the kind of woman who was always proper and graceful, someone you couldn’t help but want to be close to.
Great. My words just had the opposite effect—now she was even more protective toward me.
What Jiang Lin didn’t know was that her thoughts had already completely changed. “Actually, you don’t need to be upset. The Emperor hasn’t been able to consummate a marriage for the past fifteen years. We’re merely in a cooperative relationship. If I want to leave, I can just change my identity and go anytime.”
She didn’t know why she wanted to explain this, but she just felt like saying it.
Jiang Lin knew about this. Back then, the royal family’s dragon bloodline had thinned so much they were nearly unable to control the True Dragon Secret Realm. In desperation, the Emperor focused all his energy on creating the monstrous genius Long Zhan. That one effort left him guarding three thousand beauties in the harem, able to look but not touch.
It became his lifelong knot in the heart. Later, Jiang Lin used this fact to set up Xiao Dong, which landed him directly in prison and almost got him killed—if not for his immunity from execution…
Thinking of that part in the novel, Jiang Lin found it amusing and couldn’t help but laugh.
[Ding! Affection +50!] You are reading on g.com, the official source.
[Affection reaches 10 points. Reward: Spiritual Elixir Insight (low-grade, due to lower evaluation).]
[Affection reaches 50 points. Reward: Azure Spirit Pill Flame (low-grade, due to lower evaluation).]
Feeling the rise in her alchemy cultivation and the sudden appearance of a strange flame in her dantian, Jiang Zhiyi’s expression trembled. So it was true—once things were spoken clearly, Lin’er’s knot in the heart was untied, and naturally, his affection increased. But the grade of the rewards was really disappointing!
“Hush, you must never spread this matter, or even I won’t be able to protect you.”
Though she was warning him, seeing Jiang Lin’s smile still softened her heart. She casually took out a teapot, pouring tea for him while talking about the Daozi position.
“In ten days, I’ll arrange for my connections in Heavenly Dao Sect to push you into becoming Daozi. Once you are Daozi, you can choose one treasure—pick the Nine-Curve Heartbreak Poison. By then, your true qi will reach the Emperor level, and that will be the peak. After that, you’ll prepare to harmonize all poisons and form the Myriad Poison Nascent Soul. I’ve already made all the arrangements. The entire sect’s resources will flow toward you.”
Jiang Lin took a sip of the refreshing floral tea, feeling both body and mind at ease. Having a background was great. Being cared for was even better.
Unfortunately, in seven days, Xiao Dong would directly become Daozi. I’m not planning to fight for it—not because I’m afraid of him, but because there’s no need to make this beautiful woman waste her effort. She’s too exhausted as it is.
As he thought this, those heart-voices went straight into Jiang Zhiyi’s ears.
“What? Someone wants to steal Lin’er’s Daozi position? Seven days from now? That’s the day Heavenly Dao Sect opens its gates to recruit disciples. There’s only one possibility—someone might reach the top of Heart-Tempering Peak! How could that be possible? What kind of monster would it take? Could Lin’er have gotten the wrong news? No… Better to believe it’s possible than not. I’ll finalize this matter in the next few days. Then, even if that person is a genius, they’ll have to go through the formalities, by which time Lin’er will have fully mastered the Nine-Curve Heartbreak Poison. If possible, it’d be best to kill that person outright…”
“I’m not planning to become Daozi. It’s useless,” Jiang Lin said. “And I’m already grown up. Stop worrying about my affairs. Also, I don’t like the Zhang family’s daughter, so stop pressuring Old Zhang about it.” This story is hosted at NovelPing.
Hearing this, Jiang Zhiyi felt something different in her heart. Without those heart-voices, she would have thought he was just saying the opposite to provoke her. But with them, and with the ever-growing affection value in her ears, she knew Jiang Lin’s true feelings—he loved her most. Lin’er didn’t want her to be overworked. He had always loved her and cared for her.
The sense of accomplishment she felt overflowed like a drug, making her fall completely into it. This was the power of the peerless enchanting body—capturing hearts invisibly.
“Alright, I understand. How’s your progress with the Ancient Poison Scripture?” she asked, not revealing her plan to advance the Daozi ceremony ahead of schedule. There was no need. She knew exactly what to do—Jiang Lin only needed to live happily. Whatever he wanted, she would get for him. Whatever he didn’t want but she thought was good, she would also get for him. At worst, once he was tired of it, he could just throw it away.
“It’s just that right now, I… can’t give it to you yet. Wait until I finish refining the Transcendent Realm Pill for the ancestor, then I’ll give it to you completely…”
“How’s your Ancient Poison Scripture study going?” she asked again.
“The Ancient Poison Scripture? It’s alright, but the later parts are a bit difficult…”
Before he could finish, Jiang Lin shut the nearby window. Just now, he’d seen Xiao Dong and his group passing by. Damn! How could I run into the protagonist here? This shouldn’t happen—there was nothing in the novel about me getting humiliated at the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion by him. Dog system, did you add another scene? Wait… this feels familiar! Oh right, this was when the Emperor’s youngest daughter, Princess Xiyue, wanted to refine the Hundred Fragrance Pill for the Empress, so she invited a disguised Xiao Dong to refine it at the pavilion. The villain who got slapped in the face here was Liu Ziyang, second son of the Liu family.
Phew, so it wasn’t my problem—I just happened to be here. No way, I absolutely can’t meet him! Xiao Dong is still holding a grudge against me. Running into him now might lead to who knows what. In this villain’s hopeless power fantasy world, I have to tread carefully. If they don’t leave today, I’m not leaving Haitang Pavilion either. Even if they blow up the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion, I’ll take it as fate.
“Lin’er, why did you suddenly close the window?” Jiang Zhiyi asked curiously.
Jiang Lin’s mind spun, and he said, “Actually, I just fully comprehended the Ancient Poison Scripture. There’s a divine ability inside, Zhiyi-jie, you’ve never seen anything like it!”
She stroked his head with a smile. “The Ancient Poison Scripture is a high-grade immortal technique full of profound mysteries. You’ve only been studying it for a short while, and you claim to have mastered it? Don’t say things like that in front of others—it’ll make them laugh.”
Mastered? I have the instant comprehension talent! I’ve already fully grasped that technique!