Immortal by the River · Yin and Yang Tribulation
The sound of tearing silk startles the turning galaxy, silver patterns spread across the cloud-like waves. Dark-robed knuckles tap the azure sky. The cold moon condenses into a frosty blade, still refusing the soft silk.
Her brows, like distant mountains, first knit together as the ice soul trembles, suddenly allowing the spiritual tide to wash over her waist. The spring mountains gradually soften as the moon sinks into a hollow. Voluptuous flesh gives birth to sword bones, and the tribulation fire plants a seedling in her heart.
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A day later, Zhou Fan successfully had his fill.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully becoming close friends with Luo Ningshuang, one of the important female leads of the Son of Destiny, Lin Xuanye. The host has been awarded 24,000 Luck points!"
"May the host continue to work hard and strive to win the heart of Sword Immortal Bu Yu as soon as possible!"
After checking the System's prompt, Zhou Fan prepared to try a different method to make Sword Immortal Bu Yu, who had just made her first friend, say more pleasant words.
But his Divine Sense suddenly discovered that Jiang Yan, like a dead dog, was being dragged by Jiang Mei and appeared on Chao Duan Peak.
Zhou Fan told Sword Immortal Bu Yu, who had just experienced the taste, to rest well, then put on two robes and quickly teleported in front of Jiang Mei and Jiang Yan.
"What's wrong with you two? Which wild dog did Jiang Yan bite this time to get beaten?"
Seeing her Master appear, Jiang Mei quickly leaned close to Zhou Fan and said, "Master, I beat Jiang Yan."
"Why did you beat Jiang Yan? Didn't you want to return to the Jiang Family with him before?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Mei quickly hugged Zhou Fan's arm and coquettishly said, "Master, your maid was wrong. From beginning to end, my heart has only ever been for Master. What is this trash Jiang Yan? Your maid doesn't even know him."
Seeing Jiang Mei change so quickly, Zhou Fan couldn't help but smile playfully, "You foolish maid, did you change your mind because you saw that Jiang Yan's cultivation had fallen and his foundation was ruined?"
Kicking Jiang Yan awake, Zhou Fan kindly let him see what the woman he had painstakingly rescued was thinking.
"Master is wise and mighty, even knowing what your maid thinks in her heart."
Jiang Mei no longer hid her thoughts, rubbing against Zhou Fan as she spoke, "Master, actually, your maid regretted it a long time ago. You are a legendary person of great Luck, breaking through from Qi Training to Core Formation in less than a month after entering the Cultivation World. You are the Young Peak Lord of Yin Yang Peak, and even the most dazzling and prominent Genius of the entire Luoyun Temple."
"And this Jiang Yan is just a Qi Training Early Stage, a useless person whose cultivation will never be able to improve from now on. Now he still seems to be the Jiang Family Young Lord, but in reality, once Father and the others discover that Jiang Yan's cultivation cannot be restored, they will definitely abolish his position as Young Lord."
"Master, compared to you, this trash Jiang Yan is like comparing the light of a grain of rice to the bright moon; there's simply no comparison whatsoever."
"Although your maid is foolish, she also knows that only by following a true strong person like Master can she live a better life."
Jiang Mei's words were earnest and heartfelt, and as she spoke, she twisted and turned, clinging to Zhou Fan, trying her best to leverage her only advantage to make Zhou Fan keep her.
Meanwhile, Jiang Yan, lying on the ground, had just confessed his predicament of fallen cultivation and inability to progress after finding Jiang Mei, hoping to get some help with Spirit Stones from her, only to be knocked unconscious by her.
Even if Jiang Yan's cultivation had fallen, his strength shouldn't have been so weak that he had no power to fight back against Jiang Mei.
The main reason was that not only had his cultivation fallen, but his foundation had also just been ruined, causing him severe loss of Origin Qi. Therefore, he was no match for Jiang Mei, whose cultivation had broken through to Qi Training Late Stage.
Now, he lay on the ground once again, utterly without dignity, watching the woman he had traveled thousands of miles for, the one he had wholeheartedly rescued out of love, clinging to his enemy and trying to charm him.
Listening to her words, each like a knife, piercing his heart with their coldness, this Jiang Family Genius, who had always had smooth sailing since childhood, suffered two major blows in a single day.
He finally truly experienced the cruelty of the Cultivation World.
Without strength, one loses everything.
The pain, it was too much.
Wherever he looked, his beloved was forever lost.
A tear slipped from the corner of Jiang Yan's eye. He quickly buried his head deep in the mud, not wanting his enemy and this opportunistic, sycophantic woman to see his Ugly .
"Master, look, this dead dog seems to be crying."
Zhou Fan raised his hand, stopping Jiang Mei's subsequent actions and words.
His expression was calm as he said faintly, "You may leave. With me, there is only ever one choice."
"Master, you..."
Jiang Mei still wanted to say something, but upon seeing Zhou Fan's cold gaze, she, who had been disciplined by Zhou Fan for so long, ultimately retreated.
She could only settle for the next best thing and said, "Master, after your maid goes to the Jiang Family, will she still have a chance to return to your side?"
"It depends on your performance," Zhou Fan replied casually.
His Divine Sense entered his Sea of Consciousness, easily dissolving the Master-servant contract between them.
Jiang Mei immediately sensed the disappearance of the contract that had always bound her. After more than a month, this Young Miss of the Jiang Family regained her freedom, but she couldn't bring herself to be happy.
"Master, your maid was wrong, your maid was truly wrong! Please, please sign the Master-servant contract with your maid again! Your maid promises to be devoted to Master from now on and absolutely never betray Master!"
Jiang Mei was in tears. Her cultivation was only at the Qi Training stage, a huge gap from Zhou Fan, and she was still within the influence range of the Elementary stage Extreme Overlord Body.
And after more than a month of training, this arrogant and domineering Young Miss had experienced things she had never encountered before.
Under the dual influence of Stockholm Syndrome and the Extreme Overlord Body, in just over a month, this Young Miss of the Jiang Family had fallen deeply in love with Zhou Fan.
She couldn't imagine how she would live without Zhou Fan. She knelt by Zhou Fan's leg, her mind in a chaotic mess, wanting to unbutton Zhou Fan's robes, to make Zhou Fan recall their past good times, and thus not drive her away.
But Zhou Fan always meant what he said, his mind made up. He sent the crying Jiang Mei and the utterly tormented Jiang Yan out of Luoyun Temple.
As they parted, Zhou Fan saw Jiang Mei frantically trying to rush back into Luoyun Temple, so he had no choice but to use a voice transmission to dismiss her.
"I will go to the Jiang Family in the future. This period is for you to reunite with your family."
Jiang Mei, who had already broken down, suddenly heard Zhou Fan's voice transmission, and hope rekindled in her tear-filled eyes as she said, "Master, you definitely haven't abandoned your maid! Your maid will behave well and wait for you in the Jiang Family!"
After seeing the two off, Zhou Fan sighed. He had truly witnessed the power of the Extreme Overlord Body.
Less than two months ago, Jiang Mei still harbored hostility towards him, yet after only serving as his maid for a period, she had fallen deeply in love and was completely unable to leave him.
Furthermore, even if they leave, any creature influenced by Zhou Fan's Extreme Overlord Body will be unable to achieve Yin and Yang harmony with anyone else for the rest of their lives. If they are forcibly touched, they will immediately self-destruct and die.
This Extreme Overlord Body truly lives up to its name: extremely domineering, extremely self-centered.
It's a pity Zhou Fan doesn't have 100,000 Luck points right now. Otherwise, if he upgraded the Extreme Overlord Body to the Intermediate stage, he could quickly make Fairy Master and Sword Immortal Bu Yu become close confidantes, and then he would gain another large sum of Luck points.
