The villain, Xiao Nanliang, caused the female lead excruciating pain.

boom!

The explosion in the air awakened the bald monk from the Cloud Mist Immortal Sect's mountain gate from his meditation.

He glanced at the sky with dissatisfaction, and the one with the highest cultivation level raised his hand to set up an isolation barrier, and continued to lead everyone to study and comprehend the human-shaped statue.

Look, what does it mean to be unmoved by external things?

This is!

The aerial battle did not last long.

Mu Feier had to protect Su Qi while fighting Ning Hongyu, but she was no match for him and was quickly defeated by Ning Hongyu.

After snatching Su Qi, the woman turned and ran without hesitation.

Mu Feier caught her breath and prepared to give chase, but several sneak attacks came from the shadows. By the time she dealt with them, Ning Hongyu had vanished.

This infuriated her.

……

After shattering through the void and traversing an unknown distance, Su Qi was brought to a base.

After years of turmoil, Ning Hongyu's Thousand Kills and Thousand Eyes have grown rapidly and are now a first-class force with footprints all over the continent.

Thousand Killer has countless such hidden strongholds.

Amidst the strange looks from her subordinates, Ning Hongyu led Su Qi to the room and threw him onto the bed.

"Woo..."

Su Qi rubbed his sore arm and sat up, not daring to look up at Ning Hongyu.

Ning Hongyu stood in front of the bed, just staring silently.

Su Qi felt uneasy under her gaze before she finally spoke.

"Why did you lie to me again? Why did you leave without saying goodbye again?"

Su Qi looked up once, then lowered his head again, remaining silent.

"What, you deliberately leaked the information to me so I could rescue you from Mu Feier, didn't you expect this scene? You must have already prepared how to lie to me, right?"

From the moment Ning Hongyu saw Mu Feier, she knew that the reason why Qianyan suddenly found out Su Qi's whereabouts was not by chance, but because Su Qi deliberately leaked his whereabouts to her.

"I'm sorry……"

Su Qi looked like a quail, his head bowed and his voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

She tugged at her skirt with her little hand and secretly looked up.

"Sister, could you... find me some men's clothing?"

This made Ning Hongyu laugh in exasperation.

"You have the nerve to make demands of me???"

She raised her hand, took off the earring, and placed it in her palm, her eyes fixed on Su Qi like swords.

"You deceived me so deeply, and I was so smug, thinking I was the one you loved most. Now it seems I was nothing but a joke to you, wasn't I?"

Seeing the situation, Su Qi was too lazy to argue, so he just lay back and gave up.

"Just do whatever you want. My mission is complete, and I'll atone for it however you wish!"

"Do you really think I dare not do anything to you?"

Seeing his nonchalant attitude, Ning Hongyu's eyes turned cold, and she suddenly stepped forward, pressed him down, and pinched his cheek.

"No matter what I say now, you won't believe me, will you? Besides, the only reason you forgave me back then was because your cultivation level was lower than mine. Now that you can manipulate me at will, does it even matter what I say?"

Su Qi's lips were pinched until they pouted, but he still maintained a nonchalant attitude and waited for death.

Ning Hongyu was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then smiled, no longer displaying her fierce and menacing attitude, and released her hand.

"Is this your excuse for running away? Are you afraid I'll settle accounts with you later?"

"You're only half right. It's not just you; many of the other women I've deceived are planning the same thing. They're always ready to suffer if their cultivation surpasses mine. If you were me, would you run away?"

Su Qi rubbed his cheeks, which had been pinched red, his eyes watery, as if they were filled with autumn water.

Ning Hongyu couldn't help but lick her lips upon seeing this.

"So these earrings were a delaying tactic you used back then?"

As she spoke, she gently traced the delicate face in front of her with her fingertips.

"Isn't it obvious?"

Su Qi shrugged.

"So how do you plan to deal with my retaliation later?"

Ning Hongyu was very curious about where Su Qi got his confidence from.

"I wasn't prepared. I've done everything I was supposed to do. Now, even if you guys ruin me, I deserve it."

"Heh, do you think I believe that?" Ning Hongyu flung her hand away from Su Qi, walked to the table, sat down, and poured herself a cup of tea.

Seeing that Su Qi had also sat down, she curled her lips and began to analyze.

"Let me guess what will happen next?"

“With Mufi’er’s intelligence, it will be difficult for her to find you and me. In order to force you and me out, she will leak your information to other women and use their influence to find you and me.”

"If I insist on not handing them over then, you can imagine the consequences. Then your opportunity will come. You're best at profiting from chaos, so I bet you've already planned what you're going to do, right?"

"No, really!" Su Qi protested, feeling wronged. "The situation could indeed develop as you imagine, but before that, no one would stop you from doing whatever you wanted to me, right?"

Ning Hongyu thought this made a lot of sense and nodded.

But soon, she realized something was wrong.

Why do you seem to be really hoping I'll do something to you?

"Really? No!" Su Qi blinked. "I was just analyzing it for you!"

"Something's wrong with you! Something's very wrong with you!"

Ning Hongyu became wary and moved a little further away.

"You don't have some weird fetish, do you?"

"Look at you, I was just advising you to cherish this opportunity. If you don't take advantage of this now, you won't have another chance!"

Su Qi's "it's all for your own good" attitude completely baffled Ning Hongyu.

It just doesn't seem right for someone to be acting like they care about you and advising you to torture yourself, does it?

"You must be planning something, but I won't fall for it!"

"Tsk, do I look like that kind of person?"

“You don’t seem like…” Seeing his serious expression, Ning Hongyu shook her head, then changed the subject: “You are!”

"Hey... I've given you this chance, but this is your only chance. Don't regret it later!"

Su Qi took the tea that Ning Hongyu had poured for him and gulped it down in one go.

Ning Hongyu didn't care that her tea was taken away; what she cared about was Su Qi's words.

"What do you mean? Are you planning to run away again?"

Su Qi didn't speak, but instead gazed into the distance, somewhat dazed...

Uh, okay, we're inside a room, there's no faraway place.

He was just pretending to look out.

"Tell me, I've faked my death so many times. If I really die one day, will you still cry for me? I guess no one will believe that I'm really dead."

Hearing this, Ning Hongyu's heart tightened, but she was also somewhat suspicious. After thinking for a moment, she still asked the question.

"Why do you say that?"

"My mission is complete. To this world, I am no longer of any use. Who would care about something that has no further value?"

Su Qi withdrew his gaze and lowered his eyes.

"I've always said that protecting you, the destined heroines, is my mission. Have you ever wondered where my mission comes from? Who gave me this mission?"

"The reason I was able to fake my death and fool everyone so many times was because someone was supporting me. Now that I'm no longer of any value to him, he's probably already preparing to discard me after I've served my purpose, isn't he?"

His tone betrayed deep unease and fear.