After being reborn, the villain comes with a spoiler tag.

The next morning, Su Yixuan arrived as promised.

"Fellow Daoist Huo, I searched through the sect's disciple roster all night and finally found a disciple named Wang Yi."

Su Yixuan's voice carried a hint of undisguised weariness.

"This person was originally a wandering cultivator who joined the Fire Worship Cult twenty years ago, achieved Foundation Establishment five years ago, and has been guarding the frontier in Bianzhou City ever since. He was only summoned back to the main altar a few days ago. I wonder if this person is the one you are looking for?"

Huo Yuzheng was having breakfast with Long Yucheng, and upon hearing this, he didn't even lift his eyelids:

"No."

Long Yucheng chimed in from the side:

"Senior brother, what do you think of the taste of this pastry?"

This morning's meal was bought by Long Yucheng from a street vendor who was passing by the inn. It was a steamed pastry made of soft and sticky glutinous rice and sweet jujube paste, and it looked very appealing.

"Too sweet."

Even so, Huo Yu did not put down the pastry he had taken a bite of. He was not a person who paid much attention to the taste of food, and whether it was too sweet or too bland did not affect him much.

"Sure enough, even I find it sweet. I won't buy it next time. By the way, has Fellow Daoist Su had breakfast?"

As Long Yucheng spoke, he stuffed the pastries in his hand into his mouth in a few bites and pushed the last square piece of glutinous rice cake on the plate toward Su Yixuan.

"No need..."

Su Yixuan's smile was somewhat forced. After politely declining Long Yucheng's offer, she quickly steered the conversation back to the previous topic:

"Then I will check the disciple roster again tonight. If I find anything new, I will inform Fellow Daoist Huo immediately."

Huo Yu nodded.

Su Yixuan glanced at the two of them, as if she had just thought of something, and spoke again:

"Are you two going out? If you don't mind, I can act as your guide."

"..."

Long Yucheng glanced at Su Yixuan, then at Huo Yu, who remained noncommittal, and felt that something was amiss.

While he was thinking, Su Yixuan had already sent away Lian Hu, who had just arrived, and enthusiastically became their tour guide.

For the rest of the day, she led Huo Yu and Long Yucheng through every corner of the city, explaining in detail the attractions and their stories.

……

The next day, as the first rays of sunlight pierced through the window, Huo Yu and Long Yucheng had just arrived at the inn's lobby when they saw Su Yixuan sitting there again.

“Fellow Daoist Huo, last night I discovered another disciple named Wang Yi in the disciple roster. This person only joined the sect half a year ago and is still in the Qi Refining stage. He has been staying in Vermilion Bird City for the past six months…”

"Is this person not the Wang Yi that Fellow Daoist Huo is looking for? Then I'll investigate again tonight. Are you about to go out?"

Lian Hu was sent back once again just as he arrived at the inn's entrance.

Watching Su Yixuan enthusiastically introduce the surrounding historical sites, Long Yucheng couldn't help but feel curious and asked:

"Has your Zoroastrian sect been quite idle lately?"

Su Yixuan almost couldn't maintain her perfect 35-degree smile. After a moment of silence, she managed to squeeze out a sentence:

"……fine."

……

Day three.

"Fellow Daoist Huo, last night I reviewed the disciple roster and found another Wang Yi... What? This isn't him either? Sigh, I'll definitely search again carefully tonight. Are you going out?"

As the saying goes, once, twice, never three times.

Even Long Yucheng finally realized something was wrong:

Where did all these Zoroastrian disciples with the surname Wang and different given names come from?

At this moment, he, Huo Yu, and Su Yixuan were strolling along a street they hadn't visited in the past few days.

Inside Zhuque City, whether it's the main streets or the alleys, the roads are all paved with bluestone slabs, making it incredibly smooth for vehicles and pedestrians.

Shops lined both sides of the main road, with a few vendors occasionally calling out their wares along the street, creating a lively atmosphere.

Su Yixuan walked between Huo Yu and Long Yucheng, softly introducing them to the local scenic spots and local delicacies.

Long Yucheng didn't listen to a word. His gaze passed over Su Yixuan's figure and lingered on Huo Yu's face repeatedly.

Yes, as expected of his senior brother, he is indeed handsome. He looks good from every angle.

What's even more remarkable is that my senior brother is not only good-looking, but also has a good personality; he is gentle, refined, and considerate.

Moreover, not only is he a good-natured person, but he is also highly skilled. It can be said that apart from being a man of few words, his senior brother is practically perfect.

No, being quiet isn't a flaw. Being quiet is good, it's wonderful! If someone is already talkative, wouldn't it lead to arguments and fights if they married someone else who's also talkative? Finding someone like a senior brother would be perfect.

His senior brother is the epitome of perfection!

Long Yucheng couldn't help but nod to himself in approval of his impeccable logic.

No wonder there was Changsun Ning first, and then Su Yixuan; it's all because my senior brother is too charming.

He had now found a plausible reason for all the strange behaviors Su Yixuan had exhibited since they met:

This person must also have feelings for Senior Brother Huo.

When her senior brother Huo said he wanted to enter the palace, she spared no effort to help him achieve his wish; when her senior brother Huo mentioned a Zoroastrian disciple named Wang Yi, she used the excuse of finding Wang Yi to get close to her senior brother every day.

Thinking back carefully, when she first met Long Yucheng, they had a falling out over a spiritual herb. But the second time they met, she was like a completely different person. Not only did her attitude change 180 degrees, but she also took the initiative to apologize and return the spiritual herb that she had stolen to Long Yucheng.

The reason is now quite obvious in retrospect:

Because when they met for the second time, Senior Brother Huo was right next to him!

This woman must have fallen in love with Senior Brother Huo at first sight at that time, and all the strange things she did afterward were actually to attract his attention.

The more Long Yucheng thought about it, the more correct it seemed. He almost wanted to applaud his own perfect reasoning in his heart.

Unfortunately, Long Yucheng had a gut feeling that Su Yixuan was probably not Huo Yu's type.

He glanced at the rambling Su Yixuan with some sympathy, then turned to Huo Yu, who remained calm and clearly lost in thought, and sighed heavily in his heart:

"Alas, my senior brother is as handsome as a flower, but unfortunately he only attracts bad suitors."

Regarding the point that "Su Yixuan is not Huo Yu's type," not only Long Yucheng noticed it, but Su Yixuan herself had also truly felt it.

The reason is very obvious: Huo Yu's favorability rating is still zero.

While Long Yucheng paused at a stall selling rice cake soup, Su Yixuan frantically typed in her mind the system:

[What's going on? Is the favorability rating system malfunctioning? Why hasn't the villain's favorability rating towards me changed since I met him? The protagonist's favorability rating towards me is already at 18!]

In the past few days, besides Huo Yu, whose favorability rating remained as solid as a rock at zero, there was also Long Yucheng, who was the complete opposite of Huo Yu.

One's favorability rating remained unchanged, while the other's fluctuated wildly around the value of 18, going up and down several times a day, but always eventually settling back to 18, as if mocking her for working for nothing all day.

Either one of them made Su Yixuan feel like she was about to vomit blood.

But the system's response remained unchanged:

[The favorability statistics system is functioning correctly. The second target is the final boss of this world, which is quite difficult. It is recommended that you start with the easier target, number one, in the early stages.]

However, the more the system explained itself in this way, the more Su Yixuan clashed with Huo Yu:

[I refuse to believe it. I'll check Target Number Two's favorability ratings for other people. I want to see what kind of person he actually likes. Is his taste really that high?]