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Chapter 4: The Empress Delivered the Divine Sun Art and Asked Whether She Feared Getting Pregnant

Part-time Disciples’ Quarters.

Upon learning that Ning Bei and Lin Yueyao were dissolving their engagement, Qin Yu became so happy he almost jumped out of bed.

Yet on the surface he still put on a guilty face and said, “I’m sorry, Yueyao, I dragged you into this.”

“Don’t say that; it has nothing to do with you.”

Lin Yueyao showed rare gentleness, then snorted, “It’s all that Ning Bei’s fault… he went crazy today and actually dared to agree.”

Even now she could not accept the reality.

“He likes you so much; it must be nothing but angry words, right?” Qin Yu stared at the girl, his heart filled with hope, “He can’t really break off the engagement, can he?”

She stayed silent.

Lin Yueyao lowered her gaze without speaking.

She could not explain it, yet she kept feeling that Ning Bei had become a different person.

Soon after, Lin Yueyao seemed to realize something and looked at Qin Yu as though she had grasped the truth.

“What is it?”

Qin Yu blinked in confusion.

“I know now.” Lin Yueyao took a deep breath and said, “He saw me getting too close to you and must have been jealous; that’s why he acted so out of character.”

After all, Ning Bei had always complied with her unconditionally and had never even uttered a harsh word, but today he behaved as if he had swallowed gunpowder.

He was completely like a different person.

Other than jealousy, Lin Yueyao really could not think of any other reason.

Moreover, the rumors about her and Qin Yu had grown louder and louder, and just a few days ago Ning Bei had specially asked about the matter.

Putting it all together, it was definitely jealousy, a ploy to provoke her into staying away from Qin Yu.

Lin Yueyao finally figured it out.

“I’m sorry again, Yueyao; I keep implicating you, so you’d better stop coming to see me, I’m afraid Ning Bei will misunderstand you again.”

With his head lowered, Qin Yu spoke in a self-reproachful and timid tone.

Few men could play the green-tea act, yet he was one of them.

Yet Lin Yueyao fell for it, and she said anxiously, “Don’t say that, Qin Yu… our conscience is clear; we don’t need to fear those rumors… if Ning Bei won’t come and apologize to you, I will never forgive him!”

“But he is your fiancé after all.”

“So what if he is my fiancé? Using this kind of tactic to force me… it’s too childish.”

Lin Yueyao’s gaze grew resolute.

She believed that as long as she kept Ning Bei in the cold, he would surely come back and admit his mistake within a few days and beg for forgiveness.

After all, that was how it had always been.

Faced with Lin Yueyao’s partiality, Qin Yu felt smug, and the urge to show off stirred in his heart again.

“Yueyao, let me tell you a secret too. Qin Jiujiu really is my sister; although my parents picked her up and raised her, we are no different from real siblings.”

“Eh? Really?”

“Of course; surely even you don’t doubt me, do you?” Qin Yu said solemnly, “Look, the selection for chief disciple is coming up, and she will take part as well; when I meet her I will confront her in person, and then you will know whether I lied.”

“I believe you, Qin Yu.” Lin Yueyao nodded with a radiant smile and said, “When those people find out they wronged you and actually hit Qin Jiujiu’s brother, I am sure they will apologize to you.”

“Haha.” Qin Yu said magnanimously, “One cannot blame those who didn’t know; honestly I don’t hate them, after all I just arrived at the Academy and it’s normal that they didn’t understand.”

“Qin Yu, you really are a good person.”

The way Lin Yueyao looked at Qin Yu was filled with admiration.

Perhaps influenced by the protagonist’s halo, she had forgotten that he was only a part-time disciple and was actually worlds apart from Ning Bei.

“Yueyao, although I don’t hate them, I don’t want you to forgive Ning Bei too easily… I’m not doing this for myself,” Qin Yu said righteously, “I’m doing it for you. If he dared treat you like this today, who knows what he will do tomorrow… a man needs proper training so he will treat you well in the future.”

“Mm-hm, I know.”

Lin Yueyao nodded repeatedly and agreed obediently.

She already seemed to see the scene of Ning Bei crying and begging her forgiveness.

On the other side.

Achoo!

Ning Bei rubbed his nose and said, “Which shameless fool is cursing me?”

He opened the system panel at once and found that two thousand Revenge Points had been added.

“Just by breaking an engagement… so I can even farm Revenge Points off Lin Yueyao?”

Ning Bei was pleasantly surprised.

He quickly figured out that this also counted as altering a life trajectory, which meant he could probably earn Revenge Points from other people as well.

What a good system; it really didn’t bully its worker.

“Ning Bei.”

A graceful figure appeared outside the courtyard, and a pleasant voice sounded behind him.

“Jiujiu? Come in!”

Ning Bei looked back in surprise, invited her into the house, and poured her a cup of tea.

“Thank you.”

A sweet smile blossomed on Qin Jiujiu’s exquisite face.

She felt nothing strange about Ning Bei calling her “Jiujiu,” since they had already done that kind of thing and there was no need to pretend to be strangers.

“What brings you here? Do you need something?”

“Oh… this is for you.”

Qin Jiujiu took out a manual from her spatial ring and handed it to Ning Bei with both hands.

“The Divine Sun Art?”

Ning Bei accepted the manual and opened it instinctively; the script inside was neat and beautiful and still slightly damp.

Had she just written it?

“This Divine Sun Art is a Heaven-rank technique. From now on you can cultivate with it; don’t worry, it is the complete version and nothing will go wrong.”

Qin Jiujiu explained.

“A Heaven-rank technique?”

Ning Bei pretended to be shocked and stared at her. “There can’t be many of these in the entire Academy, right?”

In his heart he was overjoyed; worthy of a reincarnated Great Emperor, she handed over a Heaven-rank technique at a word.

It even looked like she had written it herself.

In the System Shop, Heaven-rank techniques started at at least a million Revenge Points, which meant she had saved him a million points in one stroke.

“No, no, it’s too valuable.” Ning Bei still had to be polite, and when he tried to hand the manual back their hands touched.

As though sensing something, Qin Jiujiu said, “This is not an Academy technique, so accept it without worry. Besides, you have helped me.”

“That’s a different matter; I didn’t help you for a reward.”

“I know.”

Qin Jiujiu lifted her serious, beautiful eyes, then added a shy note. “Tomorrow is the chief disciple selection. You could have competed, but because you helped me… the yang energy in your body is now less than one-tenth of what it was that day.”

“I don’t think one technique manual can repay the help you gave me… this Divine Sun Art can replenish your yang energy… so please take it, and I won’t cultivate it anyway.”

At the end, Qin Jiujiu met Ning Bei’s eyes, her beautiful gaze filled with pleading.

What she did not know was that Ning Bei’s abundant yang energy came from taking an Xuanyang Pill that day.

It had not been that dense to begin with.

Therefore, when she sensed the sparse yang energy in Ning Bei’s body earlier, she felt very guilty.

“Well… all right.”

Faced with the girl’s sincere feelings, Ning Bei could not refuse any longer.

After the two of them quieted down, the atmosphere grew somewhat ambiguous.

“Ahem.”

Ning Bei felt that as a man he had the duty to break the awkward silence, so he searched for a topic. “Um… Jiujiu, could you be pregnant?”

“Ah?” Qin Jiujiu’s delicate face froze.

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