"Guliang Yuan, Ye Fan and I merely slept together in each other's arms, nothing actually happened. Do you really have to be this angry?"
"Can you grow up a bit and stop being so willful?"
"If this is going to be your attitude, then I think there's no need for us to continue this relationship!"
Inside the intricately carved and painted grand hall, the young woman furrowed her brows in anger, looking at the young man seated at the very head of the hall with undisguised aversion in her eyes.
The young man lowered his eyelids without a word, making his emotions impossible to read.
On both sides of the hall, over a dozen elders stood in separate ranks.
As soon as the young woman spoke, anger flared among the elders present. Their churning magical power made the spiritual Qi inside the hall turn turbulent.
Even so, no one made a move. Instead, they all cast their gazes upon the young man above, as if waiting for a single command from him to launch a devastating strike.
Under everyone's gaze, Guliang Yuan slowly raised his head and looked at the young woman glaring at him below.
He had transmigrated into this world through reincarnation twenty-five years ago. Perhaps due to some accident during the transmigration, his memories of his past life had only awakened a few days ago.
He had originally been an ordinary peasant's son, brought by his master to cultivate in the Taishang Sacred Land by a stroke of fortune.
The Taishang Sacred Land had seven branches running parallel, each corresponding to one of the seven supreme arts of the Taishang Sacred Land, and his master was the master of the Taishang Forgetful branch.
Later, when his master's lifespan was exhausted, as the master's only disciple, he naturally inherited his master's position, without any dramatic struggles for power breaking out.
After all, Forgetful Peak was truly too poor; there was nothing worth fighting over.
Even the dozen or so elders inside the hall had been borrowed by him from the Sect Master just to put on a show.
It was worth mentioning that although his cultivation was mediocre, his seniority was extremely high—he was the Grand Uncle-Master of the Sacred Land.
Even the Sect Master had to address him as Junior Uncle-Master upon seeing him!
This should have been an unbeatable starting hand: he had resources when he needed resources, and status when he needed status!
Yet, as it turned out... his past self had been an absolute simp!
And the object of his simping was precisely the young woman from a minor family standing right before him—Meng Yao!For the sake of this Meng Yao, he had not only given her the cultivation resources subsidized by the Sect Master over the years, but had even used his status to arrange for her to cultivate in Yaochi Holy Land, which was on par with Taishang Holy Land.
This consequently delayed his own cultivation.
Had the two of them been truly in love, none of this would have mattered.
Yet Meng Yao kept stringing him along; for three years of knowing each other, he had not even held her hand!
She refused to acknowledge him as her cultivation partner!
To the outside world, she merely called him a suitor.
He, on the other hand, frequently claimed to be Meng Yao's partner on his own accord.
Meng Yao routinely declined his invitations for dates, yet she had never once refused a gift or financial support.
She would always say things like, "I will pay you back in the future."
Before his memories awakened, he had been even more thrilled, believing this was a sign of Meng Yao's self-reliance and self-respect.
Thinking back on it now, this was clearly just an excuse to keep him dangling.
As if that weren't enough, she had a childhood friend named Ye Fan, and the vast majority of the cultivation resources he provided to her were given away to Ye Fan.
Rumors of her and Ye Fan had frequently circulated in the past, but he had stubbornly believed that Meng Yao wasn't that kind of person.
Yet this time, when disciples of the Holy Land came to report that they had seen Meng Yao and Ye Fan spending the entire night together with their own eyes, he could no longer contain himself and sent men to beat Ye Fan up.
Just as Ye Fan was about to be beaten to death, Meng Yao suddenly stepped in to stop them, saving Ye Fan's life.
Then Ye Fan shouted that familiar slogan: "Do not bully the young for being poor," causing Guliang Yuan's mind to blank out, which in turn awakened the memories of his past life.
With the memories of his past life, he suddenly woke up to realize just how absurd the things he had done used to be!
Even the most devoted simp would have had to hand him a cigarette in sheer defeat!
And so, he immediately issued an order to cut off all financial support to Meng Yao and halt all dealings between Taishang Holy Land and the Meng family. He planned to properly settle accounts with her once he had fully absorbed the memories of his past life.Before he could even make a move, however, Meng Yao came over to apologize for some unknown reason.
Though called an apology, it looked much more like she was coming to cross-examine him!
Seeing that Guliang Yuan remained silent for a long time, Meng Yao wore an impatient look below:
"If you are retaliating against me just because of Ye Fan, that is simply too childish."
"Do you think this will make me fall in love with you?"
"Keep dreaming!"
"Your current behavior only makes me despise you even more!"
With that, Meng Yao ignored the furious glares of the elders and turned to walk out of the grand hall.
She had met Guliang Yuan three years ago. If it were three years ago, she certainly would not have dared to speak to Guliang Yuan like this.
After all, back then she was merely a lowly Qi Condensation cultivator, while Guliang Yuan was the granduncle of a sacred land.
Yet, through probing him time and again over the past three years, she believed she had him completely wrapped around her finger.
No matter how harshly she had spoken to him in the past, Guliang Yuan had always come running back fawningly to coax her.
As far as she was concerned, before she even stepped out of the doors, Guliang Yuan would definitely call out to her and coax her with sweet words.
At that time, she would only need to casually mention her family's affairs, and Guliang Yuan would obediently return to his dog-like devotion, and everything would be as before.
Hearing Meng Yao's words, Guliang Yuan's anger surged instantly!
I was the one who lifted you onto a pedestal, and you actually think you're some favored daughter of heaven?
Just as Guliang Yuan's killing intent stirred, a system prompt suddenly echoed in his mind:
"Ding! Detected that the host's memories of past lives are awakening. The system is now activated."
"In response to Meng Yao's current behavior, please make a choice:"
"Option one: Play the simpering lapdog to the very end, offer a sincere apology to Meng Yao, earn her forgiveness, and activate the Invincible Simp System."
"Ah, my system, you've finally arrived!"
"Option two: Dominate the heavens, starting by refusing to be a simp. Make Meng Yao feel heartfelt regret, and thoroughly kill both her and Ye Fan, activating the Disciple Recruitment Rebate System."
Guliang Yuan looked at these two options and immediately chose option two!
He had always detested the behavior of a simp, so naturally, he had no desire to apologize to Meng Yao or activate any simp system.
Secondly, as a sect master, recruiting disciples was far more suited to him.
It would increase his strength while helping his deceased master glorify the sect.
"Ding! Host has successfully chosen. The Disciple Recruitment Rebate System is now activated. Please complete the mission as soon as possible."
At this moment, Meng Yao was just a step away from walking out of the grand hall, thinking to herself:
In the past, he would have called out to me when I was three steps away from the hall. I didn't expect Guliang Yuan to hold out until the very last step this time.
Fine, I want to see just how long you can hold out.
With this thought, Meng Yao lifted her slender leg again, half a foot stepping out of the hall threshold.
Right at that moment, Guliang Yuan's voice suddenly rang out:
"Wait a moment."
Hearing Guliang Yuan's words, Meng Yao's footsteps paused immediately, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.
Everything was proceeding as expected.
Seeing this, the elders on both sides of the grand hall turned crimson with rage.
For no other reason than pure fury.
Furious at Guliang Yuan!
Utterly disappointed in him!
Meng Yao is treating you like this, and you're still going to coax her?
I'm begging you, stop being a simp, alright?
You're the granduncle of a sacred land, for heaven's sake! What kind of woman can't you get? Why must you hang yourself on Meng Yao's tree?
Several elders had even imagined the scene that would follow: Meng Yao turning around to mock Guliang Yuan mercilessly.
Then Guliang Yuan humbling himself around her, paying a heavy price just to coax Meng Yao into a good mood.
Because they had already witnessed similar scenes three or four times before!
Meng Yao turned back to look at Guliang Yuan and said, as if it were only natural:
"What, have you realized your mistake?"