Chapter 34: Senior Brother Qin’s Reputation Reverses
“Next, next!”
Fei Changxiu waved his hand, as arrogant as he could be, “Can someone who can fight please come up.”
The Sect Master of Lingxiao Sect, with a dark face, gestured to the young man beside him to go on stage:
“If you can kill him, don’t spare him; keeping him is a disaster.”
That young man wore a black headscarf, tightly wrapping his entire face, revealing only a pair of unusually sinister eyes. As soon as he appeared, Ming Zhaoshuang frowned, a sense of foreboding rising in her heart.
After all, in the usual plot of novels, such a person is obviously not a good person.
“Ao Tian Sect, Fei Changxiu.”
“Lingxiao Sect, Zhao Congmo.”
After the match began, both sides unleashed their spiritual power, and everyone’s expression changed in surprise.
Only then did they see the young man named Zhao Congmo, his spiritual power surging, enveloped by a faint golden spiritual energy. All this spiritual power indicated that his strength had already reached the late Golden Core stage – Lingxiao Sect had actually hidden a late Golden Core cultivator!
Not only that, but in his hand, he held a long sword, sharp and black, with blood-red lines slowly spreading across the sword’s edge. It was precisely a High-Grade Profound Tier Spirit Tool.
This not only surprised everyone present but even Ming Zhaoshuang couldn’t help but be astonished.
Zhao Congmo, isn’t he the male protagonist’s cannon fodder?
In the original book, Lingxiao Sect lost two out of three matches against Bixia Sect and didn’t get the quota.
Zhao Congmo entered the Talisman Saint’s Secret Realm as a representative of Lingxiao Sect and confronted the male protagonist in the secret realm, perishing at his hands.
How did he end up fighting Fei Changxiu?
Speaking of which, Fei Changxiu was truly unlucky. He had finally managed to get rid of a late Golden Core cultivator, Yue Xunzhu, and now another late Golden Core cultivator, Zhao Congmo, had appeared.
Although Fei Changxiu had good resources and was holding a Mid-Grade Profound Tier Precious Sword, he didn’t seem to be a match for Zhao Congmo at all.
Suddenly, Ming Chenxing, who was beside Ming Zhaoshuang, said, “So that’s how it is.”
Ming Chenxing said to Ming Zhaoshuang, “A year ago, Zhao Congmo was still the Chief Senior Disciple of Ao Tian Sect and you met him once during the sect exchange meeting. Later, Qin Feilong discovered him coercing a female disciple of Ao Tian Sect, and Qin Du made the decision to expel him from Ao Tian Sect.”
Ming Zhaoshuang finally understood why other sects had Chief Senior Disciples, but Ao Tian Sect did not – it was because he had been expelled from the sect.
She couldn’t help but curse, “Then he is truly worse than a beast. Uncle Qin was really too lenient. He only expelled such a scumbag from the sect, why didn’t he just castrate him, to prevent him from harming others again.”
“Zhao Congmo was precisely Sect Master Qin’s personal disciple. He treated him like his own son, how could he truly bring himself to do that.”
Shen Liqian tidied Ming Zhaoshuang’s messy hair and said casually, “Besides, how do you know, Shuangshuang, that I didn’t castrate him.”
Ming Zhaoshuang turned her head, her gaze full of shock, “Ah, no?”
This female disciple is Shen Liqian?
If that were the case, then Shen Liqian’s reason for liking Qin Feilong would be very simple – even though Qin Feilong was a waste, he still resisted the Chief Senior Disciple of Ao Tian Sect under such circumstances and protected Shen Liqian.
Even though Shen Liqian didn’t need his protection at the time, such righteous intervention was very touching. Even Ming Zhaoshuang had to admit that if she were in that situation, she would likely have fallen for Qin Feilong.
Shen Liqian smiled and said, “It’s me, but at his level, he couldn’t even touch a single finger of mine. I didn’t want to expose my strength at the time, so I used Senior Brother Qin as a shield.”
Ming Zhaoshuang said, “Looking at it this way, Senior Brother Qin is still somewhat of a man.”
“Actually, Senior Brother Feilong is a very good person, diligent, intelligent, upright, and loyal.”
Shen Liqian said to Ming Zhaoshuang, “Now that he has inherited the Dragon Bloodline, his talent has awakened. Regardless of whether it is in the Lower Cultivation World or the Upper Cultivation World, his future will be limitless.”
It was precisely because of this that so many female characters in the original book would fall in love with Qin Feilong.
Ming Zhaoshuang snorted coldly, thinking that if Qin Feilong hadn’t opened so many harems, he would indeed be considered a male protagonist who was both affectionate and righteous, daring to take responsibility. At least he was much better than the male protagonists who were hypocritical in some authors’ writings.
But when she thought about her Qianqian having to marry Qin Feilong later to serve his second female lead, third female lead, fourth female lead… and Nth female lead, she couldn’t stand it.
Thinking of this, Ming Zhaoshuang tentatively asked:
“Qianqian, Senior Brother Qin is so good, you haven’t truly fallen for him, have you?”
These past few days, under her deliberate “instigation,” Shen Liqian had gradually distanced herself from Qin Feilong. She couldn’t still be clinging to him, could she?
She should also know how far her most important side quest had progressed.
“I have.”
Unexpectedly, Shen Liqian answered very frankly, the dimples at the corners of her mouth faintly visible, “But it was only a fleeting feeling. My heart is set on the Dao, and I don’t want to change myself for Senior Brother Qin.”
“Senior Brother Qin is too ambitious. He doesn’t like hiding behind women, nor does he wish for his future partner to grow independently behind his back, or even have a higher cultivation than him.”
“What he likes are women who can always support him, understand him, and cook for him. But I am not, and will never become such a woman for him.”
She was not the kind of delicate and gentle woman. Qin Feilong might like her now, but that was just a compromise she had to make to obtain the Dragon King’s Essence Blood.
In reality, she was more ambitious than anyone else and wanted to cultivate and ascend. She would soon leave Ao Tian Sect, and by then, she naturally wouldn’t be able to become the kind of woman Qin Feilong would be satisfied with.
Ming Zhaoshuang finally understood now; Qin Feilong just liked the “little white flower” type.
It had to be said that in this novel about a waste protagonist with a dragon-like arrogant protagonist storyline, no matter what the female characters in Qin Feilong’s harem were like before they met him – whether it was the outwardly gentle but inwardly strong Shen Liqian, the unyielding Cheng Zhaoyang, or the cold and aloof Xie Yanning – after meeting and falling in love with Qin Feilong, they would all become the same – women behind Qin Feilong.
They would unconditionally love and help him, giving him all their support, but when faced with problems, they would only hide behind Qin Feilong, waiting for him to save them.
But clearly, before meeting Qin Feilong, they were already radiant and shining, not needing this man to solve their problems at all.
Perhaps, this was what the System meant by the plot having unreasonable aspects.
But clearly, Shen Liqian now had her own thoughts.
She knew that she would not give up everything for Qin Feilong and had chosen to sever this relationship in a timely manner.
If it weren’t for Ming Zhaoshuang’s enlightening words, she would have been truly bewitched by the voice that had been lingering in her ear since childhood, believing that she was willing to give up everything for Qin Feilong.
But now, she chose to stick to her true heart, focus on the Dao, and become the first Ascender in tens of thousands of years.
Although Ming Zhaoshuang did not understand why Shen Liqian had undergone such a drastic transformation, or perhaps, her feelings for Qin Feilong had not yet reached that intense level, allowing her to exploit the loophole.
Regardless, Shen Liqian saying this meant that her rescue progress was more than half successful.
In the later stages, she only needed to ensure that Shen Liqian was not controlled by the plot.
Just as Ming Zhaoshuang was thinking, her sleeve suddenly moved, and something cold brushed past her arm.
