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[Task: Increase Qingque's Corruption Value to 50%] [Task Reward: Excellent Luck]

[Extremely lucky: extremely good fortune. For example, if you don't take any precautions, you're guaranteed to win the lottery. Of course, this is just an example...]

"I don't care! I just don't want to work! I'll do anything else you want me to do!"

Seeing that Bai Qiong remained silent, Qing Que simply crossed his arms and dropped the pretense!

Bai Qiong looked at Qing Que, pondered for a while, and then an idea came to him.

"Since that's the case..."

He stood up, walked to Qingque's side, looked down at her, and his eyes held a hint of amusement.

"Let's go somewhere else and 'play' something different."

"Huh?" Qingque was taken aback, not yet realizing the meaning behind Bai Qiong's words.

Bai Qiong grabbed Qing Que's hand and led her outside. "Where are we going?" Qing Que asked, somewhat flustered.

"You'll know when you get there." Bai Qiong didn't answer directly, but quickened his pace.

The two left the Sizhi Chess and Card Hall and arrived at an inn. Bai Qiong went straight to the counter and booked a room.

"What is he trying to do?" Qingque looked at Bai Qiong's actions and felt increasingly uneasy.

Bai Qiong, holding the room key, turned to Qing Que and said, "Let's go upstairs."

Qingque stood rooted to the spot, hesitant to move. "Bai Qiong, what...what are you trying to do?" she asked tremulously, her voice trembling with a hint of a sob.

Bai Qiong looked at Qing Que's panicked appearance and a malicious smile appeared on his face.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything to you." Bai Qiong paused, then deliberately lowered his voice and said, "I just want to play a special game with you."

Chapter 57 A Glimpse of the Future (5.5K)

He took something out of his pocket and waved it in front of Qingque.

Qingque looked closely and saw that it was a grayish stick, unremarkable in appearance.

After the original Flame Spear was modified by the system, no one would have guessed that it was once related to the Amber King.

"What is this?" Qingque asked in confusion.

“This is my ‘fire poker’.”

Bai Qiong said with a smile, "Although I haven't used it on girls before, I can use it today."

He looked at Qingque, his tone slightly seductive, "If you can withstand a few hits from this fire poker of mine, you won't have to go back to work, how about it?"

Qingque looked at the grayish stick. Although she didn't know what Bai Qiong was up to, she figured there shouldn't be any problem.

After all, it's just an ordinary stick. What's wrong with taking a few hits? My physical strength isn't that weak.

She gritted her teeth, nodded, and said, "Okay, fine."

She was willing to go to any lengths to avoid going to work!

"Very good." Bai Qiong nodded in satisfaction. "Then come with me."

He led Qingque into the room and closed the door. "Then...then you can begin," Qingque said nervously, standing in the center of the room with her eyes closed.

Bai Qiong walked behind Qing Que and raised the fire poker in his hand.

"Are you ready?" he asked.

"Mmm," Qingque's voice was barely audible. Just as Qingque thought Bai Qiong was about to hit her with the stick, she suddenly felt a scorching heat.

She suddenly opened her eyes and saw that the originally grayish-brown fire poker was now bursting with flames!

"What...what's going on?!"

Qingque trembled in fright, almost jumping up. Bai Qiong looked at Qingque and asked, "What, are you going to back out again? Don't worry, this stick of mine looks like it's on fire, but it's not actually on fire, and it won't even leave a scar."

This has been confirmed by Bai Qiong and the system. In reality, this thing is a modifier; it causes pain, but it won't be very intense.

It's perfect for disciplining disobedient little girls.

Qingque stared at the burning fire poker, her face turning pale with fright. But she forced herself to shake her head, saying, "N-no, it's not!"

To avoid going to work, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and go. Qingque turned around, braced herself on the bed, stuck out her buttocks, and said in a trembling voice, "You...you come on, be gentle..."

Bai Qiong couldn't help but laugh when he saw Qing Que's fearless expression.

"Don't worry, it won't hurt when I hit you like this." He said, taking the fire poker and then slapping it at Qingque.

“Woo…!”

Qingque suddenly cried out, her voice trembling with confusion.

"Ding!"

[Target character Qingque's corruption value increased by 10%][Current corruption value: 50%]

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Bai Qiong looked at Qing Que's reaction, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

He only meant to scare her, but he didn't expect the fire poker to have such an effect. With this fire poker, wouldn't he be able to increase his corruption points without even doing *that* thing?

"Almost there," Bai Qiong said, his voice a little hoarse.

He removed the fire poker from Qingque, ending the "game".

Qingque felt a sudden emptiness in her body. She lay helplessly on the bed, panting heavily.

Her eyes were still unfocused, her face still flushed, and her body trembled slightly.

"You...you..."

Qingque's voice was hoarse and weak, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

Bai Qiong looked at Qing Que and said softly, "You should rest for a while. I'll go tell Lord Taibu that he couldn't find you..."

He turned to leave the room.

"Don't...don't go."

Suddenly, Qingque reached out and grabbed Bai Qiong's sleeve, her voice tinged with pleading.

Bai Qiong was taken aback and stopped in her tracks.

He turned around and looked at Qingque.

Her eyes were glazed over, and her face held a hint of pleading.

"Um...I...I'll go to work...I'll go to work, okay?"

Qingque's voice trembled with tears. She looked up at Bai Qiong, her eyes filled with pleading, "Seven days a week! I... I'll do whatever you say... as long as you're willing to help me... otherwise I'll be miserable! Besides the fire poker, don't you have a baseball bat? Use that!"

Bai Qiong felt a sense of helplessness looking at Qing Que's appearance.

He hadn't expected the fire poker to be so versatile, with such additional effects.

"Alright, I'll grant your wish. Remember to work overtime when you get back!"

Bai Qiong helped Qing Que up and carefully straightened her slightly disheveled clothes.

"Can you still walk?" Bai Qiong asked softly, her tone tinged with concern.

Qingque's body was still trembling slightly. She took a few tentative steps, her legs still a little weak, but she could barely stand. She shook her head, as if trying to clear her mind.

"I'm fine."

Qingque's voice was still a little hoarse, but much better than before. "This...this is much more comfortable than playing mahjong..."

She paused, a strange light flashing in her eyes, her voice becoming barely audible: "If... if something like this could happen every day... then I'd be happy to not go to work every day."

Bai Qiong was speechless upon hearing this. The aftereffects of that fire poker...

It's way too big!

He helped Qingque and they slowly walked out of the room. The two returned to the Taibu Si (a place name).

Fu Xuan was sitting upright at her desk, handling official business. She looked up and saw Bai Qiong and Qing Que returning together, her gaze lingering on Qing Que for a few seconds.

Qingque's face was somewhat pale, but her cheeks were flushed with an unnatural redness, and her eyes were somewhat unfocused.

Fu Xuan frowned slightly and asked, "Qingque, what's wrong with you? Your complexion doesn't look right."

Qingque glanced at Bai Qiong, a hint of panic flashing in her eyes, and quickly said, "N-nothing, sir. I...I'm just a little tired."

She paused, then added, "Um... sir, I will come to work every day this week and I won't slack off anymore."

Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Fu Xuan's eyes. Qing Que was always lazy, always hiding and running away; why had she suddenly changed her nature today?

She calmly calculated with her fingers, a glint of light flashing in her eyes. When she looked at Bai Qiong again, her gaze held a hint of inquiry and... strangeness.

However, she ultimately didn't say much. As a diviner, she certainly knew that some things could be said openly, but others could not.

"Ah."

Fu Xuan responded indifferently and waved his hand, "In that case, you can go to your workstation."

"Yes, Master Taibu."

Qingque breathed a sigh of relief and quickly turned around to walk back to her workstation.

Halfway there, she seemed to remember something, stopped, turned back to look at Bai Qiong, her eyes filled with a hint of reluctance.

She gently bit her lip, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't speak. She just silently turned around and walked away quickly.

Now, only Bai Qiong and Fu Xuan remain in the entire Great Evolution Qiong Guan Formation.

Looking at Bai Qiong, Fu Xuan spoke first: "After you left, I cast a divination for myself: 'Is your coming here good or bad?' The result was that the hexagram was between Kan and Qian."

"The Qiong Guan Formation cannot be interpreted at the moment, so I interpreted it myself. The judgment reads: 'A distinguished guest arrives; offer respect and courtesy, and good fortune will follow.'"

Bai Qiong asked curiously, "Respect will ultimately bring good fortune? In other words, my return is a good thing?"