Qin's Moon: I'm really not the Holy Lord of the Demonic Sect

Chapter 79 An Unintentionally Changed Fate

For the next period of time, Yang Che was busy, going in and out of high-ranking families every day, earning a pitiful amount of money.

Of course, Yang Che wasn't just interested in making money. When he encountered people he needed to befriend, such as the old and young generals of the Meng family, the rising stars of the Wang family, or important officials of the imperial clan, Yang Che not only didn't accept money but also gave them gifts. Of course, the result of Yang Che's refusal to accept money was that he still accepted money. These heroes and valiant figures who would stir up storms in history books now and in the future were all very shrewd.

Although Yang Che's paintings became expensive after Empress Dowager Huayang, these Qin officials were not short of money. Moreover, they did not want to owe Yang Che a favor compared to the value of one hundred gold pieces.

Yang Che felt somewhat helpless about this, but such people were ultimately a minority. Not everyone felt that their personal favors were more valuable than a hundred gold pieces. Therefore, during this period, Yang Che still made quite a few so-called friends.

After all, Yang Che was a very loyal subject. Even though he was blinded by the allure of the flowers, he never forgot the task that King Han An had entrusted to him.

On another path, Yang Che achieved remarkable results. High-ranking officials of the royal family and generals of Qin valued personal relationships more than gold, but not all of their female relatives did so.

Moreover, Yang Che offered them irresistible temptations.

Because a rumor circulated in Xianyang that the Huajian School loved to paint beautiful women, and if they encountered a beautiful woman worthy of being painted, they would never charge money and would even give her a gift.

These women from prominent families were certainly not short of money, but none of them could resist the allure of fame.

For a time, the women whose portraits were painted by Yang Che became the epitome of beauty, and if anyone had money from Yang Che, it meant that they were of mediocre appearance.

Of course, Yang Che rarely offered freebies. He was extremely picky. In fact, since they were women from a prestigious family, how could they be ugly?

Yang Che did this only out of necessity.

If he doesn't take money from too many people, those who are taken money will seem out of place. When most of the women are beautiful, the few ugly ones will stand out too much. How could these women not resent Yang Che?

Yang Che came to Xianyang to make good connections, not to make enemies.

So for ten days in a row, Yang Che only painted portraits of four people for free, and charged money for the rest. On the one hand, Yang Che made money, and on the other hand, he made the women who were painted very satisfied.

It turns out we're all pretty much the same. Look, you got paid too. With this thought in mind, the woman who had been paid felt a sense of balance seeing that both her friends and those she didn't get along with had been paid, and she didn't feel jealous.

On Yang Che's side, his strictness actually added to his image of fairness.

For a time, countless women flocked to Yang Che in Xianyang, hoping to have him paint a free portrait of them so that they could be recognized as beauties.

Among them was a wealthy merchant from the State of Qi who was there. He even approached Yang Che privately, intending to give him two thousand gold pieces in exchange for Yang Che publicly claiming that he was painting his niece for free.

However, Yang Che resolutely refused the offer of two thousand gold coins.

Somehow, the news spread throughout Xianyang, making Yang Che's name even more renowned and solidifying his reputation as someone who could "spend a thousand pieces of gold with a single painting."

As for why the private transactions were able to spread, it was naturally because of Yang Che's instigation. If a high-ranking official of Qin had made such a transaction with him, he would have refused, but he would not have let the news spread. But what could a wealthy merchant from Qi do to him if he was being disparaged?

In an instant, this wealthy merchant from Qi became a laughing stock, and even King Zheng of Qin heard the news: "The Qi merchant is treacherous and cannot be trusted."

The wealthy merchant from Qi also fled in disarray during the coffin incident, hastily taking his niece with him as he left Qin.

"That Yang Che is truly despicable. If you don't want to agree, then don't agree. Why drag my uncle and me into this?" A girl in green said bitterly in the caravan of Qi Shang as they fled in disarray. She wished she could draw her sword, rush into the Korean embassy, ​​and stab that despicable Korean envoy a few times.

The girl in green was only fourteen or fifteen years old, but she was very beautiful, with delicate features and a slender figure. She possessed both the gentleness and tranquility of a noblewoman and the capable and heroic spirit of a woman from the martial arts world.

Her name was Gongsun Li. Last year, when the Qin state conquered the Wei state's Diqiu, she had to flee to the Qi state with her senior brother and seek refuge with her maternal uncle.

Yang Che's disparaging remarks made her and her uncle a laughingstock, and she was naturally furious with him.

However, she was unaware that she should actually be thanking Yang Che.

Her uncle asked Yang Che to paint a picture to promote her beauty. As for his real purpose, it was naturally to spread the fame of her beauty so that King Zheng of Qin would hear about it, and then things would fall into place naturally.

In the original timeline, although there was no Yang Che or the story of her painting being worth a thousand pieces of gold, her uncle continued to promote her in the state of Qi, creating the title of the most beautiful woman in Qi. Eventually, King Zheng of Qin heard about her and then King Jian of Qi gave her to King Zheng of Qin, thus beginning her tragic life and becoming the source of the story of Qin's Moon.

After Yang Che's sabotage, her uncle's name came into Qin King Zheng's sight. No matter how much her uncle promoted her in the future, Qin King Zheng would not be interested in her due to the preconceived notion, and she would not be given to Qin King Zheng by Qi King Jian.

Neither Yang Che nor Gongsun Li knew any of this, nor did they know how their encounter in Xianyang would change their respective destinies.

Regardless of how Gongsun Li's fate changed due to Yang Che's unintentional actions, as Yang Che's reputation for earning a fortune with every painting increased once again, he had become the most dazzling star in Xianyang.

Along with the progress of the fourth stage of the Flower Sect's mission, Yang Che had a premonition that he wouldn't need to do anything else for this fourth stage mission. He only needed to wait for time to pass and for his reputation for being able to earn a fortune with a painting to spread. In just one or two years, he would be able to complete it naturally.

Starting a business is indeed most difficult in the initial stages. Once the business is established and you have enough capital, making money becomes much easier.

The same applies to Yang Che's mission with the Heavenly Demon Strategy; once he becomes powerful enough, subsequent missions will become much easier.

This made Yang Che even more eager for the missions of the Heaven-Mending Dao and the Yin Gui Sect. One side represented the inheritance of the Evil King Shi Zhixuan, and the other side represented the strongest cultivation technique in the Heavenly Demon Strategy, second only to the Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique. Both could make Yang Che truly powerful.

With high hopes for the future, Yang Che, who was enjoying himself in Xianyang, became increasingly proficient in the field of Flower Wandering. With the help of Mu Qingliu's cultivation, he broke through to the Innate Realm with Flower Wandering and was only one step away from the final breakthrough.

However, just as Yang Che was attempting to break through to the Innate Realm using the Flower Wandering Technique, the Extinction of Emotions Path mission in the Heavenly Demon Strategy changed once again.

This time, they're aiming for 90% completion.

Looking at the changes in the Heavenly Demon Strategy, Yang Che fell into deep thought. Was he really doomed this time?

As Yang Che worried, the eunuchs from the Qin King's palace appeared again.

Inside the Qin King's palace.

"The little guy is quite pleased with himself now. Is he so busy admiring the flowers and beauties that he's forgotten about me?" Zhao Ji, dressed in white, grumbled unhappily. Yang Che's popularity in Xianyang made her feel a sense of crisis.