The game comes true, starting with the wandering spirits and gods.

This fate is quite interesting. What does "the lingering charm of a scholar" mean?

Is it about scholars?

Zhang Wenhao immediately assessed the situation and concluded that this person's fate was useless.

Reading books can't save us from this situation now.

It was the muscular tycoon who caused this, a man who reigned supreme for eternity!

Thinking of this, he manipulated the girl to sit cross-legged on the spot.

He began practicing the breathing techniques.

Trembling inside, Wei Hongyao was still confused and tentatively asked, "Who's inside my body...?"

"It is I, the Earth God."

Zhang Wenhao answered succinctly, without saying much more.

The girl's body quickly entered a meditative state of stillness.

As the true energy was absorbed into the body, the special effect transformed into numbers that continuously jumped around the body.

It's not that he's greedy for a quick boost in hard power within a short period of time.

Instead, it's about making this body more harmonious and natural, having more knowledge, and being able to use it more skillfully.

The blessing value from the Earth God will remain indefinitely, so you don't need to worry about it for now.

After meditating for a while, another servant came to bring food and pleaded with him through the wooden door.

"Miss Wei, Madam and Master are still angry. Don't ruin your health by being stubborn. Once they calm down, they'll let you out and say some kind words..."

The earnest words of advice kept bothering Zhang Wenhao as he meditated, forcing him to interrupt his practice.

"I see."

He had no choice but to reply coldly, using Wei Hongyao's tone.

Those outside, however, thought she had come to her senses and kept smiling apologetically.

"I won't bother you any longer, Miss. Please get some rest."

Once the food was brought in and the cloth shoes clattered away, Zhang Wenhao's world quieted down again.

He did not continue his cultivation.

The true energy absorbed by this body had just reached a bottleneck of saturation, which was quite similar to his cultivation path in reality.

"Since things have come to this, let's eat first."

He grabbed the bowl and chopsticks.

[Ding! You picked up the "poisoned food"]

They didn't intend to let Wei Hongyao go. Instead, they secretly added some quack medicine to her food, hoping to use it as an apology to the young master of the Huo family.

[Effect: After taking this product, negative effects such as confusion and disorientation may occur.]

Good heavens, this guy is determined to sell his daughter.

Deception, imprisonment, forced marriage, drugging...

This dragon is utterly ruthless!

"Um, Lord Earth God, why aren't you eating?"

Inside her body, Wei Hongyao asked in a low voice.

You know, it's us who are starving right now!

"They've drugged it."

Zhang Wenhao calmly put down his chopsticks.

Wei Hongyao's soul shrank suddenly deep within her body; if one could see her face at this moment, it would surely turn deathly pale.

"Drugged...drugged?" Her voice faltered, as if she had used a great deal of strength to squeeze out those words. "They...they drugged me?"

"A sleeping potion," Zhang Wenhao said, his gaze sweeping over the seemingly ordinary bowl of rice. "After eating it, you'll be confused and disoriented. Then we'll send you to the young master of the Huo family's bed and force you into marriage."

He paused, a hint of coldness in his voice: "Even when you wake up, you won't have the face to cause trouble anymore."

Wei Hongyao remained silent.

Perhaps, before this moment, she still thought that her parents still had a chance to change their minds.

But now, even that last shred of hope is gone.

"I...I'm their daughter." Her voice was very soft, so soft it was almost like she was talking to herself. "How could they...how could they do this to me..."

Zhang Wenhao ignored the disheartened girl and instead took out the jade from Wei Hongyao's clothes.

Then he gripped the jade and squeezed it hard.

Click.

The jade was shattered.

It wasn't the previous cracks that spread along the lines, but rather pieces that were crushed by his powerful physical strength, pieces that couldn't be repaired.

A burst of white light erupted inside the room.

A familiar human silhouette appeared.

White clothes, long hair, foxy eyes.

The fox demon stood in the center of the room, her skirt fluttering even without wind, her eyes still heavy with sleep.

And a hint of... anger.

"A reckless mortal, who presumptuously crushed the jade, has been entrusted to me..."

Before she could finish speaking, her expression suddenly changed drastically.

She wanted to withdraw.

But that hand had already gripped her neck.

Five slender fingers, wrist bones so thin they look like they'd break at the slightest touch.

This very hand, like an iron clamp, gripped her throat, its knuckles embedded in the ethereal body of her soul, creating a tangible sensation.

"Well--"

The fox demon let out a short, abrupt groan. Her feet left the ground, and she was lifted up by that hand, her skirt hanging limply like a broken flower.

She looked down and saw a pair of eyes.

The eyes were hazy and covered by divine power, not belonging to Wei Hongyao.

There was no anger, no murderous intent, and not even any emotion in those eyes.

There was only an extreme calmness, a condescending indifference, as if looking at an object not worth mentioning.

"Yesterday," the girl began, her voice still that of Wei Hongyao, high-pitched and clear.

But at this moment, the voice was shrouded in ice, each word squeezed out like a knife from between clenched teeth, "So you're the one threatening me?"

"A beast that barely resembles a human."

"You, what exactly are you..." the fox demon finally managed to squeeze out, her voice hoarse beyond belief, "What are you...?"

The girl did not answer.

She simply watched the fox demon silently, watching fear slowly well up in those amber eyes.

It is the fear of death.

It is the fear of the unknown.

It's the Earth God!

It descended upon the little girl in a way she had never seen before.

The gods descend...

She is now filled with remorse; she should have risked her life yesterday to devour Wei Hongyao's body.

Zhang Wenhao tightened his grip even more. Although it was just the soul of a fox demon, it couldn't escape his physical iron clamp.

"Spare me... Lord Earth God, I still have a use to you!"

The fox demon howled and pleaded.

And just as she said, Zhang Wenhao slowly released his grip.

"Have you thought about where you'll go in the future?" he asked the girl inside his body.

Inside her body, Wei Hongyao's soul trembled violently.

"Earth God, are you going out? The area outside is full of Huo family members, and the guards my parents hired..."

"I know," Zhang Wenhao said, "that's why I need to go out."

He turned around, his hazy eyes scanning the room: the poisoned food, the nailed-together windows, the locked doors, the red candles filling the room, and the dowry chests adorned with the double happiness symbol.

Wei Hongyao fell silent.

"So... what do you plan to do?"

"Go out there," Zhang Wenhao said. "Tell everyone in front of them that you won't marry him."

Hearing this, Wei Hongyao shrank back again: "But the Huo family has already paid, they won't let me go..."

"That's why I came in person." Zhang Wenhao flexed his wrists.

"They can't stop me."