The male supporting character was actually myself.

Chapter Twenty: The Collapse of the Dao Heart

"The Mu family of Wuhai City, do they really think they're something special just because they're far from the emperor's reach?" Cheng Tinghe, the youngest female boss of the High Martial Arts Alliance, was on a private jet heading to Wuhai City.

Although her actual age is over a hundred years old, after cultivating to the Nascent Soul Realm, her lifespan has increased exponentially, and she naturally has the means to reverse aging. Therefore, on the surface, she looks like a beautiful woman in her early twenties.

She crossed her slender, white, and straight legs, her small red high heels dangling leisurely on her toes.

"I thought business trips would be fun, but it's really boring."

Cheng Tinghe glanced at the information sent from headquarters, then listlessly placed her tablet aside and leaned back in her chair. She pulled down her sunglasses to cover most of her delicate face and muttered under her breath, "Just a spoiled brat who thinks he can do whatever he wants just because he has a little money and power. He's trying to abduct young men to expand his harem? Ha, how absurd!"

The female boss who was specially invited to keep an eye on Mu Donghai, who was at the Golden Core Realm, never expected that in the original story, she would be targeted by Mu Liuli as soon as she appeared, and Mu Liuli would smash props and forcefully stick to her. She would brainwash and manipulate Mu Liuli, eventually becoming a powerful cheat code for a wild pseudo-master.

Not only was the Mu family unmoved by the High Martial Arts Alliance, but with everyone fawning over them, Mu Liuli showed mercy and Cheng Tinghe personally provided protection for the Mu family. At the same time, Cheng Tinghe brought Mu Liuli into the upper circle of the High Martial Arts Alliance, allowing her to thrive and gain immensely by flattering the powerful and belittling the weak, thus becoming the so-called "sharp-tongued but kind-hearted genius beauty."

"Elder Cheng, we're about to land. We're about to land in Wuhai City," the assistant whispered as he stepped forward.

Cheng Tinghe glanced out the porthole; the unremarkable little city held no appeal for her.

She has reached a bottleneck in her cultivation and urgently needs a breakthrough opportunity. If she finds one successfully, she might be able to break through the shackles of the fourth level of the Nascent Soul Realm and advance further.

Reaching this level requires years of time and a large amount of financial and material resources, plus a stroke of luck, to break through. The only thing that caught her attention during this trip to Wuhai City was the performance of that spoiled fool Mu Liuli in the arena competition—she had obviously consumed a top-grade healing pill!

There are only two possibilities for someone to carelessly swallow such a rare and precious item: First, Mu Liuli is a spoiled, foolish spendthrift who has no idea of ​​the value of such a pill.

Secondly, the Mu family has connections in the secret world that allow them to obtain precious elixirs, which is why Mu Liuli doesn't cherish them at all.

If it were the former, it wouldn't be so bad. Her father, a Golden Core cultivator, must have been furious that his treasured pills, which he had been saving for so long, were being wasted so carelessly. He would have been so angry that he wanted to slap her to death. But Mu Liuli was also imprisoning male concubines, bullying mortals, and framing disciples of the Sword Spirit Sect. Even if she didn't die, she would be in serious trouble.

If it's the latter...

Looking at the approaching small city through her sunglasses, Cheng Tinghe sighed softly, hoping that the alchemist the Mu family knew could help her break through her limitations. After all, there wasn't much time to waste after breaking through to the fifth level, and the longer it dragged on, the lower the probability of success would be.

A car was already waiting at the airport when the plane landed. She got in the car and hadn't gone far when her phone started beeping with message notifications one after another.

"Huh? This is..." Cheng Tinghe picked up her phone, opened the email, and her expression immediately changed.

No longer languid, she sat up straight and said coldly to her assistant, "Change course, go to the dock!"

"Meow~ Looks like you're not as silly as in the original story. It wasn't for nothing that my host and I spent so much time paving the way for you." The fluffy ball squatted on the chair next to her and slowly licked its paws, while sighing, "You'd better put in some effort, otherwise it would be a real pity if you were to be ruined by a greasy and lewd man at your age."

"Hitch a ride on my host's coattails, and you can just sit back and wait to win!"

Mu Donghai waited calmly in his office; he and the head of the family had already discussed their strategy.

Shady business dealings are all top secrets and cannot be easily brought to the light. Moreover, the inspection team sent by headquarters is ostensibly to investigate Mu Liuli's arrogant and domineering protectors, but in reality, their main purpose is to deal with the dispute between her and the disciples of the Sword Spirit Sect.

Is there any evidence to support the widely circulated rumors online about people snatching grooms in the street and keeping teenagers as pets?

The video surveillance footage was completely deleted, all those who knew about it were dealt with, and even the backyard where Mu Liuli lived was completely transformed so that no one could find anything amiss. Even if the missing teenagers came forward to testify, it would be useless if they couldn't produce irrefutable evidence!

Smashing restaurants and insulting ordinary people is no big deal; a few dollars in compensation and an apology are all it takes, and if the parties involved don't pursue the matter further, it's over.

On the contrary, the Sword Spirit Sect is relentless; we'll see how the inspection team reacts.

It would be best to resolve this matter by turning a major issue into a minor one and a minor one into nothing; if not, all the blame should be placed on Mu Liuli, who became abnormal after being struck by lightning.

This is also a good opportunity to let the Nascent Soul stage experts see if she really has a problem.

The more he thought about it, the more certain he felt that everything was foolproof. Mu Donghai even began to make the worst-case scenario plan—if his precious daughter was really possessed by a spirit, then he absolutely could not let go of the guy who killed his daughter and then occupied her body to do evil and harm the family!

But what if the scourge is executed and one's only bloodline is cut off?

"If only I could befriend a highly skilled alchemist, maybe a few batches of pills could restore my virility and give me a few more offspring..." he muttered to himself, his eyes fixed on the computer screen.

The scene inside the prison was being broadcast live there.

After all, not long before he was imprisoned, that guy had swallowed a high-level pill from who-knows-where. If we could discover her secret, we might be able to find a shortcut to obtaining high-level pills!

"Ugh ugh ugh~" Mu Liuli was furious at this moment. Damn it, why aren't you untying me yet?

What are those lackeys and scoundrels in the High Martial Arts Alliance good for?

Have you forgotten that I'm still tied up? It's been so long and you haven't come over to untie me! Humph! I'll remember you!

Dare to provoke a great philanthropist?

I'll make sure you all regret it!

Nangong Yingluo rolled her eyes at her, crossed her arms and sat in the cell to continue thinking about how to save herself. The resentment in her heart had been worn down by time and her favorability rating was no longer decreasing.

Lan Ying, still hugging her knees, was deep in thought, pondering how to plead with the family head and the Grand Elder. What her young mistress had done today was indeed a bit too much… If they refused to forgive her, her poor mistress would surely suffer…

"System, system, come and lend me a hand!" Mu Liuli was originally an ignorant and incompetent person who barely reached the second level of Qi Refining by taking drugs. After transmigrating, he was focused on figuring out how to do bad things and did not get any pills or cultivation techniques to quickly improve his physique. As a result, his body is still as delicate as the original owner's.

My hands were sore and painful from being handcuffed behind my back;

Having something stuffed in your mouth prevents you from speaking and makes you drool. This might be exciting for others, but it's very uncomfortable when it's in your own mouth.

She couldn't hold on for long and started calling for help from the system.

[A distress call has been detected, but there are no corresponding rescue items in the inventory. Would you like to use 10 points of affinity to exchange for lockpicking service?]

I rub!

This stench system is such a rip-off!

I just asked you to help me unlock a lock, which is a piece of cake for the omnipotent system, and you dare to ask for an exorbitant amount that would cost me 10 points of goodwill?

This is equivalent to a top-grade elixir, isn't it?

"System, how much favorability do you have left?"

[The host was struck by lightning for using the item incorrectly. To protect the host's life, this system provides corresponding protection, reducing the host's favorability rating from a maximum of 100 to 80. The host is severely injured and has used up 10 favorability points to exchange for a top-tier elixir, currently having 70 points remaining.]

"Can't your system do math? I've received so much favorability from outsiders, so why aren't you increasing the favorability I'm bound to?"

[The rules for binding the host are clearly explained: if the host absorbs a total of -5,000 points of favorability from others, the favorability between the host and the system will increase by 1 point, with a maximum of 100% and no overflow. The host should continue to commit more misdeeds that incur divine wrath, so that this system will remain loyal to the host.]

Mu Liuli rolled her eyes. "Disgusting system, are you blind?"

How can I do bad things when I'm already tied up like this?

But the thought of spending 10 points of favorability to untie it is painful! With such low favorability with the system, it's easy for it to be kidnapped by a super villain, right?

That's absolutely unacceptable!

This kind of vile system that always incites people to do bad things is bound to me, a dignified and virtuous person, and it still wants to cause trouble. If it were attached to a pure-blooded villain, wouldn't it be aiding and abetting a tyrant?

No, no, even if it's to prevent innocent people from being harmed, I absolutely cannot let this stinking system get away!

After hesitating for a while, Mu Liuli finally couldn't resist reality and chose to spend 10 points to unbind herself. The High Martial Arts Alliance's invention of something specifically designed to deal with martial artists was truly disgusting; her arm was in excruciating pain.

What if my hands are ruined if I don't untie them?

How can I continue to be a good philanthropist in the future?

Clang!

After receiving the request, the system deducted ten points of favorability from the binding. Then, with a crisp sound, the back shackles binding her arms behind her back opened automatically. Mu Liuli breathed a sigh of relief and untied herself as quickly as possible.

"Lan Ying, you piece of trash, you don't even know how to untie me, do you not want your stinking dog life anymore?" The moment she took off the shackles, she pulled a round ball out of her mouth and started cursing as she moved her aching arms.

However, Lan Ying was clearly used to her mistress's scolding, and her favorability towards her remained completely unchanged.

Desperate to gain negative favorability points and system-bound points, Mu Liuli stormed over and slapped Lan Ying hard across the face through the railing. She didn't hesitate to use martial arts to attack, causing a trickle of blood to seep from the corner of Lan Ying's mouth, who was completely unprepared.

"I'm sorry, Miss. I didn't think things through and forgot to untie you. Please don't be angry." Lan Yingzhen truly felt she had made a mistake. She stood there motionless with her hands down and her head bowed, waiting for her mistress to vent her anger.

Nangong Yingluo was so frightened that she took a step back, covered her cherry-like mouth with her hand, and dared not breathe.

Before this, she had only heard that the Mu family's daughter was arrogant and domineering but never stingy with money, and at most she would snatch handsome young men but she had no hostility towards other women. That's why she wasn't flustered at all when the Mu family's daughter smashed up the restaurant, and she was even waiting to get the money and start a live broadcast to make some more money after it was all over.

Who would have thought the rumors were so unreliable? If you compare the description with the Mu family daughter you see in person, she's practically a great philanthropist!

He could even kill his own personal bodyguard, so what if...?

Nangong Yingluo inexplicably recalled Jin Hongxuan's words: if he hadn't stood up for her, would she really have been able to make money from this guy? Ha, she probably would have had the life to take the money but not the life to spend it!

After being hit and scolded for a while, the foul-smelling system didn't utter a sound.

"Idiot! Useless! Trash!" Enraged, Mu Liuli slapped Lan Ying several times across the face, leaving her little face red and swollen.

She was exhausted from hitting them but still hadn't gotten her reward, so she pointed and ordered, "Bring that girl who took my money but messed things up to me."

"W-What are you going to do?" Nangong Yingluo was quite strong, but she didn't even dare to resist the most ruthless bully in Wuhai City, otherwise she would be caught by his Golden Core Realm father...

Terrified, she hid in a corner, grabbed the iron bars, and shook them frantically, screaming, "Help! Someone help me!"

Mu Donghai's expression grew increasingly grave as he watched this scene unfold.

He watched the entire process closely on the surveillance video, seeing everything clearly. Both the handcuffs and the gag were the highest level of torture instruments used to prevent the martial artist from escaping.

Let alone a mere Qi Refining Stage 2 martial artist like her, even if she were doubly suppressed, she would never be able to escape easily.

How did Mu Liuli manage to do that?

She didn't even make any unnecessary movements. Apart from struggling slightly at the beginning, she didn't communicate at all and had absolutely no tools in her hands. Yet the handcuffs were removed so easily!

It was as if an unseen yet powerful person was helping her...

A cold sweat instantly broke out on Mu Donghai's back. Was his daughter still alive? Who was the imposter? How did she do that?

"Ugh! Ugh!" Nangong Yingluo never expected that the other party would have Lan Ying pull her to the railing and then directly stuff the round ball, still covered in Mu Liuli's saliva, into her mouth!

The cool, wet ball being inserted rendered her speechless, and the overwhelming sense of shame and fear made her tremble uncontrollably.

Then, with a click, I was handcuffed and locked to the iron bars.

Leaning against the hard, cold iron railing, Nangong Yingluo looked at Lan Ying with pleading eyes, unable to imagine what would await her next.

"Not bad figure." Mu Liuli chuckled as she lifted the other woman's red dress and slapped her across the face.

"Snapped!"

The slap, imbued with a trace of spiritual power, made Nangong Yingluo shudder involuntarily.

[Ding! Your actions have frightened Nangong Yingluo, and her favorability towards you has decreased by 40 points.]

[Congratulations, host, you have received the reward: Intermediate All-Ailment and All-Injury Elimination Pill x1]

Finally hearing the long-awaited, foul-smelling system reward, Mu Liuli beamed and slapped the system twice more.

Perhaps spanking wasn't novel enough, because the woman in black stockings quickly ran out of the much-needed negative favorability points. Her eyes caught sight of Lan Ying, who was standing obediently to the side, and a wicked smile crept onto her lips.

"Stab!"

Taking advantage of Nangong Yingluo's inattention, Mu Liuli groped her all over and then tore her dress open!