After the time travel, my cheat program disappeared.

Pat pat—

As the girl's footsteps faded into the distance, Shi Yan's smile slowly turned playful.

She looked at the austere, cold, and aloof woman before her.

Before Shi Hongjian could speak, Shi Yan had already approached her as if they were old friends.

The two people were very close to each other.

Shi Yan could sense the chilling aura emanating from Shi Hongjian, a feeling akin to someone who had just retired from the military.

This woman is in the game.

Ambitious.

They want to conquer the entire land.

In fact, none of the entire [Huangtian Houtu] are her descendants.

It's just that we're related by blood.

To her, there was probably no difference between the Heaven and Earth and the Shi family in Nanjun City.

Shi Hongjian had no descendants.

She just wanted to satisfy her desires and her ambitions.

If it weren't for the fact that she was the first to take action against Xing Tiansi... against the Xing family... against Xing Ke, Shi Yan would still really like this kind of strong woman.

Especially seeing such a strong woman suffer a crushing defeat.

hmm~

Pleasure.

Shi Hongjian's eyebrows began to twitch wildly.

She felt like she was about to lose control of the knife.

But...it's strange—

Although the strange feeling spreading through her heart, oppressive, unpleasant, and depressed... made her wish she could pull out a knife and stab that girl right now.

But... I just can't get it out.

It felt like my hand was being held down.

It has nothing to do with Shi Hongjian's own rationality; it's purely something else, something far more profound.

That feeling was almost instinctive.

Shi Yan tilted his head slightly, sizing up the woman in front of him.

As a cultivator at the Enlightenment Realm.

It has been refined countless times.

Shi Hongjian is very beautiful.

The in-game reviews also unequivocally describe her as having "ethereal beauty".

And it's quite special—

Shi Hongjian's appearance was the kind that exuded a particularly heroic air. Her eyebrows were like swords, resolute and determined, concealing a chilling killing intent.

She doesn't give the impression of seducing others with her charm.

Rather, it was...conquest.

But...at the same time—

The more a woman is like this, the more touching Shi Yan finds her forced submission.

Shi Yan has never maxed out the favorability of anyone in the "Heaven and Earth" faction.

Even... most people within the [Heaven and Earth] probably only have a superficial liking for Shi Yan, like [a chance encounter] or [a lack of common ground].

There are a few who harbor deep-seated hatred, which can only be described as "great hatred".

but--

After he defeated the Heavenly Emperor and Earthly Queen, Shi Hongjian's favorability towards him should have plummeted to rock bottom.

Even if it's a deep-seated resentment or a blood feud, Shi Yan wouldn't be surprised.

In the game, Shi Yan did not kill Shi Hongjian.

It's simply a matter of using their own methods against them.

After using his own techniques to suppress her cultivation, he brought her to Yinghua City.

What Shi Hongjian encountered was similar to what Bai Xiaoxiao experienced.

But... she's a little different from Bai Xiaoxiao.

When Shi Yan met Bai Xiaoxiao, it was still in the early stages of the game.

Apart from Jun Qianrou and Xiaxia, Shi Yan has hardly met any other girls who are exceptionally beautiful.

Shi Yan had entered the Sword Tomb time and time again just to play the honey trap with Bai Xiaoxiao.

Shi Yan was extremely familiar with Bai Xiaoxiao.

With just a glance from the girl, Shi Yan could guess how she wanted to beg for mercy.

But the teacher's red paper is different.

When Shi Yan attacked [Huangtian Houtu], it was much later.

For her, having one more Shi Hongjian wouldn't make a difference, and having one less Shi Hongjian wouldn't make a difference either.

So, aside from the initial novelty, most of the time... even when Shi Yan went to Yinghua City, he was looking for Hua Xiangrong.

She is nostalgic.

Many times, Shi Yan even forgot that Shi Hongjian existed.

Shi Hongjian is not so obedient as to submit to Shi Yan with just a glance.

The fact that she didn't immediately draw her sword and attack already shows that she was in a good state of mind as a cultivator at the Enlightenment Realm.

But... the girl is standing so close now.

Shi Hongjian felt that she was about to lose control.

"Sister Clan Leader~~~" The gentler Shi Yan's smile was, the more uncomfortable Shi Hongjian felt.

"I am not yet your clan leader—"

"Oh~" Shi Yan stepped back a little. Shi Hongjian felt a sense of relief when she saw the girl take half a step back, and her legs even felt a little weak.

"Sister Hongjian~"

Shi Hongjian almost fell over.

Has anyone ever told her that she looks really like she deserves a beating?

Shi Hongjian felt it was already a miracle that she hadn't been able to draw her sword directly.

The aura of the Enlightenment Realm was about to be unleashed once again.

But this time... Shi Hongjian found that her inner energy suddenly relaxed, and all the momentum she had been holding back was released.

Shi Wei was just a pitiful target.

Shi Hongjian found that she seemed unable to lay a hand on the girl in front of her, and couldn't even intimidate her.

"how so..."

She was even a little flustered.

This was the first time in all these years that she had felt this way, as if her body was no longer under her control.

"Politeness!!!" But in front of Shi Yan, Shi Hongjian could only pretend to be calm for the time being.

"Then... Clan Chief Sister." Shi Yan smiled mischievously.

Shi Hongjian could only accept Shi Yan's form of address.

"Did the clan leader keep me behind to tutor me?"

Or perhaps...

"What's so shameful about it?"

The girl's breath brushed past his ear, and Shi Yan could feel the trembling of Shi Hongjian's shoulders.

"That's very interesting!"

"This kind of reaction."

"It seems much more interesting than in the game."

Unlike games where everything is black and white, and enemies are always wrong and must be destroyed.

In reality... Shi Yan seems to be able to understand Shi Hongjian's philosophy a little better.

Unlike Ran Meng's heinous crime—

Shi Hongjian's mistake was simply choosing the wrong side.

And now-

She hasn't yet made an attack on [Star Celestial Bureau], and Xing Ke hasn't yet found herself in dire straits; everything seems to still have a chance to turn things around.

However... if I want to change everything, I still have to deal with Shi Hongjian first.

After all, I don't have a cheat engine right now.

There's no way to just storm [Huangtian Houtu] like in the game and treat it like a dungeon.

If he wanted to turn the tide, he could only choose to "capture the king first".

Shi Hongjian seemed oblivious to Shi Yan's movement as she continued watering the flowers like a wooden doll.

The woman's hands were steady as she watered the flowers, without trembling at all.

It seems as if he was completely unaffected by his teacher's words.