The improved female villains regained their memories.

She ran out alone, watching the rising sun slowly emerge from behind the mountain, her mind constantly replaying her memories with Yang Pingsheng.

Every single memory, bit by bit.

Not everyone can ignore it. Xu Anlu and Su Murong, for example, didn't think much of it. One of them knew long ago that she was beyond saving, so she simply went with the flow. The other had noticed the existence of the system at the time, but pretended not to know it, thus yearning for warmth.

Wen Shihan wasn't present during the interrogation, and even if she had been, she probably wouldn't have cared.

In the end, the only one who cared about this matter was Luo Benmo.

She tried to tell herself that it was nothing. Didn't she realize something was wrong back then? There was no one with the surname Yang in that village. Yang Pingsheng's appearance was all part of the plan. Since she understood all this, why couldn't she face it now that the system had said it?

The interplay of emotion and reason left her mind blank, so she could only focus on pursuing the origin of the Dao to forcibly divert her attention.

But it seems to have failed; at least she wasn't paying any attention to what Lone Wolf was saying.

"...I just don't know if you, Chief, can accept this?"

"Oh? Oh, I'm fine with anything."

"Is that so..." Lone Wolf breathed a sigh of relief. "Since you, leader, can accept it, then there's nothing to worry about. In short, let's let that person named Song Panning take the lead for now."

"Hmm...what?"

Luo Benmo looked up, his eyes narrowing slightly.

The once bustling wonton stall suddenly became quiet.

Lone Wolf swallowed hard and said, "Well... I'm analyzing this based on what you said about the Tianren Mountain incident. That Song Panning obviously knows more about the Guardian Heaven Sect than we do, so I think..."

"No, you don't want to."

Luo Benmo slammed his hand on the table. The table was fine, but several cracks appeared in the floor supporting it.

"What is Song Panning? A petty person who plays tricks and schemes. If it weren't for my intuition and for my brother's sake, I would have taken down Tianren Mountain along with her. What is she? A mere Earth Immortal? She might as well live in the same courtyard as me. Does she even deserve to lead me?"

"We can't exactly say 'leader'..." Lone Wolf knew Luo Benmo's temperament, and after thinking for a moment, decided to embellish his words: "We can cooperate with her. She's just an Earth Immortal, and to fight against the Guardian Heaven Sect, she needs immense power. At least in that respect, we're the same. Since we're the same, we can cooperate. We can use our strength to exchange for her intelligence... or something..."

Under Luo Benmo's watchful eye, Lone Wolf's voice grew softer and softer.

"That woman gave me a very bad feeling. In short, I will not cooperate with her."

You could call it willfulness, or you could call it intuition.

Being commanded by a woman at the Earth Immortal level was a humiliating thing for Luo Benmo. What was even more humiliating was that this woman had an ambiguous connection with his younger brother. During the battle at Tianren Mountain, Luo Benmo did not attack Song Panning, but that did not mean that she was on Song Panning's side. It was just that the situation required it at the time. His younger brother was about to become the villain, and the Guardian Sect had revealed its true colors, so Luo Benmo did not take action against her.

Now that everything has settled down, Luo Benmo thought about it and realized that he had no reason to listen to that woman's arrangements anymore.

Putting aside her complicated feelings for Yang Pingsheng, and trying her best not to think about that damned daughter who suddenly appeared, she couldn't allow these women to get close to her younger brother until she sorted things out herself. Whether it was Song Panning or Xu Anlu, she would beat them all up and throw them out. Anyway, Xiaoyu, that woman whose strength was unknown, had also run away. From now on, in terms of sheer strength, no one could stop Luo Benmo.

“I’m going back to bring my brother to our base camp. You guys stay there and get ready. If anyone from the Guardian Heaven Sect comes looking for us, immediately activate the contingency plan.”

The three exchanged bewildered glances. Lone Wolf asked uncertainly, "If the Human Chess Plan is real, then why are you so forceful in taking Yang Pingsheng away? What about the other female villains...?"

"I'm his sister." Luo Benmo's eyes widened. Despite her petite and cute appearance, her words were completely unreasonable. "What I say goes. Is there a problem?"

no problem.

Once the leader made up his mind, the others didn't say much.

The villains scattered, and Luo Benmo rushed back to the house. Since Tianren Mountain had exposed her identity, Luo Benmo no longer cared about concealing her aura. She flew back to the house, but when she sensed that Yang Pingsheng was not there, she also noticed that the detection-type killing move she had used on Yang Pingsheng had disappeared. Just as she was about to get angry, she heard someone call her from behind: "Sister."

She turned her head and saw Yang Pingsheng flying behind her, his blue robes obscured by the clouds and mist, his face calm and gentle as he smiled at her.

"..."

Without asking how he had followed him so quietly, Luo Benmo flew over, grabbed his hand, and said, "Come with me. The den of villains has been rebuilt. From now on, you will stay with me in the den of villains."

"Sister..." Yang Pingsheng said helplessly, "I need to talk to you."

"If there's anything else, we can talk about it when we get back. Now, come with me..."

There's a temple fair in Beijing tonight, and I'd like to go with you, sister.

Luo Benmo paused in his words.

Taking advantage of this moment, Yang Pingsheng broke free from Luo Benmo's grasp, took out a piece of clothing from a storage-type magic artifact (given by Song Panning), and said, "Look, sister, I've prepared clothes for the parade for you."

"..."

"Let's go together, okay?"

"..."

"Sister, please, let's go together."

"..."

Something seemed to have appeared in his otherwise empty mind. Luo Benmo looked up helplessly and let out a long sigh.

Tonight?

"Mmm." Yang Pingsheng held the clothes, his smile growing even brighter. "My sister definitely won't refuse me, right?"

"..."

Yes, she won't.

So she nodded and agreed.

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As evening fell and the moon rose high in the sky, the carriage that Yang Pingsheng had hired for the procession stopped outside the mansion gate. The carriage was decorated extensively, mostly in red, and even the horses wore large red flowers on their chests.

It doesn't look like a parade; it looks more like a wedding.

Luo Benmo stood at the door with a blank expression.

She was wearing the clothes Yang Pingsheng had given her: a black and white mini-skirt with wide sleeves that covered her hands, embroidered with bows. The inner garment had a diamond-shaped cutout at the chest, and her silver hair was tied with white ribbons and styled into flowing pigtails.

She was already petite and charming, and her current outfit made her even more innocent and lovely, like the little sister next door. When Yang Pingsheng stood next to her, the two looked more like siblings than like mother and daughter.

Yang Pingsheng stepped forward, lifted the carriage curtain, and extended his hand to invite her to get in. Luo Benmo glanced at him, placed her hand on his, and entered the carriage.

The carriage started moving and slowly entered the bustling commercial street. The coachman drove at a leisurely pace, gently swaying the long whip beside the horse's tail.

Since boarding the train, Luo Benmo has not said a word, but simply rested his chin on his hand and quietly looked out the window.

The air inside the carriage was a bit chilly, and the faint fragrance emanating from Luo Benmo kept disturbing Yang Pingsheng's thoughts. Seeing Luo Benmo staring blankly outside, he also turned his gaze to the outside.

It's very lively outside.

A kaleidoscope of colors, a constant stream of vendors' cries: candied hawthorns, sugar figurines, puppet shows, tofu pudding, sesame seed cakes and steamed buns…

There were also sounds of people arguing, shouting, cheering...

There are many mundane things in the world, but few can capture Luo Benmo's attention.

She stared intently at a pair of children not far away.

They seem to be a brother and sister as well.

"Give."

The slightly older girl handed the candied hawthorn to the little boy, who took it sadly, took a small bite, and then handed it to the slightly older girl: "Sister, have some."

The girl took a small bite, only managing to remove a tiny bit of skin, and then returned it to the little boy, saying, "You eat it, I don't want any more."

Luo Benmo was an immortal, and she could hear their conversation even inside the carriage.

Her gaze lingered on their clothes, her lips pursed, as if she understood something.

But she said nothing, did nothing, and just watched quietly.

Suddenly, she said, "I want to eat candied hawthorns."

Yang Pingsheng told the driver to stop the car so he could get out and go buy it.

After he finished buying the food and got into the car, when he handed it to Luo Benmo, Luo Benmo shook his head again: "You eat it."

Yang Pingsheng understood what was going on, took a bite, and smiled as she handed it to Luo Benmo: "It's very sweet, sister, you can have it."

"..."

Luo Benmo raised his hand, took it, and, imitating the girl, bit off a layer of skin.

The candy was stuck tightly to the surface, so biting into it only allowed you to taste the candy, which wasn't tasty at all.

Yes, it doesn't taste good at all. Luo Benmo looked outside again. Perhaps that's why the little girl didn't eat it?

"Sister, you seem to have something on your mind."

"..."

The noise outside grew louder and louder, but the interior of the carriage remained extremely quiet. Luo Benmo, biting into a candied hawthorn—this time taking a big bite—chewed as he said, “Your daughter, and those things, you didn’t tell me, but you said before that you trusted me.”

Yang Pingsheng listened, initially not quite understanding, but then he grasped Luo Benmo's meaning.

That was when Su Murong had just appeared and Xiaoyu had run away from home with the system. That night (see Chapter 203), she did promise Luo Benmo that she would trust her and tell her everything. However, the sudden appearance of the Human Chess Project, the Guardian Heaven Sect, and that so-called daughter made Luo Benmo feel that she had broken her promise. That's why she had been depressed ever since the Tianren Mountain incident ended.

After figuring all this out, Yang Pingsheng was both amused and exasperated. It wasn't that he didn't want to tell him; it was that he didn't know any of this either.

He learned about the Human Chess Project and the Heavenly Guardian Sect from Song Panning before he went to Tianren Mountain. To ensure the secrecy of the project, she forbade him to tell anyone, including the female villains, otherwise the project might go wrong. Yang Pingsheng trusted Song Panning's arrangement, which is why he didn't tell Luo Benmo.

As for the mysterious person revealing their identity as Yang Pingsheng's daughter, Yang Luoyi, even Song Panning couldn't find out, so Yang Pingsheng knew even less about her, because he really had no memory of this daughter.

"So that's what my sister was struggling with."

Yang Pingsheng smiled helplessly and asked, "I said I've always believed in my sister, do you believe me?"

"Yes, I believe you."

Luo Benmo nodded and replied earnestly, "If you say so, I will believe you."

That's what he said, but Yang Pingsheng sensed that Luo Benmo was still struggling with his decision, which reminded him of Song Panning's instructions before he came.

"It's useless to reason with Luo Benmo. Just do as I say: if you find Luo Benmo distracted or troubled during the trip, then just fawn over her. Only then will she listen to your requests. Otherwise, just wait for her to unleash her fury and kick us out."

Song Panning's words echoed in his mind. Although she spoke very clearly, it was extremely difficult to put into practice. In at least nine lifetimes, Yang Pingsheng had never acted coquettishly towards any female villain. Besides, wouldn't it be shameful for a grown man to act coquettishly towards a little girl?

Oh well.

"Um, sis..."

Luo Benmo looked at him and saw that her younger brother was looking at her, acting all coy.

"Ok?"

"Ahem... Sister~"