Chapter 416

Chapter 416: Shangguan at the End of the Road

Lu Ye still didn’t know that the Darkness Origin was nearly driven crazy by those women.

Actually, with a bit of thought, Lu Ye could’ve guessed.

Stay away from those women, or you’d find yourself in misery.

Take Yin Qingcheng for example. At first, she genuinely loved him because she practiced the Ultimate Emotion Dao, which is even more extreme than the Emotion Dao and has a much stronger essence of love.

Lu Ye had been prepared to calm his heart, but he had never felt such intense love before.

When the Forgetful Emotion Celestial Lord saved Yin Qingcheng, he made Lu Ye take a gamble.

Forgetful or Ultimate Emotion?

Thinking of Yin Qingcheng’s overwhelming love, Lu Ye decided to gamble. As it turned out, it was a game he lost every single time!

The gambler ended up with nothing.

Lu Ye lost the bet, and Ultimate Emotion turned into Forgetful Emotion.

But he did not regret it; even if it meant being forgotten, he would rather be forgotten. If Yin Qingcheng achieved Celestial Lord status or became a Saint, it would still mark the end of their fate together.

To his surprise, things were about to get even crazier.

Yet, despite everything, Lu Ye harbored no intense hatred for Yin Qingcheng. Among all these people, she was the one he held the least animosity towards.

Even if he initially wanted to save her, her current state meant he bore some responsibility for her plight.

But now that they were all reborn, as long as Lu Ye didn’t provoke them, and they didn’t come to mess with him, all would be well.

If Yin Qingcheng came to provoke him, he’d say he had almost settled his debts, and from there on, it would be all business.

“Ding! Host, Shangguan the Fool has started selling the **Origins Devouring Heaven Sutra**,” the system’s voice chimed in.

Lu Ye?

Selling the **Origins Devouring Heaven Sutra**… if someone actually decided to cultivate this, are you sure they wouldn’t come after you?

Because this cultivation method doesn’t follow the Dao!

Lu Ye wouldn’t dare cultivate this, only using it on occasion to supplement his True Essence.

It’s not that there are any prerequisites for cultivation; it’s just that if you practice this, you’d really become completely useless.

“Why are you so concerned about Shangguan?” Lu Ye asked.

“Ding! Of course! I need to figure out the logic of the fool to prepare for defeating her in the future!” Shen Xitang’s voice brimmed with ambition.

Lu Ye chuckled. “Don’t let Shangguan make you a fool too.”

“Ding! This system will never be fooled; I’m way smarter than that!”

“Beep! Big sister is so smart!”

“Buzz buzz buzz…”

“Big sister is so smart…”

At this moment, Little Heavenly Dao, Stone Sword, and the Emperor’s Banner all chimed in agreement.

Lu Ye couldn’t help but chuckle. He had already known that Shen Xitang was trying to establish her big sister persona. It seemed this image was starting to take shape, with this little group now loyally following the system!

Lu Ye…

It seems Shen Xitang really is starting to lose her wits… wow, Shangguan Huanling is terrifying.

“Drunken Sword Fellow Daoist, I have a task for you. Help me pass along a cultivation method! I’ll tell you the method now!”

“Yes, Sect Leader!”

Lu Ye relayed the **Origins Devouring Heaven Sutra** to the Drunken Sword Daoist. To be honest, he felt a bit pained.

This method is not like the **Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations** or the **Heavenly Demon Blood Escape**. The **Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations** is an ancient clan’s signature technique. It belonged to someone else; Lu Ye wouldn’t mind sharing it.

The same goes for the **Heavenly Demon Blood Escape**.

But this **Origins Devouring Heaven Sutra**, even though it was initially based on the **Devouring Winged Insect**’s technique, was something Lu Ye had spent a ton of resources and time to develop.

Now, he was passing it on…

Ah, whatever.

It was created because of Shangguan Huanling and will also end because of her, so it’s somewhat complete.

With this, all of Shangguan Huanling’s money-making schemes disappeared. Lu Ye was just curious about how she would react.

“Ding! Let’s see how Shangguan the Fool reacts!”

Now, strictly speaking, Shen Xitang’s actions were pretty unethical; after all, the girl was already a fool, and they were still laughing at her.

But Lu Ye was genuinely curious.

After being in closed-door cultivation for so long, he needed some entertainment to relax.

Due to the earlier two marketing efforts regarding the **Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations** and **Heavenly Demon Blood Escape**, the Heavenly Gate had gained substantial experience. They were going through it like pros now.

Almost as soon as Lu Ye mentioned this, the word about it spread rapidly within the **Fifth Heaven**.

Everyone was pretty smart now.

As soon as Shangguan Huanling started selling things, they all knew to hold off on buying. Because the Heavenly Gate would quickly offer something even cheaper or even free, so everyone was watching closely.

As the Heavenly Gate released the news, the curious cultivators pounced on it like sharks sensing blood.

The onlookers let out a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness they hadn’t bought anything; not to mention, Shangguan Huanling was truly a nice person!

How they wished Shangguan Huanling would learn all the techniques within the Nine Heavens so they could even consider erecting a temple dedicated to her, calling it the Temple of the Mother of All Laws!

To worship the selfless Mother of All Laws, Shangguan Huanling!

Shangguan Huanling got word of this.

This time, she was genuinely panicked.

“Ah! Why are they giving away things for free again? Brother Lu Ye is being unreasonable! This is the third test; haven’t I already been tested twice? Now he’s throwing a third at me? Is this a test? He’s trying to push me to a dead end! How can he be like this?”

Shangguan Huanling was furious and sad, her face flushed, tears quickly pooling in her eyes.

Sun Ruowei finally couldn’t help but speak a truth.

“What if he actually wants to push you to your limits?” Sun Ruowei said.

“But why? Brother Lu Ye cut off my path to cultivation; how can I follow him now?”

“Hmm… could it be he cut off your cultivation path so you can’t follow him anymore?”

“But if I don’t follow him, how can he ever forgive me?”

“What if he never intended to forgive you in the first place?”

Shangguan Huanling froze for a moment before making a swift decision.

“No! That’s impossible!”

“I already admitted my mistakes and apologized! Why wouldn’t he forgive me? What else does he want from me?”

Seeing Shangguan Huanling’s reaction, Lu Ye, who initially wanted to relax, felt a block in his heart.

Yes, yes, yes! You’ve already admitted to your mistakes; how could I not forgive you? I was wrong! I was truly wrong!

You messed up, and just because I don’t forgive you, your mistake has somehow turned into mine!

Shen Xitang’s eyes lit up. Wait!

Is Shangguan the Fool actually coming to her senses?

Listening to those words, it really does sound sane.

Shen Xitang immediately rushed to meet Shangguan Huanling. The fool version of Shangguan was no match for her; the normal version, she could take on ten of them!!!

“Ding! Host!”

Just as Shen Xitang was about to ask Lu Ye to take her to see Shangguan Huanling, she heard a line.

“Could this be love’s deep responsibility?”

Shen Xitang?

Huh?