【Congratulations, Host, you have made the correct choice.]
【The second comparison has been newly activated!】
Ying Bing’s nature was such that once she made a decision, she would not hesitate.
Moreover, she was already mentally prepared.
After all, she had even endured the punishment last time.
What further excessive punishment could the system possibly have in store for her?
No, wait…
Why should she even think about the punishment?
Traveling through the South Border, her understanding of him was no less than her understanding of herself.
The odds were not bad.
Even if she lost, she wasn’t afraid of the punishment.
【Host, your courage is commendable. You truly are the three-time consecutive top prodigy on the system rankings.]
“Thank you for the compliment.”
Ying Bing’s face remained expressionless.
Ice Chunk quietly watched as you played your tricks.
【This time, the system has also undergone a complete upgrade, with new mechanisms in place.]
“What aspects have been upgraded?”
【Mainly concerning the punishment after defeat.]
Ying Bing: “?”
This was probably the least necessary aspect to upgrade. Thank you.
The system really didn’t seem to match up with the term “prodigy” except for rewards.
She furrowed her brows and looked into the latest punishment mechanism.
【From now on, the system’s punishment will be decided by a lucky blind box draw before the challenge begins!】
【Compiling the next punishment, content sourced from last week’s top ranking: Li Mo.]
Illusory words floated line by line, then slowly disappeared.
Instead, a screen only she could see appeared.
Ying Bing did not react, lightly pressing her lips together.
She had only heard of lotteries, but how could punishment also be drawn at random?
And this source of content…
Ying Bing raised her gaze, looking at the young man sitting before the Jade Phoenix Divine, earnestly contemplating the divine essence of the Jade Phoenix. Surrounded by soft light, he sat upright, appearing increasingly sunny and approachable.
Elders would surely say he was a child from another family.
Literati would certainly praise him as a fine jade tree orchid, a gentleman.
Is the content of the reward… or punishment, his true thoughts?
【Shall we start drawing?】
After staring at Little Li for a moment, Ying Bing let out a sigh of relief, her lips curling into a confident smile.
It wasn’t just his appearance.
Her inner feelings were the same.
Apart from occasionally being somewhat childish in childhood and now, he truly was a gentleman.
For example:
Li Mo had no interest in Ouyang’s painting album.
So there was nothing to worry about; she suspected he didn’t even have many suitable thoughts to use as punishment.
Ying Bing changed her posture, lying sideways on the soft bed, casually picking up a grape and eating it.
【Yes.]
With her thought, the screen rippled, images gradually appearing.
A young couple holding hands walked down the street, the woman eating candy given to her by the man.
“Are these the things he’s thinking about?”
Ying Bing’s eyes were calm, a hint of a smile in her eyes.
Feeding her some candy—she had even eaten the sugar figures Li Mo made today. Could this be considered punishment? If his thoughts…
The next second.
“I want some too.”
“But there’s only one.”
“I want this one.”
They started eating the candy, which had a stringy texture.
【Punishment One: Eating imported candy.]
Ying Bing: “?”
Her beautiful, mirror-like eyes froze, her fingertips involuntarily curling slightly.
In fact, they had shared cups before; sometimes when eating, Li Mo would use his chopsticks to pick up food and feed it to her, and she would habitually open her mouth to eat it.
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But she suddenly recalled that today when eating the candy figure, her lips were sticky with sugar syrup.
He casually wiped it off, then turned around and sucked his fingers while eating noodles.
At that moment, Ying Bing felt a faint sense of unease.
Now, this sense of unease was concretized and no longer faint.
“Is this what a gentleman should think?”
As everyone knows, forgetting an unpleasant thing is simple; just know something worse.
Wait until Ying Bing regains her composure.
The screen started rolling again.
Similarly, as everyone knows,
Little Ke, carrying memories from his past life, had experienced various information shocks and opened a new world in certain group chats, thanks to well-meaning people who shared.
This was something most people go through, sooner or later…
But the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths were different.
Some things, the Phoenix Sky Empress, who had been alone for many years in the cold palace, couldn’t even imagine, let alone hear about.
“No wonder he likes feet…”
“He doesn’t just like feet…”
…
After a while.
Ying Bing’s eyes widened slightly, but what she saw were her own water-damaged little feet, causing her to involuntarily turn her gaze elsewhere.
Yet, images kept popping up in her mind.
“He… isn’t a gentleman.”
“He’s clearly a bad guy…”
Ying Bing looked at the young man sitting there, unable to help but curl her legs and hug them.
There were ten possible punishments available to draw from.
Imported candy was actually the lightest punishment, while the rest were gateways to a new world.
The bad news was:
She had to draw one of these ten to determine her next punishment.
【Please draw your next punishment, Host!]
On the screen, the blind boxes, each flashing with different lights, began to change positions, dazzling the eye.
Ying Bing took a deep breath and extended her finger.
……
The next morning.
Ke Mo rubbed his temples and got up. The divine essence within the Jade Phoenix Divine he encountered last night was the fiercest he had ever faced.
He spent the entire night struggling to integrate into the seventy changes, barely managing.
Wrathful spirit.
Even if it was just the divine essence, it retained deeply ingrained rebelliousness and a love for fighting.
Either satisfy this wrathful spirit, or continue the slow process.
“I thought I could complete the seventy changes last night.”
“Ice Chunk…”
Little Ke was about to ask Ying Bing what she wanted for breakfast.
But when he turned back,
He saw Ying Bing hugging her jade-like legs, her eyes filled with a deep look as their gazes met, her eyes flickering slightly before turning away.
“…”
Little Ke had no idea what happened, picked up his teacup, and took a sip.
“What’s wrong?”
“I thought you only liked feet.”
“Pfft…”
Little Ke hadn’t managed to swallow the tea in his mouth.
“That’s just a professional habit…”
“But it seems like you want more than just to rub.”
Ying Bing lowered her eyes, speaking softly.
Ke Mo felt a bit guilty under her gaze: “Who said that? Ice Chunk, you’re slandering me!”
“Hmph… gentleman…”
Little Ke didn’t understand why Ice Chunk suddenly mentioned this.
But the meaning seemed a bit off.
Just then.
Zhong Zhenyue’s voice came from below the tavern, calling Ke Mo to head to Green Wood Camp.
