Free Web NovelChapter 147: Chapter 147: The High Priest’s Madness
Yue Yue wandered through the sleek spaceship. Since this was a futuristic beast world, everything was powered by glowing energy cells and advanced AI, but it felt incredibly empty when you had no one to talk to.
"I’m bored, System," she grumbled internally. "If I don’t get a mission soon, I’m going to start dismantling these wall panels just to see how they work."
[The host is encouraged to find a target,] the system replied drolly.
She huffed and turned a sharp corner, her soft boots padding silently on the floor.
Suddenly, she heard a familiar, cocky laugh echoing from a semi private lounge area. It was none other than Xing Luoye.
She slowed her pace, creeping closer. She saw him leaning against a holographic screen, his fingers tapping rhythmically on his wrist terminal. He was in the middle of a long distance communication.
"So you’re telling me the High Priest has actually gone mad? Hahaha!" Xing Luoye’s voice was full of wicked delight.
"That high and mighty man finally snapped? Give me some videos, I want to see his face when he lost it. It must be legendary."
"It would be truly worth seeing his face after realising his bride was actually kidnapped. Ahh, the most powerful man’s female is kidnapped, truly hilarious."
"You should leak the news to the star net. Let the entire world find out about this."
Yue Yue’s eyes widened to the size of saucers. The High Priest? Feng Yanshen. He was the calm, holy, and powerful pillar of the Temple.
But she knew that if that man went mad, he was capable of destroying everything, and she had seen this first hand. And now she was not even there to actually pull him out of madness.
What would happen to him? She was truly scared.
"Feng Yanshen..." she whispered, her heart squeezing with a mix of worry and confusion.
Without thinking, she bolted forward. She did not care about anything. She needed to see that screen. She needed to know what happened to him.
"Xing Luoye! Let me see!" she cried out, lunging toward him.
Xing Luoye flinched in surprise as the small female suddenly appeared out of nowhere. "Whoa! Hey!"
Yue Yue did not listen. She reached for his wrist, her small hands grabbing his arm, trying to pull the holographic display toward her face. Because he was so much taller, she had to stand on her tiptoes, practically climbing up his sturdy frame to reach the terminal.
On the other end of the call, a male Orc, who was clearly his subordinate, froze. His jaw dropped as he saw a beautiful female suddenly tackle the notorious Xing Luoye.
Xing Luoye’s expression shifted from surprise to a dark, teasing smirk. He did not push her off.
Instead, he shifted his weight, using his large body to shield Yue Yue’s face from the camera’s angle. He did not want the other man getting a good look at her. frёewebnoѵēl.com
"Baby... do not grab me like this," Xing Luoye whispered sarcastically, his voice vibrating against her ear. "I know you missed me, but at least wait until I end the call."
"It is not wise to act like this in front of outsiders. What will they think about us?"
"Shut up and let me see!" Yue Yue snapped, her face flushed with urgency as she tried to scramble up his chest to get a better grip on his arm. To anyone watching, it looked like she was desperately trying to embrace him.
Xing Luoye felt her soft body pressing against his hard muscles, and his eyes darkened with a flash of something. He looked back at the stunned man on the screen.
"My dear friend, I think you have seen enough," Xing Luoye said smoothly, his voice dropping into dangerous territory. "My female is really in a rush today. She is quite impatient for my attention, as you can see."
The man stammered, "I... I did not mean to..."
"You are not allowed to see her rogue actions, so I am disconnecting now," Xing Luoye interrupted with a wicked chuckle.
Before the Orc could respond, Xing Luoye sent a quick, encrypted command to the terminal: [Record the last 30 seconds of this without sound and send it to the High Priest’s private channel.]
He could already imagine Feng Yanshen’s reaction. The holy man would probably die from high blood pressure seeing his precious female climbing all over him.
After all, the High Priest’s precious female was the one who gave him such an opportunity. It was not like he was the one who had forced her.
Beep. The call disconnected.
The room fell silent, except for Yue Yue’s heavy breathing as she finally managed to pin his arm down.
"Where is he? What happened to Feng Yanshen?" she demanded, glaring up at him.
Xing Luoye looked down at her. Her hands were still clamped around his wrist, and she was pinned between his chest and the wall she had pushed him toward. He raised a brow, his favorability flickering.
[Ding!]
[New Mission Triggered!]
[Mission: Soothe the Jealous Beast. Make Xing Luoye smile genuinely within 3 minutes.]
[Reward: +3% Favourability, 1x Truth Serum Dart, and 1 energy boost pill, And 5 days of life extension.]
Yue Yue blinked at the notification. She looked at Xing Luoye’s face. He was smiling.
But wait a minute!
Why did his smile look so sinister? Like he was plotting her murder.
No wonder the system gave her such a mission. The man was a master of fake smiles.
"You really care about that priest, do not you?" Xing Luoye asked, his voice low and cold. "You run to me, climb on me, and touch me... but you are only shouting another man’s name."
His grip on her waist tightened, pulling her flush against him.
"That," he whispered, "is very bad manners, little female."
"Huh!" She was stunned, but her face turned red with anger.
She slapped his chest and said, "Do you think kidnapping a young female is good manners?"
"And even going as far as enjoying tormenting her husband?" she huffed.
"Where did you learn such things? Tell me, and I will teach them what real manners are."
Xing Luoye smiled. "You want to teach? Why do not you teach me directly? I am willing to learn anything... especially from such a beautiful female."
