Free Web Novel“Congratulations, Host, you have made the correct choice.”
“This comparison will restart!”
Ying Bing’s nature was such that once she made a decision, she wouldn’t hesitate.
Besides, she was already mentally prepared.
After all, she had already experienced the previous punishment.
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No, wait...
Why was she thinking about punishment?
Having traveled all the way from the Southern Border, her understanding of him was no less than her understanding of herself.
Her chances of winning were not small.
Even if she lost, she wasn't afraid of the punishment.
“Host, your courage is commendable. You truly are a peerless Prodigy who has consecutively ranked second in the System three times.”
“Thank you for the compliment.”
Ying Bing remained expressionless.
The Ice Cube quietly watched to see what tricks you could pull.jpg.
“This time, the System has also undergone a complete upgrade, with a completely new mechanism.”
“What aspects have been upgraded?”
“Mainly regarding the punishment after defeat.”
Ying Bing: “?”
This aspect should be the least necessary to upgrade, thank you.
The System truly had no aspect, apart from its rewards, that aligned with the title of ‘peerless Prodigy’.
She frowned, checking the latest punishment mechanism.
“From this time on, the System’s punishment will be determined by a lucky blind box draw before the challenge begins!”
“Currently summarizing this punishment, the content source is the top-ranked from last time: Li Mo.”
Lines of illusory text appeared, then slowly faded.
In their place was a light screen that only she could see.
Ying Bing was puzzled, gently pursing her lips.
She had only heard of lucky draws; how could punishment also be drawn?
And this content source...
Ying Bing looked up at the young man sitting before the Jade Phoenix, diligently comprehending the jade phoenix god’s true spirit. He was enveloped in soft light, sitting upright, appearing even more sunny and approachable.
Elders would definitely say he was someone else’s child.
Scholars would surely praise him as a true gentleman, a man of noble character.
Did this mean the content of the reward... punishment, would be what he was thinking in his heart?
“Do you want to start the draw?”
After gazing at Xiao Li for a moment, Ying Bing let out a sigh of relief, a confident smile gracing her lips.
He wasn't just like that on the surface.
The facts she witnessed were also consistent with that.
Aside from being occasionally childish when he was young and even now, he truly deserved to be called a gentleman.
For example:
Li Mo had no interest in Ouyang’s sketchbooks.
Then there was nothing to worry about. She even suspected that he didn't have many thoughts suitable for punishment in his mind.
Ying Bing changed her posture, lying sideways on the soft couch, and casually picked up a grape to eat.
“Yes.”
As the thought settled, the light screen rippled, and images gradually began to appear on it.
A young couple walked hand in hand on the street, the woman eating a piece of candy offered by the man.
“Is this what he’s thinking?”
Ying Bing’s eyes were serene, a hint of amusement barely concealed within them.
Just feeding her a piece of candy, that’s all. She even ate a sugar-painted figure made by Li Mo today. Could this even count as punishment? As expected, in his heart...
The next second.
“I want some too.”
“But there’s only one.”
“I want this one.”
The two ate one piece of candy, the kind that stretched when pulled apart.
“Preparatory Punishment One: Consume shared candy.”
Ying Bing: “?”
Her beautiful, mirror-like eyes froze, and her fingertips couldn’t help but curl slightly.
In fact, they had even used the same cup. Sometimes during meals, Li Mo would use his chopsticks to pick up food for her and bring it to her mouth, and she would habitually open her mouth to eat it.
But then she vaguely recalled that when she ate the sugar figure today, there was glistening sugar juice on her lips.
He casually wiped it off, then turned to eat noodles and slurped his fingers.
Ying Bing had felt a faint sense of strangeness in her heart at the time.
Now, this strangeness was materialized, and it was no longer faint.
“Is this what a gentleman... should think?”
As is well known, forgetting an excessive matter is simple; you just need to know an even more excessive matter.
Before Ying Bing could calm her mind.
The light screen scrolled again.
Also well known.
Xiao Li, with memories of his previous life from within the womb, had been exposed to various information shocks. And in certain group chats, from some kind-hearted individuals who enjoyed sharing, he had opened the door to a new world.
This is something most people will experience, sooner or later...
But Nine Heavens and Ten Lands was different.
Some things, the Phoenix Heavenly Empress, who had been lonely for many years in the desolate Toad Palace, had never even heard of, let alone imagined.
“No wonder he likes feet...”
“He doesn’t just like feet...”
...
A long while later.
Ying Bing’s eyes slightly opened, only to see her own ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) still-damp small feet. She involuntarily turned her gaze elsewhere.
But her mind couldn’t stop conjuring images.
“He... is no gentleman.”
“He’s clearly a bad guy...”
Ying Bing watched the young man sitting there with a melancholic gaze, unable to resist curling her legs and hugging them together.
There were a total of twenty punishments available for drawing.
The shared candy was surprisingly the lightest punishment; the rest were all things that opened the door to a new world.
The bad news was.
She had to draw one from these twenty to be the condition for the next punishment.
“Host, please draw the next punishment!”
On the light screen, blind boxes shimmering with various lights began to shift positions, dazzling the eyes.
Ying Bing gently took a breath and extended her finger.
...
The next morning.
Li Mo rubbed his temples as he got up. The true spirit within the jade phoenix god yesterday was the fiercest he had ever encountered.
He had wasted an entire night, finding it extremely difficult to integrate it into the Seventy-Two Transformations.
Ya Zi.
Even as a mere true spirit, it possessed deep-rooted arrogance and a combative nature.
He either had to satisfy this Ya Zi true spirit or continue with the slow, persistent effort.
“I thought I could achieve Perfection in the Seventy-Two Transformations last night.”
“Ice Cube...”
Xiao Li was about to ask Ying Bing what she wanted for breakfast.
However, when he turned around.
He saw Ying Bing hugging her jade-like legs, her eyes looking at him wistfully. When their eyes met, her gaze trembled slightly, and she turned her head away.
“...”
Xiao Li was completely unaware of what had happened. He picked up his teacup and took a sip of water.
“What’s wrong?”
“I thought you only liked feet.”
“Pfft...”
Xiao Li couldn’t hold back the tea he had just sipped.
“That’s just an occupational hazard...”
“But you seem to want to do more than just rub.”
Ying Bing said wistfully, her eyes downcast.
Li Mo felt a bit guilty under her gaze: “Who said that? Ice Cube, that’s slander!”
“Hmph... gentleman...”
Xiao Li didn’t know why the Ice Cube suddenly brought that up.
But the meaning conveyed didn’t seem very positive.
Just then.
Zhong Zhenyue’s shout came from downstairs. He had come to take Li Mo to Qingmu Camp.
