Free Web Novel"Do you want to proceed with the drawing now?"
Above the Somersault Cloud, the System's text quietly hovered in the Void Realm.
"......"
Ying Bing subconsciously lowered her gaze, her eyes reflecting the upright Xiao Li nearby.
As {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} if sensing her thoughts, the System spoke again:
"That's right, no need to doubt. Since the last ranking's top spot was the host herself, the punishment conditions will be drawn from the mind of the top-ranked person from the time before last."
To put it bluntly.
It was still those... those scenes that opened the door to a new world in the mind of the upright Xiao Li... some of which, if drawn...
The Ice Cube's temperature, which had just dropped, showed a tendency to rise again.
However.
It was going to be drawn anyway; it was just a matter of sooner or later.
Before the Prodigies of the Qianlong Ranking gathered in Dijin, she had to become one of the top three on the Qianlong Ranking.
Those at the top of the Qianlong Ranking were not easy to deal with: the Demon-Calling Holy Child, the Yantian Sect's Tian Miao Fairy, the Heavenly God Sword, the Penglai Star Child. The strength gap between these Prodigies was actually very small, and each relied on a major power with unfathomable foundations.
Her and Li Mo being among them indicated that, in the Yantian Sect's eyes, their strengths were very close.
There was also that unique existence among all Prodigies—the Great Yu Crown Prince.
In her previous life, when she defeated this person, she was exactly twenty years old, in the prime of her youth, with Guan Shen Nine Apertures.
Now, it was three years earlier.
"Currently drawing the next punishment condition for the host....."
As the thought fell, a light screen identical to the last appeared, with various scenes flashing within it.
The scene showed a somewhat dim room. There were lights, but they weren't shining from above; instead, they were from... the ground?
The lights were also pink...
Was that a bed? But it was clearly filled with water. Who fills a bed with water?
There was also a woman on it, dressed in a way unlike the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, with a veil over her eyes, black unlike Xiao Jiang's.
Oh, and she was tied up.
It was like the way Senior Brother Ouyang tied things...
"Is this punishment about escaping?"
A hint of curiosity appeared on Ying Bing's cold and serene face.
What kind of punishment was this?
"Is the Ice Cube spacing out?"
Li Mo was eating a spiritual fruit that nourished the Yi Soul, somewhat like a watermelon. It was crisp and delicious, but it hadn't been chilled, which was a minor flaw.
Well, the upright Xiao Li truly didn't know that the 'study materials' folder in his mind had already been made public...
Ahem, perhaps 'made public' isn't quite accurate, as only the Ice Cube saw it.
If he had seen it, he would probably have exclaimed:
'Holy crap, uniforms...'
"Hmm?"
Li Mo's gaze shifted downwards, finding her long, fair fingers clutching the corner of her skirt, tightly crumpled into a ball.
She seemed very uncomfortable, even a little pained.
What happened?
"Preliminary Punishment One: Doing whatever one desires in a secret room."
"....."
Ying Bing's eyelashes trembled slightly, and deep ripples stirred in her profound eyes, like trees wanting to be still but the wind not ceasing.
Where did he see all these things?
Perhaps because they had just acted together, she subconsciously replaced the male and female leads in the System's screen with Qingyuan Sect's best actor and actress. freeweɓnovel.cѳm
It seems having too vivid an imagination is not always a good thing...
The scene continued.
This time, it was a riverside park at sunset, with a man and woman sitting on a bench, bathed in the twilight.
The woman sat in the man's lap, her head buried in his shoulder, her movements like a fierce storm, gnawing with a sizzling sound, as if they were fighting.
A moment later, the woman lifted her head and said shyly:
"What's that thing, poking me?"
And on the man's neck, there was already a large patch of red marks. frёewebnoѵēl.com
The Ice Cube's eyes reflected all of this.
The Phoenix Heavenly Empress was shocked by a tiny bit of the 'in-love' phase.
She had never seen such things.
Gui Palace and the Qingluan Clan were basically no different, or even more so, because the Qingluan were waiting for their fated one, while the Disciples of Gui Palace completely followed their palace master in transcending the Mortal World.
How could love and affection be more important than seeking the Dao with a clear mind and few desires?
"Preliminary Punishment Two: Planting Forty-nine strawberries."
"Is this... is this normal?"
Han Xianzi's eyes slightly lost focus; she truly didn't know.
But these were all the thoughts of the upright Xiao Li.
"Ice Cube, what are you muttering about?"
At this moment, her shoulder was gently pushed. Ying Bing subconsciously turned her head and saw him looking at her with concern, his Adam's apple moving slightly. He seemed to have just eaten and swallowed something...
Those scenes she had just suppressed resurfaced in her mind.
Ying Bing's heart suddenly felt a little itchy, and it spread through her blood to her fingertips, making her fingers unconsciously curl.
"No wonder the intimate apparel you bought was all like that."
"Cough, those were all local styles from Southern Border; the proprietress insisted on giving them..."
The upright Xiao Li was still being stubborn.
Ying Bing raised her eyes and tucked her hair behind her ear:
"When I passed by there, I heard the proprietress say that there was an upright gentleman from the Central Plains who kept saying 'when in Rome, do as the Romans do'."
"....."
Under her profound gaze, the upright Xiao Li swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Why did he always feel like the Ice Cube could see through his heart?
His expression quickly turned serious, and he pointed into the distance:
"Ice Cube, we're almost there. Hey, look, is that our home?"
"Mm."
Although Ying Bing didn't know the way, she still nodded gently.
She wanted to pretend nothing had happened, but the System's punishment drawing hadn't ended yet.
"Currently displaying Preliminary Punishment Three for the host..."
.....
At dusk.
The Somersault Cloud traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers, finally leaving Southern Border and arriving at the Eastern Wasteland Region, which was relatively close to Southern Border.
From high in the sky, numerous rivers could be seen in the distance, as well as buildings scattered along the riverbanks.
Ahead was Qinghe County.
Before the Somersault Cloud even landed, a huge banner could be seen hanging there.
"Congratulations to the Li family's children for ascending the Qianlong Ranking and ranking among the top five!"
Exaggerated, too exaggerated.
"What 'Li family's children'?"
Li Mo felt something was off and turned to Ying Bing, saying, "Ice Cube, your surname isn't Li."
Ying Bing clutched the boy with a large head, not looking at him, and it was unclear if she heard him.
"It's not even the end of the month..."
Xiao Li was a bit puzzled.
Was the Ice Cube perhaps feeling homesick?
Seeing the banner, Li Mo decided to go straight home. If he and the Ice Cube appeared on the street, it would probably be quite troublesome.
He didn't want to be gawked at, but since they were all fellow villagers, if people asked about their well-being or asked for favors, he couldn't act aloof.
So he and Ying Bing simply landed directly in their own courtyard.
But things didn't go as planned.
Even if he didn't go out, his home was not peaceful. The main hall was bustling, as if they were having dinner, like a feast.
"Nephew Dalong, our old Li family's ancestral grave is smoking! We even have a Prodigy on the Qianlong Ranking."
"We haven't visited each other in a long time, sigh. Li Mo, that child, when I held him as a baby, he even peed on me. In the blink of an eye, he's such a big boy."
"At the time, I thought it was just a namesake; who would have thought."
"Are Xiao Mo and Xiao Bing's relationship still the same as before?"
"Are they still fighting now?"
