Chapter 138: Nan Feihuang's Distress

"It's over, it's over."

"The 197th to 198th time."

In Xun Yu's room, Nan Feihuang was still pacing back and forth, his mouth incessantly repeating that it was over, while Xun Yu, with great interest, kept count for this inexplicable lord.

Not until the three-hundredth time did he also lose his patience, "I say, Lord, in what way is it over for you? You come to me, pacing and rambling for over an hour, just saying it's over. Forget about me, even if you tied Wolong and Fengchu together, they wouldn't be able to guess what you mean by this."

Nan Feihuang pressed both hands onto Xun Yu's desk and looked at him, the force so fierce it sent countless cracks through the desk, "Wenruo, this is a long story."

Xun Yu looked at his desk with heartache, "I can see that this is very serious, so Lord, please keep it short."

"Just now, Qian Renxue—I mean, Qian Renxue, having restored her original appearance, came to see me. She said she was here to see me off, and then, I don't know how it happened, but I accidentally confessed my feelings to her," Nan Feihuang muttered.

"Oh, that's not long!" Xun Yu nodded, "What's the big deal about that? You two have been communicating for three years, and you haven't said less than that in front of Xue Qinghe either. It's not the first time; it's just that you haven't said it while she was in her true form. I personally felt it was about time. If you bluff well, the Princess saying it at this time makes it even easier for her to believe that you truly like her."

"That, Wenruo, what if I said that what I just said was completely different from the bluffs of the past, and actually came from the depths of my heart?" Nan Feihuang asked.

The book in Xun Yu's hand fell to the floor with a 'thud', "I don't quite understand what the Lord means. Are you saying that what you just said to Qian Renxue was not a bluff?"

"The problem is, I don't want to develop feelings for her; this will only affect our future plans. Wenruo, help me think of a way," Nan Feihuang was extremely distressed.

"However, for Qian Renxue to treat you like that, I fear she has also developed feelings for you. You two were originally bluffing each other, and as a result, you bluffed the other into developing feelings, and then bluffed yourselves into developing feelings as well. Truly, you are both talents."

Xun Yu teased, "Heh, what a great move of 'eating and then spitting it out'; the Lord truly uses it to perfection."

"It seems... probably, that might be the case!" Nan Feihuang tried to defend himself, but after using three questioning words in a row, he still couldn't say anything to deny it and had to bite the bullet and admit it. He also told Xun Yu the entire sequence of events.

"Second, is her aptitude not strong?"

"Super strong. Her potential might not be as great as mine, but with an Innate Level 20 cultivation speed, if I didn't have Immortal Herbs and top-tier cultivation arts, I fear I might not necessarily match her." There was no denying Qian Renxue's potential.

"It's so good it's almost like she's giving it away for free."

After listening, Xun Yu was actually somewhat angry, "What is this Qian Renxue playing at? I also have ways to obtain information on Distraction Control and those Spirit Beasts. I was planning to use that to throw the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Clear Sky Sect into chaos; how did she steal my credit?"

"Third, is she not good to you?"

Xun Yu, however, was somewhat puzzled, "Why? Lord, I will ask you a few questions, and you answer them one by one. First, is that Qian Renxue not beautiful?"

"Wenruo, the key right now is my problem; why are you still concerned about such things? Besides, she is your future mistress—pfft!" Nan Feihuang blurted out, only to realize something was wrong. Since when did Qian Renxue become Xun Yu's future mistress?

"Beautiful, three parts more beautiful than even my mother and Lingqi." Regarding Qian Renxue's appearance, Nan Feihuang could not find a single flaw.

"Fourth, does the Spirit Hall and my Gu Lei Kingdom, or rather the Qian Family and the Nan Family, have any enmity?"

"No grudges, no enmity."

"Then that's that. What does the Lord still have to struggle with?" Xun Yu said, "Since there is no life-and-death enmity, and she is beautiful enough, strong enough, and good enough to you, in reality, between us and her, it is just a matter of competing for the continent based on our own abilities."

"In the future, there may be conflicts due to differences in stance, but this friendship can still exist. We will just have a good fight with her and her Spirit Hall, using all sorts of overt and covert schemes, decide the winner, and if that doesn't work, you two can have another round of 'Dynasty Warriors' style combat to decide the outcome."

"At that time, if she wins, then at worst we give up the world, help her unify it, and assist her in becoming Empress. If we win, the Lord can just snatch her to be my mistress. In any case, I have always felt that Lingqi is not suited to be a mistress; her personality is too simple. Fighting is fine, but being a master is out of the question. And Princess Xue Ke does not have the ability to walk side-by-side with you."

"My former lord Cao Mengde always did things this way. How did that saying of his go? Right, 'I shall take care of your wife.' Although the Lord's situation is slightly different from Lord Cao's, it is roughly the same—it just changed from occupying the land and taking the wife to taking the daughter instead."

"Huh, now that you put it that way, I think I'm starting to understand. But there is still one major difficulty: how should I deal with her?" What Nan Feihuang was actually worried about in his heart was never Qian Renxue, but Bibi Dong.

Qian Renxue's temperament was still acceptable; although she was a bit of a romantic, at least she didn't have the crazy idea of destroying the continent.

As for Bibi Dong, Nan Feihuang was not sure if her talk of destroying the world at the end was from the heart or just angry words.

But Nan Feihuang didn't want to understand at all. Regardless of whether she was sincere about destroying the world, wouldn't it be a permanent solution to kill her in the future?

But now, hindered by Qian Renxue, if he wanted to kill Bibi Dong, he had three parts more hesitation.

Yet this was a dead knot; after all, no matter what, the blood connection between Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue could not be reversed.

Thinking of this, Nan Feihuang felt somewhat depressed. His murderous intent toward Bibi Dong had not diminished, just as hers was toward him.

Even if Bibi Dong, hindered by Qian Renxue using the Grandmaster to threaten her, did not dare to kill Nan Feihuang for the time being, it did not mean her murderous intent had dissipated.

If there were an opportunity in the future, she still would not let Nan Feihuang go.

The two had such great murderous intent toward each other not because of hatred; one did not want a ticking time bomb on the continent they would unify in the future, and the other simply did not want to see Qian Renxue find happiness. In fact, the two sides had no grudges or enmity at all.

"Alright, Lord, don't think so much. When the boat reaches the bridge, it will naturally go straight. You and that Qian Renxue should just let things develop naturally," Xun Yu advised.

In fact, he knew what Nan Feihuang was truly worried about, but regarding the current situation, it was already within the range of potential deviations in the strategic direction Xun Yu had considered.

To Xun Yu, this small matter was no big deal. He had long since thought of how to help Nan Feihuang deal with it, so he was not in a hurry at all.

He could guarantee that even if the Gu Lei Kingdom and the Spirit Hall were to become direct enemies in the future, Qian Renxue would not blame Nan Feihuang; a small scheme would suffice.

As a strategist, one cannot pin one's hopes on the assumption that there will be no variables. One must know that in this world, the most constant thing is change.

Therefore, what Xun Yu had to do was to be able to respond freely regardless of what changes occurred in the strategic direction.

However, he suddenly found that keeping his lord in suspense and anxious was quite interesting, so he thought he would temporarily not reveal the strategy in his heart to Nan Feihuang. This way, when the time came, Nan Feihuang's expressions of true feeling would be even more convincing.

"Wenruo, don't say that 'Qian' character anymore. I feel uncomfortable hearing it now. I think I've caught a terrible disease." Nan Feihuang suddenly clutched his chest. When Xun Yu mentioned Qian Renxue's name, his chest felt as if it had been struck. Back when he was DIY-ing the game, he had added too many elements from the Three Kingdoms, mainly *Three Kingdoms Heroes* and *Dynasty Warriors*, but it seemed he had also added some things that shouldn't have been there, such as the somewhat nonsensical *Ultimate Three Kingdoms*.

"A terrible disease? What does the Lord mean?" Xun Yu asked, puzzled.

"Keyword invasion of the heart meridian!" After saying this, Nan Feihuang fell straight to the ground.

(End of chapter)