Chapter 3076: Nobles and Merchants (12)

Zhao Chi could sense the change in his own thinking.

His memory had no gaps.

He could clearly feel that his tenderness toward Tang Ruan had completely vanished, replaced by a desire to destroy.

A desire to break her.

This was the effect of the skill.

Zhao Chi knew this too, but he couldn't possibly resist it by his own willpower.

Now looking at Tang Ruan again, his gaze had already changed.

It wouldn't go so far as to truly treat her as an enemy, but it certainly wouldn't be gentle either.

All that careful tenderness, loving protection—cast it all aside.

Just bombard her wildly!

Bombard her to the deepest, most painful place!

Tang Ruan was really too adorable right now.

But the more adorable she was, the more she had to be destroyed!

Beautiful things must be ruined!

Tang Ruan looked at Zhao Chi's fierce gaze in pleasant surprise, a smile appearing in her eyes, a happy expression spreading across her face.

Gu Qing asked in astonishment, "My lord, your eyes look so fierce right now—surely you haven't really taken Tang Ruan as an enemy, have you?"

Zhao Chi looked at the incomparably beautiful Gu Qing, tenderness rising in his heart, and his gaze softened along with it.

But when he looked again at the explosively adorable Tang Ruan, that irritability returned, and his gaze sharpened once more.

Zhao Chi sighed, "Tang Ruan, release me from the enemy state."

"Okay~"

In another instant.

Zhao Chi's inner world changed drastically.

Suddenly he felt—how could Tang Ruan be this charming?

The manic feeling vanished without a trace.

An overwhelming tenderness rose in his heart once again.

He only wanted to feed her, only wanted to protect her.

How could he possibly hurt her?

Zhao Chi couldn't understand his previous thoughts at all, but he was also clear that this was an effect brought by Tang Ruan's ability.

"Not bad, Tang Ruan. I roughly understand what an enemy would feel toward you now. Honestly, with your current looks, if you went to war, plenty of enemies probably wouldn't have the heart to attack you—at the very least, they wouldn't strike you first."

Tang Ruan nodded and said, "That won't do though… Fortunately I have a new title to make up for that. Shall we keep testing, my lord?"

"We do. I want to truly attack you, to test the effective range of your new talent. Including both the healing range and the damage range—first take off your Mystic Maiden Armor."

"Okay~"

After testing, Zhao Chi could roughly draw his conclusion.

Tang Ruan's "Suffering Sacred Body" had the same range for both healing and damage—a circle with a 10-meter diameter centered on Tang Ruan.

As long as allies were within this range, they would evenly receive that 15% healing effect. Enemies were the same—as long as they were within this range, they would share 15% of the damage.

A 10-meter diameter means a 5-meter radius.

The distance wasn't exactly close.

Not bad!

"Is this test done, my lord? Anything else to test?"

"No more testing, I've finished. We can go relax properly next."

Gu Qing smiled, "My lord, just spend more time with Tang Ruan today. You don't need to come to me."

Zhuang Ya and Qi Yue both nodded.

Zhao Chi laughed, "You three think you can run? All of you, wait for me at the top floor! Today I'm going to restore the inheritance points I gave you—wait for me properly."

Gu Qing smiled, "Really? That's wonderful. Then we'll be waiting for you."

Zhuang Ya also nodded.

Upon hearing this, Qi Yue reflexively swallowed a big mouthful of saliva, her cheeks flushed bright red.

Though she said nothing, an expression of anticipation was already showing in her eyes.

She hadn't had any in several days.

Zhao Chi laughed, "Alright, all of you, look forward to it properly. Let's go, Tang Ruan—we'll go to your room first. I want to properly taste what you're like now."

Gu Qing smiled, "After my lord has a taste, I want a taste too—you smell absolutely delicious right now~"

"Huh?" Tang Ruan looked weakly at Gu Qing.

Zhao Chi scooped her up in one motion: "Gu Qing's just joking. Let's go!"

Facts proved that Zhao Chi truly felt overwhelming tenderness toward her.

No matter what, he dawdled along at a snail's pace.

Tang Ruan was very dissatisfied.

How could she possibly be satisfied?

The elixir's effect was already at maximum, and she wished she could stuff all of Zhao Chi inside.

Before being promoted to royalty it had clearly been quite good—now after the promotion, how could there be a reverse effect?

So Tang Ruan once again had complaints about her appearance improving.

But fortunately, this time she had a solution.