Chapter 131: I Want It All! (Third update, Happy Qixi Festival)

After single-handedly orchestrating the first mechanical crisis of the Beigan Dynasty, Ren Yidao, the mastermind behind the scenes, felt a moment of hesitation for the first time.

Ren Yidao was not quite sure if he should continue to have more contact with Li Qiushui at this time.

The mountain has no worries, it turns white because of the snow;

The water has no sorrow, it ripples because of the wind.

This passage should really be applied to Li Qiushui.

She is the innocent mountain and water whose heartstrings have been plucked.

At the beginning, Ren Yidao was just holding a mentality of stirring up trouble, but he never thought it would cause such a great impact on Li Qiushui...

Ren Yidao fell silent for a moment, then laughed at himself and couldn't help but complain:

"What kind of gold am I trying to gild my own face with?"

It's not like I'm some kind of 'yasashii' loser male lead from an island nation; there's no need to make myself look so innocent and passive, or to act as if I'm in such inner pain when making a choice.

If you really couldn't accept it, then why the hell did you flirt with her in the first place!?

Saying this now is a bit hypocritical.

However, although the way you Li Family members handle problems is a bit extreme.

I was the one who took the initiative to do it, so what of it?

"After you wake up, you will forget everything that happened here and will not recall a single bit."

A fox has no such psychological burden; its specialty is a flexible moral bottom line.

Li Qiushui raised her head and issued a soul-searching question to the dummy:

"Why can this palace not have both?"

"Perhaps I should force him to make things clear."

But just before Ren Yidao could continue to guide her, his words were interrupted by Li Qiushui.

Is this... a thought from my own heart?

Li Qiushui recalled the words she had heard earlier.

Oh my, I accidentally let her achieve a clear state of mind...

Then, after discerning her inner heart, should she cut off this greedy desire?

"Do I have feelings for her? Perhaps not quite; for now, I only hold a desire to possess something beautiful."

This trial is: Questioning the Heart.

With a pause in her movements, Li Qiushui let go of the dummy and took half a step back.

Once he has settled everyone, it will be time for this joyous trial to end.

Ren Yidao fell silent.

This result, although it deviates significantly from the plan.

As for that remaining Seventh Prince, Ren Yidao did not attempt to hypnotize him.

【This, too, is a way to resolve things.】

"You will care more and more about the fox, like it more and more, and finally, you will crazily want to keep the fox."

In Li Qiushui's dictionary, the word 'give up' does not seem to exist.

For a person of such pure nature, the success rate of hypnosis is actually low; it's easy to make a mistake if one is not careful, so it is better to do nothing at all.

Now that things have reached this point, there seems to be no need to set up a 'deeply affectionate' persona for myself.

As for me, the fox, I stopped being human a long time ago.

It is desire, it is greed, but ultimately, it is not love.

"Li Qiushui's identity is special, her personality is very interesting, and her appearance is top-tier in the Earthly Realm, so I want to grasp her in my palm and not share her with others."

"……The imperial throne."

Ren Yidao:???

I didn't do anything bad, I just planted psychological suggestions in their hearts.

Blinking, the dummy nodded slowly and dissipated in front of Li Qiushui.

Happy times are always short-lived, boo hoo.

Sending his consciousness back to the initial space, Ren Yidao looked at the artifact spirit standing blankly before him, constantly observing him, and suddenly thought of something.

She questioned her own heart as a matter of course:

"If this palace truly has fallen for him, even if he is a person who cultivates in seclusion from the world, so what?"

"The imperial throne and him—this palace wants both."

"What kind of joke is this~"

This sister, you are so overbearing.

Is this... fourth-type love?

Without needing Ren Yidao to continue fanning the flames, Li Qiushui, having figured this out, had the knots in her brows swept away and laughed heartily.

The dummy, being shaken incessantly by Li Qiushui, spoke blankly, asking:

Face your own heart with composure.

The short-lived romance that has yet to blossom and bear fruit simply cannot be compared to the imperial throne, the goal she has persisted in for over twenty years.

"Isn't the current situation exactly the result I wanted?"

But it wasn't completely forgotten.

"Even now, I still cannot see through his heart..."

"After all, love at first sight is not about love, but about the face."

"I do not know."

【Do you have feelings for him?】

Thus, after a moment of silence, she did not lie, but slowly spoke:

"It seems I do."

【The two cannot be had together; one must be discarded...】

He looked at Li Qiushui, who had made up her mind, feeling the King's Way Sword Qi on her that was devoid of any falsehood, and her conviction, firm as a blade.

The current him was Ren Yidao of the Divine Path Sect, the Fox Immortal of Xianhu Temple, and the Great Demon white fox who traversed Heaven and Earth.

Having sorted out his own thoughts, he now needed to help her sort out hers.

This question did not trouble Li Qiushui for long; she quickly reached a conclusion.

This is better; it would be boring if it were too easy.

If I stop being human, then so be it.

"I want to know what he is actually thinking, and I want to know how he views me."

【Indeed.】

But a hundred years have passed, and even if there is some persistence in his heart, he understands that he is long past being the person he once was.

Although after this period of time together, he had developed other feelings for her, in the beginning, it was merely greed at work.

"I am not clear if that emotion is truly it, but the current him does indeed make me care very much."

【Does he have feelings for you?】

"If this intention is love, then why must this Princess make a choice?"

Her brows furrowed for a moment, and Li Qiushui shook her head:

Watching the Ninth Princess, whose train of thought was gradually becoming dangerous, Ren Yidao secretly raised an eyebrow and asked again:

【Between the Imperial Throne and him, which is light and which is heavy?】

Very good, it seems you are not yet a love-struck fool.

?

Ren Yidao was not at all surprised by her answer and nodded with a smile.

"To struggle over these things is merely a mediocre person troubling themselves."

Ren Yidao had a clear understanding of himself.

Wait a minute!

How did I become the passive one?

But I don't dislike greedy children, oh.

Once they wake up, nine out of ten people will have become fox enthusiasts...

"If this Princess ascends to the Imperial Throne one day and takes him into the palace as a consort, who would dare to have an opinion?"

"......"

It seems... that is also acceptable?

She said:

And having clarified his own thoughts, a clear-minded Ren Yidao knew what he needed to do now.

"After all, I was never human to begin with; there is no need to abide by the moral bottom line of human society. Besides... this is a feudal society, after all."

After helping Li Qiushui clear her thoughts, Ren Yidao hypnotized the princes and princesses once more.

"It seems there is, and it seems there isn't; I cannot tell."

Not so.

If it were when he had just reincarnated, Ren Yidao might still have had some psychological burden, sticking to the modern ethics and principles of his previous life.

Is this love?

It does not have a name yet.

"Let me give you a name!"

"How about Gehrman Sparrow? Or Arrodes? Or RA9?"

Artifact Spirit:?

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Ah~

Begging for Monthly Tickets~

When will I get a recommendation? My average subscription is dropping every day; I am going numb from the drop.

Wuwu.

I don't celebrate the Qixi Festival; I spent the whole day writing. You all should praise me quickly!