Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 204

Chapter 204: Truth, Lies, and Praise

Aguna decided to leave with Qin Luan and others and travel around the Nine Provinces.

Before leaving, she said goodbye to her parents, but saw her father kneeling at the door with his head lowered, as if he had done something wrong.

“Dad, why are you kneeling outside the door? Aren’t you going into the house?”

“Your mother got angry for no reason and ordered me to get out of the house. I didn’t realize my mistake and was not allowed to enter the house.”

The high priest’s wife is also a Yuanying stage, and in terms of actual combat ability, she is even considered the best in the Gu tribe.

Faced with such a strong wife, the high priest could only get out of the house obediently.

“Did you say something to your mother?” In Aguna’s impression, her parents loved each other and never quarreled. Why today…

“Jiang Renhuang once told me that women don’t like to hear the truth, so you can’t tell the truth to women. So when I entered the door, I said to your mother the opposite of what I wanted to say. You are the ugliest woman I have ever seen. Marrying you is the greatest tragedy of my life. I really regret it.”

“…” Aguna was silent.

“Don’t worry, Emperor Jiang will surely anticipate this. This is a test for me.” The high priest knelt on the ground, brimming with confidence.

The Gu Clan’s high priest is chosen through the Gu Immortal Secret Realm, and the selection criteria have always been a mystery to the Gu Clan.

Aguna suddenly understood the reason for the Gu Immortal Secret Realm’s selection criteria for the high priest.

Legend has it that the Gu Immortal’s extreme behavior stems from falling in love with a sweet-talking man, who deceived the Gu Immortal so deeply that he has been unable to recover from the grief for thousands of years.

Aguna speculated that this is why the Gu Immortal established the secret realm and set the criteria, selecting the man with the lowest emotional intelligence in the Gu Clan to face the Gu Immortal.

This way, the Gu Immortal would no longer have to worry about being deceived by such sweet-talking men.

Although the high priest no longer faces the Gu Immortal, the selection criteria remain unchanged, which is why my father was able to become the high priest.

“So women don’t like to hear the truth,” Qin Luan nodded, indicating that he had learned something.

Seeing this, Song Ying panicked. She quickly grasped Qin Luan’s face with her palms and said seriously, “Listen, I know you admire Jiang Renhuang, but you can’t imitate everything. Jiang Renhuang also taught at the Great Zhou Imperial Academy that authority shouldn’t be trusted completely.”

Qin Luan’s emotional intelligence was already low enough. If he continued to adopt Jiang Renhuang’s tactics, the day he and Qin Luan could establish a relationship would be a distant dream!

“Do women like to hear the truth?” Qin Luan was puzzled.

“Of course, as a woman, I naturally listen to men speak the truth,” Song Ying said shyly, her expression and tone full of suggestion. “For example, let me ask you, who do you think is the most beautiful woman around you?”

Qin Luan answered truthfully, “I recently dreamt of a white fox girl. She’s the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen.”

For some reason, Qin Luan’s dreams were always of a stunning white fox girl, lavishly dressed, with furry ears and a fox tail.

In his dreams, this white fox girl carefully taught Qin Luan, telling him that his recent cultivation methods were not appropriate, that there were some problems that needed improvement, and that there were strengths that he should continue to maintain.

Moreover, the white fox girl possessed remarkable cultivation and knowledge, even sparring with Qin Luan. Qin Luan’s combat experience rapidly grew in his sleep.

Song Ying’s nose nearly buckled in anger.

Where did this vixen come from, trying to steal my man?

The little white fox sat firmly on Qin Luan’s head, gazing at Song Ying with innocent eyes.

What evil could the little fox possibly have in mind?

“Then tell me a lie,” Song Ying said dejectedly.

“Song Ying, I like you.”

Song Ying was ecstatic, her eyes gleaming, her realm poised for a breakthrough.

With a trembling voice, she asked, “Really?!”

Qin Luan looked at the inexplicably excited Song Ying with a strange look. “Of course it’s a lie. Didn’t you tell me to lie?”

“…”

Song Ying only regretted that her cultivation wasn’t as good as Qin Luan’s, and that she couldn’t pin Qin Luan to the ground and give him a beating.

Aguna, standing by, remained silent. Wasn’t she too early to decide she liked Qin Luan?

“So do you want me to tell the truth or a lie?” Song Ying’s sudden and startled response confused Qin Luan.

Now Song Ying couldn’t figure out whether women preferred the truth or lies.

“Actually, women don’t like to hear the truth or lies, but rather compliments.” Yuan Wuxing, a seasoned veteran, pointed out this misconception.

Seeing his apprentice’s slowness, Yuan Wuxing was furious. “If he’s so slow, when will he be able to have a relationship? How will it delay his cultivation?”

Yuan Wuxing felt that Qin Luan’s cultivation was swift and that if he continued at this rate, he would eventually catch up with him.

This wouldn’t do. The drudgery of being a Human Emperor would burden me. You should just focus on having a relationship and building a harem.”

Qin Luan suddenly realized. He should have told him earlier. It turns out women love compliments.

“Song Ying. You’re the best fighter I’ve ever met. You’ll definitely be the biggest obstacle on my path to becoming a Human Emperor!”

Qin Luan felt this was the perfect compliment for Song Ying.

As a cultivator, who wouldn’t want to become stronger? Who wouldn’t want to become a Human Emperor?

His words were like a terrifying refrain about Song Ying’s strength.

She would surely be delighted.

Yuan Wuxing held his forehead. Expecting this kid to fall in love was out of the question. He should seize the opportunity to cultivate and break through the Spiritual Transformation Stage as soon as possible, so that he could compete for the Human Emperor throne with his absolute advantage in cultivation.

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Thank you, Brother Jiang, for your guidance.” Commander Mu felt he had learned a lot from Jiang Li’s remarks.

He secretly decided that once he had dealt with the demon cultivators, he would apply the theories he had learned from Brother Jiang to pursue Aisu. “

Colleagues, wait for my wedding!

” Commander Mu exclaimed confidently.

[Quest: Feiyun Chamber of Commerce holds an auction. You obtain numerous spirit stones from the Gu Immortal Secret Realm, a perfect opportunity to equip yourself. At the auction, you and a disciple from an aristocratic family covet the same treasure. The disciple, feeling humiliated by not competing with you, harbors a grudge. After the auction, he intends to teach you a lesson. Defeat the aristocratic disciple and his followers.]

[This quest cannot be abandoned.]

[Quest Reward: A set of sword techniques, a copy of the enlightenment of a fusion-stage cultivator, 100 high-grade spirit stones]

The system had previously issued a quest for Jiang Li to reach the final stage of the Gu Immortal Secret Realm.

Since it stated [This quest is not recommended to be abandoned], Jiang Li chose to abandon it.

This is why Jiang Li asked the high priest if the Love Gu reward would still be offered to anyone who surpassed the final stage. The high priest explained that the most outstanding woman of the Gu Clan

‘s previous generation still existed. The previous generation before that was exactly five hundred years ago.

It seems that this most outstanding woman of the previous generation before that was the woman with whom he had an ambiguous relationship in the system’s timeline.

The Gu Clan doesn’t have a Spiritual Transformation Stage. The fact that the woman is still alive suggests she’s in the Nascent Soul Stage, and she’s been taking a longevity pill.

Jiang Li secretly saw the woman outside the window; she’s now a frail old woman.

Jiang Li didn’t choose to meet the woman he was supposed to have a relationship with. Instead, he left a few longevity pills for the high priest to give to the woman and left the Gu Clan.

“The past cannot be changed,” Jiang Li sighed.

(End of Chapter)