Chapter 256
It has been over a week since the end of that "God War".
You know, everyone isn't that fragile.
A Swarm Disaster, although it caused nearly all factions to suffer severe losses, whether it was the Corporation or the Xianzhou, their profound foundations were enough to let them recover quickly.
During this period, the chairman of the Corporation and the only two P49 founders made a shocking return, sending significant ripples across the galaxy.
Everyone was in shock.
Only Leon wasn't smiling, because he got doxxed.
After the two returned,
The first thing they did was announce reforms within the Corporation, striving to return to their original intentions, and acknowledging that during their absence, the Corporation had indeed become somewhat overly self-serving.
The second thing was fiercely denouncing "The Family" for acting inhumanely. With an event as massive as the Swarm Disaster, not a single person from there came to help, which was truly despicable.
And the third thing was publicly revealing Leon's identity as a Galaxy Ranger, informing the entire galaxy that the Ranger who had previously intruded into the Corporation's headquarters was precisely the Eighth Heavenly General of the Xianzhou Alliance.
Furthermore, they completely exposed Leon's achievements in this Swarm Disaster, along with the fact that a majority of the Lord Ravagers had fallen by his hands.
Seeing this, the Xianzhou Alliance also stepped forward to make a statement.
For a time, Leon's name resonated loudly across the universe.
His excellent reputation spread far and wide, and many regarded him as a living legend.
Meanwhile, "The Family", whose reputation had originally been quite decent, directly rotted significantly due to this public relations maneuver.
The two formed a stark contrast.
Leon was just glad his mugshot wasn't exposed, otherwise it would be incredibly inconvenient to travel in the future.
Being a Galaxy Ranger was a job, but being a Nameless was life.
[This week's superpower has refreshed]
It was time for the weekly blind box once again.
Speaking of which, Leon had a lingering question, so he took this opportunity to ask.
[Superpower: [I never asked you to be pure forever...]]
[I never asked you to stay pure forever, I am no demon. But, what is the meaning of having affairs with so many women? What happened to your sense of chastity? You're only 21, right? At this rate, by 42 you'll be two-timing four boats, by 84 you'll be on eight boats, and finally it will become the chained ships strategy. As Zhuge Kongming, I might have to set off the Fire of Red Cliffs. Really.]
"What is the meaning of this."
This long and difficult sentence almost killed Leon to read.
[This superpower is quest-based. You must complete the prerequisite quest to obtain this superpower reward.]
[Quest: Confess to no less than twenty-four women.]
"How many?"
Leon coughed a few times, startled by this number.
"Is this reward made of gold or silver?"
I go through all this immense effort just to get what from you exactly?
[Reward: "The Last Piece of the Puzzle in Your Life" (The rabbit sets out from its hometown with ambition, vowing never to return unless it becomes the Heavenly Emperor!)]
The next second, the moment he saw the reward—
Leon's gaze instantly sharpened, and he immediately put on his battle face!
"Say no more, brother!"
I'll give it to you!
For the sake of the last puzzle piece of his life, it was merely confessing to a trivial twenty-four women.
Let's just treat this twenty-four as a tribute to Boss Kobe's last dance!
Man, what can I say! He charges!
Never mind twenty-four, even if it were eighty-four, he would still have to charge today!
He couldn't back down even if he wanted to!
[Accept / Yes]
Does this damn thing even give me an option to decline?
But before accepting, Leon had a question he had to ask.
"Why hasn't there been a 'retain superpower' option recently?"
He voiced his inner confusion. "Also, why is the future I pre-fetched still here now?"
Leon had already gone through two consecutive superpowers without seeing the retain option.
And for the ability "Do I have to die too", didn't the description say it was "temporary"?
How come a week has passed, new superpowers have refreshed, yet the temporary future pre-fetched in the description is somehow still active?
Of course, if he had it, Leon would certainly keep it.
He wished he had it; after all, who wouldn't want free stuff?
It was mainly just a lingering doubt in his heart.
[You will understand sooner or later.]
"?"
Leon slowly typed out a question mark.
Reversing the natural order, how dare you steal my line!
Sigh, should he say as expected of his system, sharing the exact same fine virtues as himself?
Nothing more to say, good taste.
Leon couldn't be bothered to flame it, raising his hand and tapping the accept option.
Let's check out the new ability in the distance, family!
Mostly, his intuition told him that he could find the answers he wanted through this superpower.
And what Leon didn't know was,
At the exact moment he accepted the invitation, women across the galaxy who had ties with him simultaneously received the identical invitation option.
Everyone thought this was a prank by the Aeon of "The Elation".
After clicking accept, Leon's vision went black.
By the time he recovered, he had already been transported from his room on the Astral Express to another space.
It was a long, straight corridor, with no end in sight.
On the left and right sides of the corridor were corresponding doors.
Stretching to the end of the path, there were a total of twenty-four doors.
Twelve on the left, twelve on the right.
It seemed there were twenty-four rooms that Leon needed to personally explore one by one.
Twenty-four.
Well, exactly the number of people his quest required him to confess to.
Are you kidding me, bro!
If you said this was a coincidence, Leon definitely wouldn't believe it.
Sigh, since things had come to this, it seemed he had no choice but to do it.
Originally, he thought he would have to go find them one by one. This actually saved him the effort.
Leon thought this way.
He stepped forward and walked into the first door on the right.
Then, unsurprisingly, he saw an acquaintance.
"I was wondering whose prank this was."
Entering his sight, a short pink-haired girl was sitting at the table.
"So it's our highly renowned Arbiter Leon."
Her words and gaze carried obvious undertones of complaint.
"I wonder what business our extremely busy Arbiter Leon has, to go through such great lengths to summon a lowly Master Diviner like myself?"
Fu Xuan was still venting.
Leon ignored it and assessed the room.
The room was very small.
It looked much like an interrogation room, with just a single table and two chairs facing each other.
"Fu Xuan."
After assessing the room, Leon stepped forward and took a seat in front of Fu Xuan.
"If Arbiter Leon has something to say, you can just speak plainly."
Fu Xuan crossed her arms and gave a soft hmph.
"I like you."
Leon's eyes were serious, filled with a thirst for the last puzzle piece of his life.
"...What did you say?"
Fu Xuan was momentarily stunned, her facial expression turning into one of astonishment, as if she couldn't believe the words she had just heard.
"Are you playing a prank?"
In disbelief, she slightly rose from her seat and reached out.
Her cool, small hand brushed aside the hair on Leon's forehead, looking as though she was checking if he had a fever.
"Leon, have you encountered some sort of problem?"
After confirming he didn't have a fever, the expression and tone on Fu Xuan's face instead shifted to worry.
"Don't scare me."
"?" Leon tilted his head.
No, is this the reaction of a normal person?
"I'm serious."
Hearing these three words, Fu Xuan froze once again.
After a moment, she withdrew the hand resting on his forehead, and her body sat back down.
"Why... why did you suddenly think to confess to me?"
She became bashful, a faintly imperceptible blush appearing on her exquisite face.
"You know me."
Leon thought for a moment and said, "I've always been a person who does as he pleases, always focusing only on the present. What I need to do tomorrow, what I will do, I don't know."
"But what I can confirm is, I wanted to see you today."
Of course he wanted to see Fu Xuan.
Aside from her, Leon wanted to see twenty-three others today as well.
"You... you..."
Fu Xuan seemed a bit overly nervous, even her speech becoming highly disjointed.
"I... I..."
Her face was flushed with the colors of spring, her head lowered, and her hands resting on her lap tightly gripping her dress.
She didn't dare to face his eyes, or his face.
"Are you sure? I'm just a lowly Master Diviner..."
Her voice was as soft as a mosquito.
What, do you also want the main wife position?
Or rather, you want me to tie myself completely to your single tree?
The former, you can go fight for it yourself.
But the latter absolutely won't do. That's non-negotiable.
Team building, you see, is all about flexibility and keeping up with the meta.
How could there be only one person? Would we even be playing the game anymore?
Even casting that aside for the moment, just today alone, Leon needed to confess to twenty-four people.
Tell me, isn't that absurd?
"Do I look like the kind of person who cares a lot about status?"
Leon replied with high emotional intelligence.
Fu Xuan shook her head, her words carrying some doubt: "But aren't you a person who cares a lot about things like the meta and Cup tiers?"
"I occasionally let love and hate go to my head for a few days."
I'm telling you, don't stir up the Blood Wolf Pojun drama.
"Can you say it again?"
Fu Xuan mustered the courage to meet his gaze, but ultimately couldn't help but avert her eyes.
"Just the words from earlier..."
After confirming it wasn't a joke, she wanted to hear it one more time.
Hear it seriously, and then answer seriously.
Even though she felt she was about to faint from shyness.
"I like you, Fu Xuan."
As she wished, Leon said it once more.
"I-If you don't mind!"
Facing another confession, Fu Xuan looked at that face, feeling as though her brain had already been burned into a blur.
"Later, come back with me to the Yuque to m-meet my parents!"
If her parents learned of this news, they would absolutely throw a massive banquet on the Yuque for months, wishing everyone on the Yuque knew that green smoke was rising from the ancestral graves of the Fu family!
"W-What do you think?"
How could this happiness arrive so suddenly?
Previously, Fu Xuan felt that Leon emerged from the mud unsoiled, a figure to be admired from afar but not played with; after all, in a certain sense, he was an "Aeon" too.
Since he had become an "Aeon", would he really still be interested in romance, or someone like her who wasn't even an "Emanator" Pathstrider?
Surely not...
Anyone worthy of Leon would at least be an "Emanator". What capability did she, a lowly Master Diviner, have?
Just as Fu Xuan was disheartened and prepared to give up, intending to bury these feelings at the bottom of her heart and treat it as an unattainable illusion, that invitation suddenly appeared before her eyes.
She originally thought it was a prank by the Joyous Lord.
She never expected it to be the door to happiness!
[Quest Progress: 1/24]
A heavy responsibility and a long road ahead.
"Okay." Leon thought this way and agreed to Fu Xuan.
"We'll find some time later to go together. You can show me the way."
Hearing this sentence, Fu Xuan's mind was already a blur.
Driven by desire, she stood up, wanting to hold Leon's hand and say, 'let's go right now, I'll take you', and then lead him straight to the Yuque—
But before Fu Xuan could even claim a share of Leon's six roots, she vanished entirely out of thin air.
This place was likely a space created by the system.
It seemed that once the confession was done and the task completed, the sequence for this room was effectively over.
He just didn't know where the person would be teleported to.
Sent back, or sent somewhere else?
This was an unknown issue, but Leon didn't have the time to ponder it right now either.
Because he still had twenty-three women waiting for his confession.
Thinking this, Leon walked out of the room.
And walked into the room on his left.
"The divination I just cast showed a Great Auspice, and sure enough."
Pushing the door open, he heard the voice first, then saw the person.
A smiling Yao Guang entered Leon's sight.
He was somewhat surprised to see the person in the room.
Yao Guang, one of the Heavenly Generals of the Xianzhou Alliance.
To be honest, Leon truly hadn't expected her to appear here as well.
One point could also be seen from Fu Xuan.
And that was, the people here would mostly be those who held some level of emotional attachment to Leon.
What, did Yao Guang also want a share of his six roots?
Leon couldn't be considered close to this Heavenly General, it was just that among the Generals, his interactions with her were indeed relatively frequent.
"Do you like me?"
Leon always preferred to speak his mind directly; he wasn't the kind of person to beat around the bush endlessly.
"Oh? Does this mean that only those with thoughts about Arbiter Leon can come to this space?"
Yao Guang was intrigued.
"Probably, maybe, I guess?"
Leon said as he took a seat in front of her.
"Mm~ As for this question Arbiter Leon asked me."
Yao Guang nodded, the smile on her face undiminished.
"Rather than saying I like you, wouldn't it be better to ask who in the entire Xianzhou Alliance doesn't like you?"
Her words carried a light, shallow smile.
"If you have the time, you might want to take a moment to do an incognito visit to the Xianzhou, and ask around to see exactly what kind of reputation you have among the unmarried women of the Alliance."
Please, this was an entity on the same level as the Reignbow Arbiter.
Not only was he more approachable than "Lan", but normal communication with him was essentially barrier-free.
There was an absolute possibility of forming a bond with him and leaving behind heirs.
Not to mention that his modeled stats were absurdly high.
Who wouldn't have dreams about that?
Let alone women, even men wouldn't be able to hold themselves back.
Yao Guang could only say that anyone looking at this piece of prime meat would drool.
"Let me put it this way: if you were to express an intention to seek a wife within the Alliance, I fear every unmarried woman in the entire Alliance would squeeze their heads to arrive at your doorstep that very day."
Fun fact: this was not an exaggerated description.
If Leon truly said he wanted to find a good partner in the Alliance, all the noble families in the Xianzhou with daughters would come bearing heavy gold.
"Are you among them?"
"Isn't this quite normal?"
Yao Guang admitted it openly and generously, "It seems Arbiter Leon has somewhat underestimated his own charm."
"We don't really have any emotional foundation between us."
This was what Leon found confusing.
"Arbiter Leon, what do you think the so-called emotional foundation, the so-called love, is?"
"I dunno."
"Love leaves no trace to be found."
Yao Guang's voice was very light.
"Born to die, dying to be born."
Yao Guang met his gaze, her eyes smiling.
"A single instant is eternity."
The Third Denizens of Abundance War was a turning point for far too many people.
Fu Xuan, Feixiao, herself, and countless Xianzhou soldiers. There were far too many people whose destinies were changed due to his arrival and emergence.
Born to die, dying to be born.
During the Third Denizens of Abundance War, the only glimmer of hope was to follow the plan provided by Fu Xuan, letting Jingtian use himself as a piece on the board to draw the Reignbow to descend to the mortal realm.
At that time, even if Yao Guang exhausted all her skills, she couldn't alter the situation in the slightest.
Using the "Ten-Square Light-Reflecting Realm", she calculated and divined time and time again, witnessing over and over the "Starlight" representing turning points, possibilities, and hope flickering within the Dharmadhatu.
If only it could be grasped, then Jingtian wouldn't have to die...
But that "Starlight" flickered weakly, visible but unattainable, eventually swallowed by the massive shadow of a meditating deity, all vanishing into the profound darkness of the heavenly abyss.
Yao Guang knew what this meant.
The situation was set in stone, with no further turning point.
She personally paved the lives of her master and thousands of soldiers into an inescapable dead end.
When the light arrow descended,
They would end along with this battlefield.
Yao Guang was enveloped by immense despair, a despair at the bottom of her heart that lingered from beginning to end.
But at this moment, Leon suddenly appeared.
A new Heavenly General took the place of "Lan's" light arrow.
He resolved everything, saved everything.
The "Starlight" she had failed to divine, that she had sought but could not obtain, simply appeared from within the battlefield. For Yao Guang, that single instant alone was the eternity of her so-called infatuation.
"I personally grabbed your shadow, and from then on, your world only has light left."
"You yourself can't clearly say at which exact moment your heart was moved, much less explain what exactly you love about someone."
Yao Guang's voice was gentle, exceptionally soft and mild, "It's like the sky above your head; from the moment you meet, it has already silently enveloped you."
"Without cause or effect, boundless and infinite."
After speaking, Yao Guang's tone shifted, carrying a bit of playfulness.
"Besides, once a person has seen Arbiter Leon, is there really any other man in this world who could catch their eye?"
The Xianzhou Alliance was full of women whose hearts had been snatched away by Leon, perhaps never to feel joy or sorrow for anyone else in this lifetime.
"Even ordinary people are like this."
Yao Guang was quite straightforward. That pair of 'Eyes of Avalokiteshvara' reflected Leon's face. "Let alone these Dharma eyes of mine that represent the 'Vision of The Hunt'?"
"Choosing someone inferior would be doing a disservice to these Dharma eyes of mine."
Yao Guang looked straight at his features with affection, those peach-blossom eyes making her look particularly charming.
"If I am to choose, I naturally must choose the most supreme in the galaxy."
Alright, Leon had to admit one thing.
And that was, given his current status, there truly wasn't a single one of these Heavenly Generals who didn't want a piece of him.
The Aeon of "The Hunt" to followers of "The Hunt" couldn't be described as anything less than a targeted weakness.
Being uncontrollably attracted was human nature.
"Call me Leon."
Leon wondered if he should say some romantic words, but felt it wasn't really necessary.
"So, how about we give it a try?"
Hearing this, Yao Guang's eyes lit up.
"Alright, I would be very happy to."
She agreed immediately, her eyes curving into half-moons, showing her joyous mood at this very moment.
[Quest Progress: 2/24]
"Sir."
A pun indeed.
It seems my divination skills still need improvement.
Yao Guang thought to herself.
How was this a Great Auspice? This was clearly the Qian Hexagram!
All six lines are auspicious!
It's just a pity for her junior martial sister being beaten to the punch by her senior sister. But to be fair, she was doing this for the good of her junior sister as well.
The waters surrounding Leon were too deep, and her junior sister's cultivation was too shallow; she definitely wouldn't be able to handle it. It was better for her senior sister to test the waters for her first.
They had clearly just established a relationship, but before Yao Guang could even flirt with Leon...
She suddenly realized that amid her surging thoughts, she had been teleported out of thin air to another space.
She thought her illness was acting up again—
But the voice next to her ear in the following second completely rejected this idea.
"Senior Sister, why are you here?"
A familiar female voice entered her ears.
Yao Guang was pulled back to reality by the voice, turned her head, and discovered that her junior sister was actually here as well.
"I was wanting to ask you, why are you here?"
She took a deep breath, quickly calming down thanks to her discipline as a Heavenly General.
"Senior Sister, let me tell you some good news."
Speaking of this, Fu Xuan crossed her arms and hummed proudly.
"Just a moment ago, I found a much better home than the Luofu General."
Her demeanor was exactly like an angler showing off to everyone they meet after catching a huge fish.
"Oh?"
Yao Guang's interest was piqued.
Combined with the fact that Leon had just confirmed her deduction about this space—that only those with feelings for him could come—she thought she knew what 'home' Fu Xuan was talking about.
Yao Guang knew.
The people who could form a bond with Leon definitely wouldn't be just her alone; after all, an absolute catch like him had a bunch of people fighting madly over him.
She just didn't expect that her junior sister had actually taken the first prize.
Yao Guang originally thought she was the first.
Sigh, since childhood, it had always been her junior sister aggressively competing with her. She didn't expect today the tables would turn, and it would be her turn as the senior sister.
"What a coincidence?"
Seeing her junior sister's smug expression, Yao Guang intentionally said, "To tell you the truth, actually I am the same. I just found a home where I can entrust my life."
"?"
Fu Xuan was stunned, seemingly somewhat overloaded.
A moment later, a very subtle expression appeared on her face.
"...Leon?"
Fu Xuan didn't do any further probing, asking straight to the point.
"Oh my, how does Junior Sister know my Sir's name?"
Yao Guang revealed an extremely radiant smile on her face.
Fu Xuan let out a few dry laughs. She knew it.
Damn it, that guy Leon even said he wanted to see her today. She figured he wanted to see all of his female confidantes, eating from the bowl while looking at the pot!
Sigh, but what could be done about it?
Who told them to like him.
With Leon's excellence and his maxed-out stats in every aspect.
It was human nature to leave emotions with him and make mistakes.
Those truly interested in him,
Had long prepared themselves mentally that it was impossible for him to hang himself on just one tree for their sake.
"Get it straight, I was here first!"
Fu Xuan puffed out her chest as much as possible, trying to make her presence seem more imposing.
"Is Junior Sister actually someone who cares about such things?"
Yao Guang said with a smile.
"To Senior Sister, the fact of being able to be together with Sir is more important than anything else. I believe Master would definitely be happy for me too."
Jingtian: Woohoo, taking off, taking off, there has never been such a beautiful start!
This woman!
Fu Xuan glared at her.
She absolutely didn't believe she truly didn't care about who came first, who was she trying to fool!
"Rather than competing with Senior Sister here, why don't we guess who else will come next."
Yao Guang certainly didn't believe it would just be the two of them.
"I guess that Merlin's Claw General will definitely be among them."
This disciple of Yueyu fell for him at first sight, and her feelings for him had always been direct and entirely undisguised; it could be said her whole heart was stuck to him.
The heart of Merlin's Claw was known to everyone.
It was impossible for her not to be here.
"The Helm Master of the Sky-Faring Commission, I suppose."
Fu Xuan answered after thinking for a moment.
On the Luofu, besides herself, Yukong was the only other highly probable one.
"Oh, you reminded me of that."
After the Third Denizens of Abundance War, the Alliance summoned everyone who had contact with Leon on the battlefield, which naturally included Yukong.
"If I remember correctly, this Helm Master is just like Merlin's Claw, ruining her whole life from a single mistake."
The Third Denizens of Abundance War ended because of him.
Naturally, too many people's destinies were also rewritten because of him. Yao Guang felt that as long as they were direct participants in that war, not a single one of them could forget Leon.
"Oh my, I suddenly remember, Merlin's Claw General seems to call that Helm Master 'Sister'. It seems our Arbiter Leon really likes to collect them in pairs."
Yao Guang glanced at Fu Xuan, a smile in her eyes, implying something.
"Hmph."
Fu Xuan knew exactly what she meant, and ignored her.
As the person in question, Leon didn't know about their conversation, much less what would be waiting for him in the end.
He just continued busying himself with his quest, running around for the final puzzle piece of his life.
Walking into the third room.
Sure enough, it was another old acquaintance he hadn't seen in a long time.
It was Yukong.
Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, she looked up.
"Ah..."
Then, startled, she immediately stood up from her chair.
"Arbiter Leon."
She called out respectfully.
Leon pressed his hands downward, motioning for her to sit.
Yukong complied.
"May I ask where this is...?"
Seeing Leon take a seat in front of her, Yukong hesitated for a moment but still asked.
"Just treat it as a prank by the Joyous Lord."
Anyway, regardless of whether it was a good thing or a bad thing, they could all be blamed on "Aha".
Paying tribute to the legendary scapegoat.
"The Joyous Lord?"
Yukong was momentarily confused, but she definitely accepted this explanation.
"Then why are you here as well?"
As a fellow "Aeon", as long as Leon didn't want to, then even "Aha" definitely couldn't do a single thing to him, let alone pull him into this space.
"Don't worry about all that nonsense right now, let me ask you something."
Leon indicated that why he was here didn't matter at all.
"Please ask, Yukong will definitely tell you everything she knows."
Yukong wore a serious expression and nodded.
"Do you like me?"
"I would absolutely never dare to think of such a treasonous thing!"
This single sentence frightened Yukong so much that she stood up once again!
"What's treasonous about this?"
Leon was confused, why such an extreme stress response?
"How can liking someone be a crime? Liking is just liking. Besides, liking me is a very normal thing; I like myself very much too."
Seeing a character like Leon, whose lack of pulling essentially meant automatic account deletion, anyone who could resist joining the fray would truly be a god. Let me ask, who doesn't love wheelchairs and raw stats?
Yukong remained silent, merely sitting back down slowly.
"A person like me is unworthy of you."
Regarding his words, she only gave this answer.
"If I were to pursue a perfect match in social status."
Leon chuckled upon hearing this. "Then wouldn't I fail to find a single person in this massive galaxy to spend my life with?"
Yukong remained silent once again.
"...But no matter what, you shouldn't set your standards as low as someone like me."
After a long while, she spoke.
"?"
Holy crap, what a downer.
He had only said that much, hadn't even stated he liked her yet, and she had already automatically applied it to herself.
Sigh, it could only be said she indeed held him in her heart.
"Are Miss Yukong's conditions really low?"
Leon thought about what words to use for her. "I don't think so."
Yukong felt her cheeks burn a little.
Despite looking mature, she had never actually been in a relationship until now.
Hearing words like this, especially coming from Leon, how could she not have any reaction at all!
"You are very beautiful, and this isn't a fake compliment."
"Mmg..."
Yukong's tail faintly began to grow restless, showing signs of uncontrollable swaying.
"I don't really know what else to say."
Leon looked at her and said, "But if you don't mind, how about we give it a try?"
Hearing these words.
For some unknown reason, Yukong suddenly calmed down.
Her tail stopped swaying, and her face was no longer red.
"You are the Joyous Lord, aren't you?"
In the next second, Yukong stared straight at Leon and said this.
Looking exactly as if she had discovered the truth.
"I don't know why you suddenly pulled me here, nor why you are pretending to be Arbiter Leon to play a prank."
Reality had suddenly become far too perfect, causing Yukong to begin to disbelieve it. Subconsciously, she didn't think Leon would suddenly confess to her out of nowhere.
That only existed in fantasies.
So, based on this logic in her brain, she began to subjectively doubt and look for flaws on her own.
Attempting to make it self-consistent.
"If possible, could I ask you to stop masquerading in Arbiter Leon's appearance and using his face to continue your pranks? Be careful, or I will recount this entirely to the original person later."
Yukong was incredibly serious.
She felt the answer was right in front of her.
Earlier Leon said this was a space created by the Joyous Lord, but if that were truly the case, then the strangest point was why Leon would appear here?
How could Leon fall for this kind of trick?
All of this seemed intentional, coupled with a space created by the Joyous Lord yet lacking the actual Joyous Lord, and combining that with Leon who shouldn't have been here.
Yukong arrived at a conclusion—
It must be that the Joyous Lord possessed Leon's body!
"...What do you mean, I'm a real person, sister."
Then, the very next sentence from Leon broke her composure in a single second.
"Do you want to personally test if I'm real or not?"
"I-I'm sorry!"
Yukong was stunned for a moment, and then her whole person instantly turned into a boiling kettle. She covered her face with both hands and immediately buried her face onto the table.
At this moment, she truly wished she could find a hole to crawl into.
"It doesn't matter, actually."
Leon didn't mind this misunderstanding.
"Rather, it's quite normal that you would be suspicious. After all, it was a sudden whim on my part, and it probably doesn't look like something you'd imagine me doing."
He told her not to mind it.
"A sudden whim?"
Lying on the table, Yukong slightly lifted her eyes, looking at him through the gaps of the ten fingers covering her face.
"You mean..."
She paused, seemingly still finding it hard to believe.
"Were... were your words just now all real?"
As she blurted out this question, Yukong could feel her breathing subconsciously stop for that instant.
She felt her brain somewhat overloading, being far too nervous causing her lips to tremble as she spoke.
Yukong anticipated Leon's answer, yet also feared that Leon's answer would turn out to be nothing but an illusion.
"They are real."
Leon nodded.
"A whim is a whim, but is there any single thing I've done that wasn't sincere? Things I don't want to do, I will never do."
Since his debut until now, Leon hadn't done a single thing against his conscience, right? Whatever he did, first it had to be something he wanted to do, and secondly, if he wanted to do it, he did it.
If he didn't act exactly as he pleased, how could he do justice to his astronomically high stats?
Yukong was completely dumbfounded.
She felt her heart rapidly accelerating, the beats from her chest echoing one after another.
Deafening.
"Can someone like me... really do?"
Yukong was deeply aware of her status.
She was just a lowly Helm Master; in the eyes of ordinary people, that was high.
But in Leon's eyes, what difference was there exactly between a Helm Master and an ordinary person?
He was an "Aeon".
With that kind of power, what authority couldn't he seize if he wanted?
Although he was quite approachable, if he truly wanted to find a partner, it would at least have to be an existence at the Heavenly General level. What right or ability did someone like her have?
Whether it was her figure, her face, or anything else.
Yukong didn't feel she could compare to those female Heavenly Generals.
A person like Leon, she was absolutely unworthy of...
Besides having some interactions with him on the battlefield during the Third Denizens of Abundance War, was there really any significant difference between her and the ordinary women in the Alliance?
There wasn't.
This affection, from beginning to end, she was unworthy of.
From the very start, Yukong never expected this seed to sprout.
Yet today, Leon forcefully broke in and told her she was fine, she was capable.
Allowing the seed to directly grow into a massive tree.
Yukong was truly a bit at a loss; all of this felt like a fake, like a dream.
That she was about to wake up from.
"Yukong, look into my eyes."
Leon's words were like an absolute command, making her obey without daring to have the slightest thought of violation.
Yukong subconsciously lifted her head completely.
The hands covering her face slowly slid down, revealing a pair of eyes to meet his.
"There is nothing that cannot be."
Leon met the gaze of the Foxian before him.
"You are a person, and I am also a person. Exactly who is nobler than who?"
He wore an incredibly serious expression, displaying an attitude of absolutely completing his quest. "As long as you feel that choosing me won't make you regret it, then that is enough."
"How would I dare..."
How could Yukong possibly regret it.
Do you know exactly who the person standing before you is?
If he truly wanted to find a partner, even the Heavenly Generals would have to obediently line up.
With his status, proactively coming to confess to you—this point alone was enough to make someone's heart flutter.
If she hesitated even half a fraction today, it would be disrespecting Leon. If word got out, the women in the Alliance would probably want to swallow her alive.
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Oh yeah, prog-progressing.
"If you have any requests, you can make them to me."
Leon was sincere; he wouldn't let down anyone who chose him.
"No matter what it is, because I will make it happen."
"Then—"
Can we hold hands? Before she could even vocalize the syllables for these words, Yukong vanished directly out of thin air. By the time the person in question reacted and realized she had arrived in another space...
She met two people she absolutely never expected to see.
Meanwhile, Leon acted as though it wasn't a surprise.
He stood up from his chair, seemingly accustomed to it.
He left on his own, heading towards the fourth door.
After arriving in front of the fourth door in this corridor,
Just like the previous three times, Leon pushed the door and entered once again.
—And came face-to-face with Feixiao, who had heard the commotion and stood behind the door.
The expression on Feixiao's face was one of astonishment, as if she had completely never expected him to be the one to appear.
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