At this moment, Qi Manyao’s gaze toward Wan Lei had softened considerably. Tears welled up in her large eyes, but she held them back.
All the dissatisfaction and resentment in her heart vanished completely, replaced by deep affection.
“Thank you for always caring about me,” Qi Manyao said softly, turning her face away. She was still a bit stubborn.
After all, with her personality, no amount of感动 would make her yield. Otherwise, that scoundrel would surely take the opportunity to bully her.
“Sigh, you’re my little concubine, after all. If I don’t care about you, who else will?” Wan Lei chuckled heartily and reached out to put his arm around Qi Manyao’s shoulder.
“Get lost! Who’s your concubine? Don’t even think about it! Not in this lifetime!” The earlier emotion instantly evaporated, replaced by disdain.
“Wan Xiaolei, have you no shame? You already have Sister Xiaoyu, and you’re still thinking about concubines!” Han Xiaoyun, upholding righteousness, pointed at Wan Lei’s nose and scolded him.
“Exactly! One is enough. You should return Sister Yaoyao to others,” Bao Bao also accused him.
“Beautiful women are the most precious resource. You still want to hog two? That’s such a waste. Do you know how many bachelors there are in the Five Elements Hall?” Xia Bingbao almost blurted out, “You should give one to me.”
“I heard you’re still eyeing our Aunt Xi Sha to be your concubine?” Wan Qianxin narrowed his eyes dangerously.
Qi Manyao was shocked. She knew Xi Sha, a Saint from her own base. Had Wan Lei taken Xi Sha too?
“You beast! You’re also occupying three beautiful sisters, Yuan Jun, Qing Wu, and Huo Feng. I’ve had enough of you for a long time. Why are you occupying so many by yourself? You’re insatiable! Beast, overlord, scumbag…”
Wan Lei was shocked. In his entire life, he only had Sister Xiaoyu, right? How did it turn out in the mouths of the Four Little Ones that he was a heinous scumbag? His reputation was being ruined.
“Uh… Aren’t we supposed to be dissolute overlords? Aren’t we supposed to bully men and women?” Wan Lei spread his hands, as if it were natural.
He knew it was useless to reason with the Four Little Ones.
“Uh… Huh?” The Four Little Ones were also aspiring to be scoundrels.
“Is there something wrong? This young lady here was the first one I bullied and occupied. Do you know how we met? I was a wicked scoundrel, and she was supposed to punish me with thunder, to kill me. But somehow, after some back and forth, I occupied her. Isn’t that right?”
Qi Manyao’s face turned red. Recalling her initial encounter with Wan Lei, filled with chuunibyou energy, she felt so embarrassed she wanted to dig a hole in the ground with her toes.
Back then, she was full of passion and justice, wanting to kill that scoundrel Wan Lei. But who would have thought that one day she would die for him?
Just like Fang Xiaoyu, who had brain matter splattered all over when she first met Wan Lei, she never expected to marry that scoundrel.
This was Wan Lei’s passive skill – turning enemies into friends!
Wan Liuchuan was a former enemy, Liu Yuxin was an enemy for the murder of his brother, the three Huo Feng sisters were mortal enemies, and Qian Niao was an irreconcilable demon.
But in the end, they all became Wan Lei’s friends.
Some enemies required decisive action, while others needed tolerance and understanding.
Wan Lei was by no means a bloodthirsty person.
“What you said seems to make sense. Then we should also go and abduct civilian women,” Xia Yubing said seriously.
“You should try to win over Xiaoyun first,” Wan Lei rolled his eyes.
“Xiaoyun, can I abduct you?” Xia Yubing was so polite when it came to abducting women, even asking for their consent.
“Get lost.” Han Xiaoyun remained aloof.
Hearing this, Xia Yubing said sadly, “Xiaoyun, don’t you like me? If so, just tell me, and I won’t pester you…”
“I don’t like you.”
“I don’t believe you.”
Everyone covered their faces. This guy’s puppy addiction had kicked in again.
“Something’s not right,” Qian Niao suddenly became vigilant.
“Huh? You also think Xiaoyun is acting strange? I knew it, how could Xiaoyun not like me…”
“I’m talking about this tomb being strange.” Qian Niao gave Xia Yubing a look as if she were an idiot and took two steps forward. “I just probed with my divine sense. These tombs are all empty, without any skeletons.” Qian Niao stated.
“No skeletons? Could it be that so much time has passed that they’ve all turned to dust?” Wan Lei also scanned with his divine sense and found that although these tombs had coffins, there were no skeletal remains.
“Impossible. Even if they died and decayed, there should be dust. But they are empty, nothing at all.”
“What is going on?” As everyone was confused, they began to search, hoping to find some clues.
“Whatever it is, we just need to go our own way. Let’s get out of this place quickly and find our companions.” Xia Yubing grabbed Han Xiaoyun and was about to run out. However, just as they took two steps, a black energy ribbon emanated from the entrance of a tomb, wrapping around them like a tentacle and fiercely dragging them into the tomb.
“What the hell is this!” Xia Yubing exclaimed and immediately drew her saber to slash at the black ribbon. However, her divine saber passed right through the black ribbon without cutting it.
“Help us quickly.”
“No need for him to shout. Everyone immediately flew over. However, because they were scattered earlier, as they were flying, black ribbons appeared from the surrounding tombs, grabbing everyone.
Everyone was shocked. They all exerted their full strength, desperately pulling. No matter what method they used, whether it was sword slashes, axe chops, spiritual energy attacks, or divine sense projections, they were all powerless against the black ribbons.
Wan Lei was tightly bound by a black ribbon, and he pulled backward desperately, but the ribbon’s strength was too great. At this moment, Wan Lei calmed down. He knew that using brute force to attack again would be futile and a waste of time.
Calming his mind, Wan Lei quietly sensed the strange power of the ribbon. It possessed a vital energy, not a meme. Yet, this power did not belong to spiritual energy, demonic energy, or divine sense.
Immediately, Wan Lei understood. These were all resentments. Infinite, heaven-shattering resentments, transforming into a force that wanted to drag them to hell together. Resentment was formed from human spiritual power and was also a type of念力 (nianli - mind power/psionic power).
With this realization, Wan Lei’s mind power surged in his mind, transforming into a blade that directly sliced at the black ribbon. Instantly, the black ribbon seemed to encounter a raging fire, snapping apart and retracting into the tomb with a swish.