Gu Han Yuan walked out of the Lang Huan Blessed Land and saw a man and a woman embracing and talking intimately in the distance.
He listened for a while in the shadows.
It turned out to be the two who had competed in swordsmanship during the day, Gan Guang Hao from the Eastern Sect and Ge Guang Pei from the Western Sect of the Wuliang Sword Sect.
After Gan Guang Hao deliberately lost to Ge Guang Pei in the sword fight, they developed feelings for each other.
Coincidentally, they happened to encounter the Shen Nong Gang attacking their sect, so they decided to elope together.
Ge Guang Pei indeed lived up to her reputation as the "Flower of the Wuliang Sword Sect."
During the sword fight, she didn't seem particularly beautiful, but now, with her shy expression, she was at least 80 points out of a hundred. While not extremely beautiful, she had a certain delicate beauty.
The two were now whispering sweet nothings to each other.
Gan Guang Hao was trying to get intimate with Ge Guang Pei, saying:
"From now on, there will be no more Eastern Sect and Western Sect. We'll merge into one, with the Eastern Sect and the Western Sect uniting through our marriage."
Ge Guang Pei whispered:
"Don't... Don't do that."
Ge Guang Pei obviously still had some resistance.
Gan Guang Hao was very anxious and said:
"If you grant my wish, and I betray you in the future, then I'll fall into this water and turn into a giant turtle."
"Your Wuliang Sword Sect is in trouble, and instead of thinking about defending your sect, you're eloping together. You're quite bold."
Gu Han Yuan had no interest in watching their tryst. He spoke out with amusement.
The two were startled to see the Grandmaster who had effortlessly defeated their Master in the Sword Lake Palace that day.
Moreover, Gu Han Yuan's attire was terrifying, like a hellish ghost coming to claim their souls.
Gan Guang Hao was a coward who feared death most of all, so he hurriedly explained:
"The Shen Nong Gang is powerful, and we had no choice. We didn't know you were here, and we disturbed your meditation. Please forgive us."
He then knelt down with Ge Guang Pei, who was equally terrified, and kowtowed.
They didn't know that Gu Han Yuan had severed an arm of everyone in the Shen Nong Gang, including Si Kong Xuan, and that they actually posed no threat to the Wuliang Sword Sect. They were still foolishly running away.
Gu Han Yuan naturally wouldn't remind them. He said softly:
"It's easy to get me to spare you, but I'll only let one of you live. The other's life will be the price of your transgression. You decide which one of you dies."
He then watched their performance quietly.
Gan Guang Hao was the first to make a decision. He drew his long sword and stabbed at Ge Guang Pei.
Fortunately, Ge Guang Pei was prepared, so she wasn't immediately killed.
Gan Guang Hao was already slightly stronger than Ge Guang Pei in terms of skill.
Now that he had the advantage, he forced Ge Guang Pei into a perilous situation.
Although Zhong Ling didn't know what Gu Han Yuan's purpose was, she was shocked by Gan Guang Hao's shamelessness.
One moment they were in the throes of passion, the next they were fighting for their lives.
Seeing that Ge Guang Pei was gradually losing ground, Gu Han Yuan turned into a black shadow and appeared behind Gan Guang Hao.
He raised his foot and kicked him in the back, instantly shattering his heart meridian. Gan Guang Hao fell into the water.
"Go be a giant turtle."
When Ge Guang Pei saw Gu Han Yuan make his move, killing Gan Guang Hao, she thought she was spared.
However, before she could breathe a sigh of relief, she saw him look at her again.
Her heart skipped a beat, and she said tremblingly:
"Gan Guang Hao is dead. Please spare me."
"Gan Guang Hao wasn't killed by you. It doesn't count as an apology. You still owe me."
Gu Han Yuan directly denied it.
Ge Guang Pei's heart sank. She didn't know what to do anymore and could only kneel down and beg for mercy.
Gu Han Yuan saw her begging for a long time, and he felt the moment was right.
"I didn't get a good look at you in the Sword Lake Palace during the day. You're actually quite pretty."
He chuckled softly.
"If you want me to spare you, you know what to do."
Ge Guang Pei wasn't stupid. She understood what Gu Han Yuan meant from those words.
She hesitated. Even when she was most passionate with Gan Guang Hao, she hadn't let him really take advantage of her.
Now, she was being threatened, and she felt very resentful.
Seeing her hesitate, Gu Han Yuan simply delivered the final blow.
"Or do you want to be a pair of doomed lovers? I can help you with that."
Her desire to survive ultimately won out.
"Come over here."
Gu Han Yuan glanced at her, didn't comment, and just said that one sentence lightly.
The scenery before him couldn't really stir up much emotion in Gu Han Yuan.
He was more focused on Zhong Ling, who was hidden in the shadows.
Zhong Ling was covering her mouth with her hand, preventing herself from crying out.
She never expected that she would see such a stimulating scene simply out of curiosity about what Gu Han Yuan was doing in the middle of the night.
From threatening the two to kill each other, to killing Gan Guang Hao, and then forcing Ge Guang Pei. Every scene kept challenging her kind heart.
If Gu Han Yuan knew what she was thinking, he would just say two words: "Naive."
The line is meant to be constantly pushed.
Moreover, there were things waiting for Zhong Ling that would push her line even further. It's better to give her a heads-up beforehand.
Although Zhong Ling often heard Gu Han Yuan say that he was a bad person, she always thought it was just a lie he told her.
While he liked to take advantage of her, he always showed concern and care beneath his cold exterior, which always made her heart flutter.
She even thought sometimes that Gu Han Yuan, who was stubborn but soft-hearted, was quite cute.
Now that she suddenly saw his true colors, they weren't as beautiful as she had imagined.
After her filters were shattered, her thoughts inevitably began to waver.
Somehow, tears welled up in her eyes and silently rolled down her cheeks.
It hadn't even been a day since they met.
On the rafters where they first met, even though she had been startled and taken advantage of, she somehow felt that they clicked.
The pink atmosphere from that time was still fresh in her memory.
When she was captured by the Shen Nong Gang, she was only thinking about Gu Han Yuan coming to save her.
When she was really rescued, and he ruthlessly took revenge for her, even though she felt a bit sorry for what happened to the Shen Nong Gang, she couldn't hide her joy.
When she fell off the cliff, time seemed to stand still, and that moment of beauty made her heart flutter for someone for the first time.
Outside the Lang Huan Blessed Land, when the two embraced, she understood her own heart. She knew she couldn't live without him anymore.
The more she thought about it, the more tears flowed.
At some point, she had even bitten her lower lip until it bled.
Fearing that Gu Han Yuan would discover her, Zhong Ling dared not speak or move.
...
It wasn't until Gu Han Yuan took Ge Guang Pei to the edge of the water to wash up and clean up the mess that Zhong Ling found an opportunity.
With a heart full of sadness, she ran away.
Gu Han Yuan didn't know what Zhong Ling had been thinking during that time.
She must be very sad now, right?
He shook his head to dispel the complex emotions in his heart and began to take stock of his gains.
True Colors, SS-level evaluation, 5400 Villain Points.
Current Zhong Ling series evaluation: SSS-level, 15100 Villain Points accumulated, not yet redeemable.
The highest Villain Points ever earned in a single instance appeared.
This means that revealing his true colors after conquering her would indeed yield a large amount of Villain Points.
However, it comes with a risk. The possibility of her turning from love to hate is quite high.