Chapter 135: Secret Room
Qian Xunji didn't even have time to scream. He clutched his neck, his eyes wide with an impossible, agonizing realization. He collapsed with unwillingness, with a deep, bottomless resentment towards Qin Xuan, and a heart full of unvented rage. He died with his eyes wide open.
[Ding! Antagonist Qian Xunji has died. Binding automatically released.]
"This old bastard is finally dead."
Listening to the system prompt echoing in his ears, Qin Xuan let out a long sigh. "It wasn't for nothing that I spent so much effort on him. Now, the question is, how should Qian Xunji's wife and child be dealt with?"
He looked in the direction of Bibi Dong's room. Although he didn't regret preventing Bibi Dong from being defiled by Qian Xunji, his actions had consequences.
The problem was that by killing Qian Xunji now, Qian Renxue wouldn't be born.
It wasn't easy to transmigrate once.
If Qin Xuan were to say which people on the Douluo Continent he coveted the most, Qian Renxue would definitely be in the top three.
First was Ah Yin, a perfect, gentle wife. Second and third were Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, with no particular order. One was a cold, proud, and wounded queen; the other was a divine, tragically noble scion.
If Qian Renxue were gone, erased from the timeline because of his actions, he would regret it for the rest of his life.
Jingni tilted her delicate, doll-like face to the side, asking in confusion, "Does Qian Xunji have a wife and child?"
"Not yet," Qin Xuan said, his mind already working. "But he will in the future. Madam, please take Mo Ya and leave first. I'll handle things here."
Jingni nodded slowly. She trusted his judgment. She and Mo Ya flashed, disappearing from the secret chamber.
"Consider this a favor to you, you degenerate."
Looking at Qian Xunji's corpse, Qin Xuan hesitated for a moment but still took out the 'Godly Revival Coin' he had purchased. He followed the instructions, placing the shimmering, divine-marked coin on Qian Xunji's forehead.
As a burst of golden light illuminated the entire secret chamber, Qian Xunji's fatal neck injury and the internal damage from Mo Ya's poison healed at a visible rate.
At the same time, a system pop-up appeared in front of Qin Xuan:
[Ding! Godly Revival Coin used successfully. Target: Qian Xunji.]
[Please select revival method:]
[One: Puppet. (Target will be revived as a mindless, soulless puppet that follows all commands.)]
[Two: Retain self-awareness, but unable to resist the host's commands. (Target will be revived with their full personality, memories, and emotions, but their soul is bound to the host. Absolute obedience is guaranteed.)]
"It can even do this?" Qin Xuan mused. "I just love it when others want to hate me but can't get rid of me. A puppet is no fun at all."
"I just don't know if Qian Xunji, after being revived, can still generate emotional value."
Qin Xuan clicked the second option without any hesitation.
"Is this… hell?" Qian Xunji groggily opened his eyes. Having just been revived, he hadn't fully recovered, and his body seemed incredibly weak.
When he saw the familiar, windowless ceiling of his own secret chamber, he instantly reacted. He suddenly sat up and bit his own arm, hard.
Blood oozed out. Although it hurt a lot, he began to laugh, a wild, unhinged sound. "I'm not dead! Haha, I'm not dead! I'M NOT DEAD!"
"Qin Xuan! Jingni! Just you wait! I won't let you go! I will make you suffer!"
"Who are you not planning to let go of?" Qin Xuan's voice sounded calmly from the side.
Qian Xunji's body suddenly shivered, his laughter cutting off. He summoned his Angelic Sacred Sword in a burst of panic and, without the slightest hesitation, swung it at Qin Xuan.
"Stop."
Qin Xuan didn't dodge or evade. He calmly uttered the single word.
Qian Xunji's body, filled with rage and divine power, froze. His sword, burning with angelic flames, stopped a mere inch from Qin Xuan's face. He tried to push, to move, to even tremble, but his body would not obey.
"Quite obedient," Qin Xuan smiled, silently thinking, "System, bind antagonist (big sucker) Qian Xunji."
[Ding! Binding successful.]
[Qian Xunji's resentment +18888]
[Qian Xunji's resentment +28888]
[Ding! OOC warning! OOC warning! Host detected using system bug. Bug fixing in progress…]
[Ding! Bug fixed. After Qian Xunji, other antagonists, upon death and using a Godly Revival Coin, will no longer be able to be bound or generate emotional value.]
[Qian Xunji's resentment +28888]
"This works too?" Qin Xuan felt a wave of speechlessness. This thing actually self-repairs, professionally preventing exploitation.
It seems Yu Xiaogang and that rat Tang Hao cannot be killed until they completely lose their usefulness.
"Damn it! What exactly have you done to this Pontiff?!" Qian Xunji shrunk his neck, his eyes wide with a terror far greater than death. He suddenly realized that he had lost control of his body.
"Nothing. Just granted you a second life. Also, in front of me, you shouldn't refer to yourself as 'this Pontiff'. You should refer to yourself as 'your old servant'," Qin Xuan said.
"Qin Xuan, you bastard! Your old servant won't—" Qian Xunji's voice abruptly cut off. He suddenly realized that he couldn't disobey Qin Xuan's commands. The words had come out of his mouth against his will.
[Qian Xunji's fear +8888]
[Qian Xunji's fear +18888]
"Very good. From now on, I am your master, and you are my most loyal servant," Qin Xuan said.
"In private, you must call me master. In front of me, you must wag your tail and beg like a dog. In front of outsiders, you are still the Spirit Hall Pope, and I am your most respected, closest, most revered, and most trusted 'second brother'. The Second Majesty of Spirit Hall."
After Qin Xuan finished speaking, Qian Xunji, his face contorted in a mask of ultimate horror and humiliation, actually prostrated himself. "Yes, Master. Woof woof woof."
Like a dog, he arched his rear and stuck out his tongue.
[Qian Xunji's fear +18888]
[Qian Xunji's fear +28888]
"Alright, alright, no need to act like a dog." Qin Xuan was almost sick to his stomach. He kicked Qian Xunji over. "Now, I'm giving you a few tasks."
"First, after I leave the Supreme Pontiff Palace, you must, at the fastest speed, find a woman with a powerful Spirit. Marry her, and make babies. This is your top priority. Remember, no forced abduction of commoners. I want a child of a powerful bloodline."
"Second, regarding Bibi Dong…" Afterward, Qin Xuan gave him further instructions.
With his new puppet secured, he arrived at the room where Bibi Dong was unconscious.
At this moment, Bibi Dong's face was wet, her eyes teary from the drug, and a few strands of hair clung to her pretty face, truly pure yet alluring.
Hmm, how to describe this appearance? No wonder that old thief Qian Xunji could bring himself to do it. She was truly pitiful.
Qin Xuan thought, if not for his past life's legal system, he probably wouldn't have been able to resist becoming a secret chamber Douluo himself.
"Sigh, I never thought I'd have a day like Liu Xiahui."
[Inorin's Note: Liu Xiahui was an ancient Chinese nobleman famous for his impeccable virtue, who supposedly held a lost woman in his lap through a cold night to keep her warm without making any advances.]
Qin Xuan inexplicably sighed in his heart. He picked up the unconscious Bibi Dong, put her into his Qiankun Bag, and then walked out of the secret chamber, leaving the mentally shattered Qian Xunji to clean up the mess.
At the same time, outside the main assembly hall of the Supreme Pontiff Palace, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Jin Zhong, and Yin Chui were chatting.
"Hahaha, you two didn't see Ning Fengzhi's expression back then. He was so angered by the Second Majesty that he spat blood all over the floor…" Yue Guan was speaking, his voice high and gleeful.
"Creak—"
The massive door to the assembly hall opened, attracting the attention of all four Titled Douluo.
When they looked back, they saw Bibi Dong walking out alone.
"So fast?" Jin Zhong and Yin Chui, the two guards, exclaimed simultaneously. Less than half an incense stick had passed. His Holiness the Supreme Pontiff was... already finished?
That was too fast, wasn't it? they both thought. Could it be that His Holiness the Supreme Pontiff is... not good in that aspect?
"What's so fast?" 'Bibi Dong' (Qin Xuan in disguise) frowned, his voice a perfect imitation of hers.
"No, nothing! Your Royal Highness the Holy Maiden." Jin Zhong and Yin Chui shook their heads, then realized they had misunderstood. Looking at the Holy Maiden, she didn't look like she had been violated at all. Her clothes were neat, and her aura was calm.
"From now on, don't call me Your Royal Highness the Holy Maiden. I have just resigned from the position of Holy Maiden to my teacher. From now on, I am just an ordinary disciple of Spirit Hall."
'Bibi Dong' glanced at them, then left on her own.
Jin Zhong and Yin Chui were puzzled. Resigned? What happened in there?
Yue Guan and Gui Mei, however, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. They greeted Jin Zhong and Yin Chui and left dejectedly.
Qin Xuan's task for them was to wait here until Bibi Dong came out. Now, it seemed Qin Xuan had successfully 'persuaded' His Holiness the Supreme Pontiff. The plan was a success.
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