Chapter 174: Lin Yuan's Guilty Pleasure
Hearing the system's confirmation, Lin Yuan immediately understood. No wonder this woman looked radiant; it turned out her long-standing heart ailment had finally been removed.
At the same time, on the other side, Qian Renxue reacted even faster.
She still maintained Xue Qinghe's refined and elegant demeanor, sitting upright in her chair as she watched the two. However, her consciousness had already swiftly sunk into the chat group.
[I Don't Like Men: @Elegant Noble Lady, Pavilion Master Tang, did you receive the guaranteed reward of increased soul power from the diary system?]
[I Don't Like Men: Don't even think about hiding it from me. Otherwise, why has your current soul power fluctuation changed from rank 9 to rank 10?]
These two sudden messages were like heavy hammers, ruthlessly smashing into Tang Yuehua's heart.
Tang Yuehua, who was maintaining her domain with her eyes closed, suddenly trembled; her heart instantly filled with shock.
She had never expected Qian Renxue's perception to be so terrifyingly sharp.
She clearly did not even have her first soul ring and had only leaked a trace of soul power fluctuation, yet her true cultivation had already been seen through.
At this moment, a chill ran down Tang Yuehua's back, and even the soul power maintaining her Noble Circle showed a trace of instability.
Before Tang Yuehua could even think of how to reply in the group, Qian Renxue's messages—carrying a hint of severity and warning—flooded the screen again.
[I Don't Like Men: Your soul power has been stuck for so many years, yet now you've suddenly broken through the bottleneck for no reason.]
[I Don't Like Men: This kind of extremely abnormal phenomenon, if Lin Yuan investigates even slightly, will absolutely not be able to hide from him!]
[I Don't Like Men: This will very likely directly arouse his high level of vigilance, causing him to suspect that you possess a diary copy!]
Qian Renxue's words carried a strong sense of crisis. She would absolutely not allow Tang Yuehua's negligence to ruin everyone's shared interests.
[I Don't Like Men: You should know how shrewd Lin Yuan is. Once you are exposed, he may follow the trail.]
[I Don't Like Men: And that could lead to all of us in this group who possess diary copies being exposed as well!]
[I Don't Like Men: If that really happens, he will definitely become guarded when writing his diary.]
[I Don't Like Men: In that case, it won't be so easy for us to safely obtain rewards from the diary copies in the future!]
Looking at Qian Renxue's analysis in the chat group, Tang Yuehua was now extremely anxious.
She knew Qian Renxue was absolutely right. This sudden jump to rank 10, if she did not find a perfect excuse, would definitely be a fatal flaw.
But what excuse could perfectly conceal the traces of a system reward?
Just as Tang Yuehua was at a complete loss, Qian Renxue offered a suggestion.
[I Don't Like Men: So, for the sake of all our safety, you must immediately think of a way.]
[I Don't Like Men: To make your sudden level increase appear completely natural and justified.]
[I Don't Like Men: And for now, there is only one perfect option that can completely dispel Lin Yuan's suspicion.]
[I Don't Like Men: That is, see if you can rely on your own ability and means to obtain a precious heavenly treasure from Lin Yuan.]
[I Don't Like Men: Whether it's a legendary immortal herb or even a slightly inferior semi-immortal herb will do.]
[I Don't Like Men: As long as you can obtain a medicinal herb from him and take it, then your breakthrough to rank 10 will be completely justified.]
[Seven Treasure Little Rich Lady: Wow! So the noble lady who just joined the group really is the Moon Pavilion Master, Tang Yuehua!]
[Seven Treasure Little Rich Lady: The Crown Prince is right. Your sudden jump from rank 9 to rank 10 is definitely a huge flaw!]
[I Want to Live Past Thirty: Indeed. Lin Yuan's mind is very meticulous. If he finds out that a useless martial soul that's been stuck for ten thousand years can suddenly cultivate, he'll know something's wrong even if he uses his toes to think.]
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: Aunt Tang, you must be careful. Although my brother is nice, if he discovers that you have a diary copy, the consequences will be unimaginable.]
Faced with the group members' kind reminders and Qian Renxue's warnings, Tang Yuehua let out a bitter laugh in her heart.
Ask for an immortal herb?
She was just a low-level etiquette teacher; what right did she have to ask Lin Yuan for such a priceless treasure?
She wasn't even familiar with Lin Yuan.
Why would he give it to her? Surely she couldn't trade her beauty for it?
Wasn't this making things difficult for her?
However, what Tang Yuehua did not know was that, at this moment, Lin Yuan, sitting in the private room, understood everything as clearly as a mirror.
As a practitioner of the "Chaos God-Killing Codex," Lin Yuan could perfectly control the violent killing intent of the God-Killing Spear, freely retracting and releasing it.
His visit to Moon Pavilion today, claiming that he wanted Tang Yuehua to help purify his killing intent, had been nothing more than a perfectly reasonable excuse from the very beginning.
At this moment, Zhao Yun, who was hidden in the shadows, had already spread out his immense spiritual power.
Zhao Yun had thoroughly scanned the entire Moon Pavilion from top to bottom.
The result was that there was no trace or aura of Tang Hao at all.
"So, Tang Hao, that old fox, didn't flee here," Lin Yuan thought to himself.
Since it had already been confirmed that Tang Hao was not here, and through the system binding, he also knew that the dignified and elegant Tang Yuehua before him truly possessed a diary copy.
The mischievous thoughts in Lin Yuan's mind naturally began to surface.
Since he had come, how could he possibly leave empty-handed?
Naturally, he wanted to ruthlessly expose in the diary the deepest hidden secret in Tang Yuehua's heart—
namely, her twisted and taboo affection toward Tang Hao!
And if possible,
Lin Yuan looked at the graceful and charming mature woman before him, naturally also wanting to include Tang Yuehua in his future harem smoothly.
Although Tang Yuehua currently appeared to be just a decorative vase,
Now that she possessed a diary copy and the help of the system's guaranteed rewards, her future cultivation speed would definitely not be slow.
Moreover, her Noble Circle Martial Soul was actually severely underestimated.
It should definitely be considered one of the top-tier, special-function domain-type support martial souls on this Douluo Continent.
After all, when she first awakened it, her innate soul power had reached as high as rank 9!
Although due to the defect caused by martial soul mutation, she had been unable to break through the rank 10 bottleneck for her entire life.
There was no denying that this martial soul's supportive ability in calming emotions and purifying negative states was absolutely not weak.
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