Chapter 434: Despicable

Xuanyuan Shen was both ashamed and angry at the mention of the past.

Liuli Nuonuo was Liuli Xiangsi’s junior. At that time, she was the most beautiful girl in the Liuli Clan. Unlike the feisty Liuli Xiangsi, Liuli Nuonuo was innocent and reserved.

Xuanyuan Shen studied at the Divine Eagle Academy when he was young. When he was in the eighth grade, he represented the academy in the Holy Spirit Continent’s Advanced Beast Tamer Academy Alliance Tournament. When he first saw Liuli Nuonuo, who represented the Divine Realm Academy in the competition with Yin Mingjue, Sheng Lingfeng, and the others, he fell in love with her at first sight.

However, the Divine Eagle Academy and the Divine Realm Academy were very far apart. More than a hundred years ago, the Holy Spirit Continent didn’t have a phone, and only had cable phones. In order to pursue Liuli Nuonuo, Xuanyuan Shen specifically went to learn the love technique and used his spiritual power to write letters to Liuli Nuonuo every day.

However, the Divine Realm Academy was an independent space that would automatically intercept external spiritual power, so the letters he wrote didn’t reach Liuli Nuonuo.

After graduating from the Beast Tamer Academy, all the disciples of the large families returned to their respective families to serve their families. During that period of time, the disciples of the few large families often joined forces to participate in various training. Only then did Xuanyuan Shen have the chance to approach Liuli Nuonuo.

During an independent space training, Liuli Nuonuo and Xuanyuan Shen became partners. When the two of them were exploring an illusion array, Liuli Nuonuo mistook Xuanyuan Shen for Yin Mingjue and mustered up the courage to confess to him. Xuanyuan Shen was at a loss for what to do at that time and hugged Liuli Nuonuo.

However, Liuli Nuonuo leaned into his arms and shouted, “Senior Mingjue.”

At that moment, Xuanyuan Shen felt crestfallen.

It turned out that the woman he had admired for many years actually had another person in her heart.

That person happened to be the most dazzling genius, Yin Mingjue!

After knowing that his love rival was actually Yin Mingjue, Xuanyuan Shen felt helpless. He thought that he was considered a prodigy, but compared to Yin Mingjue, he was still far inferior.

At that time, Yin Mingjue had just turned 30 years old. There were still eight years before he participated in the Central Pagoda challenge and headed to the Upper World. During those eight years, Yin Mingjue outshadowed the descendants of the aristocratic families, and Xuanyuan Shen could always hear all kinds of news about Yin Mingjue.

Yin Mingjue had captured a level-eight demon beast alone!

Yin Mingjue had discovered a divine-grade cultivation technique in a ruin!

Yin Mingjue had broken through to the Supreme Master Realm!

The day Yin Mingjue broke through to the Supreme Master Realm at the age of 35, he had once again given the other descendants of the aristocratic families a blow. A 35-year-old Supreme Master had never existed in that era, so one could imagine how dazzling Yin Mingjue was back then. At that time, almost all the women secretly admired him.

When Yin Mingjue was 38 years old, he decided to participate in the Central Pagoda challenge and head to the Upper World to train.

Everyone believed that Yin Mingjue could pass through the Central Pagoda and successfully head to the Upper World. Before he set off, the Divine Realm Academy alumni who had studied with him prepared a farewell party for him in advance.

Xuanyuan Shen was the heir of the Xuanyuan Clan, and he had also obtained an invitation.

Even though he knew that he would see Liuli Nuo peeping at Yin Mingjue with an admiring gaze, he still had to bite the bullet and participate in the farewell party. This was because he was the successor of the Xuanyuan Clan, and he represented the Xuanyuan Clan. As the successor of the Xuanyuan Clan, it was his duty to befriend the powerful Yin Clan.

That farewell party was very impressive.

That farewell party was very impressive.

However, Yin Mingjue was immersed in cultivation at that time and had yet to understand love. In the face of those women’s love confessions, he rejected them calmly and decisively.

Liuli Nuo held a glass of wine and stood quietly at the back of the crowd. She looked at the powerful and calm man in a daze, and the love in her eyes was so intense that it was almost impossible to hide. However, after she personally watched Yin Mingjue reject every woman’s confession of love, she understood that if she confessed to him, she would only end up like those women.

Liuli Nuo’s heart ached.

She put down her wine glass silently and turned to go to the courtyard outside the hotel.

Liuli Nuonuo sat in the courtyard while feeling dejected. Suddenly, she saw a small unicorn holding a cup of good wine and delivering it to her.

Everyone knew that Yin Mingjue’s beast form was a unicorn.

Liuli Nuonuo stared blankly at the unicorn that was formed by spiritual power. She picked up her wine glass in surprise and turned to look at the banquet hall behind her. She saw a man standing behind the mist outside the banquet hall. The tree branches blocked the man’s figure, but she could vaguely see that the man was wearing a dark blue shirt.

Yin Mingjue was wearing a dark blue shirt that night.

Liuli Nuo’s heart raced!

She thought that this glass of wine was Yin Mingjue expressing his goodwill to her, and the woman who loved Yin Mingjue with all her heart drank the wine brewed from grapes with excitement.

The alcohol content wasn’t high, but Liuli Nuonuo’s face was flushed.

She sat on the chair with her back facing Yin Mingjue and used all her courage to confess to him. “Senior Mingjue, are you still there?”

The man behind her didn’t respond, but he deliberately broke a branch and made a sound.

When Liuli Nuonuo heard this commotion, she knew that Yin Mingjue was still standing behind the tree and listening.

Liuli Nuo Nuo’s heart beat faster and faster. Her small hand held the glass of wine tightly. She lowered her head, and even the cold moonlight couldn’t make her stop blushing. Liuli Nuo Nuo stared at the beautiful crystal glass and said shyly and excitedly, “Senior Mingjue, I like you. The first time I saw you when I entered the academy at the age of 15, I fell for you.”

Liuli Nuonuo grabbed the wine glass and pressed it hard. She gritted her teeth and said, “I know you don’t love me, and I know that I’m not worthy of you. I just want to convey my feelings to you and let you know that there was once a timid girl who secretly liked you for 21 years.”

From 15 to 36, Liuli Nuonuo spent 21 years liking Yin Mingjue.

The person behind her still didn’t speak, but the unicorn appeared in front of Liuli Nuonuo again. The unicorn gently rubbed the edge of Liuli Nuonuo’s skirt, as if it was comforting her.

Seeing this, Liuli Nuonuo’s eyes were filled with tears. She leaned back in her chair and shed two streams of tears.

Even when Mingjue rejected her, he was so gentle and calm.

“Alright, Senior, go ahead. I’ll be fine after resting for a while.”

Seeing that Liuli Nuonuo was still calm, the man standing behind the mist turned around and walked towards the banquet hall. Hearing footsteps, Liuli Nuonuo opened her eyes and looked at the man’s back. The navy blue shirt and black suit pants made the man’s tall figure look even more slender and tall.

Liuli Nuo closed her eyes and felt a little tired. She leaned against the back of the chair for the wind to blow away that sense of powerlessness.

Yin Mingjue walked into the banquet hall and saw Xuanyuan Shen walking out. Coincidentally, Xuanyuan Shen was also wearing a dark blue shirt today. The design was similar to Yin Mingjue’s. At this moment, Xuanyuan Shen had already taken off his suit jacket and placed it on his arm. He looked like he was about to leave.

Seeing that Xuanyuan Shen was about to leave, Yin Mingjue stopped and said to him, “Are you leaving?”

“Yes, it’s getting late. I’ll go back and rest first.” Xuanyuan Shen cupped his fists at Yin Mingjue and said, “Brother Mingjue, I wish you all the best tomorrow. I wish you success in passing the trials and successfully heading to the Upper World. I hope that when you return, you will return in glory!”

“Thank you.”

Yin Mingjue thought of something and said, “Nuonuo seems to like the glass of wine you made just now.”

A dark look flashed across Xuanyuan Shen’s eyes when he heard this. He said, “You rejected her?”

“… Well, since I’m not interested in her, I naturally have to make things clear.” Liuli Nuonuo’s feelings for Yin Mingjue were too obvious, and Yin Mingjue had long sensed it. Liuli Nuonuo was a good girl, and Yin Mingjue didn’t love her, so he naturally wouldn’t give her any room to fantasize.

Liuli Nuonuo was Yin Mingjue’s friend. He could reject those other girls expressionlessly, but he couldn’t reject Liuli Nuonuo so mercilessly. That girl was innocent and kind. Yin Mingjue hoped to let her maintain her dignity, so he hid behind the tree and deliberately didn’t appear.

He was afraid that Liuli Nuonuo would be embarrassed if he told her everything in front of her.

He heard that Xuanyuan Shen was a good mixer. Before Yin Mingjue came out, he specially asked Xuanyuan Shen to make a glass of low-grade wine for Liuli Nuonuo.

Yin Mingjue patted Xuanyuan Shen’s shoulder and said with a smile, “Goodbye. I hope you can surprise me the next time we meet.”

“… Goodbye.”

After Xuanyuan Shen said goodbye to Yin Mingjue, he left the banquet hall alone.

He came to the courtyard and saw Liuli Nuonuo leaning against the back of the chair while sleeping. Then, he carefully walked to her.

When Liuli Nuonuo heard the commotion, she opened her eyes and saw Xuanyuan Shen, who was wearing a dark blue shirt. For some reason, after drinking wine, she felt dizzy and had double vision. “Minjue?” Why was Senior Minjue back again?

Xuanyuan Shen saw that Liuli Nuonuo had mistaken him for someone else. He smiled self-deprecatingly and suddenly opened his arms to pick her up.

Liuli Nuonuo cried out in alarm and wanted to struggle, but she discovered that her body was weak and powerless. Liuli Nuonuo used her nails to pinch the flesh in her palm until it bled. The pain cleared her mind a little. Only then did Liuli Nuonuo recognize that the person hugging her wasn’t Yin Mingjue at all, but Xuanyuan Shen.

“Xuanyuan Shen!”

“What are you doing?! Put me down!”

Liuli Nuonuo wanted to push Xuanyuan Shen away, but she realized that her body was weak.

Xuanyuan Shen chuckled and stuffed her into a car. He drove, and Liuli Nuonuo leaned against the back seat weakly. Liuli Nuonuo wanted to escape, but she didn’t even have the strength to sit up.

Where was her spiritual power?

Xuanyuan Shen saw her actions in the rearview mirror. He said calmly, “You drank the ‘Spirit Energy Powder’ willingly.”

When she heard this, her beautiful face instantly turned pale.

Spiritual Energy Powder was actually a kind of medicine for lovemaking. If one party was willing to drink it, their spiritual energy would dissipate in a short period of time, allowing the other party to do whatever they wanted. And earlier, Liuli Nuo Nuo thought that the glass of wine was given to her by Yin Mingjue, so she drank it willingly.