Of course, from what I understand about people like her, she is also willing to go the extra mile to ensure that the people she loves are safe and free from outside influence—this outside influence being me.
This means that if I don't fucking handle this right, she may just kill me where I stand and find some sort of damn excuse in the future to explain to Xinyue why I didn't show up for our agreement.
He felt his fear mounting as a bit of golden flames appeared at his fingertips, the warmth calming his nerves; it had become a habit of his to use his golden flames as an anchor whenever he felt nervous.
Finally, after waiting for quite a bit longer, he finally opened his mouth to respond, trying to keep his voice calm, but the increasing intensity of the flames at his fingertips betrayed his inner thoughts.
"I pay my respects to you, Mistress Bai! Thank you for taking good care of Xinyue all this time; it is the greatest blessing of this little life of mine to have met her."
He instantly bowed his head after saying those words, trying his best to be as respectful as possible, making sure that his tone, facial expression, demeanor, and even body language all pointed to the exact same thing: respect.
Fuck it, if there is one thing that I'm damn confident in, it's my fucking acting and talking to beautiful women. Like hell will I mess this shit up.
The woman stayed quiet for a while as if trying to sense something in his words but failed to do so; it was clear that even for a so-called supreme being like her, acting was still effective.
Fuck yes! I think I'm saf—
BOOM
An all-powerful spiritual energy pressure suddenly tried to force him from his standing position into a kneeling one, as all of a sudden a cold voice spoke to him—so close, in fact, that it seemed to speak directly beside his ear.
"Huang Shi, that's your name, isn't it? I've learned a lot about you in these past couple of minutes. Care to hear me out?"
Huang Shi was breathing heavily, his bones creaking as it seemed his previous injuries were about to rebound.
It was clear from the fact that she had intentionally put the exact amount of pressure on him that would allow him to just barely be able to resist that she was forcing him to submit—that she was forcing him to kneel.
FUCK?! KNEEL?! LIKE FUCKING HELL I WILL KNEEL!!
A voice roared inside of his heart as his golden eyes turned ferocious. It was clear at this point that this woman was testing him; although he had a hint as to why, he couldn't be sure.
However, regardless of the kind of test it was, both in his past life and his current, he was not the kind of man that would kneel to authority.
Bai Xinyue's mother, on the other hand, seemed to totally ignore his look of fury as she instead waved her hand in an indifferent manner.
WHOOSH
All of a sudden, scenes appeared in the air like a slideshow made of spiritual energy; it showed the kind of life that he had lived thus far, or more accurately, the life the previous "him" had lived.
He saw himself going into brothels, spending all of his allowance on drinking and women; he saw himself treating his stepmother in an awful manner, berating her for the smallest of things and not respecting her authority.
He saw how, when he saw his grandfather Huang Li, he didn't even bother to send him a greeting, outright ignoring him despite the man protecting them from the shadows.
Fuck... that damn previous me was such a waste.
Suddenly, the scene changed. Starting from his survival of the assassination attempt, it showed his sudden revival, his sudden rise in cultivation, and his fights and interactions with the members of his sect after his awakening. It showed everything he had ever done after his reincarnation.
It even showed something that he truly didn't want to be seen; he saw his romantic relationship with Li Mei exposed, his flirty interactions with Qiao Fenyi, and it even showed the scenes of his first interactions with Bai Xinyue.
It displayed how they met in the Greenwood Forest, how they went to the Azure Lightning Valley, and how they trained together, ate together, and slept in the same house together.
His entire life thus far was being played like a movie in front of him, and there was nothing he could do about it. His bones were shaking and his body was enveloped by pain; he bit his lips so hard that they started to bleed, showing how agitated he was at the current situation.
Fuck... what is this? I expected the gap to be big, but I didn't expect it to be this damn big. Is this the true power of high-level cultivators?
To people of their level, are we truly just like ants on the roadside? Not even being able to resist as our entire life, our memories, thoughts, love, and relationships are exposed. It really fucking feels like...
"In your eyes, it probably feels like I'm a god, huh?"
His body trembled as the golden flames that had already been extinguished by the incredibly powerful spiritual energy came back with a vengeance; this time, his entire body burned with spiritual energy.
Calm down... keep your head down. The fact that she hasn't killed me yet is proof that I still have some value to her. Just relax.
Seeing that despite all of what she had done, he still didn't submit, caused a furrow to appear on her brows. All of a sudden, she snapped her fingers. Instantly, all of the spiritual energy pressure that had been trying its best to force him to kneel disappeared, causing him to wobble in place.
Before long, a silver-hued spiritual energy that seemed to be made of moonlight hit him in the chest, healing all of his injuries.