Chapter 4: I Don’t Want It Anymore

Li Shuang’s gaze was indifferent as she suddenly took a step forward.

Sheng Yuan’s hand trembled instinctively.

Li Shuang reached out, but only to pluck the tassel from the Sinking Water Sword.

"Senior Sister! You!" Sheng Yuan was slightly stunned.

Li Shuang said calmly, "Over half the materials used to forge your Sinking Water Sword were things I searched far and wide for. This tassel, too, was something I found in a workshop back then. Wearing it for a long time has a mind-clearing effect. Sheng Yuan, I won’t bother calculating the cost of the materials with you. Seeing how you look down on me now, I imagine you look down on this tassel as well. I’m taking this gift back."

With a slight squeeze of her hand, the tassel turned to dust in her palm and vanished completely.

A tremor ran through Sheng Yuan’s heart!

This tassel was a birthday gift from Li Shuang. He had constantly complained that his Sinking Water Sword lacked a good tassel, so his Senior Sister had scoured every workshop to find this one for him.

But now.

His Senior Sister had destroyed it with her own hands.

Sheng Yuan stared at Li Shuang.

Li Shuang’s expression remained just as placid, as if what she had just crushed was nothing more than an ordinary object.

But Sheng Yuan suddenly wanted to ask.

’What she had taken back...’

’Besides the tassel, was there something else!’

’Was it... all the ties between us, too?’

His hand, gripping his sword, trembled slightly. Sheng Yuan didn’t understand. ’It was clearly Senior Sister who did wrong. We’ve been more than tolerant with her, so why is she acting so self-righteous?’

’She’s the one who was wrong!’

Li Shuang paid Sheng Yuan no mind. She looked at the one percent progress bar of the Heaven and Earth Melting Furnace, a faint, almost imperceptible smile touching her lips.

’That tassel wasn’t anything spectacular, but destroying it outright would have been a bit of a waste.’

Li Shuang had only pretended to destroy the tassel; in reality, she had sent it into the Melting Furnace, contributing a small amount to its progress bar.

Ye Zhaozhao watched this scene, her eyes glinting.

She said softly in her mind, "System, check the current Negative Emotion Value."

No one knew.

Ye Zhaozhao was actually a transmigrator, and she was bound to a miraculous system.

This system was called the Parasite System.

She needed to bind to a host. After binding, as long as that person generated negative emotions, she could obtain Negative Emotion Value. This Negative Emotion Value could then be used for her own Cultivation, allowing her progress to advance by leaps and bounds and making her a top-tier genius.

The higher the Talent and the stronger the luck of the host, the more potent the negative energy they produced!

She and her host would be in a zero-sum relationship; after she absorbed the energy, the host’s Cultivation would also be affected. With long-term absorption, she could even claim the host’s luck for her own!

And according to the system’s investigation, Li Shuang’s luck was nearly at its maximum.

If this were a novel, Li Shuang would be the Heavenly Dao Female Protagonist in every sense of the word!

With near-maximum luck and unparalleled genius, if nothing unexpected happened, Li Shuang was destined to soar to the heavens and become a legendary figure.

But!

She was Li Shuang’s unexpected event!

Ye Zhaozhao had parasitized Li Shuang without a moment’s hesitation. Then, she used every method at her disposal to make everyone resent and hate Li Shuang. As long as Li Shuang generated negative emotions because of this, those emotions would be completely absorbed by the system and transformed into a spiritual pill to enhance Ye Zhaozhao’s Cultivation.

That was why after she became an unparalleled genius, Li Shuang’s Cultivation had stagnated.

However, that wasn’t enough.

The system had said that as long as she killed Li Shuang, she would obtain all of Li Shuang’s Luck Value!

For some reason, Li Shuang had actually returned from the Snow Mountain alive this time.

Still, it didn’t matter.

It would just take a little more time.

’This is a perfect chance to squeeze some more Negative Emotion Value out of Li Shuang.’

’Sheng Yuan’s accusations should at least generate some negative emotions from Li Shuang, right?’

Just as Ye Zhaozhao was thinking this, the system displayed the amount of Negative Emotion Value.

A look of disbelief flashed across Ye Zhaozhao’s face.

"Negative Emotion Value: 0."

’Zero? How could it be zero!’

’She had already spent all the negative energy she’d harvested before. She was waiting for a new batch to continue her advancement.’

’But after all that, Li Shuang hadn’t produced even a single point of negative energy?’

’No!’

’This won’t do!’

’I’ve grown accustomed to the rapid increase in my Cultivation. Without the boost from Li Shuang’s negative energy, my own Spirit Root would cause my Cultivation to stagnate instantly!’

’How could Sheng Yuan be so useless? He couldn’t even provoke the slightest reaction from Li Shuang!’

Ye Zhaozhao couldn’t help but step forward and say suddenly, "Senior Sister, I don’t blame you, really. There were so many Snow Monsters that day; it’s normal that you were too scared to advance. I remember Long Yan was desperately telling you to save me, but you harshly berated him. A Sword Spirit can’t defy its master, so he could only leave with you. Senior Sister, Long Yan just wanted to save me. He didn’t mean to disobey you. Please don’t blame him, okay?"

Ye Zhaozhao felt a flicker of smugness.

’I know.’

’Long Yan was supposed to deliver the fatal blow to Li Shuang at the very end.’

’I don’t know why Li Shuang is still alive, but she and Long Yan must have had a falling out.’

’Oh, Li Shuang, Li Shuang.’

’How does it feel to be betrayed by your most trusted partner? I refuse to believe this won’t stir up any negative emotions!’

"For Long Yan to have a master like you, it’s truly a waste of his talent!" Sheng Yuan couldn’t help but add with a sneer.

Li Shuang looked at the two of them and smiled.

A treasure sword engraved with a dragon pattern suddenly appeared in her hand.

It was none other than the Dragon Roar Sword!

Ye Zhaozhao couldn’t help but cast a greedy glance at the treasure sword.

The Sword Pavilion housed numerous sword embryos. When disciples entered the Pavilion, they were each randomly assigned one. How far they could cultivate the Sword Spirit and the treasure sword after that depended entirely on their own abilities.

As expected of someone whose luck was near maximum, Li Shuang had forged her sword embryo step-by-step into the Dragon Roar Sword it was today. The power of the Dragon Roar Sword was plain for all to see.

Her own luck, however, hadn’t been as good. The sword embryo she’d chosen had a very weak Sword Spirit. After all this time, she hadn’t even managed to awaken it.

Because of this, Ye Zhaozhao had simply tossed her Black Abyss into a corner, rarely bothering to use it.

’A sword like that was completely unworthy of me!’

’This Dragon Roar right here... that’s what should be my partner!’

Unfortunately, the sect’s rules stood in her way. Although she had goaded Long Yan into betraying Li Shuang, she would attract a great deal of criticism if she tried to forcibly take the Dragon Roar Sword.

Originally, all she had to do was wait for Li Shuang to die, then she could go to the summit of the Snow Mountain and claim the treasure sword legitimately.

Who would have thought she’d actually come back alive.

Li Shuang watched Ye Zhaozhao quietly. "To make a Sword Spirit betray its master for you... Ye Zhaozhao, your skills are truly impressive."

Ye Zhaozhao put on a wronged expression. "Senior Sister, what are you talking about? How is that a betrayal? The Sword Spirit just wanted to save me."

A cold arc formed on Li Shuang’s lips. "A sword that betrays its master is one I no longer dare to use. This Dragon Roar Sword... I don’t want it anymore."