Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Lanling, aunt and niece, were overwhelmed with emotion. Nangong Lingyun didn't follow them inside to kill the vibe.
He eagerly opened the system interface outside, excited to check his gains.
No.1[At Zhu Zhuqing's moment of deepest despair and anger, you descended like a divine being, saving her from the brink of death after she was relentlessly pursued.]
[SSS-level beauty and special plot character Zhu Zhuqing favorability +30%, gained 600,000 plot points.]
No.2[Your outstanding appearance, savior aura bonus, and the overwhelming charm and emotional resonance from your powerful spiritual martial soul caused Zhu Zhuqing to lose her composure multiple times and deeply question herself — resulting in an intense suspension bridge effect.]
[Zhu Zhuqing favorability +15%, gained 650,000 plot points.]
(When you're angry, just like when you're showing kindness, your emotional energy is intensely amplified in others' perception. This ability can be toggled off manually.)
[Your strategy progress with Zhu Zhuqing — the canon love interest of Dai Mubai — has reached 40%, and your relationship has officially entered the "intimate" stage.Achieved special plot milestone: [Bait-and-Switch the White Tiger]. Level of backstabbing: Top-tier. Gained 1,500,000 satisfaction points.]
No.3[Using Xiao Wu as your mouthpiece, you subtly revealed your extraordinary qualities, making Zhu Zhuqing consider you as someone she could rely on.]
[Zhu Zhuqing favorability +5%, gained 250,000 plot points.]
[You saved Zhu Lanling, Zhu Zhuqing's beloved aunt, from her canon death fate.]
[Zhu Zhuqing favorability +10%, gained 600,000 plot points.]
[Current cumulative Zhu Zhuqing strategy progress: 60%]
No.4[You saved the person Zhu Lanling cares for most.]
[Your talent, background, brilliance, and strength deeply shocked Zhu Lanling, stirring some unexpected thoughts in her heart.]
[SS-level beauty Zhu Lanling favorability +50%, as a non-plot character, no satisfaction points rewarded.]
[Total satisfaction points gained]: 134,660,000[Satisfaction points gained this session]: 3,600,000[Current total satisfaction points]: 62,680,000
"Hell yeah!""Feeling good as hell."
Staring at the numbers at the end of the virtual screen, even though Nangong Lingyun had expected the outcome, his eyes still lit up.
He turned around, hands behind his back, gazing out over the layered forests, taking a deep breath.
In his mind, a little version of himself was pounding its chest and roaring with pride.
All he did was show up at the right place at the right time, and he shot the strategy progress up to 60%?
This move was truly Qin Shi Huang grabbing a power line — he won electrifyingly big.
And let's not forget, he still had loads of trump cards he hadn't played yet — cultivation techniques, martial soul fusion skills…
Nangong Lingyun's twin martial souls could resonate with nearly any human soul. Of course, unless it's a special target or moment, that resonance was usually sealed.
Using that required a deep emotional connection — a real weapon of conquest.
Plus, with Dai Mubai inevitably digging himself a deeper hole soon, the little kitty might be speed-runnable.
How could he not be hyped?
Blowing all your cards too early is a dumb move.
So for now, Nangong Lingyun kept quiet about cultivation techniques and soul fusion skills.
Instead, he stayed in the camp, using "training guidance" as a reason to slowly build rapport.
Thanks to Xiao Wu's earlier hype, he was already hailed as an unprecedented, unmatched master of soul theory — all-knowing and all-powerful.
He was called a "Grandmaster", not a "Master", because some "massive turd" ruined that title.
In Douluo, being called "Master" was practically an insult — especially for transmigrators.
Nangong Lingyun's insights on the Nether Shadow Cat indeed surprised and delighted Zhu Lanling and Zhu Zhuqing, giving them newfound hope for the future.
According to the data and analysis from Diaochan,the Nether Shadow Cat possessed both dark and shadow attributes.
The former was top-tier, just beneath Divine, Evil, Time-Space, and Fate elements.
Even without reaching an "extreme" level, it still held enormous potential.
The latter allowed Zhu Zhuqing to hide in shadows of anything — making her a ghostly assassin far beyond typical agility-attack types.
Though currently only rated high-grade, it had clear potential to evolve to super or even god-tier.
However, the soul ring path it was currently on was aligned with the Nether White Tiger fusion skill.
That was like sacrificing the soul's future for a combo move — missing the forest for the trees.
Thankfully, Zhu Zhuqing only had two soul rings so far, and it wasn't too late to change paths.
Ten days passed in a flash.
At the center of the camp, while packing up his tent, Nangong Lingyun casually offered a suggestion — sounding unbiased, logical, and totally not self-serving:
"Since you want to observe this fiancé you've never even met, I suggest you both conceal your appearances and suppress your martial soul aura as much as possible."
"You're gorgeous and already at level 27 at just eleven — clearly very talented.With the added allure of a martial soul fusion skill, what if he gets pervy and pretends to be a nice guy?""A woman fears marrying the wrong man; a man fears choosing the wrong path.Marriage is a lifelong deal — especially arranged ones. You can't afford to be careless."
In these past ten days,Nangong Lingyun had used his supreme charm to get fully familiar with both of them — even cracking dirty jokes freely.
With a bit of guidance, Zhu Zhuqing eventually told him about Dai Mubai.
And far from being upset that such a beauty was "taken,"he'd helped strategize with great enthusiasm, which deeply touched Zhu Zhuqing's heart.
Just as he finished speaking, Zhu Zhuqing blinked in surprise and asked:
"You can suppress martial soul aura?"
"Of course! But it takes years of training and mastery over your martial soul. Like this..."
As Nangong Lingyun spoke, he willed his aura to vanish completely.
Visibly, he was still standing right there — but spiritually, he'd vanished into thin air.
Before the two could express their astonishment,
he pulled out two oval jade tokens from his robes:
"But, with a few little gadgets, even if your control isn't that advanced, you can still pull it off.Here — take these. My gift."
The two had just slipped the jade pendants around their neckswhen, in the next instant, their eyes widened in shock.
In terms of aura, each of them had disappeared just like Nangong Lingyun — completely untraceable.
Even Title Douluo-level characters might not detect them now.
Zhu Lanling asked a bit sheepishly:
"These must be quite valuable, right?"
But Nangong Lingyun only smiled, offering no answer.
To him, it was nothing but a little party trick — but not everyone would think so.
(End of Chapter)