After Being Forced to Conquer the Crazy and Tyrannical Demon Lord, the Entire Book Had a Happy Ending - Chapter 30

The study was spacious, adorned with numerous night pearls, illuminating the entire room.

On all four walls were shelves filled with books, and even the floor was piled with paper volumes. Most of them had yellowed pages with slightly curled edges, indicating their age.

Perhaps they hadn’t been read for a while as a thin layer of dust had settled on them. Whenever someone passed by, a gentle breeze would stir up the dust, causing it to float lightly in the air.

In the innermost part of the room, there was an ebony bookcase. On top of it, there were complete sets of writing brushes, inkstones, and paper, all rare treasures.

Mu Zhe sat down calmly behind the bookcase, dipped the brush in ink, and began to write.

The room was silent and still.

After a while, he set aside the brush, staring at the ink marks on the paper, and a faint smile curled up on his lips.

A sudden pain emerged in his chest, but it was not as sharp as before. It was more dull, accompanied by a tingling sensation.

He nonchalantly consumed a spiritual medicine, took a moment to adjust his breath, and felt the turbulent demonic energy and spiritual energy in his body calm down. His complexion returned to normal.

Mu Zhe neatly stored the painting and changed his clothes.

Just as he was about to tear open the void and head towards Spring Valley, his gaze casually glanced at the book placed aside.

It was a slightly thick painting album with a cover depicting a charming and alluring peony, deliberately embellished with gold powder on its core.

Not knowing what came to his mind, his pitch-black pupils trembled. With a swift motion, he opened the drawer and threw the book inside.

After pausing for a moment, he expressionlessly added a lock.

Once he completed these tasks, he casually tore open a rift in the void.

A white mist, wrapped in heat, rushed towards him. Faintly, the fragrance of orchids entwined his clothes through the crack.

He took big strides and stepped into it.

Into the warm hot spring.

Wen Ruan took a deep breath and sank to the bottom of the pool, silently counting the time she could hold her breath.

She had a natural talent for swimming. At the age of 10, she even represented the school in a competition and achieved excellent results.

This delighted the old man, who was always engrossed in his paintings. He exclaimed that he would send her to the professional team in the capital city, where she could compete on a larger scale in the future.

After hearing this, she quit the school’s swimming team the next day and hardly attended physical education classes.

The old man never mentioned sending her away again.

Perhaps due to her cultivation, her body’s affinity for water was exceptional, and she could hold her breath for much longer than the average person.

During the waiting process, she felt bored and opened the system, wanting to study it further.

The system’s interface was simple, with two mission names written in bold capital letters in the center. Below them, two progress bars were displayed.

One of them is still at 0, while the other—

“Mu Zhe’s current favorability: 20”

She widened her eyes and involuntarily gasped in surprise.

“Pfft—”

A string of bubbles emerged from the water.

She struggled to float to the water’s surface, her face turning red from choking. She coughed and gasped for air before gradually recovering.

“Cough, cough, cough, 996, what’s going on?!”

Clearly, Mu Zhe’s favorability was 0 yesterday, so how did it suddenly increase to 20 today?

She hadn’t even seen his face yet. Isn’t favorability increase completely unexplainable???

996 paused in washing its paws by the poolside. “Maybe, probably, it’s just a delay in the system?”

“Then why didn’t I hear the notification sound?” She still had some doubts. “It’s not a system malfunction, right? Just to clarify, I definitely won’t return this favor.”

“It’s muted, so of course you can’t hear it.” 996 stopped washing its paws and evaporated the water from its body, jumping into her sea of consciousness.

“It was originally yours, so just hold onto it with peace of mind.”

She scratched her head. When did she mute it?

After pondering for a while, she couldn’t remember, so she decided not to dwell on it.

“Let’s turn off the mute mode so I don’t miss any more notification sounds.” She was excited. “I remember that favorability can be exchanged for points, right?”

996 said: “That’s right. Without losing your existing favorability, you can exchange it for the same amount of points. Points can be used to redeem items in the system’s store.”

“Then he only has a total of 100 favorability points, so I can only exchange for 100 points?” She felt a bit discouraged. “I still owe you 50, so what’s the point of this?”

996 hurriedly reassured her: “The system will drop point-earning tasks from time to time. Just do a few more, and you’ll quickly repay your debt. Then the store will be open to you.”

“Fine,” She sighed. “Then I’ll repay 20 points for now.”

“Don’t worry, as soon as the favorability points are credited, the system will automatically convert them into points. So, you have already repaid those 20 points.”

She clicked on the sidebar, and indeed, the points displayed -29.

“Hmm?” She blinked her eyes and quickly solved a math problem in her mind before tentatively asking, “How did it increase a bit?”

996 unconsciously pulled a handful of fur and solemnly said: “It must have been when you muted it, but you just didn’t notice.”

…

It was hard for Wen Ruan to describe her current emotions.

How should she put it? It was like the weather was getting cold, and she put on last year’s coat, only to find 100 dollars in her pocket.

Although the money was originally hers, she still had a feeling of unexpected fortune.

It was, well, pleasantly surprising.

“996, come out.”

996 shivered and became extremely cautious. “Why should I come out?”

“Just come out. I promise I won’t hurt you.” Wen Ruan shook her head demurely. “Absolutely not.”

After weighing the options, it reluctantly crawled out, cautiously approaching her by the poolside. “Okay, but no fluffing my fur!”

Wen Ruan nodded reservedly. “Definitely not.”

When it finally reached her, she couldn’t hold back her laughter any longer. She reached out, scooped it up, and firmly held its nape of destiny.

Then she playfully rolled it into a ball.

996 was rolled into a helpless bundle, flailing its little legs with an expression of despair.

Damn it, I won’t fall for this again next time!

“Click—”

Suddenly, a faint sound came from behind, as if a piece of fine silk was being swiftly cut, or perhaps a heavy layer of ice was slowly cracking.

Wen Ruan’s laughter abruptly stopped, and her grip loosened. Taking the opportunity, 996 escaped back into her sea of consciousness.

She blinked her eyes and looked around. Not seeing the joyful Northern Underworld Fish playing in the flower bushes, she felt a slight sense of calmness and turned around to look.

“Big Fish, is it you?”

As the words fell, a channel cracked open in the void, and the noble and glamorous Demon Lord walked out expressionlessly, lowering his head.

Their eyes met.

Wen Ruan was dumbfounded.

Oh no, it seemed like she was hallucinating…

How could this fair-skinned, rosy-lipped young man look exactly like her target for conquest who was currently on a business trip?!

Mu Zhe examined the mesmerizing girl in front of him, and a hint of surprise flickered in his eyes as well.

The water shimmered, and she leaned against the edge of the pool, her long hair wet and disheveled. Shattered droplets slid down from her temples, flowing along her slender neck and towards her collarbone.

Between those delicate collarbones, water had already accumulated and overflowed, forming a few droplets that continued to slide downward.

He instinctively followed the path of those water droplets, but suddenly felt a scalding sensation and quickly averted his gaze.

“Ah!” Wen Ruan finally snapped back to reality. She let out a short cry of surprise, covered her chest, and crouched down in the water, her face turning beet red.

“Why are you here?!”

Didn’t they say that you wouldn’t be back for at least 10 days to half a month? It’s only the second day, why did you come back so soon?!

The Demon Palace isn’t on fire, so why are you in such a hurry to return? Ahh!