From the Heavens Descended an Immortal Sister

"You seem to take this marriage agreement quite seriously."

"Of course," Bai Qi said earnestly. "Even if I don\'t harbor romantic feelings for you, I still need to uphold my duty as a fiancée until the agreement is terminated."

"It\'s not that serious, is it?"

Fang Ren laughed awkwardly, as he had not taken the duty of a fiancé seriously.

Although during the incident with Mu Huanqing he had been unaware of the marriage agreement, in any case, he felt somewhat unfair to her after hearing Bai Qi\'s words.

"What do you mean it isn\'t serious? It\'s very serious," Bai Qi stated earnestly. "I\'ve tried putting myself in your shoes, imagining how I would feel if after learning of my existence as your fiancée, you still pursued the girl you like without considering my feelings. I would feel disrespected as a nominal fiancée.

So I think I should not chase after the person I like before our marriage is dissolved, as that would be highly disrespectful to you."

"You do make... some sense," Fang Ren said, nodding somewhat awkwardly before quickly changing the subject, "By the way, have you ever told your grandfather about your feelings for Song Mobei?"

"I have, but he won\'t let me be with Brother Song, claiming that you and I are naturally meant to be," Bai Qi replied.

"You just said it\'s difficult for me to marry the Xuan Nv, so isn\'t it also difficult for you to marry Song Mobei?" Fang Ren asked.

"Yes," Bai Qi sighed in distress, "I really don\'t understand why these things have to fall on us, and what\'s even stranger is, why are the people we like globally recognized as a match made in heaven?"

"Do you think the \'by any means necessary\' approach of the Central District Command is right for humanity?" Fang Ren asked.

"Of course it\'s right," Bai Qi nodded. "With the entire human race threatened by the Void species, it\'s natural to sacrifice the individual for the greater good."

"What if they forcibly made us have children?" Fang Ren asked.

"How could that be? Although it\'s for the sake of creating the strongest next generation, as long as we are unwilling, they may force us to marry, but they can\'t possibly force us to have children," Bai Qi said, looking puzzled.

"Is that so?"

Fang Ren averted his gaze from her face.

Indeed, the Central District Command has done a very good job of keeping things under wraps; even a noble princess like Bai Qi doesn\'t know what her future holds. How could ordinary people possibly be aware of the troubles of the practitioners who are forced to have children with someone they don\'t like?

"Hee-ha, hee-ha!"

As the two were walking toward the class, Qianye suddenly ran out of Fang Ren\'s trouser pocket.

The little critter had a silly smile on its face and hopped into Bai Qi\'s hands in just a few bounces, rubbing its round face against her hand continuously.

"Wow, little guy."

Bai Qi\'s face lit up with a doting smile, and her fingers continually stroked its head when she saw it run out.

"Hee-ha~"

Watching the small Qianye act like a pet seeking affection, Fang Ren said, "Could that sense of familiarity between us be due to the Spiritual Root?"

"That\'s very likely because the Spiritual Root transferred from you to my body is alive and has been nourishing my meridians since my birth. Since you are its true master, there must be an unbreakable connection," Bai Qi replied.

"By the way, what are the attributes of my Spiritual Root?" Fang Ren asked.

Bai Qi frowned and said, "It\'s an attribute I\'ve never seen before, very dangerous and complex, giving rise to gray vital energy. I can currently use it to suppress all other True Qi attributes, and its destructive power is enormous. But I can\'t control it well, and I fear it might harm lives inadvertently, so I\'ve always been wary of using it on humans."

"It suppresses all attributes?" Fang Ren was startled.

He had not known his True Qi attribute was so powerful.

"Hee-ha, hee-ha!"

Suddenly, Qianye sprang up from Bai Qi\'s palm, looking proud as it patted its chest with its round arms and chattered away at length.

"What is it saying?" Bai Qi asked, looking at Qianye.

"It\'s bragging about itself," Fang Ren said, flicking Qianye with his hand.

"Hee-ha, hee-ha!"

Qianye crossed its arms and tilted its head back with a haughty expression.

"The little one is really cute," Bai Qi said, rubbing Qianye\'s head with a smile.

Fang Ren continued to inquire, "Aside from producing gray vital energy, has the Spiritual Root developed anything else?"

"No, that\'s it," Bai Qi said with a puzzled look, "Aside from producing True Qi of its corresponding attributes, the Spiritual Root can only produce a Spirit Form. Now that the Spirit Form is with you, the Spiritual Root inside me can also generate True Qi."

"I see," Fang Ren nodded, as he had thought Bai Qi\'s Spiritual Root might also have a Chaos Space, and that it might contain many Taoist principles.

It seemed, then, that the Chaos Space and those dao-ways all resided within Qianye, not within the Spiritual Root itself.

"By the way, what ability does the little one have?" Bai Qi asked, looking at Qianye, "It doesn\'t seem to have any combat abilities."

"It can only be cute," Fang Ren said off-handedly.

"Are you serious?" Bai Qi was startled.

"Hee-ha, hee-ha, hee-ha..."

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As soon as Qianye heard this, he became furious, thrashing about in Bai Qi\'s hands, clearly not convinced.

"Okay, stop making a fuss; otherwise, you\'re going to get your butt spanked by your dad again," Bai Qi soothed, rubbing Qianye\'s head.

"Huh? How did I become the dad?" Fang Ren was completely baffled.

"It was born from your body; isn\'t it natural that you\'d be its dad?" Bai Qi said.

Fang Ren thought it over for a moment and felt that, somehow, that made sense.

"Anyway, I just have this feeling that I\'m like the little guy\'s mom," Bai Qi said with a smile while rubbing Qianye\'s head.

"Gah?"

Fang Ren was dumbfounded. When had the two of them had this child?

"I was just metaphorically speaking about my feelings!" Bai Qi, seeing that he was getting the wrong idea, blushed and quickly corrected himself.

As they spoke, the two of them had already arrived in the classroom.

The moment Fang Ren set foot in the classroom, he suddenly felt several murderous glares sweeping over him.

"Fang Ren!"

Inside the classroom, three girls wielding teaching sticks, books, and other weapons charged furiously towards Fang Ren.

The one leading them, Li Xinyue, had something even more ridiculous—a bunch of hemp ropes!

"Hey! What are you doing?"

Fang Ren was completely perplexed and immediately stepped back several paces.

Without another word, Li Xinyue and the other girls took a great leap out of the classroom door and threw the ropes they had prepared over Fang Ren.

Fearing the silly girls might hurt themselves by hitting the wall too hard, Fang Ren didn\'t dodge and ended up being completely tied up by Li Xinyue and the others with the rope.

Li Xingwang slapped his forehead: "It\'s over, which fearless girl is trying to snatch a man from Xuan Nv..."

Jian Qi\'er, having just arrived in the class, became excited upon hearing this and immediately shouted, "I knew it wasn\'t me trying to take over! There\'s someone else!"

"Scumbag!" the other girls roared in anger.

"What\'s going on here!"

Fang Ren was utterly clueless, wondering who had spread the rumor about him spending the night out! The key detail of who he spent the night with wasn\'t even mentioned—it made it seem like he was having an affair.

Bai Qi, who had come back with Fang Ren, was taken aback by the three girls springing out of the class, completely dumbfounded.

This was a whole new script she had never seen before.

"Do you even know what time Qian Qian made it back to the dorm last night!" Li Xinyue said angrily.

"Yes! And she smelled like booze!" another girl added furiously.

"What\'s that got to do with me?" Fang Ren was taken aback.

Jing Haichuan was surprised and exclaimed, "Kid, you didn\'t get the class president drunk last night, did you!"

"I damn well knew it; you\'re still not over the class president!" Li Xingwang jumped up from his seat and banged the table.

"What!!?"

"Whoa! Beast! Scumbag!"

...

"Crap! Stop spreading nonsense!" Fang Ren was completely bewildered.

What kind of lousy teammates were these?

"Haven\'t you heard the saying \'If love is not possible, at least do no harm\'?" Li Xinyue shouted.

"Exactly! If you don\'t like Qian Qian, just tell her straight, don\'t keep leading her on!"

"Last night, you got Qian Qian so drunk, and you didn\'t even see her home. What the hell do you want!"

"What! Fang Ren actually enjoys having the class president hooked and watching her heartache!"

"Wow! Scumbag! Lower than a beast!"

...

"Enough, enough! Big sisters, please stop joking," Fang Ren urged as he saw the topic spiraling.

He quickly channeled True Qi to snap the hemp ropes around him and asked, "What the hell happened last night?"

Li Xinyue, with a displeased face, said, "It\'s all because of you that Qian Qian almost drank herself to death last night."

"I wasn\'t drinking with her."

"But she drank because of you! She didn\'t get back to the dorm until four in the morning! She was freezing cold, and even in her sleep, she kept calling your name!" Li Xinyue said.

"What! The class president was drunk all night! And couldn\'t win back the tender affections of the iron-hearted Ranzi!?"

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