NOVEL NEXT Chapter 7 - Are you still going to stubbornly resist?
Tang Yuan returned to her senses and saw Jiang Zi’s hurried figure disappearing into the distance. Instead of rushing to catch up, she asked the system, “Why did a mission come so suddenly?”
System: “Host, Chu Yu and Tang Gu had a disagreement at the auction over a SA haute couture necklace.”
“Fighting over a necklace?”
System: “In the end, Chu Yu won the bid.”
Of course, he’s the male lead. The auction’s classic moment—whatever the male lead wants, he never misses.
Tang Yuan slapped her thigh.
That’s right, the male lead is going to use the necklace to make Jiang Zi happy. If she can’t intervene, their relationship will naturally heat up!
Damn rival, there’s no way she’ll let him succeed!
Jiang Zi stood at the sink, washing her hands under the hot water. She hadn’t bothered to adjust the temperature, letting the heat gradually turn her hands red, but she paid no mind.
It was only when the steam from the water began to blur the mirror in front of her that she finally stopped.
After turning off the tap, she took out her vibrating phone and stared at the screen for a while before reluctantly sliding her finger over the answer button.
“Ah Zi, are you still mad at me?”
Jiang Zi’s tone was cold. “What do you want?”
“When will you be done filming? I’ll take you out to celebrate.”
The words “not need” were on the tip of her tongue but were forcibly swallowed back, leaving a heavy silence between them.
“Ah Zi? Say something.”
“Ah Zi, I’ve already handled things with my mother. It’s been so long. Are you still upset?”
“Half a month,” Jiang Zi suddenly spoke up. “The filming will wrap up in half a month.”
“Is there anything else? I’m busy.”
Chu Yu remained silent for a long time before suddenly laughing. “Alright, see you in half a month.”
Chu Yu hung up the phone and looked at the open jewellery box on the table. Inside was a diamond necklace designed by SA, with only one made each year, each unique, which was why it fetched tens of millions at the auction.
But Jiang Zi, can she really take up something so unique?
His patience has its limits. Jiang Zi, an abandoned child background, relying on sponsorship for education—he no longer had the interest to play cat and mouse with her.
“Lin Yu, find out the exact wrap-up date for Jiang Zi’s filming.”
Jiang Zi deliberately said a later time; the entire production could wrap up in ten days. She simply didn’t want to see Chu Yu.
She thought about Tang Yuan, whom she had just coldly reprimanded. She wondered if Tang Yuan would be sad or if she would think they were incompatible and distance herself from her from now on.
Jiang Zi looked down at her still-steaming hands. Maybe… if she went to find Tang Yuan, she might feel heartbroken for her?
Back on set, Jiang Zi’s eyes immediately fell on Tang Yuan. The earlier incident seemed not to have affected her; instead, she was happily playing with the dog from the set.
Jiang Zi’s gaze deepened as she walked over, stopping just two steps away, hiding her hands behind her back, and standing quietly.
Tang Yuan, sensing someone, looked up and smiled brightly, her eyes curving with joy.
“Sister, you’re back! Look at Big Yellow. It’s so smart! Its owner says it’s been in seven TV dramas and has always performed well.”
Tang Yuan sighed and stroked Big Yellow’s head. “Even a dog is a better actor than me.”
Jiang Zi sat down beside her, lost in thought for a moment as she watched Tang Yuan’s radiant smile while she played with the dog.
When Tang Yuan looked back, she was caught off guard by Jiang Zi’s gaze, falling into her starry almond eyes.
Jiang Zi hurriedly looked away, feeling flustered. “Yes, it’s more talented than you.”
She immediately regretted her words and quickly corrected herself. “I meant, your talent isn’t acting.”
“Pfft—hahahahahaha!”
Tang Yuan laughed so hard she nearly fell over, letting go of the dog’s leash. She didn’t dare touch Jiang Zi with her hand, which had just stroked a dog, so she tilted her head, her eyes full of amusement. “Jiang Zi, I like you so much.”
At that moment, Jiang Zi could clearly hear the pounding of her own heart, like the rhythmic beating of a drum, echoing in her ears.
[If only I could steal a kiss now, it would be a surefire win! The conquer progress will rise rapidly!]
Her racing heart finally shattered.
Jiang Zi’s mood returned to calm, and she even felt slightly annoyed.
In fact, Tang Yuan didn’t understand what it meant to like someone; she only knew about conquering and only viewed her as a mission target.
Tang Yuan glanced from the corner of her eyes at Jiang Zi’s hands and exclaimed, “Sister, why are your hands so red?”
Jiang Zi didn’t want to answer.
Just then, the director called out, “Jiang Zi.”
“This scene is a highlight, so give it your best.”
Tang Yuan waved at her, cheering her on.
Jiang Zi shifted back into character, becoming Li Xiang.
Qin Yan participated in the sect’s grand competition but was ambushed and severely injured. The secret realm was closed off, leaving her whereabouts and fate unknown.
A rising new force, overwhelming and unstoppable, has quickly claimed several sects and, within just three years, has risen to become one of the top five sects.
The Crescent Moon sect, where Qin Yan was from, had become their next target. They had set up the ambush during the grand competition to cause Qin Yan’s accident, crippling the sect’s strength. With Qin Yan’s fate unknown, they immediately attacked Crescent Moon Mountain, pressing the sect under siege.
Within, traitors were stabbing from behind. The sect leader was fatally stabbed by his own disciple’s sword, and the sect was engulfed in a bloody haze.
“Junior sister, come with me. The sect is beyond saving now. If you come with me, I will treat you well,” the man said with a grotesque expression. His white robe was stained red with blood, and his long sword was splattered with the sect leader’s blood, with drops falling onto the ground; it was like a hideous centipede.
Li Xiang’s eyes were filled with tears as she clutched her unsheathed sword, her voice trembling. “Second senior brother…”
The man slowly curled into a smile, stepping closer to her and reaching out his hand. “Come, don’t be afraid. Senior brother will take you away.”
Just as he was about to grasp Li Xiang’s hand, a sudden pain struck his throat. The sword in his hand fell to the ground with an ear-splitting clang.
His head rolled onto the ground. Her sword remained unsheathed, but it had condensed out a sword ki, delivering a fatal blow to him in a single strike.
Until his death, the second senior brother could not understand how that seemingly powerless vase could condense sword ki.
Li Xiang gripped the hilt of her sword, drawing the Crescent Moon Sword. A Dragon’s roar echoed as the sword drew; the sheath fell to the ground, stained by blood. The girl’s gaze grew even more resolute as she teleported to the gate of the Crescent Moon Sect with her sword in hand.
At this moment, the barrier shattered.
Li Xiang stood alone before a sea of thousands, the Crescent Moon Sword held high, with the outline of a dragon faintly visible.
“All disciples, heed my command!”
“Swear to protect the Crescent Moon Sect with our lives!”
As the Crescent Moon Sword was drawn, Thousands of swords rang out in unison.
“Swear to protect the New Moon Sect with our lives!”
In the sky, the sunset glow and dark clouds intertwined, every cultivator summoning their life-bound weapons in a fight to the death.
Black and white lights interwove, thunder roared with a force of ten thousand bolts, and sword ki crisscrossed the sky while spells thundered.
The spiritual energy was increasingly wild. The sky rumbled with thunder, and torrential rain began to fall as if mourning the grand battle below.
Another disciple of the Crescent Moon Sect was pierced through the heart and lungs by a sword, falling from the sky and crashing onto the stone gate beam of the sect—the rain mixed with blood, staining the three words “Crescent Moon Sect” in red.
On the opposite side, only ten remained, their clothes tattered but their arrogance unabated. They pointed their swords at the last standing disciple of the Crescent Moon Sect.
“This female cultivator, are you still going to stubbornly resist?”