Starting With 100 Million Lives

"Sigh, some people really don’t understand good intentions."

Jiang Cheng didn’t bother with her nasty tone.

"Anyway, let’s get on with it, you can start now."

He smiled and gestured to Qiu Yuxuan to begin her performance.

"Start what?"

Miss Qiu didn’t quite grasp the meaning at first.

"Start saying it three times. Today is the first day." Jiang Cheng seemed quite anticipative.

But Qiu Yuxuan found it a bit challenging.

"What? Say it now?"

She wasn’t planning on backing out; she intended to follow through.

But she originally planned to find a secluded spot to say it quietly, and planned to do so in the future as well.

With so many ’spectators’ here, how could she say such embarrassing and humiliating words out loud?

"What else? My condition was to say it as the first thing each day, three times without delay!"

"You!"

Just moments ago, Qiu Yuxuan thought this condition was extremely simple.

But when it really came time for her to say it, she realized it was very difficult.

In this world, the person she hated most was Jiang Cheng, without a close second.

She wished she could kick him down and stomp on him ten thousand times!

With that mindset, making her say out loud that she most admired Brother Cheng was both physically and psychologically uncomfortable.

Not to mention in front of so many people.

"Can we change places?"

She secretly transmitted a message, hoping to negotiate with Jiang Cheng.

Brother Cheng shook his head immediately.

He seemed quite unjustly treated.

"I’ve set such a simple request, not even harming a hair, and you’re trying to bargain with me? Do you have any conscience left?"

Qiu Yuxuan ground her teeth, resisting the urge to bite him, and continued negotiating.

"Can I transmit the message?"

"Don’t think about being clever."

Damn it!

Seeing that he had no intention of giving in, Qiu Yuxuan imagined beating him a hundred times in her head.

Then she braced herself.

"I most admire Jiang Cheng!"

"I most admire Jiang Cheng!"

"I most admire Jiang Cheng!"

In front of the Divine Monarchs and Daoist Venerables, she quickly shouted the sentence three times as if forcing herself to take bitter medicine.

"Not bad, not bad!"

Brother Cheng praised her, patting her shoulder.

"Being this loud the first time, very spirited!"

"You’ve set a good precedent, remember to maintain it well in the future."

"Alright, let’s move on to the second matter!"

Qiu Yuxuan didn’t want to talk to him anymore; she just wanted to complete everything quickly.

In her view, knowing Jiang Cheng’s odd nature, the second thing shouldn’t be too difficult.

However, Brother Cheng shook his head.

"I haven’t thought of the second thing yet, let’s save it for later."

This is ’Immortal Mother Reincarnation’ after all.

He was considering whether they should wait until Qiu Yuxuan ’recovers’ Immortal Mother’s memories and power before mentioning the second task.

That way, the benefits could be truly maximized!

"You’re despicable to the extreme!"

Upon hearing him keeping her in suspense, Qiu Yuxuan became extremely annoyed.

It felt like there’s a sword dangling above her head, ready to fall at any time, quite uncomfortable.

Brother Cheng didn’t mind at all.

Even if she insults him now, tomorrow morning, she’ll still ’admire’ him three times.

This was quite delightful.

The people around were twitching their eyes, unsure what to say at the moment.

In their minds, Qiu Yuxuan’s talent, value, and future achievements were far superior to Jiang Cheng.

Qiu Yuxuan was destined to become a Daoist Venerable or even a Divine Monarch, a gifted child of heaven.

As for Jiang Cheng, they didn’t know much about him, only considered him a Celestial Palace Immortal from the Upper Court with hidden power.

Applying biased glasses, they thought even less of him.

And now Qiu Yuxuan said herself that she admired Jiang Cheng.

Even knowing she was ’forced,’ they still found it hard to accept hearing it.

"How ridiculous!"

Yingchi Daoist Venerable was the first to jump out, defending Qiu Yuxuan.

After all, Sister Qiu had joined his Sword Pavilion.

He had to maintain his own people.

"Qiu Yuxuan’s talent and prospects surpass yours by a huge margin."

He sneered coldly, "I think you’re just jealous of her, that’s why you want her to say such things."

Yaolang Daoist Venerable and other Daoist Venerables echoed him.

Anyway, that ’Hidden Emperor’ title Jiang Cheng had was hollow, without real power.

So there’s nothing to fear.

"Exactly, who forces others to say they admire them?"

"It’s the first time in my life seeing this, eye-opening!"

"It’s also the first time I’ve seen someone shameless to this degree."

"Boundaries of my understanding have been shattered..."

The five Divine Monarchs remained silent, having no intentions of backing Brother Cheng.

Qiu Yuxuan kept a straight face, Yan Yi watched gleefully.

As for Three-Eyed Tiger, it looked at those people like they were fools, even bearing a bit of sympathy.

It had seen many provoke Brother Cheng, and none of them seemed to end well.

Sure enough, the next moment, Emperor Jiang Yin sighed again.

"Qiu Yuxuan gracefully accepted the bet and its consequences, setting a nice example."

"What about the rest of you?"

He shook his head in disappointment.

"Do I really have to push you?"

"Don’t the Celestial Palace Immortals have any sense at all?"

With this, those Daoist Venerables and Supremes who had been mocking him suddenly fell silent.

Even the words they were about to say got stuck midway, like someone grabbed their throat.

So many shocking events happened just now that they forgot one thing.

That was—they’d bet with Jiang Cheng too.

They wagered on whether Qiu Yuxuan or Jiang Cheng had a higher Immortal Official ranking.

At the time, they all bet unanimously on Qiu Yuxuan winning.

Now the results were revealed, Qiu Yuxuan lost, so they lost too.

According to the agreement, after losing, they had to kneel before Brother Cheng and call him Grandpa.

Looking at their constipated expressions, Brother Cheng laughed with delight.

"Looks like you haven’t forgotten, huh!"

"Since everyone remembers, let’s hurry up and finish this."

He stood in front of them, even deliberately conjuring a throne, sitting there grandly.

The stance resembling an emperor waiting for his ministers to hail him.

Three-Eyed Tiger, always eager for benefits, immediately stood loyally beside Brother Cheng, like a guard.

"Hurry up!"

"Don’t dawdle!"

"Jiang Cheng, don’t be too overbearing!" Yaolang Daoist Venerable said angrily.

The dignified Daoist Venerables couldn’t possibly kneel to an Emperor Realm Eighth Layer individual?

Not even for an Emperor Realm Eighth Layer; even when those five Divine Monarchs descended, they merely bowed but didn’t kneel.

"Indeed!"

Yingchi Daoist Venerable maintained a calm demeanor, coldly saying, "Why be so aggressive?"

"We have no deep-seated hatred between us, if you relent today, we could foster a friendly relation."

"If you remain obstinate, you’ll force us to become your enemies in the future!"

His words on the surface seemed conciliatory but were actually a threat.

If you don’t drop the wager, we’ll seek vengeance against you in the future.