Chapter 1133: Simple Terms
"I already told you I’ve been winning too much lately, I was starting to feel a bit guilty."
Brother Cheng was completely unrestrained.
He just reached out and lightly pinched her dewy, tender cheek.
While marveling at how good it felt in his hand, he kept shamelessly playing the modest winner.
"But you just wouldn’t listen, had to ram that hard head of yours right into it."
Qiu Yuxuan didn’t even know if she’d been hit too hard, to the point she’d forgotten to slap his hand away.
"You really delivered yourself to my door."
Brother Cheng put his hand down and shook his head in disappointment, like hating iron for not becoming steel.
"I didn’t force you, did I?"
"I gave you countless chances to back out in the middle, and what was it you said again?"
"Even I thought those terms were over the top, I told you we could just not bet."
"You still wouldn’t listen, what do you call that..."
"Those who bring calamity on themselves can’t live!"
"Pathetic, utterly pathetic!"
Everyone could tell this guy was showing off, and Qiu Yuxuan knew it too.
But right now she didn’t even have the strength to argue back.
At the moment, she was just replaying the details from earlier over and over.
Thinking it through carefully, this guy must have had confidence in winning from the very start!
That so-called "I don’t want to bet" was actually him deliberately playing weak, making her think victory was in the bag.
That whole "giving you another chance to back out," and "we can drop the bet," it was all psychological warfare.
It was just to boost her confidence.
Even though the wager had been proposed by her, in reality he’d been quietly setting traps the whole time, letting her sink deeper and deeper until she agreed to that ridiculous condition!
"Enough!"
She finally slapped away Brother Cheng’s left hand that was rubbing her head.
"You won, so you won. I’m not someone who can’t afford to lose!"
She glared fiercely into Sect Leader Jiang’s eyes, and her aura actually rose again to stand on equal footing.
"A bet’s a bet, I’ll accept the loss. Whatever you want me to do, just say it!"
"Good!"
Brother Cheng generously raised his thumb and gave her a thumbs-up on the spot.
"Worthy of being my maid, you can pick it up and put it down, you’re a real iron-blooded tough guy."
Having been "praised" as a tough guy, Qiu Yuxuan didn’t know whether she should be gratified, or destroy him on the spot.
This guy even deliberately glanced at Yaolang Daoist Venerable and the other experts present.
"Unlike some people, who are all swagger and flair when they’re gambling, then pull every trick in the book when they lose. Truly contemptible."
He was one step away from naming names.
Yaolang Daoist Venerable’s face was full of shame and anger, but considering there were still five Divine Monarchs present, and considering Jiang Cheng’s "Hidden Emperor" identity, she really didn’t dare talk back to him on the spot.
She could only silently hold the grudge.
"The first thing I want you to do..."
Jiang Cheng deliberately paused, then swept his gaze up and down Qiu Yuxuan with bad intentions, cranking up her tension.
In that instant, Qiu Yuxuan’s heart jumped into her throat.
She’d already imagined some unspeakable, terrifying scenarios.
And the experts to the side were also secretly grinding their teeth.
Some wore expressions of anger, some looked full of sympathy.
Thinking of the terms Jiang Cheng had set for the bet earlier: no matter what it was, Qiu Yuxuan had to obey unconditionally.
Even if it went against her concepts and convictions, even if it made her despised by others, even if it harmed her.
Put bluntly, even if he told her to kill herself, she would have to do it.
That was what made the wager so hard to accept.
Since Jiang Cheng had proposed such an extremely harsh condition, he definitely wasn’t going to let Qiu Yuxuan off easy.
This first task would absolutely make her wish she were dead.
Three-Eyed Tiger even got excited.
He rubbed his hands together, wearing the sly grin of a villain.
"Bro, what are you planning to make her do? How about you hear my ideas? I’ve already thought up several plans, guaranteed you’ll be satisfied..."
"Get lost!"
Brother Cheng kicked him to the side.
Only then did he take a deep breath, and, facing Qiu Yuxuan whose heart was all over the place, solemnly announced, "From now on, unless you’re in Death Sealing, the first thing you do every day is shout three times—’I admire Jiang Cheng the most!’"
"No matter whether I’m around or not, you’re not allowed to slack off!"
Everyone’s expression froze for a second, including the five Divine Monarchs who had been treating this like a joke; they too were dumbfounded.
They never expected him to come up with such a childish condition.
That’s it?
It wasn’t making Qiu Yuxuan hurt herself, nor was it demanding her Weapon or Treasure, and there was no "take off your clothes" or "sell yourself" involved.
Just shout three lines a day and that’s it?
Qiu Yuxuan herself couldn’t quite process it.
She’d already mentally prepared herself for falling into the abyss, and now hearing this condition, she suddenly didn’t even know how to respond.
The first to jump out was still Three-Eyed Tiger.
"The hell, bro, are you stupid?"
He pointed at Brother Cheng, then pointed at Qiu Yuxuan.
As he flailed his hands around, his expression could not have been more anguished.
"What a great opportunity!"
"You can’t ask for something practical?"
"You just ask for this?"
"You just have her shout three lines a day, what the hell is that?"
He completely couldn’t understand it, couldn’t even accept it.
He acted like if Jiang Cheng didn’t take a huge advantage, he himself would suffer some enormous loss.
The others all let out a sigh of relief as well.
Yingchi Daoist Venerable was the first to jump out.
"The terms have been stated, they cannot be changed!"
Such an easy, painless condition, in his view, barely counted as anything.
Qiu Yuxuan was the one getting the bargain here!
He was afraid Jiang Cheng would go back on his word and change it.
The other Daoist Venerables and Supremes chimed in one after another, hurrying to lock this matter down.
"That’s right, no changing your tune!"
"With five Divine Monarchs here as witnesses, whoever goes back on their word is breaking the rules and is a rebel of the Celestial Palace!"
"The first task is settled as this."
"Haha, I imagine Fairy Yu Xuan can manage this condition, right?"
"Of course, just three sentences a day, that’s basically like not losing at all, isn’t it?"
Qiu Yuxuan herself also let the heart she’d been holding finally drop a bit.
"This was the condition you set yourself."
She locked her gaze onto Jiang Cheng, as if wanting to see through what he was really after, that he could actually be this "kind."
"That’s right, I won’t change what I’ve said."
Brother Cheng nodded with a beaming smile.
In everyone else’s eyes, this condition barely counted, and he hadn’t taken any advantage at all.
But in reality, this meant a great deal to him.
Think about it: Qiu Yuxuan was the "Immortal Mother Reincarnation"!
What kind of status did the Immortal Mother have?
Without exaggeration, she was the one who stood at the very top of the entire Primordial Immortal Realm.
The Ten Celestial Emperors were all created by her!
In the future, as Qiu Yuxuan lost herself day after day in countless lines of "I admire Jiang Cheng the most," what kind of effect would that have?
Even if it was only her mouth saying it while her heart still hated him, who cared?
As long as it was fun!
When she restored the Immortal Mother’s memories someday, she would absolutely explode!
Just thinking about that scene made Brother Cheng a little impatient; he was so excited, what was he supposed to do?
But out loud, he still deliberately played the good guy.
"I’m pretty tolerant, right? Stop assuming I’m always so bad!"
"How could I really bear to ruin you, anyway? Back then that Granny Qiu of yours told me to take good care of you, didn’t she?"
He said earnestly, "Those first two wagers were also for your own good. Seeing you so young and impulsive, I had to rein you in a bit and guide you back to the Righteous Dao..."
"Shut up already!"
Qiu Yuxuan of course wouldn’t believe that crap.
If this guy were really acting for her own good, the Primordial Immortal Realm would probably be heading for Destruction.