He had been assigned to the original owner before he even turned nineteen, and since then, the resources he received were worlds apart from Bai Luo’s.

King Jiang: "Yes, yes, everything in the past was my fault. I’ll buy you the best Energy Liquid from now on, and you can go back to school if you want. But you can’t slack off on the secret manual I sent. You have to practice it every day."

’These guys... even though only Si Xie’s affinity for me is in the positive right now, with the other three still in the negative, they really step up when I call on them. As long as there’s no Contract Termination, they’re my bodyguards and grunts. Naturally, the stronger, the better.’

Downstairs, after seeing the new message, Jun Yao, Ming Ye, and Fu Yuan turned to Si Xie in perfect unison.

Sensing their gazes, Si Xie tensed up instantly. A chill ran down his spine as a bad feeling crept into his heart.

Sure enough, a moment later, his bad feeling was confirmed.

"Tell her we don’t want Energy Liquid. We want food!"

Jun Yao’s gaze was full of menace, his voice low and cold.

’After eating food that delicious, who would want Energy Liquid? Even the highest-grade stuff would be impossible to swallow now.’

Si Xie: "..."

"Why don’t you send it yourself?" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

"Well? Are you going to reply or not?"

His gaze grew even colder as he emanated an irresistible, oppressive aura. Si Xie gritted his teeth, ultimately yielding to the pressure.

"Fine, I’ll reply. Happy now?"

Rebel Concubine Si Xie: @King Jiang "Jun Yao says we don’t want Energy Liquid, we want food."

The moment the message went through, he was rewarded with a glare that could kill. Si Xie turned his head, looking triumphantly at Jun Yao’s dark, foul expression.

"Hey, you’re the one who said it. I didn’t frame you!"

’Hmph! Why should I be the one to send the message while they just sit back and reap the rewards? Not a chance!’

Jun Yao: "..."

Upstairs, Jiang Yunnuan froze when she saw Si Xie’s message. ’This guy... selling out Jun Yao so easily. Isn’t he afraid Jun Yao will string him up and beat him? Sometimes, that guy is really asking for a beating.’

To save his sorry hide, she quickly sent a reply in the group.

King Jiang: "That’s fine, but on one condition: you only get real food if you train well. Train poorly, and you’ll be back on Energy Liquid."

’Huh? She agreed just like that?’

The men were all surprised. Si Xie shook his arm, trying to dislodge the large hand gripping his shoulder, and turned to the man beside him.

"Let go. She’s not mad, and she didn’t call you out. Are you really going to beat me up over this?"

Jun Yao released him and opened his Light Brain to download the so-called peerless manual, the *Seventy-Two Killing Techniques*. He then saw that Ming Ye and Fu Yuan had already downloaded it.

He opened it, and his eyes widened in shock.

True to its name, the martial art consisted of Seventy-Two Forms, each one sharp, domineering, fierce, and venomous. Every single move was lethal.

Lethal on the attack and deadly on the retreat—he had never seen such a sophisticated killing art.

Of course he hadn’t. This was something Jiang Yunnuan had extorted from her system through a combination of threats and bribes. Though its name was plain, it was a collection of the most powerful killing moves from across the myriad realms.

Upstairs, with her instructions sent, Jiang Yunnuan shut off her Light Brain and went into the bathroom to run a bath.

Lying in the tub, she held up a mirror, admiring the original owner’s face—a face that was almost identical to her own.

"System, in the story from Jiang Wanwan’s past life, the original owner didn’t have this ugly mark on her face. So why is it there now? What happened? Where did it come from?"

In Jiang Wanwan’s past life, the original owner of this body was the true heroine. Her father died in battle when she was a child, her mother abandoned her, and she failed to awaken any abilities early on. Despite all that, she was stunningly beautiful and blessed with immense luck.

On the day she came of age, she was matched by the Empire’s marriage system with four exceptionally brilliant and prodigiously talented husbands: Ning Xiu, Ling Ze, and the brothers Shen Yu and Shen Yi.

Later, she went on to bind with Bai Luo and a sixth husband.

Notably, after coming of age, the original owner suddenly awakened the ultra-rare abilities of Blessing, enhance, and Control, instantly becoming the most brilliant and powerful woman in the Empire.

Ultimately, with the powerful support of her six husbands, she became the Empress of the Empire and lived a glorious, happy life.

Jiang Wanwan, on the other hand, was raised by Jiang Huan’s side. But when contrasted with the original owner—who was exceptional in every way and blessed with immense luck—she seemed utterly unremarkable.

Her husbands were mediocre and inept, completely unable to compare with the original owner’s. As a result, Jiang Wanwan could only hide in the shadows, consumed by jealousy, envy, and hatred for the heroine.