After Defying the Villain's Fate for Nine Lifetimes, the Heroines Turn Mad!-Chapter 306 - Everything Is Under My Control!

Chapter 306: Everything Is Under My Control!

Shi Ning was certain that Jiang Chen must be secretly in love with her.

After all, the demeanor, expression, and implied feelings in the painting could only be created by someone deeply longing for her.

Now she finally understood.

No wonder Jiang Chen had traveled thousands of li to the Ancient Pill Tower, no wonder he wanted to participate in the Alchemy Conference despite having no formal training in the Way of the Pill.

All of this was because of her!

After a moment’s hesitation, Shi Ning stepped forward to pick up the painting and examined it more closely.

The more she looked, the more she felt ‘Jiang Chen’s adoration’ for her!

Impressed by his artistic skill, she began to see the notoriously ill-reputed junior Jiang Chen in a new light.

“Ah...” Shi Ning sighed deeply.

“Jiang Chen, it’s impossible between us, we’re simply not from the same world!”

Jiang Chen’s mouth twitched as he quickly tried to explain, “Aunt Shi, I think there might be a misunderstanding...”

“I understand,” Shi Ning interrupted, raising her hand.

“I know you must be thinking of me day and night, and I understand you don’t want to worry about societal views, but we really can’t be together.”

“...”

Jiang Chen was speechless.

After taking the painting into her spiritual ring, Shi Ning added, “I’ll confiscate this painting to prevent you from seeing it and finding it even harder to let go.”

“...”

Jiang Chen was even more speechless.

Seeing his silence, Shi Ning thought he was heartbroken and comforted him, “Jiang Chen, you’re still young, you have your whole life ahead of you, you’ll meet someone better than me.”

With that, Shi Ning took out a healing pill and placed it in Jiang Chen’s hand, “Sorry, I was a bit too harsh just now, you should head back to the Jiuyan Sect and bring this medicine.”

Go back to the Jiuyan Sect?

How could that be possible?

Jiang Chen firmly refused.

No matter how much Shi Ning misunderstood, he had to go to the Ancient Pill Tower!

“...Jiang Chen, are you really so devoted to me?!”

Shi Ning was shocked again, covering her mouth and exclaiming, “You know the Ancient Pill Tower is unfriendly to you, you might even be risking your life. You know participating in the Alchemy Conference will only lead to embarrassment, yet you still want to stay by my side?”

“...”

Jiang Chen felt he could no longer clear up the misunderstanding.

Shi Ning took his silence as an affirmation.

After an internal struggle, Shi Ning made a decision, her face blushing slightly, “Well then... I’ll give you a chance. If you’re willing to reform, then I might consider it...”

She didn’t have a good impression of Jiang Chen.

Not just a lack of impression, but every time she saw Jiang Chen, she felt an inexplicable disgust.

But if she could lead Jiang Chen to the path of righteousness, she would feel like she had contributed to Xiao Hongyi and the righteousness of the Central Domain!

“I said I’ll consider it. If you want me to accept you, you’ll have to not only reform but also come out on top in this Alchemy Conference,” she added.

Shi Ning was very clear that the Way of the Pill was different from other paths.

Even with thousands of years of dedication, one could not make significant progress if they don’t have the talent.

And with Jiang Chen’s ‘little’ understanding of the Way of the Pill, there was no way he could come out on top.

The reason she said this was to make Jiang Chen back off without completely breaking his heart.

‘Jiang Chen is Xiao Hongyi’s disciple. If he becomes heartbroken, falls into despair, gives up on himself, or even commits suicide because of me, then I would truly be a sinner,’ Shi Ning murmured in her heart.

On the other hand, knowing he couldn’t clear things up, Jiang Chen couldn’t be bothered to explain anything further.

His goal was to enter the Ancient Pill Tower, and as long as he could get Shi Ning’s approval, he’d let everything else be!

As a villain, he had no desire to explain himself to others.

“Auntie, please just take me to the Ancient Pill Tower,” Jiang Chen urged.

“Ah...”

Shi Ning sighed again.

Soon, she led Jiang Chen and the others, with Zhang Hu carrying Lin Feng, towards the Ancient Pill Tower.

They moved quickly, and after a few hours, they entered the Ancient Pill Tower and stopped in front of a simple tower.

“The Alchemy Conference is about to start, this place is for accommodating foreign cultivators, so you’ll stay here for now. During this time, you must not cause trouble, bully the weak, or...” Shi Ning went on and on with her instructions.

Jiang Chen found it overwhelming and after giving a few perfunctory responses, he entered the tower with Qingning and Xiaobai.

Zhang Hu continued to play the role of a lackey, led by Shi Ning, to take Lin Feng to the exclusive tower for true disciples.

Entering the tower, Jiang Chen looked around.

The tower had over a dozen floors, with hundreds of rooms for cultivators to rest and refine pills, all furnished in a simple and minimalist style.

It was a rare opportunity.

With the Ancient Pill Tower about to convene, many cultivators would arrive, making it the perfect time to farm system rewards!

With this in mind, Jiang Chen began to wander around the tower.

......

Half an hour later.

“No one? Why isn’t there a single person?” Jiang Chen was a bit confused.

“Hmph, I think Aunt Shi must have been worried about Eldest Senior Brother causing trouble, so she specially arranged an empty tower for you!” Qingning speculated.

Jiang Chen thought there was some truth to it and inwardly cursed “sneaky”!

He hadn’t expected that haughty Auntie to be so cautious of him.

It was really disappointing.

However, there was no need to rush. If there was no one here, there would be people in the other towers.

He could behave for a few days, and once the Alchemy Conference started and the Ancient Pill Tower let down its guard, he could then farm the system rewards properly.

Thinking this was a good idea, Jiang Chen casually picked a room to settle down in.

Qingning naturally wanted to stay with him, but after much persuasion, he finally managed to send this clingy Junior Sister away.

In the end, Qingning settled in the room next to Jiang Chen.

Xiaobai, due to its large size, could only lie down at the door...

.......

A few hours later, Zhang Hu returned.

At that time, Jiang Chen was pretending to sleep in his room, while Qingning and Xiaobai, claiming they were bored, once again refused to leave.

As soon as he returned, Zhang Hu found Jiang Chen and excitedly said:

“Eldest Senior Brother, it’s done!”

“Done?”

Jiang Chen blinked in confusion, “What’s done?”

“The poisoning!”

Zhang Hu whispered with a sinister smile, “While feeding Lin Feng the medicinal pill, I mixed in a poison powder made from grinding a hundred kinds of toxic substances. Even if it doesn’t kill Lin Feng, it will keep him bedridden for several months and prevent him from participating in the Alchemy Conference!”

“What?!”

Jiang Chen was shocked.

What kind of move was that?

It didn’t matter whether Lin Feng participated in the Alchemy Conference or not.

But what if he really died from the poison?

And what on earth is that smug look on Zhang Hu’s face as if he’s expecting praise?

“Hehe, Senior Brother, I understand you!”

Zhang Hu said with a sycophantic smile, “When you gave me that look before, wasn’t it ‘poison Lin Feng’ that you meant? I still have that bit of perceptiveness.”

(TLN: Jiang Chen was even less inclined to do such a thing, so he gave Zhang Hu a ‘meaningful look’. Previous Chapter.)

“...”

Jiang Chen suddenly felt a headache coming on.

Just as he was about to scold Zhang Hu for taking matters into his own hands, Qingning praised him.

“Wow! To have thought of this move... Eldest Senior Brother is so amazing!”

“I thought Eldest Senior Brother didn’t want to kill Lin Feng!”

“Me too! I thought Eldest Senior Brother didn’t want to help me defy the heavens, but then you pulled this off! I must say, Eldest Senior Brother is so cunning! I’m liking you more and more!” Xiaobai’s eyes also lit up.

“...”

Jiang Chen was at a loss for words and could only stiffly say, “Everything is under my control!”

“Eldest Senior Brother is awesome!” Zhang Hu gave a thumbs up.

“Qingning admires Eldest Senior Brother more and more!”

“I, Xiaobai, respect no one but Eldest Senior Brother!”

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Jiang Chen: “...”