Zu An released the rope and leaped down from mid-air, saying, “You’re more anxious than I thought.”

Mi Li’s face darkened. “Are you taking advantage of me?”

“How could I dare to do that?” Zu An was in a rather jolly mood. “All right, I’ve retrieved the sword. Are you able to move now?”

“Use the Tai’e Sword to sever the shackles on my limbs…” Mi Li suddenly gasped when she noticed the monster growing beneath his abdomen. Her face reddened and she bellowed, “How dare you harbor such filthy thoughts towards me!”

You have successfully trolled Mi Li for 678 Rage points!

Zu An was immediately placed in an awkward position. He quickly turned his body around as he said, “Sorry about that. Something happened earlier on.”

After her initial outburst, Mi Li slowly calmed down. She was still counting on the other party to save her, so she didn’t want to turn against him yet. Therefore, she changed the topic and said, “What happened earlier on? How did you manage to overcome the Heaven Seal?”

She didn’t think much of the Human Seal and the Earth Seal, but she had heard things about the Heaven Seal. in the past, Ying Zheng had boasted in her presence that no one would be able to breach it, saying that it had nothing to do with one’s cultivation.

Zu An was stunned by her abrupt question. It seems like she thought that I was referring to the Heaven Seal… I guess that’s fine as well. She’s probably going to get angry again if she knows that the man in the dragon robe told me to kill her.

He went along with the flow and answered her question honestly. “We were teleported to a village in the Dong Commandery when a meteor suddenly fell from the sky…”

After going through the details, Zu An couldn’t help but ask, “Actually, there’s one thing that I don’t get about the Heaven Seal. If it was constructed by Qin Shihuang, why would he make saving Chen Sheng the crux of overcoming the seal? Chen Sheng played a huge role in the eventual downfall of the Qin Dynasty, so no matter how I look at it, Qin Shihuang should have desired his death more than anything else.”

Hearing that question, Mi Li sighed deeply and said, “I finally understand why Ying Zheng was confident that no one would be able to breach the seal. He constructed the seal out of a snippet of history, using the fate of the Qin Country as its crux. The seal is bound to the natural laws of the world, and it isn’t that could be influenced by human will.

“Regarding the question you asked, it’s because it’s heaven’s will at play here, not Ying Zheng’s. The Qin Dynasty was eventually overthrown by the revolutionaries backing Chen Sheng. Since the Heaven Seal was constructed using the fate of the Qin Dynasty as its crux, the key to resolving it had to be to guide the snippet of history toward the downfall of the Qin Dynasty. Ying Zheng would probably never have imagined that things would turn in such a manner!

“How unexpected that it was a moment of compassion that ended up saving you! There’s nothing more ironic than that to a tyrant like Ying Zheng! Hahaha!”

Hearing her frenzied laughter, Zu An asked curiously, “Do you hate him a lot?”

“That’s not something you should concern yourself with,” Mi Li responded with an angry huff.

Zu An shrugged nonchalantly. This old hag sure has quite a temper.

“You truly are someone blessed with great luck. Despite your low level of cultivation, you were able to venture to the depths of the underground palace and decipher the Soul Suppression Seal. It looks like this was all the work of fate!” remarked Mi Li deeply.

“Oh? Doesn’t that mean that our meeting is also the work of fate?” asked Zu An with a chuckle.

Mi Li’s expression turned cold. “Time and time again you’ve made fun of me. Are you that tired of living?” 

You have successfully trolled Mi Li for 345 Rage points!

Zu An thought nothing of her threat. “You can’t harm me anyway; we’ve already signed a binding contract regarding that! Besides, what’s the big deal in me speaking to you a little more casually? I reckon you must not have too many friends back then.”

Mi Li’s face reddened. He’d clearly hit the nail on the head. “I don’t need any friends!” she retorted.

“Humans are social creatures. How could you possibly not need any friends?” remarked Zu An as he made his way back to the crystal coffin. Using the Tai’e Sword, he severed the shackles binding her limbs. “Since fate brought about our meeting, why don’t we be friends with one another?”

The moment she was freed from her shackles, Mi Li leaped out of the crystal coffin and onto a stone sculpture beside it. She glared at him coldly and said, “I’ll sever your tongue if you dare let it run loose once more!”

Zu An replied with a beaming smile. “I don’t believe that.”

Now that she was standing at a higher vantage point than him, she looked even taller and more graceful than before, as though a marvelous beauty had walked out of a painting. Her presence breathed life into the dark, dingy underground cavern.

“Ignorant!” Mi Li’s eyebrows shot up as she slowly floated into the air. Her robe fluttered furiously as a powerful aura burst out from her.

The powerful aura crushed Zu An, suffocating him. This force was many times stronger than what he had felt from the Tai’e Sword earlier on!

If not for the fact that his body had been tempered by the primordial ki earlier on, and that the Tai’e Sword was warding off half of the pressure for him, he probably would have been forced into a kneeling position by now.

Even so, Zu An felt that he couldn’t hold on for much longer. He wanted to say something, but the immense pressure made it impossible for him to even open his mouth.

Floating imposingly in mid-air, Mi Li swept her hands behind her back as she gazed down on Zu An with an air of majesty. “Someone like you wishes to befriend me?” Her voice was icy.

Zu An drove his Primordial Origin Sutra to its limit, using its prowess to help him withstand the powerful pressure forcing itself against him. He could already feel his bones creaking under the force, on the verge of succumbing.

“It seems like you do have some guts. What a pity that you’re too weak,” remarked Mi Li coldly. She was just about to raise the pressure a notch further when she suddenly felt a gust of cold air batter her body. Perplexed, she looked down, and was immediately stunned by what she saw.

Similarly, Zu An was in the midst of fending against the pressure exerted on him when it suddenly vanished without a trace. His pride did not allow him to lower his head, so he ended up seeing it all.

Even when facing the terrifying pressure, he had still been able to stand his ground against it without suffering any injuries. However, the sight that currently filled his eyes caused his nose to heat up significantly. He had to quickly squeeze his nostrils closed in order to prevent blood from gushing out.

It was hard to tell what really happened, but Mi Li’s clothes had suddenly crumbled without any warning. Her dress had been reduced to tiny fragments that swiftly scattered away with the wind, leaving her perfect figure completely exposed.

Her body really showed how biased heaven could be at times, and how it took care of some individuals far more than others. Every single curve of her body seemed to be carefully sculpted, and her skin glistened with a special warmth, just like precious jade.

“Ah!” Mi Li quickly snapped out of her daze, a hint of fluster finally poking through her lofty expression. She quickly darted behind the sculpture to hide herself as she screeched, “Cover your eyes! Don’t look!”

Zu An obediently covered his eyes, leaving just a slight crack between his fingers which allowed him to take a little peek. As he watched her frantically try to hide her body, a bizarre smile crept on his lips as he remarked, “It really seems like fate is at play here. Heaven must have seen how you were bullying me, and is giving you a stern warning for it.”

“Shut your mouth, or else I’ll kill you!” Mi Li quickly twisted her fingers to weave her ki around her body, forming a black cloak around her. Unfortunately, the black cloak made out of ki did not feel as reassuring as real clothes.

Just thinking about how her body had been exposed to Zu An almost caused her to faint from anger.

You have successfully trolled Mi Li for 999 Rage points!

Zu An couldn’t help but retort, “I’ve heard that items produced in the Qin Dynasty, from weapons to bricks, have to be labeled with the craftsmen’s name. If any defects were found, the craftsman would have to take responsibility for it. Because of this, the quality of items fashioned in the Qin Dynasty is supposed to be guaranteed. What can I say? It seems like rumors can’t be trusted after all.”

“Nonsense! No matter how well made my robe was, how could it possibly last for several thousand years without degrading?!” yelled Mi Li as she cursed Zu An. I was in such a rush to deal with him that it actually slipped my mind!

You have successfully trolled Mi Li for 813 Rage points!

Zu An felt a little pained by the large quantities of Rage points popping up in his system.

Damn it, it’s all going to waste!

He still remembered the vow he’d made in order to save Qiao Xueying. He had vowed that he would rather not draw anything good in his next three attempts at the lottery, as long as he could obtain ‘Faith in Brother Spring’ that one time.

Of course, he had thought of a countermeasure beforehand. He thought that, as long as he drew the lottery as soon as he got any Rage points the next three times, he would be able to nullify the consequences of that vow without suffering too much of a loss. With that in mind, he couldn’t help but feel pained at the huge contributions Mi Li was making to his Rage points account.  

“Do you have any clothes I can change into?” asked Mi Li.

Zu An had to exert all of his self-control in order to stop himself from bursting into laughter. “I do, but they’re all my clothes. If you don’t mind…”

“Throw them over!” shouted Mi Li.

Zu An took out a fresh set of clothes from his pack and tossed them over to her. He knew that he would be in the dungeon for ten days or so, so he’d made sure to bring along a change of clothes.

Now that he thought about it, his existence as a transmigrator was pretty pathetic. The other transmigrators he had read about in other novels were usually equipped with storage rings and all sorts of cool artifacts, allowing them to seem cool as they traveled around. He, on the other hand, had to lug around a lame bag with him everywhere he went. It was really ruining the cool image he was trying to adopt!

A snowy arm shot out from behind the sculpture to catch the clothes before swiftly retracting behind it. “Turn around. If you dare to look in my direction, I’ll gouge out your eyeballs, even at the risk of breaching the contract!”

“It’s not like you have anything I haven’t seen yet…” grumbled Zu An in irritation.

“What did you say?”

Mi Li’s face was so red, she looked like a volcano on the verge of erupting.

You have successfully trolled Mi Li for 684 Rage points!

“Nothing!” Sensing that the other party’s tolerance was already at its limit, Zu An quickly turned his head away. There’s no meaning in me earning more Rage points now anyway. It’s not worth the risk.

Rustling sounds came from behind the sculpture. Zu An made use of this opportunity to draw the lottery. He noticed that he had accumulated a total of 7434 Rage points in total, and he was quite impressed at how quickly he was earning Rage points. 

Wow, it hasn’t even been that long since the last time I drew the lottery, but I’ve already amassed so many Rage points. It’s almost as if I’m a Rage points harvester! I’ll be able to draw the lottery 74 times… Surely I can’t be so unlucky as to fail to draw a single item at all, right?

Zu An nervously pressed the spacebar, only to see ‘Thanks for participating’, ‘Thanks for participating’…  

Even up to the 74th attempt, he actually didn’t get anything at all, not even a single Ki Fruit!

What the hell!? How in the world is my vow so effective?!

Zu An swallowed, and he made up his mind never to make any casual vows in the future. There truly was something sinister about promises in this world.

“I’m done!”

Mi Li’s voice rang out suddenly, her voice assuming its usual coldness. It seemed she had managed to recover from her earlier embarrassment.