Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Chapter 979: Failed?

What was going on?

From how she had a thoughtful look on her face, shouldn’t she have compromised and offered herself to him or at the very least, she should have turned a blind eye to what he did with Gu Lan and should have just asked him to leave?

What was the meaning of this slap?

He stared at her in confusion but when he saw the angry and heart broken look in her eyes, he pursed his lips, feeling a pang of guilt and sympathy.

“You came here and told me all this hoping I would also do what Lan’er did, didn’t you?” She asked through tears, then shouted though her voice remained low so it wouldn’t escape the confines of the shop,

“How could you!?! Don’t you know how much I love your father… Even though he is no more, how can I betray him? Do you think my concern for the Gu family exceeds the love for your father?!!”

Max didn’t respond and just stared at her with an understanding and sympathetic look on his face.

Slap!

Gu Ruolan suddenly slapped him again. Then she broke out in sobs which made her tremble from head to toe. The next moment, her legs gave out.

Shua!

She didn’t fall to the ground, however, because Max had stood up and supported her by holding her waist with one hand.

“I understand your pain, Second Mother.” He said, his voice soft, “I and everyone else also know just how much you loved father. We also know you are putting so much effort in trying to help the family because it is father’s family. But…”

He paused before adding while wiping her tears from his free hand, “He is no longer with us. And given how much he cared about you, I can confidently say he wouldn’t want you to suffer as you lived in your old memories. No, he would want you to live your life well, enjoy it to the fullest and do whatever your heart desires.”

While speaking, he released a bit of his charm to re-ignite her almost dead womanly desires.

Gu Ruolan bit her lower lip as she stared at him with tears still streaming out from her eyes.

Max stared back into her eyes in silence for a long while.

Just when he thought it was time to strike and leaned forward to kiss her, Gu Ruolan lowered her face and said, “…Chen’er, I want to be alone for a while.”

Max felt a vat of water pour on the fire of his desires and a sense of frustration welled up within him.

A split second later, he exhaled deeply and nodded, “I understand.”

He didn’t want to force her because then things would be completely different—she wouldn’t become his emotionally and he didn’t want just an empty husk to have sex.

After helping her take a seat and giving her some water to drink, he held his hand in front of her.

Gu Ruolan looked at him in confusion.

“Grab my hand for a moment.” Max said.

Gu Ruolan did as told, then looked up at him.

Max smiled, “Can you feel my cultivation?”

Gu Ruolan raised her brows in surprise because she knew his Skin Tempering Cultivation had been lost. But the next moment, she remembered he had sex with Lan’er…

‘How strong he would have become after doing it with her?’ Feeling curious, she sensed his cultivation by squeezing his hand and immediately, her eyes opened wide in shock, “…Muscle Refinement?”

“Fifth Layer.” Max calmly nodded, “This is the result of doing it with Lan’er… and second sister-in-law.”

Gu Ruolan was a bit surprised but didn’t overreact. “…I see.”

“Alright. You keep the shop closed today and rest up.” said Max before walking out of the shop, closing the doors after him.

Gu Ruolan sat in the shop alone, all kinds of thoughts flashing in her mind.

‘…he did it with Xiaomin too. Well, that’s not too bad. That child needed someone to release her sadness.’

‘Lan’er… That girl… she must be feeling giddy now, no? She has had a crush on her Third Brother since forever. Still, she shouldn’t have…’ She didn’t finish the thought because she felt it was wrong of her to judge her.

‘Still… doing with just the two of them made him reach the middle stage of Muscle Refinement. Isn’t his cultivation art too overpowered?’

‘So he wasn’t lying. He can really reach Bone Refinement within half a year.’

She looked at the closed door of the shop, hesitation, guilt, sadness and a flicker of desire flashing in her eyes.

…

Ha!

After leaving the shop, Max raised his head and stared at the clear blue sky and let out a sigh.

He had planned to have sex with Gu Ruolan, increase his strength a bit more then go find his mother. But now that Ru Ruolan had sent him away with nothing but a frustration, he found himself thinking whether he should go to his mother. After all, he wouldn’t feel good if she also refused him like Gu Ruolan.

While thinking this, he walked out of the street.

Just then…

Swoosh!

Someone ran past him.

Pat! Pat! Pat!

“Stop that bastard! How dare he steal from me! I’m going to kill him today.”

A group of three came running while cursing and roaring, their faces red with exertion and anger. When they passed by Max, they gave him an angry look as if saying ‘Why didn’t you stop him?’.

Max pursed his lips. Why would he interfere in someone else’s matter?

Just as he was about to turn around and walk away, he heard a passer-by lament, “…That Nie Haolong is too pitiful. First, the Nie family stopped supporting his family. Now that he is trying to stand on his feet and keep his family fed, he is being bullied like this everywhere he goes.”

Max stopped in his tracks. ‘…Nie Haolong?’

Swoosh!

The next instant, he turned on his heels and began chasing the trio chasing Nie Haolong.