Starting with a Family System to Become an Immortal Official-Chapter 88: Vicious Beauty and Cute Beauty

Thousand Empty Sea Domain.

A jade-green pill bottle streaked across the sky like a falling star, trailing faint spiritual light as it hurtled toward the scorched desert sands below.

Twelve cultivators on swords chased it at full speed.

Their robes whipped wildly in the hot wind.

One burly man in black robes pushed ahead on his sword and stretched for the bottle with his fingers.

BOOM!

A roaring wall of flames erupted from nowhere to slam into him like a tidal wave.

"WAAAAHHH!"

He screamed as the fire swallowed him whole and blasted his body backward.

His sword clattered uselessly to the ground far below.

Another cultivator dove straight down in a daring curve as he dodged a vicious curtain of silver sword lights that rained mercilessly from above.

The beams sliced the air with shrieking whistles and missed him by inches as he twisted mid-flight.

But the barrage doubled.

Hundreds of sword rays poured down like a storm.

They punched clean through his body.

Chest, shoulders, thighs.

He was riddled with holes.

Blood misted the air.

He let out a choked gasp and plummeted lifelessly toward the dunes.

The remaining candidates snarled and lunged.

Hands grabbed, elbows shoved, spiritual energy clashed in midair. The pill bottle tumbled wildly between them as it got pushed and yanked around.

Then—

A wrinkled old man in faded gray robes shot forward like a ghost and snatched the bottle.

"Ahah! It’s mine!"

A massive black turtle shell of spiritual energy erupted around him like an unyielding force.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Explosive force radiated outward. The shell blasted every attacker away like leaves in a gale. Bodies spun helplessly through the air before crashing into the sand hundreds of meters away.

The old man slowly descended until his tired feet finally touched sand.

He clutched the pill bottle to his chest and coughed.

"That wasn’t easy at all!"

He squeezed his face and looked at the pill bottle.

But it was more than just a bottle.

It was his pass card!

His face lit up with shaky joy.

"Finally... finally! With this, my chance at becoming an immortal official is still alive. Even with my declining cultivation... I can still climb!"

He pressed a hand to his aching lower back and started hobbling toward the submission point.

It was quite the distance.

Then he paused to see the glowing bottle again.

"...Maybe I’ll take two pills now. Just to shore up this old body a bit longer."

Shink!

A sword whistled past his ear and planted itself deep into a massive boulder.

The old man staggered, heart pounding.

"I—I didn’t even sense that!"

He looked up.

High above, a stunning young woman in elegant white robes hovered on her sword. Long black hair danced around her proud face. Xu Lingxi pointed one slender finger at him and kept her lovely voice cold and commanding.

"Hand over that pill bottle this instant, old man."

He clutched it tighter.

"No! It’s mine! I earned it fair and square!"

Then he noticed the mature beauty standing quietly behind the young miss.

His leathery face split into a sleazy grin.

He raised a hand and waved flirtatiously.

"Hey there, beautiful~ Still looking as fine as ever—"

Auntie Chuyan’s lip curled.

She uncomfortably turned her head away with a visible shudder of disgust.

Xu Lingxi folded her arms under her chest and tilted her head as she studied him.

"I can tell you’re Nascent Soul realm... but there’s something so weak about your aura. And why do you look so painfully old and shriveled?"

The old man bristled.

"I’m not that old, you little brat!"

Auntie Chuyan spoke calmly from behind.

"He must have forced his way into Nascent Soul using those cheap pills and shortcuts common in backwater worlds like the Mortal Realm. It destroys the foundation. Our kind relies on Nascent Soul seeds and beast soul refinements which is better for longevity and potential."

Xu Lingxi nodded thoughtfully.

"No wonder he looks so ugly."

"YOU—!"

Fury twisted the old man’s face.

He clapped his palms together.

A towering spirit turtle avatar rose behind him as its eyes glowed with dark light.

"Insolent junior! I’ll teach you respect!"

From behind Xu Lingxi, a small white baby dragon popped out with pure white fur collar around its neck and big adorable purple eyes blinking innocently.

It let out a tiny, cute roar.

"Rawr~!"

Xu Lingxi smiled faintly.

"Xiao Bai, humble this old fool."

The dragon’s eyes narrowed.

Another adorable roar then its small mouth opened wide.

WHOOOOSH!

A sea of searing purple plasma flames erupted like a solar flare. The heat was apocalyptic. The entire area melted in an instant as the sand turned to glass, rocks vaporized and the air itself ignited.

The old man’s scream lasted less than a second before he was reduced to drifting ash.

All that remained was the pill bottle, lying untouched on blackened earth, now carved into a perfect U-shaped valley by the devastating blaze.

The bottles were covered with Gu Bingyue’s aura.

This made their durability so terrifying that even the breath of a holy war beast at Nascent Soul level couldn’t scratch them.

She had designed them that way so candidates could go all out.

Xu Lingxi stared down at the ashes with a scowl.

Like the ashen corpse was dirt beneath her feet.

"This is exactly why I said lower-worlders aren’t fit to compete with us."

But the moment her little dragon snuggled against her neck again she softened instantly.

She giggled and tickled under its chin playfully.

Auntie Chuyan smiled at the sight then walked over and picked up the pill bottle for her young miss.

"Miss, what’s the point of collecting all these? You’ve already taken over seventy in the last hour alone. Don’t you think you should rest?"

Xu Lingxi huffed.

"Hmph. I simply don’t want undeserving trash to get their hands on them."

Auntie Chuyan gave her a knowing smirk.

"Is this... about Li Qingmu?"

Xu Lingxi’s face exploded red.

"Don’t call his name! Shut up!"

She angrily stomped off in another direction.

Watching her act like this reminded Chuyan of how the young miss used to be as a child.

『He has a good effect on her...』

The old auntie pictured Li Qingmu’s face and smiled.

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Up on the central dais.

The proctors watched through floating mirrors.

Ye Zirou spoke flatly.

"Every member of the Gu family is already carrying over thirty bottles each. Exceptional as expected."

Gu Bingyue closed her eyes modestly, smiling.

"If they failed to impress... no one would open the door for them when they return."

Ye Zirou gave a tiny nod.

If she ever smiled, this would have been the moment but that’s not the sort of lady she was.

Ye Zirou was a cold beauty with cold-looking eyes that were royal and alluring in every way. One could count how many faces she made in a week on one hand alone.

Song Yan yawned lazily.

"All anyone really needs is one bottle, yunno."

Her rosy lips pursed mockingly.

"But sure, go ahead and hoard."

Ye Zirou glanced at her.

"Scared Li Qingmu will fail?"

Song Yan rested her delicate chin in her palm like she was bored of the talk and wanted to sleep.

"None of your business."

Ye Zirou squeezed her face slightly in annoyance then folded her arms under her massive melons.

They bounced elegantly.

Only someone like Ye Zirou can make such a sexy part of her body look so delicately dignified.

She is a pure beauty.

"Li Qingmu shouldn’t be your business either. You have an entire group of Song family members here, plus your niece who is the daughter of a Heavenly General and yet you waste concern on a lowlife."

Song Yan raised a brow.

"My niece?"

She swiped through the viewing mirrors until one showed a beautiful young girl with long white hair sprinting desperately across the dunes as a huge pack of snarled fiend beasts hot on her heels.

Song Yan’s eyes widened.

"Song Ruyi?!"

Panic flashed across her usually calm face.

『What is that girl doing here?!』

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Meanwhile, far out in the desert.

Li Qingmu and Su Liyue trudged onward.

All around them were broken bodies. Arms and legs had been ripped off, chests crushed in, and blood had soaked deep into the sand. These were fellow candidates who had fought desperately over pill bottles, only to die in the end for nothing.

They still hadn’t found a single one.

Su Liyue kept scanning for threats, sword half-drawn.

Li Qingmu trailed a few steps back, walking slowly.

She stopped abruptly and shot him a side-eye.

"Stop doing that!"

Li Qingmu blinked innocently.

"Doing what?"

"You know exactly what! Staring at my butt!"

She slapped both hands over her rear as her tender cheeks turned a rare color of red.

He chuckled mockingly.

"Since when are you shy? Besides, that dress really brings out your ass."

"Can we not do this right now?!"

Li Qingmu sighed and stepped up beside her.

"Tch. You’re no fun."

He squeezed his face a little and mumbled.

"Can’t even stare at my property’s ass."

Su Liyue folded her arms and closed her eyes haughtily as she held her chin high.

"Hmph. Don’t you know to become your property you’d have to make me your wife?"

He nodded seriously.

"Then we’ll get married after this. I’ll spend the time thinking of a perfect name for our child."

Su Liyue facepalmed and let out a soft sigh.

"You’re always so... unusual."

But her expression softened.

『And... that’s exactly what I like about you...』

Li Qingmu noticed her small smile, rushed back, and dropped to his knees right between her legs. He pressed his face deep into her warm crotch until her perspired panties and thighs kissed his cheeks.

"Eh!?"

Su Liyue yelped.

"Relax..."

He mumbled against her.

"Just checking if your legs still work."

He rubbed his face shamelessly along her inner thighs while his hands half-heartedly patted her legs.

She looked down, face red, and muttered.

"Idiot..."

But with how she bit her lower lip it was clear she was enjoying every second of it.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!

The ground shook violently and nearly knocked them both off balance.

Su Liyue steadied herself.

"What is that?!"

They looked ahead.

A beautiful young lady in white robes came sprinting toward them with terror on her face. Behind her thundered a massive pack of fiend beasts as their bloodied claws tore up the sand and their roars shook the sky.

"Get away from me!!"

The cute beauty kept screaming.