High Martial Arts: Gains one point of health per second, sweeping across the heavens.

Su Jie snapped out of his thoughts and casually checked his account balance.

A line of numbers popped up on the light screen: 10.3 top-grade cosmic crystals.

Of these, 25600 were obtained by him ninety years ago in the Eternal Exclusive Realm.

It was a secret realm for testing combat power. With his foundation of tens of millions of basic combat power, he simply swept through it and easily passed the ten-star difficulty, obtaining the highest reward.

The remaining 70,000 coins were accumulated little by little through daily check-ins, raiding those four-wheeled eternals in the early stages, and sweeping through various ruins and mines in the later stages.

Xuan didn't let down the thousand top-grade cosmic crystals he spent back then.

For over ninety years, Xuan has been like a tireless robot, signing in, grinding monsters, looting, and handing over, contributing a total of five thousand top-grade cosmic crystals to him.

If Su Jie hadn't slaughtered so many people that the number of survivors on the battlefield had dwindled and he hadn't looted all the major ruins, Xuan would have obtained even more.

However, five thousand coins is not a small amount. Su Jie only spent a little over 200 coins on the more than 200 female employees who had accompanied him for nearly a hundred years.

As for Jiang Yue'er, Su Jie glanced at her and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Jiang Yue'er knelt beside him, her white dress as white as snow, head bowed and silent, her fingers unconsciously stroking her sleeves.

Su Jie knew what she was thinking without even asking.

For over ninety years, every day after his spot checks, he would casually toss her three high-grade cosmic crystals.

Adding the initial 10086 pieces, over the past ninety years, converted into top-grade cosmic crystals, there are only eleven of them.

Adding the twenty-nine coins she obtained in the three years before meeting Su Jie, she has a total of forty coins.

She spent 100 premium crystals to become a VIP member back then, but after joining, she not only didn't make any money, she actually lost 60 crystals.

For over ninety years, she gained nothing and instead lost all her savings.

Every day, she was tormented by him, treated as a role model of "excellent employee," and dismissed with three high-grade crystals at his casual touch.

She must be cursing herself for losing out so badly; the first phase is almost over, and she hasn't gotten anything.

A dignified Daoist of the Heavenly Maiden Holy Temple, a ninth-order supreme being, actually fell so low as to be a "Daoist companion" to a man for over ninety years, giving away sixty top-grade cosmic crystals and even sacrificing herself.

More than ninety years have passed, and her entire being is imbued with Su Jie's aura. Can she still go back?

Jiang Yue'er took a deep breath and swallowed back her resentment.

She could only console herself that at least she was Su Jie's acknowledged Daoist partner, while he hadn't even asked the names of these female disciples.

Su Jie looked at her forced composure, and the smile on his lips grew deeper.

It's almost done.

More than ninety years of humiliation, repression, and resentment have pushed her to the brink of collapse.

Now, all that's needed is the last straw.

He raised his hand and slapped her hard.

The crisp sound was particularly jarring in the void. Jiang Yue'er froze abruptly, cried out in surprise, and turned her head to glare at him, feeling both ashamed and annoyed.

Why did he hit her for no reason? This isn't a match-3 game. This jerk is really annoying.

Su Jie smiled and pointed to the area below the Great Luo Sword Embryo, his tone lazy:

"Rou'er, look at that girl down there, she's pretty good, she's my type. Did she just come out of the secret realm? We can have another employee now."

Jiang Yue'er bit her lip, suppressing her anger, and followed his gaze.

Below, on a floating pile of ruins, a moon-white figure stepped out from a cracked portal of light.

Her white dress was as white as snow, her long hair flowed like a waterfall, and her face was aloof and cold.

Jiang Yue'er's pupils suddenly contracted, and her heart felt as if it had been squeezed tightly.

That's Bai Zhi, the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Maiden Temple. How could she not recognize her? Why is she here now?

Has this just come out of the secret realm? And Su Jie has taken a liking to it again.

Countless thoughts exploded in Jiang Yue'er's mind in an instant.

Bai Zhi was the only one among those who entered the Heavenly Maiden Temple this time who knew Jiang Rou'er's inside story.

Jiang Rou'er saved her years ago, and she was close to Jiang Rou'er. After Jiang Rou'er disappeared, the way she looked at herself changed.

Although Bai Zhi never revealed it, Jiang Yue'er knew in her heart that Bai Zhi must have always suspected her.

As for why she never killed Bai Zhi, it was because her master had given her a death order, saying that the matter should end there.

So it was eventually dropped, because Bai Zhi posed no threat to her position as the Daoist disciple.

After entering the battlefield, she even considered killing Bai Zhi, but she never encountered Bai Zhi again.

She thought Bai Zhi had been killed long ago, and she even secretly rejoiced that one less person knew her secrets.

But now, Bai Zhi is alive and well, she has come out of the secret realm, and she is about to be taken in as an employee by Su Jie.

We could have Su Jie kill her, but the problem is, this junior sister is too beautiful.

The moon-white dress accentuated her slender figure, her face was exquisitely beautiful, and her temperament was cool yet delicate.

Standing on those ruins, the wind blew her long hair and skirt, making her look like a pure white lotus untouched by the dust of the world.

Jiang Yue'er subconsciously glanced at Su Jie's expression.

His eyes lit up, as if he had discovered some interesting toy.

Her heart began to race.

Over the years, her only dignity has been her identity as "Su Jie's Daoist Partner".

If she hadn't kept deceiving herself into believing she was just playing the role of Jiang Rou'er, she wouldn't have been able to persevere until now.

Although this identity was fake, she gritted her teeth and played the role for over ninety years.

Although Su Jie may have been lying to her from the beginning, all the talk about Jiang Rou'er and Daoist partners was made up.

However, among these two hundred-plus lowly female employees, she was the only one whom Su Jie acknowledged as his "Daoist partner".

She is special, she is number one, she is a person with a name and a surname.

Those female disciples envied and were jealous of her every day because she was the only one Su Jie would hold in his arms and the only one he would "clean up" after the spot checks.

She survived for over ninety years by relying on this "uniqueness".

She told herself to be patient, because at least she was his partner.

Although this Daoist partner is fake, others don't know it.

Others only know that Jiang Yue'er is Su Jie's Daoist partner, someone they can only dream of.

But what if Bai Zhi told Su Jie that she wasn't Jiang Rou'er, but Jiang Yue'er, that she had devoured her own sister's bloodline, and that she had climbed to the position of Dao Child by stepping on Rou'er's corpse...

Jiang Yue'er's fingers were trembling, and her fingertips were icy cold.

She recalled Su Jie's methods on Xuan—unpredictable, ruthless, an Eternal-level relic turning the Supreme Being into an obedient dog.

She didn't want to become like that, and she didn't want to die.

She is destined to become the Nine Eternal Ones, the one who will rule the Celestial Maiden Temple.

But what if Su Jie knew that she wasn't Jiang Rou'er, but rather the murderer who killed Jiang Rou'er...?

What will he do to her? Kill her? Or demote her to one of those lowly employees?