Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

Deep in a grove of sycamore trees on the outskirts of the city, a man and a woman stood under the trees, discussing the details of annulling their engagement.

The man was about seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed as a scholar, with a jade pendant on his waist, and looked like a young master from a prominent family.

The woman was about the same age as the man, wearing a long, bright red dress and a jade hairpin that shone with a spiritual light.

Judging from their behavior, it's not hard to guess that they are childhood sweethearts.

Named after the parasol tree, the area outside Wutong City is filled with dense forests of parasol trees.

The tall, ancient trees, with their dense foliage, blocked the view from the outside world, creating a perfectly secluded space.

Like other places in the Nine Realms, the people of Wutong City are extremely conservative in their thinking, but they are also open-minded in some aspects.

For centuries, this grove has been a secret rendezvous spot for young people in the city.

Over the years, these ancient sycamore trees have witnessed countless grudges and affections, as well as countless beautiful moments and shy ones.

Countless new lives are conceived under the witness of the sycamore tree.

……

At this very moment, witnessed by the ancient sycamore tree, a bizarre "annulment" is unfolding.

A young man named Lin Tian was leaning against a tall sycamore tree, staring blankly at his childhood sweetheart.

His childhood sweetheart, Chu Ruyan, was standing in front of him at this moment, in a strange posture, saying something extremely remarkable.

The two were face to face, Chu Ruyan's hand pressed against Lin Tian's cheek, resting on the rough sycamore tree.

It doesn't seem like a request to annul the engagement; it's more like a reverse wall slam.

Lin Tian said that although he was not well-educated, he still knew what the action meant.

That's how it's depicted in storybooks!

They were so close they could barely touch each other, and their actions were more intimate than usual. If it weren't for the shocking words his childhood sweetheart had to say, Lin Tian felt he would have blushed and even lost his bestial instincts, engaging in a three-hundred-round battle with Chu Ruyan on the spot.

That's not fair to test your partner like that!!!

Suppressing his burgeoning desire, Lin Tian's mind raced as he looked at Chu Ruyan's aloof face.

"Break off the engagement? Break off what engagement? Although we've been childhood sweethearts for seventeen years, I don't remember ever being engaged!"

"And... fine, you're announcing the engagement, but what's with that weird pose?"

"What's this? A tree-kissing?"

"Have you got the roles mixed up?"

"If you don't let go, I'm going to scream for help!"

"You, Chu Ruyan, have been coveting me for seventeen years, and now you're finally dropping the pretense, huh?"

At that moment, Lin Tian felt as if time had slowed down dozens of times, and strange and wonderful thoughts surged into his mind.

After a long stare, Lin Tian silently turned his head away.

Honestly, after not looking closely for a while, this woman seems to have become even more beautiful!

Thinking it over carefully, perhaps it's time to go to the Chu family to propose marriage.

No! No! This is supposed to be a call-off of the engagement!

Lin Tian's thoughts were tangled together like a rope, and he couldn't sort them out no matter what he did.

Feeling the changes in his body, Lin Tian tried to look away, trying his best not to look at Chu Ruyan's face.

Despite his dizzy brain, Lin Tian managed to speak weakly.

"Um, are you sure I don't have to take responsibility? Even though what happened seven days ago was just an accident, I'm still a man. Wouldn't it be wrong to take no responsibility at all?"

The woods suddenly fell silent, followed by a large expanse of fallen leaves.

Lin Tian, ​​who was leaning against the tree, shuddered and stared intently at Chu Ruyan's right hand.

The veins on her fair wrists were bulging as she pressed her fists into the tree, causing the three-meter-thick tree to shake.

Feeling the oppressive low pressure hitting him, Lin Tian felt his head buzzing.

Oh no! I'm going to die! I'm going to die!

He seems to have said something incredible!

I hope I'm not going to be buried here today!

Under Lin Tian's horrified gaze, Chu Ruyan suddenly smiled, raised her hand and pinched his cheek, speaking in a soft voice that could scare a person to death.

"Xiao Tian, ​​what did you just say? I didn't hear you clearly, could you repeat it?"

The forced, insincere smile terrified Lin Tian, ​​causing him to break out in a cold sweat and collapse onto the tree.

Fear gripped his heart, and at that moment, Lin Tian recalled the fear of being dominated by Chu Ruyan for the past seventeen years.

But after noticing the "Reversal and Ascension System" deep within his consciousness, he suddenly regained his confidence.

Lin Tian was chosen by the Great True Monarch and was destined to rise to immortality. How could little Chu Ruyan be so arrogant!

When he becomes an immortal, he will definitely take this arrogant woman as his maid and cook for her three times a day!

Stimulated by the system, Lin Tian straightened his chest and shouted loudly at Chu Yunyan in what he thought was a tough stance.

"You were the one who said you wanted to break off the engagement! It wasn't me! Even if we go to Uncle Chu to argue, I'm in the right!"

"Oh?" Chu Ruyan lowered her gaze slightly, her beautiful eyes flashing with a hint of ferocity.

"Click—"

The sound of knuckles clicking echoed under the tree, and a faint smile appeared on Chu Ruyan's face.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, a flash of bright red appeared before Lin Tian's eyes.

Amidst the fluttering fallen leaves, the embroidered shoe came to rest on the broken tree trunk, no more than a centimeter away from Lin Tian's head.

A cold wind swept through his mind, and his back was soaked with cold sweat. Lin Tian's eyes widened, and he shrank back down, not until he was half a meter away from the exposed jade legs. Only then did he barely recover and swallow hard.

Having been bullied for over a decade, even after obtaining the system three days ago and experiencing a significant increase in cultivation, Lin Tian still habitually felt fear when facing Chu Yunyan.

"No! Chu Ruyan, what's wrong with you! You're the one who said you wanted to break off the engagement, I'm not the one who disagreed, what are you trying to do by scaring me now?"

Lin Tian shouted angrily, then suddenly looked up, a rare hint of anger flashing in his eyes.

As a man, Lin Tian had always harbored a burning resentment because he had been bullied since childhood by his childhood sweetheart, who was a year older than him.

He had fantasized more than once about turning the tables and taking control of the situation, pinning Chu Yunyan to the ground and beating her to a pulp.

Just now, the system's voice rang in his ears.

"Ding! Detected engagement annulment! The fiancée has openly insulted the host, triggering a top-tier counterattack event!"

"A temporary experience card for the Spirit Refining and Void Returning Realm cultivation has been issued to the host!"

"Host, please achieve your first major comeback! Slap them in the face!"

The system's voice boosted Lin Tian's confidence. He suddenly stood up and glared at the woman opposite him!

"Chu Ruyan, let me tell you! I, Lin Tian, ​​am not easily intimidated. Don't think I'm afraid of you just because you act tough."

A scholar should be viewed with new eyes after three days' absence; I, Lin Tian, ​​am no longer the Lin Tian I once was!

If you continue like this, today I will teach you a lesson about the limits of your power!

The sound echoed through the dense forest. Under the shade of the paulownia trees, Chu Yunyan lowered her eyes slightly.

After a while, she finally raised her head again and looked at Lin Tian, ​​who was half a head taller than her.

Time passed second by second, until Lin Tian himself realized he had made a mountain out of a molehill and shrank back uncomfortably, only then did Chu Ruyan make her next move.

The outstretched hand reached forward and slowly plucked the leaf from Lin Tian's hair.

If what I said caused you to misunderstand anything, I apologize.

The sudden turn of events made Lin Tian's eyes widen. Just as he was about to press his advantage, he felt a weight on his shoulder.

A moist scent wafted towards us.

"I'll give you a kiss as an apology. And remember this: no matter how many lifetimes pass, you will always belong to me!"

The sudden turn of events made Lin Tian's cheeks flush red. He didn't notice the meaning behind Chu Ruyan's words at all, and just stared blankly at Chu Ruyan with his flushed cheeks.

"Then why did you bring up the matter of breaking off the engagement just now? I thought you were going to humiliate me..."

"My bad, some troublesome little thing forced me to say it. Don't worry about it, I'll get used to it and then I'll take care of it."

"You forced me to say this? What do you mean? Is someone trying to harm you? Don't be afraid, I'm not the same person I used to be. I'll protect you..." Immersed in the gentle embrace, Lin Tian completely forgot his anger and the system's mission, and made this foolish promise.

His dazed and silly appearance made Chu Ruyan laugh out loud. She pressed Lin Tian against the tree again and raised her hand to tap his heart.

"You've got a good opportunity; you can improve your cultivation by turning the tables and slapping people in the face."

"what?"

"I forgot to tell you, I'm now a True Immortal. Tell me, how do you plan to turn the tables?"