The Legacy System

"Quite simple actually! Because I can!

The same reason why you tried to kill me three times and almost succeeded! Right now, I need someone as strong as you by my side, so I decided to make use of this chance in front of me!

I don't care whether you like this arrangement or not, you will keep serving me until I need you to. That includes serving me in bed as well.

I am not some hypocrite and will not deny that I lust after your body. Don't get things wrong though, it's just your body that I want, I don't care about your heart and feelings!

And when I don't need you anymore, I will most probably kill you, since I don't want to trouble myself in the future!

Was this enough to answer your questions beauty?"

Ice had thought of many reasons that Eric might say to her, perhaps he fell in love with her at first sight, or perhaps he didn't want her to die, or perhaps he wanted to make her pay.

Each and every one of those reasons would be good enough for her, but what kind of a reason was that. 'Because he could!'

But thinking about it, he wasn't that wrong either! After all, she had tried to kill him three times exactly for the same reason.

Certainly, her anger towards him, and the lure of his treasures played a role in that, but the biggest important reason was that she could.

If she wasn't confident of her skills, and her strength to kill him, then she would have never done something like that.

She wasn't stupid, she wouldn't run towards death with her own feet. What kind of human being right in their minds wouldn't value their own lives.

She was no different. Despite being an assassin that would kill whoever she could for her private reasons, she didn't want to die herself.

Certainly, all this time she had thought that since she dared to kill, then she dared to face the consequences of her actions, but it was only at this point that she understood what that meant.

Thinking up to here the anger in her face seemed to slowly disperse a bit, as she turned calmer and more collected.

Her new appearance surprised even Eric as he couldn't help but ask,

"You seem calmer than I thought!"

"Well, it's not like it will change anything no matter how I behave so I can only accept it and live with it if I don't have any option to escape.

I am not a hypocrite person either, so let me tell you this if I find a way to escape your seal upon me, I will take the chance and break free. After that, I will try with everything I know, and I can, to kill you!

Furthermore, you are the reason that I managed to break through the bottleneck that kept me stuck for so many years. I don't know how that happened, but I know it's because you did that to me!

So perhaps you will be the harbinger of your own doom!"

Now it was Eric's time to feel a slight cold breeze on his back, as he heard those words come out from Ice's mouth.

Her face was expressionless, and her voice was bland and monotone like she was talking about something natural.

If she had shown any kind of emotion Eric would have felt much better, because that would mean that she had a heart, and mind behind her icy face.

It was only at this moment that he finally understood that the heart of the beauty in front of him was covered in unbreakable ice.

The only time that she showed emotion, was the time when she asked him 'why' after that, it seemed like that side of hers didn't exist anymore.

Well anyway, it wasn't like Eric was planning to make every woman he had intimate intercourse with stay by his side anyway.

There were bound to be a few that either wouldn't meet his standards for more or whose opinion and goals were too far from his own.

Sure, Ice was beautiful, in fact, she could be said to be a city toppling beauty, but which of his women weren't, or wouldn't become?

He could feel that after his first evolution, his skin had become much cleaner, and his body seemed to become much better.

As long as his women kept evolving by his side then wouldn't their bodies experience the same changes and improvements as well?

At this moment though even he himself was a bit surprised with his thoughts, and opinions. After deciding on his path, martial path, and heart to the peak, he was much calmer and more objective.

Before he would have never analyzed the situation like this, as most probably he would have become emotional, and thought with the lower part of his body.

As he was lost in his thoughts, he suddenly felt a slight movement on the tunnel as well, and he wasn't surprised to see that the snakes' guy had awakened.

Since he had already taken care of Ice's matter, now it was the time of the remaining two idiots that had tried to mess with him, so turning towards the snake guy he said with a cold tone,

"You should really learn to pretend better if you want to play like you are still asleep in front of me!"

The moment that Eric's words sounded in the area, immediately an angry, enraged, and hateful voice started screaming at him,

"You damn beast, how dare you do that to Senior Sister! Mother will certainly torture you until you will have no tears to cry, and then take your life!"

"Mother!?"

Tianlong Yun couldn't help but blurt that word in startle. After all, he could understand Master or some other Senior brother, but mother!? The hell was going on!?

As if understanding his surprise, and wonder, Ice answered from his side,

"Master is Junior brother Da Gui's biological mother. She dotes upon him too much, and even decided my marriage with him!

If you hadn't appeared, we would have gotten married when we returned from this mission!"

It was only at that point that Eric finally understood a bit about their relationship, but then he found something weird as he asked,

"Why don't you seem so happy with that!?"

"I am concentrated on my cultivation, and path to becoming stronger. I might marry him, but he will never be able to capture my heart with his feeble strength.

I am only doing this because I owe Master my life!"

Ice was extremely cold and sincere at this moment, which made Eric look at her with appreciation. She seemed to be one of those women that followed the path they had chosen to take.

It was people like her who had the right and the opportunity to reach far in their path and had a chance to become truly strong.

At that moment Eric couldn't help but think that if she truly showed potential, he might never let her go from his grasp, but certainly, he wouldn't tell these words to her.

He just looked at her with a deep observation look, and then turned towards the other star of the show,

"And so she says Young Master Da Gui, but what do you think about that?"

At this moment though Young Master Da Gui harrumphed and said with a dark voice,

"Don't try to riddle me, kid, I know that you are going to kill me no matter what, because if you don't then I will never let you live under the same sky!

But don't worry, even if you kill me now, you will never be able to live for long either, as my mother will surely avenge my death!

That bitch won't be able to have a good life either, as mother will just precede with her plan, and retrieve her essence from her! HAAHAH~!"

As he said those words he started laughing like a maniac, as if he could already see the lives of Eric and Ice after they got out in the outside world.

But while Eric had a surprised, and interested look on his face, Ice's face immediately went dark and gloomy as she suddenly jumped towards him, caught him by his neck, and screamed,

"What did you just say? What do you mean by those words!?"

"Hahahah~! Exactly what you heard bi*tch, the only reason why you were able to live so long, and so good was because I took a liking to you, and mother was postponing her plan for my sake!

But now that I will be gone, why would she care about you anymore!? Just a stupid and worthless orphan like you is nothing in her eyes.

Do you know how many like you had passed through mother's hands? All of them had the same end, they were drained of their strength, vitality, and essence to become mother's cultivation furnaces.

The only reason you lived so long was because of me! Now that I will die, you will have nowhere to hide or be able to escape your fate anymore!

Hahahah~! I will just die ahead of you and wait for you on the other side. I will make sure to give a good welcome when you arrive! Hahaha~!"

Ice's face became colder, gloomier, and darker the more she heard the piece of shit in front of her speak, as she couldn't believe his words.

But even though his words looked unbelievable, she had a feeling that he wasn't lying. She was truly broken at that moment and didn't know how to react.

The only person that she thought as family was nothing more than the executioner that had fattened her up all this time.

On the other hand, Eric couldn't believe his luck…