MMO: Pierce Heaven Til' It Breaks

The calm before the storm did not exist on the eve of the great war. Before the Throne-claiming event in the Western Continent officially began, a few guilds were already coming to blows.

A couple of battles down and the Whole of Windcloud was already fighting a losing battle, even losing two of the major cities under their control. It was not to say that Brother Windcloud Nine was incapable, but war was not a one-man show. With one guild against three other guilds, they had already lost due to being vastly outnumbered.

Moreover, these three guilds were backed by the support of the Fluttering Snow Alliance.

Li Yi did not lend a hand because Brother Windcloud Nine had made it clear to him that this internal conflict had nothing to do with him.

With just a few days until the Throne-claiming war, the Whole of Windcloud retreated to Light City. Brother Windcloud Nine as the Castellan issued a Fight-ban Order to avoid any battles. He would rather spend money than invest his time in battle.

Though Li Yi could not be of much help, he did not attempt to clear Conquer. Instead, he headed to the Southern Continent daily to complete the daily Frogmen Tribe quest. He spent the remaining time contemplating ways to lure Qian’er to the Invincible Continent.

Li Yi had mentioned to Qian’er about betraying her country and she told him she would think about it. However, a few days had passed, and he had not received a response. This left Li Yi a nervous wreck but he knew that these things could not be rushed. After all, he was only an ordinary friend to Qian’er. All he could do now was wait.

It was only after Shen Lang mailed a document to him that Li Yi lost interest in waiting.

It was the results of Shen Lang’s investigation, both Qian’er’s family background and her relationship with Tyrant Sword King the Fifth were detailed in the report. Shen Lang lived up to his title as Iron Alliance’s No. 1 intelligence official.

Ouyang Qian’s actual name was Lin Qian. She was the daughter of Lin Xiao, the chairman of Lin Enterprise. She once used the ID, Absolute Hotstuff in a forum and was proficient in writing lesbian-themed novels.

Lin Qian has a younger brother, with the gaming ID, Big Boy. His actual name was Lin Wei. He was living with his girlfriend whose gaming ID was Lil Girl and real name was Bai Jie.

Tyrant Sword King the Fifth’s actual name was Wang Sheng and was the only son of Wang Enterprise’s chairman. There was an engagement between Lin Qian and him which had been arranged by their parents when they were still babies. He was happy to oblige but Lin Qian was not fond of the man and had left home because of this.

The detailed account in the file cleared every question Li Yi had in his mind.

He really did not think that Big Boy and Lin Qian were blood-related siblings. If this were true, the news about their marriage in the past life must be…

A lie?

Having the shock of his life, Li Yi was tempted to just dash out the door to question Lin Qian face to face.

The engagement in the past life was a fake, then…

Li Yi dared not dwell on his thoughts further. He was caught between feelings. He was happy to know Qian’er never betrayed him in the past life but sad as he did not know where to go from here with his relationship with Qian’er.

Li Yi was extremely hung up about Qian’er’s betrayal in the past life. With everything that had come to light, one could well imagine his current frame of mind. He originally regarded Qian’er as a disposable presence, so he let nature take its course in their relationship.

Only now, his thoughts had changed.

Qian’er never betrayed him. With the issue that weighed the heaviest on his mind dissolved, he would never be at ease if he were to let Qian’er go in this life.

“Thank you!”

Li Yi expressed his gratitude to Shen Lang. Before the latter could reply, Li Yi had already logged off in a hurry.

In the bedroom, Fire Ice was occupied in the game while Jiaojiao has gone to work.

Leaving Fire Ice alone, Li Yi changed his clothes and went downstairs. He hailed a cab and went straight to Jiaojiao’s workplace, the women self-defense club.

“Sir, could you drive faster?” With bated breath, Li Yi hurried the driver.

Ten minutes later, Li Yi arrived at his destination. He tossed RMB100 at the driver when he got down the cab. He ran off before the driver could give him his change.

“Straighten your arms, lift and kick. Follow my instruction, kick, heiiii!”

“Heiii!”

In the gym, Jiaojiao was dressed in a white uniform, displaying the horse-stance as she taught her students to throw punches.

“Self-defense is important. We’re weaker than men, so you must remember to catch them by surprise, off guard, and don’t hold back on striking their weak spots. If you can’t take down your enemy with one strike, it’ll land you in a disadvantage.”

“Understood!” Fifty-over students lowered their heads in acknowledgement.

“Follow my instruction, kick, haiii!”

“Haiii!”

“Turn and kick to the back, spin and kick.”

JIaojiao leaped and spun around, displaying a beautiful roundhouse kick in the air.

This technique was difficult and many of her students were not able to follow through. For a moment, it was a rickety scene with at least half of them collapsing on the ground and bursting into laughter.

“If you can’t do it, just kick to the front. However, this spinning kick is very important. Think about it, if you were grabbed by a thug from the back and you turned and made a failed motion, what would the outcome be?”

Jiaojiao’s tone was strict.

Just then, a student ran over to call Jiaojiao, “Teacher Jiao, someone’s looking for you.”

“Who’s looking for me?”

“He said He’s Li Yi, your husband.”

Jiaojiao paused and immediately, her face flushed red, “Pah, he’s Li Yi, what husband are you talking about?”

Jiaojiao clapped her hands at her students, “Practise for now. I’m going out to meet my husband.”

“Bye, Teacher Jiao!” The students teased in unison. Before Jiaojiao even set foot out the door, they were already creating havoc and joking about.

Jiaojiao went out and was about to change her clothes when she saw Li Yi at the door, motioning her to come forward.

“What are you doing here? What’s the big rush?”

“Follow me, I’ll tell you there.”

Li Yi pulled Jiaojiao to leave.

“I haven’t even changed my clothes yet, I’m still in uniform. Mm, uniform fetish, sounds good.”

“Maniac!”

Li Yi halted another cab and gave the location of a bar in a romantic spot.

Jiaojiao waved her hands in front of Li Yi, “Are you out of your mind? Why are you taking me there?”

“Oh, you’ll know later.”

They soon arrived at the romantic bar. Li Yi dragged Jiaojiao out the cab and asked the waiter for a private room in the bar before ushering her in.

“Oh, you seem to be familiar with this place. Lil Yi’zi, tell me, how many girls have you brought here?”

“At least 20 of them.”

“Watch the foot!”

Infuriated, Jiaojiao lifted her leg to kick. Li Yi was already prepared for it as he dodged to the side and grabbed her incoming foot.

Jiaojiao glared hard at him, “Let go or I’ll use my deadly scissor legs to jump and squeeze the juice out of your head!”

“If you use your deadly scissor legs, I will use my double-finger flick.”

Li Yi unrolled two of his fingers and gestured around Jiaojiao’s waist.

It was then a waiter entered with a tray of alcohol. The two loosened their grip and sat on the couch.

Jiaojiao narrowed her cat-like eyes at Li Yi, “Speak. There’s no such thing as a free lunch. What’s your agenda bringing me here?”

“I can’t bring it up without alcohol.”

“Okay, I’ll drink with you!” Jiaojiao rolled up her sleeves and grabbed a bottle of alcohol to hand to Li Yi.

“How slow taking it sip by sip. Just chug the whole bottle.”

“…”

Gulp, gulp, gulp, gulp…

Li Yi and Jiaojiao held one bottle respectively and downed the whole drink.

“Again!”

Gulp, gulp, gulp, gulp…

The drinking became a competition. Two bottles down, Li Yi was feeling giddy.

“Can you talk now?”

“Yeah, I can.”

Li Yi told Jiaojiao a story, a story of his past life. It did not matter whether Jiaojiao believed it or not. He did not hold back and revealed everything.

Jiaojiao blankly raised her index finger, “Brother Yi, I just saw pigs flying…”

“Oh, your father’s balls. I’m telling the truth. Qian’er was my girlfriend and you were my best friend in my past life…”

“Uh huh, just tell me straight if you want a threesome. You’re beating around the bush just to tell me you’re into big boobies and long legs, am I right?”

Li Yi was at a loss for words.

“Let’s drink!” Jiaojiao picked up another bottle.

Gulp gulp gulp gulp…

With another bottle down, Li Yi’s face was red and his tongue, tangled in a knot. However, his head was clear as he added, “So you’re saying that you don’t believe that I was reborn?”

“Pigs are flying again…”

“Shall we make a bet?”

“How do we play it?” Jiaojiao was interested.

Li Yi thought about it for long before continuing, “I remember that around this month, a company’s about to announce its mobile phone…”

“Apple!” Jiaojiao blurted out. This girl was Apple’s most loyal fan.

Li Yi smacked his thigh, “Yes yes, it’s Apple.”

Jiaojiao was in disbelief, “Pah, nonsense. It’s been five years since Apple’s latest release. Why would they do so now?”

“Let’s bet on this. If Apple does indeed make an announcement, you’ll believe everything I said. If they don’t, you can think of me as a liar.”

“Alright!”

Jiaojiao stuck her pinky out and wagged it at Li Yi.

“Pinky swear!”

After locking pinkies, Jiaojiao grabbed another bottle and with a flushed face, she said, “Let’s continue drinking.”

Jiaojiao had quite the alcohol tolerance, it was only slightly worse than Li Yi’s. She considered that if she had too much to drink, Li Yi would not be spared as well.

Their alcohol tolerance was equally bad…

“Lil Yi’zi, I know what you’re thinking…”

Having had too much to drink, Jiaojiao locked her arms around Li Yi’s neck as she mumbled.

“What do you know? You don’t know anything.”

“I really do,” Jiaojiao narrowed her eyes and rolled up into a ball like a cat in Li Yi’s embrace.

“Tell me, what do you know?”

“You like me, but you also like Lin Qian. You’re afraid I’ll be mad, so you told me in advance so that I’m prepared for it.”

“Yeah…”

“It really doesn’t matter. I swore that I’ll never be a man’s wife. I’ll only live as a mistress.”

Li Yi did not hear it clearly, “What?”

“I’ll only live as a mistress. Being the wife sucks, my mum’s the example.”

Li Yi was shocked.

“Just be good to me. If you ever dump me, I’ll…”

Jiaojiao reached out to Li Yi’s crotch and gestured a scissors motion.

“I’m not stupid, I won’t dump you even in the next life.”

Li Yi carried Jiaojiao and took large strides out of the private room.

“Where’re we heading to?”

“Heading home to bang.”