novelraw Chapter 716 356 My Nature is Self-Sufficient, Seeking Nothing from Outside_2
Chapter 716 356 My Nature is Self-Sufficient, Seeking Nothing from Outside_2
Are we... really that remarkable?
"Please answer me. Are you willing... or not?" Wang Xiu saw their hesitation and confusion, so he decided to strike while the iron was hot.
"Willing!"
"We're willing!"
"We'll do anything Master Wang asks of us!"
...
They immediately declared their stance, their eyes resolute. They looked like a battalion of determined warriors for the cause of 'Only Love'!
"Very good!" Wang Xiu looked at them with satisfaction, expressing his appreciation.
The women were so overwhelmed their heads started buzzing.
"From today on, our organization is considered established. However, we'll have to be quiet about it. We can't let others know about our plan for now, understand?"
"Understood!"
The well-endowed woman declared firmly, "Rest assured, Master, my lips are sealed. Even if you beat me to death, I wouldn't spill a word!"
[DING! Bragging detected nearby. Congratulations, Host, you have gained +99 Mana!]
"Not bad!" Wang Xiu gave her an appreciative glance, then turned his gaze to the others.
"Me too!"
[DING! Bragging detected nearby. Congratulations, Host, you have gained +99 Mana!]
"Everyone on West Street knows I'm Li Lanhua, and I'm famous for being tight-lipped. I can keep a secret, so you can rest easy, Master!"
[DING! Bragging detected nearby. Congratulations, Host, you have gained +199 Mana!]
...
"Master, what should we call our alliance?" a woman suddenly asked out of curiosity.
Wang Xiu raised an eyebrow. He had been making everything up on the spot; how would he have a name for the alliance?
He put on a thoughtful expression and asked in return, "What do you all think?"
"I think, since our alliance centers around you, Master, why not call it the Yi Tian Alliance?"
Wang Xiu waved his hand. "Eh, too high-profile. Not good."
"Our ultimate goal is to fill the world with the taste of love, so how about we call it the AIDS Alliance?"
"Cough, cough, cough... That name has bad feng shui. Change it, change it!"
...
In the end, Wang Xiu made the final decision. He gazed up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle and said solemnly, "Let's call it... the Only Love Alliance!"
"Only Love? What a good name! It sounds so poetic!"
"As expected of the Master!"
...
"Alright!" Wang Xiu waved his hand. "The general matters have been decided. Next, I will conduct your first training session for the newly established Only Love Alliance!"
"Training?" the women asked, dumbfounded.
Wang Xiu said, "Of course. Although you all have excellent innate talent, you still have a long way to go to become the qualified evangelists I envision!"
「About six hours later.」
The group of women filed out of Wang Xiu's room, their faces flushed. The people waiting in the courtyard saw them and immediately swarmed over.
"How did it go?"
"What were you doing in there? Why did it take so long?"
"What about the paintings? Didn't Master Wang paint for you?"
The women didn't answer the first few questions. Not until the third one was asked.
The well-endowed woman stared at the questioner and retorted, "Paintings? What do we need paintings for?"
The person who asked was now the one who was confused. "Master Wang's paintings, of course. Didn't you come here to ask Master Wang for a painting to help you become beautiful?"
The well-endowed woman shook her head, staring intently at her. "Wrong. Utterly wrong! We are all born between heaven and earth, and each of us is a unique treasure. Should we deny ourselves and feel we aren't beautiful just because of how others see us? That's not right. That's just classic anxiety about your appearance! It will only bring you more misery, trapping you in a spiral of unhappiness!"
At these words, the entire courtyard fell silent. Everyone stared at her with strange expressions.
"You must believe—firmly believe—that you are the most beautiful woman in this world. If other people don't like it, it's because they lack appreciation! Remember, confidence is a woman's best makeup!"
As she spoke, she suddenly bellowed, "Sisters! What do we need?"
"Confidence! Confidence! Confidence!" all the women who had come out of Wang Xiu's room shouted in unison. Their voices were incredibly shrill and perfectly synchronized, startling everyone.
"Who is the most beautiful woman in this world?"
"Me! Me! Me!"
[DING! Bragging detected nearby. Congratulations, Host, you have gained +99 Mana!]
[DING! Bragging detected nearby. Congratulations, Host, you have gained +199 Mana!]
[DING! Bragging detected nearby. Congratulations, Host, you have gained +188 Mana!]
[DING! Bragging detected nearby. Congratulations, Host, you have gained +...]
"Today you give me the cold shoulder!"
"Tomorrow, I'll be out of your league!"
[DING! Bragging detected nearby. Congratulations, Host, you have gained +99 Mana!]
[DING! Bragging detected nearby. Congratulations, Host, you have gained +199 Mana!]
[DING! Bragging detected nearby. Congratulations, Host, you have gained +188 Mana!]
[...]
"Our beauty!"
"Will not be defined!!!"
"I am who I am!"
"A unique spark!"
Watching their synchronized roar, their eyes filled with an unprecedented determination and faith, the scene, which should have been laughable, suddenly became somewhat infectious.
What... what on earth did they go through in there? Cao Qingqing, who hadn't left, had been waiting outside the courtyard gate. She originally wanted to see what kind of transformation Master Wang could perform on these relatively plain women but never expected to witness a scene like this. In their eyes, she saw a kind of madness, a faith! It was something they didn't have when they first entered that room.
Beauty is not to be defined? I am a unique spark? Every person is a unique treasure? Why do these words sound so strangely reasonable?
...
The group walked out of Yuxuan Pavilion with their heads held high. They strode confidently, and their self-assured aura drew so much attention that their head-turning rate on the street went through the roof.
"Sisters, let's part ways for today and meet again tomorrow!" On the way, Li Lanhua—the most well-endowed of the women—said to the others.
"Alright!"
"See you tomorrow!"
The group dispersed. Li Lanhua headed toward her home, turning into a courtyard.
Just as she entered, she saw a graceful figure standing not far ahead, waiting for her.
"Who's there?" Li Lanhua frowned, instantly on alert.
"Don't be alarmed. I mean no harm." The person turned around. With her bright eyes and exquisite features, it was none other than Cao Qingqing.
"Miss Cao?" Li Lanhua was stunned. She, of course, knew of this woman, the famous treasured daughter of the Green Leaf Association's leader, known throughout White Jade City.
Before, she wouldn't have dared to speak a single word to her. If she had encountered her on the street, she would have simply bowed her head in greeting.
But now, after a brief moment of shock, she lifted her chin and asked, "Do you need something from me, Miss Cao?"
Cao Qingqing looked at her and said, "It's nothing major. I just wanted to ask what happened after you all went into that room."
Li Lanhua shook her head. "We promised Master Wang we wouldn't leak a single word!"
Cao Qingqing looked at her, then casually tossed a bag of Spirit Stones that landed at Li Lanhua's feet, emitting a dazzling glow.
Li Lanhua took a deep breath. "Miss Cao, are you trying to insult me?"
Cao Qingqing didn't speak, but simply tossed out another bag of Spirit Stones.
Li Lanhua burst out laughing. "Hahaha, you underestimate me, Miss Cao. For this paltry sum of Spirit Stones, I can talk for half an hour, at most!"
Seeing her initial defiant attitude, Cao Qingqing's heart had skipped a beat, thinking she'd run into a tough nut to crack. But upon hearing the second half of the sentence, she couldn't stop the corner of her mouth from twitching.
How do you make capitulating sound so tough? Does it come from all that confidence?
「An hour later.」
Cao Qingqing walked out of the alleyway, looking somewhat distraught.
"One's nature is self-sufficient? No need for external validation?" "All the world's plights are merely matters of the mind!" What a profound philosophy! Did he... really say that?