Pain Immunity: Worried the Villains Aren’t Twisted Enough

Chapter 299: The Kneeling Masses, Private Conversation

In sight were mountains, streams, flying birds, and mist weaving through the forest—a world that looked incredibly beautiful.

Lu Ce was a bit stunned. Even in real life, he had never seen such scenery.

This vastness felt like an entirely new world.

The last time he had this feeling was in Tokyo, but that was still the real world, a whole city.

With the arrogant mask on, he walked with his head held high, but this time, his face kept turning outward, admiring the view.

From the castle's external spiral staircase, Lu Ce followed several guards upward and quickly reached the very top of the castle.

Once there, he realized this was obviously a staged area; at the center was a wide platform carved from some kind of stone resembling white jade.

Perhaps it was actually jade itself!

Seeing that, Lu Ce knew he had come to the right place and walked straight onto it.

The two guards were startled. The wedding hadn’t started yet, how could someone just walk in like this? Judging by this attitude, he actually intended to stand right up there?!“Wait a moment…”

The two appeared in a flash, standing in front of Lu Ce.

But Lu Ce didn’t stop walking; he moved forward as if he intended to charge into the guards.

The guards had no choice but to slightly sidestep, unwillingly making way for him.

Lu Ce passed between them, glanced back slightly; the golden mask shimmered with a piercing glow as he looked at them once.

“Not bad, you’re smart.”

With that, he strode directly toward the wedding platform’s steps.

Guards: ……

Everyone knew that if Lu Ce truly attacked and killed the guards now, things would spiral out of control.

But as the mask became clearer before their eyes, the two guards clearly felt: if they didn’t let him through, they would die!

True deterrence is when everyone knows you really would do it!

The two guards exchanged a glance and decided to let it be.

After all… the princess had already said not to stop this person from going wherever he wanted.

Of course, since Lu Ce dared to step onto the wedding platform, they wouldn’t dare approach; they just stood far off, acting as sentries and watchers.

Lu Ce stood alone at the center of the white jade platform, looking around and realizing the entire world lay beneath his gaze!

This was, in fact, the highest point within his line of sight in the world!

The castle was built on a mountain, at its peak, and this was the highest part of the castle itself.

It seemed designed to satisfy the castle owner’s desire to lord over the world.

The castle owner… hmm, wasn’t that himself?

Lu Ce thought to himself, feeling this spot was truly excellent.

Then he suddenly paused, noticing something in the distance—people!

At the mountain’s foot and even farther away, a huge crowd had gathered!

Earlier he hadn’t paid attention, barely even saw them; the sheer number of people made it hard to identify them as individuals.

Now it seemed they were packed so tightly it was impossible to pass through. Judging by the look of it, they must all be here to witness the wedding.

So grand?

As he looked down at the crowd, the people below also spotted him.

The golden mask reflected dazzling light; even at noon, it was like the brightest jewel embedded atop the roof.

The people below wore various outfits, some possibly priests or other ritual attendants.

Once someone spotted the figure on the highest platform, word quickly spread from one to ten, from ten to a hundred; almost everyone lifted their heads, staring at the uninvited guest.

At such a time, right before the wedding began, they found someone had gone up first!

This was outright disrespect.

But soon, they realized something was off.

So… radiant…

Under the noon sun’s illumination, it didn’t look like a human at all; the entire figure was wrapped in divine brilliance.

At such a time, who could stand up there?

“That is… that is a god! That’s the person the princess is about to marry!”

“The god has come! The god is watching us!”

No one knew who started it, but maybe the priests sensed the divinity on Lu Ce’s body and trembled as they shouted out.

Soon, the crowd’s unrest grew louder.

“The god is watching us!”

The voices among the people gradually swelled into a chant, and then suddenly, the crowd knelt en masse.

The entire populace bowed down!

Guards: ?

The two guards hurried to the edge, staring down in shock, exchanging glances.

What was going on?

Should they report this to the princess…?

…

“Princess, can I call you that now?”

At this moment, after lunch and rest, the afternoon "attendant time" had arrived.

This time, the princess had also learned: if the attendant didn’t want to chat, just switch to another one directly. Why waste time?

So, she didn’t bother and pressed the button to skip through attendants.

Until… Xie Antong was allowed in.

What she just said was from Xie Antong.

“Do as you like. I don’t really care anymore, just came to talk to you.”

The princess waved her hand, motioning for Xie Antong to sit on the bed while she lay down herself.

“That annoying guy finally left. How do you two know each other?”

Before Xie Antong could answer, the princess took the initiative to ask.

“I… we, it’s kind of a coincidence.”

Xie Antong could only reply that. To be honest, though the princess seemed harmless, "Sin" wasn’t here, and that made her feel a bit uneasy.

Though outsiders saw "Sin" as the more ruthless one, she was now certain that if "Sin" were here, he would feel safer than the princess.

“Oh? Seems like a strange fate.” The princess smiled.

“What do you feel about him? How long have you known each other?”

Xie Antong’s expression grew complicated as she pondered and said:

“Feelings… hard to say. How long… that’s also hard to say.”

Princess: ?

“Hahaha! You actually talk so interestingly.”

“Hmm, but it’s funny. Just now at lunch, you kept staring at him so much. You care that much, huh~~.”

Xie Antong’s face stiffened and she said:

“Uh… is it that obvious? Fine, I was just confirming.”

“Care… not really. Besides, maybe he doesn’t care about me at all.”

“Is that so?” The princess narrowed her eyes, her tone carrying a hint of killing intent. “Maybe so. Someone like him, it’s hard to imagine he cares about anyone.”

“It’s just that I feel…”

“If I put a knife to your neck right now, he might appear in this room the next second…”