Villain: Memories Revealed, the Heroine Reborn to Atone for Her Sins

"Who said I was just spouting empty words?" The old man in the purple robe glared at Lin Yang, and suddenly, an unfathomable aura emanated from his body.

Under the influence of this aura, everything around them came to a standstill—the pedestrians on the street, the air floating in the sky, even the elusive sunlight. Everything froze in place.

"Time has stopped? The power of the law of time?" Lin Yang was utterly shocked.

He had already been surprised to learn that this old man was a True God, but he never expected him to wield such a supreme law as the law of time.

"Brother Ox, keep an eye on Yao'er for me. If this old Taoist tries anything..."

Lin Yang's body was immobilized, but his consciousness remained. He quickly sent a mental message to the big yellow ox, asking it to protect his sister. After all, the ox had once defeated a True God—it was truly formidable!

But before he could finish his sentence, the big yellow ox shook its shiny horns and charged forward.

"Damn it, Brother Ox, calm down!" Lin Yang shouted anxiously. He hadn't even considered that the old man in the purple robe might pose a threat to them.

Wasn't this a bit excessive?

However, the irritable ox paid no heed and immediately rushed toward the old man.

"Ouch... my old back!" Unsurprisingly, the purple-robed old man, despite being a True God, was completely overpowered by the big yellow ox.

"How is this possible? You mad ox, you're actually..." The old Taoist cursed at the ox, but before he could finish, the ox grew even angrier.

"Moo!" The big yellow ox's nostrils flared with rage. It clearly didn't appreciate being called a mad ox.

"Wait, wait! I was wrong just now. Brother Ox, you're a true talent—suave, mighty, domineering, and handsome. You're the little tyrant among oxen. My admiration for you is like a surging river, endless..."

"Besides, we're all civilized beings. Fighting and killing would be beneath us, wouldn't it?"

Seeing the big yellow ox grow more ferocious, Taoist Mingyuan, also known as Duobao Taoist, forced an awkward smile and spouted every word of praise he had learned over the past hundreds of thousands of years.

Having dug up too many ancestral graves in the God Realm, he had been hunted by dozens of gods and fled to this godforsaken land, the Tianhuang Continent, to lay low.

Who could have imagined he'd stumble upon a little girl with supreme bones? He thought he had found a treasure, a perfect disciple to inherit his legacy.

But how could he have predicted there'd be a big yellow ox here stronger than him?

"Moo!"

The big yellow ox snorted disdainfully upon hearing Mingyuan's flattery. Its message was clear: if it didn't receive some divine source or divine stone as compensation, it wouldn't hesitate to continue its assault.

"Haha, Brother Ox and I are kindred spirits. Here are three divine sources and one divine stone for you."

Mingyuan, ever the tactful one, didn't hesitate to retrieve the treasures from his storage ring and hand them over.

"Sigh, it seems I'll have to dig up a few more ancestral graves when I return to the God Realm," Mingyuan muttered to himself.

With a wave of his hand, time returned to normal. He knew that with the big yellow ox around, taking the little loli Lin Qingyao as his disciple would be nearly impossible.

As time resumed, only Lin Yang and the big yellow ox were aware that it had ever stopped.

"Meeting you is fate. This jade pendant is a gift from me to the little girl."

Just as Lin Yang was pondering how to extract some mental compensation from the old Taoist, Mingyuan waved his hand, and a sky-blue jade pendant appeared around the little loli's neck.

"The Supreme Bone Inheritance Jade Pendant?" Lin Yang was stunned and looked at Mingyuan in disbelief.

"It's a life-and-death calamity, but with Brother Ox here, she'll naturally overcome it. However, the girl beside you is facing an emotional tribulation..."

Without waiting for Lin Yang to ask further, Taoist Mingyuan shook his head, and his figure slowly faded away beneath the Marriage Tree, as if he had never been there.

"Wow, that old man was really a god? Brother Lin Yang, Yao'er actually saw a god!"

Watching Mingyuan disappear, the little loli exclaimed in amazement.

"Yes, we've met a True God..." Lin Yang held the little loli in his arms and gently patted her head.

However, his gaze toward Lu Qingyi beside him was filled with complexity.

Mingyuan's parting words had struck a chord.

He had thought that in this life, by eliminating his enemies and preventing the destruction of the Lin family, Lu Qingyi's fate would change, just like his second uncle Lin Batian's.

But now, it seemed far more complicated. Lu Qingyi appeared to be his love tribulation. No matter how the story unfolded, she would inevitably die saving him, leaving no happy ending.

"Why... are you looking at me like that?" Seeing Lin Yang's intense gaze, the usually carefree Lu Qingyi blushed and lowered her head shyly.

"You're too ugly. You'll never get married," Lin Yang suddenly said, looking at her with feigned disgust.

"What... did you just say?" Lu Qingyi's expression darkened, and she glared at Lin Yang with murderous intent.

"I said you should read more books," Lin Yang replied, carrying the little loli and sprinting away.

"Ahhh! You damned brat! If I don't knock out your front teeth today, I won't be called Lu Qingyi!"

Lu Qingyi trembled with rage, her body shaking as she screamed. She was truly infuriated by Lin Yang's foul mouth. As one of the two great beauties of the Yongyao Dynasty and the eldest daughter of the Lu family, how could she tolerate being called ugly?

Especially since Lin Yang held a special place in her heart. Who could endure such words from someone they cared about?

Immediately, she brandished a 40-meter-long sword and chased Lin Yang through the streets...

It was true—when a woman's heart was scorned, she could wield a sword like a goddess of war. Having just broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage, her combat power surged under Lin Yang's provocation.

If not for Lin Yang's superior agility, he might have been caught.

"Sister Qingyi, we're leaving now. Remember to read more books when you get home!"

In the distance, the little loli Lin Qingyao, held by Lin Yang and riding on the big yellow ox, turned and stuck out her tongue teasingly before disappearing with a laugh.

"Lin Qingyao, you little traitor! Are you helping that bastard bully me?" Lu Qingyi was so furious that she sliced a nearby willow tree in half with her sword.

It was maddening. She was a beauty skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, yet she was being tormented by this pair of siblings?

"Lin Yang, just wait. This isn't over. Hmph!"

"I'll tell Grandpa Lin that you peeped at me bathing and tried to molest me. You can expect a whipping!"

Seeing Lin Yang and the big yellow ox vanish into the distance, Lu Qingyi could only stomp her feet and mutter through gritted teeth.

How could she not be angry when someone she cared about said such things to her?

...

Meanwhile, in the palace, the maid Zi Xuan reported everything that had happened on the streets to the eldest princess, Chu Qingcheng.

"You're saying Lin Yang spent the entire day shopping with Lu Qingyi, and at the end, they were flirting in the streets?" Chu Qingcheng's face turned icy.