23. What the Hell is Affection Level?
“Completed achievement tasks are as follows:
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Yin Qiushui has become a Core Formation cultivator.
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Held hands with Yin Qiushui.
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Seen Yin Qiushui in her undergarments.
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Had skin-to-skin contact with Yin Qiushui.
Total affection level gained with Yin Qiushui: 15 points.
Current affection level with Yin Qiushui: -10 (Due to the Righteous-Demonic Opposition debuff, overall affection level is reduced by 100 points.)
Affection level required to trigger the next reward: 50 points.”
Wait a minute!
Gong Yiling could understand most of it, but the completed achievements were a jumbled mess.
Skin-to-skin contact? Holding hands? And why was this cultivation achievement system based on affection levels?
There was so much she wanted to complain about that she didn’t know where to start.
Then, she saw the incomplete affection tasks, which were even more absurd than the completed ones.
Things like kissing Yin Qiushui, French kissing Yin Qiushui, cooking a meal together, and even… sleeping together.
This system was crazy! Could she even do those things? Was she qualified? Did she even have the necessary equipment?
This wasn’t a cultivation achievement system; it was a gal game! Making her, a woman, pursue another woman was ridiculous!
“There are some normal options too.”
Just as Gong Yiling was speechless, the system chimed in.
Fine, there were a few.
Compared to the questionable achievement tasks, the normal ones, like reaching a certain cultivation level or becoming an elder/sect master, offered substantial affection rewards.
But compared to these long-term achievements, she could complete all the inappropriate ones within thirty minutes, given her current gender.
The disparity was absurd.
“I seriously suspect you gave this system to the wrong person. Can you change the tasks to something more suitable for a woman?”
“Does the host mean you want to get married?”
The system’s single sentence shut Gong Yiling up.
Marriage? Never in this lifetime.
She was a virgin who had never even held a girl’s hand before coming to this world, and now she was supposed to marry a man?
No way.
“Then it’s settled,” the system said, as if reading her mind. “This achievement system is tailor-made for the host. Even you cannot escape the ‘true fragrance’ law.”
“True fragrance my—”
“Mmm…”
Suddenly, the woman in front of her, who had been closing her eyes, let out a soft moan, rescuing Gong Yiling from her argument with the system.
It was the first time Yan Chuyue had performed such a long acupuncture session. The mental strain of over ten hours was undoubtedly immense, so even after finishing, she meditated for a few minutes before opening her eyes.
She saw Gong Yiling staring at her and coughed lightly, asking nervously, “How do you feel, Young Master?”
“It’s… alright.” Miss Gong’s eyes darted around uncomfortably.
“What’s wrong, Young Master?” Yan Chuyue noticed her awkwardness. “Are you feeling unwell?”
“Not really…” Gong Yiling looked down at her damp clothes, confirming her identity hadn’t been exposed, then pointed at Yan Chuyue’s clothes.
Yan Chuyue was confused until she looked down and saw her almost transparent dress and equally sheer undergarments. Steam practically erupted from her ears.
“Eeeeeeek!!!”
She instinctively tried to stand up and turn around, but she overestimated her physical condition.
The long hours hadn’t just drained her mentally; maintaining the same posture had numbed her legs.
As soon as she stood up, her legs gave way, and she stumbled forward, falling onto Gong Yiling.
What the—!?
Gong Yiling had no time to react before the girl landed on top of her. After a clattering sound, the girl’s hand landed on her chest, and her own hand landed on the girl’s chest.
Holy shit!
Was this the perfect scenario the system had mentioned? Except for her own gender being wrong, everything else seemed to be falling into place.
Just then, Qiu Shui and Chun Lian, hearing the commotion, opened the door, revealing a dramatic scene.
Four people, four expressions: astonishment, embarrassment, confusion, and utter bewilderment.
“What are you doing?”
Seeing Yan Chuyue on top of Gong Yiling, both disheveled and soaked, Qiu Shui’s heart skipped a beat, a strange feeling washing over her.
In that instant, she imagined various scenarios, completely forgetting that the Young Palace Master was actually a woman.
“Ah, we’re…”
Gong Yiling instinctively tried to push the girl away, but as she applied force, Yan Chuyue let out a soft moan that almost made the virgin sprout a penis out of thin air.
The soft, yielding sensation under her hand was unmistakably a girl’s breast.
—Holy crap, did I just grope the female lead?
Lost in this bizarre thought, Gong Yiling froze for a moment before quickly retracting her hand, blurting out an apology, “I didn’t mean to! I mean, I didn’t do it on purpose!”
However, after a long wait, she received a resounding slap from Yan Chuyue.
“Pervert!”
With that, Yan Chuyue scrambled to her feet, grabbed the white cloak from the table, and rushed out the door, disappearing down the hallway.
A moment later, Qiu Shui’s slightly reproachful voice came from the doorway, “Young Palace Master, that was really awful.”
“Notification: Yin Qiushui’s affection level towards the host has decreased by 1 point. Current affection level: -11.”
What the hell!
This affection level could actually decrease? And she hadn’t even done anything!
“Notification: Your actions can cause fluctuations in affection levels. The achievement system is not the only factor affecting affection levels. Please be mindful of your actions.”
Great.
It really was a gal game.
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