Villain System: Stealing the Protagonist's Harem and Luck

Chapter 75: Make Her Fall in Love With Me… I Just Want to Beat You All to Death

“Reporting to Your Excellency.”

“There were indeed quite a few people with the surname Gu who arrived here over a dozen years ago. We cannot confirm if they are the ones you seek.”

“They are currently residing in Green Stone Ancient City. There is a God King Realm expert stationed there as well.”

The local Heavenly Gods bowed lower, sweat beading on their foreheads.

Young Master?

For a God King Realm expert like Elder Ming to address someone with such deference, the master’s identity must be terrifying. At the very least, he must hail from the Inner Domain.

“Green Stone Ancient City?” Elder Ming nodded.

His divine sense swept out, covering millions of miles in an instant. He locked onto the coordinates and vanished.

Since the Young Master had given the order, he would execute it perfectly.

…

Gu Changge’s logic was cold and pragmatic.

What did an exiled branch desire most? To return to the Clan.

Gu Changge might be the Villain who caused their exile, but he was also the key to their return. By “magnanimously” allowing them back into the Inner Domain, he would place them directly under his thumb.

It wasn’t about redemption. It was about control.

If he left them in the Outer Domain, they were a rogue variable. Inside the Gu Family, they were hostages.

Would they refuse?

Gu Changge doubted it. Many of their experts were still rotting in the Gu Family dungeons. As the future Patriarch, their freedom would depend on his whim.

Besides, the enmity wasn’t a blood feud. Not many people had actually died. Their hatred was directed at him and his father, not the Clan itself.

This solves the internal threat, Gu Changge mused. But the external threat remains.

Gu Xianer.

He imagined if he had transmigrated a decade earlier. He would have had a cute little cousin with a Desolate Heavenly Emperor template following him around, calling him “Big Brother.”

That would have been nice.

But the plot was already set. The bones were dug. The hatred was sown.

Unless she could forgive him?

Unrealistic, Gu Changge scoffed. If someone dug my bones out, I’d burn their soul for eternity.

So, he had two options: Kill her or control her.

Killing a Daughter of Providence was risky. She had plot armor and powerful backers. And the Gu Family Elders wouldn’t tolerate him murdering a genius of their own bloodline again.

Using the Devil Conversion Bottle? Unlikely to work. Gu Xianer wasn’t a Lower Realm bumpkin like Ye Liuli. Her mental defenses would be top-tier.

Plus, if her backers discovered he was the inheritor of the Immortal Devouring Demonic Art, the entire Upper Realm would hunt him down.

However… she is a girl.

Gu Changge tapped his chin.

She’s young. Probably just at the age where love starts to bloom.

I have looks, status, and power. My charm is maxed out.

If I can’t kill her, and I can’t enslave her… why not make her fall in love with me?

A dark, amused smile spread across his face.

The “Abusive Love” trope. Hate turns to love. It’s classic. And under my manipulation… entirely possible.

…

Inner Domain, Immortal Gu Family. The Main Peak.

Streams of light streaked across the sky as the clan gathered. Elders, geniuses, and branch leaders arrived, their auras intertwining to form a pressure that could crush mountains.

Any single person here could cause an earthquake in the outside world.

Gu Changge stood at the center, dressed in white robes that fluttered in the spiritual wind. He looked like an immortal banished to the mortal realm—elegant, handsome, and aloof.

The women of the side branches couldn’t take their eyes off him.

On the main seat, Gu Lintian sat shrouded in chaotic mist, looking like an ancient god. He was here to back his son.

“Almost everyone is here,” Gu Changge said, his voice calm and pleasant. “I am honored that so many Elders could make time for me.”

The Elders frowned. If not for your father, who would bother with you?

Gu Changge ignored their disdain. “I called you here to discuss a major matter. In my opinion, it is time to decide the position of the future Patriarch.”

Gu Lintian smiled behind the mist. Direct. Good.

The mountain peak went deathly silent.

The Elders stared at him, stunned. Is he serious?

Didn’t he know that half the clan held a grudge against him for the bone-digging incident? He was asking to be humiliated.

“Changge,” one Elder said slowly, trying to be diplomatic. “This matter is of great importance. We cannot decide it lightly. We must be responsible for the future of the Gu Family.”

Translation: You aren’t fit.

“Indeed,” another Elder chimed in. “This requires long-term consideration. Let us not be hasty.”

“We should discuss this… later.”

They were stalling. It was the “Drag Word Stratagem.”

Gu Lintian’s expression darkened. Gu Changge was clearly the strongest of the younger generation. The other candidates were barely at the Conferred Lord Realm. Who else was qualified?

Gu Changge waved a hand, signaling his father to stay calm.

His smile didn’t waver. It remained as gentle as a spring breeze.

“I think you misunderstood,” Gu Changge said softly. “I didn’t come here to request a discussion. I came to inform you.”

“Of course, if you don’t agree, that’s fine.”

He turned to look at the group of young geniuses standing behind the Elders—the “hopes” of the other branches.

“I’ll just beat your descendants until you agree.”

“That is the clan rule, isn’t it? The Patriarch is chosen from the strongest. I am simply following tradition.”

“Since you won’t give it to me, don’t blame me for bullying the weak.”

The Elders’ faces turned red. “You…!”

“And please,” Gu Changge interrupted, his tone mocking. “Don’t talk to me about virtue. Don’t say my martial power doesn’t match my morals.”

“In this world, the best Virtue is Strength.”

“I am stronger than your descendants. Therefore, my Virtue is superior to theirs.”

The silence on the peak was absolute.

It was a slap in the face. A loud, arrogant, undeniable slap.

The young geniuses trembled with rage. Humiliation burned in their chests.

Gu Changge’s message was simple:

I just want to beat everyone here to death. Or be beaten to death by everyone here…

Oh wait. You can’t.