Let them offer their loyalty!-Chapter 1424 - 616: Qiu Tu: Candle Dance, I Give You Freedom

At this moment, perhaps because the oath had been made, Candle Dance lifted her head, her light golden eyes glowing as she looked at Qiu Tu,

"Alright, I've made my oath... Can we stick to the agreement now?"

Hearing Candle Dance's words, Qiu Tu came to his senses. He looked at Candle Dance with a strange expression and then asked back, "What agreement? What agreement am I supposed to stick to?"

Candle Dance: ??

At that moment, Candle Dance's expression changed. She looked at Qiu Tu with eyes that seemed to be on fire, her fists clenched tightly.

As a result, Qiu Tu unapologetically invoked the effect of the "Heavenly God Oath" from earlier, "Your Excellency, don't get agitated. And you're not allowed to attack me, okay."

At this point, Qiu Tu paused, then added, "Forget it. You better just sit on the sofa without making any move."

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's order, Candle Dance, who was already about to punch Qiu Tu, could only sit back on the sofa heavily.

She glared at Qiu Tu, speechless, as if trying to etch every "ugly" aspect of Qiu Tu's face into her mind.

However, Qiu Tu seemed impervious, playing with the jade ring, lounging on the sofa, and said with a casual air,

"Your Excellency, 'Heavenly God Oath' is clearly the easiest way to control 'Heavenly Gods'. Why is it that you 'Heavenly Gods' are so prone to being tricked?"

"Do you 'Heavenly Gods' really have a habit of trusting others?"

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Candle Dance was so angry that she laughed.

At this moment, she returned to her usual cynical and arrogant self.

She said disdainfully, "Lao Deng. I never thought keeping promises became a pejorative."

"Is it better if all catastrophe beings in the world are as insidious and cunning as you humans?"

Hearing Candle Dance's words, Qiu Tu chuckled.

He said, "Keeping promises is certainly not a pejorative. But... there has been no promise between us."

"Wasn't it just a regular discussion back then?"

"And just now, I merely wanted to discuss conditions further with you. Who would've thought you'd immediately make an oath without saying a word."

"I wanted to stop you, but it was too late. I could only watch as you gave yourself to me just like that."

"What could I say?"

"If there were forces to handle such disputes, I'd probably have to sue you for coercive dealing."

Candle Dance: ...

For the first time, Candle Dance found herself unable to outsmart Qiu Tu.

So she simply decided not to justify or argue. She directly bombarded Qiu Tu in an incessant tirade, "Lao Deng, you... "

"I *@#! "

"You *#@! "

Listening to that section filled with "mother" and "certain organs" references, Qiu Tu scratched his ear with a look of indifference.

Seeing Qiu Tu like that, Candle Dance was even more furious, wanting to land a few punches on him. But thinking of Qiu Tu's "order" and the consequences of breaking the "oath", she swallowed it all back down.

Just like that, Candle Dance vented for a good five or six minutes.

Only then did Qiu Tu stand up with a light chuckle.

Clad in black, he looked down on Candle Dance, his gaze indifferent as he said, "Your Excellency, you'd better accept your loss gracefully. Don't whine like a defeated dog, tarnishing the 'Heavenly God's' face pointlessly."

"After all, you couldn't hold your nerve and revealed your cards first. Now that the opponent has it all, you can't blame anyone but yourself for... your lack of brains."

Upon hearing this, Candle Dance, with a face identical to Shen Lingshuang's, slowly withdrew her expression, but the resentment in her pale golden eyes deepened.

Apparently, being manipulated twice by a human had become her extreme humiliation. Especially Qiu Tu... with a few tactics, he made her seem like a clown.

Witnessing this scene, Qiu Tu remained unfazed. Now holding the jade ring and the "Heavenly God Oath", "Candle Dance" couldn't even muster any resistance, making it completely meaningless.

So he calmly said, "Your Excellency, if I'm not mistaken, the main way the 'core area' controls the 'Heavenly God Reincarnations' is actually the 'Heavenly God Oath'. "

"By utilizing the special resonance between the 'Heavenly God Positional Frame' and the 'World Origin', they coerce or trick the 'Heavenly God Reincarnations' into making promises, issuing oaths, to control them."

"Didn't you know this? Why did you so easily believe my words?"

Candle Dance bit her lip, speechless.

Seeing this, Qiu Tu smiled, walked to Candle Dance, and heavily patted her shoulder. Then he leaned down to her ear and whispered softly,

"So, Your Excellency... This experience teaches you: never trust any being in this world."

"Because any being could bring you to ruin."

Arriving here, Qiu Tu paused, "Except... me."

Candle Dance, who had been wallowing in Qiu Tu's humiliation, originally intended to unload on Qiu Tu once more.

But then, her vermilion lips parted slightly, and before she could speak, she suddenly sensed something was off.

What? Except him?

Just as she was trying to understand this sudden twist, a cold jade ring was gently placed in her palm.

The abrupt plunge and rise left Candle Dance's mind blank. She lowered her head to look at the jade ring in her hand.

The familiar aura and connections were clearly evident, and it was no counterfeit.

This was indeed "Father", which had been controlling and threatening her over these years!

"Do what you want with it. Whether you smash it or keep it, it's all up to you."

"Now... Excellency Candle Dance, you are free."

Alongside the low, magnetic murmur in her ear, Candle Dance sharply turned her head.

And she watched as Qiu Tu, after those words, walked out of the living room nonchalantly, heading upstairs.

'Freedom...'

'Am I truly free?'

Candle Dance's eyes widened, then fixed on Qiu Tu's departing figure, as if the softest spot in her heart was suddenly touched.

The earlier hatred, humiliation, sorrow, all transformed into affection at this moment.

Suddenly, the world seemed to brighten, and Qiu Tu... this person she had just wanted to pulverize to dust, now seemed to have a pair of white wings sprouting from his back.

If Qiu Tu knew Candle Dance's thoughts, he probably wouldn't care.

After all... this is actually Entry 52 from the "Emotional Handbook" [108 Ways to Deepen Emotion]: The Deep Use of Disappointment and Surprise.

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