Chapter Twenty-Four

After the banquet, Xiao Liunian returned to Chang Le Palace.

"Mumu, the dishes at the banquet look so exquisite, but I don't think they'll taste good at all. There's no sense of gourmet food at all!" said the cat, who was munching on a plate of pastries.

Xiao Liunian didn't want to eat any snacks at first, but when he saw the fluffy head on the snack plate, he picked up a snack and ate it. Indeed, the atmosphere of eating is very important!

"Mumu, my filter... uh... is broken!"

Xiao Liunian poured a glass of water for the hiccuping cat.

"Who will return to me my cold, arrogant, and domineering Prince Cen Mo of the North?!"

After taking a sip of water, the cat continued to spread out like a pancake.

"Judging from the story, hiccup... this is the male lead! He's a domineering prince! Cold and arrogant! Hiccup... the male lead who only smiles for the female lead!"

"Hiccup... How could he be like this!"

"Hiccup...Give me back my male lead!"

Xiao Liunian pinched Thirteen's mouth shut and said, "Take a deep breath, inhale, hold your breath, exhale, and repeat several times."

After trying the method provided by Xiao Liunian several times, the hiccups finally stopped!

"Mumu, Mumu, Mumumu..."

"Thirteen! Are you looking for a partner?" Xiao Liunian was really curious. Although it was a system, it was still a cat. Could it be that the cat wanted to find a partner? Should he find a partner for the cat himself?

Also, is the cat male or female? Would you like to find out?

"No, and..." The cat sat up instantly and returned to its spatial dimension.

"A cat grows up and is no longer under its mother's control!" Xiao Liunian sighed.

"Lin Mu!" Thirteen's tone was tinged with embarrassment and anger, as well as an attempt to cover up his true intentions.

"Mumu, what are you planning to do next?" The system started to get down to business.

"Based on the plot you provided, two years later, Wuzhou City fell, the entire family of the Prince of Zhenbei was brutally murdered, only General Yang Ying disappeared, Cen Mo was trapped in the capital, and the enemy country advanced with unstoppable momentum, capturing eleven cities of the Jinling Dynasty in succession."

"Before this, someone submitted a memorial impeaching a branch of the Liu family for corruption, which even resulted in a death, and there was also a connection between the Empress's father and the matter. Originally, it was a matter without sufficient evidence, but Xiao Jin was furious and ordered a thorough investigation. Liu Furan's father, Liu Zheng, and Liu Fuyuan, who was then the Minister of Rites, needed to avoid suspicion, so they suspended their duties and awaited the results of the investigation."

"But at this time, Liu Fuyuan's family was infiltrated and assassinated. When Liu Zheng's other son, Liu Fubu, returned home, he found his elder brother's entire family had been killed. His mother also passed away upon hearing the tragic news, and his father fell seriously ill from the shock."

"Shortly afterward, Empress Liu Furan secretly conspired with Xiao Yu to rebel, but failed and committed suicide by burning herself."

"In the end, it was proven that the impeachment against the Liu family was just a fabrication, a deliberate frame-up. However, the Liu family only had Liu Zheng and his youngest son Liu Fubu left. Even if the Liu family was proven innocent, they were already severely weakened. At this time, Xiao Jin stepped forward and appointed Prince Xiao Liuchen as the crown prince to appease the Liu family."

"At this point, Emperor Xiao Jin's scheme has been half successful."

"And his next partner will be his white moonlight as his empress in a few years, raising Xiao Liuchen, and the three of them living happily together."

"But before Xiao Jin could realize the other half of his plan, the enemy country came on strong and captured eleven cities in a few days. If they could capture the last city, the fall of Jinling would not be far off."

"And next up is Cen Mo's stage. The decisive and valiant second-generation Prince of Zhenbei is born. Cen Mo, who will appear later, is the male protagonist in Thirteen's eyes."

"Not only cool and stylish, but also domineering and arrogant!"

"She is the dream lover of countless men and women!"

"And I, the princess, was merely a tool for Emperor Xiao Jin to win over Cen Mo, arranging a marriage for his twelve-year-old child—a crime punishable by law in modern times!!!"

After deviating from the system's focus on romance, the system reappeared from the space, and the phrase "sneaky" is quite accurate.

Looking at the adorable cat, Xiao Liunian stopped sorting out the plot and started stroking the cat's head, wanting to return to the gossip topic they had just discussed.

"Does the cat have...?"

Before I could finish speaking, the cat forcibly muted me with its paw.

No, absolutely not!

"Cough, cough, cough!"

The system took over the task of organizing the plot.

"Then, when Princess Chang Le was twelve years old, she was betrothed to Cen Mo and sent to the Wuzhou army as a tool to win over the Prince of Zhenbei."

"But Princess Chang Le did not have a good time in the army, and she died of illness in less than a month."

"The system's original mission was to help Princess Chang Le survive, then win over Cen Mo and become the glamorous Princess Zhenbei!"

“But now, we’ve gone astray, and there seems to be something wrong with this world.” The system suddenly remembered something.

"What's the problem?" Xiao Liunian asked.

"I seem to have lost contact with the main system. It's as if this world has been isolated," the system replied.

"So the whole plot has become like a runaway horse, completely out of control," Xiao Liunian said.

"However, it's not necessarily impossible to contact the main system. We'll still receive points as we level up," Xiao Liunian said, changing the subject.

"Those points are points that the system originally stored up, used to distribute rewards to the host," the system replied.

"How many points have you accumulated?" Xiao Liunian asked.

"I think it was tens of trillions? Or tens of trillions? I can't remember." The cat scratched its head, as if trying to shake the water out of its head.

“At this moment, I feel that poverty is also a good thing,” Xiao Liunian sighed.

You still have to rely on yourself!

"They'll eventually run out, after all, there's no system that rewards points in increments of ten." Xiao Liunian thought, "The index explodes, no matter how many zeros there are, it won't be enough."

"Mumu, what should we do next?" Cat scratched the water on her head, feeling that she had a deep bond with the water in her head and couldn't bear to get rid of it.

"I want to upgrade myself, tonight in the space."

"Upgrade? Mumu, didn't you just break through to the next level of cultivation recently?" Cat asked in surprise.

“With someone like Wu Ming in the palace, my current cultivation level is not suitable! After all, I will need to kill Wu Ming next time.” Xiao Liunian’s tone was calm but full of killing intent.

Cat thought, "Could I be a villain? What kind of female protagonist would commit murder so thoroughly?"

Following the collapse of the male lead's character, the female lead's character has also completely collapsed!

Give me back my beautiful love story between the male and female leads!

Why were we tricked into changing it to the Phoenix Overlord System?!

However, the host is very powerful, and the Phoenix Pride System at its peak is quite glorious!

Just as the cat was feeling utterly hopeless and secretly lamenting, Xiao Liunian had already released his substitute and gone back to his space to level up.

After staring blankly for a while, the cat wanted to go back to its space to see how Xiao Liunian had broken through, but found that it couldn't enter; it had been blocked!

He looks even more villainous now!

Xiao Liunian was inside the space.

With his eyes closed and his mind and body emptied, Xiao Liunian began to slowly circulate his internal energy, one cycle after another. As time went by, the speed of energy circulation gradually increased. Not only were the meridians in his body widened by the powerful energy circulation, but Xiao Liunian's body was also surrounded by an invisible force. This state lasted for the entire night.

The next morning, Xiao Liunian opened his eyes and felt the abundant power within his body. He couldn't help but exclaim, "Sure enough, everything is developing in the direction of metaphysics!"

"My points have increased by 110 million!!!"

"Mumu, you've leveled up twice!"

"So you've transcended the realm of functions?"

"Then let's quickly come up with a name for this level."

As always, it's a unique focus for cats.

"How about we call them Complex Level 1, Complex Level 2, Complex Level 3... all the way up to Complex Level 18!"

It seems that the host has a complex and deep love for this course.