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Taking Qi Shuyan with her, Mo Zuili followed Shen Ling to the room Chu Qing had left for her. Along the way, Mo Zuili was preoccupied with thoughts about the Soul-Severing Tower and did not notice Qi Shuyan's strange expression.
After entering the room and closing the door, Mo Zuili put her things away.
Turning around, I saw Qi Shuyan looking conflicted.
"What's wrong with you?" Mo Zuili tossed Qi Shuyan a bottle of pills and said, "These were given to me by my master. He said they can remove turbidity. I usually eat them like candy."
Qi Shuyan took it and slowly said, "You said this is a novel, and Shen Ling, whom we just saw, is the male protagonist of the novel, right?"
Mo Zuili nodded, not understanding why Qi Shuyan was asking this at this time.
Qi Shuyan coughed and continued, "And your current identity in the novel is that of the female lead..."
Mo Zuili looked puzzled, then nodded again and asked, "Yes, so what's wrong?"
"Although you said the plot has changed a lot from the novel, Sister Li, do you think it's possible that the male lead, Shen Ling, will still be captivated by your charm?"
After listening, Mo Zuili pondered for a long time before reacting. Looking at Qi Shuyan's gaze in disbelief, she exclaimed in shock, "You mean Shen Ling likes me!?"
Qi Shuyan hurriedly said, "It might not be love, it's more like a vague... crush? Anyway, it's just my feeling. It's mainly because Sister Li, you're so charming."
Mo Zuili took a deep breath, sat down at the wooden table in the room, and began to recall her time with Shen Ling.
Even recalling the time when she first transmigrated, Mo Zuili still felt that everything was normal.
The male lead was initially a sunny and cheerful young man, and his indulgence towards his only junior sister perfectly matched Shen Ling's personality.
The plot has now been changed; even though he entered the Demon Realm, he didn't turn evil and wasn't interested in the position of Demon Lord.
He is the perfect role model for righteous young people to learn from!
Stroking her chin, Mo Zuili looked up at Qi Shuyan across the wooden table and frowned, "Tell me why you feel that way?"
While he was talking to his master inside the room, only Shen Ling and Qi Shuyan were outside.
Mo Zuili had no idea what the two talked about.
Qi Shuyan rested her face on her hands, closed her eyes and recalled for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "The first two greetings were fine. He introduced himself as your senior brother, so of course I had to introduce myself too."
I told him I was his Daoist partner, but he thought I was just a suitor. However, compared to other suitors, I'm much more shameless. He told me not to joke around, and even after I told him several times, he still didn't believe me. He even seemed a bit hostile towards me, probably thinking I was a dragon and using my geographical advantage in the Dragon Realm to bully him.
Mo Zuili frowned in thought. The male lead was worried about his junior sister being bullied. Was that a problem?
Looking at Mo Zuili's expression, Qi Shuyan sighed helplessly, her tone carrying a hint of barely perceptible grievance as she said, "I can only say it's my intuition and guess."
Mo Zuili stared intently at Qi Shuyan, chuckled twice, and said, "Tell the truth."
Qi Shuyan's expression instantly changed, and he said, "Shen Ling definitely has special feelings for you. As your official boyfriend, I know your suitors best. Back in the modern world, when you first returned to the country, someone pursued you. I chatted with him, and after he found out I was your boyfriend, it was the same situation."
Shock, disbelief, a feeling that the sky had fallen—and then she started hating me. We were just having a nice chat, but after confirming I really was her boyfriend, her eyes looked like she wanted to tear me to pieces. But Shen Ling is alright; she's still stuck in the shock and feeling like the sky has fallen phase.
Mo Zuili exclaimed in shock, "Huh? When did this happen?"
For a moment, Mo Zuili suddenly felt that Qi Shuyan had become very weathered.
"When you first returned to China."
Mo Zuili pondered for a while, then tentatively asked, "This situation hasn't happened several times before, has it?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Mo Zuili saw that Qi Shuyan's eyes were filled with grievances, overflowing with a sense of relief that "you finally found out".
Mo Zuili lowered her head and pondered, the more she thought about it, the more something seemed off.
It wasn't just Qi Shuyan and Shen Ling; it was also people she knew in the modern world. Perhaps some of them did have feelings for her, but knowing that she had a boyfriend, they wouldn't want to tear Qi Shuyan to pieces, would they?
They're all rich kids who have plenty of money and admirers...
Mo Zuili thought of a possibility, raised an eyebrow at Qi Shuyan and said, "You didn't just go and chat with someone I knew before, and then casually mentioned that you're my boyfriend, just to provoke them, did you?"
Qi Shuyan paused for a moment, then coughed awkwardly and said, "No, not really. It's not like I'd go to every person you know. We just chat when we bump into each other."
Mo Zuili smiled silently.
However, I really had no intention of raising fish, so I let Qi Shuyan go chat.
But after hearing this, Mo Zuili believed Qi Shuyan's judgment.
There's absolutely no way I can be with Shen Ling, and I don't want Shen Ling to fall in love with me either!
Although the novel's plot has been changed drastically, in Mo Zuili's opinion, Shen Ling is still the male protagonist of "The First Journey".
What good things can happen if you're liked by a dark-themed male protagonist?
Most female protagonists in dark, revenge-driven, or counter-attack stories don't even die peacefully.
Death is for saving the world or enhancing the protagonist's potential to fuel his revenge. Even after dying, the protagonist still uses the guise of love to put on a show of resurrecting his lover.
It's better to just be fellow students.
If Shen Ling had the protagonist's halo, he could have lived a life of luxury as a simple senior-junior brother and sister.
Mo Zuili suddenly stood up, patted Qi Shuyan's shoulder heavily, and said, "Go ahead, you must have plenty of experience with this kind of thing. Go and explain to Shen Ling that it's fine for us to be fellow disciples, and tell him to stop thinking about romance and keep up with me and Master, focus on cultivation, and save the world."
After saying that, Mo Zuili turned and walked towards the cultivation room inside the room, saying, "I'm going to organize what I need to do later. Don't wander around if you don't have to."
Qi Shuyan stared at Mo Zuili, momentarily stunned. Running around? Me?
Just as Mo Zuili thought, Qi Shuyan was indeed someone who frequently "provoked" his love rivals in the modern world, making people want to tear him to pieces.
Mo Zuili cultivated for a day, then went out to find Chu Qing and casually asked, "Where did my senior brother go?"
The news they received was that Shen Ling was in seclusion for cultivation.
Nothing else has changed. There is still no news about the Xie siblings. Chu Qing wants to form a contract with Shen Qingxing to prevent Shen Qingxing from going out of control later, but Shen Zhi still disagrees.
Since they still needed to cooperate later, Chu Qing couldn't resort to force directly, so the two sides remained deadlocked.
After careful consideration, Mo Zuili decided to go to the Soul-Severing Tower alone. If she brought Qi Shuyan along, and they encountered a powerful figure who discovered Qi Shuyan's dragon identity, the two of them would be too conspicuous, and it would be inconvenient for her to escape with someone else.
Moreover, it would be more convenient for Qi Shuyan to stay here with Shen Ling and Chu Qing in case of an emergency and send messages to him.
Having made her decision, Mo Zuili immediately set off, carrying the pills given to her by Chu Qing and the equipment she bought on the black market.
Aside from his own unwillingness to give up and his desire to find another way to consolidate his cultivation,
Mo Zuili still needed to find out the location of the Xie siblings and Jiang Kunyue.
Before setting off, Mo Zuili had a conversation with Shen Qingxing about the current situation and rules of the Demon Realm.
Mo Zuili felt that something was wrong.
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