Shen Huairu shook her head. "No, what's wrong?"
Xiao Yuhan then realized that this should be the painting in the storyline, and immediately changed the subject, "It's nothing, I just feel that this kid doesn't tell the truth. Senior Sister, you don't need to take it too seriously. Maybe he's just talking nonsense to save his life. Here, I'll take him down and interrogate him properly!"
Shen Huairu seemed somewhat reluctant, after all, Li Wenruo had once been her close friend. She was about to speak up for Li Wenruo when suddenly a gust of cold wind swept in. Xiao Yuhan subconsciously summoned his immortal sword, but when he turned around, he found that Li Wenruo was gone. Upon closer inspection, he saw Li Wenruo on the rooftop, with a young girl standing beside him.
The girl sat on the roof with her legs crossed, twirling a string of silver bells on her index finger. She looked at the crowd and smiled, "No wonder he hasn't come out of the Heavenly Sword Sect for so long. It turns out all of you are here. Li Wenruo is one of my men, so give me some face and let me take him away."
Xiao Yuhan and Ye Qingyun froze almost simultaneously when they looked at the girl. They then exchanged a glance and were almost certain that this was the woman in the painting in their master's room.
At this moment, Xiao Yuhan noticed the silver bell bracelet spinning on her finger and suddenly realized something. He then touched his body and found that the silver bell bracelet he had gotten from his senior brother was gone.
The girl stared at Xiao Yuhan and smiled slightly, "Looking for this? It's mine anyway, so I'll just take it!"
"Are you Su Li?" Xiao Yuhan asked.
The girl curled her lips into a smile and said, "Xiao Yuhan, you've already forgotten how you tricked me back in the Southern Frontier? We'll settle our score later. This time, I'll let it slide for the sake of your Heavenly Sword Sect's protective formation. After all, this body was only recently repaired! It can't be destroyed here! Goodbye!"
Before the words were even finished, and before the other disciples could react, the girl and Li Wenruo disappeared.
Shen Huairu's first reaction was to give chase, but Ye Qingyun stopped them, saying, "To be able to take someone away so quickly right under our noses, her strength is extraordinary. Moreover, Master once taught her how to safely pass through the sect's barrier, so there's no way we can catch up."
Shen Huairu and Xiao Yuhan then decided to give up.
"It really is it!" Xiao Yuhan became more and more certain, but had it possessed Su Li again this time?
However, something she said earlier bothered Xiao Yuhan: "After all, this body was only recently repaired."
Could she have been Su Li, and for some reason had to possess Miao Xiaodie's body? And thinking about it carefully, Miao Xiaodie isn't very old, and Su Li is the same age as her master, meaning they existed at least five hundred years ago. So, it's possible that this Su Li is the original form of "it".
But upon thinking of this, Xiao Yuhan immediately dismissed the idea, because since she had possessed Miao Xiaodie's body, it was hard to guarantee that Su Li's body hadn't been possessed even earlier.
At this moment, Ye Qingyun frowned slightly, "Junior Brother Xiao, you saw her in Southern Xinjiang before?"
Xiao Yuhan explained, "Remember what I mentioned before about Miao Xiaodie being possessed? It must have been Su Li who did it."
At this moment, Xiao Yuhan suddenly remembered that her senior brother had mentioned that Su Li was a high-level demon disciple, and ordinary demon disciples would have to go around her. Thinking about it, the original Su Li should also have been possessed, and "it" did not belong to this world. Thinking of this, Xiao Yuhan remembered something else.
He quickly called out to the system twice, "Tell me where it came from? What is it?"
"The system cannot provide an answer."
"Is it that you don't know, or that you can't tell me?"
"have no idea!"
Xiao Yuhan thought for a moment, then asked, "When did it arrive?"
"The specifics are unclear. The system was damaged before, and there isn't much information left, so we can't determine the exact time, but it must have been a long time ago! The first recorded encounter with it was in the 666th year of the Ancient War. At that time, it possessed a man, who was the first sect master of the Demon Sect. The first host was the Dao Ancestor in your current history. In that battle, the first host and the Demon Sect Master perished together."
Xiao Yuhan became increasingly puzzled. "How could it be so long ago? Isn't this world based on the world view of the novel 'Eternal Empress'?"
"To be precise, this world should have started based on the game's worldview, from the beginning of the world in the game's worldview. Game data can be edited, but the parallel real world can only be generated step by step. It is impossible for a world where Bai Yao exists to be created directly."
Xiao Yuhan thought for a moment and then asked, "I asked about Bai Yao's past life before, and you said that it would require paying a greater price. Does that mean you actually know about it?"
The system was silent for a moment. "To answer the host's question, since solving 'it' is the system's most important task, and the host's goal is also to deal with 'it,' the system has already told the host everything it knows. However, regarding Bai Yao's past life, the only information the system has left is the name Su Li. Of course, the system can also pay a price to calculate it, but this will not benefit the system or you."
Xiao Yuhan stood there, stunned. As he began to recall the connections, he felt increasingly confused.
First, although the name Su Li is related to Bai Yao's past life, this Su Li is now related to "it". Could there be some connection between the two?
Secondly, since this world is a parallel world created based on the game, the game company will definitely put in a lot of effort to perfect the world view, and may even fill in some plots that were not mentioned in the original work.
Therefore, we can conclude from this that not all plot points and phenomena that do not conform to the original work are caused by time travelers; perhaps they are simply some settings by the game company.
Third, the system has been damaged. In the system's own words, it has become equivalent to one of the laws of Heaven. Therefore, the person who can influence Heaven is definitely not an ordinary person. They are either the former host or someone from the system.
Thinking about this, Xiao Yuhan suddenly had an idea, "You said that in order to get rid of 'it' you could choose to tolerate me indefinitely and turn a blind eye to some of my violations, but if that's the case, why set so many rules and regulations for me in the first place? You threaten to kill me at the drop of a hat, and deduct points every now and then. Why not just give me a mission to kill 'it' directly?"
"The system replied that maintaining the smooth development of the main storyline is the system's supreme mission, but since 'it' has been hindering the main storyline's outcome, and 'it' has the ability to destroy the system, eliminating 'it' first will be beneficial for the smooth progress of the storyline."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuhan had an idea: since "it" has the ability to destroy the system, would it be possible to eliminate the system if they joined forces with "it"?
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com