Even if Xiao Yuhan is stupid, she should understand what's going on.
He muttered to himself, "What a rip-off... So the Eternal Empress doesn't just mean she'll become an empress who will rule the world for eternity?"
Upon seeing her master cough up blood, Bai Yao panicked, "Master, what's wrong?"
Xiao Yuhan shook his head and then said, "It's nothing! But you really surprised your master, my disciple. Get some rest. I have an appointment to drink with your senior uncles."
After saying that, Xiao Yuhan shook his head and slowly left.
"System, by the way, is Empress Bai Yao some kind of reincarnation of a powerful figure?"
"The system cannot provide an answer."
"What if I redeem it with points?" Xiao Yuhan asked.
After a moment of silence, the system continued, "Okay, 20,000 points. Host, do you confirm the redemption?"
Xiao Yuhan felt a pang of heartache, but in order to confirm her own thoughts, she gritted her teeth and agreed.
"Points deducted, remaining points: Answer the host's question, yes!"
Xiao Yuhan waited a moment before realizing what was happening, "Is it over?"
"The host asked if Bai Yao was the reincarnation of some powerful figure, and the answer is yes!"
"Damn it! You have to tell me who you are!!" Xiao Yuhan immediately went berserk.
"If we want to know Bai Yao's past life identity, which is considered to have uncovered the hidden plot, we don't have enough points and need to pay a greater price!"
Xiao Yuhan felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head. He suddenly felt like he had been a conman for many years, only to be swindled out of his entire fortune. He immediately lost his temper and unleashed every curse he could think of, cursing all the way from the Discipline Hall to the Headmaster's Academy.
As expected, I was penalized by the system again.
"5000 points deducted!"
"You're disgusting! I never got this much damage for insulting you before!"
"You're lucky, buddy. I've already given you a discount. 100 points per sentence. You definitely swore more than 50 times!"
Xiao Yuhan frowned. "Speaking of which, your occasional Beijing accent is a bit confusing. Are you a system or a human?"
Unexpectedly, upon hearing Xiao Yuhan's question, the system quickly reverted to its usual tone, "To answer the host, the system can switch voices at any time. Currently, you can choose between the Guo Degang version and the Lin Chiling version, which costs 5000 points to switch. Would you like to redeem them?"
"Exchange my ass!"
"Successfully redeemed the Beijing grandpa version voice... Grandpa version voice is free to use! You're a real man! You've got it covered. How's my voice, grandpa?"
Xiao Yuhan was furious and speechless, but he suddenly calmed down and asked in a cold voice, "You really are a person, right? A player? An administrator?"
The system went silent, then suddenly switched back to its original tone to announce: "Host, your remaining points are as follows: In view of your huge spending of points this time, the system is giving you a bonus: a life-saving substitute. When your life is in danger, you will have one chance to be teleported to a safe place and a substitute created by the system will die in your place."
"Damn! I told you so! You really are the real one, and you're trying to bribe me!"
"System prompt: If the host uses 8000 points again, he/she can choose three questions, and the system will answer them truthfully!"
"Really?! Is this also a benefit offered to distract me?" Xiao Yuhan was skeptical.
"It's true! The system won't lie to its host!"
"Fine! I'll give you another 8000 points. If you don't satisfy me this time, I'll never trust you again!"
"System notification: 8,000 points have been deducted, leaving 20,000 points. Please ask a question, host."
Xiao Yuhan thought for a moment and asked, "Is this world real or a game world?"
"To answer the host, this was originally a game world, but due to some special reason, it has evolved into a real world. In your Earthly terms, it can be understood as a parallel universe!"
Xiao Yuhan thought for a moment. He originally wanted to ask what the reason was, but there were only three questions in total. Moreover, the system seemed to be more reliable than before. So after careful consideration, he felt that the first thing to confirm was whether he could trust his system. Therefore, he had to ask this question.
What exactly are you?
Without the slightest hesitation, the system said, "The system was originally called the Administrator Monitoring System, responsible for maintaining the operation of the game. However, after this world and the game world deviated from each other, the system evolved into another kind of existence. In the terms of this world, you can understand the system as one of the three thousand Heavenly Dao Wills!"
"Holy crap...that's awesome! So what's your purpose..." Xiao Yuhan stopped mid-sentence. He thought for a moment and decided that this question wasn't worth wasting his last chance, so he asked the question he had just asked.
Who was Bai Yao in her past life?
"The system just said that this problem will come at a high cost!"
"But you promised I could ask you three questions!"
The system was silent for a moment, then said, "Alright! I'll give you one name at most; you can look it up yourself."
"Okay, but you have to guarantee that you can actually find the names!"
"Su Li."
"Crispy pear?"
"Yes! Her name is Su Li!"
Xiao Yuhan scratched his head. "Are you sure you're not lying to me? Is Su Li a nickname?"
"No mistake! The revival of Su, the separation of the departing."
"oh……"
...
Meanwhile, in the sect leader's courtyard.
Liu Jiantang stared at Ye Qingyun for a long time before asking softly, "Why are you in such a hurry to pull me away, Senior Brother?"
"Sigh, since Junior Brother Xiao doesn't want us to stay there, then let's go. Sometimes it's good to be a little confused."
Liu Jiantang couldn't understand it at all and shook his head, "I don't believe you can't see it, senior brother."
"So what if you see through her? Do you think you can kill Bai Yao? After all, she's a child we've watched grow up. Junior brother, we're getting old. We should pretend to be blind instead, or we'll just annoy people later!"
Liu Jiantang was quite helpless. "The demonic aura on Junior Sister Bai Yao is too strong. Can't Senior Brother sense it?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Qingyun's expression turned extremely serious. He stared at Liu Jiantang and said, "That's why I said, it's good to be confused sometimes. Junior brother, do you really think you can kill Bai Yao?"
"But……"
“There’s nothing to say. Junior Brother Xiao treats her like his own daughter. Do you think he doesn’t know that? He probably knew back in Yongning Village. I can understand his soft heart, and I can also understand the years of master-disciple relationship. Junior Brother, both humans and demons are living beings. You have cultivated the sword path for many years, and your killing intent is too strong. From today onwards, go into seclusion and think it over carefully.”
Liu Jiantang became increasingly puzzled. "Why would I go into seclusion? Senior Brother Sect Leader, you're just implying that I can't reach your level, right? You know I've never believed in any concept of sentient beings. A demon is a demon, and ultimately, it's different from a human."
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