Chapter 19: Nineteen Cuts
Shortly before Luo Mingshu was matched with teammates, a conversation lit up on the Spirit Network interface.
[Sealed Heart and Locked Love (Height 183cm): My Lord, the Flame Stones sent from the Human Realm have arrived. New ones will be sent over every month from now on.]
[Sealed Heart and Locked Love (Height 183cm): What is the Lord going to do with all these Flame Stones? TVT Are you going to raise an adorable fire-type spirit beast?]
[Anonymous monk (192cm tall): I won't raise them.]
【Sealed Heart and Locked Love (Height 183cm): So, Your Majesty, you also lied about your height by an inch!!!】
[Fengxin Suoai (height 183cm) retracted the message.]
[Anonymous cultivator (192cm tall): I've run out of spirit stones, how do I get to the Misty Star Sea?]
At this time, Xie Changming was still in the Demon Palace, casually playing chess with Shui Heng. Since he was staying there temporarily, Shui Heng did not dare to say anything and could only treat him well.
While playing chess with Shui Heng, he was also communicating with others on the spiritual network, which upset Shui Heng's elderly father, who hesitated to speak after each move.
The guardian had already connected Xie Changming to the Misty Star Sea's matching system when a spoiled snort came from outside the hall.
"Father!" Shui Qingsi rushed in, lifting her skirt, with Zhou Ziyun following slowly behind her. "Father, I can't tolerate what happened at Fengsha Ferry. Someone actually—"
Shui Qingsi looked up and saw a tall man sitting opposite her father. His profile was pale and indifferent, but his attire was extremely familiar. Even if she was stupid, she could tell that the man sitting opposite Shui Heng was the mysterious man who had almost killed Zhou Ziyun in Fengsha Ferry that day.
Her voice seemed to be cut off, abruptly ending.
Shui Heng raised his eyes and looked at her gently: "Sisi, what happened in Fengsha Ferry?"
"It's nothing." Shui Qingsi immediately performed a Sichuan opera face-changing act. "The people of Fengshadu are simple and honest, and very nice."
"Yes, if you want to go next time, I'll take you." Shui Heng was very indulgent towards his daughter.
Shui Qing's thoughts came quickly and left just as fast; she ran off in a flash. Her actions made Shui Heng sigh with relief that his daughter had finally become sensible.
Xie Changming had long forgotten about Shui Qingsi. Instead, he was focused on the game of chess. After much deliberation, he made a move and at the same time received a reply from the protector Wen Yu.
【Sealed Heart and Locked Love (Height 183cm): My Lord, I have connected you to the matchmaking system in the Misty Star Sea.】
[Feng Xin Suo Ai (Height 183cm): However, Your Excellency, you have only been back in the lower realm for two hundred years, so you may not be very familiar with this Misty Star Sea. Some cultivators have had accidents while exploring the Misty Star Sea before, so if you need to enter the Misty Star Sea through the matchmaking system, you will need to match with a teammate.]
[Sealed Heart and Locked Love (Height 183cm): Your Excellency, you should be able to skip the system and enter directly, although it might alert the Heavenly Realm. However, judging from your current strength, unless that Demon Emperor from the Demon Realm also enters the matchmaking queue, you definitely won't find suitable teammates.]
[Anonymous monk (192cm tall): ...]
[Anonymous Monk (192cm tall): Found it.] Small. Piano. Organize.
Xie Changming looked up at the information that popped up on the spiritual network in front of him.
[Anonymous monk (192cm tall), congratulations! You have been matched with suitable teammates. Please confirm your team composition.]
【Sealed Heart and Locked Love (Height 183cm): ???】
[Fengxin Suoai (183cm tall): This isn't a dating platform, how could it be so fast?]
Xie Changming had no requirements for his teammates; as long as they were breathing and alive, that was enough. He wasn't expecting to cooperate with them anyway. The reason he chose to enter through the normal matchmaking system was because he didn't want to alert the people in the Celestial Realm.
He clicked "confirm" on the Lingwang interface, then stood up and bid farewell to Shui Heng.
"Are we setting off for the Misty Star Sea now?" Shui Heng asked, looking up as he arranged the chessboard on the table.
"Mm," Xie Changming replied.
"Why are you looking for her?" Shui Heng asked curiously, a question he shouldn't have asked.
Xie Changming pursed his lips, turned around, and put his hood back on. He did not answer Shui Heng's question.
Shui Heng slowly placed the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard into the bamboo basket, sighed softly, "This child," and then began to imagine a grand drama.
Wen Yu sent Xie Changming many messages to express his shock, but Xie Changming ignored them all.
He had only been in the lower realm for a short time and was not yet familiar with the matching mechanism of the Misty Star Sea. Similarly, Luo Mingshu was in the same situation.
After confirming the news, she excitedly sent a message to Feng Du, the head of the Yu Ling Sect, to announce the good news. Since her cultivation was only at the Nascent Soul stage, Feng Du was not too surprised that she finally matched with teammates.
It's normal for Luo Mingshu to be able to find teammates; it would be strange if someone with Nascent Soul cultivation couldn't find teammates.
—As for who her teammates were, Luo Mingshu herself didn't know, because she couldn't see their information in the matchmaking interface. They could only meet when they reached the Star Shore and truly entered the Misty Star Sea.
Luo Mingshu temporarily closed the Spirit Network interface. She suddenly turned her head and stared at Manman, who was lying on the soft couch playing with a small ball.
She thought Manman was truly the smartest Earth Moon Mole in the world, because the choice to search for Wei Qing was actually made by this little black mouse. If she had chosen to go to the Demon Realm, she might have missed this teammate and thus lost the opportunity to go to the Misty Star Sea.
Luo Mingshu strives to become stronger, not only to be more adept at arguing with others, but more importantly, because she wants to possess the power to travel to the Misty Star Sea. If she can't find teammates in the Nascent Soul stage, she might be able to find them once she breaks through to the Out-of-Body stage.
Her background and lost memories were not important to her; she only valued the present reality and the people around her, whether it was Liu Hongying or someone else.
Luo Mingshu has always been a pragmatic person.
She had almost finalized her plan and was ready to leave the human town for the Star Shore.
When she was paying the rent at the inn's counter, the young monk in charge of looking after the inn waved his hand and said to her, "Miss, the young lady who came with you paid the rent before she left."
After speaking, the young cultivator who was sitting behind the counter, secretly browsing the spiritual network, dared not look Luo Mingshu in the eye. He lowered his head with a red face.
Luo Mingshu thanked her and left. She felt much better after Lu Yaoyao stopped being with her, since the plot of the book she dreamed about had been like a thorn in her heart.
In the book, her future life will always be trampled underfoot by Lu Yaoyao. She will be inferior to Lu Yaoyao in everything she does, and every struggle she makes will be like a clown performing a ridiculous act.
The contents of that book made Luo Mingshu very unhappy. Of course, she secretly thought to herself, "I hope I don't find the author of that book, otherwise I'll definitely kick him a couple of times and punch him in the face."
Luo Mingshu left the city and took out the Purple Gold Cloud Boat from her spatial pouch. As the cage where she lived slowly shrank, she hung it on her waist, making it easy to carry.
Although she didn't want to admit it, ever since she mastered the language of the Earth Moon Mole, she could also communicate with it using different tones of "gugu". Luo Mingshu asked why the three demon cultivators who had brought Manman back then didn't shrink his cage, otherwise they wouldn't have attracted attention.
Slowly, he gave her a simple and straightforward reason, because a child's mind is so pure. He slowly said that he didn't like them, so he wanted to make them suffer and make them more tired from carrying his cage.
As for who "they" are, Luo Mingshu didn't bother to think about it. Anyway, she took the Crimson Copper Lotus away, and the other party must be furious but helpless.
The demon realm cannot extend its influence into the human realm, and both sides are wary of each other. Moreover, the Spirit Control Sect is one of the four leading sects in the human realm.
Luo Mingshu and Di Yuemo, one human and one mouse, rode the Purple Gold Flowing Flower Boat towards the Star Shore. Shortly after they left, outside the town, surrounded by mountains, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered in a certain valley, which was a decent place for cultivation.
Below the valley, a person sat cross-legged on a blue stone, a white veil hanging down, gently covering the girl's graceful figure.
The cloth strips used to disguise the jade bracelet on Lu Yaoyao's hand had been removed, and it was now emitting a faint glow. The system's cold voice rang in her mind.
"Host, congratulations on using 888 points to exchange for the item [Key Clue 1]. Please carefully note down the location of your senior brother Wei Qing."
Lu Yaoyao closed her eyes, and in the darkness, a map of the lower realm slowly unfolded. Then, a light suddenly shone, pointing to the star shore where the human realm, the demon realm, and the monster realm meet.
“Star Shore… Senior Brother lost contact with his spirit there, he… went to the Misty Star Sea?” Lu Yaoyao immediately realized.
"Yes," the system replied.
Lu Yaoyao's voice was already trembling with tears: "System, I'm only at the Golden Core stage, how can I be qualified to enter the Misty Star Sea?"
"You can also redeem the [Cultivation Advancement Gift Pack Ultimate Edition], which allows you to break through to the Nascent Soul cultivation level within ten days," the system replied.
"This ultimate advanced gift pack requires 10,000 points to redeem, doesn't it?" Lu Yaoyao was devastated. Where would she get so many points?
"We have a limited-time discount event; you can redeem it now for just 100 points," the system tempted her.
Lu Yaoyao stopped crying. She bit her lower lip. She knew that the system's purpose was not to help her at all. Compared to the system, she was more like a tool, a tool to help the system achieve a certain goal. To make her complete this task, the system would provide her with certain conveniences no matter how badly she performed.
"Waaah, system, thank you so much." Lu Yaoyao said gratefully. Why not take advantage of a good deal? The cheat system gave her wasn't some evil technique that would damage her lifespan and increase her cultivation. Instead, it was a legitimate human realm inheritance technique, bright and righteous, and wouldn't affect her body or cultivation.
So, in this unknown little valley, Lu Yaoyao closed her eyes and her cultivation began to increase exponentially. She was also going to the Misty Star Sea.
Meanwhile, in the Demon Realm, Pei Shuang, a demon cultivator from the Swift Forest who had narrowly escaped death at Xie Changming's hands, prostrated himself before the main hall. At the head of the hall, a young woman with a cold and aloof appearance was watching him. Her appearance was seven parts similar to Shui Qingsi, especially her vertical pupils, which carried a kind of cold and eerie quality reminiscent of a dragon.
"What a waste." Shui Qingnian slowly walked down from the main hall.
“Your Highness,” Pei Shuang’s voice trembled, “The young Earth Moon Mole is lost. We need to appease the Earth Moon Mole clan. We have suppressed the disturbances within Wind and Sand Ferry, and this matter will not spread, but…”
"But the Crimson Copper Lotus wasn't brought back, was it?" Shui Qingnian said with a sneer. "You really didn't distinguish between what's important and what's not. The little mouse is dead, so be it. Anyway, the Earth Moon Mole Clan is the most cowardly, and they wouldn't dare to provoke our Demon Realm Royal Family. But that Crimson Copper Lotus, there's only one left in this lower realm."
"You actually lost it, and it was stolen by a Nascent Soul cultivator from the human realm." Shui Qingnian raised her delicate eyebrows, stepped forward, and stepped on Pei Shuang's hand that was pressed against the ground, grinding it with the sole of her shoe.
Pei Shuang's finger bones were almost crushed, but he didn't dare to say a word.
"Is there... any way to remedy this, Your Highness?" he asked, emphasizing each word.
"The secret realm that produces the Crimson Copper Lotus is a secret realm formed from the chaotic land after the demon cultivators of the Demon Realm went to explore the Misty Star Sea. The Crimson Copper Lotus was born there naturally." Shui Qingnian gently stroked the long hair that fell down her temple. "If I want the Crimson Copper Lotus, I can only go to the Misty Star Sea and open up another secret realm."
Shui Qingnian was very confident that she could get what she wanted from the Chaotic Land she had created, so she did not intend to entrust this task to her subordinates. These demons were really more trouble than they were worth, so she might as well do it herself.
She opened the Spirit Network interface and connected to the Misty Star Sea matchmaking interface.
Although Shui Qingnian is a princess of the demon race, she is young, so her current cultivation level is only at the Nascent Soul stage. The events she encounters after entering the Misty Star Sea will be dynamically adjusted according to the explorer's cultivation level, so the level of cultivation does not have an impact.
Shortly after she entered the Misty Star Sea matchmaking interface, a new message popped up.
【Your Highness, the ultra-cool princess, congratulations! You have been matched with suitable teammates. Please confirm your team composition.】
Meanwhile, in an inconspicuous valley in the human realm, Lu Yaoyao clapped her hands excitedly, and a new message appeared on the spirit network interface in front of her.
[It's Fairy Yao Yao! Congratulations! You've been matched with suitable teammates. Please confirm your team composition.]
A human and a demon in the human realm and the demon realm respectively simultaneously clicked the confirm option.
Of course, at this time, Luo Mingshu had no idea how chaotic her future exploration of the Misty Star Sea would be. She arrived at the Star Shore a few days later.
Here, humans and demons roam freely, and all sorts of creatures exist. Moreover, Luo Mingshu confirmed that a canine demon that had just walked past her had secretly wagged its tail at her.
She was exquisitely beautiful and had an extraordinary temperament, making her the center of attention wherever she went. Some even had bold cultivators come up to her and strike up a conversation.
A handsome young cultivator rushed up to Luo Mingshu.
"Young lady, are you a human cultivator?"
"Girl, do you need a companion to enter the Misty Star Sea?"
"Miss, may I ask your spiritual network name? We can communicate through telepathy and chat often in the future."
Luo Mingshu was just looking for someone to argue with on the spiritual network, so she naturally put on airs and smiled as she said okay.
"May I ask what your Spirit Network name is, young lady?" The shy young man opposite him had already opened the Spirit Network interface, rubbed his hands together, and was waiting to enter the goddess's Spirit Network name.
Judging from Luo Mingshu's temperament and appearance, she must have chosen a name for her spiritual network like Crystal Glazed Dream Butterfly, right? He thought to himself.
"A beautiful woman with a 300-year-old water spirit root is so easy to fool." Luo Mingshu confidently announced her name on the Spirit Network.
The ignorant, handsome cultivator: "..."
After hearing this, he even secretly glanced at Luo Mingshu's spiritual network interface, and it really was that name.
Then, a gust of wind swept past Luo Mingshu, and the handsome cultivator vanished without a trace.
Luo Mingshu: "?" You also dislike beautiful women.
Little did anyone know that this handsome cultivator had encountered Luo Mingshu on the Spirit Network when he was still a Golden Core cultivator. He was eventually scolded by her and forced to leave the Spirit Network. Without the interference of the Spirit Network, he cultivated diligently and one day broke through to the Nascent Soul stage.
Unexpectedly, on the Star Shore, he encountered the Nightmare of the Spirit Network from his Golden Core days.
Luo Mingshu felt a little regretful when she saw the person leave, because besides the customer service of the Four Directions Water Mirror, there was only that bastard anonymous cultivator left in her list of divine sense communication.
She thought that one day she would definitely break through, diligently practice her divine sense, and trample him underfoot on the spiritual net, preferably forcing him to leave the Four Directions Water Mirror.
As Luo Mingshu thought this, she looked at a towering building in front of her. This was the Pillar of Heaven, the most important existence in the Three Realms, and also the entrance to the Misty Star Sea.
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