Chapter 31 Thirty-One Cuts "Fairies don't use the spirit network..."
Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Luo Mingshu simply pursed her lips and said, "I didn't, that's my master."
Upon hearing this, Xie Changming simply turned his head and looked into the distance towards Yingtian Palace, seemingly lost in thought.
Luo Mingshu didn't find these words offensive, because... ever since she was taken in by Liu Hongying and brought back to the Yuling Sect, she hadn't had much desire to investigate her parents or her background. For some reason, she was just so indifferent, or perhaps... there was no such thing as parents in her life.
Actually, Liu Hongying was very young. When she brought her back, she secretly told her that if she didn't want to call her master, she could also call her "Yingniang".
Luo Mingshu asked her whether "Yingniang" meant the girl's mother or her mother's mother. Liu Hongying thought for a moment and then said, "If you want, it should be the mother's mother."
Of course, Luo Mingshu continued to call her Yingniang until a hundred years ago, when Liu Hongying disappeared into the Misty Star Sea.
Luo Mingshu clenched the Bright Blaze Pill in her hand, turned around and left, she needed to finish this exploration scene as soon as possible.
Xie Changming also caught up with her, and he told her, "I also have no parents."
This is nothing serious. All demons are born in the dark void, first cultivating their primordial spirit and then shaping their physical body. Apart from the sliver of spiritual consciousness bestowed by heaven and earth, they have nothing else.
Luo Mingshu was not saddened by the matter. She quickly shifted her thoughts to other things: "The other two items have been claimed. The cruel imperial physician wanted the red copper lotus, so that doll... belongs to Consort Ya?"
She couldn't understand why Lu Yaoyao wanted a puppet, and there didn't seem to be any related plot points mentioned in the original book.
“That puppet needs divine sense to move.” Xie Changming had already seen through the puppet’s structure; it was indeed a rare object.
“She’s so strange,” Luo Mingshu said, stroking her chin.
However, whether the original female lead was strange or not was irrelevant to her, because she had other things to do.
She and Xie Changming soon arrived outside the Yingtian Palace of the Chaos Emperor. At this moment, seemingly aware of their arrival, the Chaos Emperor also awoke, transforming into the final test of the exploration scene.
Outside the Yingtian Hall, on the white jade plaza, lightning flashed and dark clouds covered the sky, making it feel extremely low. As soon as one stepped into the area of the Yingtian Hall, one felt difficulty breathing and a feeling of stagnation.
The Chaos Emperor was now clad in armor, his face still blurred, wielding a long halberd. His figure had grown several times larger, black flames emanating from his eyes as he gazed down at them.
With a single step, the palace wall beneath his feet crumbled and collapsed, raising billowing dust.
With a swing of his halberd, he summoned celestial thunder and lightning, drawing the thick bolts of lightning to envelop his entire body.
It was a force of nature, so powerful it was terrifying.
Luo Mingshu was about to take out her weapon from her spatial pouch, but Xie Changming had already made his move.
He watched the Chaos Emperor finish his performance before making his move, because he wanted to see just how flashy this thing could be.
Xie Changming seemed to be able to do anything with just a flick of his finger. His fingertip unleashed a stream of dark light, which flew into the air and fell towards the Chaos Emperor like a shooting star.
Before the Chaos Emperor could finish his halberd technique, dark meteors struck his chest with a series of loud bangs.
After a series of flashy displays, Xie Changming dealt with it in a single move. The Chaos Emperor's enormous body crashed to the ground, his armor peeling off, the gray chaotic light dissipating, and his figure rapidly shrinking.
Similarly, the Chaos Emperor here is also a huge obstacle for the explorers. In theory, the explorers cannot defeat the Chaos Emperor because his cultivation level is comparable to that of a cultivator in the Tribulation Transcending stage.
In reality, the normal way to pass the level should be for the cultivator to dodge attacks while fighting the Chaos Emperor, and at the same time try to inject the Bright Blaze Pill into the Chaos Emperor's body to trigger the Frost Poison. However, due to the calculation error of the Spirit Network System, Xie Changming has obviously become a bug.
He swiftly and decisively dealt with the Chaos Emperor, while Luo Mingshu rushed over overjoyed, poured out all the Bright Blaze Pills from the bottle, and stuffed them into the Chaos Emperor's mouth.
"Eat more, so you can get on your way." After Luo Mingshu finished pouring the medicine, two streams of energy, one red and one blue, surged around the Chaos Emperor's body and then clashed, destroying his meridians in the fierce battle.
In this setting of Yingtian Palace, the death of the Chaos Emperor is not a pity. Whoever can kill him is the one who rids the people of a scourge and is the one who wins the hearts of the people. Therefore, as soon as the Chaos Emperor died, the female officials and ministers in Yingtian Palace surrounded him, bowed their heads and said: "Congratulations to the new emperor! Congratulations to the new emperor! May the new emperor ascend the throne soon! Your subjects cannot wait any longer."
Luo Mingshu: "?" Is it really that hasty?
Amidst the congratulatory shouts of the ministers, the long-awaited Spirit Network interface popped up in front of Luo Mingshu and Xie Changming.
[Your Highness, Consort Mei and Consort Gao, congratulations on successfully completing exploration scenario number 432068. Please proceed to meet the Empress to claim your completion reward. This scenario will be archived and credited to your respective accounts later.]
Luo Mingshu thought for a moment. She didn't want to divide the land she had developed into either the Demon Realm or the Human Realm, because she didn't feel a sense of belonging to either of these two regions.
Since she couldn't find out her origins, why not just register them all with the anonymous cultivator and let him handle them for her while she sits back and collects the money?
Luo Mingshu then turned around and whispered to Xie Changming, "Should I keep all the records for you?"
Xie Changming asked her, "Are you sure?"
“The Demon Realm is quite poor, so consider this a donation to help the poor. Remember to give me half of the annual revenue,” Luo Mingshu said after thinking for a moment.
She took a deep breath: "I...I don't know which area it should belong to if it's assigned to me."
Xie Changming seemed to understand Luo Mingshu's concerns, so he simply said "okay".
After they poisoned the Chaos Emperor, the other two exploration teams were kicked out of Yingtian Palace and went off to do their own thing.
Luo Mingshu met the Empress, whom she hadn't seen in a long time; she still had a face that looked exactly like hers.
Of course, from Xie Changming's perspective, the Empress did indeed look exactly like Luo Mingshu, but... she had an extra long fish tail. She was curled up and half-leaning on the couch, and the emerald green jade bracelet on her wrist made her skin look even whiter.
He glanced at the Empress, then turned to look at Luo Mingshu beside him. It was the first time he had met this "Empress," and he finally understood what the Empress represented.
Luo Mingshu shamelessly boasted, "Isn't Your Majesty beautiful?"
Xie Changming said, "Beautiful."
Luo Mingshu: "?" I'm praising myself, who are you praising?
She stepped forward and took the Empress's hand: "My dear Empress, the Chaos Emperor has finally been killed by me and Consort Gao. You are finally free."
The Empress looked at her quietly, a slight smile playing on her lips: "Very well, thank you. Now the entire Yingtian Palace belongs to you—including me."
Then, her figure gradually dissipated, and a jade bracelet of emerald green landed in Luo Mingshu's palm. It was the same one that Lu Yaoyao had worn on her wrist before. For some reason, it had now become a trophy of the Misty Star Sea and was given to Luo Mingshu.
The Empress's figure transformed into a gentle breeze, passing by Xie Changming's side. Her voice was only audible to Xie Changming himself, as if she were talking to herself: "You should have found what you wanted. Do you need me to give you anything else?"
Xie Changming shook his head at the void; he didn't need anything else.
At this moment, Luo Mingshu and the space around him gradually collapsed, and everything around him faded away, like ink spreading in water.
Since they were only exploring the outer layer of the Misty Star, which was essentially an entry qualification test scenario, they could not immediately enter the next scenario after completing the exploration. They would leave to rest and recuperate before conducting formal exploration and matching.
As Xie Changming watched Luo Mingshu's figure about to disappear, he took half a step forward, as if he had finally mustered up his courage.
He asked her, "What is the name of your spiritual network?"
Xie Changming thought that since they had all been matched together through the Spirit Network, the easiest way to find her was to ask her for the name of the Spirit Network.
Luo Mingshu has always been proud of her Spirit Network name, so she has never felt embarrassed about mentioning it in front of others. But this time, looking at the anonymous cultivator's face, she recalled the days and nights they fought on the Spirit Network.
She's actually started paying attention to her appearance...
Luo Mingshu stammered for a long time, too embarrassed to say the name of her spiritual network.
She shouted loudly, "Fairies don't go on the spirit network!"
Xie Changming: "..." How did you manage to match me through the Spirit Network system if you don't use the Spirit Network?
"My little fish is so cunning," Xie Changming thought, and decided to search overnight for female cultivators whose online names contained the character "美" (beauty).
Meanwhile, Luo Mingshu was thinking about whether she should create a new account, something like "Shushu is super cute", to add anonymous cultivators.
When her thoughts returned, the surrounding scene belonging to Yingtian Palace had completely disappeared, and she was still standing in the original chaos. The difference was that at the end of this chaotic scene, there seemed to be three more exits. This should be the passage to the deeper layers of the Misty Star Sea.
Luo Mingshu was eager to enter the next level and continue searching for clues. These three different entrances should symbolize different directions in the Misty Star Sea.
She still remembered her initial mission—yes, perhaps only she herself remembered it.
Wei Qing, the unlucky senior disciple of the Yu Ling Sect, is still lost in the Misty Star Sea and there is no news of him.
She took out the Soul-Calling Bell, inside which was a note written by Wei Qing. In fact, after obtaining the Soul-Calling Bell, Luo Mingshu had considered using Liu Hongying's personal belongings to find her.
However, by the time she obtained the Soul-Summoning Bell, more than eighty years had passed since Liu Hongying's primordial spirit was lost, and the wisps of divine consciousness attached to it had long since disappeared. Otherwise... with the guidance of the Soul-Summoning Bell, she might be able to find Liu Hongying in a more specific direction.
Luo Mingshu felt somewhat helpless, but then she thought that even if she had the Soul-Calling Bell to find Liu Hongying more than eighty years ago, she still wouldn't be able to find a teammate, right?
This...this is truly a helpless situation.
As Luo Mingshu sensed the direction indicated by the Soul-Summoning Bell, pale purple threads emerged before her, hovering in front of the three doors as if searching for something.
The purple threads did not light up when passing through the first two doors, but when she reached the third door, the end of the threads suddenly lit up, and then the point of light followed Luo Mingshu's fingertip to give her instructions.
Luo Mingshu opened her eyes and looked at the third door in front of her—it was less a door and more like a halo leading to another space.
At this moment, Manman, who always cared about Wei Qing, also crawled out of the small cage, croaked twice, and waved her pair of strong forelimbs, seemingly somewhat excited.
Luo Mingshu stepped onto the circle of light, but soon, a brand new Spirit Network interface popped up in front of her.
[A beautiful woman with a 300-year-old water spirit root is very easy to fool. You have entered the matchmaking queue and are being matched with teammates. Please wait patiently.]
Luo Mingshu: "???" Another match?!
She planned to finish quickly and find Wei Qing as soon as possible, so she waited where she was.
Luo Mingshu waited here for about ten days. When she got tired, she went to Manman's house to rest.
More than ten days later, the matchmaking system still showed no activity. Luo Mingshu thought that the reason she couldn't find teammates before was because she hadn't passed the outer layer trial of the Misty Star, but now... it seems that's not the case.
She glanced at her Misty Star Sea matchmaking interface again, where large, bright gold characters shone.
[You are being matched with teammates. Matching time is 16 days and 9 hours, with an average match time of 10 days and 6 hours. Your teammates are on their way, please wait patiently.]
Luo Mingshu suddenly realized a very crucial issue...
She won't...
For some strange reason, she can only be matched with anonymous monks, right?
this?
how so?
Luo Mingshu felt that the other party was too unfairly treated. In fact, she still wanted to try other teammates. It would be great if she could be matched with other handsome guys.
However, during the long wait without finding a teammate, Luo Mingshu couldn't help but start wondering what the other person was doing.
Of course, Xie Changming had already returned to the Demon Realm by this time. It would take some time before the land plots explored in the Misty Star Sea were distributed. During this free time, he naturally didn't go to explore the Misty Star Sea anymore, because he didn't lack money for the time being and had found the person he was looking for.
Xie Changming began searching the spirit network for all female cultivators whose names contained the character "美" (beautiful), a task that took him several days, but to no avail. 『Pianozl』
Of course, he also noticed that the name of the woman in his list, "[Beautiful 300-year-old Water Spirit Root Super Easy to Foole]", seemed to contain the character "beauty". However, he had some prejudice against this name on the spirit network, and he had added her in order to understand the human world so that he could find his little fish. So after achieving his goal, he casually deleted "[Beautiful 300-year-old Water Spirit Root Super Easy to Foole]".
Luo Mingshu began to regret not telling him her online name. She felt like the most pretentious person in the world, that she was actually embarrassed to reveal her online name.
She decided to give Xie Changming a nudge and urge him to hurry up and clear the Misty Star Sea, because he was her only teammate and she still needed to explore further.
So she opened the Four Directions Water Mirror, found Xie Changming's Spirit Network name [Anonymous Cultivator (Height 192)], and sent him a message.
[A 300-year-old beauty with a "water spirit root" is incredibly gullible: "Are you there?"]
Sorry, your message could not be delivered.
[The anonymous cultivator (192cm tall) has proactively severed his mental connection with the 300-year-old beauty with the easily deceived water-elemental root.]
[Clicking on the anonymous cultivator's (192cm tall) avatar allows you to re-initiate a telepathic communication with them.]
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