Chapter 33 Thirty-Three Cuts "Do you want one or both?"...
At this moment, Luo Mingshu had no idea what she was about to experience. She thought that this trial scenario should be more normal.
After the first exploration of the Misty Star Sea for beginners, subsequent explorations will generate the same scenarios as the first time, but without the prompts from the Spirit Network system. The conditions for completing the exploration must be found by the participants themselves. If they cannot find the key to success, they will be lost in the Misty Star Sea until they meet the completion conditions.
Since resources near the outer layer of the Misty Star Sea are still limited, they may overlap with other explorers and enter the same exploration scene. Some cultivators who are lost in the Misty Star Sea may also appear in scenes at the same progress, which is equivalent to a kind of rebirth, and then get a new chance to clear the level.
This mechanism is somewhat complicated, but many old cultivators who have explored the deepest parts of the Misty Star Sea have their own experience with it. That is, follow your heart. Only those who are used to hiding their hearts and are unwilling to admit their deepest desires are more likely to get lost.
In short, their current progress in the Misty Star Sea is not too difficult, and there is basically no chance of any unexpected events.
Luo Mingshu and Xie Changming waited in place for a moment. The other three teams had already been matched. Just like last time, the chaotic space around them collapsed and then began to construct a new scene.
This time, the area available for exploration is a thousand times larger than that of Yingtian Palace, almost the size of a large region in the human realm. All the cultivators who entered this scene were stunned. Logically speaking, their cultivation level was not sufficient to open up such a large area.
Moreover... the land discovered in the end does not belong exclusively to the winner, but is estimated based on the depth and speed of each team of cultivators' exploration, and then allocated in order. Every cultivator can gain something, only the size of the gain will differ.
Such a vast area to explore brought not only joy to the participating cultivators, but also fear... The expansive area meant more danger, and they were also afraid of getting lost in the misty star sea.
The word "fear" did not exist in Luo Mingshu's or Xie Changming's vocabulary; they didn't even understand what such a large exploration area meant.
Thus, the eight cultivators, each with their own expectations and concerns, arrived at the new exploration scenario.
Luo Mingshu felt a sudden darkness before her eyes, her consciousness lightly leaving her body and beginning to merge with the misty starry sea.
When she regained consciousness, she was alone, curled up on the cold throne, which was carved from stacked mother-of-pearl and pearls, shimmering with light. She lay there quietly, a light veil hanging from her wrist.
The main hall was empty and cold, with only her there. The divine bone wood emitted a jade-like luster, which made her feel a sense of bitterness and sorrow rise in her heart...
Yeah, right.
Luo Mingshu secretly sighed that she had become the luckiest person. She had actually randomly assigned such a wealthy character. My goodness, the divine throne she was sitting on was worth 300 million spirit stones. Moreover, it was not a treasure that could be bought casually. Only those passed down from the Heavenly Realm had such quality.
There was also the sacred bone wood used to build this great hall. She once received a piece of it and used it to carve her own bed. She cherished it greatly because there was no other piece like it in the human world.
The so-called Divine Bone Tree is naturally a product of the fall of the gods in the celestial realm. Gods are not like immortals; they are almost the embodiment of the rules of all things. When they fall, Divine Bone Trees will grow in the celestial realm, and then the leaves will fall and flowers will bloom, giving birth to the next god.
The Divine Bone Wood Forest is the tombstone of the gods in the celestial realm. The four immortal lords guard it very strictly, and almost no one can steal the Divine Bone Wood. The one she found is said to be from the turmoil in the celestial realm three hundred years ago, when many gods perished and the scattered Divine Bone Wood was left unattended. One of the pieces escaped into the mortal realm and was found by chance.
In short, we don't know what this thing does, but it's incredibly precious and impressive, and using it makes you feel very prestigious.
It turns out that this temple was entirely built of divine bone wood. That's what you call extravagant wealth, folks!
Upon seeing the room full of treasures, Luo Mingshu immediately forgot about the anonymous cultivator, but soon, a fairy who floated in from outside the hall shattered her beautiful illusion.
“Beautiful goddess, the palace is chilly. Your health is weak, so please do not stay here any longer,” the beautiful fairy said to Luo Mingshu, draped in a light silk robe and veil.
Luo Mingshu: "?" My body is perfectly healthy, and you won't let me touch these treasures?
"It's alright, I'll lie down a bit more, you can go now." Luo Mingshu waved to her, she still didn't quite understand what this place was for.
But as expected of a deeper exploration scenario, the configuration is much more advanced.
“Beautiful goddess, let me help you down.” The fairy ignored Luo Mingshu’s request and stepped forward to take her hand.
Luo Mingshu asked her, "You..."
“Beautiful goddess, I am a new palace maid in Wuji Palace, named Hanyu.” The fairy smiled at her, “It is understandable that you do not recognize me.”
Luo Mingshu thanked Misty Star Sea; at least this person wasn't called "xxfa" anymore.
“I…” Luo Mingshu found that the characters in the scene were no longer as rigid as those in Yingtian Palace. They were not so easy to fool, and their actions were more logical.
Therefore, questions like "Who am I?" should not be asked, otherwise it would be too incongruous.
"I'd like to stay in the hall and rest for a while longer," Luo Mingshu said to Han Yu, shaking her head as if she had finally gotten used to her persona.
She decided to change the name of the Spirit Network before coming in next time, because even a little fairy's name sounds better than hers now.
“You, the beautiful goddess, are deeply in love with the Supreme Immortal Lord, but he will not return for nearly a hundred years, so you… you should stop waiting for him day and night.” Han Yu clutched her chest and said to Luo Mingshu in a sorrowful tone.
Luo Mingshu: "..." What the hell is this? Help me, I want to respond to the Heavenly Palace.
At the same time, Xu Qian, a female cultivator whose online name was "Loves Steamed Buns," was dazzled by the blazing sun in front of her.
“Young Miss, the eldest son of the Yangchuan family has lost his immortal bones. Didn’t you say you were going to annul the engagement today?” A guard dressed in red rushed up and asked respectfully.
Xu Qian looked up at the sky. Knowing all too well that there was no one who could fight, she naturally understood what the current situation meant.
This exploration scene... has been contaminated again by his strange mind, which is well-versed in all kinds of storybooks.
You should know that he not only reads palace intrigue novels, but also "Don't underestimate a young man's potential" novels, and he is also very familiar with novels about chasing after one's wife through cremation, and even novels about substitutes.
Aside from upholding his last line as a straight man, he read every single novel that was selling well in bookstores and street stalls.
"Meng Weifang, don't let me see you again." Xu Qian gritted her teeth and recited the name of the spirit network, which was "There's not a single one who can fight." She had finally managed to solo through the beginner level of the Misty Star Sea, but she didn't expect to run into him here again.
The current exploration scene in the Misty Star Sea is already vast and difficult to explore, and with his strange imagination, who knows what he will create.
As if remembering something, she asked her red-clad guard, "What is the name of the eldest son of the Yangchuan family?"
"His name is Nengda," the red-clad guard said respectfully. "Young Miss... do you... do you still want to annul the engagement?"
"Retreat! Of course we'll retreat! Retreat the hell out of here!" Xu Qian took a big step forward. "I'll teach him not to underestimate a young man's potential! I'll make him poor right now!"
The perspective shifts back to Luo Mingshu, who stands frozen in place, taking a long time to accept her persona as someone who is "unrequitedly in love with someone."
“Beautiful goddess, your body is weak because you saved the immortal lord. The immortal lord is grateful for your kindness, which is why he is with you, but... he doesn’t love you. What’s the use of you waiting here in vain?” Han Yu found an opportunity to tell the background story of Luo Mingshu, the “beautiful goddess.”
Luo Mingshu's vision went black, and she almost fainted. If that damned Immortal Lord was called Anonymous Cultivator, she would have left this Misty Star Sea immediately.
"Immortal Lord, does he wear black clothes? Does he have a tail?" Luo Mingshu asked tentatively.
“The Immortal Lord usually wears white clothes and has a tail…that’s something only the lowest-ranking demons have…how could the Immortal Lord possibly have one?!” Han Yu said tremblingly.
"Oh, okay, pick a few demons for me to play with." Luo Mingshu thought to herself, "Is this really a good thing?"
“Beautiful goddess…you can’t degrade yourself like this even if you’re sick from missing the immortal lord…” Han Yu cried as she spoke. “To associate with the demons is utterly absurd.”
"Don't cry." Luo Mingshu grabbed Han Yu's chin. "I'll go if I tell you to. I'm a goddess now, the mistress of this damn palace. You'll do whatever I tell you to do. Even if the Immortal Lord comes back, I'll use my turtle to kill him. Do you hear me?"
Han Yu trembled with fear and could only say repeatedly, "I...I heard it."
Luo Mingshu was satisfied and sat back on her divine throne, waiting for Han Yu to bring back the demon beauties. This Supreme Immortal Lord ignored her and stayed out for a long time, indulging in philandering. It wouldn't be too much for her to stay in the divine palace and have a few demon beauties herself, right?
"Are you kidding me? What's going on with this exploration scene?" She felt a strange sense of déjà vu about how absurd this scene was. Could it be that she had run into those weirdos again? Luo Mingshu began to feel nervous. Only when these kinds of people got together could they come up with something like this.
Not long after, Han Yu ran back, her feet treading on the light gauze, and in her panic, she almost tripped over the hem of her trailing skirt.
Luo Mingshu fiddled with a white jade bracelet, then raised her eyelashes and asked directly, "What's wrong?"
"An accident has occurred in Heavenly Prison; the demons imprisoned there have rebelled," Han Yu said in a panic.
"Oh, then you should go and quell the unrest." Luo Mingshu remained completely calm.
"No... He was very quiet at first, but when I sent the divine general over to inquire, one of the demons asked, 'Do you want one person or several?'" Han Yu had been too frightened by Luo Mingshu to dare to neglect her. "Of course we said several, Goddess, didn't you just want a few demons?"
Luo Mingshu: "..." Oh no.
"After we told him we wanted 'a few people,' he knocked down all the demons around him. Demons are really terrifying; when they go crazy, they even attack their own people. Then he asked who wanted the 'demon beauty,' and we were scared, so we told him it was you, Goddess. He immediately overturned a group of divine soldiers and generals and came this way." Han Yu rushed directly to the throne behind Luo Mingshu. "Super beautiful Goddess, I'm sorry, please let me hide here."
Han Yu lowered her head and crawled behind Luo Mingshu's throne.
Luo Mingshu: "I'm physically weak, you need to come out and shield me."
"Stunningly beautiful goddess...you...I'm scared too, sob sob sob." Han Yu said in a trembling voice.
"What's the name of that demon?" Luo Mingshu asked. Although she roughly knew the answer, she still wanted Han Yu to say the other party's code name herself. She wouldn't allow only her code name to be unpleasant.
“Call me… Ninety-two,” Han Yu whispered.
Luo Mingshu: "..." What's with the strangely pleasant sound?
At this moment, footsteps came from outside the hall. She looked up and saw a familiar face in the celestial clouds. However, the appearance had changed since Yingtian Palace. He had a more refined face, and his seemingly affectionate peach blossom eyes were looking straight at her.
Anonymous cultivator, it really is you! Luo Mingshu silently recited the six-word mantra "deceive hearts, deceive bodies, deceive money" in her heart, and then stood up and spread her hands towards Xie Changming.
Xie Changming lowered his head slightly, discarding the remaining chains and cold flames on his wrist. Along the way, some of the immortal plants by the roadside were scorched and drooped listlessly on the ground.
He entered the Wuji Hall and stood in front of Luo Mingshu.
"How many do you want?" he asked her, his long, butterfly-like eyelashes drooping slightly.
"I want one; the others are for the other fairies in the palace," Luo Mingshu said. Small. Piano. Organize.
"Oh." Xie Changming walked past Luo Mingshu and plopped down in her original spot.
At this moment, Han Yu, who had been hiding behind the throne, scrambled out and defended herself with a tearful voice: "We didn't have any, it was all the goddess who wanted them, sob sob sob."
Then she dashed out, leaving only Luo Mingshu and Xie Changming staring at each other in the empty hall.
Luo Mingshu blinked; she remained calm.
“There’s nothing else. I’ve thrown everything else out of the Heavenly Realm,” he said to Luo Mingshu.
Luo Mingshu said to him seriously, "You are such a stingy person."
“I am not human.” He raised his eyelashes slightly and said to Luo Mingshu.
Luo Mingshu got tired of standing and, seeing that the anonymous cultivator showed no intention of getting up, nudged his elbow and said, "Give me a seat."
Xie Changming moved aside a little, and Luo Mingshu sat next to him. Fortunately, the throne was spacious enough to comfortably seat two people.
"What's going on now?" Luo Mingshu asked, stroking her chin.
"Bitterly in love with the Supreme Immortal Lord for a thousand years?" Xie Changming's deep voice echoed in her ear. Although the scene created by this Misty Star Sea was completely virtual, it could still glimpse some of the cultivator's inner thoughts.
Luo Mingshu felt wronged: "What do I love about? If someone ignores me for a thousand years, I'll blow their head off!"
Her words were a veiled reference to the anonymous cultivator who had blocked her main account; they were a veiled insult, tinged with resentment.
Xie Changming pursed his lips slightly, feeling as if Luo Mingshu was cursing him.
"I can't see through this misty starry sea anymore." Luo Mingshu had lost her way at this point in her journey. "Back in Yingtian Palace, a palace maid told me to find a way to kill the Chaos Emperor. What am I supposed to do here?"
"If I could, I'd like to kill that Supreme Immortal Lord. Damn it, I'll use my turtle to kill him." Luo Mingshu began to imagine a bright future.
Xie Changming leaned back, looking at Luo Mingshu's beautiful profile and her trembling long eyelashes, and nodded, saying, "Okay."
"What can I do?" Luo Mingshu asked.
“We can find a way to kill him. Since this is the Misty Star Sea, we only need to follow our hearts,” Xie Changming said confidently.
Considering her own identity, Luo Mingshu looked at Xie Changming with confusion, then at her own hands. This situation seemed to remind her of some literary works, and she murmured to herself, "This... could you be Xi Qing, and I be Pan Lian?"
Xie Changming: "..." It seems to make some sense.
Luo Mingshu sat on the throne, haphazardly pondering her next course of action, while Xie Changming sat quietly beside her, watching her.
Luo Mingshu can do whatever she wants... Anyway, from beginning to end, he was the one who accompanied her to this Misty Star Sea.
However, just as Luo Mingshu was thinking, the creature that she had been stuffing into the cage and telling him, "This is an adult story, children shouldn't read it," slowly climbed out of the cage. He also took out the soul-summoning bell that Luo Mingshu had entrusted to him.
Slowly, it held up the Soul-Calling Bell with its two forelimbs and presented it to Luo Mingshu. At this moment, the bell, which had been silent for a long time, began to vibrate slightly.
"What is this?" Xie Changming remembered that Luo Mingshu had brought it with her when they were at Fengsha Ferry.
"It's a token for finding my junior brother in the sect," Luo Mingshu replied casually, never one to mince words.
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