Chapter 36 Thirty-Six Cuts "No wonder you've been single for three hundred years"...
Before Luo Mingshu took Xu Qian away, she already had her own plan.
She watched the farcical annulment under the sacred tree, crunching loudly as she chewed on the pine nuts in her hand.
"I've made up my mind!" Luo Mingshu began to talk about her wonderful ideals. "Not only will I kill that Supreme Immortal Lord, but I will also unify the Heavenly Realm and let them know who the strongest cultivator in the Heavenly Realm is."
Even outside the Misty Star Sea, Luo Mingshu had long wanted to do this, but her cultivation level was not high enough, and unifying the Heavenly Realm was just a dream for her.
Now that all the figures in the Misty Star Sea are matched with their cultivation levels, the goal of unifying the Heavenly Realm no longer seems far away. Therefore, Luo Mingshu can now boldly express her dreams.
When Xie Changming heard her say that, he didn't laugh at her. He just nodded and said, "Okay."
Luo Mingshu was planning that the first step in unifying the Immortal Realm was to seize the high ground of public opinion. After all, there were so many minor immortals and cultivators in the Heavenly Realm, and she couldn't use violence to coerce them all. The first thing she needed to do was to win people's hearts.
Now, the news pamphlets in the Heavenly Realm are publishing strange news about her every day, portraying her as a tragic goddess driven mad by love. She can only be powerless and furious because the Heavenly Realm is so backward that it doesn't even have internet access. Luo Mingshu's skills as a troll on the Spirit Network have nowhere to be used.
Now things are fine, but when she saw Xu Qian, besides feeling extremely unlucky, she also thought of the other party's ability to distort the truth and spread rumors in the palace network of Yingtian Palace.
This is a ready-made talent; she must poach her. She'll be the head of the news department at Wuji Palace.
So, as Xu Qian walked towards her, Luo Mingshu patted her on the shoulder and entrusted her with an important task: "When you come to my Wuji Palace in the future, I will start a column newspaper just like the 'Heavenly Gossip Gazette'. You will be responsible for the writing. Damn it, I will definitely portray the Supreme Immortal Lord as a heartless scumbag."
Xu Qian was very satisfied with her job; it was much better than being teammates with Meng Weifang, as she could shine in a field she was interested in.
But she still had one question.
She pointed to Xie Changming standing next to Luo Mingshu: "Such a beautiful goddess, so what is he doing?"
Luo Mingshu remembered that Xie Changming was very good at fighting, so she temporarily assigned him a task: "He will also serve as the captain of the Wuji Hall's security team. If anyone has any objections to what we have written, he can settle it with one punch."
Xie Changming leaned closer and asked her in a low voice, "Can't be a gigolo anymore?"
Luo Mingshu thought he was dreaming: "Are you kidding me? What you said in front of others was just an excuse. How could I possibly support a pretty boy who does nothing but has a pretty face?"
Xie Changming was quite disappointed. Xu Qian had to go back to Penglai Immortal Island to pack her belongings before she could report to Wuji Hall the next day. Luo Mingshu saw that it was getting dark and was preparing to go back with Xie Changming when Meng Weifang, the eldest son of the Yangchuan family, rushed over.
"She really wants to go to Wuji Palace?" Meng Weifang asked. "She actually...abandoned me?"
"Go and act out your 'Don't Bully the Young and Poor' script," Luo Mingshu encouraged him. "Now, the young lady of Penglai Immortal Island is going to climb the social ladder and her entire clan is ascending to immortality."
"What do you want to do?" Meng Weifang looked at Luo Mingshu suspiciously. "Aren't you afraid that when the Supreme Immortal Lord returns and sees you making such a scene, he will divorce you?"
Luo Mingshu was shocked: "Such a good thing?"
"According to... according to common sense, you should have used your own death to make the Supreme Immortal Lord realize his true feelings for you, and thus win his true love." Meng Weifang, as expected of someone who had read three hundred books of "wife-chasing crematorium" novels, could easily conjure up such a plot.
"How is that possible?" Luo Mingshu asked in disbelief. "It's just for fun in storybooks, but if it really happened to me, I'd punch him and send him flying. Why doesn't he just die on his own?"
“What you’re doing will…affect the final judgment of the Misty Star Sea,” Meng Weifang said, clenching his fist.
"I'm not short of money, and I can't manage the resources of such a large area. I'm just here to have fun. Do I need to care about the final result?" Luo Mingshu laughed. "You think you can beat the young master? You're still too shallow. No wonder even your teammates don't want you anymore."
"You—" Meng Weifang rushed forward, looking indignant, then asked in a low voice, "Can't I really join in while dressed as a woman?"
“No.” Luo Mingshu refused. She didn’t intend to support an idle person unless Meng Weifang demonstrated his abilities.
Please, last time in Yingtian Palace, it was clearly Guard Bao who carried him. So why should she just take one Guard Bao? Why should she take this "buy one get one free" deal? She feels it's a waste to eat an extra bite of food.
“Being…being a male concubine isn’t impossible…” Meng Weifang said tentatively, but before he could finish speaking, Xie Changming flicked him away.
"Let's go." Xie Changming threw the person out, withdrew his hand, turned his head to look at Luo Mingshu, his face calm, as if he had not done anything wrong.
Luo Mingshu tilted her head slightly to meet his gaze and asked seriously, "Xie Changming, you're not... jealous, are you?"
No way, how could this demon be jealous of something like this?
Xie Changming looked at her and nodded.
Luo Mingshu felt he was too honest, admitting to everything when questioned, and achieving her goal so easily made her feel no sense of accomplishment from online fraud.
So, to test him, Luo Mingshu pretended to be unable to walk and stood still, saying, "Oh no, I don't think I have the strength to drive the turtle anymore."
Xie Changming asked her, "You really don't want to open?"
Actually, Luo Mingshu really wanted to open the shop, but she wanted to get Xie Changming for free.
So she shook her head and said, "It seems like the turtle has some problems and can't be started."
Luo Mingshu lowered her head slightly, thinking to herself that Xie Changming would definitely ask her if she needed him to take her flying this time.
Unexpectedly, Xie Changming said firmly, "I can fix it for you."
He thought that Luo Mingshu seemed to really love driving, so he couldn't take away her hobby—the feeling of sitting in the back seat of a tortoise was actually quite nice.
Luo Mingshu: "..." No wonder you've been single for three hundred years.
She reached out her hand to him, deciding to cut to the chase and say, "Carry me back home."
Xie Changming reached out and pulled her into his arms. He held her as they flew into the sky, his tone cheerful: "Why didn't you say so sooner?"
Luo Mingshu lay in his arms, and she felt that the scene was somewhat familiar. She raised her hand and touched Xie Changming's chest, and felt that this embrace was radiating an aura worth a million.
"No spirit stones, right?" Luo Mingshu asked.
Xie Changming chuckled softly: "No need."
Luo Mingshu rarely saw him smile. At this moment, she looked up and saw the corners of his mouth slightly curved. She thought that her online scam seemed to be very successful. This anonymous cultivator was about to fall in love.
As expected, the name "Shushu is super beautiful" is the most effective on the Spirit Network. No wonder Lu Yaoyao uses it herself, Luo Mingshu thought to herself.
They returned to Wuji Palace, where Hanyu, the fairy who served Luo Mingshu, had already heard the news that Luo Mingshu had personally brought the young lady of Penglai Immortal Island back to Wuji Palace.
Perhaps it was because Xie Changming looked somewhat docile standing next to Luo Mingshu, and the murderous aura he exuded in the Heavenly Prison had completely vanished, that Han Yu dared to approach Luo Mingshu more closely: "Beautiful goddess, how did you bring the gluttonous young lady from Penglai Immortal Island back to Wuji Palace?"
"Penglai Immortal Island is home to a prestigious family. Isn't she worthy of it?" Luo Mingshu asked bluntly.
“It’s not a matter of her status, it’s just… her temperament is not good.” Han Yu shook her head and said, “She is too self-centered, and even went against the ancestral rules to break off her engagement.”
"Please, you can get a seven-day return policy on top-grade magic treasures in the Heavenly Market now, so why can't this engagement be canceled?" Luo Mingshu laughed.
“Our Wuji Palace needs a gentle and kind-hearted fairy.” Han Yu didn’t expect Luo Mingshu to dare to break the long-standing rules of Wuji Palace.
"Are you referring to the gentle nature of that little fairy this morning who said I degraded myself by associating with the filthy demons?" Luo Mingshu's lips curled into a smile. "That's truly an 'excellent nature.'"
"Beautiful goddess, please forgive us... we were just worried about you." Han Yu trembled as she apologized repeatedly.
"Aren't the little fairies in your Wuji Palace just there to serve me? What, do I need your permission to bring people back?" Luo Mingshu pushed Han Yu's shoulder aside with one hand and strode into the Wuji Palace. She didn't like this new character. She thought the maids in Yingtian Palace were much better, and even the 183 next to the anonymous cultivator was cuter than her.
After Luo Mingshu left, Xie Changming stood still and glanced down at Han Yu.
Han Yu felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave. Under Xie Changming's gaze, she even found it difficult to move a finger.
"Where is your family after leaving that fairy this morning?" Xie Changming asked her.
Han Yu's lips trembled, and she remained silent. It wasn't that she wanted to help others keep their secret, but rather that she was too afraid to form words.
Xie Changming tapped Han Yu's head, and a wisp of gray divine sense was extracted from it. He then crushed it with his finger, and the divine sense disappeared. He also received the information.
He stepped away from there, and when he returned to Luo Mingshu's side, the icy aura around him had disappeared.
"What's wrong?" Luo Mingshu asked him. "Did something happen?"
"I'm leaving temporarily tonight," Xie Changming said to Luo Mingshu, turning his back to her.
Luo Mingshu was clearly clingy: "What are you going to do? We're teammates, can't we go together?"
Xie Changming: "..." You didn't say that when you broke up other teams.
"I can go alone," Xie Changming refused.
Luo Mingshu is the kind of person who will do the opposite of what you tell her to do, so she got excited: "Take me with you, I want to see the show too."
"Don't be afraid when you go," Xie Changming said, turning around to scare her.
"What...what could I possibly be afraid of?" Luo Mingshu felt that he looked down on her.
"Okay," Xie Changming said, feigning agreement.
That evening, Xie Changming deliberately didn't leave, waiting until Luo Mingshu rubbed her eyes and asked him, "Aren't you going tonight?"
"I probably shouldn't go," Xie Changming replied.
Luo Mingshu went back to her room, and after she stopped making any noise, Xie Changming went outside the palace to prepare to leave.
But just as he was about to leap into the sky, a figure suddenly rushed out from the shadows of the eaves under the moonlight: "Xie Changming, you're doing bad things without taking me with you?"
Luo Mingshu grabbed Xie Changming's sleeve: "If you dare to leave, I'll replace the Wuji Palace security captain with the capable young master from the Yangchuan family tomorrow."
Xie Changming led her over. Luo Mingshu did indeed look like she had just woken up from a nightmare, still wearing her nightgown.
"Go change your clothes." He placed his hands on her shoulders and pushed her back into the room.
Luo Mingshu returned to her room and yawned. She was genuinely curious about what Xie Changming was going to do.
Fortunately, Xie Changming didn't run away this time. He waited outside for her to get ready for a long time before Luo Mingshu came out of the room, looking radiant.
Xie Changming extended his hand to her, and Luo Mingshu took his hand: "What are you going to do?"
“One of the demons in the Heavenly Prison is missing.” It’s remarkable that Xie Changming remembered how many of his fellow demons were imprisoned while “beating” them. “I threw all the demons who left back to the Demon Realm, but the whereabouts of one of the demons they said ‘left before’ are unknown.”
“This morning, that little fairy carried a trace of demonic aura. Since you sent her away, she will naturally return to her own family,” Xie Changming said to Luo Mingshu. “I need to go see her.”
Luo Mingshu was led into the air by him. She was actually quite envious of Xie Changming for having fellow countrymen. Even in the exploration scene created by the Misty Star Sea, he could see fellow countrymen. But she didn't even know what race she was.
"Why won't you take me with you?" Luo Mingshu protested.
"I'm afraid I'll scare you," Xie Changming explained simply.
Luo Mingshu wasn't afraid. Xie Changming led her towards the central part of the Heavenly Realm. Ahead lay a luxurious city, its lights stretching as far as the eye could see. Even after becoming immortals, cultivators couldn't sever their worldly desires, and their lifestyle remained the same as when they lived in the mortal realm.
"Here?" Luo Mingshu frowned as she looked at the city.
"Hmm." Xie Changming took her hand and walked inside. There were restrictions outside the city, but Xie Changming crossed the restrictions with ease, without attracting anyone's attention.
The family to which the little fairy who was expelled from Wuji Palace belonged was the largest aristocratic family in the city. So, following the aura of that demon, they flew all the way to the center of the city.
Luo Mingshu was most perceptive to such events, and she realized something as soon as she discovered that the demon had brought her here.
Xie Changming led her through the barriers outside the aristocratic mansion once again, venturing deeper inside until they reached the main hall in the center.
They concealed themselves, attracting no attention, when suddenly a woman's scream rang out from inside the hall: "Ah—"
"Father, I never imagined that you would... bring back such filthy things!" This voice came from the little fairy who had been expelled from Wuji Palace by Luo Mingshu today.
“Biyu, you don’t know… these demons are extremely difficult to capture. They seem to be born to be opposed to our Heavenly Realm, but the flesh and blood of demons are of great benefit to the cultivation of Heavenly Realm cultivators,” the clan leader said in a deep voice.
Before him lay a demon, the very one Xie Changming had noticed had gone missing. The ropes binding him had the effect of restricting the flow of magical power, so he could only hang his head, unable to move. However, judging from the side profile peeking out from his stray hairs, this demon also possessed astonishing beauty.
All demons are beautiful; they possess a strange allure.
The clan chief, holding a dagger, patted the missing demon's cheek: "I pulled some strings to get him out of the Heavenly Prison. If we draw his blood... and then take his soul..."
Luo Mingshu and Xie Changming stood outside the hall, watching everything that was happening inside. Xie Changming watched coldly, his face expressionless, as if he had seen similar situations many times before.
Luo Mingshu, on the other hand, became excited and reached into her spatial pouch.
Of course—Xie Changming was still angry, otherwise he would have noticed Luo Mingshu's subtle actions.
Just as he was about to make his move, Luo Mingshu revealed herself and took out the Thunder Cannon, a heavy magic weapon she had used in Yingtian Palace, from her spatial pouch.
She had placed the magical artifact on the ground at some point, and when her aura appeared, the celestial cultivators who were discussing how to "deal with" this demon all looked over.
At this moment, the dagger in the clan chief's hand was pressed against the thin neck of the frail boy, as if it would fall down at any moment.
Luo Mingshu acted swiftly and decisively. A booming sound rang out, attracting heavenly lightning, which roared into the main hall and struck the clan leader in the chest.
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