Chapter 37 Thirty-Seven Cuts "My teeth are very sharp..."
Luo Mingshu's Thunder Cannon is no joke. It takes a lot of time to set up this magic weapon, making it almost impossible to use in actual combat. However, in positional warfare, the Thunder Cannon, under her control, can withstand the attacks of several Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
In the Misty Star Sea, all characters have a cultivation level cap. Excluding Xie Changming, whose cultivation level is impossible to calculate due to a bug, the average cultivation level of other cultivators is around the Nascent Soul stage. Here, even the minor boss-level cultivators are only at the early stage of the Soul Formation stage.
So when Luo Mingshu fired that shot, she almost blew the top of the opponent's head off—which also proved that her claim of unifying the immortal realm was not just empty talk; she really did have that ability.
Little Fairy Biyu, who was standing there dumbfounded, saw her father's body separated from his head, and all of this happened in the blink of an eye.
The dagger that the clan leader had been holding came loose and fell to the ground with a clatter. The bound demon hung his head, showing no fear on his face; he simply remained silent.
After Luo Mingshu made her move, several cultivators present recognized her.
"Isn't this the stunningly beautiful goddess of Wuji Palace? Has she truly been bewitched by the demons and joined forces with them?"
"Quickly—quickly report to the Divine General! Even a goddess does not have the authority to arbitrarily execute a clan leader in the Heavenly Realm!"
“Beautiful goddess, don’t think that just because you’re the Supreme Immortal Lord’s nominal Daoist partner you can do whatever you want. When the Immortal Lord returns, he will take you to the Execution Platform.”
These people cried out in alarm, and some tried to run away in a panic.
Of course, Xie Changming wouldn't give them a chance. He turned to the side and covered Luo Mingshu's eyes with his large hand.
His body radiated a dark energy that was almost invisible in the darkness. But when the dark flames fell to the ground, they struck the crowns of the cultivators in the hall, creating large holes in the ground. Those who were instantly killed fell into these gaps without even being able to scream.
In just a breath, Luo Mingshu smelled a strong stench of blood in the air, and the surroundings became quiet.
Xie Changming moved his hand away, leaving the main hall empty except for the demon who had been taken away, kneeling in the center.
He stepped forward, picked up the dagger from the ground, and swiftly cut the ropes binding him. After being severed, the ropes turned into a wisp of smoke and disappeared.
“Go back,” Xie Changming said to him. He pointed forward, and a formation that could traverse space appeared.
The slender, beautiful demon stood up, bowed his head, nodded to Xie Changming, and then stepped into the dark array, as if stepping into an endless abyss, his figure disappearing from sight.
"I told you not to come," Xie Changming said to Luo Mingshu. "Seeing something like this makes me unhappy."
Luo Mingshu asked, "Are you unhappy because I saw you kill all the clansmen in the hall?"
She naturally didn't mind these things, because Xie Changming's methods were far more artistic than hers, leaving no trace whatsoever, except for the bloodstains where she had bombarded with the Thunder Cannon.
“I meant before,” Xie Changming said, having just sensed Luo Mingshu’s anger.
In reality, Luo Mingshu is happy most of the time. She rarely wrongs herself, and even if she gets angry from arguing with someone, she doesn't take it to heart.
Of course, Luo Mingshu was indeed angry just now, which is why she took action directly. She should never forget the scene of the demon being bound and waiting for death.
It seemed to be their race's nature, but he had never heard that the Yinglong clan's compassion for all living beings included even the demon race.
"Before? Indeed," Luo Mingshu said. "Why is the Demon Race like this in the Misty Star Sea, and also outside?"
"Of course not," Xie Changming replied. He had been back in the Demon Realm for two hundred years and would naturally not allow such a thing to happen again.
This is also why he only thought of looking for Luo Mingshu two hundred years later.
“I knew there was a reason why I wanted to unify the Immortal Realm.” Luo Mingshu stepped forward. She saw the teleportation array created by Xie Changming disappear and peeked in that direction. “That demon chief was quite handsome.”
Xie Changming: "..." Okay, I know you're a pervert.
"Does it have a tail too?" Luo Mingshu asked.
“His original form is an owl, which has no tail,” Xie Changming said.
"What is your original form, a little dog?" Luo Mingshu looked at Xie Changming's clothes and licked her lips. She thought of the night Xie Changming wagged his tail at her.
“It’s ‘wolf’,” Xie Changming corrected her.
"It's not a puppy hook?" Luo Mingshu was shocked and a little disgusted. "What a pity, but you can still conjure it up for me to play with."
Xie Changming refused: "You haven't changed back either."
"I won't change back unless there's a super big and luxurious pool." Luo Mingshu has extremely high requirements for her living environment.
"You change first," Xie Changming said.
"You promised me first." Luo Mingshu refused to change her mind first.
Of course, the argument ended without a resolution. The two of them pretended nothing had happened and went straight back to Wuji Hall.
The next day, Xu Qian arrived at Wuji Palace with ten carriages full of luggage. The Wuji Palace Gazette Editorial Department was officially established. Luo Mingshu wanted to launch a new gazette to compete with the nonsensical "Heavenly Gossip Gazette" and control the high ground of public opinion.
Of course, the latest issue of the "Heavenly Gossip Gazette" was also delivered to them.
[The young lady of Penglai Immortal Island abandoned her fiancé and is now happily clinging to the coattails of the Wuji Palace. However, the Wuji Palace is no better place. The stunningly beautiful goddess, consumed by love, is capricious and prone to violence, even arbitrarily beating, insulting, and driving away the palace's lesser immortals. How long can this love-obsessed young lady last? It's worrying!]
The Qi family was brutally wiped out, its core members vanished overnight. Qi Biyu is the pitiful little fairy who was driven away by the stunningly beautiful goddess yesterday. With her entire clan dead, can she still shoulder the heavy responsibility of her family?
[The Qi family's remains left with demonic energy. Could this be the work of the demons who escaped from Heavenly Prison? All cultivators of the Heavenly Realm, please be extra careful when venturing out.]
[The ethereal beauty of Dongzhi Wonderland, Little Cold Fairy, is about to return. What will happen next? Let's wait and see.]
After browsing through the contents of the tabloid, Luo Mingshu almost tore it up. Strictly speaking, the destruction of the Qi family was indeed done by the demons, since Xie Changming was also a demon. However, she had also gotten involved. Judging from how skilled the family was, they probably had done a lot of sabotage on captured demons before.
The truth is clearly this, yet that tabloid still managed to portray the demons as the perpetrators; they must be blind and confused.
Although Luo Mingshu really wanted to see the real and fake white moonlight tearing each other apart in Dongzhi Wonderland, it seemed that Little Cold Fairy was slow-moving, so she could do something else first.
"This Heavenly Realm is far too backward, it doesn't even have a spiritual network. Otherwise, I would just go online and roast him to death." Luo Mingshu said, cursing. "If you like steamed buns, you write one for me and we'll go head-to-head with him."
Xu Qian was in high spirits. She moistened her brush on the inkstone and asked, "Super beautiful goddess, let's give the tabloid a name first."
"Let's call it 'Heavenly Real First-Hand News (Official Production)'." Luo Mingshu came up with a name quickly. "We are the Wuji Palace, the authority in the Heavenly Realm. If we're not the official body, who is?"
“Okay.” Xu Qian began writing her article and, under Luo Mingshu’s guidance, officially went head-to-head with the “Heavenly Gossip Gazette”.
[First-hand, undisclosed news: The Qi family secretly abducted a demon from the Heavenly Prison. Is this the annihilation of humanity or a loss of morality?! —It is said that in recent years, the Qi family members' cultivation has advanced by leaps and bounds, rivaling even the cultivation speed of demons. Demon blood is said to enhance cultivation. The Qi family's extermination—is this simply the karmic cycle of fate?]
[A stunningly beautiful goddess falls ill from love?! The Supreme Immortal Lord has been gone for a thousand years, and the lingering illness she sustained while saving his life remains. Despite her frail body, she bravely awaits his return—even when faced with a demon man of unparalleled beauty, she manages to uphold her principles, refusing to take him as a male concubine to alleviate her loneliness, and instead uprightly appointing him as the captain of security at the Wuji Palace. Such a strong-willed woman, yet she too has become mad with love?! Is it she who has gone mad, or you, the onlookers?]
[The gluttonous young lady of Penglai Immortal Island abandons her fiancé? My friends, when you go shopping at the Celestial Market, would you buy something that doesn't support a seven-day no-reason return policy? If this applies to items, what about people?!]
[Little Cold Fairy is the white moonlight, hahaha, let's cheer her on so she can reach Dongzhi Wonderland soon and tear that scumbag to pieces.]
Xu Qian's writing is sharp and skillful, each word hitting the nail on the head. Every news item hits the point that readers care about most. Moreover, compared to "Heavenly Gossip Gazette", perhaps because of its backing, "Heavenly Real First-hand News (Official Production)" seems to be more daring and describes events more realistically.
"The stunning goddess, the 'Heavenly Gossip Gazette' sells for a thousand spirit stones a copy. How much should we price it? My writing is so precious, how about we sell it for three times the price?" Xu Qian asked excitedly after finishing the first draft of today's news. She felt they were about to make a fortune.
"One thousand spirit stones per copy? Is the cover made of gold or the pages?" Luo Mingshu's goal wasn't to make money at all; she had other, easier ways to earn it. "Let's sell it for one spirit stone per copy, so everyone in the Heavenly Realm can read it."
“One spirit stone isn’t enough to cover costs.” Han Yu, the highest-ranking fairy in charge of the Wuji Palace, was the first to object. “Beautiful goddess, are you going to operate at a loss?”
"Anyway, it's money from Wuji Palace that's being spent." Luo Mingshu said confidently. Wuji Palace was the property of the Supreme Immortal Lord. If she didn't spend it now, she wouldn't have the chance to spend it again once that Immortal Lord came back and kicked her out.
"Even if... even if Wuji Palace is rich, it can't withstand your extravagant spending, Goddess!" Han Yu said, sobbing. She hated Luo Mingshu for being such a spendthrift.
"We'll take on ads once more people have seen it. Don't you understand? This is way more profitable than selling directly. Besides—our goal isn't to make money, it's to let everyone know the truth," Luo Mingshu said confidently.
Han Yu muttered to herself, "Crazy... Stunning goddess, is it really because you haven't seen the Supreme Immortal Lord for so long that you're like this..."
"Do you also want to be fired by me?" Luo Mingshu asked her with a smile.
"I dare not—" Han Yu said, lowering her head.
Luo Mingshu was very satisfied. That afternoon, the newly published "Celestial Realm First-hand News (Official Production)" spread throughout the entire Celestial Realm. Because its price was so cheap, almost every cultivator bought a copy—even if they didn't read it, it was still worth it to take it back as toilet paper.
Of course, some cultivators, bored while squatting in the toilet, would read the contents of the tabloid and exclaim "Holy crap!" after reading it.
"Does the Qi family really cultivate using the blood of demons? I was wondering why their clansmen's cultivation levels have increased so rapidly these days..."
"Those demons imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison were prisoners we took away during the last conflict between our Heavenly Realm and the Demon Realm. Similarly, there are human cultivators in the Demon Realm. The Qi family's actions have disgraced our Immortal Realm."
"Tsk tsk tsk, now they've been avenged. What a karmic cycle! Are those demons easy to mess with? Even if they're few in number, each one of them is terrifying when they fight to the death."
Ultimately, it stems from other cultivators' jealousy of the Qi family's secret use of demonic blood for cultivation—something they themselves didn't have the opportunity to do. Now that the Qi family has received their just deserts, they naturally rejoice.
Because of this tabloid, some people realized that the "strong and resilient" super beautiful goddess had single-handedly supported the Wuji Palace and maintained the order of the Heavenly Realm during the thousand years that the Supreme Immortal Lord was away, and she was even injured!
These tabloids circulated throughout the streets and alleys. In an inconspicuous teahouse, some people were sipping fragrant tea while carefully reading the words in the tabloids.
He had been wandering in the Misty Star Sea for a long time and had a deeper understanding of the exploration scene than other new explorers. So when he saw the "Celestial Realm First-hand News (Official Production)" for the first time, he knew that this tabloid was the work of an explorer.
Because the world created in the Misty Star Sea has its own set of rules and values that will not be easily changed, only explorers from the outside world can make such unique statements.
Another new cultivator has arrived... Wei Qing tidied up the newspaper on the table, paid for the tea, and after saying goodbye, he flew towards the more remote and desolate Blazing Sun Desert. He seemed to not want to meet the other explorers.
Meanwhile, in the Wuji Hall, Luo Mingshu had achieved her goal and was discussing with Han Yu the construction of a luxurious artificial lake within the hall.
"A stunningly beautiful goddess, Wuji Palace is situated at an extremely high altitude, overlooking all the immortals, but water is also extremely scarce... Are you sure you want to build an artificial lake here?" Han Yu had become quite haggard these days, and when she heard Luo Mingshu's unreasonable request again, her eyes were empty, as if she had already resigned herself to her fate.
“Build it.” Luo Mingshu lowered her head and put the chilled fruit tea into her mouth. “Also, make sure all the things I use on a daily basis are prepared, and there can be no shortages.”
“Beautiful goddess, the rainwater or snowmelt you mentioned from a certain season is not easy to collect, and those strange foods have extremely complicated preparation processes.” Han Yu frowned slightly and protested in a low voice.
"Were you feeding me pig feed before? The Supreme Immortal Lord dared to marry me as his Daoist partner even though he had no money? Are you kidding me?" Luo Mingshu was confused. She didn't expect that although the buildings here were luxurious, the conditions provided to her were not actually that refined.
In reality, the Supreme Immortal Lord was wealthy, and perhaps feeling guilty towards the Super Beautiful Goddess, his Wuji Palace always granted her every request. However, since the Supreme Immortal Lord had been away for a long time, some of the lesser immortals in the Wuji Palace had been hoarding spirit stones, and the money was being siphoned off layer by layer, causing them to become increasingly neglectful of the Super Beautiful Goddess.
"Don't think I don't know what you're up to behind the scenes." Luo Mingshu shook her finger at Han Yu. "I'll give you three days to return the spirit stones you've embezzled, or I'll contact the Heavenly Prison."
“A stunningly beautiful goddess…you…” Han Yu said softly. She had never done such things, which was why Luo Mingshu was willing to keep her. “This is not an easy task. Some of the minor immortals in Wuji Palace have forces behind them that are much larger than my family.”
"Do you remember what happened to the Qi family?" Luo Mingshu pulled out her Thunderclap Cannon from somewhere and stroked the intricate patterns on it. "The Heavenly Prison sent people there, and they only found traces of the Thunderclap Cannon at the scene, right?"
"Stunningly beautiful goddess, it's you?!" Han Yu stood up straight instantly, exclaiming in shock.
"Don't you think so?" Luo Mingshu would certainly not admit it.
Han Yu trembled as she retreated. Luo Mingshu glanced at Xie Changming sitting next to her. This demon was strange; he insisted on sharing a seat with her, all sticky and affectionate. This might make her mistakenly believe that she had a talent for online fraud.
Just as Luo Mingshu was about to ask Xie Changming what kind of fun they should do, she suddenly noticed something moving under the hem of Xie Changming's black clothes.
A fluffy tail tip peeked out, and Luo Mingshu began to get excited. 'Pianozl'
Xie Changming himself didn't realize it, and he asked her, "What do we need to do now?"
"I didn't do anything." Luo Mingshu reassured him and leaned closer.
Xie Changming did not dodge. He quietly looked at Luo Mingshu, but as Luo Mingshu got closer and closer, his cheeks turned slightly red.
"What?" he asked, his voice low.
Luo Mingshu reached out and, with lightning speed, grabbed Xie Changming's tail: "Put the dog's tail back on!"
The moment Xie Changming's tail was grasped by her, his body suddenly stiffened. He subconsciously wrapped his arms around Luo Mingshu's waist and pulled her close.
Because of this action, Luo Mingshu's hand loosened, and his tail disappeared.
Luo Mingshu rubbed her fingertips together; they felt quite nice.
“Not a dog,” Xie Changming said through gritted teeth in Luo Mingshu’s ear.
“But puppies are cuter,” Luo Mingshu said, indicating that she preferred puppies.
“It’s a little wolf.” Xie Changming had already been assimilated by Luo Mingshu; he even added the word “little” before “wolf” himself.
“I have very sharp teeth,” he added.
Luo Mingshu didn't believe it: "Sharp? How sharp can it be? You're not bragging, are you?"
Xie Changming lowered his eyelashes, his gaze falling on Luo Mingshu's profile. Beneath her neatly combed hair were her jade-like, smooth, and fair earlobes.
To prove he was telling the truth, he lowered his head and gently bit her earlobe, very lightly, because his teeth were really sharp.
His lips were beautifully shaped, tugging at her earlobe as if savoring some delicious pastry. Both of their cheeks, touching sideways, were flushed with a slight blush of shyness.
A fine, ticklish sensation came from his lips, and with the warmth of his breath, Luo Mingshu's shoulder on the same side as the earlobe that was bitten twitched slightly, a tingling feeling spreading throughout her body.
She didn't feel much of the sharp canines, but she just thought that... Xie Changming's lips... would be quite nice to kiss.
Luo Mingshu was horrified by her own thoughts. These cunning demons were all trying to seduce people.
She pushed Xie Changming's shoulder with her hand: "You bite people, you have no shame."
"You're not human." Xie Changming corrected her mistake, releasing his arm from Luo Mingshu's waist, and Luo Mingshu's body floated back down.
Of course, it all started because Luo Mingshu herself was itching to do something. She looked down at Xie Changming's clothes and saw that he had hidden his tail very well this time.
Luo Mingshu's eyes flickered slightly—she rarely felt guilty, and this time, she even took the initiative to change the subject: "Should we...?"
"Hmm? What do you want?" Xie Changming asked her, seemingly having misunderstood Luo Mingshu's meaning.
“Let’s go see Dongzhi Wonderland,” Luo Mingshu said, rubbing her hands together. “I want to see the big show between the white moonlight and the stand-in.”
"Let's go." Xie Changming stood up and took her hand.
Luo Mingshu looked down at his hand holding hers: "Does this dog like to stick its paws to me so much?"
Xie Changming let go of her hand. Luo Mingshu was such a stingy person; if she didn't want him to hold her hand, then she wouldn't let him.
At this moment, Luo Mingshu seemed to be possessed by Lu Yaoyao, instantly grasping the essence of online seduction and flirting.
She took Xie Changming's hand in her own. Xie Changming's thin lips were pressed tightly together, and his hand moved again, his large palm cupping Luo Mingshu's hand.
"That's enough," he said. There's no need to argue over who wins every time we hold hands.
Luo Mingshu turned her head and glanced at Xie Changming: "You're not a cat, are you?"
"What does this have to do with cats?" Xie Changming asked.
“There’s a rule that ‘the cat’s paws must be on top,’ but you’re missing something on your spiritual network, so you still don’t understand,” Luo Mingshu sighed softly.
"Oh." Xie Changming understood.
Just like Luo Mingshu, no matter what she does, she must surpass the other party—at least in some aspect, she must be better than others.
As the two exited the palace gate, they bumped into Xu Qian, who had just finished writing her manuscript. Because of her incredibly vivid imagination, Luo Mingshu and Xie Changming instinctively released each other's hands.
"What are you going to do?" Xu Qian asked, yawning.
"Let's go see the great show at Dongzhi Wonderland," Luo Mingshu said.
"I also need to gather materials for tomorrow's press release," Xu Qian said, offering an excuse.
So the group expanded to three people, and as they walked out of the Wuji Hall, they saw another person.
It was Meng Weifang sitting at the base of the outer wall of Wuji Hall.
"You...you..." Upon seeing the three of them appear, Meng Weifang pointed at them, unsure of what to say. He had no clear objective for his own exploration, and after much thought, he could only come here to curry favor with them.
"Don't underestimate a young man's potential, right?" Xu Qian asked.
"No, I'm here to curry favor with you," Meng Weifang said honestly.
“We’re going to Dongzhi Wonderland to see the grand spectacle of the White Moonlight’s return. You need to prove your abilities.” Luo Mingshu said mercifully to Meng Weifang—mainly because she actually quite enjoyed the feeling of having followers. “If possible, considering your love for steamed buns, I can let you join our cause of unifying the Heavenly Realm.”
Meng Weifang: "?" You actually want to unify the Immortal Realm? Your goal is too ambitious.
However, he couldn't resist Luo Mingshu's wealth and strength, so he followed her.
Finally, when Luo Mingshu took out her penis, everyone fell silent.
“This vehicle is designed to carry two people,” Luo Mingshu said, spreading her hands. “I need to bring my security captain.”
"It's alright." Meng Weifang also took out his own mount. "I'll just bring Ai Chi Baozi."
The four of them set off together, and fortunately, Dongzhi Wonderland was not far away. Before long, they arrived at the theater.
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