Chapter 70 Seventy Cuts: "You have no intention of learning to swim..."
Of course, Luo Mingshu deliberately dropped this key. She wanted Lu Yaoyao to retrieve it so that she could use the Spirit Network to trick the system and extract the information it knew.
She and Xie Changming left and moved to another place to continue working.
When the system saw the key fall to the ground, it exclaimed with barely suppressed delight: "Host, it's the key that came with the Wuwang Lock."
Lu Yaoyao wasn't sure if Luo Mingshu had dropped it on purpose, but she still picked up the keys from the ground.
"I need this key to unlock my shielding spell," the system said excitedly. "Host, you can unlock it for me now."
"Could she have dropped it on purpose?" Lu Yaoyao wondered what if Luo Mingshu had accidentally dropped it, allowing the system to connect with the people above? She needed to confirm this again.
At this moment, Luo Mingshu sent her a message on the Spirit Network.
【Shushu is so beautiful: Have you seen the key to my Wuwang Lock?】
Lu Yaoyao knew that if Luo Mingshu were in her normal state, she would probably rush over to get the keys right now, instead of asking her like this on the Spirit Network.
It seems that Luo Mingshu dropped it on purpose; I wonder what she's planning.
Lu Yaoyao replied to Luo Mingshu.
[It's Fairy Yao Yao: Senior Sister, I didn't see her.]
[Shushu is so beautiful: If you didn't see it, you didn't see it. Anyway, I have money, I'll have someone make another one.]
[It was taken by Fairy Yao Yao: Mm-hmm.]
Lu Yaoyao was finally relieved after hearing this. She bit her lip and said to the system, "I will use this key to unlock the shielding spell on you now."
The gloom that had been hanging over the system for the past few days vanished, and he comforted Lu Yaoyao, saying, "I think it was just his carelessness. He only wanted the lock and overlooked the key. Host, you can use it with confidence. Once I connect with the system, I will provide you with a powerful cheat system."
Lu Yaoyao pursed her lips and remained silent. She cast a spell and aimed the key at the jade bracelet. Soon, a familiar dark light flashed.
Xie Changming cast a special spell on the key. As long as it was used on the jade bracelet, the shielding spell would not only fail to be broken, but the system's consciousness would also be automatically pulled into the chat group they had previously created.
Thus, the manipulated system discovered that its consciousness had entered a chaotic space—which was actually a spatial manifestation within the Spirit Network.
[System: Master, are you there?]
When Luo Mingshu saw that a new person had joined her chat group, she volunteered to speak first.
I cultivate myself, and I am proud: I am here.
She had initially suspected that her nickname might arouse suspicion from the system, because it was just too strange.
As a result, the system reacted as if it had seen a family member the moment it saw her nickname.
[System: It really is you, Master! Why did you change your name? But it's still the same style. Luckily, I know you very well, otherwise I wouldn't have recognized you.]
Luo Mingshu suspected that the system's previous owner was someone like "I cultivate every day and kill the opponent."
[I am proud of my cultivation: It's been so long, so a slight change is understandable.]
[System: Master, why are you speaking so gently? I'm not used to it.]
Upon seeing this, Xie Changming decided to help Luo Mingshu out of her predicament.
【I am the King of the Heavenly Realm:】
[I am the King of the Heavenly Realm: Tell me, why haven't I been able to contact you for so many days?]
[System: I was kidnapped by a despicable man and woman. They placed a spell on me that blocked my spiritual communication, but luckily, thanks to my intelligence, I escaped. Then, together with my host, we found the key to unlock the spell.]
If that despicable man and woman continue to team up to exploit the system...
[I am proud of my cultivation: Who is so powerful that they can sever your communication with me?]
[System: I don't recognize the man; he's beyond my detection range. But the woman is the target you assigned to me.]
Why target her for no reason? Luo Mingshu thought she must have offended many people before, but she shouldn't have had any grudges against a cultivator of the system master's level.
[I'm proud of my cultivation: Okay, I understand. Go ahead and intensify your efforts against her.]
[System: I need support in terms of cultivation techniques, pills, and spirit stones. My host's cultivation level is currently low, and funds are insufficient.]
[I am the King of the Heavenly Realm: After doing all this for so long, I haven't achieved anything, and now you want to ask for spirit stones again?]
[I am the King of the Celestial Scrolls: It seems we need to switch systems.]
[System: Master! I...I will try my best, please don't eliminate me!]
Upon seeing this message, Luo Mingshu looked up and exchanged thoughts with Xie Changming. Xie Changming's idea was simply to let the system retire and replace it with another one. However, the system subconsciously thought that its master had eliminated it. It seems that the master behind the system is ruthless.
[I am the King of the Heavenly Scrolls: You are still useful. Continue with your previous goals.]
[System: Of course, I will definitely make my host the heroine in the storybook, thus gradually wearing down the arrogance of the mission target.]
【I cultivate myself and I'm proud: ?】
[I am the King of the Heavenly Scrolls: ...]
[System: Did I say something wrong?]
[I am the King of the Heavenly Realm: Guess which of us is your master and which is your deputy.]
[System: Master, why are you joking with me like this? You are my master. That guy who says "I'm proud, I'm honored" talks too much, and his tone isn't as aloof as yours. Besides, Master, your title of "King of the Scroll" perfectly matches your long-cherished wish. How could I mistake you?]
[I am the King of the Heavenly Realm: Oh.]
After speaking, Luo Mingshu looked at the Spirit Network chat interface, stroked his chin, and pondered, "His master is very ambitious."
"What's the use of wearing down your pride?" Xie Changming couldn't quite imagine Luo Mingshu bowing her head in front of others.
"How should I know?" Luo Mingshu scratched her hair.
"However, one thing is certain: they don't want your life, but rather to keep you firmly under their control," Xie Changming analyzed.
"How could I possibly be used by them!" Luo Mingshu said indignantly.
Xie Changming stared intently at Luo Mingshu: "Ask again?"
"I'll ask again in a few days. I'll just give him some spirit stones to make him really believe that he's made contact with his 'master'," Luo Mingshu analyzed.
She replied in the chat interface.
[I am proud of my cultivation: I will deposit one million spirit stones into your account. If you fail to complete this mission, you will be out of a job.]
[System: Yes, Master, I will do my best.]
After the system finished communicating with them, it returned and excitedly reported to Luo Mingshu: "Host, I've secured a budget of one million spirit stones. Next time, you won't have to worry about Luo Mingshu having too much money and overwhelming you."
He had just finished reporting to Lu Yaoyao when Luo Mingshu transferred a sum of spirit stones to her. Lu Yaoyao guessed that Luo Mingshu must have gone there pretending to be the system's owner. Coincidentally, their goal was to find out the power behind the system, so she held back and simply nodded to reassure the system: "Okay, I understand."
Having temporarily learned the purpose of the system's existence, Luo Mingshu began to ponder the Heavenly Realm's intentions: "What do they want to use me for?"
She abruptly turned her head and looked Xie Changming in the eye: "Do I look that useful?"
Xie Changming nodded slightly and said, "Perhaps...it will be useful?"
“There must be a force in the Heavenly Realm that wants to harm me,” Luo Mingshu muttered to herself. “But that’s the Heavenly Realm. I don’t think I can handle it.”
"If I can find out who it is, I should be able to handle it," Xie Changming said. He was just unsure who the force behind it all was.
"You..." Luo Mingshu hadn't yet realized how powerful Xie Changming was, "Are you sure?"
"Confirmed." Xie Changming nodded.
Luo Mingshu still didn't believe it: "Forget it, let's find it first. I hope I can break through."
"How is the progress of the glass beads?" Xie Changming asked.
Luo Mingshu took out her glass bead, and the dark purple light inside had already occupied half of the space inside the bead.
These days, for some reason, it seems to have made some progress again.
"What does this progress depend on?" Xie Changming was unaware of the advancement rules of the Yinglong clan.
"I don't know, haven't I been with you these past few days?" Luo Mingshu answered honestly.
"Oh, it concerns me. It seems the swimming lessons can continue." Xie Changming expressed his understanding.
Luo Mingshu felt that the swimming lesson was really strange, so she took the glass bead back.
Xie Changming asked her earnestly, "So, will you continue teaching me tonight?"
"You already know it all, why do you need to teach me?" Luo Mingshu glared at him.
"I've mastered the human form, but I haven't learned the beast form yet," Xie Changming said, rattling off a series of reasons.
“Beast form—” Luo Mingshu wanted to refuse, but… he had a tail. “You mean the big dog hook?”
"Mm." Xie Changming nodded.
“It’s not impossible…if it’s a big dog.” Luo Mingshu was almost bewitched and agreed, but she immediately came to her senses. “You don’t actually want to learn to swim, you just want to touch my tail.”
"Hmm." Xie Changming actually admitted honestly, "You used to let me touch you."
“The past is the past, and people grow up.” Luo Mingshu stroked the glass bead in her hand.
"If you want to know how to advance, perhaps you can go to the Misty Star Sea again," Xie Changming said. "You have some of your kind who have escaped into the Misty Star Sea. If you want to find them, you can explore deeper into it."
“I… my fellow clansmen…” Luo Mingshu pursed her lips, her eyes hesitant. She didn’t care about her fellow clansmen.
“I once visited Shui Heng, the Demon Emperor of the Demon Realm. He said that before he began his dealings with the Silver Dragon Clan, he had already returned his Yinglong bloodline. Judging from the timeline, the Yinglong bloodline he returned should have eventually created you,” Xie Changming said.
"Me... the Demon Emperor of the Demon Realm?" Luo Mingshu was shocked. "If that's the case, does it mean I'm also connected to those two stupid sisters in the Demon Realm? No...!"
“Theoretically speaking, there is no relationship.” Xie Changming denied it. “The Yinglong bloodline that was returned is a pure bloodline without personal factors.”
Luo Mingshu rubbed her temples: "So, not only do I not have a mother, but I also don't have a father?"
“Perhaps it wasn’t there to begin with,” Xie Changming comforted her. “I didn’t have it either.”
Luo Mingshu felt it was still necessary for her to know her origins, so she agreed to Xie Changming's suggestion. She planned to set off to explore the Misty Star Sea again after settling the two plots of land.
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