Chapter 72 Seventy-Two Cuts "He only touched her stealthily..."
Although only certain words could be deleted from the other party's spiritual network name, Luo Mingshu was already very satisfied with the final result.
Her divine sense abruptly withdrew, and Fan Qing, who was preparing to counterattack, missed her target.
"How is this possible?" Fan Qing and the system exclaimed in disbelief. "She clearly only has the cultivation of the Nascent Soul stage. How could the two of us be overwhelmed by her divine sense when we worked together?"
Before she could even confirm what her spiritual network name had been changed to, Fan Qing asked the system, "Your spiritual strength should be that of an ascended cultivator, right?"
"Yes, with the two of us working together, there shouldn't be any other cultivator in the lower realm with a divine sense as powerful as ours." The system said incredulously, "Unless—"
“Unless what?” Fan Qing asked.
"Do you remember the male cultivator who left with her that day? I'm not sure who he is, but his strength was terrifying... terrifying beyond my detection range," the system said with lingering fear.
"She must have borrowed that cultivator's power. A mere Yinglong that hasn't even advanced yet... couldn't possibly have such powerful divine sense," Fan Qing said indignantly. "Yinglongs are arrogant, yet she actually sought help from others. It seems we've won this round."
“Host, you’re right. Our goal is to deflate her arrogance,” the system echoed.
"Why don't you just kill her?" Fan Qing asked.
"She can't die... If she dies, it will truly turn the world upside down..." the system reminded, "Host, just do what you're supposed to do, don't have any other thoughts."
“Of course,” Fan Qing said with a smile, but the smile in her eyes didn’t reach her eyes.
She reached out and lifted the fabric covering her wrist, revealing a unique pattern beneath the thin veil. The pattern was exactly the same as the ancient lotus pattern on Lu Yaoyao's jade bracelet.
The Dongfang family of Yangjiang County, who were being hunted down by the demon race, once sought help from the demon god when they were desperate. They prayed to the demon god to help them and save their family's lives. Aren't the demon gods the most fair and benevolent race?
However, the demon god refused their request for help. Yinglong, one of the four demon gods, asked them, "If I save you, how will the demon race, which has been enslaved for thousands of years, avenge their grievances?"
What fairness is there? That demon god had the body of a beast and was clearly on the side of the demon race. In the end, the Dongfang family was wiped out, leaving only one lineage. They dared not use the surname "Dongfang" and could only hide their identities and live a life of ignominy. But she still remembered the hatred from thousands of years ago.
Whether it's a demon god or a demon race, she wants revenge, Fan Qing thought to herself. She was very grateful that the system had found her, and she thought she would definitely complete her mission "perfectly".
After recalling the events, Fan Qing opened her Spirit Network interface to check her Spirit Network name. She thought that Luo Mingshu shouldn't have the authority to completely change her Spirit Network name; if it was just deletion...
She stared at her spirit network name, "Two Roots," and fell into deep thought. Then, with lightning speed, she changed her spirit network name.
The following message appeared on the screen:
[Sorry, you changed your Spirit Network name twice in one day. You have used up your ten-year modification opportunity. Please wait until the cooldown period ends before making another change.]
Changing one's name on the Spirit Network is very simple. Cultivators are given two opportunities to change their names every ten years, with the extra one being given by purchasing a Spirit Network membership. Fan Qing has now used up both opportunities, and if she wants to change her name again, she will have to wait another ten years.
Fan Qing was furious, so she directly added the junior disciple of the Water Mirror Sect who was in charge of entertaining customers.
[Two Roots: My online name has been altered by someone, not by my own volition. Please change it back.]
[Humble Spirit Network Customer Service: It's like this, both of you. Our Water Mirror Sect only records your action of changing the Spirit Network name. As for who changed it, we have no way of knowing.]
[Two Roots: It really wasn't my idea to change it. Did I really want such an awful name?]
[Humble Spirit Network Customer Service: We've had some cultivators say it was a mistake on their part, and there are even cultivators named Three Roots and Four Roots. Don't worry, dear, your name is quite nice too.]
[Two lines: Someone directly modified it by connecting with your divine sense. Didn't your Water Mirror Sect provide divine sense protection for your cultivators?]
[Humble Spirit Network Customer Service: Please don't worry, our Water Mirror Sect is just one sect providing Spirit Network services. There are many powerful cultivators in the lower realms, and we can't persuade them otherwise. We suggest you go into seclusion for ten years. The cooldown period will end soon, and you can even improve your cultivation. Isn't that great?]
[Two: ???]
[Humble Spirit Network Customer Service: Your inquiry has been completed. Please rate and review the service provided by the junior disciple of the Water Mirror Sect.]
Two: Zero points.
With such a name attached to the Spirit Network, Fan Qing felt ashamed to even mention it, which ruined her plan to harass Luo Mingshu's new project on the Spirit Network.
"Since we can't show our faces on the Spirit Network, but didn't she open a test slot for her palace intrigue literature experience project? We can go there ourselves and stop her." The system offered a reasonable suggestion. Luo Mingshu is currently riding high, and they need to dampen her spirits, at least to make her naive career fail.
“That works.” Fan Qing nodded. “I’ll go buy a test slot.”
——
Luo Mingshu had just finished dealing with Fan Qing when she slumped back into her chair. However, instead of sitting back down, she plopped down in Xie Changming's lap.
Confronting a Nascent Soul cultivator and a primordial spirit comparable to an Ascended cultivator was something even she would find difficult to endure. Just now, she had changed the name of the other party's spiritual network while holding her breath, but now the other party's divine sense power was backfiring, directly disrupting Luo Mingshu's own sea of consciousness.
She felt a sudden darkness before her eyes, followed by dizziness, her head lolled to the side, and she passed out.
Xie Changming caught her. Since he didn't know who Luo Mingshu was fighting against, and he had basically forgotten the names of the people's spiritual networks on the Four Directions Water Mirror after seeing them once, he could only pick Luo Mingshu up.
Because Luo Mingshu's divine sense was temporarily damaged, she was unable to maintain her human form. Her embroidered shoes fell to the ground, and a long, slender dragon tail emerged from under her skirt, shimmering with a crystal-clear light.
Xie Changming didn't understand why Luo Mingshu always made herself look so disheveled. He helped her regulate her mental state, and fortunately, it was only a temporary disturbance. She would recover after a short rest.
He held Luo Mingshu in his arms, standing still, not knowing where to go. Now, many other cultivators had come to work in Yingtian Palace, and other small fish had been put back into the once clean fishpond. There was no water source in his courtyard.
So he could only carry Luo Mingshu to the indoor bath. The bath was spacious and made of white jade. With a flick of Xie Changming's fingertip, clean spring water bubbled up.
He bent down and placed Luo Mingshu in the water. The pale purple scales rippled slowly in the water, shimmering with a beautiful luster.
Xie Changming couldn't resist secretly touching it, his fingertips sliding down the patterns on the scales. Luo Mingshu's muscles tensed up; she felt insecure while unconscious, so she flicked her little dragon tail in the water, splashing water all over Xie Changming's face.
Xie Changming: "..." It really was her.
He barely managed to get into the water, half-embracing Luo Mingshu to prevent her from drifting away with the current while she was unconscious. Leaning against him, Luo Mingshu calmed down a lot. She turned her head to rest her head on his lap and hugged his arm tightly.
Luo Mingshu had always been alone and lacked a sense of security. In addition, she had never encountered any setbacks before, and every opponent she had faced in the past had far exceeded her current strength.
To be precise, every time she was injured, it was Xie Changming who caught her, whether it was in Fengsha Ferry, Xuantian Mansion, or now Yingtian Palace.
Luo Mingshu did not reject Xie Changming's approach. She leaned against him, and her consciousness gradually returned.
Xie Changming looked down at her little dragon tail floating in the water. Her long tail fins spread out in the water, like some kind of graceful veil. Whether in human form or her original form, she was an extremely beautiful little dragon.
His wolf tail couldn't help but wag. Ever since Luo Mingshu had seen through him multiple times, he no longer intended to hide it. Yes, he just liked wagging his tail at her.
Xie Changming's tail tip brushed against Luo Mingshu's tail fin. In her unconscious state, Luo Mingshu seemed to sense the approach of this furry creature. She impatiently slapped her tail fin twice, stirring up small splashes of water and pressing Xie Changming's tail down.
His tail was still wagging, the tip scratching at her again and again. Luo Mingshu was obviously impatient, so she flicked her tail back and forth, trying to push his tail back down.
A large amount of water splashed up, and water droplets clung to Xie Changming's handsome face. He frowned slightly, but he didn't have a free hand to wipe the water droplets away, because one of his hands was being held by Luo Mingshu, and the other hand was also holding his body.
Luo Mingshu's tail twitched, and in a very unreasonable way, she pressed Xie Changming's tail underwater. The tip of his tail was taut, supporting her body.
Luo Mingshu slept quite comfortably in this position, but Xie Changming's body was stiff on one side.
After a long while, Luo Mingshu woke up. Her disordered mind had completely recovered. In her dream, she dreamed that she was being chased by a huge wolf. She was on the shore with only a fish tail, so she couldn't escape him. The wolf caught up with her and frantically wagged its tail at her. The stiff tail lashed against her tail fin. She tried to get up, but it held her down with its broad wolf claws...
Luo Mingshu couldn't allow this to happen, so she woke up, only to find that half of her dream had come true.
Xie Changming was looking down at him, his arm was in her arms—she absolutely refused to admit that she had done it herself, it must have been this cunning demon who had stuffed it in himself.
Luo Mingshu flicked her tail fin and felt Xie Changming's tail, fluffy, rubbing against the tip of her tail fin.
When did she turn back into her original form? If she did, wouldn't her tail have been thoroughly groped by this hateful fishtail fetishist?
Luo Mingshu looked at Xie Changming warily, then lowered her head and bit his wrist.
It didn't hurt, but it was a little itchy. Xie Changming couldn't stand it, so he withdrew his hand.
“You…I…” Luo Mingshu curled up her little dragon tail, and Xie Changming’s wolf tail, now that it was no longer weighed down, began to wag happily.
"You were affected by the backlash of the other party's divine power and fainted," Xie Changming answered honestly.
He swore he only touched it secretly.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
