Chapter 89 Cutting Eighty-Nine Times "The other party has blocked you"...
When Luo Mingshu threw him off, Xie Changming was actually puzzled.
However, he knew that he had wronged Luo Mingshu when he was in the Heavenly Realm two hundred years ago, so he always thought that Luo Mingshu was still angry with the Heavenly Realm.
As for that famous troll he had argued with on the Spirit Network, he had long forgotten the other party's name, since he only cared about Luo Mingshu at the beginning.
Xie Changming thought that Luo Mingshu had just come out of the Misty Star Sea and had many things to deal with at the sect, so he also went to take care of his own affairs.
The replacement of the Heavenly Pillar means the Heavenly Realm has lost a Celestial Lord, a momentous event, and it is time for him to return to the Heavenly Realm.
At this time, the other three celestial lords in the Heavenly Realm were still worried about the celestial lord who had disappeared.
"Where is Wei Qing?" The immortal lord from the Eastern Realm slammed his hand on the table and said, "Wei Qing used to be the closest to Ye Xuan. Now that Ye Xuan has disappeared, could it be that he knows something secret?"
"My disciple, don't even mention him." The Southern Realm Immortal Lord sighed softly. "He was severely injured in the Misty Star Sea. I had someone bring him back from the Spirit Control Sect in the lower realm. He's healed now, but he's still unconscious and won't wake up for a while."
"What I fear most now is that Xie Changming will make a comeback, after all, the Western Realm Immortal Lord died at his hands," the Northern Realm Immortal Lord said angrily.
"That was because the former Western Realm Immortal Lord did evil deeds himself. Hmph, he used demons for cultivation and even wanted to control the Demon Lord. Do you think the demons are a race we can easily provoke? They must have some abilities to have survived until now." The Eastern Realm Immortal Lord sighed and said, "As long as he doesn't do anything wrong, his position as Immortal Lord is still secure."
"Moreover, the Pillar of Heaven has also changed. According to the cultivators on the Star Shore, they saw the phantom of the Yinglong (a mythical dragon) surrounding the Pillar of Heaven there." Another immortal lord mentioned the recent rumors.
"Why have so many things happened recently? What exactly happened in the Misty Star Sea? The little Yinglong that was lost back then still hasn't been found," said the Southern Realm Immortal Lord with deep concern.
As they were discussing, they suddenly sensed a powerful aura approaching from outside the main hall. Upon closer inspection, the aura seemed somewhat like Xie Changming's.
These immortal lords immediately held their breath and assumed a fighting stance, but Xie Changming simply walked calmly into the immortal palace.
The first thing he said as he entered was in a calm tone: "It seems that your Heavenly Realm is going to choose a new Western Realm Immortal Lord."
The three immortal lords of the East, North, and South: "?" What's this? Killing one Western Realm Immortal Lord isn't enough, you want to kill two more? What grudge do you have against the position of Western Realm Immortal Lord? Is there anyone who dares to be the Western Realm Immortal Lord now?
Finally, it was the Southern Immortal Lord who dared to speak up—as expected of someone who had been an Immortal Lord for tens of thousands of years, he asked Xie Changming in a deep voice, "What exactly happened to the Western Immortal Lord? Back then, when you caused havoc in the Heavenly Realm, the Little Yinglong also disappeared in the chaos. Is this related to you?"
Xie Changming knew that the Heavenly Realm would think that he had kidnapped Luo Mingshu. He shook his head and decided to explain the matter.
"It was taken away by the Western Realm Immortal Lord. As for what happened, I will tell you." Xie Changming walked into the Immortal Palace, found a place to sit down, and even leisurely accepted the tea offered by the little god.
Northern Realm Immortal Lord: "..." This is my seat, and this is the tea they brought me. Damn it, I shouldn't have stood up in anger.
Helpless, he could only sit further away and look at Xie Changming with wary eyes.
"Back then, I was captured by the former Western Realm Immortal Lord and brought to the Heavenly Realm, where I was imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison..." Xie Changming said slowly.
"In all honesty, we knew nothing about this. It's impossible for us to know everything that the Western Realm Immortal Lord did. Besides, we didn't stop you when you killed the Western Realm Immortal Lord, did we? Because we knew you wanted revenge," the Southern Realm Immortal Lord hurriedly said.
"I've taken care of Xiao Yinglong for a hundred years. Although she's a lot of trouble, I still like her very much. So at first, I wanted to take her with me from the Heavenly Realm," Xie Changming said confidently.
“Little Yinglong is very important to our Heavenly Realm. You… even if you want to take her away, you can’t hurt her.” The Southern Realm Immortal Lord was nervous.
From these words, Xie Changming could also sense their slight nervousness towards Luo Mingshu, so he no longer disliked the three remaining immortal lords as much.
Xie Changming shook his head and said, "I could not possibly harm Xiao Yinglong, but did anyone in your Heavenly Realm want to harm her? Xiao Yinglong had already taken human form at that time. Because I killed the former Western Realm Immortal Lord, the Pillar of Heaven was damaged, and she lost her memory. This gave Ye Xuan an opportunity. He was skilled in divine sense magic, so he blocked her memory and guided the divine sense that she would be humiliated into her primordial spirit."
"You all probably know about the relationship between Xiao Yinglong and Chengtianzhu. Later, he sent out the primordial spirits of cultivators he controlled to cooperate with cultivators in the lower realms, attempting to suppress Xiao Yinglong and force her to submit to him." Xie Changming spoke calmly about this, but there was also a hint of killing intent flashing through his voice, which made the immortal lords present tense up.
"How can you prove that Ye Xuan's plan is real?" asked the Southern Realm Immortal Lord.
Xie Changming tossed a ruby into his hand, which landed on the table in front of them. This ruby belonged to Fan Qing. When Fan Qing ambushed Lu Yaoyao, they stopped her. After that, he and Luo Mingshu went to the Misty Star Sea. Lu Yaoyao also escaped in the chaos. As for Fan Qing, her existence was discovered by the demon race. After returning to the demon realm, Shui Qingnian brought reinforcements and eliminated the last member of the Dongfang family. After all, the enslavement suffered by the demon race could not be washed away by killing a family.
As for the ruby, Xie Changming had recently gone to Shui Heng to ask for it, as he needed evidence to prove Ye Xuan's evil deeds.
“Within this ruby are the primordial spirits of cultivators he controls. He must have wiped away all the divine consciousness and memories of newly ascended cultivators, turning them into something like a system. This way, he can control what happens in the lower realm without leaving the rich spiritual energy of the celestial realm,” Xie Changming said slowly.
The three immortal lords examined the ruby and confirmed that the divine sense hidden within it was related to Ye Xuan. They finally believed what Xie Changming had said.
"He sent out two systems, and just in case, he also placed a divine sense barrier on his friend Wei Qing's cultivation. We can go and confirm that," Xie Changming added.
The Southern Realm Immortal Lord frowned slightly: "I was wondering why there was still divine sense present on Wei Qing's body despite the cultivation seal. So that's why. It turns out that he had ulterior motives from the very beginning when he volunteered to help Wei Qing set up the cultivation seal."
"In short, his plan failed. Little Yinglong is alive and well. Not long ago, she even advanced to the complete form. There's no need for you immortals to worry about her." Xie Changming glanced at the three immortal lords.
“But Xiao Yinglong! She is related to the survival of the entire cultivation world!” Immortal Lord of the Southern Realm stood up and reminded Xie Changming, “Since you were able to see through Ye Xuan’s plan, you should also know about her relationship with Chengtianzhu.”
"This is the second thing I want to talk about," Xie Changming said. "Back then, a group of cultivators from the lower realm went missing in the Misty Star Sea because they learned the truth about the Pillar of Heaven in the Misty Star Sea. They learned that it was Yinglong who created the Pillar of Heaven with his bloodline to protect the peace of the immortal cultivators—not the work of your Heavenly Immortal Lords."
"They didn't want Yinglong because ordinary cultivators were bound by the Heavenly Pillar. So, in the Misty Star Sea, they had the desire to create the Heavenly Pillar with their own power. The Misty Star Sea sensed their strong desire and brought them to the abode of the demon gods who had previously fled into the Misty Star Sea. There, they spent over a hundred years creating the Heavenly Pillar with their own power." Xie Changming admired the resilience and courage of those cultivators. At the same time, he also despised the current Celestial Lords in the Heavenly Realm who only cared about their own cultivation.
"Those ordinary cultivators can create the Heavenly Pillar with their own power over a hundred years, while you are thinking about whether you absorbed a little more spiritual energy from the Heavenly Realm today," Xie Changming said coldly.
“Well… everyone has their own way of living,” the Southern Realm Immortal Lord sighed. “However, I admit that our Heavenly Realm is indeed somewhat outdated.”
“Actually, someone like my apprentice Wei Qing is quite good.” He said helplessly, “Look at him, he’s not ambitious and doesn’t spend much time cultivating, but his cultivation level is still quite high.”
"In short, Xiao Yinglong will not return to the Heavenly Realm, and the Yinglong clan will no longer have any connection with the Pillar of Heaven. As for what you plan to do next, you should know." Xie Changming stood up and looked down at them.
"We really need to send people to clean up the Western Realm again. All the immortals related to Ye Xuan must be dealt with." The Southern Realm Immortal Lord also made up his mind.
"Oh, right." Before leaving, Xie Changming seemed to remember something. He turned around and looked at the immortal lords of the Eastern and Northern Realms.
His gaze was icy, which terrified the two immortal lords.
"The immortals Donglin and Beiyu from your Eastern and Northern Boundaries are secretly dating." Xie Changming recalled what he had seen in the Misty Star Sea and immediately reported it to the authorities.
With the two immortal lords from the Eastern and Northern Boundaries dumbfounded, Xie Changming turned and left, concealing his merits and fame.
After Xie Changming finished dealing with matters in the Heavenly Realm, he prepared to leave. He wondered why Luo Mingshu hadn't come to see him for so long.
So he took the initiative to send a message to Luo Mingshu.
[Anonymous Cultivator (192cm tall): Sigh?]
[Anonymous Cultivator (192cm tall): I've taken care of things in the Celestial Realm. They won't be coming after you anymore.] Small. Piano. Organize.
[Anonymous cultivator (192cm tall): How's things going at your sect?]
After sending these messages, Xie Changming received no reply for a long time. He was not annoyed and simply returned to the Demon Realm to quietly wait for Luo Mingshu's reply.
He has always been sensible. If Luo Mingshu were angry with him, he wouldn't appear in front of her every day. After all, she was probably really furious back then. Now that Luo Mingshu has completed her advancement, she has strength no less than that of a Celestial Lord in the Heavenly Realm, and those who were hostile to her have been dealt with. Xie Changming doesn't think Luo Mingshu is in any danger.
Xie Changming thought to himself that he had never seen Luo Mingshu cry while holding his Shen Gu Mu.
However, to his surprise, the first thing Luo Mingshu did after returning to the Yuling Sect was to move the divine bone wood bed out of her room.
"I want a new one." Under Afa's shocked gaze, Luo Mingshu announced, "This divine bone wood bed will be sent to the Demon Realm, with shipping costs to be paid upon delivery."
After returning the sacred bone wood to Xie Changming, she began preparing for the final stage of her online scam plan.
Luo Mingshu found Feng Du, the leader of the Yuling Sect, in her sect's contact list.
【Shushu is so beautiful: Sect Leader, are you there?】
After a while, Feng Du replied; he seemed to be quite busy.
[Blooming Prosperity (Ascension Version): Ming Shu, I am no longer the sect leader.]
Luo Mingshu glanced at his spiritual network name and was shocked. She hadn't expected Feng Du to slip away so quickly.
[Shushu is so beautiful: Former sect leader, have you already ascended to immortality?]
【Blooming Flowers Bring Wealth and Prosperity (Ascension Version): Hmm~】
[Blooming Prosperity (Ascension Version): Actually, my cultivation level was already high enough. I was just waiting for a suitable elder to take over. Now that your master has returned, her cultivation in the Misty Star Sea has progressed rapidly, and she has already reached the peak of the Tribulation Transcending stage. So I've given her the position of sect leader.]
[Shushu is so beautiful: Oh, I see!]
[Blooming Prosperity (Ascension Version): If you need anything, just go to your master. However, I'm only here to report to the Heavenly Realm; I'll be back to visit later.]
【Shushu is so beautiful: Okay.】
Unbeknownst to her, Feng Du was happily ascending to heaven, where he was contemplating which region of the celestial realm he should visit.
After careful consideration, Feng Du, who was unaware of the situation in the Heavenly Realm, thought that there were fewer people in the Western Realm, so he happily chose to go there. Fewer people was good, as it would be easier to slack off and retire there.
As a result, the most dramatic scene unfolded. Because he had not ascended for a long time, the power he had accumulated, once it erupted, actually brought his strength to the upper-middle level of a celestial cultivator.
In the entire Heavenly Realm, Feng Du's cultivation level is above average, but it's different in the Western Realm. The immortals of the Western Realm were purged once, and two hundred years ago, they were violated by Xie Changming. Therefore, Feng Du, who had just joined the Western Realm, happened to become one of the top forces in the Western Realm.
Meanwhile, the other three immortal lords were still persuading a powerful immortal from the Western Realm to take over as an immortal lord.
“Listen to our assurances. The first two Western Realm Immortal Lords were killed by Xie Changming because they committed numerous evils. The position of Western Realm Immortal Lord is definitely not a job that can be relinquished after a hundred years. As soon as you take office, you will immediately gain a large amount of cultivation and become a top-ranking Immortal Lord in the Heavenly Realm. This is a worthwhile deal, so why don’t you take it?” they said earnestly.
The remaining peaceful cultivators in the Western Realm shook their heads, trembling, and said in terror, "This position is too unlucky. I'd rather die than take it."
As a result, the news of Feng Du's appearance made these three immortal lords feel as if they had found a savior. After being lured with a high salary, Feng Du, who had just ascended, was granted the throne of the Western Realm Immortal Lord.
At this time, the lower realm was unaware of what was happening in the celestial realm, while Luo Mingshu had already approached Liu Hongying.
[Shushu is so beautiful: Yingniang!!!]
[A red string: Who are you?]
It must be because her online name was too normal that Liu Hongying didn't recognize her, Luo Mingshu panicked.
[Shushu is so beautiful: I'm a 300-year-old beauty with a water spirit root, I'm super easy to fool.]
[A red string: Mingshu, what's wrong?]
[Shushu is so beautiful: This account was specifically obtained from the Water Mirror Sect by the sect leader. Could you contact the Water Mirror Sect for me later and ask them to delete this account in three days? I don't need it anymore.]
[A Red String: Oh, I see. Your new name for the Spirit Network sounds pretty good, doesn't it? It's obviously a scam to swindle eight million spirit stones from people online.]
[Shushu is so beautiful: I'm different, I'm going to scam 80 million.]
After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
[A red string: Alright, I've already spoken to the Water Mirror Sect.]
[A red string: In three days, your spiritual network name will be cancelled, and the spiritual thoughts you left on this name will also disappear. Friends who have applied for spiritual communication with this account will also be deleted.]
Luo Mingshu thought to herself that since the names of her current friends were all so distinctive, she would definitely be able to remember them.
Of course, none of that matters. What matters is that she can now outmaneuver Xie Changming.
She readily agreed and then returned to her own stream.
Luo Mingshu has no immediate plans to leave the Yuling Sect and go to her new home in the desolate land.
These days, she has only cleaned up and arranged the wasteland with Ah Fa. Leaving aside the treasures stored in the wasteland, the main thing is that the spiritual herbs stored inside are enough for Ah Fa to advance to the Ascension Realm.
During the time she was away from Shuixijian, Afa helped her look after Liu Hongying's body, which seemed quite arduous for him.
Of course, being able to be with Luo Mingshu, Afa was still a rather abnormal person. After arriving in the desolate land, she completely ignored the glittering treasures in front of her eyes and went straight to the library. She devoutly picked up many storybooks and said with tears in her eyes, "Senior... Senior Sister, these are all rare storybooks. This place is really too good."
These words gave Luo Mingshu an idea. She thought that she would open a book lending service in the desolate land. As for the book lending fee, she would just charge a symbolic amount, which would be another source of income.
The two of them arranged the wasteland meticulously. On the third day, Luo Mingshu left the wasteland and used the gilded key to close the place again.
Luo Mingshu sat upright on the soft couch by the stream, looking at the spiritual network interface in front of her.
She was now certain that Xie Changming was completely devoted to her, and for a master of online fraud, this was the time to close the net—don't ask where she learned this theory from, it was Lu Yaoyao who told her. Lu Yaoyao was still a disciple of the Yuling Sect, but the system in her jade bracelet had been recalled by the Heavenly Realm, and the Heavenly Realm's immortal lord wanted to help the primordial spirit in the system recover its memories.
Luo Mingshu found her chat window with Xie Changming. Xie Changming had sent her many messages these past few days.
From day to night, it's like this—
[Anonymous monk (192cm tall): Good morning.]
[Anonymous Monk (192cm tall): The sun is quite strong today.]
Luo Mingshu: "..." You're just making excuses to chat with me. Where does the sunshine come from in the Demon Realm? You actually tried to seduce me into replying using this method.
[Anonymous Monk (192cm tall): Good afternoon.]
[Anonymous Monk (192cm tall): Have you had lunch? How about some cornbread?]
Luo Mingshu: "..." Although I really want to eat it, I have to pretend to be someone who has lost their memory because of Cheng Tianzhu, so I can't reply to you.
[Anonymous monk (192cm tall): It's evening.]
[Anonymous monk (192cm tall): Is there a moon where you are?]
[Anonymous Monk (192cm tall): Goodnight.]
the next day.
[Anonymous monk (192cm tall): Good morning.]
[Anonymous cultivator (192cm tall): Wen Yu received the divine bone wood you sent. The teeth marks on it are from you.]
[Anonymous cultivator (192cm tall): Wen Yu went to the Demon Realm to find the Demon Realm's eldest princess, so pay attention to me.]
[Anonymous Cultivator (192cm tall): QAQ.]
These past few days, he had been relentlessly sending her messages. Luo Mingshu found him quite adorable, but—she couldn't forgive Xie Changming so easily. He had actually made her cry, and later even argued with her on the Spirit Network, tarnishing her reputation as a troll on the Spirit Network.
So she pondered her words, and finally, her conversation with Liu Hongying not long ago gave her inspiration.
【Shushu is so beautiful: Who are you?】
The other party replied instantly.
[Anonymous cultivator (192cm tall): This should be your Daoist partner.]
Luo Mingshu was completely taken aback by his response. This little wolf from the Demon Realm was just too... too shameless.
However, she had planned this all along, so she ignored Xie Changming's words and continued to send him messages.
[Shushu is so beautiful: I'm a little short on spirit stones.]
The final step in online fraud is to treat the other party as an ATM and swindle them out of hundreds of thousands or even millions of spirit stones. Luo Mingshu kept Lu Yaoyao's teachings in mind.
Luo Mingshu's words also stumped Xie Changming. He didn't expect Luo Mingshu to actually say the words "lacking money".
However, he continued to respond in the same way she did.
[Anonymous monk (192cm tall): How much do you want?]
[Shushu is super beautiful: It's not much, 80 million spirit stones will do.]
[Anonymous monk (192cm tall): Okay.]
【Shushu is incredibly beautiful! An anonymous cultivator (192cm tall) has deposited 80 million spirit stones into your Spirit Network account.】
[Anonymous Monk (192cm tall): Did you receive it?]
[Anonymous Cultivator (192cm tall): Sigh?]
Then, a string of brand new messages came into his view.
Sorry, your message could not be delivered.
[Shushu is incredibly beautiful; she has proactively severed her telepathic communication with the anonymous cultivator (192cm tall).]
[Clicking on Shushu's super beautiful profile picture allows you to re-initiate a telepathic connection with her.]
Xie Changming: "?" She deleted me?
After deleting Xie Changming, Luo Mingshu was overjoyed and laughed so hard she collapsed onto the soft couch in the stream.
But Xie Changming was clever. He remembered that he and Luo Mingshu had a shared Spirit Network chat group, so he found Luo Mingshu's avatar in the Misty Star Sea chat group and clicked on it.
He originally wanted to communicate with Luo Mingshu through telepathy, but at this moment, Luo Mingshu's pre-arranged account cancellation process had already begun.
Xie Changming clicked on Luo Mingshu's profile picture, but upon entering, he found that the cultivator did not exist.
This is weird.
While Luo Mingshu was grinning foolishly, Xie Changming had already asked around the group chat.
Xu Qian and Lu Yaoyao were both shocked and said in unison, "Don't you know her main account on the Spirit Network?"
Xie Changming said, "I don't know."
Lu Yaoyao: "It's just that [a beautiful 300-year-old woman with a water-spirit root is super easy to fool]."
Luo Mingshu intentionally left this clue; she wanted Xie Changming to feel the regret of chasing after his wife in a "wife-chasing-after-the-cremation" situation.
Soon after, her profile, "A 300-year-old beauty with a water-spirit root is super easy to fool," indeed received a friend request from Xie Changming.
[A beautiful 300-year-old woman with a water-elemental root is extremely gullible. An anonymous cultivator (192cm tall) requests to communicate with you telepathically.]
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