Chapter 61 Sixty-One Cuts "Don't touch anything today..."
【Shushu is so beautiful: Okay, I understand.】
[The ultra-cool princess: Now that you know, hurry up and return the bronze lotus to me.]
[Shushu is so beautiful: Shui Qingsi is your sister, right? And the Demon Emperor of the Demon Realm is your father, right?]
[The ultra-cool princess: Yes, is there a problem with that?]
[Shushu is so beautiful: If there hadn't been a racial mutation, your race should be a Silver Dragon. You're not one of the Four Great Demon Gods, so what would you need the Crimson Copper Lotus for?]
[The ultra-cool princess: Is this any of your business?]
[Shushu is so beautiful: You think I can't contact the Demon Emperor of the Demon Realm?]
In reality, she couldn't get in touch with him at all. Even Feng Du, the head of her sect, couldn't meet the mysterious Demon Emperor of the Demon Realm.
But that didn't stop Luo Mingshu from saying it to scare Shui Qingnian.
[The ultra-cool princess: You...you snitched! You're shameless!]
[Shushu is so beautiful: Is she secretly plotting something that she's afraid the Demon Emperor will find out?]
[The ultra-cool princess: You—]
[Shushu is so beautiful: Go play by yourself. I'll return the Young Moon Mole to your demon realm when I'm done playing with it.]
She stopped talking to Shui Qingnian; arguing with her was less fulfilling. Apart from Xie Changming, she hadn't suffered any defeats on her spiritual network.
Luo Mingshu closed the chat interface with Shui Qingnian. Then, the array in front of her flashed, and someone sent a new message.
She thought it was Xie Changming replying to her and was about to open it to see how Xie Changming would argue, but a brand new message popped up.
[Your expression, seemingly connected to my thoughts, suggests a connection between your love for steamed buns and your own thoughts. Do you agree?]
Luo Mingshu clicked "agree," and Xu Qian quickly sent a message.
[Loves steamed buns: A stunningly beautiful goddess?]
【Shushu is so beautiful: It's me.】
[Loves Steamed Buns: I was allocated a large piece of land, although it's less than a tenth the size of the Heavenly Realm, the harvest is still quite plentiful. When are you going to raid the Misty Star Sea again?]
Luo Mingshu has found the person she was looking for. Liu Hongying is also troubled because she has no token to guide her, but she doesn't really want to explore the Misty Star Sea anytime soon.
[Shushu is so beautiful: In a while.]
[Loves steamed buns: Remember to call me then, we might even get to queue together!]
[Loves Steamed Buns: By the way, Meng Weifang and I have a small group of friends who chat about exploring the Misty Star Sea. Do you want to join?]
To be honest, Luo Mingshu's online life was actually quite barren. She quite enjoyed chatting (arguing) with people on the online forum, so she gladly accepted it.
【Shushu is so beautiful: Okay.】
[Loves steamed buns: Okay, I'll create a group then.]
[Shushu is so beautiful: Do you mind if I invite more people?]
[Loves steamed buns: Sure, the more lively the better.]
Luo Mingshu pulled Lu Yaoyao and Shui Qingnian in with her. Because of their unique online names, Xu Qian quickly recognized the identities of the two new cultivators.
[Loves steamed buns: Oh, a fairy? ??? A cold fairy? ???]
[It's Fairy Yao Yao: Yes, it's me~~~]
[Super Cool Princess: What kind of group is this? I don't want to be with you humans. How do I leave?]
Seeing that they were chatting enthusiastically in their newly formed circle, and noticing that Xie Changming hadn't replied to her for a long time, Luo Mingshu sent him a message.
[Shushu is so beautiful: Is the Supreme Immortal Lord here?]
After holding it in for a long time, Xie Changming finally replied to her.
[Anonymous cultivator (192cm tall): I am not a Supreme Immortal Lord.]
[Shushu is so beautiful: Can you explain where you went later?]
[Anonymous Cultivator (192cm tall): Go do your own thing. I also have a mission to complete in the Misty Star Sea.]
[Shushu is so beautiful: For example, playing the role of the Supreme Immortal Lord?]
[Anonymous cultivator (192cm tall): ...]
Luo Mingshu pulled Xie Changming into a small circle, where no one else recognized him. This was because the number in his name, though he tried hard to emphasize it, was often overlooked. Small. Piano. Organizing.
[Not a single one who can fight: Who is this?]
[Shushu is super beautiful: Security Captain.]
[The ultra-cool princess: Kick him out, now! Immediately! Right now!]
Xie Changming didn't speak within the small circle; he came to poke Luo Mingshu alone.
[Anonymous monk (192cm tall): What are you doing?]
[Shushu is so beautiful: We're connected by the internet, and since we always seem to be grouped together, why don't we get to know each other and schedule our next appointments differently? I don't want to hang out with them anymore!]
Especially that guy named Meng Weifang, he's read a lot of storybooks, and his imagination is incredibly wild. Every time we explore a strange scene, it's because of him.
Xie Changming was pleased, thinking that Luo Mingshu had shifted her attention to other things.
[Anonymous monk (192cm tall): I know someone else, should I bring him in?]
【Shushu is so beautiful: Who is she?】
It would be interesting if Shui Qingnian's online boyfriend, Suo Ai, were included.
Xie Changming pulled someone everyone knew.
[“Did you pet your dog today?” join the Misty Starry Sea Surfing Group.]
[The ultra-cool princess: Ah Mo ???]
[Did you pet your dog today?: Hey everyone, I can't get up anymore, I guess I won't be able to get into the Misty Star Sea.]
Luo Mingshu stared at Amo's name on the Spirit Network and fell silent. How could this person choose such a name?
In fact, after leaving the Misty Star Sea, Xie Changming did not receive a reply from Luo Mingshu, so he went to find Amo first. After buying the painting from him, he transferred 30,000 spirit stones to Amo and asked him to change the "fish" in "Moyu" in the name of the spirit network.
Amo took the money and was very obedient. The name of the spiritual network was changed quickly, and Xie Changming didn't take a close look at his new name.
The result was such a name for the spiritual network, which Xie Changming found a bit strange.
Even more uncomfortable was Luo Mingshu, who applied for telepathic communication with Amo through the Misty Starry Sea Surfing Group.
The other party was very enthusiastic.
[Did you pet your dog today?: Hi, you're such a beautiful goddess, I remember you.]
[Shushu is so beautiful: Here's 300,000 spirit stones. Change the name of the spirit website to "dog," or anything else.]
[Shushu is super beautiful. Did you pet the dog today?] 300,000 spirit stones were donated to the Lingwang account.
[Did you pet the dog today?: Okay, I'll change it right away, thank you, beautiful goddess.]
After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn has passed, Amo comes to greet Luo Mingshu again.
[Don't touch anything today: Super beautiful goddess, how about this?]
[Shushu is so beautiful: That's enough.]
Luo Mingshu was satisfied that the other party's online name was pleasing to the eye. Seeing that the small circle was chatting happily, she didn't say anything more, but Xie Changming kept contacting her.
[Anonymous cultivator (192cm tall): Your junior brother is suspicious. Aren't you going to ask him about his purpose? And that glass bead... never mind, come here, I'll reinforce your dragon horns with some concealment magic.]
【Shushu is so beautiful: No, I want to go back to my sect.】
[Anonymous cultivator (192cm tall): Where is your sect located?]
[Shushu is so beautiful: I'm not telling you, you pretended to be the Supreme Immortal Lord and lied to me, I will never believe you again.]
[Anonymous monk (192cm tall): I didn't mean to...]
[The anonymous monk (192cm tall) retracted the message.]
[Anonymous cultivator (192cm tall): This is not true. The Supreme Immortal Lord has absolutely no connection with me.]
[Shushu is so beautiful: But only the Supreme Immortal Lord knows about my junior brother's affairs and the dragon horns.]
[Anonymous cultivator (192cm tall): ...]
There was no further response from the other party. Luo Mingshu thought for a moment and realized that this was the first time she had ever asked an anonymous cultivator on the Spirit Network without getting a reply.
It seems that she hasn't yet mastered the art of verbal battles. Sometimes it has nothing to do with cultivation level. A true master can break down an opponent's defenses with just one sentence.
Having temporarily fulfilled one of her biggest regrets on the Spirit Network, Luo Mingshu wasn't particularly happy. She quickly washed up and went to sleep.
She was fast asleep; after so long in the Misty Star Sea, she was indeed quite tired.
That night, someone came to Luo Mingshu's window, which was half-open, and a gentle breeze was blowing in from outside.
The restrictions on the room in the inn were useless to Xie Changming. He was still dressed in black, and his silhouette was long and slender in the moonlight.
He moved silently, leaping into Luo Mingshu's room.
Xie Changming did indeed have the ability to find the other party by following a wisp of divine thought on the spiritual network. He thought that the hidden spell on Luo Mingshu's dragon horn might not be stable enough. If a sharp-eyed cultivator saw it, she would not be able to keep her identity.
Yinglong, who had not yet advanced to his complete form, was very weak. Of course, he didn't mind protecting her, but Luo Mingshu herself minded that she was always being protected.
Xie Changming looked at Luo Mingshu lying on the bed. She was lying on her side, her curly hair scattered on the couch, and the brocade quilt draped around her waist had slipped down, revealing her delicate collarbone and the scar on her reverse scale under her slightly open nightgown.
He lowered his head and covered Luo Mingshu with the quilt that she had kicked off.
Luo Mingshu let out a soft "hum" in her sleep, then turned over and buried her face in the pillow.
Xie Changming gently turned her cheek back. On her forehead, the dragon horns that only he could see were crystal clear and lovely. He wondered if it was just his imagination, but the horns seemed to have grown a little.
He lightly touched the dragon's horn with his fingertips, and added several more layers of concealment magic.
Luo Mingshu was fast asleep and didn't notice Xie Changming's arrival at all. Perhaps she felt Xie Changming's touch in her sleep, because she turned her head and bit Xie Changming's wrist with a "whoosh".
"Xie Changming...you...you're awful." Luo Mingshu was talking in her sleep, her teeth tapping against his wrist bone. It didn't hurt, but it was very itchy.
Xie Changming placed his fingertip on her lips, rendering her speechless.
He looked down at her, his eyes deep and unfathomable. After a long while, he sighed softly.
Only after confirming that there was no problem with the small dragon horn on Luo Mingshu's forehead did he feel relieved and leave.
Xie Changming knew that Wei Qing had been taken away by Luo Mingshu, so Wei Qing must be in a nearby room at this time. Luo Mingshu is not able to question the ascended cultivators, but he can make Wei Qing tell him everything he knows.
After searching through three rooms, he finally found Wei Qing in the cheapest room on the far side of the entire inn.
Wei Qing was unconscious at this moment, his eyes tightly closed.
After being sent flying by Luo Mingshu's spear inside Xuantian Mansion, Wei Qing's consciousness fell into chaos after Xie Changming tried to kill him. However, the Misty Star Sea descended with lightning to protect him.
During his competition with Luo Mingshu, his consciousness seemed to be no longer his own. He was dominated by the belief that "I cannot leave the Misty Star Sea, I must escape my work, so I must win against Luo Mingshu by any means necessary."
As a result, he even forcibly broke through the seal of his cultivation. Although he has not yet fully unleashed the cultivation level after ascension, he now has the cultivation level of the Tribulation Transcending stage, which is even comparable to that of Feng Du, the sect leader of the Yu Ling Sect.
Wei Qing didn't know what was wrong with him, but at this moment, his dreams were frequently filled with his conversation with his master before leaving the Heavenly Realm.
"You must find her, protect her, and bring her back to the Heavenly Realm intact. You know, she is very important..." His master's words echoed in his mind like a spell.
"This is a seal that suppresses cultivation. Remember to break through it only in a moment of desperation..." Someone placed a seal on Wei Qing to block his cultivation. The voice was indistinct, and it was impossible to tell whether it was his master or another Immortal Lord.
Xie Changming extracted the divine thought formed from this memory, and a bluish-green light appeared at his fingertips. After deciphering the contents of this divine thought, he seemed to be deep in thought.
There is no doubt that some immortals in the celestial realm want to protect Luo Mingshu, but there are also forces that he has not yet discovered that are trying to harm her.
Xie Changming thought he had killed all his enemies in the Heavenly Realm, but now it seems that this is not the case.
The most troublesome thing is that he doesn't know which of the Four Immortal Lords is currently trying to harm Luo Mingshu.
He killed one of the Four Directions Immortal Lords, and before there was a successor, the Heavenly Realm lost its balance. The Heavenly Realm was in turmoil, and a tribulation of lightning descended, killing countless immortals and minor gods. The Heavenly Pillar that connects heaven and earth also seemed to have suffered severe damage.
If he could, Xie Changming could easily kill the four celestial lords of the Heavenly Realm. However, with the Heavenly Realm and the lower realm out of balance, even with the support of the Heavenly Pillar, the Heavenly Realm would collapse, and the Heavenly Pillar that held up the heavens and the earth would also collapse.
Even if Xie Changming were insane, he couldn't do such a thing, because the Demon Realm is also within this realm.
However, the people in the Heavenly Realm probably don't know that they have already discovered this matter. In fact, many immortals in the Heavenly Realm believe that he hates Luo Mingshu because he kidnapped Luo Mingshu when she was lost from the Heavenly Realm.
Xie Changming considered the future development of this matter. After much thought, he decided that he should wait until Luo Mingshu advanced to her complete form before taking her back to the Heavenly Realm.
After all, it's still unknown which side is trying to harm her.
However... Luo Mingshu's method of advancement...
Xie Changming sighed softly. He had never imagined that even Luo Mingshu herself didn't know how to advance.
He thought to himself, but then he remembered what had happened at the Sandstorm Ferry: the Crimson Lotus... Shui Qingnian...
Xie Changming's thinking was completely consistent with Luo Mingshu's.
After investigating Wei Qing, he erased the memories of Luo Mingshu from his consciousness and left alone.
The next day, Shui Qingnian was persecuted again, and Xie Changming applied to communicate with her telepathically through the Misty Star Sea Surfing Group.
After Shui Qingnian refused ten times, Xie Changming forcibly connected with her.
[Anonymous Cultivator (192cm tall): Crimson Copper Lotus?]
[The ultra-cool princess: You wait, I'm going to tell my father right now, anonymous cultivator, you're finished.]
[Anonymous Cultivator (192cm tall): What is the Crimson Copper Lotus for?]
[The ultra-cool princess: Why don't you ask the ultra-beautiful goddess about this? I've already told her. Aren't you two on good terms?]
[Anonymous cultivator (192cm tall): ...]
[Anonymous monk (192cm tall): You're in an online relationship.]
Shui Qingnian screamed in the palace of the demon realm, pounding the pillows on the bed with a loud bang.
[Anonymous Cultivator (192cm): Sealed Heart and Locked Love (183cm), right?]
Shui Qingnian's hand, which was pounding the pillow, stopped.
[Anonymous monk (192cm tall): Speak, or you'll never see him again.]
[The ultra-cold princess: You dare kill him?! I'll tell my father right now.]
Xie Changming: "..." I just wanted to break you up, why do you think of me as so malicious?
[The ultra-cool princess: It's something ancient demon gods used to advance their power. I don't know the specifics of how it works. I was just thinking if I could try using it, in case I advance too. If demon gods can use it, why can't I? Aren't the Silver Dragon and Yinglong both long and thin?]
[The ultra-cool princess: Anyway, that's all the ancient book said. I burned it after reading it. The book indicated that a red copper lotus flower appeared when the cave was revealed, so I went to find the treasure that would be obtained after the cave appeared. I even specially asked the baby Earth Moon Mole to help me find it.]
[The ultra-cool princess: The stunningly beautiful goddess even abducted our demon realm's young moon mole! You are truly a den of vipers, in cahoots.]
[The ultra-cool princess: Where are you?]
A new message appeared on her psychic network interface.
[Sorry, the anonymous cultivator (192cm tall) has severed their telepathic connection with you.]
[Click on the anonymous cultivator's (192cm tall) name to re-initiate a communication with...] his divine sense.
Sorry, you do not have this permission.
Shui Qingnian: I fucking swear!!!
She challenged Xie Changming in the Misty Starry Sea Surfing Group.
[The ultra-cold princess: Anonymous cultivator, if you dare lay a hand on Suo Ai, I... I'll immediately order my father to slaughter the Demon Realm.]
No one paid any attention to her. After Xie Changming got the information he wanted, he stopped communicating with her.
The next day, Luo Mingshu woke up and wiped her lips, feeling as if she could smell a familiar scent.
She didn't think too much about it; she wasn't actually very bright. The fact that she could recognize Xie Changming in the Misty Star Sea was purely because this stupid demon's acting skills were too poor.
Who is impersonating another person, even mimicking their tail?
Fortunately, she was quick-witted and took the opportunity to touch him several more times; otherwise, Xie Changming would definitely not have let her touch him for long under normal circumstances.
Luo Mingshu called Lu Yaoyao and they boarded her purple-gold cloud-patterned boat to return to the Imperial Spirit Sect.
When Lu Yaoyao boarded the cloud boat, she hesitated and was somewhat incredulous: "Senior sister, do we not need to pay spirit stones?"
"No need." Luo Mingshu was unusually generous, because she still needed to use Lu Yaoyao.
Lu Yaoyao took Wei Qing aboard the cloud boat, and after casually leaving her senior brother somewhere, she sat down on the bed and began to admire the scenery outside the cloud boat.
As Luo Mingshu tossed spirit stones into the cloud boat, she casually remarked, "Tell me about that system."
"Senior Sister Luo...that system..." Lu Yaoyao panicked upon hearing this.
"You're bound to this system, you're the heroine in the storybook, right?" Luo Mingshu asked her.
Lu Yaoyao was shocked that Luo Mingshu knew everything. She trembled and stared blankly at Luo Mingshu.
“Listen up, what the system can give you, I can give you too. I even helped Ah Fa, who had mixed spiritual roots, to reach the Golden Core stage. What reason do you have to work for the system and not help me?” Luo Mingshu leaned back on the soft couch, the ice crystal phoenix in front of her seemed ready to take flight.
"Senior Sister Luo, I...I'm sorry, I really have no choice." As Lu Yaoyao spoke, tears streamed down her face. "I really want him to come back."
"What kind of bewitching potion did the system give you?" Luo Mingshu asked Lu Yaoyao with a puzzled look.
Luo Mingshu is indeed not very good at feeling love. If Meng Weifang were in front of Lu Yaoyao, he would definitely have imagined a series of tragic love stories.
Lu Yaoyao wasn't doing things for the system's rewards at all; she was willing to obey because the system was the one giving her the tasks.
"Senior Sister Luo, I'm sorry, I will continue to play the female lead in this storybook." Lu Yaoyao thought for a moment and said softly to Luo Mingshu.
"Oh, then I'll smash this system." Luo Mingshu wouldn't give her the chance to be the female lead.
"He... if I don't do what he says, he'll die." Lu Yaoyao lunged forward, grabbing Luo Mingshu's wrist as she spoke. (Small. Piano. Organizing.)
Luo Mingshu looked at her and said, "The more you do what he wants, the less he can get away from you."
"Do you think that by completing the task he assigned you perfectly, you can release his primordial spirit from the jade bracelet?" Luo Mingshu was not as naive as Lu Yaoyao in this regard. She knew that the person who wrote this story was ill-intentioned, even sinister.
“Once the mission is complete, you… and your system are nothing but trash, rendered useless, and can only be destroyed by the other party.” Luo Mingshu’s words were sharp. “Perhaps with luck, you can die together.”
“But…” Lu Yaoyao covered her eyes, her voice trembling as she said, “He could be killed at any moment…”
Luo Mingshu raised the jade bracelet in her hand, which Xie Changming had sealed to block the transmission of divine sense, similar to the function of the Misty Star Sea in blocking divine sense.
“He is now a primordial spirit. To kill him, some divine sense must enter. Look at this jade bracelet. Can it still communicate with the outside world with divine sense?” Luo Mingshu asked. “It’s true that he is imprisoned, but external forces cannot harm him unless I smash the jade bracelet.”
Lu Yaoyao stared blankly at Luo Mingshu, she couldn't believe that Luo Mingshu was capable of using such advanced magic.
“Help me.” Luo Mingshu raised her chin at her, her tone as high-pitched as ever. This sentence sounded more like a command. “Continue to communicate with the jade bracelet and find out the power behind it. Just like in the Misty Star Sea, I will uproot that power.”
“Only in this way can you be free forever.” Luo Mingshu clattered the jade bracelet onto the table in front of her.
Lu Yaoyao swallowed hard. She knew that Luo Mingshu's words made a lot of sense, but... but Luo Mingshu was only a Nascent Soul cultivator, and he had been stuck at the Nascent Soul stage for who knows how many years. She was afraid that Luo Mingshu was just exaggerating.
Simply put, she didn't believe in Luo Mingshu's abilities.
“Follow the system, and you'll both lose your usefulness and perish. Follow me, and you'll have a glimmer of hope.” Luo Mingshu saw the doubt in Lu Yaoyao’s eyes and said with a light laugh.
"Lu Yaoyao, you don't even have the courage to fight for a sliver of hope, do you?" Luo Mingshu asked, raising an eyebrow.
“I…” Lu Yaoyao tentatively reached for the jade bracelet. She nodded, looked up and met Luo Mingshu’s gaze. At this moment, her eyes were full of determination. “Senior Sister Luo, okay.”
Luo Mingshu waved her hand, breaking the seal that made the jade bracelet make a sound.
The system has just been unsealed, and its mouth is far from idle.
"Stunningly beautiful goddess! Listen to me, the security captain came to your room last night and even let you kiss him!"
The system shrieked, recounting what it had inadvertently witnessed the previous night, and began to tattle.
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