Chapter 42: Forty-Two Cuts "I'm not the security captain..."
"Oh." Luo Mingshu didn't react much when she heard the news that the Supreme Immortal Lord was coming back; she just responded coldly.
"A stunningly beautiful goddess, aren't you looking forward to it? Aren't you happy?" Han Yu raised her eyes, glanced at Luo Mingshu, and asked cautiously.
"Why should I expect anything? When he comes back, I'll ask him when he's going to hand me the divorce papers." Luo Mingshu had her own plans.
In recent days, she had also learned that the Supreme Immortal Lord had a very high reputation in the Heavenly Realm, so if she rashly killed him, she was afraid that she would not be able to convince the public. Although she had been smearing the Supreme Immortal Lord's image in the tabloids, the cultivators in the Heavenly Realm still trusted him very much.
It seems that in order to completely overthrow the Supreme Immortal Lord, she must find the unforgivable mistakes he has made so that she can stand on the side of justice, kill him, and achieve her great cause of unifying the immortal realm.
However, not knowing when he would return, Luo Mingshu sat on the throne and began to think of a solution.
“We need to find a way to make him commit an unforgivable mistake,” Luo Mingshu said, looking up at Xie Changming sitting next to her.
While other teams were fighting amongst themselves, she and Xie Changming seemed incredibly united. This was mainly because Luo Mingshu had temporarily put aside the old grudge of Xie Changming blocking her in order to ensure the smooth implementation of her online scam plan.
"You can just kill him directly." Xie Changming said.
“Killing us would make it difficult to unify the Immortal Realm, especially if too many people oppose us.” Luo Mingshu didn’t want to rule a cold and desolate Heavenly Realm; she needed many people to flatter her.
"What mistake could he possibly make?" Xie Changming thought it over and over, but still felt that killing him directly was the simplest solution.
“He…” Luo Mingshu said, stroking her chin, “I need to find a way to make him furious, so that he will attack me in a fit of rage and be accused of murdering his wife. That way, it will be natural for me to resist him.”
This entrapment scheme was something she learned from that black-robed monk in Fengsha Ferry.
“I’m quite good at infuriating people. Give me three days and I’ll make sure he’s after me,” Luo Mingshu said confidently.
Xie Changming said, "You don't need to make any effort."
"Nonsense, I've been working very hard." Luo Mingshu thought Xie Changming was implying that she wasn't putting in the effort.
“Keep it like this, and that will be enough to make him angry,” Xie Changming said slowly, looking into her eyes.
"Like this... what do you mean?" Luo Mingshu hadn't yet realized how absurd it was that she and Xie Changming were squeezing onto the same chair.
Xie Changming leaned closer to her: "That's right."
“You…” Luo Mingshu opened her lips slightly, still puzzled, “Stop being a riddle-maker, just get to the point.”
"It's... a male concubine... not the security captain." Xie Changming stammered as he said this.
Luo Mingshu was taken aback. She looked down and realized that she was standing very close to Xie Changming. This posture really made her look like she was keeping a demon lover and enjoying herself with him in the Wuji Palace.
“Xie Changming, you don’t understand.” Luo Mingshu sighed deeply. “In the original setting, he doesn’t like me. It’s only because I saved him that he feels indebted to me, so he is willing to marry me as his Daoist partner. Of course, these are just the settings that Misty Star Sea gave me. I would never get hurt while saving anyone.”
"He doesn't like me, so how can he be jealous? If he's worried about tarnishing the reputation of Wuji Palace, he only needs to find a way to drive you out. Driving away a demon is perfectly legitimate, so how can it be considered a heinous crime that offends both gods and men!" Luo Mingshu analyzed logically. "Your approach won't work. Let me do it. I'll make him so angry in three days that he'll want to kill his wife to prove his Dao."
Xie Changming still wanted to continue with Plan One, but seeing Luo Mingshu's enthusiastic attitude, he didn't want to interrupt her.
Luo Mingshu had already begun to devise a hundred ways to harm the Supreme Immortal Lord. It must be said that Master Ye Nan of the Eastern Branch Immortal Realm made a brilliant move, calling the Supreme Immortal Lord back in advance and catching Luo Mingshu off guard.
Meanwhile, in the Eastern Blossom Realm, Shui Qingnian and Lu Yaoyao began celebrating their partial victory after hearing the news.
"Great! Now that Immortal Lord is back, the Super Beautiful Goddess is going to be in trouble." Shui Qingnian took a sip of tea and said gloatingly, "She's currently having an ambiguous relationship with that Demon Clan's security captain. When the Supreme Immortal Lord returns, the first thing he'll do is kick her out of Wuji Palace. And stop with the tabloids. Without Wuji Palace, what will she use to compete with our Dongzhi Immortal Realm?"
"But...but..." Lu Yaoyao understood Luo Mingshu better. "Fairy Leng, aren't you worried about the safety of the Supreme Immortal Lord?"
“If the stunningly beautiful goddess wants to unify the heavens, then as long as she’s not stupid, she definitely won’t attack the Supreme Immortal Lord without a clear reason. Apart from disliking her, the Supreme Immortal Lord has nothing to be criticized about.” Shui Qingnian said, then turned to Ye Nan, who was sitting in the corner, to confirm, “Ye Nan, your brother hasn’t been having affairs, right?”
Ye Nan frowned in thought: "It should be... no."
“The stunningly beautiful goddess killed the Supreme Immortal Lord without any justification. She wouldn’t do anything illegitimate. Even when she released Suo Ai and slaughtered all the Qi family cultivators, it was the Qi family who made the big mistake first, and she still wrote a tabloid to explain it.” Shui Qingnian wasn’t stupid. She analyzed to herself, “What she wants to unify is a celestial realm with people, not an empty celestial realm.”
"We must protect the Supreme Immortal Lord to the death, and sing his praises lavishly. The more the Supreme Immortal Lord's image remains intact, the more difficult it will be for them to act." Shui Qingnian considered the next step.
At this moment, news came from outside Dongzhixian that someone had come to visit.
“Fairy Leng, oh fairy, there are two powerful cultivators outside Dongzhi Immortal Realm requesting an audience. They say that if you give them their names, you will let them in,” said the little cultivator who came to deliver the message from Dongzhi Immortal Realm.
"What's your name?" Shui Qingnian asked.
“One of the cultivators was named ‘Abai,’ and the other was named ‘Amo,’” the young cultivator repeated.
Shui Qingnian was stunned for a moment. This name sounded like that of an explorer; otherwise, no one would give such a bizarre name.
"Let Abai and Amo come in." Shui Qingnian nodded.
Lu Yaoyao sat to one side, clutching her chest, also wondering which teammates would come to join them.
Not long after, Wei Qing came in with a wisp of air. When asked, he said that Amo was too shy and had used a concealment technique to hide.
Of course, Wei Qing also disguised himself a little, as he was afraid of running into acquaintances.
His disguise was meaningful because he saw Lu Yaoyao under the peach trees in the Peach Blossom Garden.
"Holy crap." When Wei Qing saw Lu Yaoyao's familiar face, he almost forgot that he was still pretending. He took half a step back, slightly frightened.
"What?" Amo's voice came to his ear, but Amo was nowhere to be seen.
“It’s an acquaintance, someone who must be looking for me,” Wei Qing admitted.
"So it was you who lured them here," Amo said angrily.
"Don't expose me," Wei Qing whispered to Amo.
He was initially worried that Lu Yaoyao would recognize him, but Lu Yaoyao was clearly someone who couldn't distinguish between rat hair and his own hair. If the system were present at this moment, it could remind her, but Lu Yaoyao was staring blankly at her senior brother in front of her.
"Fairy Leng, are these the other two explorers who are coming to cooperate with us?" Lu Yaoyao asked, biting her lip. Her gaze swept over Wei Qing, who was in disguise, and her tone was puzzled. "Why is there only one person?"
"Amo is shy," Wei Qing explained. His disguise wasn't perfect. If a cultivator familiar with him came over, they could recognize him at a glance from his words and habits, but Lu Yaoyao didn't notice at all.
"I see." Lu Yaoyao responded softly. She secretly felt that Shui Qingnian's side was unreliable and thought about finding an opportunity to seek refuge with Luo Mingshu.
The news of the Supreme Immortal Lord's imminent return first spread from the Eastern Branch Immortal Realm, and the contents of the tabloids were all directed at the stunningly beautiful goddess.
Wei Qing, who witnessed the exaggerated story told in the "Heavenly Gossip Gazette," was shocked: "Is this how you explorers compete?"
“What’s wrong with exchanging words with pen?” Shui Qingnian blew on the paper in her hand. Since she was using the youth green version of the Spirit Network, she had never experienced the joy of spewing insults on the Spirit Network. Now this tabloid gave her a similar experience.
"What's the difference between you and that online troll [300-year-old beauty is super easy to fool]?" Wei Qing himself is also a level 10 surfer.
Lu Yaoyao knew that the "300-year-old beauty with a water spirit root who is super easy to fool" was Luo Mingshu—the super beautiful goddess of Wuji Palace—but she wouldn't say it because she was being mischievous.
She weakly chimed in, "We're much more sophisticated than her. Using tabloids for friendly communication is quite elegant."
Wei Qing looked at the contents of the tabloids they sent out and wondered what was so elegant about them.
On that day, Luo Mingshu first received the "Heavenly Gossip Tabloid" and browsed through its contents.
[Breaking news! Congratulations! The Supreme Immortal Lord is about to return! The true master of Wuji Palace has finally returned! The beautiful goddess has been behaving recklessly lately, damaging the reputation of Wuji Palace. We wonder how the Supreme Immortal Lord will deal with her upon his return?]
[Super beautiful goddess, you've squandered all the sympathy you earned by saving the Supreme Immortal Lord. You've been feigning madness and stupidity under the guise of love sickness for so long, and finally someone has come to punish you!]
After reading this tabloid, Luo Mingshu discussed with Xu Qian and also sent out a new copy of "Real Firsthand News from Heaven".
[With the return of the Supreme Immortal Lord, it is Dongzhi Immortal Realm that should be wary. Master Ye Nan of Dongzhi Immortal Realm is two-timing; how can such behavior be tolerated? The stunningly beautiful goddess diligently presides over the Wuji Hall; what crime has she committed? Below is an interview with someone from inside the Wuji Hall.]
[Q: Fairy Hanyu, what do you think of the Super Beautiful Goddess's performance these days?]
Under Luo Mingshu's intense gaze, Han Yu could only speak in this way—
[Answer: The incredibly beautiful goddess is wise and powerful. All the lesser immortals in the Wuji Palace admire her. We believe she is the one who truly deserves the title of Master of the Wuji Palace!]
After sending out the newsletter, Luo Mingshu sent Meng Weifang out to gather feedback.
Because their Wuji Palace's "Heavenly Realm First-Hand News" is cheaper and has a wider reach, coupled with the previous promotion of the image of the super beautiful goddess, most cultivators do not believe the statements of the "Heavenly Realm Gossip Gazette". Many cultivators even began to feel sorry for the super beautiful goddess, not understanding why she had done so many good deeds, yet was still disliked by the Supreme Immortal Lord.
Luo Mingshu was very satisfied with the result. She wanted to share it with Xie Changming, but she found that Xie Changming had left silently at some point - he had clearly been following her all the time, almost inseparable from her.
Luo Mingshu was a little unaccustomed to not seeing Xie Changming for a while. She was even a little angry. Was her teammate just going to leave her like this without saying goodbye?
Luo Mingshu went to look for Xie Changming. When she arrived at his room, she saw a piece of letter on his windowsill. The handwriting on the letter was vigorous and densely written on the whole page.
"I have something to attend to and will be leaving temporarily. It's related to exploring the Misty Star Sea. If you encounter any unexpected situations, just use the brocade pouch I left on the table—well, there shouldn't be anyone here you can't beat. I'll be back soon. Also, remember to cover yourself with a blanket when you sleep tonight, and remember to remove the fish bones when you eat fish head tofu stew..."
The following section contained details of his daily life. Luo Mingshu skimmed through it and found Xie Changming to be quite verbose.
But after all that rambling, where did he go? They were teammates; there was no reason for him to suddenly leave.
Luo Mingshu pursed her lips, thinking to herself in a muffled voice.
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