Chapter 46: Forty-Six Slashes "Even a draw is a defeat"...
Wei Qing's position was actually quite special, because in the Dongzhi Wonderland, the only person who was really interested was Shui Qingnian.
Lu Yaoyao was preoccupied with how to retrieve her system, while Wei Qing and his teammates had no intention of helping Dongzhi Wonderland win this duel.
They only wanted to prolong the exploration, so for the sake of balance, they could switch sides at any time. Coincidentally, Wuji Palace was missing a security captain for some reason.
At this moment, Wei Qing was discussing with Amo which one of them should temporarily withdraw, so that there would be three explorers each from Dongzhi Wonderland and Wuji Palace, thus achieving a relative balance of power between the two.
Wei Qing argued with the air, "You know my strength. If I take action, it will be very disadvantageous for them. So, leave the task of temporarily withdrawing to maintain the balance of power between the two sides to me."
The sea of clouds behind him rolled, outlining the silhouette of a person. Amo's voice came: "It's actually inconvenient for me to take action like this. We didn't expect Dongzhi Wonderland to be so weak. At least you have a human form. I'll take on the task of observing."
"I don't want to move," Wei Qing said. "Fighting is exhausting."
“I don’t want to move either. Do you think I want to fight?” Amo said.
"What should we do then?" Wei Qing asked, as he planned to play rock-paper-scissors with Amo to try and get out of the fishing game.
But just then, he heard the roar of machinery behind him, as if someone was approaching.
Wei Qing always acted in a low-key manner, and almost no one noticed him. When Luo Mingshu approached on his turtle, he had already flown into the sky, ready to escape.
But the tortoise was extremely fast, and even he was caught up in no time.
Luo Mingshu drove the Turtle forward, drifted, and performed a beautiful fishtail, stopping sideways in front of Wei Qing.
"Wei Qing!" Luo Mingshu called out his real name directly, "Disciple of Fuyun Peak of Yuling Sect, I've finally found you."
Wei Qing hadn't heard anyone call his real name in a long time. He was startled, stopped running away, and looked at Luo Mingshu.
"Who are you?" Wei Qing asked subconsciously.
“I am Luo Mingshu from Shuixijian. According to the time of my entry into the sect, you should call me senior sister.” Luo Mingshu said, looking at him.
When he saw Wei Qing, the green bracelet lying in Luo Mingshu's spatial pouch began to vibrate, and he was afraid that something unexpected might happen again.
Although Wei Qing and Luo Mingshu were both disciples of the Yuling Sect, he had only been a disciple for a few years, and Luo Mingshu liked to stay in the streams and never go out, so only the legend of Luo Mingshu was circulated in the Yuling Sect, and he had never seen her in person.
Wei Qing had heard that Luo Mingshu had a bad temper, that she was beautiful, and that she was extremely rich; she always sounded like someone not to be trifled with.
Upon seeing him today, he remarked that the second part of the rumor was indeed true.
"It's me." Wei Qing nodded politely to Luo Mingshu, and then asked tactfully, "May I ask what business you have with me, Senior Sister?"
"You've made our sect search so hard, so you've been hiding in the Misty Star Sea having a good time." Luo Mingshu picked up Manman, who was sitting behind her, and said, "This Earth Moon Mole is your pet, isn't it?"
Wei Qing was stunned when he saw Manman. At that moment, the little guy jumped down from Luo Mingshu's hands and ran towards him.
"I've already sent him back to the Demon Realm, haven't I?" Wei Qing smiled wryly as he stroked Manman's fur.
"As for why we found him, you'll have to ask your good junior sister Lu Yaoyao." Luo Mingshu said through gritted teeth. The whole thing started with Lu Yaoyao picking up the wrong hair.
"Senior Sister Luo," Wei Qing gently returned the hugged girl to Luo Mingshu, "So now you..."
"I'm here on orders from my sect to capture you and bring you back to the Yuling Sect." Luo Mingshu showed no politeness towards Wei Qing. "You represent Dongzhi Immortal Realm, right? You wait, I'll take good care of you when the fight breaks out later."
"Senior Sister Luo, I... I just accidentally got lost in the Misty Star Sea. I am extremely grateful that you came to find me, but... but getting lost here was not my intention." Wei Qing was very good at shifting the blame.
"I don't care what your wishes are." Luo Mingshu raised her chin and glanced at Wei Qing. "Anyway, I will bring you back to the Yu Ling Sect."
“I’m afraid that won’t work.” Wei Qing shook his head. His gentle tone easily softened Luo Mingshu’s sharp edge. “Exploring the Misty Star Sea is my wish, Senior Sister Luo. You can’t take me away.”
"Is this why you fled into the Misty Star Sea without a word?" Luo Mingshu raised an eyebrow and asked him, "Do you know that your master used up all the savings of Fuyun Peak to borrow the Soul Summoning Bell in order to find you? How could there be such an irresponsible disciple like you in the Yuling Sect?"
"I..." Wei Qing was speechless for a moment. He naturally had no feelings for the Yu Ling Sect, so when he left, he never thought about how the sect would treat him.
"The sect leader is also very concerned about you and personally instructed me to bring you back." Luo Mingshu's voice was clear and crisp. "They all thought you were in danger in the Demon Realm and were worried sick about it, but you were having a good time in the Misty Star Sea."
Luo Mingshu was well aware of the attitudes of the elders and sect leader of the Yuling Sect towards Wei Qing's disappearance. Putting aside everything else, the Yuling Sect treated its disciples very well. After Wei Qing disappeared, apart from Lu Yaoyao, who didn't seem to be genuinely looking for him, the other elders in the Yuling Sect were quite concerned about the matter.
And now he actually dares to say he doesn't want to go back?
How could that be? Even if he didn't want to go back, she would still tie him up and take him back.
"Senior Sister Luo, please convey my apologies to Master, but I really don't want to leave here," Wei Qinglue said with a bow.
"Whether you want to or not, it won't affect my decision to take you back." Luo Mingshu held his chin and looked at him, "Wei Qing, don't you understand your situation yet?"
“Of course I know that Senior Sister Luo is ambitious and wants to unify the Immortal Realm and clear this exploration scene.” Wei Qing shook his head and explained. He was not annoyed or afraid by Luo Mingshu’s arrogant attitude. “But as long as the exploration scene lasts long enough, the scene will automatically dissipate and match new scenes for other explorers.”
"Next time, we probably won't be matched together again, right?" Wei Qing asked Luo Mingshu with a smile.
“There will be no next time. You have no chance to stall for time.” Luo Mingshu looked up at Wei Qing and said, “I will defeat you—as quickly as possible.”
"Senior Sister Luo, is this really necessary?" Wei Qing smiled helplessly at Luo Mingshu.
"Seriously." Luo Mingshu raised his chin to him and said firmly, his posture full of energy.
"The final result of today's battle in Tianluan City must be a draw." Wei Qing said. He seemed to be confident in his ability to manipulate the situation - after all, before this, he had manipulated the victory and failure of several exploration scenes and successfully delayed the time to the limit.
"Ridiculous." Seeing Wei Qing's insistence on going his own way, Luo Mingshu activated his turtle and said only, "I just want to win. Even a draw is a failure for me."
After Luo Mingshu left, Amo dared to speak. He said to Wei Qing with emotion, "Brother Bai, your fellow disciple has quite a peculiar temperament."
"That's what the rumors say about her. Although she and I are from the same sect, this is the first time we've met." Wei Qing lowered her head and straightened her green clothes. "Never mind, I'll take action. I'll give you this chance to slack off."
“If she’s too powerful…” Amo was also intimidated by Luo Mingshu’s aura. “Even if four against three isn’t fair, I will still help you… I don’t want to leave the Misty Star Sea.”
"Okay," Wei Qing agreed, and they reached a temporary consensus.
After Luo Mingshu met with Wei Qing, her journey to Tianluan City took much longer. By the time she arrived, Xu Qian and Meng Weifang had already entered the city, while Xie Changming was still waiting for her outside.
She was angry at Wei Qing and her face looked unhappy, so Xie Changming naturally noticed that something was wrong with her expression.
"What?" He stopped in his tracks and asked Luo Mingshu.
"I met someone." Luo Mingshu jumped off the tortoise and put her beloved mount back into her spatial pouch. "Nothing happened."
She didn't take Wei Qingtai to heart, but he slowly seemed unhappy. He squatted on Luo Mingshu's shoulder, his head hanging down, as if he felt lost because of Wei Qingtai's indifference.
"Let me tell you, humans are all untrustworthy. He was good to you before, but now he's sending you back like a hot potato," Luo Mingshu said slowly and gently. "What's there to be disappointed about? Once we leave the Misty Star Sea, I'll send you back to your clan. Now that you've seen him, you shouldn't have any regrets, right?"
He slowly made two "clucking" sounds, waving his two strong forelimbs, seemingly unwilling to return to the demon realm.
Luo Mingshu said to him, "What, you still want to play with him? Didn't you see he wasn't planning on including you?"
"Gugua gugua," he said slowly and aggrievedly, meaning that Wei Qing had saved him and was willing to play with him, and that he liked Wei Qing very much.
"I can't handle this child anymore." Luo Mingshu had no experience in comforting children, so she shoved Manman into Xie Changming's arms. "Just watch him. You know, no one wants him anymore, so why is he still thinking of going back to him? Haven't I given him enough roasted chestnuts these past few days?"
Xie Changming had already realized that the "he" Luo Mingshu was referring to was her junior brother, but given his current status, he shouldn't theoretically know about Wei Qing's existence, so he chose to remain silent.
He gradually grew to like Luo Mingshu more, but he also liked Wei Qing, so his actual idea was this—
"Gugua—" It slowly pointed in Wei Qing's direction, using one of its little paws to indicate Wei Qing.
"Quack quack—" Manman touched Luo Mingshu with her paw again, and pointed at Luo Mingshu with her other little paw.
Then he put his two paws together, which roughly meant that Luo Mingshu could be with Wei Qing and take him to play together.
Luo Mingshu understood Manman's meaning, and she fell silent, thinking that the Earth-Moon Mole might be finished.
Xie Changming naturally understood as well. He pursed his lips and shoved Manman into the cage with his other hand. Where did this brat come from? He's just talking nonsense.
"In Tianluan City, can I take action?" Xie Changming asked. He wanted to punch that Wei Qing.
“No, you are a Celestial Lord.” Luo Mingshu reminded him to be mindful of his status. “This is my trial, what does it have to do with you?”
Xie Changming felt utterly disgusted with his current identity; he was clearly Luo Mingshu's teammate.
"Alright, let's go in." Luo Mingshu rolled up her sleeves, temporarily setting Wei Qing as her number one enemy.
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