On the other side.
Shen Zhaozhao's gaze was unfocused. She listened to the slightly unstable energy fluctuations coming from the direction of the alchemy room, caused by someone's excessive excitement. She felt the eerie vibrations coming from the Gu room beneath her feet, enough to kill someone with trypophobia. Murong Xiao's outrageous demand to "wrap her in red satin" echoed in her mind...
Okay, okay.
Epilepsy.
They're all crazy.
It's good to be a little crazy.
Putting everything else aside, their sect's mental state is at least several hundred years ahead of the average level in the cultivation world!
Numbly, she thought that what these lunatics were doing now, in a sense, was also preparation for the sect competition a few months later—both physically and mentally.
After all, their sect has offended the Tianyan Sect so badly this time. If they were to clash head-on, it would definitely be a life-or-death battle.
Without some hidden trump card and a manic state that disregards the lives of others, one probably wouldn't be able to withstand it.
Thinking of this, Shen Zhaozhao tried to shake off the jumbled images in her mind, calmed her mind, and with a flick of her wrist, took out the ancient book that she had been carefully nurtured with spiritual spring water since she obtained it from Yuntai Immortal Market.
The previously blurry cover has shed its old disguise, revealing its original appearance.
Against a deep background, several ancient and vigorous characters, exuding boundless dominance, flow slowly as if alive—
Nine Revolutions Spirit Devouring Technique.
She took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in her heart. Just as she was about to calm her mind and study this bug-level cultivation technique, a violent dizziness, as if her soul had been forcibly pulled away, suddenly struck her as her fingertips touched the ancient book.
The world spun around her, and Shen Zhaozhao couldn't even utter a cry of alarm. She felt her consciousness flutter like a kite with a broken string, and then everything went completely black.
"Thump!"
...
Open your eyes again.
Shen Zhaozhao stared blankly at everything in front of her.
The air was filled with the fir scent of her favorite perfume from her past life, mixed with the unique aroma of paper and money, the scent of someone at the top of the city's wealth chain.
She's... back?
However, before Shen Zhaozhao could even process the sudden shift in time and space, something deep within her consciousness, which had been dormant for a long time, became even more excited than she was, emitting a sharp, explosive sound like a kettle boiling over.
[Su, Susu host? ! 】
The system's electronic voice was distorted beyond recognition, filled with unprecedented terror and chaos: "Where have you put me?! What the hell is this place?!"
The noise made Shen Zhaozhao's temples throb. She was silent for a moment, and her eyes quickly changed from blank to clear, even with a hint of playful inquiry.
Instead of answering the system's question immediately, she slowly got up and walked to the huge floor-to-ceiling window.
Beneath her feet, a stream of cars moved like ants. Shen Zhaozhao slightly raised her chin, her gaze sweeping over the "empire" she had painstakingly fought her way to the top: "Chieftain~"
"Look, my place is actually pretty good, isn't it?"
System: [Host? What do you mean? Shouldn't we be discussing how to get back to Lingzhou first?!]
Shen Zhaozhao smiled, slowly turned around, and sat back in that ridiculously expensive executive chair. She leaned back slightly, and an aura of superiority, as if she had everything under control and even a touch of weariness and languor, instantly filled the air.
"Literal meaning."
"Can't go back? I don't really care."
"After all, where can't a strong person thrive?"
She paused, then lightly tapped a stack of contracts with her fingertip: "As for you, since you're just idling around anyway, why don't you... think carefully about whether you should tell me your little secret?"
"Otherwise, with the information asymmetry, even if I wanted to take you back to Lingzhou, we wouldn't be able to go back, would we?"
The system's electronic voice abruptly stopped, as if gripped by an invisible hand: [W-What little secret… Host, I don't know what you're talking about…]
Shen Zhaozhao was not in a hurry, and her tone remained calm: "No rush, take your time to think about it, I have plenty of time."
"after all."
She chuckled softly and added the last sentence, "As you can see, I'm doing quite well here."
Shen Zhaozhao leaned back in her chair with a leisurely air, her fingertips tapping lightly on the expensive table, making a rhythmic sound, as if giving the system's already chaotic thoughts a death knell.
Ever since the last demon invasion, when Yun Wan'er's cultivation level soared, she had become suspicious.
She casually asked the system, "Are there any colleagues?" and the system's guilty conscience practically overflowed the screen.
However, Liu Yunchuan's situation was complicated at the time, and she was too lazy to investigate further.
Now... with the right timing, location, and people, it's the perfect opportunity for torture... uh, friendly exchange.
[Host...we can talk this over...]
The system's electronic voice vibrated as if there was a faulty connection: "Lingzhou is rich in spiritual energy, making it even more suitable for you to realize your grand ambitions! Shall we think about how to get back?"
"go back?"
Shen Zhaozhao raised an eyebrow, her tone carrying an undeniable pressure, "Why go back? I don't even need to make any great moves here; someone has already presented me with a ready-made grand plan."
[...]
The system was so choked by this powerful reason that it almost crashed.
“Tongzi,” Shen Zhaozhao said slowly, emphasizing her words, “I have limited patience, and I hate it when people treat me like a fool.”
The system remained silent for a full ten breaths, the chaotic noise of the electron flow crackling in Shen Zhaozhao's sea of consciousness, as if an extremely fierce internal struggle was taking place.
Finally, as if all its energy had been drained, it let out a long, resigned sigh, tinged with tears.
[Waaah... I'll talk! I'll talk, okay?! I'm going to die either way! Offending him means death, and if you don't go back to Lingzhou, he'll go crazy and I'll die too! I don't care anymore!]
Shen Zhaozhao frowned slightly: "What do you mean?"
The system seemed to have gone all out: "That's...that's the gist of it! There's no real system here! It's all packaging! It's a filter! It's the embodiment of the big shots' preferences!"
[Heaven favors Yun Wan'er, so she seems to find treasures even while walking, and misfortune can turn into opportunity!]
[As for you... uh... another, another big shot! He... he favors you! So your opportunities will appear in a way you can understand!]
[You come from another world and are used to various cheat systems, so in your eyes, you become me!]
As for Yun Wan'er's favoritism, it will naturally be presented in a way that she can understand!
So... all those tasks and "morality points" are just rationalized forms of expression! I'm, at most, just a... a customer service representative! The customer service representative responsible for distributing the 'favoritism' approved by the big shots!
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