Chapter 21
There are three tasks side by side on the panel, and they all shine brightly.
As expected, tasks are the cornerstone of the system and the direction of the system's progress.
03 spun twice, raised the matchstick, and scattered a stream of silvery-white flowers. The virtual flowers drifted down, turning into star dust and dissipating halfway.
Feng Jue stared at it with a smile and said, "Are you happy?"
03 Floated in front of Feng Jue and scattered flowers on her face.
Feng Jue: "It seems that he is very happy indeed."
"I don't know." 03 said, "If this feeling is happiness, then I am very happy."
At this moment, Feng Jue no longer had such emotions. He stretched out his palm, caught a falling silver flower, and said slowly, "You are deceiving yourself—Tong."
The fluorescent virtual fragment melted away the moment it touched Feng Jue's palm, leaving no trace. Feng Jue withdrew his palm and said, "But my standards are very high. Don't blame me for being picky if I reject you."
But you are really picky.
03 took out the panel, which recorded the names he had heard from the restaurant. Each one was a contemporary beauty, and the sentences those people recited in praise of the beauties were carefully marked next to 03. Feng Jue read without any emotion.
Just like when 03 annotated poems and songs, one cannot feel the lingering sadness behind the words.
"The host said she doesn't love useless people and only marries strong people." 03 said, "I will try my best to find someone other than the protagonist who satisfies you."
Having seen 03's style, Feng Jue was afraid that he would one day instigate her to seek out some venerable beings who had lived for thousands or even tens of thousands of years and were about to ascend. She immediately said, "Even if they are powerful, they must be of the same temperament as me, share the same interests, and be able to benefit from the same path..."
Feng Jue began to enrich 03's vocabulary.
A minute later, she took a sip of tea and continued, "...his appearance must match mine. If he's exceptionally talented and ambitious, it doesn't matter if his family background isn't. I can afford to support him."
03 Dizzy, summary: "Can't be weak."
Feng Jue affirmed: "Can't be weak."
03: "Strong."
Phoenix Technique: "Strong."
03 gave a thumbs up, Feng Jue chuckled and waved at 03.
Step back.
03 retreated immediately, flying to the surveillance point to act as a camera. Xue Mengtao, one of the people being monitored, had not yet returned from feeding the Fire Rock Dragon at Lanyang Palace. Most of the guests in the restaurant had dispersed, with only a few people enjoying tea and wine.
The bright moon shone brightly, Lanyang City was all white, and the lights of Wangxiantai in the distance were as bright as
During the day, people were moving around, but the monks in the inner city were walking quickly, rushing towards the ethereal fairy dream.
The silver-white robe, bathed in moonlight, stopped outside the guest room. The cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage needed to eat and rest, and the snoring of the Baishui Sect disciples could be heard in the guest room.
If you try to float in further, you will be warned.
03Turning around, he looked towards the inn where the host was.
——A phoenix is coming.
It is the property of Lanyang Palace, so the host would whip and destroy it without hesitation?
The floating system guessed, and an "X" lit up above its head, accompanied by a "buzzing" sound effect indicating an incorrect answer.
If it were Feng Jue, then he would naturally do whatever he wanted, no matter why.
03The X on the head turned into a hook, and he found the cleanest tile nest to hide in.
Work!
The system lives to work!
A few days later, as the day of the Chongshan Secret Realm's opening approached, the situation in Lanyang City suddenly became tense. It turned out that the news of the Chongshan Secret Realm's upgrade and reopening spread throughout Dongzhou, and murders and robberies occurred from time to time outside the city, all for a jade token from the Chongshan Secret Realm.
Siyi was thoughtful and thoughtful. Before the situation became tense, she personally met Bai Fenghui and directly booked a small courtyard for the disciples of Baishui Sect to live in and practice. She did not allow them to wander around the city to avoid being targeted.
At first, the disciples of Baishui Sect were very excited about staying in guest rooms filled with spiritual energy, but when they heard from somewhere that a jade token from the Chongshan Secret Realm was being sold for a hundred high-grade spirit stones, they began to get restless.
One jade plate is worth a hundred high-grade spirit stones, and thirty of them is three thousand spirit stones. The compensation given to Lanyang Palace was only two thousand high-grade spirit stones, but it made the Baishui Sect feel very painful.
"Master, why don't you go talk to the people at Lanyang Palace and try to get some benefits? This is three thousand high-grade spirit stones, enough to buy a high-grade Xuan-level magic weapon!"
Bai Fenghui's apprentice said to Bai Fenghui, "If we hadn't given up the jade tokens, how would Lanyang Palace have gotten so many jade tokens from the Chongshan Secret Realm? We don't want much, so at least give us a third of what you brought out!"
The other disciples of Baishui Sect said in unison, "Yes! Master, that's something from the Golden Core Stage Secret Realm! Even if we can't use it, we can sell it for a fortune of spirit stones!"
"Master, if we can get one-third of the benefits, Baishui Sect will definitely be able to dominate Lianshan Sect in the future!"
The disciples chattered, but Bai Fenghui just listened without saying anything. His eyes gleamed, and he smiled slightly, saying, "Actually, I've anticipated this situation a long time ago and was waiting for this moment!"
He was the one who apologized to Feng Jue before, but now—
—
Bai Fenghui smiled faintly. The jade token was in his hand, so of course his words were his. He smiled confidently, dusted off his robes, and was about to go to Lanyang Palace again when he heard a loud noise outside. The room went dark, as if a huge object had blocked out the sky, and the room they were in also went dark.
"What's wrong?" a disciple asked in horror.
03, curled up on the tiles, looked up.
Wow.
A massive spirit ship hovered above Lanyang City, obscuring the sky and the sun. A phoenix with outstretched wings graced its bow, while countless golden and jade bells hung from its hull, swaying in the wind and producing a melodious sound.
On the boat, the red sail was hoisted high, with the big word "Lan" written on it and the phoenix logo that Lanyang Palace was proud of printed on it.
People were moving around on the boat, and from time to time someone would fly from the clouds on a sword and land on the deck.
Countless people in Lanyang City looked up, pointing at the spirit ship excitedly and shouting, "Lanyang Palace! It's the Lanyang Palace spirit ship! Where are they going?"
"You're so stupid! Where else can you go? You must be going to the secret realm of Chongshan!"
"How spectacular! I haven't seen the Lanyang Palace's Phoenix Spirit Ship in ages! The last time was during the Dongzhou Sect Competition ten years ago!"
Both mortals and monks were talking about it. Wangxiantai directly raised the price, just because the highest floor could directly see the scenery on the deck of the spirit ship.
It’s so lively, 03 thought.
Suddenly, a clear and long roar was heard from the spirit ship. Amid the exclamations of the crowd, a fiery red dragon climbed up the ship's hull and coiled on the cabin roof. The sunlight shone on its gem-like scales. The dragon seemed to be on fire from head to tail. It was majestic, beautiful and shocking.
After the Fire Rock Dragon roared, a red light flew out from the Fenglaiyi Inn opposite 03, like a meteor in the daytime, breaking through the darkness and flying towards the ship.
The moment Feng Jue appeared, the disciples in Lanyang City and on the boat stopped what they were doing and saluted her.
"Greetings to the Palace Master."
The woman in bright palace clothes and gold and jade ornaments did not look like a monk on an adventure in a secret land, but rather like a noble lady attending a grand event. She sat down gracefully behind the gauze curtain, her red lips slightly parted, and the sound of her expression spread throughout the entire Lanyang City.
"Today, I, Lanyang Palace, set out for the secret realm of Chongshan. If there are people in the city who would like to go with me, please voluntarily board the ship."
Soon after Feng Jue finished speaking, several streams of light flew in from all directions of the city and landed on the deck. They all saluted Feng Jue, and one said, "Thank you, Palace Master. If you encounter disciples of Lanyang Palace in the secret realm, I am willing to do my best to help you if you need anything."
After this person spoke, the other monks on the boat made promises one after another.
Now the jade plaque in Chongshan Secret Realm is hard to find, and everyone who has the jade plaque
They were in danger, and except for the cultivators who sold their jade tokens for spirit stones, those who did not take action were those who wanted to seek opportunities in the secret realm.
As the saying goes, wealth and honor are sought in danger, but one must first reach a place of wealth and honor. If they were killed and robbed on the way, it would be hard to justify their actions. Furthermore, these people were all cultivators from small sects, some even lacking a sect. They were just casual cultivators who dared to board the ship because Lanyang Palace was both a prestigious and established sect and a major Dongzhou sect. They wouldn't attack them for a few jade tokens.
Feng Jue smiled slightly and asked, "Where is the leader of Baishui Sect?"
Bai Fenghui, who was standing in the courtyard looking up, was startled when he heard Feng Jue continue, "Today, I invite you all to witness that the Baishui Sect previously offended my Lanyang Palace. Sect Leader Bai offered 29 Chongshan Secret Realm Jade Plates to Lanyang Palace as compensation. This Palace Master is grateful to Sect Leader Bai for recognizing his mistakes and correcting them. I guarantee that Sect Leader Bai will not die in the secret realm."
The lazy voice spread to the ears of everyone in Lanyang City in the blink of an eye, easily shattering Bai Fenghui's idea of raising the price as the secret realm was about to open.
03 Looking down at Bai Fenghui who was forcing a smile, I couldn't help but sigh.
Host, so smart.
This is simply the smartest class it has ever taught!
03Just after I finished praising Feng Jue, I heard Feng Jue's voice in my ears.
"What are you waiting for? Come on!"
Here we come!
The silver-white system flew to the spirit ship before Bai Fenghui, and was fortunate enough to enjoy the scene of Bai Fenghui handing over the jade token with a painful look after getting on board.
The head of a sect, a Jindan-stage cultivator, could have been an elder in Lanyang Palace, but he forced a smile at the palace servant holding the tray, and put down the jade token with a slightly trembling hand.
"There are twenty-nine in total, all here." Bai Fenghui's voice trembled a little.
The palace maid knelt before him silently and took the token behind the gauze curtain.
The room was encircled by a barrier. Feng Jue dismissed the palace servants, raised a cup of hot tea, and looked at Bai Fenghui's back as he went to his room to rest. He smiled and said, "Look, doesn't he look much older?"
03 said: "Ten years older."
I didn’t expect that the host also has the skill to perform plastic surgery on people. That’s amazing.
Siyi said, "The Palace Master has cut off the source of his trouble by this move, which has put an end to his thoughts. I believe he will not dare to cause trouble again."
"The Baishui Sect is declining. Although he is the head of a sect and it sounds glorious, he is not living as well as the master of a peak in Lanyang Palace. Moreover, he has been stuck in the early stage of Jindan for a hundred years without any progress. If he did not want to get a chance to break through in the Chongshan Secret Realm and was afraid of being defeated there, he would not seek cooperation with me." Feng Jue said.
"Practicing cultivation is against the will of heaven. He wants the opportunity but is unwilling to endure the hardship. How can such a good thing happen?" Siyi smiled.
Said.
Feng Jue tilted his head and sneered, "I thought he was a high-spirited person when he first formed his elixir, but he is stuck in the early stage of the golden elixir day by day, seeing year after year pass... The lifespan of the early stage of the golden elixir is 500 years. If he doesn't break through, how many more centuries will he have left?"
"Go against the will of heaven." Feng Jue muttered to himself, smiled softly, held the teacup, looked at the people meditating on the deck, and his eyes fell on one of them.
She stared at the hunched figure hidden in the crowd, her eyes growing colder.
"A child of destiny."
Xue Bufan, if I didn't have 03 by my side, I would have been fooled by you today! You have Grandpa, she has 03, so who is destined to be the chosen one is still to be determined.
Moreover, 03 is more magical than any other spiritual creature.
Feng Jue raised her chin towards Xue Bufan, and a silver-white ball that only she could see flew out with a whoosh.
03Proactively update the task manual.
New mission: Monitor the protagonist who sneaked onto the ship. Do you accept?
03 He pressed the accept button without hesitation, floated down, and looked at Xue Bufan's disguised face under the hood.
After just one look, 03 couldn't help but fly up and quickly open the host's information.
Take a look, wash your eyes, take a look, wash your eyes...
What a difficult task!
03 Pasting the host's profile portrait on Xue Bufan's disguised face, he held the two matchsticks in front of his chest in a humane way, thinking: He's obviously the protagonist, why is he flaunting himself outside with such a face? I don't even want to see the whole thing, let alone beautiful women. Doesn't this Long Aotian have a harem?
Xue Bufan's face after disguise was so ugly that it was infuriating to both humans and gods. The surrounding cultivators all avoided him, leaving him sitting alone in the corner.
The Chongshan Secret Realm is located in the mountains where Dongzhou and Nanyangzhou meet. It is very far away from Lanyang City. Even if the spirit ship travels thousands of miles a day, it will arrive there in the afternoon of the next day.
That night.
The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and the ship is moving forward in the sea of clouds.
Aside from the Lanyang Palace disciples on duty, everyone else had already rested. The wandering cultivators on the deck had tacitly divided up their areas and were meditating and regulating their breathing. This was their last peaceful moment before entering the secret realm.
The hunchbacked old man who had been sitting in the corner all day slowly stood up and asked where to find clean drinking water on the boat.
The Lanyang Palace disciple glanced at him warily, and was shocked by the old man's face. He turned his eyes away, not wanting to look at him again, and said, "Why don't you prepare a kettle when you go out? Well, since you are old and in the Qi Refining Stage, I will make an exception once. Go to the kitchen on the last floor of the cabin and ask. Anyone on this ship can take your life, so don't do anything stupid."
Thoughts! "
Upon hearing this, the old man quickly responded and left with many thanks. After he walked away, the disciple who was questioned slowly exhaled, covered his mouth, and made a "vomiting" sound.
After practicing, I have never seen anyone with such a "rough" appearance again. Could it be that he was poisoned?
Tsk tsk, instead of using the money to buy a flying talisman to get on board, I might as well fix this face!
03 Type the word "sympathy" on the panel, hold it in front of the disciple who was embarrassed by his ugliness, then follow Xue Bufan with an expressionless face to see what he wants to do.
Xue Bufan's acting is outstanding, and he is also immersed in the role. He hunched over from the deck to the cabin, and when he reached the last floor, he slowed down, as if waiting for someone. Not long after, a person came down the stairs, and it was Xue Mengtao.
"Master Xue!" Xue Mengtao said excitedly, "I didn't expect you to actually come here, but how did you get up here? Your spiritual roots..."
"Shh!" Xue Bufan put his finger to his lips and whispered, "I didn't tell you last time because there were so many people talking. I encountered some problems, and my spiritual roots are gradually recovering! And I have important things to do in the secret realm this time!"
There was a determined light in Xue Bufan's eyes.
"Really?!" Xue Mengtao was extremely surprised and burst into tears of joy.
Xue Bufan pulled her into the darkness and whispered, "This is not a place to talk. Did you get the things I asked you to bring?"
Xue Mengtao nodded and took out a bottle of pills from the storage ring.
"This bottle of fasting pills is enough for you to use for a month."
Xue Bufan took the Qigong Pill and sighed, saying, "If it were in the past, why would I bother with a bottle of Qigong Pills...Xiao Tao, thank you so much. The Chongshan Secret Realm has been upgraded, and the materials used to refine the foundation-building pills there are much better than those outside. I will get the best materials for you to help you build your foundation."
Xue Mengtao shook her head and said, "Your situation is more difficult than mine. You should take good care of yourself. I heard that this trip is extremely dangerous. You--" She wanted to persuade Xue Bufan not to take the risk, but when she thought about Xue Bufan's dilemma over a bottle of fasting pills, she couldn't say anything.
She had seen how glorious Xue Bufan was in the past and how decadent he became after being abandoned. All she thought about day and night was Xue Bufan healing his spiritual roots. Now that Xue Bufan's spiritual roots were beginning to recover, what right did she have to stop him?
"Mr. Xue, tell me what materials you need and I will find them for you!" Xue Mengtao said seriously.
Xue Bufan pursed his lips and shook his head, "The Chongshan Secret Realm is very dangerous, just take care of yourself."
Xue Mengtao was stunned for a moment, and wanted to say something, but Xue Bufan raised his hand to stop her and said, "Your cultivation is only at the level of Qi Refining, and Feng Jue actually brought you to the Chongshan Secret Temple.
I don't know what she's thinking. Once you go in, be extremely careful. Follow everyone else. No matter what happens, don't put yourself in danger. Take care of your own life first."
But what's the difference between this and escaping? Is there any secret place without danger? Xue Mengtao wanted to say this, but she knew that Xue Bufan was doing it for her own good. She smiled and nodded, saying, "Young Master, you should also pay attention to your safety."
Things have been going smoothly so far. Xue Bufan calmed down and raised his hand to pat Xue Mengtao on the shoulder, saying gently, "Walls have ears. Go ahead. We'll see you later."
Xue Mengtao was delighted to see him again in the future, and left reluctantly with a heart full of girlish love.
When her footsteps completely disappeared, 03 heard Xue Bufan sigh, his voice sad.
"She never called me Master after all..."
03 tilted his head and circled around Xue Bufan twice.
Xue Bufan: "But the friendship between her and me as childhood sweethearts is different after all. Well, I'd better go into the secret realm first..."
The kitchen disciple heard the noise and poked his head out, loudly asking who it was. Xue Bufan's voice suddenly stopped, and he went downstairs tremblingly to get some water. 03 followed him all the time.
Siyi came out of the conference room and when she turned the corner, a water-blue figure lowered her head and bumped into her arms. There was still a smile on her face when she looked up to apologize, but when her eyes met, the joy in her face instantly turned into horror.
"Si - greetings to Elder Si." Xue Mengtao jumped out of Siyi's arms and saluted hurriedly.
Siyi blinked, her usual gentle smile playing on her lips.
Siyi smiled and said, "I remember you're only twenty this year. You're still young. It's okay to be a little outgoing in private, but you should be more cautious in public to avoid offending anyone you shouldn't."
Xue Mengtao twisted her hands together and said hesitantly, "Yes."
"But you've come at the right time. Come with me." Siyi said, turning around and leading the way.
Xue Mengtao followed her and walked towards the second floor of the spirit ship.
The second floor was where the elders of Lanyang Palace lived. Xue Mengtao hadn't been there yet, so as she was walking towards Siyi's room, a group of people came down from the second floor. They were all wearing red disciple uniforms, and they looked very imposing and high-spirited.
Xue Mengtao quietly looked up and saw that among the people who saluted Siyi, there was a beautiful disciple who was extremely impatient. She stood up and strode away.
Siyi remained calm as she led Xue Mengtao inside and casually asked, "Are the palace ladies wearing aqua blue clothes today?"
Xue Mengtao lowered her head quickly and said, "Yes."
The inner disciples of Lanyang Palace wore red disciple uniforms, with different patterns embroidered on them according to their status.
Compared to other peaks, the palace maids of Qihuang Peak each had many sets of clothes. Sometimes, when the palace master got tired of them, she would order people to make new clothes for them.
From this point of view alone, Xue Mengtao had never seen a master more generous than Feng Jue. Even when she was Xue Bufan's personal maid in Lianshan Sect, she only thought of changing into new clothes during festivals.
For monks, clothes and jewelry do not seem to be important. Weapons, elixirs and skills are what they need to care about. For the superior monks, what the servants wear is even less important, so why should they worry about it?
This aspect of Feng Jue is particularly different. Even if she cultivates immortality, she does it in a beautiful way, and the things she uses are the same for the palace maids.
Xue Mengtao lived with three other palace maids. Sometimes she would hear them chatting while holding newly made clothes or jewelry, and they would say with a smile that it was great to have such a beauty-loving palace mistress. Not only was she generous, but she was also not afraid of being outshined by others.
"That's the Palace Master of our Lanyang Palace. She's a fairy-like beauty, unrivaled in the world. Who in this world can surpass her?"
Xue Mengtao, who was listening to them quietly, agreed.
She admired Xue Bufan. In the past, Xue Bufan was engaged to Feng Jue, so she didn't dare to have any ambitions. After seeing Feng Jue with her own eyes, she felt ashamed of herself and couldn't help feeling sorry for Xue Bufan.
If Xue Bufan's spiritual roots hadn't been crippled, a marriage between them would have been a beautiful story. But fate had played tricks on him. Even if Xue Bufan had no cultivation and was just a mortal with a lifespan of less than a hundred years, she would still want to stay with him until his final journey.
Unfortunately, she came to Lanyang Palace and became someone closer to the beauty than Xue Bufan was before. It was still wishful thinking for him to stay with her forever. It was really... fate.
Xue Mengtao's mind was in turmoil, and she didn't even listen to Siyi's words until Siyi stopped and looked at her with a smile. Being stared at by her clear and sharp eyes, Xue Mengtao was startled, her face turned pale, and she apologized quickly, her lips moving and closing, but she couldn't think of an explanation for a long time.
"I won't lie, that's good." Siyi smiled, pointed at her, and repeated, "I think you look better in pink."
Xue Mengtao was stunned and stared at Siyi blankly.
"Willow leaves fall on the eyebrows, and peach blossoms fall on the face, making it blush. Since your name is Mengtao, you should wear pink." Siyi said.
Xue Mengtao's gaze quietly dropped down to Siyi's pink dress. Siyi laughed heartily at this and picked up the hairpin on the table and handed it to Xue Mengtao: "I called you here just to give you this."
The silver hairpin is delicate, and I don’t know how it was made. The three peach blossoms on the top seem real and crowded together, as if they had just been plucked from a branch.
"This trip to Lanyang Palace is
"Zizhong, you're new here and don't have any self-defense magic weapon. Wear this hairpin when you enter the secret realm. It can withstand three full-strength attacks from a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator," Siyi said.
Xue Mengtao was startled and said in panic, "I can't accept your things!"
Siyi didn't allow her to refuse. She reached out and inserted the hairpin into her hair. After taking a look, she smiled and said, "No wonder the Palace Master likes to make clothes and jewelry for the palace maids around her."
He added, "It's not a very powerful thing. I just made it when I was bored. If the Palace Master hadn't reminded me to give you a life-saving magic weapon, I would have forgotten about it."
"Palace Master?" Xue Mengtao was even more shocked. Feng Jue asked Siyi to give her a magic weapon to save her life?
"Since you have entered Lanyang Palace, you are a member of Lanyang Palace. You don't think that the Palace Master will watch his family members die in the secret realm, right?" Siyi joked.
Xue Mengtao's face flushed immediately, and she said, "Thank you, Palace Master, and thank you, Elder Si!"
She knew Siyi was practicing weapon refining and was quite capable. If this item were sold outside, it would probably fetch thousands of spirit stones, yet she gave it to a palace maid like her without hesitation...
"If you really want to thank me, why not tell me what you were thinking about on the way here that made you so engrossed?" Siyi asked with a smile.
Xue Mengtao didn't expect Siyi to still be thinking about this. After a few moments of hesitation, she said, "I'm wondering... who would someone as extraordinary as the Palace Master fall in love with, and what kind of man would she choose as her Taoist partner?"
Hearing her question, Siyi's expression became a little subtle, but then she thought of Xue Bufan, whose engagement had been broken off, and understood. She deliberately asked, "I didn't expect you to care about this kind of thing. What's the matter? Do you have a suitable candidate that you want to introduce to the Palace Master?"
Xue Mengtao was so frightened that she took a step back and waved her hands repeatedly, "I dare not! Mengtao dare not!"
Siyi raised the corner of her mouth, rolled her eyes, and said, "That's fine. I welcome you to help the Palace Master with a match, but do you know what kind of person the Palace Master likes?"
She picked up a storybook from the table and handed it to Xue Mengtao.
"This is the Palace Master's favorite storybook. Go back and read it carefully and ponder it carefully."
What does the person the palace master likes have to do with the storybook?
Xue Mengtao was completely confused and subconsciously reached out to take the storybook. Just as her hand touched the blue cover, she saw Siyi pull her hand back.
"No." Siyi suddenly changed her mind.
"You normally don't read the story and you're already so unmotivated, wasting your precious talent. If you read it, wouldn't it be even more of a waste of time? Well, go back now. I'll just pretend I never said anything today."
“…”
Her talent?
How dare Xue Mengtao ask
Siyi, after paying her respects, went back with a head full of questions.
As soon as she left, the air in the room suddenly became hot.
Siyi turned around, bowed gracefully to the curtains that were drawn in the inner room, and asked with a smile, "When did the Palace Master arrive?"
Feng Jue stared at Siyi through the curtain, his eyes subtle, and said in a calm voice: "Since I asked you to give Xue Mengtao a hairpin, when have I ever given such an order?" She should worry about the life and death of a mere palace maid?
Siyi came in after pulling aside the curtain, and sat opposite Feng Jue, saying with a smile, "If the Palace Master wasn't worried about Xue Mengtao, she wouldn't have ordered her to look after the Fire Rock Dragon. She still has something the Palace Master needs, so let her live well."
Feng Jue snorted coldly, without explaining her inconsistency. He tapped his fingers on the table, the subtle expression in his eyes turning into doubt. He frowned and asked, "You still care about her cultivation?"
Siyi said seriously, "Xue Mengtao is already in the late stage of Qi Refining at the age of twenty. She has shown signs of a breakthrough. It's not hard to tell from her actions that she has a methodical personality. This kind of person won't take shortcuts or be lazy or slacking off in their cultivation. If she breaks through in the next two years, she'll be a Foundation Establishment cultivator in her twenties, and she'll be considered a top-tier talent in Dongzhou."
After four years of cultivation to build his foundation, Feng Jue, who had already reached the Golden Core stage at the age of 25, showed a disdainful and arrogant expression towards Siyi.
Seeing her expression, Siyi joked, "You just don't understand the suffering of the people."
Feng Jue grew increasingly disdainful. She was destined to be the Palace Master of Lanyang Palace from birth. Why should she know about such suffering? Why should she care? But speaking of being meticulous... the image of a silver-white ball flying around holding a panel appeared in the arrogant Palace Master's mind.
This little thing flew out for a whole day and still hasn’t come back!
Feng Jue frowned.
"Do you want to take Xue Mengtao as your disciple?" she asked in a softer tone.
Even though she values talent, Siyi has never given anyone the magic weapons she made herself.
Siyi said slowly, "The more loyal and talented people the Palace Master has around him, the better."
Feng Jue thought back to the time when 03 persuaded her to snatch Xue Bufan's future women. 03 said that the women who could get involved with the protagonist were both very beautiful and capable, and asked her to "get as many as possible".
“…”
The palace master's face darkened again.
Siyi felt that Feng Jue's feelings for Xue Mengtao were very strange. He clearly didn't care about her at all, yet he pulled her into Lanyang Palace and placed her by his side. He seemed to have a lot of opinions about Xue Mengtao, but he never made things difficult for her.
If Feng Jue really got tired of someone, he would have burned that person to death long ago.
In order to prevent the future talents of Lanyang Palace from being burned, Siyi tried to persuade Feng Jue to improve Xue Mengtao's impression points. She said:
Putting aside other things, Xue Mengtao has been honest and serious since entering the palace, and Huo Yanjiao likes her very much. Oh, and isn't she also very considerate of the Palace Master and wants to find a Taoist companion for you?"
The latter part of the sentence was purely a joke, but it happened to hit Feng Jue's minefield.
"One by one, they all want me to find someone to have a romance with!" Feng Jue gritted his teeth.
Siyi keenly caught the loophole in her words and asked, "Two?"
Who is the other one?
Feng Jue snorted and looked at Siyi.
Siyi pointed at herself and quickly surrendered, "Although I mentioned it, I have absolutely no intention of trying to win you over. I know that's not your intention."
Yes, you know.
Only you know!
Feng Jue stood up with a dark face and prepared to go back to her room. Siyi stood up to see her off.
The Palace Master, her skirt trailing the ground, walked forward proudly, seemingly planning to return. As they passed the round table in the outer room, Siyi pointed at the pile of books on the table and asked, "These were sent by the disciples of Liyang Peak today. I'm afraid the Palace Master will be bored on the way, so why not take them back with you?"
Feng Jue glanced down and curled his lips.
How could a story printed on paper be as interesting as one performed live? Now she had found something more interesting and didn't feel bored at all. Instead, Siyi - Feng Jue raised his hand, picked up a storybook from the table, and patted it on Siyi's hand.
"You should read more." She said, "Your future apprentice's mind is full of love and romance. You, the aspiring master, should read more storybooks and win Xue Mengtao back from the sweet talk of men. This will save her from having to wait until she's twenty to become a Qi Refiner!"
After saying this, the Palace Master of the Great Perfection Golden Core Stage, who had an unparalleled appearance and talent, walked out with her skirt like fire and her head held high.
After twenty-seven years of cultivation, he is now in the late stage of foundation building and is expected to break through to the golden elixir stage. However, at the age of twenty, like most cultivators in the world, he had not yet established a foundation. Elder Siyi looked down at the book in his hand.
Speechless.
Feng Jue stood at the highest point.
The wind whistled, the sea of clouds rolled and swirled, and her hair fluttered in the wind. The tassel of the golden and jade hairpin swayed, making a pleasant sound.
Below the sea of clouds is a big river.
The river is calm, embracing the night. The moonlight falls gently, and the floating light sparkles golden, chasing the reflection of the spirit boat on the river.
Feng Jue's gaze fell on the deck.
The person with the highest cultivation level among these independent cultivators was only in the middle stage of foundation building. Their promise during the day that they would help the disciples of Lanyang Palace if they could was just a gust of wind in Feng Jue's ears. If there really was a great opportunity, they would probably fight for it and get hurt.
A promise not sworn under the guarantee of heaven is lighter than a cloud and cannot support even a trace of trust.
But Feng Jue didn't care. She just wanted to shut Bai Fenghui up. Bai Shuimen had no chance of taking advantage of her.
Thinking of Bai Fenghui's painful but helpless expression, Feng Jue felt a sense of pleasure in her heart, and soon followed the wind. Her eyes stopped at the corner of the deck where Xue Bufan was sitting.
But Feng Jue's gaze stopped slightly above Xue Bufan.
Only she could see a silver-white ball half the size of a palm, bathed in moonlight, motionless.
Just by looking at it from a distance, Feng Jue could imagine the pair of ridiculous round eyes on Yin Tuan's face staring at people.
The corners of her mouth curled up uncontrollably, and she thought of something else.
03It is not motionless, it is flying by itself.
"Pfft." Feng Jue covered his lips and said softly, "Stupid thing."
The low and elegant voice seemed to be gentle, hitting the flying hair and shattering, then being carried away by the wind.
The silver-white system on the deck seemed to sense something and habitually turned on the scan. Compared to the last scan, there was one more person among the visible crowd.
03 Feeling refreshed.
Host.
Alive!
It flew in front of Feng Jue with a "whoosh".
Feng Jue's smile still lingered as he asked lazily, "What about the mission?"
03's cool voice perfectly captures its calmness as it says, "I watched the entire process. The protagonist sat down and meditated the entire time, doing nothing."
After saying this, 03 hesitated for a second, but finally said, "The protagonist's face after being disguised is the most terrifying face I have ever seen in my life."
It is difficult for even a system to accept this. What is wrong with this world?
Is this the world where advanced systems perform tasks?
horrible.
Feng Jue was the most advanced person on the ship, but even so, she couldn't tell Xue Bufan was disguised, which showed that this man—or rather, the "old man" in his hands—did have some tricks up his sleeve. Feng Jue didn't like this kind of evasive behavior, and glanced at Xue Bufan with displeasure. The moment she saw his face clearly, Feng Jue paused, frozen for three seconds.
He quickly retracted his gaze.
Phoenix Technique: "..."
"You've suffered." She said in a heavy and slow tone, reaching out to support 03, even though this action was meaningless.
Bubbles appeared on 03's head, and inside the bubble was a crying ball. It was 03. The round circles under his eyes turned into two lines, and he had wide blue noodles. His long and thin legs were kneeling on the ground, and he was holding a small white handkerchief in his matchstick hand.
The picture was actually still moving, with blue wide noodles flowing down.
Feng Jue looked surprised and asked, "What is this?
? "
It was more vivid than the symbols she had shown her before 03, and required no further interpretation.
Seeing that she liked it, 03 changed the expression in the bubble to: 03 waving a handkerchief.gif.
"The main system checked my work log an hour ago and sent me a set of emoticon data." 03 said. Although I don't know why after checking the work log, it added an emoticon package based on it.
Feng Jue knew that 03 had to write a work log, but she had only seen the log when 03 was carrying out her tasks. She asked curiously, "What did you write?"
03Open a work log for Feng Jue to see.
Three hours ago
[Work Log
Main system, when did the system learn to distinguish between beauty and ugliness? I remember that when I was first born, I had no memory of this. Many hosts' faces were just blank slates in my memory. I don't know when I developed my own aesthetic sense.
Two hours ago⑧
[Work Log
ugly. ]
One hour and fifty-nine minutes
[So ugly.]
One hour, fifty-eight minutes and thirty seconds
[According to human custom, I should now: Ugh.]
One hour and fifty-seven...
[So ugly
…
The task is difficult
…
Ugly…difficult…ugly difficult…ugly ugly ugly difficult difficult difficult…]
One hour ago
[Habits are terrible. I accept it. I will attach a scanned portrait of the ugly protagonist in disguise to the work log.
Unforgettable tonight.]
Matchstick 03 pointed at the message and said, "I received new data after this log."
New expressions created by the main system without points.
"Huh?" The silver-white system lit up, and two matchsticks were stacked together, making a clapping motion.
03 was surprised and asked, "Could it be that the main system is also ugly?"
It turned around and looked down at Xue Bufan in the corner of the deck, with surprise in its eyes.
This protagonist is really capable, as he can make the main system look ugly!
Is it because the protagonist is the protagonist of the advanced system mission world that he has this ability?
03Think carefully about the relationship here.
Feng Jue couldn't hold it in any longer, he chuckled, and carried 03 back to the room.
"Not monitoring the protagonist anymore?" 03 asked.
Feng Jue: "No need."
"Where's Xue Mengtao?"
Feng Jue: "That's not necessary."
"you
Just come back with me and tell me what happened today—what happened after they met—as before.” Feng Jue said.
This one is so familiar.
And after what happened today, it even developed new technology on its own!
Just like enlarging Feng Jue's face in the portrait and sticking it on Xue Bufan's face to wash his eyes, when 03 reviewed the story to Feng Jue, he directly stuck the face of the protagonist of the story on the ball. Feng Jue looked at it in amazement, clapped his hands and cheered, and even took out a box of spirit beads from the storage ring and placed it in front of 03.
One hundred medium-grade spirit stones can be exchanged for one high-grade spirit stone, and one hundred high-grade spirit stones can be exchanged for one spirit bead. There are hundreds of spirit beads in this box alone.
"Take it and give it to me as a reward." The Phoenix Palace Master said generously.
03The dark circles appeared again, and Bentong and the bubbles on his head put their hands together.
Bye, bye, thank you boss for the reward.
If it were 019, he would probably like this way of making money, but the rational 03 nestled into the spirit bead, indicating that he accepted the host's kindness.
Feng Jue chuckled and took out a brand new storage ring. On the storage ring was a sparkling gem, which looked like a diamond but was not a diamond, and it was shining brightly. Feng Jue put a box of spirit beads into the new storage ring and put it on the ring finger of his left hand.
"From now on, this storage ring will only hold your things." Feng Jue said, raising his hand wearing the new ring and pointing his index finger at 03.
The white fingertips sank into the silver ball of light, wrapped in the flowing data, and appeared and disappeared in the silver light.
"Try your best to please me, and I'll give you whatever you want." Feng Jue said in a low voice with a smile, "It's no problem to fill it with spirit beads."
A streak of moonlight fell from the window onto the wooden floor. The sparse stars outside the window quickly retreated, leaving only the moonlight, unmoved and lingering. Outside the boat, the moonlight was bright and graceful, while inside the boat, the lights were quiet, shining on Feng Jue. Her smile was as gentle as water, completely different from her usual arrogance and disdain.
03 stared at Feng Jue's face, and bubbles appeared above his head. Feng Jue stared at it for a long time before 03's image appeared in the bubble.
The system with two matchsticks hanging down did not move, but the small system in the bubble made a thinking move.
03: “But I don’t use or touch these things.”
As it spoke, it landed on Feng Jue's palm, and its slender arms touched Feng Jue's fingers.
The matchstick passed through the shining storage ring and also through her knuckles.
"The host does not need to make promises to me, nor does he need to give me anything. I want to change the host's fate. This is a mandatory task that requires the host's cooperation, and I will always serve the host.
”03 said.
So, this is meaningless behavior.
Feng Jue blinked. The moonlight hadn't disturbed her pupils beneath her long eyelashes, and only the faint light emitted by the system was reflected on them. She was also thinking, and after a moment, she said, "Although this is not something I should say, the existence of everything in the world must have some meaning."
"Since it has meaning in itself, everything we say and do has cause and effect, reason and basis. This is the way of heaven."
03The bubble above his head continued to think.
Feng Jue glanced at it, tutted impatiently, and said, "Why do we have to talk about these big principles? Putting these aside, this Palace Master just wants to give it to you. I want to give it to you, so just keep it."
The silver-white system's eye circles fell on the ring finger of Feng Jue's left hand.
I can’t receive it.
Feng Jue asked, "Didn't you say that you had many hosts before, and they never gave you anything?"
03Shake your head.
It only requires the cooperation of the host to complete the task, and the hosts have done so.
Feng Jue raised the corner of his mouth, raised his chin slightly, and said lazily: "Today, this Palace Master will give you this title, to be the first person!"
She raised her palm and pointed the ring on her ring finger at the small system with bubbles on top. Her eyes were bright and her tone was unquestionable.
"03, this ring will be kept by me for the time being. Please keep this token of my love for you. No matter what the future holds, you must remember that this is something I give you, and I will only give you one."
"I swear to heaven, please remember my kindness."
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Work Log
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Main system, I seem to feel an emotion called confusion, although it seems that this word should not appear in the mouth of a system.
But I'm really confused, can you answer me?
The main system approved: The mall's "Systematic Mental Health Education Guide" is half price, and advanced unified purchases have additional discounts. It only takes one thousand points to solve your psychological problems!
A 03 closed the work log and felt calm.
Any confusion must be an illusion.
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