Chapter 83 Chapter 83 Hatred
Yun Miao almost ran back home. She sat on the sofa, looking down at her hands, at a loss.
What was that just now? Was her spiritual energy truly revived? Or was she just obsessed with playing games and hallucinating?
By the way, speaking of games... Yun Miao quickly took out his mobile phone and began to frantically search for content related to "Asking the Three Thousand Questions", focusing on information related to the Xuantian Sect.
As an immersive player, in order not to ruin her gaming experience, mainly out of laziness, she did not delve into the plot of "Asking the Three Thousand Questions", and only saw some video guides that were presented to her.
The world of cultivation in those videos also has a structure of one sect, one religion, two schools, three schools, and four families. Because the Xuantian Sect in the game has very high requirements for accepting disciples, 99% of players are turned away and cannot even enter. Naturally, there are not many videos related to the Xuantian Sect on the Internet.
However, Yun Miao did come across a few lucky people posting videos praising the beautiful modeling of the Xuantian Sect's map. The models of Sect Leader Chang, Tian Laokou, Shui Yaoguang, Ning Yu, and others were meticulously detailed, perfectly fitting their characters. There were even comments from those who were obsessed with beauty, howling, "Senior Sister Ning, give me a good spanking!"
These all-too-ordinary videos blinded Yun Miao's eyes, so much so that she, who had already spent more than half a year in the game, only then did she carefully read every word of the content about "Asking the Three Thousand Questions" on the Internet and compared the events with the timeline one by one, and finally realized that something was wrong.
In reality, only three months had passed since she won the holographic helmet in the lottery, and the first public beta of "Asking the Three Thousand Questions" was half a year ago. Many players had already downloaded this stand-alone game long before her.
Based on her years of experience as a player, she knew that the Immortal Sect and the Spiritual Tide were definitely the main storylines of the game. No matter where the player was born, what sect they belonged to, or what faction they were in, they would eventually be drawn by an invisible thread to the main storyline.
But the fact is now - players discuss things related to sects, cultivation, and secret realms every day. The most popular topics are where to find rare treasures, how to improve the realm faster, how to become a Taoist partner with an NPC, and how to seize power and usurp the throne.
Yun Miao entered keywords such as Changsheng Sect, Immortal Transformation, Pagoda Tree, Spiritual Energy Tide, Hopeless Ascension, etc. in the search bar, but the result was nothing.
The "Master Chang", "Lao Kou Tian" and "Shui Yaoguang" in other players' games are only similar in character to what she knows, but in fact, their intelligence cannot be compared with those in her game at all.
The game content between her and other players only overlaps on the surface, but the deeper things are completely different.
Yun Miao hurried back to the bedroom, picked up the holographic helmet on the bed, and looked at it again and again. She didn't understand what the problem was. Was it the helmet? The game? Or herself?
For the next two days, Yun Miao did not touch the holographic helmet again. Instead, he looked around in confusion while feeling the changes in his body.
Two days later, she held the holographic helmet and looked at it for a long time before choosing to put it on again and log into the game.
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When Yun Miao opened her eyes, she found herself lying on a soft carved wooden bed, covered with a brocade quilt. Her hand was on another person's waist, and her palm could clearly feel the other person's waist and abdominal muscles hidden under the clothes.
She pressed her hand down, and the other person's waist and abdominal muscles immediately tensed and became hard.
Yun Miao raised his eyes and looked to the side, only to be met with a pair of dark, sleepless eyes. He didn't know how long he had been awake, or if he hadn't slept at all.
For the past two days, her mind was full of thoughts about the game coming true and the spiritual energy reviving. The abnormally developed Yun finally remembered from a corner that before she logged off, she not only kissed Chu Beiliang, but also fell asleep holding him like a pillow.
Now that Chu Beiliang has taken off his hair crown, he sleeps beside her, his black hair casually spread out, and Yun Miao's black hair is also spread out. The hair of the two people is like two rivers merging together, you in me and me in you.
Luckily, they both slept with their clothes on, so they were both dressed very formally. But no matter how formally they were dressed, a man and a woman lying in bed together was ambiguous enough.
Yun Miao had only treated this as a game before, so he was too brave. But what if this wasn't a game? What if Chu Beiliang wasn't an NPC, but a real person?
Belated shame and embarrassment surged in her heart. She withdrew her hand as if she had been electrocuted, lifted the quilt and sat up. She felt that too many questions had turned her head into a mess. She just wanted to play a game quietly, why was it so difficult?
But Chu Beiliang also sat up at this time. He put his arms around Yun Miao's waist from behind and rubbed his head against Yun Miao's neck.
Yun Miao could feel a strand of his dark hair brush against her face and slide down her shoulder, a cool, slightly itchy feeling. Then, his warm breath brushed against the side of her face, and his thin lips kissed hers. The air seemed to grow sticky.
Yun Miao's ears flushed, and she unceremoniously pressed her hand on that handsome face, and said unhappily, "What are you doing?"
"Kiss you."
Chu Beiliang's breath as he spoke fanned Yun Miao's ears, making her feel even more itchy.
She immediately broke free from Chu Beiliang's embrace, got off the bed, and tried to take the initiative after putting some distance between them: "How dare you take advantage of others!"
Chu Beiliang sat on the bed, his clothes a little disheveled. He tilted his head slightly and showed his profile to Yun Miao: "Then you come."
"I don't want to."
Yun Miao put her hands on her hips and accused Chu Beiliang with a sense of righteousness. He was her junior uncle and her elder, but now he did such a thing to her. He was simply obsessed with sex and it was too much!
If she told her master now, Chu Beiliang would definitely be beaten, but considering their previous relationship, she would not do such a thing. Let it go this time, nothing happened between them last night.
Chu Beiliang didn't understand why Yun Miao's attitude had changed so much in just one night. He looked at Yun Miao quietly, which made Yun Miao feel guilty. He finally matched the scene before him with the story in the book he had read before.
"The story says this is a case of taking advantage of someone and then abandoning them."
Yun Miao: "Ahem. I didn't, I wasn't, don't talk nonsense."
Although Chu Beiliang didn't understand the ways of the world, he was no fool. He saw Yun Miao's guilty conscience, so after thinking for a moment, he also got up from the bed and said, "I want to tell your master that you haven't taken advantage of me."
"Come back here."
Yun Miao hurriedly grabbed his sleeve. If Chu Beiliang told others about her audacious behavior last night, she would be speechless when facing the elders of the sect in the future.
Chu Beiliang stopped, lowered his head, and stared at Yun Miao quietly.
Yun Miao: "...You are not smart when you should be smart, and you are smart when you shouldn't be smart."
Chu Beiliang placed his slender fingers on his pale lips: "Kiss me."
Yun Miao: "No."
Chu Beiliang thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll go tell your master."
Yun Miao glared: "You are not allowed to go."
Chu Beiliang said calmly, "Just go."
Yun Miao: "You are not allowed to go."
Chu Beiliang: "If you admit your mistake, I won't go."
Yun Miao gritted her teeth in anger, "Why would I admit anything? I only kissed you a few times, at most just to taste you. How can I say I ate you up completely?"
Chu Beiliang recalled that the storybook said that if they went into the bed together, they would be eaten. Although he and Yun Miao had not drawn the bed curtains when they slept together, it should be the same.
Yun Miao said categorically that this did not count at all, and that was not what he meant by taking everything!
Chu Beiliang asked seriously, "What does it mean to eat everything?"
Yun Miao met his gaze and subconsciously turned her head away: "Why should I tell you? Anyway, it doesn't count."
Chu Beiliang: "So we can't kiss each other anymore?"
Yun Miao: “No.”
Chu Beiliang was silent for a moment: "...I understand."
Although there was still not much expression on his face, Yun Miao inexplicably saw a hint of loss, and the image of Xiao Hei's ears and tail drooping down appeared in his mind.
"Even if I don't let you kiss me, you are not allowed to complain to my master."
Chu Beiliang raised his hand and took out a hairpin to tie Yun Miao's hair back together: "I won't complain. I like you, so I won't do anything you don't like."
Yun Miao felt even more uncomfortable after hearing this: "You clearly said several times that you were going to complain."
Chu Beiliang: "That was just me trying to scare you."
Yun Miao: ...Stupid little dog, you've actually learned to scare people. You're quite smart.
"Do you like me? How much?"
Chu Beiliang thought about it and said with certainty: "For me, the people in this world are divided into three types: you, my kind, and others."
Chu Beiliang was standing behind Yun Miao, tying her hair. Yun Miao could clearly feel his fingertips running through her hair and brushing the back of her neck. She was stunned for a moment, then snorted.
"So the people of Xuantian Sect are just other people to you? I've caught them, right? If you dare to disobey me in the future, I'll tell my master."
Chu Beiliang happened to have finished his work. He walked over to Yun Miao and straightened her messy clothes. He said calmly, "I have always been very obedient."
Yun Miao suddenly reached out and cupped Chu Beiliang's face. It was like she was seeing him for the first time, her eyes slowly scanning his brow, nose, and thin lips...
The question in her heart was whispered out at this moment: "Chu Beiliang, do you really exist?"
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At noon the next day, everyone set out on their return journey. Sect Leader Chang and Che Ruojin were the most seriously injured and needed to continue taking medicine and regulating their breathing, so Zuo Beixing was the next to drive the immortal boat back.
Previously, it was only because Sect Master Chang had driven the immortal boat with all his might that they were able to arrive at such a high speed. Now that Yun Miao had been rescued, the battle had been a complete victory, and everyone had returned with a full load, there was naturally no need to rush so hard on the return journey. Therefore, Zuo Beixing only deployed two sails.
Two days later, the immortal boat returned to Xuantian Sect. Tian Laokou and the others had been eagerly awaiting their arrival, and seeing them safely return, their worries finally settled. It was only then that the other lower-level disciples learned that their brothers and sisters had suddenly disappeared en masse because they had accompanied Sect Master Chang to attack the Demon Sect.
Upon hearing that the Demon Cult had been completely wiped out and that its leader Yan Hai and two elders had been killed on the spot, the low-level disciples cheered and rejoiced, while at the same time expressing regret for having missed such a grand event.
That would be a great achievement in wiping out the Demon Cult. If they followed, even if they were just peripheral soldiers, it would be enough for them to brag about for the rest of their lives!
However, this slight regret was quickly diluted by the coffins that were unloaded from the immortal boat. The lower-level disciples were shocked, thinking that some of their senior brothers and sisters had died in the battle.
They later learned that these coffins contained the bodies of Xuantian Sect disciples who died at the hands of the Demon Cult a thousand years ago. However, there was not much difference, as these disciples were also their senior brothers and sisters.
As soon as Sect Leader Chang and his companions came back, they held a solemn funeral to bury these children who had finally returned home. Everyone present had tears in their eyes, and some low-level disciples who had originally felt regretful finally understood the cruelty of war.
This time, Xuantian Sect was lucky enough to return with a great victory without any casualties, but Xuantian Sect is not always so lucky. There will always be casualties in war, and only those who are still alive have the qualification to brag.
But victory always deserves celebration, and Sect Leader Chang then gave generous rewards to the disciples who had participated in the encirclement and suppression, and held a grand banquet for three days. Everyone drank and talked, cursed the demon sect, and had a great time.
During these three days, Yun Miao had been secretly observing everyone around him. The more he looked, the more shocked he became. There were so many people in Xuantian Sect, but no one had the same appearance or personality as the others.
Even the monsters in the animal shed had their own preferences and personalities. Their existence was so vivid that she couldn't honestly say they were just NPCs made up of a bunch of data.
Just like before, she went online and offline smoothly without any problems. In reality, her spiritual power and consciousness were also growing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
If the world's spiritual energy is really revived, the current situation seems to be a good thing for her.
During this period, the frequency of communication between the top leaders of Xuantian Sect and the outside world increased. Although the headquarters of Changsheng Sect was destroyed, Huo Huazhi was not dead, and other strongholds were still hidden in the dark, so they had to be guarded against.
In addition, all the immortal sloughs that were about to mature in the Dragon Blood Pool were lost, suspected to have been taken away by the white-clothed female cultivator named Xiaohong. Xuantian Sect really wanted to know what she planned to do with those immortal sloughs.
As the news of the Demon Cult being wiped out by the Xuantian Sect and Yan Hai being killed on the spot spread throughout the world of cultivation, not only did the leaderless demon cultivators panic, but even other sects showed some restlessness, and undercurrents were surging everywhere.
However, this had little to do with most of the Xuantian Sect's disciples. After the celebration banquet, Xuantian Sect once again returned to its former tranquility. Following Yun Miao's invitation, Mo Aotian, Huo Xin, and Tan Xiaobai all gathered in her courtyard.
"Xiao Hei, pour the tea!"
At Yun Miao's command, a black giant adult wolf shook its fur and ran from the backyard through the main hall to the stone table in the front yard. It rolled up the tea set with a breeze and skillfully made tea for Huo Xin and others.
The three of them were shocked. Yun Miao had only said that Xiao Hei had been captured by the Demon Sect with her and injured while protecting her, and that he was recuperating these days. But who could explain why Xiao Hei, who was originally just a half-sized wolf, had grown so big in the blink of an eye?
Tan Xiaobai looked at the majestic black wolf with envy, turned his head to look at the boss Yun Miao, and asked eagerly what kind of elixir Xiao Hei took while recuperating, and if he could have some too.
Yun Miao looked at Xiao Hei speechlessly. This was the new Xiao Hei that Chu Beiliang had made with new materials. Because he was too big, he would take up the entire bed when he lay down on it, so she couldn't hold him while sleeping at night.
And every time this happened, Chu Beiliang would appear in her room, telling her that she could hold him while she slept. It was hard not to wonder if he had some ulterior motive in making the new Xiao Hei so large.
However, Yun Miao naturally couldn't tell Tan Xiaobai about this directly, so she could only use the excuse that Xiao Hei was also killed by the Poison Lady using the Longevity Spider, which was why he turned into an adult wolf overnight.
When Tan Xiaobai heard this, he immediately stopped thinking about growing taller and touched the big black wolf's body with pity: "Boss, Xiao Hei, you really suffered this time."
Huo Xin took out a few plates of Yun Miao's favorite snacks and preserved fruits from his storage bag and placed them on the table: "Something sweet will make you happier."
Mo Aotian took out some good wine, saying that getting drunk would help him forget his worries.
Yun Miao picked up a piece of dried apricot and stuffed it into his mouth, mumbling, "Alright, alright, didn't I tell you before? I didn't suffer any hardship. Instead, I turned a disaster into a blessing and my realm was elevated. You should be happy for me."
She ate several pieces in a row before taking a sip of tea. Her expression was serious, indicating that she had come to Mo Aotian and Huo Xin for a serious matter. After days of interrogation, the sect had already learned who their respective enemies were.
Her master thought she had a good relationship with both of them, so he gave her the task of informing them.
Mo Aotian reacted strongly. He stood up immediately, put his big hands on the table, leaned forward, and asked Yun Miao impatiently who that person was. Although Huo Xin did not move, it could be seen from her hand tightly gripping the hilt of the knife that she was not calm inside.
Yun Miao didn't want to reveal that Xiao Hong was her pseudonym yet, so she didn't tell Xiao Hong what she had seen and heard, but simply repeated what her master had asked her to say. Xuan Tian Sect had many smart people who were very good at discovering the truth from clues.
Judging from the arrogant vision and aesthetic taste of Mo Aotian's mother Mo Chi, the trajectory of her actions after leaving Black Dragon Ridge, and the strong dragon blood in Mo Aotian's body, his father should be the black snake demon who previously occupied a vast swamp on the border of Yunzhou.
The snake demon had a bulge on its head, a sign of transformation into a dragon. It was a powerful demon, but over five hundred years ago, the black snake suddenly disappeared. Mo Chi returned to Black Dragon Ridge shortly thereafter and laid an egg.
Everyone speculated that the black snake must have been poisoned by the Changsheng Sect, and Mo Chi knew that there was something wrong with the black snake's disappearance, but because she was pregnant at the time, she couldn't go to investigate, so she waited for two hundred years.
After Mo Aotian hatched, she chose to leave Black Dragon Ridge and go alone to find out the truth of the past and avenge her lover, but she ended up dying tragically at the clutches of the Changsheng Sect.
As to whether she was killed by the male leader who often left the headquarters, or by other high-ranking members of the Changsheng Sect, it is unknown.
The Huo family had suffered two tragedies of annihilation. One was three thousand years ago. Huo Huazhi used the blood burning technique but was still no match for Elder Yu Chen. Although she managed to fake her death and escape, she was already seriously injured. The excessive blood burning consumed too much of her lifespan, and she would not live long.
The Zhaixing Pavilion primarily studies divination and destiny, and has developed many strange and mysterious techniques. Huo Huazhi, a direct disciple of the former Pavilion Master and a candidate for the next Pavilion Master, is known for his intelligence and eagerness to learn, and possesses a wealth of these secret techniques.
So she returned to the Huo family, ruthlessly killed all the Huo family members, and used evil magic to transfer the lifespans of the Huo family members to herself. She also swept away all the Huo family's wealth and used it to study the Changsheng Sect.
The Huo family, a first-rate family that had existed for thousands of years, was wiped out overnight. Only a branch scattered outside survived by chance. Without the suppression of the direct line, this branch gradually grew stronger with the secret technique of burning blood and climbed to the position of a second-rate family.
Three years ago, Huo Huazhi, who was nearing death again, found them and used the same trick, transferring their lifespans to himself. Huo Xin was the only survivor of this second massacre.
Yun Miao suspected that Huo Huazhi had deliberately let Huo Xin go in the past, hoping to score three goals in the future.
Tan Xiaobai looked at Huo Xin in shock and worry. He didn't expect that Huo Xin was burdened with such a heavy past.
The sadness in Huo Xin's eyes gradually solidified into a deep murderous intent: "So the one who killed my parents and hundreds of people in my entire family... turned out to be our ancestor. Huo Huazhi... Huo Huazhi..."
She said that before this, the Huo family had no idea that Huo Huazhi was the murderer who destroyed their lineage. Because Huo Huazhi was the first person in the family to reach the Mahayana stage in thousands of years, the family had always remembered her name all these years after her "death." They often used her deeds to inspire their own children.
Even Huo Xin grew up listening to stories about Huo Huazhi. Many children in the family have made bold statements, saying that they want to be the second Huo Huazhi in the future and bring honor to the Huo family.
Because the direct lineage had suffered such a tragic loss, their branch rebuilt the ancestral hall after they became wealthy, and built tablets for all the direct lineage members, including Huo Huazhi's. They offered sacrifices morning and night, burning incense every day, but they didn't expect this to be the result in the end!
It turns out the person who brought two catastrophic disasters to the Huo family was none other than their once-revered ancestor, Huo Huazhi. This is truly ironic and ridiculous!
Huo Xin was so angry that his fingers were shaking. He wished he could go back to the past and smash that glaring tablet into pieces!
Mo Aotian was so angry that he crushed the cup. His eyes turned into cold vertical pupils, and his whole body was filled with the beastly nature of choosing anyone to devour.
Tan Xiaobai tried to calm them down and not get excited. This time, the sect not only wiped out the Demon Sect, but also wiped out the Changsheng Sect. Mo Aotian and Huo Xin should be happy.
Huo Xin said coldly, "But the person who deserves to die the most is still alive. As long as Huo Huazhi is alive, I will never be at peace!"
Mo Aotian gritted his teeth and said, "The Immortal Cult was also founded because of her. Although their headquarters has been destroyed, there must be strongholds scattered across the country that we don't know about! The Immortal Cult... My parents were killed by them. If I can't avenge them, wouldn't my life be in vain?"
"Isn't it the sect's mission to eliminate demons and defend the Way? With such a huge cancer, if we don't eliminate it now, when will we? No, I have to ask when we're going to encircle and wipe out the other strongholds of the Changsheng Sect. This time, you must take me with you. I'm going to chew up the flesh and bones of these grandsons!"
Huo Xin couldn't sit still any longer and stood up suddenly: "Let's go together. Although I'm not very strong, I know the weakness of Burning Blood."
The weakness of Burning Blood used to be a secret that the Huo family swore to defend to the death, but now the Huo family is gone, so why keep this secret? Now she just wants Huo Huazhi to die!
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The author has something to say: Yun Miao wiped his mouth and got off the bed: Junior Uncle, let’s not meet again in the future. My senior brother doesn’t allow me to play with you.
Chu Beiliang lying on the bed:???
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