Chapter 209 She always felt that the male lead was the one...
Worried that others would discover her pen name, Asagiri changed several pen names in a row when writing those storybooks.
Asagiri felt she had an exceptional talent for writing storybooks. She even thanked Xiang Bei for providing her with inspiration; listening to those stories, she couldn't help but want to write them down, and then she became more and more enthusiastic as she wrote.
One of the pen names wrote a very long story, which has already been serialized to the fourth volume. Immortal Lord Chenyi said that every day, fellow immortals would ask when the next volume would be released.
Another pen name she used was for writing tragic stories. Every time Chaowu passed by, she would hear fellow immortals say that her stories were too tragic. Chaowu dared not linger for fear of being discovered by her fellow immortals.
Each time, Chaowu would sneakily take the reward from Immortal Lord Chenyi and then leave quickly, not daring to linger for even a moment.
She hasn't dared to go to Liujing God Lord's place these past few days. For some reason, she's a little afraid of the male god she met there that day.
Asagiri felt very uncomfortable with the way he looked at her.
She didn't dare to go to Lord Liujing again, but Lord Liujing sent a crane to deliver a message to her.
He invited her to meet him.
Asagiri didn't dare to delay and went there immediately after receiving the letter.
When she arrived, Lord Liujing was sitting in his usual spot, staring blankly at the nearly withered flowers on the table.
"Lord Ryukyou," Asagiri called softly.
"You've arrived." Lord Liujing turned to look at Chaowu.
His gaze fell on Asagiri, his expression still somewhat surprised, "You... you've survived your ordeal?"
Asagiri nodded. "Yes, I must thank you for your guidance, which enabled me to successfully overcome my tribulation. I've been wanting to thank you for a while, but I haven't seen you despite coming several times."
"No need to thank me, it's all thanks to your own efforts. I just didn't expect you to improve so much."
As he spoke, Lord Liujing looked at the flowers on the table again, "Did you send these flowers?"
“Yes, I want to thank you for your guidance, but I really don’t have anything good to offer, so I exchanged these flowers with the Flower Fairy to give to you.” Chaowu looked up at Liujing God, feeling a little nervous, and couldn’t help but rub her hands together as she said, “I just hope you will like them.”
Receiving no response, Asagiri couldn't help but look up and see that Lord Ryukyou's eyes were a little red.
"You, you, you, don't you like it? I, I, I'll change it right away." Asagari got nervous, she started to stutter again, even more so than before.
She thought she had done something wrong to upset Lord Liujing, and when she went to get the vase, she almost knocked it over to the ground.
The vase was lifted up by Liujing Shenjun. She held Chaowu's hand, shook her head and smiled at her, "No, I like it very much. You put so much effort into these."
"Really?
"Of course, there was a child before who liked to pick some fresh flowers for me. She said my place was too plain and that seeing these beautiful flowers would make her happier."
"Just like I miss you," Asagiri couldn't help but say. "So, where is that child now?"
"They're gone. My two children are gone." Lord Liujing looked up into the distance, his eyes filled with longing.
Asagami's smile gradually faded, and looking at Lord Ryukyou, she felt even more uneasy, secretly lamenting that she didn't know how to speak.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
"You don't know."
Liujing Shenjun turned to look at Chaowu, frowning as he asked, "Do you stutter when you're nervous?"
"Yes, I was already much better, but I didn't expect it to happen again when I was nervous."
After Asagiri finished speaking, she realized something was off. She then realized that the deity Ryukyou had used the word "也".
"Does anyone else stutter when they're nervous, like me?"
When Asagiri gets nervous, she tends to stutter. At these times, she tries to speak slowly to ensure that her words are clear.
Liu Jing looked at Chao Wu, as if looking through her at someone else, his eyes filled with sadness. "You are very much like that child. She would stutter when she was nervous, and she would pick the most beautiful flowers, put them in a bottle, and give them to me."
At this point, Lord Liujing suddenly turned to look at Asagiri and reached out to stroke her cheek.
Asagiri wanted to ask the deity who she resembled, but the deity Liujing suddenly withdrew her hand, her expression becoming much more serious. She stood up and turned her back to Asagiri.
Seeing the god's strange actions, Asagiri was puzzled. "God, are you alright?"
"Don't come any closer!" Lord Liujing suddenly shouted.
"But……"
"Go, go quickly! Don't come here again. You've already learned a lot, you don't need me to guide you anymore, go now."
Asagiri was startled by the sudden outburst of Ryukyou Shinjun.
She started stammering again, then quickly backed away and ran off. She dared not linger; although she didn't know what had happened, she had to do as the deity had said. She ran all the way back to the Xuanwu Deity's temple, bumping into the head fairy.
"What's the rush? What happened?" The fairy in charge looked at Chaowu rushing over, puzzled.
Asagiri shook her head and slowly said, "No, I just remembered that there was something I hadn't done."
The fairy in charge nodded, "Then we should slow down. It's really inappropriate to be in such a hurry."
"I understand, I'll be more careful next time. I'll go do my work now."
Just now, Chaowu was so anxious that she forgot she had magical powers. When Liujing told her to run, she ran without looking back. Now that she had stopped, her legs were trembling uncontrollably.
Just as she was about to leave, the fairy in charge called her back, "By the way, Asagiri, do you remember asking me about Lord Liujing earlier?"
Just as Chaowu was about to wave her hand, she heard the fairy in charge say, "I just remembered that Liujing seems to be the name of Her Majesty the Heavenly Empress."
"Really?" When Chaowu stretched out her hand, she stopped in front of him, looking at the fairy in charge with a surprised expression.
"If I remember correctly, that should be her name, but there are very few people in the divine realm who dare to call Her Majesty the Heavenly Empress by her name directly, so I don't know if I'm remembering it correctly."
"Do you know His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor's name?" Asagiri asked.
The fairy in charge shook her head. "I really can't remember. The Heavenly Emperor and Empress have been in seclusion for many years and don't appear often. I'm afraid only the immortals who have been in the God Realm for a long time know their names."
Asagiri never expected that the Divine Lord Ryukyou was the Heavenly Empress, and that her child must be the Prince Qingyue.
The deity has been away these past few days; has he gone to see her child?
"Lord Liujing, no, Her Majesty the Heavenly Empress, do you have two children?"
"The Heavenly Emperor and Empress only have one child, Prince Qingyue. They also have an adopted daughter, the Goddess Shuyue."
"Master of Affairs, do you know the names of the former Heavenly Emperor and Empress?"
Why are you asking this?
"A few days ago, when I was reading in the Heavenly Book Pavilion, I saw that the book recorded the actual situation of the past God-Kings of the God Realm, so I became curious, but I can't find it anywhere. Can't I even talk about this?"
The fairy in charge shook her head. "There's nothing wrong with mentioning it. The innate emperor's name was Chongshi, and the innate empress's name was Lingshuang. They sacrificed themselves for the God Realm, and their names are engraved on the God Realm's monument of merit."
Asagiri nodded, somewhat absentmindedly, and after saying a word to the fairy in charge, returned to her residence.
She did want to ask the head fairy about the goddess Shuyue and Prince Qingyue, but remembering how the two female immortals had told her not to tell anyone, she figured that even if the head fairy knew, she wouldn't tell her.
Asagiri didn't know what had happened back then that made all the immortals who knew the truth so secretive. Even the name of the Moon Goddess had to be erased. Could it be that the goddess did something that forced her name to be erased?
For some reason, the more Asagiri thought about this, the more a voice would appear in her mind.
The voice told her not to ask any more questions, that those things were none of her business, and that she didn't need to know too much.
Asagari lay on the bed, the image of Liujing appeared before her eyes. Liujing was smiling at her, but there was so much sadness in her eyes that Asagari couldn't help but feel sad as well.
Asagiri opened her eyes, suddenly clutching her chest, gasping for breath. Tears involuntarily streamed down her face. The fact that Ryukyou was the Heavenly Empress wasn't entirely unexpected.
There were only a few divine rulers in the divine realm, and she had some guesses about it at the time, but she didn't think about it too deeply.
Xiang Bei patted her on the shoulder to comfort her.
There are too many plot holes left unfilled. Liu Jing Shenjun is actually the Heavenly Empress. Based on our current interactions, she doesn't seem to hate Shu Yue for killing her son Qing Yue as described in the original text.
The claim that the Empress secretly ordered the simultaneous descent of eighteen heavenly lightning bolts during the punishment of the Goddess Shuyue is therefore unfounded.
Xiang Bei made a list of the characters who appeared. If the Heavenly Empress is Liu Jing Shen Jun, then the man that Nao Wu saw that day is very likely the Heavenly Emperor.
Thinking this, Xiang Bei read the original text again. The original text described more about how the Heavenly Emperor doted on this adopted daughter, while the Heavenly Empress was rather indifferent to the Goddess Shuyue and was quite strict with her.
If something happened to the Goddess Shuyue, the first person she would think of is the Heavenly Emperor.
Based on Xiang Bei's own observations, the Heavenly Emperor was uncertain, since he had never seen her before. According to the original setting, Asagiri was the goddess Shuyue, but she lost her memories after being reincarnated.
She herself is closer to the diva, which is quite different from the description in the original text.
When the Heavenly Queen met Asagiri, she didn't show much enthusiasm. If someone truly dislikes another, even without memories, it's unlikely they would feel close to that person upon seeing them.
Xiang Bei scribbled on the form, still feeling that the diva wasn't very likely the mastermind. Whether it was due to her overly critical view of the male lead in a tragic novel or simply prejudice, she still felt that the male lead was the most suspicious person.
Even if he's ranked lower, he's still the Heavenly Emperor, and he hasn't shown up yet, so suspicion is rising rapidly.
"Sir, why do we need to have detective skills to complete a mission?" Xiang Bei exclaimed.
The system, which had somehow transformed back into the shape of a large orange cat, was nestled on the sofa licking its paws. Upon hearing this, it replied, "There's nothing I can do. The author left too many plot holes, and the resulting mini-worlds automatically fill in the gaps in the story. Anyway, the mastermind behind it all is one of the characters that appears in this world."
As she spoke, the system jumped onto Xiang Bei's shoulder. "There's nothing we can do; that's how the plot is set up."
Xiang Bei took a picture of the system.
Asagiri was also sighing, unable to pinpoint why, only feeling a tightness in her chest. Ever since learning that Lord Ryukyou was actually Her Highness the Heavenly Empress, she had become somewhat afraid to see him.
The sudden change in the god's attitude that day also made her feel uncomfortable. In addition, after making inquiries everywhere, Asagiri managed to piece together some of the truth.
The adopted daughter of the God of Ryukyou killed her son, and later the adopted daughter died on the Thunder Punishment Platform. Faced with this result she had learned, Asagiri felt indescribable sorrow.
She felt things shouldn't be this way, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what they should be.
Her emotions came on very inexplicably, and she couldn't even figure it out herself. She just felt so sad that she covered herself with the blanket and cried her heart out.
"Xiang Beisanxian, I feel so sad."
Cry, it'll make you feel much better.
“I think Lord Liujing looks like he’s in more pain. I don’t want her to be so sad. I want to make her happy.”
【Then work hard. When you become a god and have your own temple, she will definitely be happy for you.】
"But that's very difficult."
If it were that simple, wouldn't anyone be able to become a god?
"That's true."
Asagiri lay on the bed, touching her chest. The feeling was like when she was struck by lightning, wanting to call for help, with a name in her heart but unable to utter it. It was a truly inexplicable feeling.
She was just a minor fairy in the Xuanwu God's temple; who could she call upon to save her life?
Asagiri tried hard not to think about those things.
She began to memorize what Master Jiuxian had taught her, trying to squeeze out the jumbled thoughts from her mind.
She was just a minor fairy maiden; all she needed to do was focus on cultivating. Those things were none of her concern; she knew nothing, and thinking too much was pointless.
As she carried it on her back, Asagiri fell asleep.
In her dream, she could vaguely see something, as if people were talking around her, no, it was many people talking.
She couldn't see or hear clearly.
She could only vaguely sense someone holding her.
The feeling was indescribable for Asagiri; people came and went, and she couldn't see their faces at all.
It was vaguely discernible that there were both men and women.
Just as Asagiri was about to get closer to see clearly, those people suddenly changed their expressions and reached out to grab her in an extremely terrifying manner.
Asagiri was so frightened that she retreated repeatedly, but the monster continued to chase her relentlessly, following her wherever she fled.
Asagiri opened her mouth wide; she wanted to call for help.
But who can she call for help?
She felt that someone should be able to save her, but she couldn't remember who that person was.
Who is it? Who can save her?
She was about to be eaten by the monster.
Help me! Help me!
Xiang Bei watched as Chao Wu fell into a nightmare, repeatedly shouting for help, her hands waving in the air as if trying to grab something.
【Morning mist, wake up, wake up quickly!】
Xiang Bei tried to wake her up, but Chao Wu didn't respond at all, and a look of fear appeared on her face.
Her mouth opened and closed, as if she were calling out to someone.
In her dream, the morning mist was also running desperately, shouting repeatedly, "Help! Help!"
"Auntie, save me, save me!"
"Auntie! Help me!"
Asagiri yelled and rolled off the bed.
She lay on the floor wrapped in a blanket, her body covered in cold sweat.
Are you alright?
Seeing the words floating past her eyes, Chaowu snapped out of her daze, panting heavily. She touched herself and found that she was perfectly fine, with no missing arms or legs.
"Am I dead? I think I was just grabbed by a monster?"
[You're okay, you're still alive. Did you have a nightmare just now?]
"Nightmare?" Asagiri murmured.
If it was that scene from before, then she definitely had a terrible nightmare.
Asagiri sat up from the ground, still looking somewhat confused. Just a moment ago, she seemed to have forgotten what dream she had, only remembering that it was a very terrifying dream.
She rubbed her head. "I can't remember what I dreamed about?"
I just heard you cry out, "Auntie, help me!"
"Aunt?" Asagiri was even more confused.
"But before I ascended to Penglai Immortal Island, I only had my parents at home. My mother didn't have any sisters. Why would I call her 'aunt'?"
She has only been in the realm of gods for about a hundred years, and her family has long since passed away.
It's impossible for her to have any aunts.
Unable to fall asleep, Asagiri simply sat back on the bed with her blanket.
She tried hard to recall her dream, but found that she couldn't remember anything, let alone what kind of dream she had.
I only remember some terrifying scenes in the dream, but now when I think back on it, I don't feel that way anymore.
She hugged the blanket and looked ahead, murmuring to the sky, "When I first came here, I often had dreams and would wake up from nightmares. At that time, the fairy in charge stayed with me. She told me that gods don't dream. Those were just my bad memories in the mortal world. Once I forget them, I will never be afraid again."
She had even forgotten what nightmare she had when she first arrived.
I don't know if it's the same ones I just saw.
"I still remember all my memories before ascension, and nothing terrible happened. So why am I having these horrible nightmares after ascension?"
[Don't think about it if you can't remember. Stop torturing yourself and focus on your cultivation. Once you become strong, no monster will dare to bully you. You still want to be the Head Fairy, right? After you pass another tribulation, you'll be able to become the Head Fairy.]
Asagiri took a deep breath and nodded vigorously, "Yes."
Soon, Chaowu sighed again, "But a temple can only have one presiding fairy. If I advance further, I will have to work in another temple. I don't want to be separated from the presiding fairy."
You can't always rely on the fairy in charge; only by striving to become powerful yourself can you protect those you want to protect.
Asagiri thought that what the Nine Immortals said made a lot of sense. "That's right, so I still want to be a God-King, because in the Nine Heavens, the God-King is the most powerful."
Asagiri couldn't recall it, so she stopped thinking about it.
Because she found that the more she thought about it, the more she forgot.
I simply stopped thinking about it.
However, she never had nightmares again after that.
While they were in the Heavenly Book Pavilion, Zi Linglu was still looking at her, and he grabbed one of her fingers and said, "It's happening again, that feeling is back."
"How does it feel?"
"It's the same feeling you had before you tried to pull out the Wujiu Sword last time, Asagiri Fairy. Try it again, maybe you can pull it out."
Before Chaowu could speak, Ziling pulled Chaowu over.
Just as they were about to get close, the spirit was suddenly repelled by an invisible barrier. Fortunately, Asagiri caught it, preventing it from falling.
Looking at the lightning hidden in the clouds above the Wujiu Sword, Ziling was puzzled. "Strange, when did this barrier appear here? And where did that lightning come from?"
She had seen Lei Chaowu before; she had seen her when Lord Liujing brought her here last time.
As for the barrier, Asagiri didn't actually see it.
She walked directly to the steps, and as she reached out to grasp the hilt of her sword, a thunderclap exploded above. Chao Wu instinctively shrank back, but her hand never let go of the hilt.
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