"What are you trying to suck up to! That kid can barely protect himself and you still want to cling to him? Are you out of your mind?! Take me out of here, waaaaah..."
To Xie Zhou's utter surprise, the usually annoying and cheeky system emitted a series of whimpering sounds before entering this ghost realm.
How could a system without a physical body be so afraid?
Could it be that there is something in this ghost realm that can threaten the system?
"Why are you crying! I haven't even cried, and you're crying here!"
Xie Zhou reprimanded him in a low voice.
"Get this straight, it's clearly me who's in more danger because I only have one back scratcher!"
As Xie Zhou spoke, he rolled his eyes again.
Back then, Xie Zhou was captured in a cage in this ghost realm and taken to the Sword Sect.
The eerie jungle was shrouded in the gloomy, pale moonlight. Sometimes the forest was so quiet that everything seemed to be asleep in the fear of death, while at other times, the figures of monsters and their chilling cries could give one the illusion of having arrived in the underworld.
The massive, towering, and bizarre plant, with its menacing fangs, seemed to be warning Xie Zhou to stay away from here.
"Is this a barrier?"
The eerie black mist in the jungle was blocked by a layer of pale white light, and Xie Zhou reached out with one hand and touched the barrier-like structure.
"The Sword Sect is surrounded by this Ghost Forest. If it weren't for this barrier protecting it, the Sword Sect would probably have been swallowed up by the mist long ago."
The system's voice sounded again slowly, but this time it trembled slightly, as if it were afraid.
"Let me through."
Xie Zhou touched the white light barrier and pushed it away with force, but the barrier always emitted a gentle force, pushing Xie Zhou further in.
"What are you doing in the past! Luo Fantian won't die tonight! It's just that you sent Lingfeng away, he might not be back for a while!"
The system resists Xie Zhou.
"The first goal is to trample on the male lead's true feelings."
Xie Zhou relentlessly tried to break down this barrier while muttering to himself.
"My body is incredibly ugly, and everyone who sees it is disgusted. I have never thought of using this ugly appearance to win someone's heart."
Xie Zhou remained completely calm, as if she was absolutely certain that the system would help her break through this barrier.
"To complete the mission, the only way is to use tricks and become more beautiful. Otherwise, you don't have to break through this barrier. Just turn me into a beauty that only comes along once in ten thousand years, and I guarantee I'll win over the male lead in no time!"
Xie Zhou had only been serious for a few minutes when these last two sentences immediately shattered his composure.
"Ah, this..."
Everyone thought Xie Zhou would say something profound, but to their surprise, what he said actually took even the system by surprise.
Of course, she was stunned by Xie Zhou's peculiar thought process.
"It's impossible for you to become beautiful, but I want to see how you'll use your somewhat unkempt appearance to make Luo Fantian fall in love with you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a small opening appeared in front of Xie Zhou, just wide enough for one person to pass through.
The thick black fog, as if it had a life of its own, rushed out towards the small opening.
However, they are not aimless!
Soon, Xie Zhou was enveloped by the thick black fog.
Feeling a chill all over his body, Xie Zhou felt a force surging through his body. Upon closer inspection, he saw that the black smoke was drilling into his body!
"What's going on?! It's so cold! My God, that black smoke!"
The black smoke, which seemed to have a life of its own, made Xie Zhou feel a sense of resistance.
"This dark-colored thing seems to really like you."
Instead of helping, the system made sarcastic remarks.
"This Lingfeng said as soon as he saw me that I have a weak fate and am prone to attracting bad things. Those hyenas were like that before, and these black mists might be too!"
Xie Zhou bit his lip tightly, guarding the clarity in his heart from being shrouded by the dark fog.
"Since that's the case! Suck it!"
Xie Zhou recalled the scenes of those hyenas being absorbed in his mind, and put his learning into practice. He roared and gripped the back scratcher in his hand even tighter.
But the black mist showed no sign of stopping and continued to penetrate Xie Zhou's body.
"No way, no way, am I going to lose my own life instead of saving someone?"
Xie Zhou gave a bitter smile, turned around and went into the world of the book for a day, where he was consumed by the black mist and died.
No! We absolutely cannot let things go this way!
"Hold your breath and concentrate your mind, focus your energy in your dantian."
Especially in times of crisis, one must not be hasty. Haste makes waste, especially when the black fog is so fierce.
Gradually, the black mist changed from being actively absorbed to being passively absorbed into Xie Zhou's body.
At this moment, the black mist seemed to have a mind of its own and began to retreat.
He suddenly opened his eyes: "That's it! That's the feeling!"
Xie Zhou felt a continuous stream of power being refined and absorbed.
The pure energy of the black mist was actively absorbed by Xie Zhou and transformed into part of his physical strength!
"Ding, the villain mission side quest is complete, and you have received points as a reward."
As the surrounding black mist thinned, a mechanical voice suddenly echoed in his mind, waking Xie Zhou from his immersion in absorbing energy.
"Hmm? You completed a mission? That's amazing!"
Xie Zhou picked up the back scratcher and scratched her forehead with some confusion.
"Ding, side quest completed. This black mist was originally a hurdle that Luo Fantian needed to overcome. After absorbing the pure energy through this final hurdle, Luo Fantian was spotted by Ling Feng and became his most powerful disciple."
The system muttered, sounding somewhat incredulous.
"The male protagonist's luck has decreased by 3% due to the theft of pure energy. Keep up the good work, host!"
Xie Zhou was still completely bewildered, but he roughly understood what it meant.
"This thing I created unintentionally actually completed a task, but my task points..."
Xie Zhou revealed a wicked smile and placed the back scratcher in his hand directly on the ground.
"I'm about to enter this ghost forest, shouldn't I get some handy weapons or something?"
"Use points to upgrade the Bronze-level back scratcher to Silver-level."
The system notification sounded again.
On the ground, the back scratcher that Xie Zhou had half-abandoned had visibly grown larger.
"This...no, system, you're so mean! How many bamboo shoots did you have to pull out to do this?!"
Xie Zhou was furious, but he couldn't do anything to the system.
"Based on the system's deductions, this back scratcher will be very useful in your upcoming adventures. Please make good use of it, host!"
After the system finished speaking, it went silent.
"Could it be that you're scratching an itch while walking?!"
Xie Zhou cursed loudly and crossed the barrier into the Ghost Forest.
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