"Help me! Help me! Please help me!"
Xie Zhou called out to the system in his heart.
"There's nothing we can do. If you had been a little further away from Immortal Lord Cangwu, we wouldn't be in this mess now."
The system seemed somewhat gloating.
"Little one, what are you still standing there for?"
Lingfeng then said something else, and Xie Zhou trembled three times.
"call……"
She let out a long breath, swallowed hard, and unconsciously clenched the back scratcher in her hand.
"I don't know where you got this back scratcher from, but I'll give it to you. For the next three days, no one is allowed to set foot in this Frost Palace."
The current state of the Immortal Lord Cangwu was somewhat peculiar; white smoke began to rise from his entire body.
"Master, what's wrong...?"
"This is a sign of progress in cultivation, and it should mean that you have comprehended something."
Before Xie Zhou could finish asking his question, the system automatically provided the answer in his mind.
"go out!"
Lingfeng quickly sat down cross-legged, his eyes tightly closed, and a few glistening beads of sweat seemed to be glistening on his face.
But his voice remained authoritative, making Xie Zhou's head buzz.
"Okay, okay! I'll go out now! I'll go out now!"
Xie Zhou, naturally no longer daring to plot against Ling Feng, ignored the pain all over his body and fled out of the main gate of the Frost Palace as if escaping.
With a loud crash, the gate slammed shut, and the fairies guarding the gate looked at each other in bewilderment.
"What... what's wrong with the Immortal Venerable?"
As the fairy spoke, she tried to run towards the Frost Palace of Listening Wind.
"Wait! Master's cultivation has improved, and he is currently at a crucial moment in his breakthrough. Master just gave the order that no one is allowed to enter the Frost Palace without his summons!"
Xie Zhou immediately called out to the fairy who was about to enter.
Holding a back scratcher, she stood proudly in front of the fairy, her slightly disheveled face revealing a pair of bright, piercing eyes.
"When did Immortal Lord Cangwu become your master? You really know how to flatter yourself!"
The fairy's appearance was extraordinary, and her delicate eyebrows were even more striking than those of a mortal. She must have a great deal of influence in the Frost Palace.
She spoke with an air of authority, her brows furrowed in a cold glare as she glared at Xie Zhou, then pushed him aside and tried to open the door.
"System! Stop playing dead! We're in this together now! You should have a way to keep this door from opening!"
The fairy used a little magic, but Xie Zhou was still a child, and she had almost no magic power. There was an insurmountable gap between her and the fairy's strength, so she naturally couldn't stop the fairy.
"All you know is how to exploit the system, why should I listen to you!"
The system was unhelpful and rejected Xie Zhou's request outright.
"If you want to complete the villain mission, then you have to listen to me, isn't that right!"
Xie Zhou was anxious and directly asked the system a question.
"Hurry up! I remember in the original story, Luo Fantian was being attacked in the back mountain at this time, and he just happened to not have returned yet. Given Luo Fantian's status as the chosen one, he certainly wouldn't let that demonic beast kill him so easily."
Xie Zhou's eyes darted around. Getting the system to obey was easy. As long as everything revolved around completing the task, the system would have no choice but to provide convenience.
"If this fairy barges in and ruins our grand plan, then all our previous efforts will have been in vain!"
After much patient and earnest persuasion, the system finally softened.
What you said makes sense.
The system's voice had barely finished speaking when the fairy's hand landed on the door.
"Huh? This door?"
The fairy looked surprised. She tried her best to open the door of the Frost Palace, but no matter how hard she tried, the door wouldn't budge.
“My dear fairy sister, I have already said that Master has ordered that no one is allowed to enter. If you disturb Master’s peace and cause Master to fail to advance, you should know the consequences yourself without me having to explain them.”
Xie Zhou's lie was so convincing that the fairy in front of him seemed to believe it to some extent.
"You? You've really been accepted as a disciple by the Immortal Lord?"
More than disbelief, his face was filled with grief.
The fairy's eyes were red and filled with tears, as if she was about to cry.
“Fairy sister, you are right, but other matters can only be decided after Master emerges from seclusion. As for the matter of guarding the gate…”
Guarding the gate? That's not something a villain should do. Since there's someone available, why refuse?
"Um?"
Clearly, the fairy was somewhat confused.
"Fairy Sister, your beauty is extraordinary. It's clear at a glance that you are the most trusted person under Master. I entrust Master's safety to you, Fairy Sister, so I won't have to worry too much when I'm cultivating later."
Anyway, these fairies in front of us don't know anything. Before Lingfeng wakes up, they can say whatever they want.
Xie Zhou was secretly pleased with himself.
"Before the Immortal Lord emerges from seclusion, I will guard the gate and prevent anyone from entering."
The fairy seemed about to say something, but after glancing at Xie Zhou, she took a deep breath and bowed to him.
"I still have some things that Master instructed me to tell you, Senior Brother. I'll take my leave now."
After saying that, Xie Zhou left first.
"Damn system, tell me quickly, what's the use of this back scratcher?" Xie Zhou looked at the back scratcher in his hand with a bored expression.
"This back scratcher is for taming animals."
The system coldly answered Xie Zhou's question.
"Taming beasts? This thing can be used to tame beasts? If the demonic lion comes, can I use this back scratcher to scratch its back and stop it from eating me?!"
Xie Zhou rolled his eyes, his face utterly speechless.
"I'll answer whatever questions you ask me. It's your own doing that you redeemed these things, so it's not my fault."
The system then became rather shameless, which infuriated Xie Zhou.
"If I complete this mission in the future, the first thing I want to do is to chop up this stupid system!"
Xie Zhou could only indulge in these verbal sparring tactics at this moment.
"Host, I hope you can recognize your own limitations. If I hadn't chosen you, you would have already vanished into nothingness! By the way, where are you going now? This isn't the way back!"
While exchanging insults with Xie Zhou, the system also observed Xie Zhou's actions.
At this moment, Xie Zhou was not heading towards her original residence at all, but towards the dark and misty Ghost Forest.
"Stop yelling! I'm much more nervous than you in this place!" Xie Zhou's head was throbbing from the system's clamor.
Outside Sword Mountain lies the Ghost Forest, inhabited by magical beasts of varying cultivation levels. This area is known as the "Ghost Domain" by the students of the Sword Sect.
"Isn't Luo Fantian over here? If I can't be the protagonist, then naturally I'll have to cling to the protagonist's coattails..."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
