Chapter 35: The Main Mission of Encirclement and Suppression: The villain will be drawn into the thirteenth generation...
The system released more data.
[Host, this is the villain's current data.]
Villainous Identity: Zhou Fuling ("None")
Villain's favorability rating: -90% (Distrust, Hatred)
Villain Danger Level: SS
[Villain's Good Deeds Value: Not yet constructed]
When Xu Qingning saw the words "defense" and "hatred," her eyelashes trembled slightly.
He remained silent for a while.
[I noticed that as soon as I suspected the villain's identity, before I could even expose him... her favorability rating dropped by 65 points. Why?]
The system is also unaware of the cause; the host must investigate on their own.
Therefore, the host's first task is to find the villain and quickly raise their favorability rating to -50%.
Xu Qingning slowly raised her eyes: ...
The system paused again.
[Please accept the second task, host. This is the most important one:]
—Help the main villain complete the main storyline 'Conquest of the Cloud Candle Tower'.
[Mission Description: After the death of Ning Tingyue, the twelfth generation sect leader of Yun Ning Sect, the position of sect leader of Yun Ning Sect is vacant. The person behind the big villain is stirring up trouble, making her single-handedly involved in the struggle for the position of the thirteenth generation sect leader.]
During this period, the villain was trapped in Yun Ning Nan Zhou, faced life and death several times, and suffered the humiliation of Yun Zhu Tower.
These events exacerbated her already dark personality, leading to her irreversible madness and bloodlust later on.
[Your second task is to go to the Southern Continent to find the villain, help her ascend to the position of the thirteenth sect leader of the Yun Ning Sect while she is being drawn into the Yun Ning Sect's grand competition, and protect her from a major blood disaster that could kill or severely injure her.]
Xu Qingning was stunned, then suddenly looked up, her expression changing drastically.
impossible.
His first reaction was that it was simply impossible.
"Isn't she a pure Yin demon from the Heavenly Desolation Abyss? How is it possible for her to ascend to the position of Sect Master of the Yun Ning Sect?"
[The system knows the host may not believe it, but the system has previously hinted at a related main storyline. Does the host remember?]
Xu Qingning certainly remembered.
About ten days ago, during the Wanshan Banquet, when the system revealed the future of the main villain, who became the thirteenth sect leader of the Yun Ning Sect.
Xu Qingning did not know it was Zhou Fuling at the time, and only felt that she was hateful.
At this moment, he... found it unbelievable.
“First, the position of the Yun Ning Sect Master,” Xu Qingning said coldly. “That is the position of the Master of the Southern Continent, one of the three major continents of the Immortal Sect. It is fought over fiercely. And the person who takes the position, regardless of his or her character, must be a legitimate immortal cultivator.”
"She... has absolutely no connection with orthodoxy."
That's right.
"And then there's the situation in Yun Ning. The four factions are vying for the position of Yun Ning Sect Master, and none of them are pushovers."
"You're saying Zhou Fuling wants to bypass them and become the thirteenth sect leader?"
Yes. But this is the worldline the host needs to achieve.
Xu Qingning pursed her lips tightly, her face pale.
System: [Task 3: During the Cloud Candle Tower competition, the host should try to help the villains build up their Goodwill Points and unlock the Goodwill Points strategy.]
Xu Qingning remained silent for a long while, then suddenly asked, "What exactly is her relationship with Zou Lanci?"
[Beep, beep—]
This information can be unlocked based on the main storyline progress.
The system provided Xu Qingning with the answer.
He opened his eyes in shock.
...
At Longtan, Xu Qingning went to the Asking Heaven Platform. The group was discussing the plan to encircle and annihilate Zhou Fuling.
Although Zou Lanci couldn't explain the relationship between Zhou Fuling and her, and Zou Li.
But since she is a celestial being, it is inevitable that she would besiege Zhou Fuling, the guardian of the Heavenly Abyss.
“Demons. Thousands of years ago, these demons were created by the immortals, but they ultimately lost their will and betrayed us at the Heavenly Abyss. They are all treacherous and unpredictable. Now they have joined forces with demons and are encroaching on the land. We should capture and kill them to eliminate the danger,” said an immortal master.
While everyone was still in shock, unable to believe that Xu Qingning's junior sister would have such an identity.
Xu Qingning hated the person at the bottom of the Heavenly Abyss, the one who had killed many of his fellow disciples, as everyone knew.
But after learning that the person was Zhou Fuling, everyone felt that their relationship had become complicated.
"Young Master Xu...can you bear to do this?"
Xu Qingning paused, then suddenly lifted her eyelids slightly and looked at Zou Lanci: "To be honest, there's no need to worry about me. Besides the grudge from Tianjue Gorge back then, there's something else I haven't told anyone else."
“That is… the ‘nothingness’ beneath the Heavenly Abyss. One hundred and two years ago, it attempted to sneak into my childhood home, Mingliu Manor.”
"Kill my mother."
"Is Your Majesty aware of this matter?"
Zou Lanci frowned: "Is that so?"
Xu Qingning nodded.
The immortal master fell silent. Someone seemed to have thought of something and took a deep breath.
“Therefore, I will also participate in this encirclement and suppression,” Xu Qingning said. “There is no reason for the Immortal to exclude me, is there?”
"..." Zou Lanci looked at him silently.
Kuang Yunchu, who had been sitting to the side with the other sect leaders, also looked up at Xu Qingning with tenderness.
"But you must remain calm and composed. You were once close to Zhou Fuling; who knows what you might do? You must not travel alone, nor stay in Dongzhou," Zou Lanci said.
It must be clear and peaceful.
Then, Zou Lanci pointed out four people: Xu Qingning and three other immortal masters. He issued an order that Zhou Fuling be wanted throughout the entire Immortal Realm and the Mortal Realm.
...
【Host……】
After Xu Qingning came out, he almost vomited because he learned a truth he had never thought possible.
He closed his eyes, recalling the background of Zhou Fuling that he had heard before.
The system clearly states:
[Zhou Fuling's caregiver: Zou Lanci]
Xu Qingning's hands bulged with veins, his chest heaved, and he remained silent for a long time.
Not long after, several immortal masters found him.
Among them was Zou Fengyun, the adopted son of Zou Lanci: "Young Master Xu, the Immortal has sent a few of us to go to the Southern Continent to capture Zhou Fuling."
Hao Cheng said with dissatisfaction, "Go to the Southern Continent? The position of sect leader in the Southern Continent is currently vacant, and you have no idea how chaotic it is. Why not let the young sect leader stay in the East..."
Xu Qingning, however, held down Hao Cheng's hand.
He whispered, "Okay."
"Young Sect Leader..."
Xu Qingning said in a low voice, "Then let's go to Nanzhou."
...
at the same time.
Inside the cave, Zhou Fuling sat cross-legged.
On her lap lay the spirit pearl she had obtained from Ning Tingyue—containing the secret to unlocking the Devouring God Powder.
Previously, her spiritual meridians were too weak, and it also required power to unlock the spiritual pearl. Zhou Fuling was able to succeed today.
She held her breath, and saw the following written in the spirit pearl:
The poison of the Devouring God Powder is divided into nine layers, cleverly designed, often administered by three people simultaneously, with one person possessing the antidote for three layers. The three layers I possess can be countered by a sacred artifact called "Sacred Xu Ling" in the Cloud Candle Tower of Yun Ning, crafted by the "Medicine Saint." It is brought out by the sect leader during grand events at the Cloud Candle Tower. It is usually stored on the top floor of the Cloud Candle Tower.
"Cloud Candle Tower?"
Zhou Fuling frowned.
...
Two hours later.
The moon is bright and the stars are few; a flock of wild geese flies south.
Zhou Fuling harnessed her horse, and the horse's hooves pounded the ground as they headed south.
Two figures stood side by side, gazing at Tongnan Road, when a message reached Zhongzhou.
"Our good child has gone to Yun Ning Sect." The woman's voice was light and gentle. "That's good. Everything is proceeding according to plan."
"Hmph, last time, she went alone, and one of us had to risk exposing our identities to save her from being hacked to death in the Cloud Candle Tower. I really don't want to go through that again." The person next to her sneered.
“Xu Qingning has already been sent to Nanzhou… Good, let him bear the storms we’ve weathered.” The woman said, “Wait, I’ve received a message.”
...
Three days later, a fierce wind raged along the official road of the Southern Continent. The Immortal Gate was built atop the mountains, and while the Southern Mountains weren't much warmer than the Eastern Continent, they were considerably more humid. Rain began to fall after only a few steps.
Xu Qingning and the other immortal masters have arrived in the Southern Continent.
On both sides of the Fairy River, thousands of willows grow, and the clear water flows endlessly.
But unlike those places, everywhere there were signs of killing, burning, and looting. Many villages were deserted, with only empty houses and corpses scattered everywhere.
"Could this be the work of bandits?" one of the companions asked.
Xu Qingning touched the bloodstains and the traces of magic seals left on the ground, and whispered, "No, it's someone from the Yun Ning Sect."
"Damn it, is the Yun Ning Sect in such chaos?"
Upon entering the capital, the streets crisscrossed, and the gates in the alleys were tightly closed. Groups of black-armored and golden-robed cultivators were seen on the streets, seemingly searching for someone. People and horses were thrown about, and those who were pulled out disappeared with screams.
Ning Chaoxue came to pick them up.
She seemed distracted and absent-minded; in the past, she would practically cling to Xu Qingning whenever she saw him.
Even if Xu Qingning schemed against her last time, she would definitely retaliate in kind for her past behavior.
But now, she was pale and sweating profusely.
"Brother Qingning, I heard that Zhou Fuling... hurt you? Before she ran away, did she say where she planned to go?"
During the journey, Ning Chaoxue cautiously approached and asked Xu Qingning.
Xu Qingning keenly sensed something was amiss: "You know Zhou Fuling? Or rather, the 'Wu' from Tianjue Gorge?"
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