Chapter 18 Ah, right, right, right
[Ding-dong~] The system, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly rang in Mu Jianjian's mind: [Your little cutie has suddenly appeared!]
Sunlight streamed into the long corridor, which was adorned with carved and colorful lights, refracting a rainbow of colors. She was all alone in the vast space. It took Mu Jianjian a while to adjust before continuing forward, and she thought to herself, "I'm so annoyed."
“You’ve been away most of the time lately,” Mu Jianjian pouted.
[That was because the system was undergoing an upgrade recently!] Even though it was a mechanical voice, its excitement was still palpable. [Host, stage reward 4/100, another chance to draw a blind box! (ov)ノ]
"Pull, pull, pull!" Mu Jianjian also became excited and happy, "What's the main upgrade in the system?"
[As the task completion rate increases, this system will be able to have virtual entities!]
"Wow!" Mu Jianjian cheered enthusiastically, clapping her hands. "I'll work hard to give you a physical form as soon as possible!"
Although she initially wanted to just lie down when she was pulled into this book's world, the adorable system and the warm-hearted characters made Mu Jianjian unconsciously and genuinely immerse herself in it, wanting to change the original tragic ending.
[The host has drawn a brand new shovel!] The system happily explained, [The shovel can be used to cultivate land in the space, so you can plant spiritual herbs there from now on!]
Mu Jianjian: That's so cool? Doesn't this mean we'll take off right away?
She suddenly remembered the Huanlin Vine she had given in her spatial bag, so she quickly used her mind to open the system space and sure enough, she saw a shovel standing upright in the corner!
That's so lucky!
Mu Jianjian almost cried tears of joy. So that's how she used her luck in the gacha system in her past life!
So she prepared to dig out about a hundred fields with a shovel, but the next second she found that no matter how she moved the shovel, it wouldn't budge.
Mu Jianjian: ?
[Uh…] The system's awkward voice chimed in, [Host, data shows insufficient mental energy for using the shovel.]
Mu Jianjian's eyes welled up with tears; she was still the same person she always was.
"It's alright, host," the system encouraged, "you'll definitely get stronger and stronger in the future!"
Mu Jianjian: Waaah, where do you get your confidence? Can you share some with me?
"What if we fail this team quest?"
[The host's original self was a saintess who defeated the great villain in her previous life!]
"Have you ever considered the possibility that Sang Wanyue actually died young and didn't live to see Ye Wuluo and Mu Jianjian wiped out by the villains?"
system:?
“Actually, in that timeline, the world was still destroyed…” Mu Jianjian’s voice trailed off as she saw a door appear before her and then she mustered her strength to push it open.
In the square space stood a pentagonal wooden table with intricate patterns carved on its corners and gold trim. Above it were colorful paper lanterns that seemed to float and spin in mid-air, even though they were not connected by any strings.
Three women were already seated at the table. Two of them, who looked alike, were probably twins, and the other was a woman with her head down, carrying a giant sword wrapped around her back.
When Mu Jianjian opened the door, she saw the twins inside mocking the people opposite them. As soon as she entered, they both turned their gazes toward her.
The girl with the high braid and carrying a zither was the first to attack, saying, "Oh, another Qi Condensation cultivator has arrived."
Mu Jianjian was used to using Qi Condensation Talismans to adjust her cultivation level. She glanced at the three people in the room. The first one to complain was the one with stronger true qi than her, who was roughly at the second level of Foundation Establishment. Her younger sister was at the seventh level of Qi Condensation.
Opposite him was a Qi Condensation Level 5 cultivator whose face was hidden by his hair and whose head was bowed.
She looked directly into the eyes of the woman carrying the zither, saying, "Your sister is only at the seventh level of Qi Condensation."
"I'm a sound engineer, how can you compare to me?" The woman next to her sneered, her eyes filled with disdain.
Sound manipulation... Support-type skills are rare, yet they possess immense utility and value; no wonder they're so arrogant.
"Oh, right, right." Mu Jianjian was too lazy to argue. She waved her hand and sat down next to the woman with her head down.
"What's with your attitude?" The woman who was a music expert got angry when she saw her like this. In the past, when others heard that she was a music expert, they would try to please her or be jealous and inferior.
The two sisters were unbeatable in their musical coordination, and were considered the best players by their team in the previous outer layer of the secret realm. But these two in front of them either didn't care or didn't care.
"Ah, right, right, right." Mu Jianjian repeated those four words, her tone slightly smug.
The woman carrying the violin slammed her fist on the table. "You should be glad this is a five-person team mission, otherwise I would have torn your throat apart first!"
"Oh right, right, right." Mu Jianjian said, since you all choose to mock me, then I'll just start mocking you and see who can outdo whom.
Mu Jianjian: If it can be solved with words, I will never use my hands.
"You—" Yin Xiu suddenly stood up, the stool creaked and almost fell over.
The woman, who had a giant sword strapped to her body and her head bowed, finally made a move. She chuckled, instantly diverting the attention of her two sisters.
"What are you laughing at, a mere Qi Condensation Level 5? With such meager strength, how did you even get this far? You must have hooked up with a man and become someone else's cultivation vessel, right?"
"But I reckon with your looks, carrying that ugly sword, no man would even look at you."
The sisters, dressed in pretty light blue dresses, kept mocking and ridiculing each other. Seeing the woman beside her lower her head further and further, Mu Jianjian said lightly, "You really are like dogs that bite people randomly on the street."
The woman hadn't expected the person next to her to speak up for her. She looked up, her wet eyes meeting Mu Jianjian's gaze, and then flinched before saying, "Thank you."
"You're welcome. My name is Mu Yuanyuan. What's yours?"
“My name is… Rong Yuqi.”
Rong Yuqi? This name seems familiar. Just as Mu Jianjian was trying to recall, the wooden door was pushed open again, and a tall, slender woman in white walked in. Her appearance was stunningly beautiful. She glanced indifferently at the surroundings and sat down in the last empty seat.
Mu Jianjian tried hard to control her shining eyes and suppress her joy. The female lead is Sang Wanyue!
She no longer had to worry about not getting through this hurdle; this was a golden opportunity! And just like that, she was tied to him!
It's locked tight!
"Hello, my name is Lin Bing, and this is my sister Lin Xue." The two sisters, who were just arrogant, immediately straightened their posture and greeted Sang Wanyue with smiles upon seeing her unfathomable strength.
Sang Wanyue didn't even glance at the two of them, and said to Mu Jianjian, "Hello, I am Sang Wanyue."
She is Sang Wanyue!
Lin Bing and Lin Xue, who were already annoyed, turned their gazes toward the woman in white with renewed intensity, and even Rong Yuqi looked up in surprise.
"Hello, I'm Mu Yuanyuan." As expected of you! A female lead bursting with a sense of justice!
Only after speaking did she notice the strange behavior of the other three. Mu Jianjian, puzzled, secretly asked Rong Yuqi, "What's wrong?"
Rong Yuqi's voice came intermittently after three seconds, "Her affairs... have even spread to the outer layers of the secret realm. A genius who reached the Foundation Establishment stage before the age of twenty, and also the personal disciple of the Second Elder of the Xuan Shuang Sect, and she also..."
"With what?"
Mu Jianjian: Let's watch the show.
"The Holy Son Ye Wuluo, who usually doesn't get close to women... saved her after she was tricked by others... Many people say that the two of them are geniuses that come along once in a century, and are a better match than the Miss Xuanshuang."
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