Chapter 466 - 465: I Want Them All

Chapter 466: Chapter 465: I Want Them All

Chapter 465: I Want Them All

In truth, the actual content written on the white cloth had little to do with that frightening title.

But after only a single glance, Luo Wusheng’s initially stiff expression spread from his face to his entire body, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.

He had thought that, with the decisive battle against the outside world looming—one that was absolutely crucial to him—no matter what changes occurred now, he should be able to remain calm even if Mount Tai collapsed before his eyes.

Like the resolve of someone facing death.

Yet at this moment, it was as if he had thrown all of that out of his mind.

[I’m really stupid. Truly.]

[I only remembered that Senior Brother enjoys rare stones from across the world, and that possessing a secret technique to refine a peerless jade unique under heaven would be nothing strange—but I forgot that, given Senior Brother’s temperament, once he had both the technique and the material, how could he possibly refine only a single Star-Moon Jade?]

!

Just two lines in, and Luo Wusheng was already dumbfounded.

How did his junior sister also know this kind of phrasing...? No, that wasn’t the point—

The content on the white cloth continued.

The corner of Luo Wusheng’s mouth twitched.

Whether intentionally or not, Bai Xiaoyao went on to clearly describe the exact process by which she discovered a certain little secret.

There was no need to say more—Netherking, he’s his mortal enemy!

"But having them take part in the Netherkin chaos seems like it was my own decision, made to go along with the original plot...?"

But he had never expected that what was originally meant to deal with a sneak attack on the Netherkin race—a talisman treasure given by the Immortal Nation—would somehow inexplicably turn into a strike containing his own power, sealed within the Star-Moon Jade!

That kind of thing could happen?!

Original-plot thinking really kills people!

[Originally, I wanted to expose this matter directly to that smug Yuli, but forget it. Even if that silly girl knew, she probably wouldn’t be able to make anything of it. She couldn’t even notice such an obvious contrast—what a waste of her Exquisite Sword Heart.]

[Heh, telling her at a more interesting moment might instead become quite a nice "surprise."]

Seeing this, Luo Wusheng subconsciously looked toward Little Yuli, whom he had just settled down.

The little girl had changed her sleeping position again, looking dazed—and a bit cute.

So she doesn’t know yet... which means that earlier short-sword message...

[But thinking carefully, Senior Brother isn’t entirely at fault in this matter... Though there was some deception in his words, in the end he still gave me a jade ornament. It’s indeed very beautiful, and its effects are quite good. This time, the strike sealed inside it even came in handy, so forgiving Senior Brother might actually be—]

The dim light in Luo Wusheng’s eyes brightened slightly.

Right—his junior sister also had a considerate side!

Could it be... a reversal?

[—still impossible.]

[After all, I’m the demoness. I’ve always been the one who deceives others. And... hehehe, I think I’ve begun to understand why, over the past month or so, so many women have suddenly appeared around Senior Brother. I’ll verify that later. As for Senior Brother himself... hehehehehe.]

[Mm, what bad intentions could I, Senior Brother Junior Sister, possibly have? Although I did write "On the Hundred Ways Senior Brother Can Die," but after all, Senior Brother is still my Senior Brother... Ah, I hear that Joyful Lotus Domain’s Yin-Yang Essence Synthesizing Technique is a rather interesting technique—though it has already become a forbidden technique... No matter, I know where all those forbidden techniques are kept.]

"Yin-Yang Essence Synthesizing Technique"... Luo Wusheng had only a vague impression of this technique.

After all, before his memories awakened, he had never been interested in these R18+ techniques.

He vaguely remembered that it seemed to be a technique once used by female cultivators of the Joyful Lotus Domain, back before the Demon Sect was reformed, to control their human cauldrons...

But since it had been classified as a forbidden technique, it was definitely a life-draining—fundamentally ruinous—technique.

Back then, that had more or less been the trademark of the Joyful Lotus Domain.

Luo Wusheng fell into deep contemplation.

He wasn’t actually frightened—rather, it felt as though something deep inside him had been touched. His gaze quietly swept over the remaining lines, and the stiffness in his body gradually eased.

The rest of the content was a hodgepodge of vague, half-true "ways Senior Brother can die" similar to the previous section. It looked quite intimidating on the surface, yet between the lines lingered that elusive tone characteristic of the little demoness—half serious, half playful teasing.

In particular, Joyful Lotus Domain showed up with striking frequency in these passages, and a few segments even dragged in a certain mysterious Sword Sect fairy who "did not wish to reveal her name."

Luo Wusheng withdrew his gaze from the now fully read white cloth and let it fall upon the Star-Moon jade ornament he himself had crafted, then looked at the girl in his arms—the one who had discovered the truth.

After a moment, he let out a soft breath.

"So... in the end, it was still discovered."

That the secret of the Star-Moon jade would be uncovered was something Luo Wusheng had already half expected.

To begin with, he hadn’t made much effort to conceal things in this regard. Coupled with Bai Xiaoyao’s perceptiveness, it might not have been an issue under normal circumstances—but once there was a comparison, once the same traits were revealed, it was easy enough to draw the corresponding conclusions.

There was no point in forcing an explanation. If something was going to cause trouble, no amount of arguing would change that, and the crux of the matter wasn’t the jade itself anyway.

"I’m not a block of wood either. Certain people scheming behind the scenes, quietly laying out their plans—how far they want to push the future, I can see that very clearly now..."

He sometimes called himself a reckless brute, but that only meant he didn’t like using his brain—not that he never had.

"There would never be the one and only Star-Moon jade... Even if the me of the past truly only crafted a single piece, the ruins of the Ancient Heavenly Gate still exist there, unchanged."

As if speaking to himself, Luo Wusheng lightly raised the hand holding the Star-Moon jade ornament. The back of his hand brushed against Bai Xiaoyao’s delicate cheek.

"What truly gave it meaning was only you, at that moment... It may not be unique, but you are. Like the starry sky reflected within it—ethereal and unfathomable, neither demon nor immortal, not of the mortal world, yet undeniably within one’s line of sight..."

At this point, he paused.

Then, at the center of his brow, a small fissure slowly opened.

A drop of pitch-black blood flew out and landed in his open palm. It replaced the small, previously dimmed jade stone set in the Star-Moon ornament, transforming into an inky crystal that filled the missing piece.

After completing this step, Luo Wusheng’s face grew a shade paler, and the crack at his brow closed.

Yet his movements did not stop. With gentle motions, he once again fastened the Star-Moon jade ornament into Bai Xiaoyao’s hair.

"Since it’s already been seen through, then whatever comes next—be it beating, punishment, or some kind of exciting ’surprise’—I’ll take it. At worst, I’ll just make a serious effort to please the famed demoness"

"As for this ornament—sure enough, it looks best on you. And if it hadn’t been for it, who knows—perhaps today we’d still be that Demon Sect Holy Saint and Maiden who passed each other like strangers?"

Luo Wusheng gently stroked the hair of the girl in his arms—then suddenly, his body shuddered.

Within his body, the second layer of arrangements brought back by the returning consciousness was triggered.

’The summoning of the immortal soul has begun?’

Luo Wusheng knew very well what this meant, yet he did not panic.

"The situation in the royal city has finally reached its end... There was originally one more important matter, but it seems I’ll have to make it up later."

He rubbed the head of the girl in his arms, then gently settled Bai Xiaoyao down, just like Little Yuli on the other side.

After that, he stuffed the white cloth recording the so-called "On a Hundred Ways Senior Brother Can Die" back into the little girl’s hand.

"The revival will take forty-nine days. I’ll give you an answer then."

After thinking for a moment, Luo Wusheng reached out and touched the foreheads of both girls.

Then his figure began to blur, as if merging into space.

"Dreams still have to exist... I just don’t know if my fate is hard enough."

As if leaving behind a final murmur, Luo Wusheng’s figure vanished.

Within the pale golden space, only the two girls lying on the jade slab remained, along with, not far from them, a twisted spatial rift.

This rift required spiritual awareness to open and was a one-way passage—exit only, no entry.

Luo Wusheng seemed to have naturally mastered the means of spatial manipulation in this place.

And after he left, the entire space instantly fell silent.

One breath... two breaths...

A pair of beautiful eyes slowly opened, carrying an indescribable glimmer.

"Stinking senior brother—you’d already guessed I’d woken up long ago."

The girl in white rose from the jade slab. The signs of her consciousness having left her body rapidly faded, and in the blink of an eye her physical body regained its vitality.

She scrunched her small nose, revealing her little tiger teeth in a slightly resentful way. She looked annoyed, yet two faint blushes were hidden on her cheeks.

Her jade-like hand touched her forehead, then pressed on the familiar ornament in her hair.

"Hmph. I’m the one and only ’Ethereal Starry Sky’—then is little sister Yuli the one and only ’Radiant Star That Shines Upon the World’? For that silly girl, she might really fall for something like this."

Bai Xiaoyao shot a glance at the genuinely snoring little girl beside her, rolled her eyes, and poked the other’s forehead with one finger.

"If I’d known it would end like this, I wouldn’t have let you board that Sea-Crossing Boat back then!"

Or perhaps she herself shouldn’t have bothered gathering more useful information, and should have simply taken that same Sea-Crossing Boat to the royal city together.

Poke, poke, poke!

After poking Yuli’s forehead several times and leaving a red mark, Bai Xiaoyao finally felt much more relieved and turned her head away.

"Forget it. For senior brother’s brain, this counts as passing."

Her eyes flickered softly. With a flip of her palm, the white cloth she’d been holding vanished, replaced by a sheet of paper torn from who-knows-where.

On that paper were large and small patches of crooked, ugly handwriting, yet Bai Xiaoyao’s brows and eyes softened a little at the sight.

But soon her cheeks flushed again, and she spat lightly.

"Still a block of wood... I’ve already hung both myself and little sister Yuli on him, and that was all the reaction I got."

Muttering to herself, Bai Xiaoyao’s hand unconsciously pressed against the Star-Moon jade ornament in her hair, her fingers lightly tapping the newly added ink-black crystal.

She then looked at the sleeping girl beside her. Narrowing her eyes, Bai Xiaoyao pinched the jade pendant hanging from the other’s neck.

In the end, she gently shook her head.

Her gaze turned toward the spatial passage that remained.

"Revival..."

"It’s fine. Even if what comes next doesn’t go smoothly, Xiaoyao will make it end completely."

"Whether it’s an answer or compensation—"

"I want them all."

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