Chapter 1415: Ame-no-Murakumo (Three)

"Who is it?" Luo Quan looked up and asked.

"Daughter, it's Mother."

"Mother?" Luo Quan hurriedly got up and opened the door, seeing Bai Yaoyao holding a cloth bundle, her expression slightly flustered.

"Mother, what is this?" Luo Quan looked at her mother who looked just like a thief, wanting to laugh but not daring to.

"This is your mother's dowry from back then, it's been under the bed for several decades. If your father hadn't been rummaging through boxes and cabinets looking for things today, I would have forgotten all about it."

Bai Yaoyao spoke as she placed the cloth bundle in her hands: "You can't use things that are too high-grade either. Mother just brought you some spirit stones. With these, your cultivation will be faster."

"Your birth father is too stingy. Just now I asked him to give you some spirit stones, but he refused no matter what. Fortunately Mother still has some savings. You can't let your own daughter be poor no matter who else is poor."

"Mother, these spirit stones are too timely!" Luo Quan nearly cried, hugging Bai Yaoyao with overwhelming gratitude.

"Alright, hurry up and put the spirit stones away properly. You must never let your father know. When he asks where these spirit stones came from, Mother won't be able to explain."

Bai Yaoyao stroked Luo Quan's head, her eyes revealing gentleness, then looked around and said to Luo Quan: "Daughter, now that you have spirit stones, you must cultivate well. Your father will have you join a sect in a couple of days. If possible, choose our Lingyun Peak, or your maternal grandfather's Qingtian Peak is fine too."

"They're all family. No matter what, they won't let you suffer losses normally."

"I understand." Luo Quan nodded. Mother Bai smiled faintly and also turned and left hurriedly.

Closing the door, Luo Quan couldn't wait to open the cloth bundle. A dazzling white light flashed before her eyes — this was the mark of high-grade spirit stones!

Luo Quan counted them — only seventy-two pieces. It seemed Mother had grabbed a handful at random while Father wasn't paying attention, not daring to take too many.

But seventy-two high-grade spirit stones were already quite a lot. Converted, that was seventy-two thousand immortal coins!

Luo Quan put fifty high-grade spirit stones into her storage space, then exchanged them for fifty thousand immortal coins through the Myriad Worlds Store.

Many grayed-out items in the store instantly lit up, meaning she could now purchase these items.

However, Luo Quan didn't plan to spend money now. With the Wuji Technique, a supreme cultivation method, she currently didn't need to invest immortal coins in that area.

So Luo Quan planned to save the immortal coins first, and take them out to spend when needed later.

As the system said, the Myriad Worlds Store was indeed a very useful function for her. It was just that for her right now, wanting to fully utilize it was still a bit early.

Her current status was too low. Even after joining the Boundless Immortal Sect, a monthly income of over a thousand immortal coins was pitifully small.

Only later, when her status in the Boundless Immortal Sect grew higher and she obtained more and more spirit stones and immortal coins, would the Myriad Worlds Store's utility gradually become prominent.

A cultivator, upon reaching the Meridian Opening stage, can become an entry disciple of the Boundless Immortal Sect. Upon reaching Foundation Establishment, they can be promoted to inner disciple, enjoying a monthly benefit of at least five hundred low-grade spirit stones.

If cultivation reaches the Jin Dan stage, one can become one of the true disciples of the Nine Peaks and Twelve Halls. At that time, one can address the Peak Lords and Hall Masters as Master.

At that point, one can be considered to have truly gained a foothold in the Boundless Immortal Sect. Monthly benefits can reach over two hundred medium-grade spirit stones. Converted, that's twenty thousand immortal coins!

This is a solid middle-class life. Adding other miscellaneous income, one could save at least three hundred thousand immortal coins a year!

Although there are even higher statuses and treatments, Luo Quan isn't someone who aims too high. Thinking about these now is too early.

After all, she isn't a disciple of the Boundless Immortal Sect yet. Setting goals too far, taking steps too big, makes it easy to pull a muscle.

Uh... seems she doesn't have that thing either.

In short, with her parents' connections, joining the Boundless Immortal Sect is a sure thing.

Now Luo Quan needs to go all out to improve her cultivation, then quickly raise her status in the sect.

Of course, the hard work can be left to the intelligent AI.

She hasn't forgotten her real business here.

Opening the Myriad Worlds Mall, Luo Quan directly searched for Ame-no-Murakumo.

The system said this mall could buy any equipment or item. So Luo Quan directly searched for this most famous Japanese equipment.

In reality, Ame-no-Murakumo is said to have always been enshrined in the Japanese imperial court, one of the so-called Three Sacred Treasures.

But Luo Quan remembered that before, there was an organization that planted bombs in airports and staged attacks at the Crown Prince's wedding, all to divert everyone's attention to steal the Three Sacred Treasures.

Although in the end the Imperial Palace responded that they had protected the Three Sacred Treasures in battle, and they weren't stolen by thieves.

But after that, the Imperial Family never displayed the Three Sacred Treasures to the outside world again.

Before this, they loved taking these three treasures out to show off, wishing the whole world knew they possessed these three treasures with long history.

And now, they say it's to avoid thieves' coveting, so they can't easily let them appear in the world.

But these three treasures are known to exist by many people. If you don't take them out, will no one think about them?

It doesn't make sense logically.

So Luo Quan felt these three treasures were either already stolen, or already destroyed.

Luo Quan felt the latter was more likely. Because if stolen, whether used personally or sold for money, it's impossible for there to be absolutely no news.

Like the previous theft at Notre-Dame de Paris. A bunch of police investigated for ages with no leads. Then some foreign tycoon bought the stolen goods and showed them off himself. No investigation needed at all.

So, these three treasures haven't appeared in all these years. They're probably already destroyed.

But now Luo Quan has the chance to make it appear again, and it'll definitely be even more fierce than the original.

Soon, Luo Quan found the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword in the mall.

This sword looked very different from a tachi. It looked more like a blade inserted on a long handle.

Rather than calling it a sword, it actually resembled Guan Guan Er Ye's Green Dragon Crescent Blade more.

And on the long handle there were ring-shaped protrusions one after another, looking like vertebrae.

It's said Ame-no-Murakumo was born from inside the body of Yamata no Orochi. Could this handle be Yamata no Orochi's tail vertebrae?

Too bad, perhaps because the item is too low-grade, its page didn't have much description.

Such a weapon doesn't even count as white quality. Even the worst pull from a Fortune Consort Law Treasure Chest wouldn't produce this kind of item.

Perhaps this weapon's tier is indeed a bit low, but it's enough.

If it were too powerful, she really wouldn't bear to give it to someone else to use.

Only something just so-so like this, taken out for use, makes her feel at ease.

As for other good things in the Myriad Worlds Mall, let's wait until she returns to Huan Yu to talk about it.

Huan Yu also has immortal cultivators. Spirit stones, this hard currency, definitely exist. Just don't know if the reserves are abundant.

After obtaining what she needed, Luo Quan exited the Star Sea Immortal Palace world.

She hadn't stayed long this time; when Luo Quan opened her eyes, it was still night outside.

She took out her phone and discovered her name had already hit the trending searches.

"Luo Quan Encounters Assassination Attempt in Tokyo!"

Trending on both Twitter and Weibo, the heat remained extremely high even though it was already deep into the night.

Luo Quan had originally planned to suppress this matter, but she hadn't expected the Metropolitan Police Department officers to have such loose lips — they actually leaked the news overnight.

Fortunately this trending search hadn't been up for long; if they'd really waited until the second clarification, who knew how many rumors would've spread in between.

So Luo Quan hurriedly recorded a video:

"Hello netizens, very sorry to top the trending searches in the middle of the night like this, making everyone worry.

First, regarding my assassination attempt — it's indeed not clickbait. Just a few hours ago, a fanatical fan wielding a knife came to the house where I'm currently staying, attempting to harm me and Junzi.

As for the specific reason, since it's still under investigation, I can't disclose it for now; I'll tell everyone once it's thoroughly investigated.

In short, that's all I can say for now. Please don't believe any rumors other than this video. After all, domestically, besides me there's no second party involved; anyone claiming to know inside information — don't ask, they're definitely scammers.

Sorry for worrying everyone. I'm perfectly fine. Everyone get some rest early."

After the video was posted, in the blink of an eye it had tens of thousands of views.

It was clear the fans were truly very worried about her safety; the moment they saw she'd updated a video they immediately clicked in.

Seeing Luo Quan still lively and energetic in the video, the fans finally relaxed.

"Told you not to go to Japan, see? Knew nothing good would come of it."

"Glad you're okay. But what was that fanatical fan thinking, actually going after an idol with a knife?"

"Some people are just too extreme. Best give them life in prison, never let them out to harm people again."

"In Japan that might be a bit difficult."

"True. In Japan you might not even get the death penalty for killing several people, let alone attempted murder like this."

"Even if sentenced to death it might not be carried out for decades, no different from life. So for crimes that don't even warrant death, the sentence will probably be even lighter."

"Sounds like a lawless place. Isn't Japan supposed to have top-tier public safety in Asia?"

"Public safety is indeed good, but there are also many perverts and molesters. Occasionally you get crazies retaliating against society and randomly slashing people. Overall it's still fairly stable."

"Domestic public safety is truly top-tier. Although with more people there are more cases, we're already one of the safest countries in the world."

"Indeed."

"Hurry to Hawaii, Luo Bao. I'm afraid if you stay in Japan longer you'll run into more trouble."

"Haha, so this is just a legitimate excuse to get Luo Bao to shoot in a swimsuit, right?"

"It's not me, I didn't, don't talk nonsense."

……………………

With Luo Quan safe and sound, the fans' tone became much more relaxed, many even cracking jokes.

Luo Quan saw this and curled her lip, not taking it too much to heart.

As for her mom's side…………

Logically, with such a big incident, they should be extremely tense, right? How come they haven't even made a single call until now, just sent a message asking?

Luo Quan couldn't figure it out, so she replied: "It's fine, Mom. Also you don't seem worried about me at all?"

"What's there to worry about." Mom replied quickly, "You're up in the heavens and down in the earth on an alien planet, can a little kitchen knife on Earth even hurt you?

Don't bother messaging about such trivial things in the future. You woke me from my nap in the middle of the night. By the way, wasn't Ningning scared?"

Seeing Mom's question, Luo Quan understood what it meant to stop caring once the mission was complete.

Her mission was to propagate the old Luo family line.

During pregnancy she was the most important; after Ningning was born the daughter became the most important; she became insignificant.

"This really is……" Luo Quan shook her head, laughing and crying, then replied: "Not scared, slept very soundly."

"Good. I'm going to sleep. You rest early too."

After the message was sent, there was no more movement.

Luo Quan looked for a while, then put down her phone and drifted back to sleep.

Because Luo Quan clarified in time, this news that should have caused a sensation didn't explode in popularity as imagined.

An international female star encountering an assassination attempt — this truly is explosive news.

And it happened in Tokyo, Japan, which has always boasted good public safety to the outside world.

So the incident broke, and officials held a press conference that very day, performing the traditional art of bowing and apologizing, saying failure to maintain social order was their fault, causing trouble for the public and Luo Quan — douzhu ni simida!

But this all-too-familiar apology didn't satisfy the public.

Because it involved Luo Quan, and the nature of the case was so vile.

Originally Japanese fans had hoped Luo Quan would stay a few more days, appear on some shows, or hold a concert.

Result: this happened directly. The fact she didn't immediately buy a plane ticket and flee Japan is already very brave.

Someone with a worse temper would've directly cursed them out, and might never come back again.

After all, her life was under major threat!

So the public was very dissatisfied with such a flippant apology, demanding officials commit seppuku to atone, and also severely punish the perpetrator.

But the Japanese government is famous for giving zero fucks about public opinion, so these righteous indignant words only get likes online.

As for that perpetrator, she certainly won't face overly severe punishment either. After all, when it comes down to it, she's only attempted murder.

In Japan where even actual murder doesn't get severe punishment, lighter crimes are naturally nothing.

Of course, a few years of prison disaster is definitely there.

As for whether she'll hold a grudge after release, or still plan to take Junzi down with her — Luo Quan wouldn't know.

Anyway, by the time that criminal gets out, Junko will probably already be strong enough to exceed that criminal's comprehension.

Just like right now, Luo Quan suddenly produced a knife and told her this was the Ame-no-Murakumo.

This likewise exceeded Junko's comprehension.

"Quan-chan, this is the Ame-no-Murakumo? You're sure you're not joking?"