Chapter 389: Xiao Qing: Sister, Being Human Is Quite Nice! (5/7, Requesting Subscription)

The White Rabbit's World.

"Xiao Qing, why did it take you half a month to come back?" Bai Xiao frowned suspiciously. "You didn't really go look for the Dao Lord, did you?"

"Mm." Xiao Qing nodded. "I went, but not for half a month—only three days."

"Really?" Bai Xiao finally realized.

This is why time varies across the myriad worlds.

"Sister, I now think being human isn't bad at all," Xiao Qing smiled broadly. "You were right—human nature is truly wonderful."

Bai Xiao was stunned.

Has this sister taken some wrong medicine?

"Sister, you wouldn't believe how happy I've been these past few days…" Xiao Qing launched right in. "That shamaness was so amusing—she was clearly delighted…"

"Is this what human emotion feels like?"

Bai Xiao couldn't bear these wolfish words; her face flushed, and she coughed lightly. "Xiao Qing, let's talk about our future plans instead. Your romantic escapades can wait."

Xiao Qing beamed. "Sister, you're so easy to tease!"

"Then I won't tease you anymore."

Seeing her sister's flustered expression, Xiao Qing felt as if she herself were the elder sister—and her mood grew even better.

The Great Luo Heaven.

After seeing off Jiegen and Xiao Qing, Zhang Taixuan opened the chat group.

【Ding, the Tai Xuan Immortal Martial Dao has won favor from the Liaozhai World—reward: a thread of world primordial energy.】

【Ding, the Ghost Immortal Dao has won favor from the Liaozhai World—reward: a thread of world primordial energy, 393 cubic units of Shoushan Red Copper.】

【Ding, group member Nie Xiaoqian has received a quest: Purify Heaven and Earth, Order the Three Realms—reward: one dou each of Human Dao Merit, Heavenly Dao Merit, and Earthly Dao Merit.】

Dou: an ancient unit of weight and volume.

Ten dou equal one shi, weighing one hundred and twenty jin.

"Can merit even be measured in dou?" Zhang Taixuan was startled, silently calculating—suddenly, the obscure heavenly fate of this world grew clear. "Ah, so 'dou' here is a volume unit—'one dou of merit' means filling a dou with condensed, tangible merit."

It is well known that merit is formless and intangible.

One dou of condensed merit—how much merit must have been accumulated to form so much?

"This world's problems must be severe, or else there wouldn't be so many rewards. Three dou of merit—Heavenly, Human, and Earthly Dao—all indicate that the Three Dao of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity are all disrupted."

At this moment, the chat group erupted.

Su Xiao: "Merit reward? First time ever! Xiaoqian, you're so lucky!"

Han Paopao: "Could it be that obtaining these rewards requires immense sacrifice? Heavenly rewards usually correlate with task difficulty, right?"

Ye Hei: "I doubt these rewards are easy to claim."

Xiao Mai: "Why don't we ask our omnipotent Dao Lord? @Zhang Taixuan"

Su Xiao: "Don't joke—haven't you seen he hasn't chatted in days? Probably still in his soft embrace!"

Zhang Taixuan: "Oh? Caught you again! 【It's you again!】"

Su Xiao: 【Hmph】 Did I say something wrong?

Zhang Taixuan: "Not at all. 【Smug grin】"

Gai Baily: "Who did you poison this time? 【Curious】"

Jiegen: "Poison?"

Bai Xiao: "?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Looks like Xiao Jia's being mischievous again. When I've got time later, I'll make you call me Brother-in-Law!"

Gai Baily: "Whoa, what are you going to do to my sister?!"

Gai Baily: "Take her away fast—I'll be even freer! 【Giggling】"

Lei Dianying: 【Shocked】

Chianfutian Ailou: "Xiao Jia weighs a hundred jin, and ninety-nine of it must be rebelliousness. If Jia Ailu finds out, she'll definitely punish her properly."

Zhang Taixuan: "Then I'll boost Jia Ailu's strength, and whisper a few sweet nothings in her ear. Hehe, Xiao Jia, your games are over."

Gai Baily: 【Terrified】 Are you a demon?!

Su Xiao: "Final blow!"

Su Xiao: "But I remember Jia Ailu is flat too—does Xiao Jia have a genetic trait?"

Gai Baily: "…"

Gai Baily: "I'm sorry I'm flat, Su Xiao! Duel! I challenge you to a duel!"

Xiao Mai: "Wait, weren't we discussing the quest?"

Nie Xiaoqian: "I want to know too. Is my world in grave trouble? And just how much is one dou of merit?"

Zhang Taixuan: "One dou of merit means condensing formless, intangible merit until it fills a dou. That much merit must be immense."

Han Paopao: "Three dou of merit? Nie Miss, you've hit the jackpot!"

Su Xiao: "Merit? Such a rare, high-tier reward."

Nie Xiaoqian: "If I can get this much, the situation must be dire, right?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Mm. I calculated it—Heavenly, Earthly, and Human Dao merit were all awarded because in the Liaozhai World, the Heavenly Dao is unsettled, the Earthly Dao is unsettled, and the Human Dao is unsettled."

Han Paopao: "That doesn't make sense. With Heaven's control over a world, how could it become so uncontrollable that it needs outside intervention?"

Ye Hei: "Could someone have broken this world? Is such a powerful cultivator even within our reach?"

Lin Fengjiao: "If someone truly treats the world as a chessboard and all living beings as pawns, that is unforgivable."

Zhang Sanfeng: "Correct. Though we may not be strong enough now, we must settle accounts in the future."

Zhang Junbao: "+1. In ancient society, the common folk already suffered terribly, barely able to feed themselves. Yet someone still conjures demons and monsters—this is a world-ending demon that must be eradicated."

Hu Yifei: "Although I'm a modern person, I agree with this. Slaying demons and subduing evil—arranged!"

Zhang Taixuan: "??? When did I ever say it was external enemies who ruined the world!"

Su Xiao: "If not external enemies, then is it the Dao?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Clever—you got it right!"

Xiao Bai: "The Dao does something like this? Does it think it's lived too long?"

Ye Hei: "Unfathomable."

Zhang Taixuan: "No, do you really think the Dao is omnipotent? The Dao governs a world, evolves civilizations—it can fail too! Didn't you forget that bio-world?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Just like Su Xiao's world—it's actually a world that nearly got ruined!"

Su Xiao: "Why are we dragging me into this again?"

Zhang Taixuan: "No, you truly think the Dao is all-powerful? The Dao governs a world, evolves civilizations—it can fail too! Didn't you forget that bio-world?"

Zhang Taixuan: "First, the world needs another system as a blade to hone technology; second, the world decides human wisdom cannot succeed in technology, abandons it, and re-evolves a cultivation civilization; third, a being of great power interferes and alters the laws of heaven and earth."

Zhang Taixuan: "Su Xiao, guess what happened in your world?"

Su Xiao: "It's probably the second! If cultivation civilization were meant to hone technology, then firearms wouldn't have failed."

Zhang Taixuan: "Correct."

Xiao Mai: "Why? Xiao Mai wants to know!"

Chianfutian Ailou: "+1"

Zhang Taixuan: "It's simple. Originally, the Dao evolved a technological civilization to raise humanity to a certain height, elevating the world's level. But once technology reached a certain point, humans got caught up in infighting and stagnated. So the Dao changed the civilization's path. In Su Xiao's world, why are demons and ghosts all mindless and violent? Because the Dao doesn't want you to coexist peacefully—that's also why I've never used divine power to alter your world."

Su Xiao: "If coexistence is impossible, only conflict can spur civilization. So that's why—no wonder I wondered why your Great Radiance Spell could annihilate demonic energy but you never acted. You didn't want to fight against heaven and earth."