Chapter 565

Fa Hai: "The demon race won't perish?"

Xiao Bai: "Strange? In all the myriad realms, it's much the same. The Dao needs civilization, and civilization needs collision. But among humans, you rarely fight each other—so external forces must push you."

Fa Hai: "I understand now. Thank you, Dao Jun. Otherwise, I wouldn't have felt such urgency. Now I see—I must act without delay."

Xiao Mai: "That doesn't make sense. Humans have the Heavenly Immortal Path—how could the demon race still pose a threat?"

Bai Suzhen: "Would the Dao leave you such an opening? Humans have the Heavenly Immortal Path—perhaps the demon race's spiritual energy access has been increased, or perhaps the Dao will grant the Heavenly Immortal Path to the demon race. The Dao cares only for elevating civilization, elevating the world. Whether it's humans or demons who elevate it—what does it matter to Him?"

Su Xiao: "Got it! I want to be the county magistrate's wife—I don't care who the county magistrate is!"

Ye Hei: "Precisely. That's exactly how it is~."

Han Paopao: "Think about it—doesn't that mean if the supreme civilization emerges among the demon race, then after the world's ascension, the demon race becomes the true protagonists, and humans are discarded?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Isn't that obvious? If the demon race proves itself more useful than humans, naturally the world will favor it."

Xiao Mai: "Wow, Taixuan Brother has opened Pandora's Box."

Ye Hei: "Don't worry. Humans aren't afraid of challenges. As a race deliberately cultivated by the Dao, humans have far greater advantages than the demon race: rapid reproduction, swift emergence of wisdom. If we still lose, go buy a block of tofu and smash your head against it."

Lin Fengjiao: "True. The demon race's birth isn't as easy as humans'. If humans still lose, I can only say—no words left."

Fa Hai: "My fellow cultivators are right. If humans can't even win this challenge, then when the time comes, we'll have to beg the Dao Jun and hand the world over to the demon race."

Fa Hai: "I'm leaving. I must contact my fellow cultivators—the time is urgent."

Su Xiao: "Master, may your journey be smooth."

Xiao Mai: "+1"

Kurogane: "Finally resolved the matter. @Lin Daiyu, Lin Meimei, how's it going on your end?"

Lin Daiyu: "What do you mean, 'how's it going'?"

Hu Yifei: "She means—how are you doing in the Jia household?"

Su Xiao: "Same question—is Jia Baoyu handsome or effeminate?"

Lin Daiyu: "... I haven't even met him yet. There's a discrepancy with what everyone knows—my father hasn't died. I'm still at home."

Ye Hei: "Without the orphaned Lin Meimei, her tone and aura are clearly different—not so petty as in the original."

Lin Daiyu: "Oh? Ye Tian Di, want me to roast you a bit?"

Ye Hei: "No thanks. I don't have any peculiar tastes."

Su Xiao: "So Lin Meimei's true nature hasn't changed. By the way, Lin Meimei—isn't your family insanely rich? In the original Dream of the Red Chamber, you brought over so much silver—millions of taels?"

Lin Daiyu: "Probably very wealthy. My father managed the salt merchants. That trade is said to be extremely profitable."

Yue Buqun: "In ancient times, any industry tied to salt? Absolutely filthy rich."

Xiao Mai: "Laughed to death—Sect Master Yue talks like this now?"

Yue Buqun: "Isn't that how Miss Su usually speaks?"

Su Xiao: "My fault, my fault. So in the original Dream of the Red Chamber, Lin Meimei was truly robbed of her inheritance. Millions of taels poured in—and the Jia household showed her not a shred of respect!"

Lin Daiyu: "In ancient times, this was commonplace."

Su Xiao: "So what will you do from now on?"

Xiao Mai: "Will you remain a noble daughter in the household—or become a female immortal?"

Azuma: "Wait—I recall Lin Meimei was originally the Crimson Pearl Immortal Grass. Shouldn't she ascend eventually?"

Qian Qian: "How wonderful—to ascend and become an immortal. Even if Lin Meimei doesn't cultivate, after death she'll return to her immortal registry."

Asuna: "Having a powerful past life is so nice."

Lin Daiyu: "???"

Lin Daiyu: "Why do you all think having a past life is so great?!"

Zhu Youjian: "Because you can become an immortal just by lying down. It's a huge opportunity."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "+1"

Li Shimin: "+1"

Bai Suzhen: "No—you probably won't like having a divine past life."

Ling Zun: "After death, returning to the immortal registry—will it be Lin Fengjiao returning, or the Crimson Pearl Immortal?"

Xiao Bai: "A mortal's memories mean nothing before the Crimson Pearl Immortal."

Xiao Mai: "When the time comes, Lin Meimei will essentially be truly dead. Just thinking about it is terrifying, this kind of thing."

Lin Daiyu: "Yes. When the Crimson Pearl Immortal becomes immortal, what does that have to do with me, Lin Daiyu? Though we're the same person, my life's memories will only be a trivial amusement in her reincarnation."

Li Shimin: "Now that I think about it—I'll pass. I'll cultivate slowly. No divine past life for me."

Zhu Youjian: "+1"

Zhu Yuanzhang: "A bit terrifying. When the divine being reclaims the past life, our current existence becomes true death."

Su Xiao: "So what will Lin Meimei do?"

Lin Daiyu: "I'll cultivate. If I grow strong enough, my soul will dominate."

Yukinoshita Yuki: "That's hard. We don't even know what rank the Crimson Pearl Immortal is. If she's a Jin Xian, Lin Meimei can't possibly win."

Zhang Taixuan: "Jin Xian? Yuki, you're imagining wildly. I calculated—Lin Meimei's world is only a mid-level realm. Jin Xian are top-tier elders. That rank doesn't fit her status."

Su Xiao: "Why can't Lin Meimei be a Jin Xian?! Anger, trembling, cold—when will Lin Meimei rise?!"

Xiao Mai: "【Sweating】"

Zhang Taixuan: "Jin Xian isn't easily attained. Lin Meimei's identity is the Crimson Pearl Immortal Grass; Baoyu is the Divine Jade Attendant. The Divine Jade Attendant is roughly like a Tiangong immortal official. If there are already immortal officials, it's clearly not the primordial age. Born in later times, cultivated from plant and tree—what does Lin Meimei have to prove herself a Jin Xian? Unless she's Wang Mu's daughter."

Su Xiao: "That makes some sense. So Lin Meimei still has a chance to turn the tables."

Xiao Mai: "That's good news."

Lin Daiyu: "Thank you, Dao Jun Brother, for your guidance. Could you advise me which path I should cultivate?"