Chapter 350: Born in Sorrow, Die in Peace

"Uh, thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river; don't bully a young girl for being poor?" Yun Mu spouted nonsense.

"Hmm?" Vivian glanced at her with some surprise: "Although it doesn't feel like the right place to use that, it sounds surprisingly interesting!"

"Does Miss Yun know how to write?"

"No." Yun Mu shook her head without hesitation.

The plot design of the notebooks was mediocre; expecting her to write? That was probably asking too much of her.

However, speaking of writing.

Perhaps she could copy a few works from her past life and try being a literary plagiarist?

It didn't need to be exactly the same as in her memories; relying on her current Supernatural level and the bonuses provided by her titles, it shouldn't be too difficult to learn how to write.

Publishing them in Rain Curtain Magazine might even boost sales and increase Torina's popularity.

"What are you thinking about?" Seeing her look a bit distracted, Vivian asked.

"Oh, it's nothing." Yun Mu came back to her senses and shook her head.

She would think about it later; she hadn't even gathered the requirements to advance to the Master level yet.

Four Paths related to Painting... just thinking about it gave her a headache.

She currently only grasped the Paths of Oil Painting and Comic.

The challenge tournament lasted a long time before ending; there was a short break near noon, and it didn't finish until two in the afternoon.

After all, there were two thousand five hundred people on the leaderboard, and each match took at least three minutes to finish.

Even excluding those who felt their strength was insufficient, it still took a long time to fight.

The two commentators at the commentary desk kept drinking water; even for the physically robust Beastkin, this kind of high-intensity commentary work seemed a bit exhausting.

And it seemed that, inspired by Airui Laya, many contestants who originally didn't intend to compete were now challenging the top ten with a "give it a try" attitude.

Among them, Yun Mu was challenged three times in a row.

Perhaps Airui Laya's performance gave them a misconception; without much effort, Yun Mu sent all of them away in short order.

After that, no one challenged her again.

As for Brenna, the number of times she was challenged was unexpectedly even lower than Yun Mu's, only twice.

And she achieved victory quite easily both times.

After the challenge tournament ended, the rankings of the top ten contestants also changed slightly.

The top seven remained unchanged, but among the bottom three, the tenth-ranked Teacup faced the most challenges and surprisingly didn't lose a single match.

The seventh place was taken by a contestant named 【Cauliflower】.

Blazing Sun, who had previously taken down XX to successfully reach eighth place, failed to hold his position and was finally defeated by a player named 【Ball of Yarn】.

By the way, this contestant named 【Ball of Yarn】 was not a Beastkin, but a Dwarf.

He looked small in stature but was full of muscles, and the beard accumulated on his chin covered his entire chest, which quite matched Yun Mu's impression of a Dwarf.

She felt this guy should be called War Hammer instead; the ID "Ball of Yarn" didn't suit him at all.

No, wait, at least his beard was quite "ball-of-yarn-like."

Hmm, I wonder if anyone can understand her feelings.

"So, you just came to chat with me?" Before leaving, Yun Mu looked at Vivian on the side.

"What else?" Hearing Yun Mu's words, Vivian smiled.

She stood up and walked toward the Gate: "I just saw someone I knew, so I came over to say hello."

As she spoke, Vivian waved at her: "See you later."

"See you," Yun Mu responded subconsciously.

"Right." As if she had suddenly thought of something, Vivian, who was about to leave, turned to look at Yun Mu: "A reminder: this program competition is not as simple as it looks."

"The power outage in the city a few days ago is also related to this program. If you are interested, you can come back here at one o'clock in the morning." "Bye-bye~" Without giving Yun Mu a chance to reply, Vivian quickly disappeared from Yun Mu's field of vision.

"What did she just say to you?" After Vivian left, Brenna looked at Yun Mu and asked.

"Hmm?" Yun Mu looked at her in surprise: "You didn't hear it?"

"No." Brenna shook her head: "I didn't hear anything of the last sentence Vivian said when she left."

That could happen?

Yun Mu raised an eyebrow: "Is it the ability of a Magic Rune?"

She had never felt the Spirituality radiance belonging to a Transcendental from Vivian; if so, it could only be a Magic Rune.

Of course, it could also be some kind of Magic Energy machine that Yun Mu didn't know about.

"It's like this..." She repeated what Vivian had just said to Brenna.

Of course, she was mindful of her surroundings, ensuring no one else could hear.

"Is that so..." Brenna crossed her arms over her chest, pondered for a moment, and then looked at Yun Mu: "Are we going?"

Without much hesitation, Yun Mu said softly: "I think we can go."

If there really was some major event, what was meant to come would come; knowing some information in advance was better than being completely in the dark.

Actually, the best way was to just run away, but her and Brenna's goal was to participate in the competition and win the Champion title.

Even if she wanted to run, she couldn't.

Moreover, the last Scarlet Incident also made Yun Mu realize that some things were meaningless, no matter how far one ran.

Only by truly resolving it could she be at ease.

She briefly told Brenna her thoughts, and the other party also appeared to agree.

"Miss Yun is right. Then let's come back here when it's night." She paused and added: "Let's not tell Lita and the others about this."

Lita and the others lacked the strength; if they encountered danger, they would likely find it hard to escape.

Telling them about this would only make them worry.

Yun Mu nodded in understanding.

Just then, a familiar call came from afar; after the match ended, Lita and the others had already come down from the spectator stands.

Lucy glanced in the direction Vivian had left, then nodded toward Yun Mu.

Evidently, when using her original body, she was able to know what was happening here even from hundreds of meters away.

"Let's head back!" The Cat Ear on top of her head twitched slightly, and Yun Mu stretched lazily.

Having watched the matches all day, she already felt tired.

She still had to return here tonight to conduct an investigation, so before that, she would let herself rest for a while.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this is incredible."

A young man draped in a light brown robe walked on the streets of Feiluoka, making no effort to hide the wonder and novelty in his eyes.

As for the Beastkin on the surrounding streets, they had long since grown accustomed to the reactions of those travelers from out of town.

However, unlike those other travelers, the young man's wonder at this city was actually due to other factors.

"To think it is truly approaching the critical value; this city is really dangerous."

"In a certain sense, this truly belongs to a godless kingdom."

"The utilization rate of the Magic Fountain is too low... there is clearly still so much surplus energy. No wonder the rate of erosion is faster than expected; it seems the initial considerations were not comprehensive enough."

"The time is eight hundred years earlier than expected... to think that in the application of Magic, only applied studies are on the rise?"

"Magic Rune... forget it, I can't be bothered to say it."

"How did that saying go again? Born in sorrow, die in happiness; that is probably what it means."

(End of chapter)