Chapter 161: 161 It

【Task One Task Details: In order for your bound companion Ning Mu to realize that your long stay at the Mountain Stronghold is not merely because you wish to recruit him into the Academy to cultivate on behalf of your Master, give him a little shock. Write a love poem and give it to him, so that while he views you as a 'Libationer', he also realizes that you are a woman whose allure and charm are no less than the Second Madam Tong Yuyue, and whose elegance and dignity are no less than the First Madam Liu Qingmei!】

【Task Process: Original creation. Write a love poem and choose to give it to the other party in private or in public! (Note: The love poem must be explicit so that he can understand your feelings for him!)】

【Task Time Limit: Fifteen days!】

【Task Completion: Reward 500 Cultivation Points, 50 Heroic Couple Points! Depending on the task completion, there is a chance to obtain an extra reward: Passive Skill · Divine Pen!】

【Task Failure: Cultivation Points will stagnate, and you will develop symptoms of amnesia and forgetfulness!】

【Note: As the task time limit passes, the symptoms of amnesia and forgetfulness will arrive early. The system suggests writing the love poem in advance. Otherwise, it is possible that when the time limit expires, you will completely forget and lose your memory, and you will not have the literary talent to write the love poem, please be aware~】

Looking at the task, Wei Youqing felt completely numb.

Symptoms of amnesia and forgetfulness?

Cultivation Points stagnating?

As a Libationer in the Academy and a Disciple of the Master, neither outcome was something she could bear.

What's more, both coming at once?

She did not doubt the authenticity of the system's punishment for task failure.

After all, this thing could appear out of thin air without her noticing at all.

That alone was enough to prove that It possessed abilities beyond her cognition!

Making her lose her memory, or even causing her Cultivation Points to stagnate, was by no means a fantasy.

She dared not gamble! But she and Ning Mu... are they a fated celestial couple? Looking at the various prompts on the System Interface.

She could not help but speculate in her heart.

Thinking about it carefully, it seemed as if it were truly so? In the past, when Jixia Academy recruited disciples, it was rare for a Libationer to come forward personally, let alone her, a Disciple of the Master! For those disciples recruited by a Disciple of the Master, it was a great honor!

This time, she had also suddenly had a whim and begged her Master to let her come out to see the world.

Yet she never expected to meet this anomaly, Ning Mu.

It was one thing that seven-colored Literary Qi descended to protect him.

The key was that this guy actually sneered at it and did not want to join Jixia Academy at all.

And she just happened to run into him.

She had no choice but to stay in this Mountain Stronghold for so many days.

In the past, which disciple who could be recognized by the Literary Qi of the Literary Saint was not moved to tears?

This guy possessed such excellent aptitude, yet was willing to stay in this small Mountain Stronghold in a remote place, living in seclusion with a group of stunning beauties, playing around.

With his foundation recognized by the Literary Saint, if he could join Jixia Academy to cultivate, his future would be limitless!

Sigh...

Could it be that she was truly fated to be united with him? With a complicated mind, after hanging out the laundry, Wei Youqing walked back into the room with a complex expression.

As an Academy Libationer, the Four Treasures of the Study were naturally carried with her.

She spread out the paper, ground the ink, and moistened the brush.

A few wisps of shyness flickered between her brows as she frowned and pondered.

On the other side.

The third floor of the main hall.

Liuli sat upright on the couch, seemingly closing her eyes to rest, but in reality, she was studying the system.

Heroic Couple System bound Host: Liuli (Feng Xiangling) Age: 30 years old

Cultivation: Sitting Reflection Realm · Desperate Situation 【Half-step Divine Origin】 (52999/51200) 【Cannot be improved】 Martial Arts: Earth-Tier · Heavenly Drum Thunder Sound Mantra (Great Success) +, Earth-Tier · Kasaya Demon Subduing Art (Consummation) +, Earth-Tier · Bodhidharma Martial Scroll (Great Success) +, Earth-Tier Movement Technique · Wind Catching Style (Consummation) +...

Current Task: Task One...

Bound Companion: Ning Mu

Strategy Value: 91 Cultivation Points: 55999 Heroic Couple Points: 3550 Warehouse: 【Nine-Turn Divine Origin Pill Fragment*0.5】*19, Phoenix Spirit Mysterious Quality Leather Whisk, Earth-Tier Supreme Secret Manual · Vajra Demon Art*1; Earth-Tier Supreme Armor · Wan Fo Hu Xin Na Yi*2 (Male and female versions); Earth-Tier Supreme Weapon · Purple Frost Heaven-Mixing Ribbon*1, Earth-Tier Supreme Weapon · Soul-Devouring Vajra Ring*1; Essence Storage Pill*1; Youth Preserving Pill*1; Shape Molding Pill*1; Locking Acupoint Spinning Top Pill*1; Marrow Cleansing Pill*1; True Essence Pill*1; Essence Increasing Pill*1; Ice Fire Divine Throat Pill*1; Saint-Following Golden Core*2!

Heroic Couple Black Market: Opened

She glanced roughly at the System Interface.

Liuli then focused her gaze on the incredibly rich rewards in the warehouse.

After looking at those pills one by one, her face could not stop flushing red.

Not to mention the Marrow Cleansing Pill and True Essence Pill, they were at least pills that improved strength normally.

The Youth Preserving Pill and Shape Molding Pill could also be considered understandable.

After all, it was a Heroic Couple System; giving herself a few pills to shape her figure and appearance to be more perfect, so as to please her companion, was still normal.

But what the hell were this Locking Acupoint Spinning Top Pill and Ice Fire Divine Throat Pill?

One was to make herself tighter and more compatible with Ning Mu.

The other was to give her the ability of the Ice Fire Divine Throat...

No matter how you looked at these two pills, they were improper! They were purely to please her companion, right?

Liuli could not stop complaining in her heart, but she still blushed and extracted these pills, then consumed them.

Then she extracted the Youth Preserving Pill, Shape Molding Pill, and other pills.

Suddenly.

She remembered the scene she had witnessed with her own eyes this morning when she captured Wan Wu'er of the Blood Lotus Sect and the Bodhisattva Sea and broke into the main hall.

Her gaze could not help but shift.

The brat seemed to particularly like women serving him with their breasts? After thinking for a while.

She clicked on the Black Market for the first time.

And then in the Black Market, she found pills like the Giant Breast Pill, Perfect Water Drop Breast Shaping Pill, Breast Softening Pill, etc.! Perfect Water Drop Breast Shaping Pill: Price 500 Heroic Couple Points, can shape the breasts perfectly, presenting an arrogant water-drop shape.

Breast Softening Pill: Priced at 500 Heroic Couple Points, it can make the user's breasts become softer and more tender, while maintaining a perfect, perky, and non-sagging shape even after softening!

As the medicinal pill entered her abdomen.

Very quickly.

Liuli felt a very obvious change occurring in her body.

Her already delicate skin became even more hydrated and firm, and her fine pores seemed to disappear, replaced by a rosy-white glow.

Following that.

It was the curves of her body that seemed to undergo some subtle changes.

Originally, because she walked outside all year round, the muscles on her calves were relatively stiff and somewhat cumbersome.

But under the perfect efficacy of the Shape Molding Pill, that sense of stiffness and cumbersomeness disappeared directly, and the excess flesh seemed to be evenly distributed to other parts of her body.

Her face shape also underwent a subtle change.

She could feel a warm texture in the flesh layer beneath her skin, which seemed to be changing in a busy and orderly manner.

It did not change her original face shape, just made her more perfect and rounded.

Without applying any powder or makeup, she was as exquisite as if carved from jade and as smooth as congealed fat.

The changes to her body did not stop there.

She lowered her head slightly to look, and could clearly feel a pair of compassionate assets.

Under the effect of those few auxiliary medicinal pills, they were also undergoing a heaven-turning and earth-shattering change!

It seemed.

They were a whole size larger than before, if not more? And they seemed to have become softer and more resilient.

Liuli immediately looked around with some guilty conscience, confirming that there was no one else in the room besides herself.

Right away.

She sneakily and furtively opened her collar.

Mmm.

After taking a few glances, a look of satisfaction appeared in her eyes.

Although they were already excellent enough before, they were now even more fitting and perfect!

Besides this.

There were also the effects brought by the Ice Fire Divine Throat Pill and the Locking Acupoint Spinning Top Pill.

Both made her personally feel real and effective changes.

Mmm~ Liuli blushed with shame, subconsciously letting out a soft moan, and ripples stirred in her eyes, which were filled with spring water-like waves.

In her mind, she couldn't help but think of Ning Mu.

"The current me, that brat will like me even more, right~"

"Hmph, it's a bargain for him!"

Liuli couldn't help but raise her eyebrows with a shimmering gaze; her long, slender eyebrows, like distant mountains, seemed to carry a bit of a charming, petty arrogance.

Next.

Liuli cast her gaze toward the remaining rewards in the warehouse.

Heaven-grade peerless?

Zen Demon Heaven Mixing? Liuli's brows suddenly rose, and her eyes flashed with a bit of shock.

It wasn't that there were no Heaven-grade peerless cultivation arts.

But they were rare.

So rare that they could almost be ignored.

In the current world, apart from the three Sacred Lands of Qi, Chu, and Zhou, which sects and forces possessed Heaven-grade peerless cultivation arts?

I'm afraid there was only the supreme Buddha scripture in the Buddha Gate, the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Art!

The Heavenly Master Canon of the Southern Chu Heavenly Master Dao.

The Easy Dao Separation Classic of the Wanhua Valley in the Zhou Kingdom.

The Flowing Cloud Lone Blade Technique possessed by the Zhang family behind Alliance Leader Zhang Ruoxu of the Qi Martial Arts Alliance.

Apart from these, I'm afraid one couldn't find a few more. She didn't know much about the further Western Desolation Sixteen Kingdoms, the Ten Thousand Mountains, etc., and there might be some other hidden sects.

But among those circulating in the world that people could know, the Heaven-grade peerless cultivation arts could be counted on two hands.

Even as a Disciple of Poluo Chanshi, she had no chance to learn that supreme Buddha scripture of the Buddha Gate, the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Art!

One could imagine.

How precious this Heaven-grade peerless cultivation art was! Simply put, not to mention the power of an entire nation, but if it were exchanged for half the world, the royal families of the three kingdoms of Qi, Zhou, and Chu would definitely consider it! And now.

She had merely become a true Xia Lu by binding with Ning Mu.

And let that brat Ning Mu have her once.

The system actually rewarded her with two Heaven-grade peerless ones directly? Right away.

She opened the Zen Demon Heaven Mixing and the Diamond Demon Art to take a look.

This Zen Demon Heaven Mixing was a mental cultivation method with extremely strong attack power.

As for the Diamond Demon Art, it leaned toward defense, similar to the Diamond Indestructible Divine Art in the Buddha Gate; after practicing it to completion, it could make one impervious to swords and spears, and even defend against damage caused by enemies of the same realm.

After thinking for a moment.

She put the Diamond Demon Art away.

She didn't intend to learn it.

Instead, she intended to give this Diamond Demon Art to Ning Mu to learn.

Such a powerful defensive ability could greatly enhance the strength of that brat Ning Mu, so that he would have the power to protect himself if she were not by his side in the future.

Liuli thought to herself.

As for Liu Qingmei, she was not within the scope of her considerations at all.

In her own words: how could one entrust their own safety to the hands of others? Subsequently.

She opened the Zen Demon Heaven Mixing.

【Prompt: Do you wish to spend 500 Cultivation Points to learn the Heaven-tier Supreme Secret Manual, Zen Demon Heaven Mixing?】

Hmm? Liuli was stunned for a moment.

She had intended to flip through it and comprehend it herself, relying on her own aptitude to learn it.

Yet she had not expected that before she even looked at it closely, the system could replace her and learn it directly?

This was too magical, wasn't it? Immediately, Liuli held a "let's try it out" mentality and clicked "Yes" with her consciousness.

【Prompt: Learning successful! 500 Cultivation Points deducted. You may use Cultivation Points to increase the proficiency of the technique; please be aware.】

In an instant.

Liuli felt as if she had been enlightened, and a great deal of knowledge related to the Zen Demon Heaven Mixing appeared in her mind.

A powerful surge of energy poured into her body from an unknown source.

It then rapidly integrated and merged with her own Cultivation Points! Martial Arts: Heaven-tier Supreme · Zen Demon Heaven Mixing (Beginner 0/500) + So magical!

Attempting to strike out with a move from the Zen Demon Heaven Mixing, in an instant, she saw a wind that felt like a physical substance generate beneath her palm.

The palm wind was gentle and bright, seemingly filled with Buddha nature.

After the strike was unleashed, it immediately sent the curtain in the distance flying up.

The next moment.

She saw that the curtain seemed to have been stained with a layer of pitch-black substance.

Liuli's brows knitted together instantly.

She knew that the curtain being stained black by her palm wind was because this technique, while appearing to be a Buddha Gate Zen technique, was tainted by the demonic, which was why it was like this—resembling the demonic yet not the Buddha! It gave people a strong sense of deception! "Sigh!"

Liuli could not help but let out a heavy sigh.

She vaguely understood that based on these two Heaven-tier Supreme techniques given by the system, she could feel that the system wanted her to completely break away from the Buddha Gate and henceforth become someone who was like the demonic yet not the Buddha.

Things having reached this point, she could not change her fate.

Or rather, she did not want to change it.

What should have happened and what should not have happened had all already occurred, and she was even addicted to it, unable to extricate herself.

Was there any need to change? At this moment... the only problem she needed to think about how to face was one thing! That was, how to explain this matter to her Master!

Should she tell her that she missed a man, and therefore wanted to return to secular life?

If her Master knew, she would likely be so angry that she would send Ning Mu directly to see the Buddha!

After all, she had always been her Master's proudest Disciple.

Her Master had once stated clearly that her time was running out, and she had no hope of breaking through from the Saint-Following Realm to a higher realm in this life; in another hundred-plus years, she would enter Nirvana and head West!

And before she entered Nirvana, her only hope was to see her step into the Divine Origin Realm, or even move closer to the Saint-Following Realm! Only then could she rest assured and pass her mantle to her before she passed away.

But now...

She seemed to have disappointed her Master!

A flash of conflict and helplessness crossed Liuli's eyes.

Why think about these things! Her Master had once said that strength was the only standard! As long as she could Break Through Shenyuan, or even rely on the system to step into the Saintly Realm within her Master's lifetime, she would naturally have enough strength to repay, or even protect, her Master, and even the entire Bolu Ciyun Temple! Thinking of this.

Liuli immediately checked the paths to increase her Cultivation Points.

But she discovered that she was still 0.5 fragments short of redeeming that Nine-Turn Divine Origin Pill!

"Damn it, this dog-day system, does it have to mess with me like this!"

Seeing that she had already shared intimacy with Ning Mu, yet was still one fragment short of synthesizing this Nine-Turn Divine Origin Pill, Liuli, who urgently wanted to increase her strength, almost jumped in frustration! In a trance.

She suddenly remembered that when she first started, because she had refused a task, she had missed out on a fragment.

Could it be.

That the missing fragment was from that task? Would she never be able to collect all 20 fragments? System, hurry up and issue a task! At this moment, Liuli actually urgently and proactively hoped that the system would quickly issue her a few new tasks—the more the better! As long as she could get her hands on that final 0.5 fragment.

No matter what it asked her to do, or how she had to serve Ning Mu, this creditor, it would be fine! And just when she wanted a task.

As if it had heard her call.

The task really came!

【Task Two: First taste of pleasure, is it hard to forget? Then let's play something even more pleasurable!】

【Task Details: Hand over your Wuji, the Phoenix Spirit Mysterious Quality Leather Whisk, to your Xia Lu, Ning Mu!】

【Task Completion: Reward 5000 Cultivation Points, 500 Heroic Couple Points, with a chance to additionally obtain the reward: Nine-Turn Divine Origin Pill Fragment * 0.5!】

【Task Failure: Cultivation Points completely wiped out!】

【Note: The item required for the task has been issued to the Host's system inventory and can be retrieved by thought at any time!】

【Task Three: Cover your eyes with a black veil, perform Purple Star Scripture Recitation, hold a mallet in one hand to strike the Wooden Fish, and simultaneously recite Buddhist scriptures. During this process, you must invite your Binding Companion, Ning Mu, to be present to watch and learn your superior Buddhist Dharma, and after completing the Purple Star Scripture Recitation, you must explain your insights on the recitation to your Xia Lu, Ning Mu, so that he may truly grasp the profound meaning of the Buddhist Dharma!】

【Task Completion: Reward 1000 Cultivation Points, 100 Heroic Couple Points, with a chance to additionally obtain the reward: Nine-Turn Divine Origin Pill Fragment * 0.5!】

【Task Failure: Cultivation Points completely wiped out!】

【Note: If Task Two does not yield a Nine-Turn Divine Origin Pill Fragment, then Task Three will definitely yield one! If Task Two yields one, then Task Three will not be able to yield one!】

Looking at these two new tasks, Liuli's brows knitted straight together.

But between her brows, there flickered a shy and moving radiance, as well as an eager-to-try mentality.

This system, what other strange and bizarre tasks could it think of? Especially handing her own Wuji to Ning Mu and letting Ning Mu punish her for rebelling against the Buddha Gate... this was simply naked humiliation! If this were a few months ago.

She would definitely have sneered at it: This nun cannot do it!

But now, she actually wanted to see how Ning Mu would punish her...

She swore that she was willing to take on these two tasks not for anything else, but simply because she wanted to obtain the Nine-Turn Divine Origin Pill Fragment sooner.

Otherwise, given her temperament, it would have been absolutely impossible for her to accept!...

Northern border of Qi.

Baisha Prefecture, west of Baisha City.

Inside Bolu Ciyun Temple, where incense smoke is thick and believers come in an endless stream.

In the back garden, among the group of Fututa.

Atop a tall tower situated in the very center.

In this tower, there is a person who remains in seclusion year-round and never comes out.

But at a certain moment.

She suddenly opened her eyes.

And then.

Her figure was seen to be as strange and ghostly as could be, directly vanishing from where she stood.

The next moment.

She appeared at the top of the tower.

Standing on one foot on the spire of the tower, balanced like a golden rooster, with her hands clasped behind her back, her gaze was like lightning as she looked toward the south!

Among the group of Fututa, several young novices wearing monastic robes and having received the precepts were diligently sweeping up fallen leaves and spiderwebs with brooms and other tools.

Suddenly, one of the young novices, perhaps due to being overly exhausted, stretched his back.

And when his gaze fell upon the woman standing with hands clasped at the peak of that high tower, filled with the light of the Buddha, he was instantly stunned.

But very quickly.

The young novice's eyes flashed with intense surprise and reverence.

Immediately, he began to shout excitedly.

"Grandmaster!"

"Grandmaster has come out of seclusion!"

"Quickly go report to the Abbot and the Elder, Grandmaster has come out of seclusion!"

In an instant.

The entire temple suddenly became bustling with activity.

(End of this chapter)