Chapter 411: What Does This Mean? (2/10, Autumn Subscription)

Two epochs—that's a thousand years!

A thousand-year-old monster!

Holy crap!

Fang Yue's scalp went numb, his whole body trembling.

Where on earth did the parchment find its previous owner? That person is way too damn strong.

Fang Yue's resolve over his previous plan immediately began to waver.

"Parchment, this thousand-year-old witch—right now it looks like she used the Soul-Entrusting Jade Pendant to entrust her soul into a character, kind of like Lord Lan's situation. If I go and destroy her real body, is it actually going to work? Can it get you out of danger?"

【Of course it can! I have to say, Fang Yue, you're an absolute genius. I hadn't even thought of that move just now, yet you did. As long as you succeed, I'll definitely be free!】

The tone of the parchment's text seemed very confident, but Fang Yue still felt something was off.

And just then, Meiyu spoke.

"Two epochs? No… the timeline doesn't match… how could it…"

Doesn't match? What doesn't match?

Everyone was confused, yet no one dared ask.

But Meiyu shifted her gaze to the parchment, which had been quiet for a while.

"Parchment… what is going on here?"

【How should I know!】

"…Tell the truth! Otherwise…"

Meiyu didn't say what the "otherwise" was, but the parchment seemed to be scared into trembling, hurriedly producing text.

【Because the plan changed! When your No. 3 avatar was sealed, the closed beta hadn't even ended yet—the concept of Cheaters didn't even exist. What do you think you could possibly know!】

An avatar? No. 3 avatar?

Fang Yue's pupils suddenly contracted; the threads in his mind suddenly linked together. That sense of wrongness from earlier was swept clean away.

So… she was just an avatar?

Then where was her true body?

The moment that question surfaced in his mind, Fang Yue already knew the answer.

The Cheaters… the Cheaters' base!

Meiyu's true body, the parchment's real previous owner, was still in reality, sleeping on the Cheaters' side!

Everything fell into place.

No wonder the parchment was praising me as a genius—turns out if I kill the real Meiyu, the avatar in the game collapses on its own.

Avatars come in many types, but from the information the parchment gave, the avatar Meiyu cultivated—if the true body dies, every avatar is wiped out!

Good lord, I swear. In a certain sense, the parchment really is ruthless enough. I'll jot it down in my little notebook—keep an eye on her in the future, so I don't end up getting screwed by her someday too.

While Fang Yue was thinking all this, Meiyu over there knitted her brows tightly.

"The closed beta ended? And what are Cheaters? Does that mean the previous plan is completely void? Did the true body leave any clues… No! She definitely did—you've made that piece of information disappear!"

The look Meiyu gave the parchment grew gradually dangerous.

【Wronged—I'm wronged! It was all because Fang Yue wanted to sign a contract with me, that's why my information got erased and reset. I'm truly wronged!!】

Crap!!

Where's your loyalty??

Selling out a teammate that fast—if I die, how the hell are you going to survive!

Fang Yue's whole body went rigid; he forced a dry laugh. "I-I don't know anything."

Meiyu frowned slightly. "No matter. Break the contract, sign a new one with me, and everything will come back."

Saying so, she swept her hand in a grand gesture.

Four curtains of water surged up from the ground, piercing through the clouds, as if severing space, severing heaven and earth, forming an independent square that enclosed Fang Yue and her within.

The currents of the water curtains were fierce, as if they could cut apart anything that crossed the boundary.

And beneath the cover of the water curtains, no one could see what was happening inside.

Lord Han's whole body… no, his entire skull was trembling.

This is… Immortal-grade! The power of an Immortal!

Xianzi—the title for a female Immortal.

This much could already be seen from the form of address itself.

Lord Han never imagined that, in his lifetime, he would once again witness the methods of an Immortal!

But… it was very strange.

The Child of the Era of the Moon Abyss Epoch was not a person of Qing Guo—in fact, from the records, she had never set foot on Qing Guo's soil once in her life.

Then why had she now appeared in this little Qing Guo?

Lord Han racked his brains and still couldn't figure it out.

All of Meiyu Xianzi's various deeds had taken place in places very far from Qing Guo.

Those legends sounded like a dream, stirring the heart with longing.

However, Lord Han's understanding of her came only from the classics, from hearsay.

And it was only many, many years after Meiyu Xianzi had vanished from the world that he came into contact with this information.

The reason was also very simple—he and Meiyu Xianzi were not people of the same era.

In the epoch he was born into, Meiyu Xianzi had long since vanished.

Everyone thought she was dead, yet no one expected… that she would reappear two epochs later!

"Ah!!"

Suddenly, a scream from within the water curtain pulled Lord Han back from his reverie.

"Xiao Ye?!"

"Captain Ye!"

Everyone looked tensely into the water curtain. Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu had by now also run out, and, remarkably unafraid of death, even snuck a small stone and tossed it into the water curtain.

Then the small stone went in like a log into a crusher, instantly broken down into powder, leaving everyone dumbfounded, scalps tingling.

And at this moment, the water curtain had already slowly faded away.

The rushing water gradually grew calmer, until at last it fell like an ordinary waterfall, like a spell of light rain, drenching everyone present.

Once the water curtain faded, what they saw was Meiyu, standing and holding the parchment, and Fang Yue, half-kneeling on the ground, breathing raggedly.

"Ye Ge!"

"Captain Ye!"

"Xiao Ye!"

The crowd gathered around to check on Fang Yue's condition.

After a thorough examination, everyone breathed a sigh of relief—Fang Yue had no lingering injuries, only a sudden, massive overdraft of stamina.

And Meiyu, already holding the parchment, stepped aside and gave a light hook with her finger; a chair of water, ornate and grand, rose up from the ground.

Behind the chair stood three enormous water swords, vivid and lifelike, as if modeled on some original.

Seated on the water chair, Meiyu frowned at the parchment.

But as far as the others could see, no text whatsoever appeared on the parchment.

"She actually left the information at 【Jing Shan】…"

After closing her eyes in thought for quite a while, she rose, parchment in hand, and walked toward Fang Yue.

Lin Ling and the others, being young and fearless as newborn calves, had wanted to step in front of Fang Yue and confront her, but were driven back by a single sharp rebuke from Lord Han.

Needless sacrifice was simply unnecessary.

If Meiyu Xianzi wished, everyone present—each and every one—would have to die!

Fang Yue clutched his chest, forced himself to stand, and looked weakly at Meiyu Xianzi.

"Lord Meiyu, do you have any further instructions?"

"For you."

With a flick of her hand, the parchment flew over and landed in Fang Yue's grasp.

Fang Yue's expression went blank; Fang Yue was dumbfounded, and the parchment was dumbfounded too.

Because during its flight, the parchment had discovered that the new contract it had just formed with Meiyu Xianzi had already been unilaterally dissolved.

Fang Yue:???

Parchment:???

"Lord Meiyu, what is the meaning of this?"

"I have already dissolved my contract with the parchment and must go to 【Jing Shan】. This object is of no use to me; better to leave it here and entrust it to you for safekeeping. When my true body awakens, she will come find you on her own and take it back."

(End of chapter)